Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Israel at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Israel at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in London
Competitors	37 in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Shahar Tzuberi (opening); Neta Rivkin (closing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Israel competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Olympic Committee of Israel sent 37 athletes to the Games, 19 men and 18 women, to compete in 9 sports. The nation's team size was smaller by six athletes from the previous games (in contrast to 43 athletes who competed in Beijing, which was the nation's largest delegation to that point). This was also the youngest delegation in Israel's Olympic history, with about half the team under the age of 23, and many of the team members were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Sixteen athletes had competed in Beijing, including windsurfer and bronze medalist Shahar Tzuberi, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Judoka Ariel Ze'evi, four-time European champion and bronze medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, became the third Israeli athlete in history to compete at four Olympic games, and was also the oldest athlete on the team, at age 35. Six athletes made their third Olympic appearance: tennis men's doubles team Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, synchronized swimming pair Anastasia Gloushkov and Inna Yoffe, and sailors Gideon Kliger, world bronze medalist in the men's 470 class, and Vered Buskila in the women's 470 class.

According to Zvi Warshaviak, the head of the Israel Olympic Committee, approximately eight athletes were considered medal contenders in sailing, gymnastics, judo, and shooting;^[1] however, none of them reached their expectations in the results, and Israel failed to win a single medal for the first time since 1988.^[2] Windsurfer Lee Korzits, backstroke swimmer Yakov-Yan Toumarkin, floor gymnast Alexander Shatilov, and rhythmic gymnast Neta Rivkin qualified successfully for the final rounds of their respective sports, but missed out of the medal standings.

Prior to the Olympics, the BBC's list of countries competing, did not list Jerusalem as Israel's capital, however listed East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine. The BBC eventually listed Jerusalem as the capital after mass complaints from the Prime Ministers Office.^[3]

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Badminton	1	0	1
Gymnastics	2	8	10
Judo	4	1	5
Sailing	3	4	7
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	4	1	5
Synchronized swimming	0	2	2
Tennis	2	1	3
Total	19	18	37

Athletics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Donald Sanford^[4]	400 m	45.71 NR	5	Did not advance
Zohar Zemiro^[5]	Marathon	—				2:34:59	81

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jillian Schwartz^[6]	Pole vault	4.40	18	Did not advance

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Misha Zilberman	Men's singles	Jørgensen (DEN) L 13–21, 12–21	Wong (SIN) L 9–21, 15–21	3	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Gymnast Alexander Shatilov

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Felix Aronovich	All-around	14.033	13.433	14.100	13.900	14.233	13.500	83.199	32	Did not advance
Alexander Shatilov	All-around	15.633	14.133	14.033	15.533	14.700	14.000	89.032	12 Q	15.600	14.266	14.200	15.133	14.400	14.833	88.432	12
Alexander Shatilov	Floor	15.633	—					15.633	4 Q	15.333	—					15.333	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Valeria Maksyuta	All-around	12.800	9.433	10.533	12.933	45.699	59	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Moran Buzovsky

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Neta Rivkin	Individual	27.450	26.200	27.525	27.725	108.900	9 Q	27.350	26.850	27.800	27.000	109.000	7

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank
Moran Buzovsky Victoria Koshel Noa Palathcy Marina Shultz Polina Zakaluzny Eliora Zholkovski	Team	26.500	26.600	53.100	7 Q	26.725	26.675	53.400	8

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Artiom Arshansky	Men's −60 kg	Bye	Mooren (NED) W 0001–0001	Hiraoka (JPN) L 0000–0012	Did not advance
Golan Pollack	Men's −66 kg	Larose (FRA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Soso Palelashvili	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Huysuz (TUR) W 0010–0000	Nakaya (JPN) L 0000–0101	Did not advance
Ariel Ze'evi	Men's −100 kg	—	Peters (GER) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Alice Schlesinger	Women's −63 kg	—	Bye	Drexler (AUT) W 0010-0002	Žolnir (SLO) L 0000-1100	Did not advance	Émane (FRA) L 0002-0010	Did not advance	7

Judoka Ariel Ze'evi

Sailing

Windsurfer Shahar Tzuberi

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Shahar Tzuberi	RS:X	12	8	17	10	39 BFD	12	35	34	26	1	EL	155	19
Gideon Kliger Eran Sela	470	17	11	17	11	2	14	5	12	28 OCS	23	EL	112	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Lee Korzits	RS:X	1	3	7	2	2	11	2	1	9	11	18	56	6
Nufar Edelman	Laser Radial	33	33	33	34	29	3	34	28	18	26	EL	237	30
Vered Buskila Gil Cohen	470	3	21 DSQ	10	19	4	14	12	15	12	17	EL	105	15

Notes

M = Medal race. Only the top 10 competitors participated in the final medal race.
EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
BFD = Black flag disqualification (under rule 30.3).
DSQ = Disqualified after a protest
OCS = On the course side of the starting line at the starting signal and failed to start, or broke rule 30.1

Shooting

Sharpshooter Sergey Richter

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sergey Richter^[7]	10 m air rifle	595	9	Did not advance
Sergey Richter^[7]	50 m rifle prone	587	44	Did not advance

Swimming

Swimmer Yakov Toumarkin

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or^[8]	200 m freestyle	1:48.60	21	Did not advance
Imri Ganiel	100 m breaststroke	1:02.07	32	Did not advance
Gal Nevo^[9]	200 m butterfly	1:59.98	32	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:59.56	12 Q	1:59.17	10	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:14.77	10	—		Did not advance
Yakov-Yan Toumarkin^[10]	100 m backstroke	54.91	24	Did not advance
Yakov-Yan Toumarkin^[10]	200 m backstroke	1:57.33 NR	8 Q	1:57.33 =NR	8 Q	1:57.62	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amit Ivry	100 m butterfly	58.78	18	Did not advance
Amit Ivry	200 m individual medley	2:13.29 NR	12 Q	2:13.31	13	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Anastasia Gloushkov Inna Yoffe	Duet	83.400	17	83.520	166.920	17	did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Men's doubles	—	Granollers / M. López (ESP) W 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–3)	Federer / Wawrinka (SUI) W 1–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	M. Bryan / B. Bryan (USA) L 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(12–10)	Did not advance
Shahar Pe'er	Women's singles	Sharapova (RUS) L 2–6, 0–6	Did not advance

References

^ "Disappointing showing for Israel at London Games". KHON 2. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ Kalman, Aaron (20 August 2012). "How to turn Israel's London drought into a Rio medal deluge". The Times of Israel 2. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ Israeli Olympic team snubbed by Facebook
^ "Top Lists 2012 – men's 400 m". IAAF. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^ "Top Lists 2011 – men's Marathon". IAAF. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
^ "Top Lists 2012 – women's pole vault". IAAF. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^ "Quota places by event – men's 10m air rifle". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
^ Sinai, Allon (28 July 2011). "Nevo London-bound with 11th-place finish". The Jerusalem Post.
^ "Israel swimmer Gal Nevo qualifies for 2012 London Summer Olympics". Haaretz. 27 July 2011.
^ Uri Talshir; Rami Hipsh (29 July 2011). "Toumarkin joins London-bound Israelis". Haaretz.

External links

Israel at the London 2012 Games news, articles and videos
Israel at the Olympic Movement official website
Israel - 2012 Olympic News, Athletes, Medals results, schedules

[1] "Disappointing showing for Israel at London Games". KHON 2. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[2] Kalman, Aaron (20 August 2012). "How to turn Israel's London drought into a Rio medal deluge". The Times of Israel 2. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[3] Israeli Olympic team snubbed by Facebook

[4] "Top Lists 2012 – men's 400 m". IAAF. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

[5] "Top Lists 2011 – men's Marathon". IAAF. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

[6] "Top Lists 2012 – women's pole vault". IAAF. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

[issf-7] "Quota places by event – men's 10m air rifle". International Shooting Sport Federation. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

[8] Sinai, Allon (28 July 2011). "Nevo London-bound with 11th-place finish". The Jerusalem Post.

[9] "Israel swimmer Gal Nevo qualifies for 2012 London Summer Olympics". Haaretz. 27 July 2011.

[10] Uri Talshir; Rami Hipsh (29 July 2011). "Toumarkin joins London-bound Israelis". Haaretz.

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