Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il  (in Hebrew and English)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	75 in 14 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Israel is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This will be the nation's 18th appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for Moscow 1980 due to the United States-led boycott. The participation of Israel prompted calls from certain left-wing French lawmakers, ^{[1] [2]} Palestinian, and other global sports organizations for sanctions against Israel and to prevent its participation due to the impact of the Israel–Hamas war on Palestinian athletes and sports facilities, but IOC President Thomas Bach confirmed this was never an issue for the IOC ^[3] and cautioned athletes against boycotts and discrimination. The president of the Olympic Committee of Israel, Yael Arad, assured that Israeli athletes would "100 per cent" be present, with safety measures in place. ^[4]

Calls for ban on participation

Main article: Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics § Participation of Israeli athletes

Palestinian sports organizations and sports organizations from Arab countries are calling for sanctions to be imposed against Israel and to prevent its participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics due to the Israel–Hamas war. The calls from the organizations have been prompted by concerns about the war's impact on Palestinian athletes and sports facilities. ^{[5] [6]}

In February, 26 left-wing French lawmakers sent a letter to the IOC, urging sanctions against Israel, and calling for a ban on Israeli athletes competing under their flag and anthem. The lawmakers cited Israel's alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip as the reason for their stance. They proposed that Israeli athletes participate neutrally, similar to Russian and Belarusian athletes, during the Games. ^{[1] [2]}

The IOC has cautioned athletes against boycotting or discriminating others, stating that immediate action will follow any discriminatory behavior such as the case of Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine, who received a ten year ban following his refusal to fight Tohar Butbul, an Israeli in 2020. The IOC also stated that athletes are not to be held accountable for their government's actions. ^[7]

Double standard accusations against the IOC

In November 2023, Russia accused the IOC of having double standards by not sanctioning Israel due to its military actions in Gaza, as Palestine is also an IOC member. The IOC's response to the comparisons to Russia was that the recommendations adopted on Russia and Belarus resulted from the violation of the Olympic Truce that was in force at the time, Russia's violation of the Olympic Charter following their annexation of four Ukrainian Olympic councils, and Russia's two previous violations in 2008 and 2014. ^{[8] [9]} American academic and former professional soccer player Jules Boykoff described the double standards as "glaring" and questioned the IOC's treatment of Israel compared to Russia stating, "If taking over sports facilities are a red line, why silence as Israel converts Gaza’s historic Yarmouk Stadium into an internment camp?". ^[10] Boykoff has also stated that Israel's various settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights "would be in clear violation [of the Olympic charter] in the same way as what Russia has done". ^[11]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves athlete are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	2	2
Athletics	3	2	5
Badminton	1	0	1
Cycling	3	1	4
Equestrian	TBD	TBD	3
Fencing	1	0	1
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	1	7	8
Judo	5	7	12
Sailing	4	4	8
Surfing	0	1	1
Swimming	6	4	10
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Triathlon	1	0	1
Total	43	29	75

Artistic swimming

Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel qualified two athletes to compete in the women's duet as a result of high rank at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. ^[12]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Shelly Bobritsky Ariel Nassee	Duet

Athletics

Lonah Chemtai Salpeter

Maru Teferi

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israeli track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ^[13]

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 and road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Maru Teferi	Men's marathon
Gashau Ayale
Girmaw Amare
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter	Women's marathon
Maor Tiyouri

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Misha Zilberman	Men's singles

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Israel qualified one male cyclist by finishing 39th in the UCI Nation Ranking, and one women cyclist by finishing 44th in the UCI Nation Ranking. ^[14]

Athlete	Event	Time	Ranking
Itamar Einhorn	Men's road race
Rotem Gafinovitz	Women's road race

Track

Mikhail Iakovlev

Israel qualified two riders for the men's sprint and keirin events following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings but chose to send only one rider to compete. ^[15]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / BM
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Mikhail Iakovlev	Men's sprint

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Mikhail Iakovlev	Men's keirin

Mountain biking

Israel qualified one men mountain biker based on the UCI Mountain biking Olympic Qualification Ranking due to reallocations of unused quota places.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tomer Zaltsman	Men's cross-country

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the team jumping competitions by winning at the International Equestrian Federation designated Olympic jumping qualifier for Group C (Central and Eastern Europe) in Prague, Czech Republic. ^[16]

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
		Individual
	See above	Team

Fencing

Yuval Freilich

Main articles: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Yuval Freilich secured his quota place in men's épée events, as one of the two highest-ranked individual fencers in the European zone in the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

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
Yuval Freilich	Men's épée

Football

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Israel men's	Men's tournament

Men's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Israel men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the semifinals of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Georgia and Romania, marking the nation's return to the sport for the first time since Montreal 1976. ^[17]

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 18 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)

21:00

Mali	Match 7	Israel
	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

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27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)

19:00

Israel	Match 15	Paraguay
	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

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30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)

21:00

Israel	Match 23	Japan
	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

2020 Olympic gold medalist Artem Dolgopyat

Israel qualified two gymnasts, Artem Dolgopyat and Lihie Raz, by their being among the highest-ranked eligible athletes in the All-around at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. ^{[18] [19]}

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Lihie Raz	All-around

Rhythmic

Daria Atamanov

Israel entered a squad of rhythmic gymnasts to compete in the group all-around competition, following the nation's successful runner-up at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. ^{[20] [21]} Additionally, Israel also entered an individual gymnast through the individual all-round qualifications at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Daria Atamanov	Individual

Athletes	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 apps	3+2 apps	Total	Rank	5 apps.	3+2 apps	Total	Rank
Ofir Shaham Diana Svertsov Hadar Fridman Eliza Banchuk Romi Paritzki Shani Bakanov	Group

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israeli sailors qualified one boat in Men's and Women's IQFoil, Women's Formula Kite, and Mixed 470 through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands; ^[22] They also qualified one boat in Men's Laser through the 2024 ILCA Senior European Championships in Athens, Greece. Additionally, Israeli sailors qualified one boat in Women's Laser Radial through the 2024 ILCA Senior European Championships after Portugal's quota from the 2023 Sailing World Championships was disqualified because Vasileia Karachaliou did not receive Portuguese citizenship and was not approved to representing Portugal. ^[23]

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Race																									Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	QF	SF1	SF2	SF3	SF4	SF5	SF6	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6
Tom Reuveny	Men's IQFoil										—
Dor Zarka	Men's Formula Kite													—
Sharon Kantor	Women's IQFoil										—
Gal Zukerman	Women's Formula Kite													—

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Omer Vered Vilenchik	Men's ILCA7
Shai Kakon	Women's ILCA6
Noa Lasri Nitai Hasson	Mixed 470

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

Surfing

Anat Lelior

Main articles: Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel surfers confirmed one shortboard quota place. Anat Lelior qualified for the games, by virtue of being one of the top eight individual women's surfers, not yet qualified, at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. ^{[24] [25]}

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

Swimming

Tomer Frankel

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israeli swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): ^[26]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Meiron Cheruti	50 m freestyle
Martin Kartavi
Tomer Frankel	100 m freestyle
	100 m butterfly
Denis Loktev	200 m freestyle
Gal Cohen Groumi	100 m butterfly
	4 × 100 m freestyle relay
	4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Matan Roditi	10 km open water	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anastasia Gorbenko	200 m individual medley
	400 m individual medley
	4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	4 × 100 m medley relay

Taekwondo

Avishag Semberg

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel qualified one athlete. Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Avishag Semberg qualified for Paris 2024 at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Avishag Semberg	Women's −49 kg

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Israel qualified one male triathlete based on the World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking. Shachar Sagiv, who was the triathlete that was qualified in the ranking, was selected to represent Israel in the 2024 Olympics. ^[27]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Shachar Sagiv	Men's

See also

• Israel at the Olympics
• Israel at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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