1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Israel)

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Israel took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of three athletes, two men and one woman, in three competitions in three sports.

It was the country's second participation in the Summer Olympics .

The youngest athlete was Shoshana Rivner (18 years and 283 days), the oldest athlete was Yoav Ra'anan (28 years and 321 days). The standard bearer was Yoav Ra'anan.

Participants by sport

athletics

Men's

• David Kushnir
  • Long jump

  Qualifying round: 6.89 meters, 25th place, not qualified for the final

  Try one: 6.09 meters

  Try two: 6.89 meters

  Trial three: 6.45 meters

swim

Ladies

• Shoshana Rivner
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in run five (seventh place), 1: 10.3 minutes

Diving

Men's

• Yoav Ra'anan
  • Jump three meters

  Qualifying round: 65.14 points, ranked 22nd, did not qualify for the final

  Jump one: 12.81 points, second place

  Jump two: 10.83 points, 18th place

  Jump three: 10.45 points, 20th place

  Jump four: 7.48 points, rank 30

  Jump five: 9.54 points, rank 26

  Jump six: 7.04 points, 31st place

Web links

• Israeli Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).