Israel competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 25 competitors, 18 men and 7 women, took part in 26 events in 10 sports. Gal Fridman won a bronze medal in Sailing, the only medal won by an Israeli at these games.
Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics IOC code ISR NOC Olympic Committee of Israel Website www .olympicsil .co .il (in Hebrew and English) in Atlanta Competitors 25 (18 men and 7 women) in 10 sports Flag bearer Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman Medals Ranked 71st Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1 Summer Olympics appearances (overview )
Medalists
Bronze Gal Fridman — Sailing, Men's Mistral Individual Competition
Results by event
Athletics Gender Event Participant Round Result Place Ref Men's Triple Jump Rogel Nachum Qualification 16.67m 17th place High Jump Konstantin Matusevich Qualification 2.26m 17th place Pole Vault Danny Krasnov Qualification 5.60m 12th place Final 5.60m 11th place Konstantin Semyonov Qualification 5.40m 20th place
Boxing Event Participant Round Result Ref Flyweight (– 51 kg) Vladislav Neiman First round Lost to Bolat Dzhumadilov Kazakhstan 7:18
Canoeing Gender Event Participant Round Time Place Ref Women's K-1 500m Lior Carmi Heat 1:57.675 6th place Repechage 2:05.737 4th place Semi-final 1:54.899 7th place
Fencing Gender Event Participant Result Ref Women's Foil Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman Ayelet Ohayon Lilach Parisky Team foil Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman Ayelet Ohayon Lilach Parisky 9th place
Judo Event Participant Result Ref Men's Under-78 kg Oren Smadja Women's Under-61 kg Yael Arad 5th place
Sailing Gender Event Participant Result Ref Men's Mistral Gal Fridman Bronze 470 Nir Shantal & Ran Shantal 19th place Women's 470 Shani Kedmi & Anat Fabrikant 12th place
Shooting Gender Event Participant Result Ref Men's 10 m Air Rifle Boris Polak 33rd place 10 m Air Pistol Alex Tripolski 39th place 50 m Free Rifle 3 Position Boris Polak 22nd place Guy Starik 13th place 50 m Free Rifle Prone Boris Polak 20th place Guy Starik 26th place 50 m Free Pistol Alex Tripolski 16th place 10 m Air Pistol Alex Tripolski 39th place
Swimming Gender Event Participant Round Time Result Place Ref Men's 50m Freestyle Yoav Bruck Heat 23.22 Did not advance 24th place 100m Freestyle Yoav Bruck Heat 50.61 Did not advance 22nd place 100m Backstroke Eithan Urbach Heat 56.74 Did not advance 22nd place 100m Breaststroke Vadim Alexeev Heat 1:02.92 Did not advance 18th place 200m Breaststroke Vadim Alexeev Heat 2:20.47 Did not advance 26th place 100m Butterfly Dan Kutler Heat 55.11 Did not advance 31st place 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Eithan Urbach Vadim Alexeev Dan Kutler Yoav Bruck Heat 3:42.24 8th place Final 3:42.90
Weightlifting Event Participant Result Ref Men's Under 99 kg Viacheslav Ivanovski Did not finish
Wrestling Style Event Participant Round Result Place Ref Greco-Roman Under-82 kg Gotsha Tsitsiashvili 1st round Beat Tuomo Karila (FIN ) 2:0 5th Place 2nd round Beat Park Myung-Suk (KOR ) 4:1 Quarterfinals Bye Semifinals Lost to Thomas Zander (GER) 1:3 Repechage, 6th round Lost to Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ ) 0:4 5th-6th place Beat Martin Lidberg (SWE ) by walk-over