Israel at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Israel at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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IOC code ISR
NOC Olympic Committee of Israel
Website www.olympicsil.co.il  (in Hebrew and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors3 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Yoav Ra'anan [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Israel competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Israeli athletes under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag. [2]

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Results by event

Athletics

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Men's long jump David Kushnir Qualifying - 6.89 metres (place 25) [3]

Diving

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Men's 3m springboard Yoav Raanan 22nd place [4]

Swimming

Shoshana Ribner Shoshana Ribner.jpg
Shoshana Ribner
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Women's 100 metres freestyle Shoshana Ribner First round, - 1:10.4 [5]

References

  1. ↑ Israel Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Israel at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games Archived 2015-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Olympedia – Long Jump, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Olympedia – Israel at the 1956 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Olympedia – 100 metres Freestyle, Women". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 July 2025.


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