Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
inParis, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	88 (54 men and 34 women) in 16 sports and 67 events
Flag bearers (opening)	Peter Paltchik &Andrea Murez
Flag bearers (closing)	Tom Reuveny &Romi Paritzki
Medals Ranked 41st	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Israel competed at the2024 Summer Olympics inParis from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This was the nation's 18th appearance at the Summer Olympics. Since Israel's debut in1952, Israeli athletes have appeared in every edition of theSummer Olympic Games, other than the1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which it opted not to attend in accordance with theUS-led boycott. It was Israel's most successful Olympic Games by number of medals.^[1]

The participation of Israel in 2024 prompted calls from twenty-six French lawmakers,^[2][3] Palestinian, and other global sports organizations for sanctions against Israel and to prevent its participation due to the impact of theGaza war on Palestinian athletes and sports facilities, but IOC PresidentThomas Bach confirmed this was never an issue for the IOC^[4] and cautioned athletes against boycotts and discrimination. Bach also said, “Since the heinousattack on the Israeli team, there were always special measures being taken with Israeli athletes.” The president of theOlympic Committee of Israel,Yael Arad, assured that Israeli athletes would "100 per cent" be present, with safety measures in place.^[5]

The judokaPeter Paltchik and swimmerAndrea Murez were chosen as the nation's flag bearers at the opening ceremony.^[6] Israel finished the games with seven medals, including one gold.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Tom Reuveny Sailing Men's iQFoil 3 August  Silver Inbar Lanir Judo Women's −78 kg 1 August  Silver Raz Hershko Judo Women's +78 kg 2 August  Silver Sharon Kantor Sailing Women's iQFoil 3 August  Silver Artem Dolgopyat Gymnastics Men's floor 3 August  Silver Ofir Shaham Diana Svertsov Adar Friedmann Romi Paritzki Shani Bakanov Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group all-around 10 August  Bronze Peter Paltchik Judo Men's −100 kg 1 August

Medals by gender Gender Total Male 1 1 1 3 Female 0 4 0 4 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 1 5 1 7

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserve athletes are not counted:

Israel qualified two archers (one per gender) in the individual recurve and mixed team events, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roy Dror [he]	Men's individual	655	42	Wijler (NED) L 2–6	Did not advance					33
Mikaella Moshe	Women's individual	660	18	Amăistroaie (ROU) L 1–7	Did not advance					33
Roy Dror [he] Mikaella Moshe	Mixed team	1315	18	—		Did not advance				18

Israel qualified two athletes to compete in the women's duet as a result of high rank at the2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.^[8]

Israeli track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[9]

Track & road events

Israel entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on theBWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final /BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Misha Zilberman	Men's singles	Nguyen (IRL) L (17–21, 21–19, 13–21)	Axelsen (DEN) L (9–21, 11–21)	Dahal (NEP) W (21–12, 21–10)	3	Did not advance				27

Israel qualified one male cyclist by finishing 39th in theUCI Nation Ranking, and one women cyclist by finishing 44th in the UCI Nation Ranking.^[10]

Israel qualified two riders for the men's sprint and keirin events following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings, but chose to send only one rider to compete.^[11]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals /BM
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Mikhail Iakovlev	Men's sprint	9.152 78.671	3Q	Sahrom (MAS) W 9.779 73.627	—	Tjon En Fa (SUR) W 9.895 72.764	—	Turnbull (GBR) L 9.741 73.922	Rudyk (POL)  Awang (MAS) L 10.020 72.246	Did not advance			9

Keirin

Israel qualified one man mountain biker based on the UCI Mountain biking Olympic Qualification Ranking due to reallocations of unused quota places.

Israel fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the team jumping competitions by winning at theInternational Equestrian Federation designated Olympic jumping qualifier for Group C (Central and Eastern Europe) inPrague,Czech Republic.^[12]Isabella Russekoff on C Vier 2 was reserve for the team competition. She participated in the individual competition.

For the first time since2008, Israel entered one fencer into the Olympic competition.Yuval Freilich secured his quota place in men's épée, as one of the two highest-ranked individual fencers in the European zone in the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

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
Yuval Freilich	Men's épée	Bye	Santarelli (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance				19

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Israel men's	Men's tournament	Mali D 1–1	Paraguay L 2–4	Japan L 0–1	4	Did not advance			15

Israel men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the semifinals of the2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship inGeorgia andRomania, marking the nation's return to the sport for the first time sinceMontreal 1976.^[13]

Team roster

Israel announced a 29-men preliminary squad on 23 May 2024.^[14] The final squad was released on 2 July.^[15]Omer Nir'on replaced the injuredDaniel Peretz on 18 July, whileRoy Sason was called-up as an alternate player.^[16]

Head coach:Guy Luzon

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Omer Nir'on	(2001-04-17)17 April 2001 (aged 23)	0	0	Maccabi Netanya
2	2DF	Ilay Feingold	(2004-08-23)23 August 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Maccabi Haifa
3	2DF	Sean Goldberg*	(1995-08-25)25 August 1995 (aged 28)	0	0	Maccabi Haifa
4	2DF	Stav Lemkin	(2003-04-02)2 April 2003 (aged 21)	0	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	2DF	Roy Revivo	(2003-05-22)22 May 2003 (aged 21)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
6	3MF	Omri Gandelman*(captain)	(2000-05-16)16 May 2000 (aged 24)	0	0	Gent
7	2DF	Osher Davida	(2001-02-18)18 February 2001 (aged 23)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
8	3MF	Ethan Azoulay	(2002-05-26)26 May 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Maccabi Netanya
9	4FW	Dor Turgeman	(2003-10-24)24 October 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
10	3MF	Oscar Gloukh	(2004-04-01)1 April 2004 (aged 20)	0	0	Red Bull Salzburg
11	4FW	Liel Abada	(2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Charlotte FC
12	2DF	Noam Ben Harush	(2005-05-13)13 May 2005 (aged 19)	0	0	Hapoel Haifa
13	4FW	Elad Madmon	(2004-02-10)10 February 2004 (aged 20)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
14	3MF	Ayano Preda	(2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Hapoel Jerusalem
15	3MF	Adi Yona	(2004-04-17)17 April 2004 (aged 20)	0	0	Beitar Jerusalem
16	2DF	Or Israelov	(2004-09-02)2 September 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
17	3MF	Ido Shahar	(2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
18	1GK	Niv Eliasi	(2002-02-01)1 February 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
22	1GK	Roy Sason	(2001-12-13)13 December 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance toknockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
3	Mali	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Israel	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)

21:00

Mali	1–1	Israel
Doumbia 63'	Report	H. Diallo 56' (o.g.)

Parc des Princes,Paris

Attendance: 26,305^[17]

Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)

19:00

Israel	2–4	Paraguay
Gandelman 53' Gloukh 80'	Report	M. Fernández 25',90+6' Enciso 69' Balbuena 90+3'

Parc des Princes,Paris

Attendance: 28,887^[18]

Referee:Drew Fischer (Canada)

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)

21:00

Israel	0–1	Japan
	Report	Hosoya 90+1'

Stade de la Beaujoire,Nantes

Attendance: 11,671^[19]

Referee:Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Israel qualified two gymnasts,Artem Dolgopyat andLihie Raz, by their being among the highest-ranked eligible athletes in the All-around at the2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[20][21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Artem Dolgopyat	Floor	14.466	—					14.466	7Q	14.966	—					14.966
	Pommel horse	—	13.000	—				13.000	46	Did not advance

Women

Israel entered a squad of rhythmic gymnasts to compete in the group all-around competition, following the nation's successful runner-up at the2022 World Championships inSofia,Bulgaria.^[22][23] Additionally, Israel also entered an individual gymnast through the individual all-round qualifications at the2023 World Championships inValencia,Spain.

Athletes	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 apps	3+2 apps	Total	Rank	5 apps.	3+2 apps	Total	Rank
Ofir Shaham Diana Svertsov Adar Friedmann Romi Paritzki Shani Bakanov	Group	35.250	31.900	67.150	6Q	35.600	33.250	68.850

Judoka listed are those who secured qualification.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yam Wolczak	−60 kg	—	Kisoka (COD) W 10–00	Sardalashvili (GEO) L 00–11	Did not advance				9
Baruch Shmailov	−66 kg	—	Boushita (MAR) W 01–00	Emomali (TJK) L 00–01	Did not advance				9
Tohar Butbul	−73 kg	—	Dris (ALG)(DSQ) W 10–00	Heydarov (AZE) L 00–10	Did not advance				9
Sagi Muki	−81 kg	Bye	Cavelius (GER) W 10–00	Lee (KOR) L 00–10	Did not advance				9
Peter Paltchik	−100 kg	—	Gonchigsüren (MGL) W 10–00	Diesse (FRA) W 10–00	Kotsoiev (AZE) L 00–01	Did not advance	Korrel (NED) W 10–00	Eich (SUI) W 01–00

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Shira Rishony	−48 kg	Abuzhakynova (KAZ) L 00–01	Did not advance					17
Gefen Primo	−52 kg	Jung (KOR) W 10–00	Ndiaye (SUI) W 01–00	Krasniqi (KOS) L 00–10	Did not advance	Pupp (HUN) L 00–10	Did not advance	7
Timna Nelson-Levy	−57 kg	Kajzer (SLO) W 01–00	Huh (KOR) L 00–10	Did not advance				9
Gili Sharir	−63 kg	Agbegnenou (FRA) L 00–01	Did not advance					17
Maya Goshen	−70 kg	Ögel (TUR) W 10–00	Gahié (FRA) L 00–10	Did not advance				9
Inbar Lanir	−78 kg	Bye	Khüslen (MGL) W 10–00	Steenhuis (NED) W 10–00	Wagner (GER) W 10–00	—	Bellandi (ITA) L 00–11
Raz Hershko	+78 kg	Bye	Kamps (NED) W 10–00	Žabić (SRB) W 10–00	Özdemir (TUR) W 10–00	—	Souza (BRA) L 00–01

Mixed

Nations qualifying at least one athlete in the −57(−48, −52 & −57), −70(−57, −63 & −70) & +70(−70, −78 & +78) weight categories for women, and at least one athlete in the −73(−60, −66 & −73), −90(−73, −81 & −90) & +90(−90, −100 & +100) weight categories for men, would compete in the team event.

Team	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yam Wolczak Baruch Shmailov Tohar Butbul Sagi Muki Peter Paltchik Shira Rishony Gefen Primo Timna Nelson-Levy Gili Sharir Maya Goshen Inbar Lanir Raz Hershko	Team	Mongolia (MGL) W 4–3	France (FRA) L 0–4	Did not advance				9

Israeli sailors qualified one boat in Men's and Women'siQFoil, Women'sFormula Kite, and Mixed470 through the2023 Sailing World Championships inThe Hague, Netherlands;^[24] They also qualified one boat in Men'sLaser through the 2024 ILCA Senior European Championships inAthens, Greece. Additionally, Israeli sailors qualified one boat in Women'sLaser Radial through the 2024 ILCA Senior European Championships after Portugal's quota from the 2023 Sailing World Championships was disqualified becauseVasileia Karachaliou did not receive Portuguese citizenship and was not approved to representing Portugal.^[25]

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Opening Series																						Final Series			Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Net Points	Rank	QF	SF	F
Tom Reuveny	Men's iQFoil	8	13	5	3	3	4	BFD (25)	3	5	13	14	4	2	Cancelled							63	2Q	Bye	2Q	1
Sharon Kantor	Women's iQFoil	DSQ (25)	6	10	1	1	3	4	2	15	1	2	6	2	11	Cancelled						49	2Q	Bye	1Q	2

Medal race events

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Israeli shooterSergey Richter achieved quota places for the delegation in the men's10 metre air rifle through the ISSF World Olympic Rankings after universality spots were reallocated. This willl be his fourth appearance at the Olympics.^[26]

Israel surfers confirmed one shortboard quota place.Anat Lelior qualified for the games, by virtue of being one of the top eight individual women's surfers, not yet qualified, at the2024 ISA World Surfing Games inArecibo,Puerto Rico.^[27][28]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anat Lelior	Women's shortboard	5.43	2Q2	Gonzalez-Etxabarri (ESP) W 11.00–2.80	Wright (AUS) L 7.74–11.10	Did not advance			9

Israeli swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):^[29]

Men

Women

Mixed

Israel qualified one athlete. Tokyo 2020 bronze medalistAvishag Semberg qualified for Paris 2024 at the2024 European Qualification Tournament inSofia, Bulgaria.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Avishag Semberg	Women's −49 kg	Bye	Abutaleb (KSA) L 1–2	Did not advance				11

Israel qualified one male triathlete based on the World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking.Shachar Sagiv, who was the triathlete who qualified in the ranking, was selected to represent Israel in the 2024 Olympics.^[30]

Palestinian sports organizations and sports organizations from Arab countries are calling for sanctions to be imposed against Israel and to prevent its participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics due to theGaza war. The calls from the Palestinian and Arab organizations have been prompted by concerns about the war's impact on Palestinian athletes and sports facilities.^[31][32]

In February, twenty-six French lawmakers sent a letter to the IOC, urging sanctions against Israel, and calling for a ban on Israeli athletes competing under their flag and anthem. The lawmakers citedIsrael's alleged war crimes in theGaza Strip as the reason for their stance. They proposed that Israeli athletes participate neutrally, similar to Russian and Belarusian athletes, during the Games.^[2][3] The American-based global organizationAvaaz started an online appeal calling on IOC to ban Israel from the Games until it "ceases its assault on innocent civilians in Gaza."^[33]

Thomas Portes, a lawmaker fromLa France Insoumise party, was captured on video saying that Israel's Olympic athletes "were not welcome in France" and called for protests against their participation in the Olympic games.^[34] On 23 July 2024, protests were held in Paris by pro-Palestinian demonstrators urging the IOC to have Israel excluded from the Games.^[35]

The IOC has cautioned athletes against boycotting or discriminating against others, stating that immediate action will follow any discriminatory behavior such as the case of Algerian judokaFethi Nourine, who received a ten year ban following his refusal to fightTohar Butbul, an Israeli, in the2020 Summer Olympics. The IOC also stated that athletes are not to be held accountable for their government's actions.^[36] However, Algerian judokaMessaoud Dris, who was previously reported to consider withdrawing,^[37] was disqualified ahead of a match against Butbul in the−73 kg event, after his weight was measured to be 0.4 kg above the limit.^[38]Jibril Rajoub, the president of thePalestine Olympic Committee, said he would refuse to engage with his Israeli counterpartYael Arad, commenting: "The Palestinian athletes and I will follow the principles of the IOC. And if we feel that there is any violation from our side, we have to fight against it. The ball is in the other side's court." He further referenced Israeli judoka and flagbearerPeter Paltchik, accused of posting on his social media images of Israeli missiles captioned "From me to you with pleasure".^[39]

In November 2023, Russia accused the IOC of having double standards by not sanctioning Israel due to its military actions in Gaza, as Palestine is also an IOC member. The IOC's response to the comparisons to Russia was that the recommendations adopted on Russia and Belarus resulted from the violation of theOlympic Truce that was in force at the time, Russia's violation of theOlympic Charter following theirannexation of four Ukrainian Olympic councils, and Russia's two previous violations in2008 and2014.^[40][41] American academic and former professional soccer playerJules Boykoff described the double standards as "glaring" and questioned the IOC's treatment of Israel compared to Russia, stating that Israel'svarious settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights are in violation of the Olympic Charter the same way the Russian invasion of Ukraine is.^[42][43] However, French presidentEmmanuel Macron defended the decision to include Israel, stating that "Israel responded to a terrorist attack" byHamas, and that "this is not a war of aggression".^[44]

During the national anthem, Israel's team faced heckling in stadiums, and athletes were escorted to events by a strong police presence, including riot police vans.^[45] In the football game against Mali,Palestinian flags were displayed by a few spectators, with some parts of the crowd booing the Israelis and sporadic chants of "free Palestine" that drew attention from security, while outside the venue came choruses of "freethe hostages".^[35]

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