Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	39 (29 men and 10 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Rogel Nachum[1]
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Israel competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 39 competitors, 29 men and 10 women, took part in 43 events in 9 sports.^[2] The delegation of 39 athletes was the biggest at the time, and third-biggest in history, after 2008 with 40 and 2016 with 47.^[3]

Medalists[]

Bronze[]

• Michael Kolganov — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles

Athletics[]

Men's track[]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tommy Kafri	100m	10.43	4	Did not advance
Gidon Jablonka	200m	20.92	5	Did not advance
Kfir Golan Gidon Jablonka Tommy Kafri Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy	4x100m relay	39.76	6	Did not advance

Men's field[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Konstantin Matusevich	High jump	2.27	1 q	2.32	5
Aleksandr Averbukh	Pole vault	5.65	7 q	5.50	10
Danny Krasnov		5.55	20	Did not advance
Rogel Nachum	Triple jump	16.39	23	Did not advance

Canoeing[]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Kolganov	Men's K-1 500m	1:40.275	2 Q	1:40.426	3 Q	1:59.563
	Men's K-1 1000m	3:35.487	1 Q	3:37.439	3 Q	3:35.099	4
Roei Yellin Rami Zur	Men's K-2 500m	1:34.774	5 q	1:34.241	8	Did not advance
	Men's K-2 1000m	3:20.913	8 q	3:22.634	7	Did not advance
Lior Carmi Larisa Pesyakhovich	Women's K-2 500m	1:48.647	6 q	1:48.120	5	Did not advance

Fencing[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ayelet Ohayon	Women's foil	Bye	Wuillème (FRA) W 15-12	Bianchedi (ITA) L 12-15	Did not advance

Judo[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gil Offer	Men's -73kg	Camilo (BRA) L 0100-1010	N/A			Yagoubi (ALG) L 0010-0110	Did not advance
Ariel Ze'evi	Men's -100kg	Nastula (POL) W 1110-0000	Kovács (HUN) W 1011-0000	Inoue (JPN) L 0000-1011	N/A		Kessel (CUB) W 0120-0010	Sabino (BRA) W 1111-0001	Traineau (FRA) L 0000-1000	5
Orit Bar On	Women's -57kg	Bye	Lomba (BEL) L	Did not advance

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Or Tokayev	Individual	9.666	9.683	9.645	9.575	38.569	14	Did not advance

Sailing[]

Israel competed in four events in the Sailing venue at the 2000 Olympics. They had two top ten finishes, including 4th place in the women's 470.

Event	Participant(s)	Race	Result	Ref
Men's Mistral	Amit Inbar	Race 1 — 3 Race 2 — 13 Race 3 — (14) Race 4 — 13 Race 5 — 13 Race 6 — 5 Race 7 — (37) OCS Race 8 — 4 Race 9 — 13 Race 10 — 4 Race 11 — 11 Final — 79 (→ )	7th place
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)	Eldad Ronen and Eli Zukerman	Race 1 — 3 Race 2 — 12 Race 3 — 12 Race 4 — (30) DCS Race 5 — 19 Race 6 — 11 Race 7 — 10 Race 8 — 16 Race 9 — (23) Race 10 — 7 Race 11 — 9 Final — 99	13th place
Women's Mistral	Michal Hein	Race 1 — 11 Race 2 — 8 Race 3 — (21) Race 4 — 14 Race 5 — 14 Race 6 — (30) DSQ Race 7 — 11 Race 8 — 13 Race 9 — 18 Race 10 — 10 Race 11 — 16 Final — 11	14th place
Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)	Anat Fabrikant and Shani Kedmi	Race 1 — 7 Race 2 — 12 Race 3 — 1 Race 4 — (15) Race 5 — 3 Race 6 — 5 Race 7 — 3 Race 8 — (14) Race 9 — 9 Race 10 — 2 Race 11 — 8 Final — 50	4th place

Shooting[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Alexander Danilov	10m air pistol	DQ		Did not advance
	50m pistol	556	18	Did not advance
Guy Starik	50m 3 positions	1154	32	Did not advance
	50m rifle prone	592	25	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yoav Bruck	50m freestyle	23.21	34	Did not advance
	100m freestyle	51.62	38	Did not advance
Eithan Urbach	100m backstroke	55.44 NR	9 Q	55.31 NR	6 Q	55.74	8
Yoav Gath	200m backstroke	2:00.80	13 Q	2:03.80	16	Did not advance
Tal Stricker	100m breaststroke	1:03.99	32	Did not advance
	200m breaststroke	2:19.33	32	Did not advance
Yoav Meiri	100m butterfly	55.38	37	Did not advance
Michael Halika	200m butterfly	2:01.97	31	Did not advance
	200m individual medley	2:07.53	39	Did not advance
	400m individual medley	4:19.97	11	Did not advance
Oren Azrad Yoav Bruck Alexei Manziula Eithan Urbach	4x100m freestyle relay	3:22.06 NR	14	Did not advance
Yoav Bruck Yoav Meiri Tal Stricker Eithan Urbach	4x100m medley relay	3:43.39 NR	17	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adi Bichman	400m freestyle	4:27.33	38	Did not advance
	800m freestyle	9:01.90	25	Did not advance
	400m individual medley	5:06.72	26	Did not advance
Vered Borochovski	100m butterfly	1:00.34	19	Did not advance
	200m individual medley	2:18.99	21	Did not advance

Wrestling[]

Gender	Style	Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's	Greco-Roman Wrestling	Under-63 kg	Michael Beilin	15th place
		Under-85 kg	Gocha Tsitsiashvili	6th place
		Under-130 kg	Yuri Evseitchik	4th place

See also[]

• Israel at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Notes[]

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

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