Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Israel is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Since the nation's debut in 1952, Israeli athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, other than the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which it opted not to attend because of the nation's support for the US-led boycott. It will be Israel's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Israel at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeISR
NOCOlympic Committee of Israel
Websitewww.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors54 in 9 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Four years before, a total of 47 Israeli athletes (22 men and 25 women) traveled to the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics and competed across 17 sports. It was Israel's largest-ever Olympic delegation, breaking its previous record of 43 athletes set in 2008.[2][3] Among the sports competed by the athletes, Israel will mark its Olympic debut in surfing (new to the 2020 Games), baseball (returning to the 2020 Games), and equestrian.

Competitors

The Israeli delegation so far includes 54 athletes, competing in 9 sports.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics325
Baseball24024
Cycling011
EquestrianTBDTBD3
Gymnastics279
Sailing134
Shooting101
Surfing011
Swimming426
Total351654

Athletics
Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israeli athletes met the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[4][5]

The Olympic Committee of Israel has not yet released the names of athletes to participate in the delegation.

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Haimro Alame Men's marathon N/A
Girmaw Amare N/A
Marhu Teferi N/A
Selamawit Dagnachew Women's 5000 m
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter Women's 5000 m
Women's 10000 m N/A
Women's marathon N/A

Baseball
Main articles: Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Israel national baseball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 WSBC Africa and Europe Qualification Tournament in Italy and securing an outright berth, marking the country's Olympic debut in baseball.[6]

Team roster

Cycling
Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Israeli road cyclist Omer Shapira ranked 60th in the Individual UCI World Ranking for women with 316.17 points and won a quota for her country.[7] Shapira also finished 13th at the Women individual time trial event at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships, but after decreasing to one athlete per country, Shapira placed eighth. The first 10 places automatically qualified their country to the women's individual time trial event.[8][9]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Women's road race
Women's time trial

Equestrian
Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel fielded a squad of three equestrian riders in the Olympic team jumping competition for the first time by securing an outright berth as the top-ranked nation at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for the first batch of Group C (Central and Eastern Europe) in Moscow.[10] In July 2019 Team Israel's Daniel Bluman, Ashlee Bond, Danielle Goldstein Waldman, and Elad Yaniv won the Olympic Jumping Qualifier at Maxima Park in Moscow, qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, the first time that Israel has earned a place in the Olympics in equestrian.[11]

Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
    Individual
   
   
 
 
 		 See above Team

Gymnastics
Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Israel entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Three-time Olympian Alexander Shatilov booked a spot in the men's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing seventh out of the 12 gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, while Artem Dolgopyat secured one of the three places available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, in the floor exercise at the same tournament.[12]

Lihie Raz received a spare berth from the women's apparatus event, as one of the female gymnasts from the individual all-around, not yet qualified, at the 2019 World Championships. Raz qualified for the floor final at the 2020 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships and thus met the Israeli criteria set by the Israeli Gymnastics Federation and ensured her participation in the Olympic Games.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Artem Dolgopyat All-around
Alexander Shatilov
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Lihie Raz All-around

Rhythmic

Linoy Ashram and Nicol Zelikman secured 2 quotas for the Israeli delegation by finishing third and 11th, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships all-around individual event.[13] Also, Israel qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the group all-around by virtue of finishing within the top-five among National Olympic Committees that are not yet qualified at the 2019 World Championships. The Olympic Committee of Israel has not yet released the names of athletes to participate in the delegation.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
  Individual
 
Athletes Event Qualification Final
5 apps 3+2 apps Total Rank 5 apps. 3+2 apps Total Rank
 
 
 
 
 		 Group

Sailing
Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israeli sailors qualified three boats in each of the following classes. Gil Cohen and Noa Lasry secured a quota for the Israeli delegation by finishing 11th in the women's 470 event at the 2018 Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.[14][15] Ofek Elimelech and Mia Morris finished twelfth and fourteenth in their respective RS:X classes. Both of these results promised two more quotas for the Israeli delegation. The Olympic Committee of Israel has not yet released all the names of athletes to participate in the delegation. Katy Spychakov secured her place on the Israeli squad, after she topped the overall ranking of the country's selection meets.

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Men's RS:X
Katy Spychakov Women's RS:X
 
 		 Women's 470 N/A

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting
Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israeli shooter Sergy Rikhter achieved quota places for the delegation in the men's 10 metre air rifle, by winning the gold medal at the 2019 European Games.[16][17] The Olympic Committee of Israel has not yet confirmed the identity of the athlete to compete in the event.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
  Men's 10 m air rifle

Surfing
Main articles: Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel will send one surfer to compete in the women's shortboard at the Games. Anat Lelior secured a qualification slot for the nation as the highest-ranked surfer from Europe and one of the top 30 surfers in the overall open division at the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games in Miyazaki, Japan.[18] The quota is final as long as two other female athletes from Israel don't finish in qualifying positions at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games in May 2021. In that case, the results from the 2021 World Surfing Games will prevail, and the quota from the 2019 ISA World Surfing Games will be reallocated to the next-best ranked from the respective continent.[19]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Anat Lelior Women's shortboard

Swimming
Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification for Israeli swimmers in the individual swimming events in Tokyo is accomplished by achieving the qualifying standards in the events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[20][21] All Israeli swimmers must qualify by achieving the qualification time set by the international federation FINA at one of the target competitions defined by the Israeli Swimming Association (ISA), or one percent faster at any other competition.

Israel can also enter a team for relay events with a top-12 finish at the 2019 FINA World Championships, provided that at least two swimmers in each relay event are qualified for any of the individual events.

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Meiron Cheruti 50 m freestyle
Tomer Frankel 100 m butterfly
Ron Polonsky 200 m individual medley
 
 
 
 		 4 × 200 m freestyle relay N/A
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anastasia Gorbenko 100 m freestyle
200 m individual medley
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
 
 
 
 		 4 × 100 m medley relay
Athletes not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics by the Israeli Swimming Association (ISA)
  • Yakov Toumarkin (100 m backstroke) - Has achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) defined by FINA at the Israeli championships 2019, but still needs to achieve the qualification recognized by the Israeli Swimming Association.

See also

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