Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics


Israel competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 30 competitors, 25 men and 5 women, took part in 42 events in 10 sports. Israel won its first ever Olympic medals at these Games. The first medallist in Israel's history was Yael Arad, who won silver on July 30 in judo's under-61 kg category for women, and she was followed a day later by another judoka, Oren Smadja, who won bronze in men's under-71 kg category.

Medalists

Silver

Athletics

GenderEventParticipantRoundTimePlaceResultRef
Men's400m HurdlesAleksey BazarovHeat50.33 sec31st placeDid not advance
Men'sTriple JumpRogel NachumQualification16.23 m24th placeDid not advance
Men'sMen's Javelin ThrowVadim BavikinQualification73.88 m23rd placeDid not advance
Men'sPole VaultDanny KrasnovQualification5.60 m8th place
Men'sPole VaultDanny KrasnovFinal5.40 m8th place

Fencing

EventParticipantResultRef
Women's foilLydia Hatuel-Zuckerman23rd place

Gymnastics

EventParticipantResultRef
Men's all aroundRon Kaplan65th place

Judo

GenderEventParticipantResultMetalRef
Women'sUnder-61 kgYael Aradbeat Begona Gomez Martin Silver
Women'sUnder-61 kgYael Aradbeat Miroslava Jánošíková Silver
Women'sUnder-61 kgYael Aradbeat Frauke Eickhoff Silver
Women'sUnder-61 kgYael Aradlost in final to Catherine Fleury Silver
Men'sUnder-71 kgOren Smadjabeat Alaoui Mohamed Taher Bronze
Men'sUnder-71 kgOren Smadjabeat Billy Cusack Bronze
Men'sUnder-71 kgOren Smadjalost to Chung Hoon Bronze
Men'sUnder-71 kgOren Smadjabeat Massimo Sulli Bronze
Men'sUnder-71 kgOren Smadjabeat Khaliun Boldbaatar Bronze
Men'sUnder-71 kgOren Smadjabeat Stefan Dott Bronze
Men'sUnder-95 kgSimon Magalashvililost to Luigi Guido
Men'sUnder-60 kgAmit Langlost to Yoon Hyun
Men'sUnder-60 kgAmit Langlost to Willis Bernardo Garcia

Sailing

EventParticipantResultRef
Men's Sailboard Amit Inbar8th place
118.1 points
Men's 470 ClassShai Bachar and Erez Shemesh9th place
Men's Flying Dutchman ClassYoel Sela and Eldad Amir20th place

Shooting

EventParticipantResultRef
Men's Running TargetEduard Alayev564 points
15th place
Men's Rifle ProneMenachem Ilan590 points
39th place
Men's Rifle 3-PositionsMenachem Ilan1132 points
41st place
Women's Sport PistolJelena Tripolski573 points
21st place
Women's Air PistolJelena Tripolski372 points
37th place

Swimming

GenderEventParticipantRoundTimeRankingResultNoteRef
Men's50m FreestyleYoav BruckHeat23.7232nd placeDid not advance
Men's100m FreestyleYoav BruckHeat51.4631st placeDid not advance
Men's100m BackstrokeEran GroumiHeat57.6728th placeDid not advance
Men's200m BackstrokeEran GroumiHeat2:07.9137th placeDid not advance
Men's100m ButterflyEran GroumiHeat55.1820th placeDid not advanceNational record
Women's50m FreestyleKeren RegalHeat27.9341st placeDid not advance
Women's100m ButterflyTimea TothHeat1:03.1829th placeDid not advanceNational record
Women's200m ButterflyTimea TothHeat2:16.8420th placeDid not advance
Women's200m Individual MedleyKeren RegalHeat2:27.8537th placeDid not advance
Women's400m Individual MedleyKeren RegalHeat5:07.9729th placeDid not advance

Tennis

EventParticipantRoundSet 1Set 2Set 3ResultRef
Men's Singles CompetitionGilad BloomFirst round7-66-16-0Defeated Marián Vajda
Men's Singles CompetitionGilad BloomSecond round2-60-60-6Lost to Jim Courier

Weightlifting

EventParticipantWeightResultRef
Men's Under 100 kgAndrei Denisov377.5 kg6th place
Men's Under 60 kgReuven Hadinatov267.5 kg15th place
Men's Under 75 kgOleg Sadikhov332.5 kg10th place

Wrestling

GenderStyleEventParticipantResultPlaceRef
Men'sGreco-Roman wrestlingUnder-68 kgMatwai Baranovlost to Stoyan Stoyanov 0:2
Men'sGreco-Roman wrestlingUnder-68 kgMatwai Baranovlost to Rodney Smith by fall
Men'sGreco-Roman wrestlingUnder-62 kgAleksander Davidovichlost to Sergei Martynov 1:8
Men'sGreco-Roman wrestlingUnder-62 kgAleksander Davidovichlost to Shigeki Nishiguchi 0:2
Men'sGreco-Roman wrestlingUnder-48 kgNik Zagranitchnibeat Omer Elmas 10:812th place
Men'sGreco-Roman wrestlingUnder-48 kgNik Zagranitchnilost to Mark Fuller 1:212th place
Men'sGreco-Roman wrestlingUnder-48 kgNik Zagranitchnilost to Wilber Sanchez 0:412th place
Men'sFreestyle wrestlingUnder-68 kgMax Gellerbeat Jesus Rodriguez 2:111th place
Men'sFreestyle wrestlingUnder-68 kgMax Gellerlost to Fatih Ozbas 0:211th place
Men'sFreestyle wrestlingUnder-68 kgMax Gellerdrew with Endre Elekes 0:011th place