Israel at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeISR
NOCOlympic Committee of Israel
Websitewww.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Sydney
Competitors39 (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)

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Michael Kolganov Canoeing Men's K1 500m October 11

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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 		4 × 100 m 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

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Arik Zeevi
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 		—  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 		—  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

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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.

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Amit Inbar Men's Mistral 3 13 14
OCS 		13 13 5 37 4 13 4 11 79 7th
Eldad Ronen
Eli Zukerman 		Men's 470 3 12 12 30
OCS 		19 11 10 16 23 7 9 99 13th
Michal Hein Women's Mistral 11 8 21 14 14 30
DSQ 		11 13 18 10 16 115 14th
Anat Fabrikant
Shani Kedmi 		Women's 470 7 12 1 15 3 5 3 14 9 2 8 50 4th

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Aleksandr Danilov
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

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:22.06 NR 14 Did not advance
Yoav Bruck
Yoav Meiri
Tal Stricker
Eithan Urbach 		4 × 100 m 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

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Elimination pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Michael Beilin 63 kg  Zhuk (BLR)
L 0–1 		 Kurbanov (UZB)
L 0–4 		— 3 did not advance
Gocha Tsitsiashvili 85 kg  Aanes (NOR)
L 2–7 		 Vitt (UZB)
W 3-0 		 Bach Hamba (TUN)
W 11–1 		2 did not advance
Yuri Evseitchik 130 kg  Bakir (TUR)
W 3-0 		 Vála (CZE)
W 5-1 		 Sitnik (TUN)
W 3–1 		1 Q Bye  Gardner (USA)
L 2–3 		 Debelka (BLR)
L 0–1 		4

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ Israel Archived 28 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Israel at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Sinai Says: With multiple medal contenders, Israeli Olympians primed for podium return". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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