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
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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 ).