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
- Yael Arad — Judo, Women's Half-Middleweight
Bronze
- Oren Smadja — Judo, Men's Lightweight
Results by event
Athletics
Gender | Event | Participant | Round | Time | Place | Result | Ref |
Men's | 400m Hurdles | Aleksey Bazarov | Heat | 50.33 sec | 31st place | Did not advance | |
Men's | Triple Jump | Rogel Nachum | Qualification | 16.23 m | 24th place | Did not advance | |
Men's | Men's Javelin Throw | Vadim Bavikin | Qualification | 73.88 m | 23rd place | Did not advance | |
Men's | Pole Vault | Danny Krasnov | Qualification | 5.60 m | 8th place | ||
Men's | Pole Vault | Danny Krasnov | Final | 5.40 m | 8th place |
Fencing
Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
Women's foil | Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman | 23rd place |
Gymnastics
Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
Men's all around | Ron Kaplan | 65th place |
Judo
Gender | Event | Participant | Result | Metal | Ref |
Women's | Under-61 kg | Yael Arad | beat Begona Gomez Martin | Silver | |
Women's | Under-61 kg | Yael Arad | beat Miroslava Jánošíková | Silver | |
Women's | Under-61 kg | Yael Arad | beat Frauke Eickhoff | Silver | |
Women's | Under-61 kg | Yael Arad | lost in final to Catherine Fleury | Silver | |
Men's | Under-71 kg | Oren Smadja | beat Alaoui Mohamed Taher | Bronze | |
Men's | Under-71 kg | Oren Smadja | beat Billy Cusack | Bronze | |
Men's | Under-71 kg | Oren Smadja | lost to Chung Hoon | Bronze | |
Men's | Under-71 kg | Oren Smadja | beat Massimo Sulli | Bronze | |
Men's | Under-71 kg | Oren Smadja | beat Khaliun Boldbaatar | Bronze | |
Men's | Under-71 kg | Oren Smadja | beat Stefan Dott | Bronze | |
Men's | Under-95 kg | Simon Magalashvili | lost to Luigi Guido | ||
Men's | Under-60 kg | Amit Lang | lost to Yoon Hyun | ||
Men's | Under-60 kg | Amit Lang | lost to Willis Bernardo Garcia |
Sailing
Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
Men's Sailboard | Amit Inbar | 8th place 118.1 points | |
Men's 470 Class | Shai Bachar and Erez Shemesh | 9th place | |
Men's Flying Dutchman Class | Yoel Sela and Eldad Amir | 20th place |
Shooting
Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
Men's Running Target | Eduard Alayev | 564 points 15th place | |
Men's Rifle Prone | Menachem Ilan | 590 points 39th place | |
Men's Rifle 3-Positions | Menachem Ilan | 1132 points 41st place | |
Women's Sport Pistol | Jelena Tripolski | 573 points 21st place | |
Women's Air Pistol | Jelena Tripolski | 372 points 37th place |
Swimming
Gender | Event | Participant | Round | Time | Ranking | Result | Note | Ref |
Men's | 50m Freestyle | Yoav Bruck | Heat | 23.72 | 32nd place | Did not advance | ||
Men's | 100m Freestyle | Yoav Bruck | Heat | 51.46 | 31st place | Did not advance | ||
Men's | 100m Backstroke | Eran Groumi | Heat | 57.67 | 28th place | Did not advance | ||
Men's | 200m Backstroke | Eran Groumi | Heat | 2:07.91 | 37th place | Did not advance | ||
Men's | 100m Butterfly | Eran Groumi | Heat | 55.18 | 20th place | Did not advance | National record | |
Women's | 50m Freestyle | Keren Regal | Heat | 27.93 | 41st place | Did not advance | ||
Women's | 100m Butterfly | Timea Toth | Heat | 1:03.18 | 29th place | Did not advance | National record | |
Women's | 200m Butterfly | Timea Toth | Heat | 2:16.84 | 20th place | Did not advance | ||
Women's | 200m Individual Medley | Keren Regal | Heat | 2:27.85 | 37th place | Did not advance | ||
Women's | 400m Individual Medley | Keren Regal | Heat | 5:07.97 | 29th place | Did not advance |
Tennis
Event | Participant | Round | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Result | Ref |
Men's Singles Competition | Gilad Bloom | First round | 7-6 | 6-1 | 6-0 | Defeated Marián Vajda | |
Men's Singles Competition | Gilad Bloom | Second round | 2-6 | 0-6 | 0-6 | Lost to Jim Courier |
Weightlifting
Event | Participant | Weight | Result | Ref |
Men's Under 100 kg | Andrei Denisov | 377.5 kg | 6th place | |
Men's Under 60 kg | Reuven Hadinatov | 267.5 kg | 15th place | |
Men's Under 75 kg | Oleg Sadikhov | 332.5 kg | 10th place |
Wrestling
Gender | Style | Event | Participant | Result | Place | Ref |
Men's | Greco-Roman wrestling | Under-68 kg | Matwai Baranov | lost to Stoyan Stoyanov 0:2 | ||
Men's | Greco-Roman wrestling | Under-68 kg | Matwai Baranov | lost to Rodney Smith by fall | ||
Men's | Greco-Roman wrestling | Under-62 kg | Aleksander Davidovich | lost to Sergei Martynov 1:8 | ||
Men's | Greco-Roman wrestling | Under-62 kg | Aleksander Davidovich | lost to Shigeki Nishiguchi 0:2 | ||
Men's | Greco-Roman wrestling | Under-48 kg | Nik Zagranitchni | beat Omer Elmas 10:8 | 12th place | |
Men's | Greco-Roman wrestling | Under-48 kg | Nik Zagranitchni | lost to Mark Fuller 1:2 | 12th place | |
Men's | Greco-Roman wrestling | Under-48 kg | Nik Zagranitchni | lost to Wilber Sanchez 0:4 | 12th place | |
Men's | Freestyle wrestling | Under-68 kg | Max Geller | beat Jesus Rodriguez 2:1 | 11th place | |
Men's | Freestyle wrestling | Under-68 kg | Max Geller | lost to Fatih Ozbas 0:2 | 11th place | |
Men's | Freestyle wrestling | Under-68 kg | Max Geller | drew with Endre Elekes 0:0 | 11th place |