Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	32 (24 men and 8 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Zehava Shmueli[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Israel competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 32 competitors, 24 men and 8 women, took part in 46 events in 11 sports.^[2]

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's 400 metres	Mark Handelsman	Heat — 48.17 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres	Mark Handelsman	Heat — 1:47.90 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres	Mark Handelsman	Heat — 3: 45.05 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres	Arie Gamliel	Heat — 14:02.98 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10000 metres	Arie Gamliel	Heat — 29:31.32 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	Yehuda Zadok	Heat — 8:42.28 (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon	Shem-Tov Sabag	— 2:31:34 (→ 60th place)
Women's 100 metres	Maya Ben-Tzur	First Heat — 12.30s (→ did not advance)
Women's marathon	Zehava Shmueli	Final — 2:42:27 (→ 30th place)
Women's long jump	Maya Ben-Tzur	Qualification — 6.07 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Round	Result	Ref
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)	Yehuda Ben Haim	First Round	Defeated Michael Ebo Danquah (GHA), 4:1	[3]
		Second Round; 9th (tied)	Lost to John Lyon (GBR), 0:5
Men's Lightweight (– 60kg)	Shlomo Niazov	First Round	Lost to Dar Kamran (PAK), 0:5

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Round	Result	Ref
Men's K-1 500 metres	Aviram Mizrahi	Heats	2nd place, 1:53.66
		Semifinals	4th place, 1:49.98 (did not advance)

Fencing

Lydia Hatuel

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's foil	Yitzhak Hatuel	16th	[4]
	Shlomi Eyal	19th	[5]
Women's foil	Nili Drori	17th
	Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman	26th	[6]

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
	Yohanan Moyal	67th
	Ya'akov Levi
	Nancy Goldsmith	31st
	Limor Friedman
	Liat Haninowitz

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's -60 kg	Eddy Koaz	10th (tied)	[7]
Men's -78 kg	Moshe Ponte	20th (tied)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Flying Dutchman	Yoel Sela and Eldad Amir	8th	[8]
470	Shimshon Brokman and Eitan Friedlander	8th	[9]
Windglider	Yehuda Atedji	14th

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres	Gary Aramist	36th (tied)	[10]
Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres Men's Air Rifle, 10 metres	Yair Davidovitz	23rd 46th DNF
Men's Air Rifle, 10 metres Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres	Itzhak Yonassi	8th 39th (tied)	[11]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Eyal Stigman

Hadar Rubinstein

Event	Participant	Round	Time	Result	Ref
Men's 100m Breaststroke	Eyal Stigman	Heat	1:05.63	22nd place did not advance
Men's 200m Breaststroke	Eyal Stigman	Heat	2:24.93	23rd place did not advance
Men's 200m Butterfly	Yoram Kochavy	Heat	2:04.08	21st place did not advance
Men's 200m Individual Medley	Yoram Kochavy	Heat	2:11.81	27th place did not advance
Men's 400m Individual Medley	Yoram Kochavy	Heat	4:35.70	16th place
		B-Final	4:40.00
Women's 200m Freestyle	Hadar Rubinstein	Heat	2:12.17	26th place did not advance
Women's 400m Freestyle	Hadar Rubinstein	Heat	4:34.95	21st place did not advance
Women's 800m Freestyle	Hadar Rubinstein	Heat	DNS	No ranking did not advance
Women's 200m Butterfly	Hadar Rubinstein	Heat	2:22.78	26th place did not advance

Tennis

Amos Mansdorf

Main article: Tennis at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
	Amos Mansdorf

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's Flyweight	Meir Daloya	9th	[12]

References

1. "Olympic History of Israel". Archived from the original on 2015-06-28.
2. "Israel at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
3. "Yehuda Ben Haim Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2012-12-14.
4. "Itzhak Hatuel Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2011-04-06.
5. "Shlomo Eyal Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2011-04-07.
6. "Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
7. "Eddy Koaz Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
8. "Eldad Amir Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2016-12-02.
9. "Shimshon Brokman Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
10. "Gary Aramist Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
11. "Itzhak Yonassi Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
12. "Meir Daloya Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports