Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics


Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, 22 men and 3 women, took part in 17 events in 5 sports.

Results by event

Athletics

EventParticipantResultRef
Men's 100 metresDavid TabakFirst round, heat 6 - 10.9 seconds
Second round, heat 3 - 10.9 seconds
Men's 200 metresDavid TabakFirst round, heat 6 - 22.4 seconds
Second round, heat 4 - 21.8 seconds
Men's 400 metresAryeh Glick-GillFirst round, heat 5 - 50.2 seconds
Men's 800 metresAryeh Glick-GillFirst round, heat 7 - 2:00.9 minutes
Men's high jumpArieh Batun-KleinstubQualifying - 1.70 metres
Men's discusOrion GallinQualifying - 40.76 metres
Women's 80 metres hurdlesLeah Horovitz-RavidFirst round - 12.4 seconds
Women's high jumpTamar Mettal-Schumacher1.40 metres
Women's long jumpTamar Mettal-SchumacherQualifying - 5.16 metres
Women's discusOlga WinterbergQualifying - 35.79 metres

Basketball

EventParticipantsResultRef
Men's team competitionCoach: Jacob Saltiel
Qualification round - Did not advance

Diving

EventParticipantResultRef
Men's 3m springboardYoav RaananPreliminary round - 67.70 points
Men's 10m platformYoav RaananPreliminary round - 58.15 points

Shooting

Four shooters represented Israel in 1952.
EventParticipantResultRef
300 m rifle, three positionsDov Ben-Dov1033 points
300 m rifle, three positionsShmuel Laviv-Lubin973 points
50 m rifle, proneZvi Pinkas388 points
50 m rifle, proneAlexander Eliraz381 points
50 m rifle, three positionsZvi Pinkas1077 points
50 m rifle, three positionsAlexander Eliraz1059 points

Swimming

EventParticipantResultRef
Men's 100 metres freestyleDavid-Norbert BuchFirst round, heat 1 - 1:05.6

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