Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Israel
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	10 (7 men and 3 women) in 4 sports and 10 events
Flag bearer (opening)	Oleksii Bychenko[1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Itamar Biran
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Israel competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with ten competitors in four sports.

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of Israeli competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	0	1
Figure skating	4	3	7
Short track speed skating	1	0	1
Skeleton	1	0	1
Total	7	3	10

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Israel qualified one male alpine skier.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Itamar Biran	Men's giant slalom	1:17.52	58	1:16.19	45	2:33.71	49
	Men's slalom	DNF

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Daniel Samohin

In the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Oleksii Bychenko finished in 10th place with 245.96 points, and earned two quota places for the Israeli delegation in the men's event. Isabella Tobias and Ilia Tkachenko finished in 12th place with 162.67 points, and earned one quota place in the ice dancing event.^[4][5][6]

In the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany, Evgeni Krasnopolski and Paige Conners finished in 8th place with 171.61 points and earned one quota place in the Pairs event.^[7][8]

Bychenko and Daniel Samohin competed in the Men's singles event. Krasnopolski and Conners competed in the Pairs event. In Ice Dancing, Ronald Zilberberg and Adel Tankova represented Israel after Tkachenko's requests for Israeli citizenship was denied.^[9] Aimee Buchanan participated in the Team event in the Ladies contest, after Israel ranked among the top ten countries.^[10][11]

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oleksii Bychenko	Men's singles	84.13	13 Q	172.88	9	257.01	11
Daniel Samohin		80.69	18 Q	170.75	11	251.44	13
Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski	Pairs	60.35	19	did not advance
Adel Tankova / Ronald Zilberberg	Ice dancing	46.66	24	did not advance

Team event

Athlete	Event	Short program/Short dance						Free skate/Free dance
		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total	Rank	Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total	Rank
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points			Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points
Oleksii Bychenko (M) Aimee Buchanan (L) Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski (P) Adel Tankova / Ronald Zilberberg (ID)	Team event	88.49 9	46.30 1	54.47 2	44.61 1	13	8	Did not advance

Short track speed skating

Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Israel won a quota after Vladislav Bykanov participated at 2017–18 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Competitions.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vladislav Bykanov	Men's 500 m	47.177	4	Did not advance					26
	Men's 1000 m	PEN		Did not advance
	Men's 1500 m	PEN		—		Did not advance

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; AA – Advance to medal round due to being impeded by another skater

Skeleton

Main articles: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Adam Edelman earned a spot for Israel through reallocation.^[13][14][15]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adam Edelman	Men's	52.48	28	52.43	28	52.35	28	Eliminated		2:37.26	28

References

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2. Sinai, Allon (19 January 2018). "BLUE-AND-WHITE delegation Pyeongchang reaches 10 athletes". The Jerusalem Post.
3. "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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10. "Pyeongchang 2018 qualified Teams for the Team Event". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
11. Young Shin, Kim (12 January 2018). "10 countries qualify for PyeongChang figure skating team event". Korea.net. Government of South Korea. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
12. "XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
13. Press. "IBSF athletes from 30 nations compete at PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games". www.ibsf.org. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
14. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (14 January 2018). "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men´s Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
15. "Blue-and-white delegation Pyeongchang reaches 10 athletes". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.