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Israel at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Israel at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors	25 (22 men, 3 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Abraham Shneior
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time^[2] at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, 22 men and 3 women, took part in 17 events in 5 sports.^[3]

Results by event

Event	Participant	Result
Men's 100 metres	David Tabak	First round, heat 6 - 10.9 seconds (1st place) Second round, heat 3 - 10.9 seconds (6th place)
Men's 200 metres	David Tabak	First round, heat 6 - 22.4 seconds (1st place) Second round, heat 4 - 21.8 seconds (5th place)
Men's 400 metres	Aryeh Glick-Gill	First round, heat 5 - 50.2 seconds (5th place)
Men's 800 metres	Aryeh Glick-Gill	First round, heat 7 - 2:00.9 minutes (6th place)
Men's high jump	Arieh Batun-Kleinstub	Qualifying - 1.70 metres (did not qualify)
Men's discus	Orion Gallin	Qualifying - 40.76 metres (32nd; did not qualify)
Women's 80 metres hurdles	Leah Horovitz-Ravid	First round - 12.4 seconds (6th place)
Women's high jump	Tamar Mettal-Schumacher	1.40 metres (17th place)
Women's long jump	Tamar Mettal-Schumacher	Qualifying - 5.16 metres (29th; did not qualify)
Women's discus	Olga Winterberg	Qualifying - 35.79 metres (did not qualify)

Event	Participants	Result	Ref
Men's team competition	Coach: Tubby Raskin Dan Erez-Buxenbaum Moshe Daniel-Levy Yehuda Wiener-Gafni Mordechai-Marcel Hefez Fredi Cohen [he] Amos Lin-Linkovski Zekarya Ofri Eliahu Amiel Reuben Fecher-Perach Menahem Kurman-Degani Ralph Klein Shimon Shelah-Schmuckler Abraham Shneior	Qualification round (Group B) - Did not advance Lost to Philippines (47-57) Lost to Greece (52-54)

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's 3m springboard	Yoav Raanan	Preliminary round - 67.70 points (9th place)
Men's 10m platform	Yoav Raanan	Preliminary round - 58.15 points (30th place)

Four shooters represented Israel in 1952.

Event	Participant	Result
300 m rifle, three positions	Dov Ben-Dov	1033 points (21st place)
300 m rifle, three positions	Shmuel Laviv-Lubin	973 points (26th place)
50 m rifle, prone	Zvi Pinkas	388 points (41st place)
50 m rifle, prone	Alexander Eliraz	381 points (56th place)
50 m rifle, three positions	Zvi Pinkas	1077 points (41st place)
50 m rifle, three positions	Alexander Eliraz	1059 points (44th place)

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's 100 metres freestyle	David-Norbert Buch	First round, heat 1 - 1:05.6 (7th place)