Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The delegation of 40 athletes was the biggest until that time, and second-biggest in history after 2008 Olympics

Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Israel competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This was Israel's 14th participation in the Summer Olympics.43 Israeli athletes competed in Beijing, the largest Israeli delegation in Olympic history, the previous record having been 40 at Sydney 2000...

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Bronze

• Michael Kolganov
  Michael Kolganov
  Michael Kolganov is a Soviet-born, Israeli sprint canoer and former world champion. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at Sydney in 2000...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles

Athletics

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

Men's 100 m

• Tommy Kafri
  Tommy Kafri
  Tommy Kafri is a retired Hungarian-Israeli sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.He was born in in Budapest, Hungary, but emigrated to Israel from Hungary in 1986 and became one of the country's top sprinters...
  
  
• Round 1 — 10.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Gidon Jablonka
• Round 1 — 20.92 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m

• Kfir Golan
  Kfir Golan
  Kfir Golan is a retired Israeli sprinter.He competed at the 1994 European Championships and the 1995 World Championships without reaching the final. He won five national championships...
  
  , Gidon Jablonka, Tommy Kafri
  Tommy Kafri
  Tommy Kafri is a retired Hungarian-Israeli sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.He was born in in Budapest, Hungary, but emigrated to Israel from Hungary in 1986 and became one of the country's top sprinters...
  
  , Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy
  Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy
  Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy is a sprinter from Russia and Israel.His personal best in the 100 meters is 10.12, set in Russia on July 14, 1994...
  
   (reserve: Miki Bar Yehoshua)
• Round 1 — 39.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Rogel Nachum
  Rogel Nachum
  Rogel Nachum is a retired Israeli triple jumper, whose personal best was 17.20 meters, achieved in June 1992 in Seville.Nachum participated in three Olympic Games: Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 were he carried the Israeli flag at opening ceremony....
  
  
• Qualifying — 16.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Konstantin Matusevich
  Konstantin Matusevich
  Konstantin Matusevich is a retired Israeli high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved in February 2000 in Perth. This is the current Israeli record.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Qualifying — 2.27
• Final — 2.32 (→ 5th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Aleksandr Averbukh
  Aleksandr Averbukh
  Aleksandr Averbukh is a retired Israeli athlete who competed in the pole vault.-Biography:He is Jewish. He was formerly a decathlete competing for Russia, but in 1999 he became an Israeli citizen and rose to top level in pole vault....
  
  
• Qualifying — 5.65
• Final — 5.50 (→ 10th place)
• Danny Krasnov
  Danny Krasnov
  Yevgeniy Krasnov is a retired Israeli pole vaulter. He emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1991....
  
  
• Qualifying — 5.55 (→ did not advance)

Flatwater

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Michael Kolganov
  Michael Kolganov
  Michael Kolganov is a Soviet-born, Israeli sprint canoer and former world champion. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at Sydney in 2000...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 1:40.275
• Semifinal — 1:40.426
• Final — 1:59.563 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Michael Kolganov
  Michael Kolganov
  Michael Kolganov is a Soviet-born, Israeli sprint canoer and former world champion. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at Sydney in 2000...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 3:35.487
• Semifinal — 3:37.439
• Final — 3:35.099 (→ 4th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Rami Zur
  Rami Zur
  Rami Zur is an American sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s for Israel and later for the United States....
  
  , Roei Yellin
• Qualifying Heat — 1:34.774
• Semifinal — 1:34.241 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

• Rami Zur
  Rami Zur
  Rami Zur is an American sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s for Israel and later for the United States....
  
  , Roei Yellin
• Qualifying Heat — 3:20.913
• Semifinal — 3:22.634 (→ did not advance)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Lior Carmi, Larissa Peisakhovitch
• Qualifying Heat — 1:48.647
• Semifinal — 1:48.120 (→ did not advance)

Fencing

Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*...

Women's Individual Foil

• Ayelet Ohayon
  Ayelet Ohayon
  Ayelet Ohayon is an Israeli foil fencer.-European Championships:She finished 8th in the 1995 European Championships, and placed 7th in the individual foil event at the 1996 and 1997 European Championships....
  
  

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...

Women's individual:

• Or Tokayev - 14th place (→ did not advance)

Judo

Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...

Men's under 100KG

• Arik Ze'evi  - 5th place

Men's under 73KG

• Gil Ofer

Women's under 57KG

• Orit Bar'on

Shooting

Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

Men's air rifle

• Aleksandr Danilov

Men's free rifle

• Alexandr Danilov

Men's rifle prone

• Guy Starik
  Guy Starik
  Guy Starik is an Israeli sport shooter who has competed in four Olympics. He has won gold medals in shooting at both the European Championships and at four World Cups, and shares the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition....
  
  

Men's rifle 3 positions

• Guy Starik
  Guy Starik
  Guy Starik is an Israeli sport shooter who has competed in four Olympics. He has won gold medals in shooting at both the European Championships and at four World Cups, and shares the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition....
  
  

Sailing

Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Israel competed in four events in the Sailing venue at the 2000 Olympics. They had two top ten finishes, including 4th place in the women's 470.

Men's Mistral

• Amit Inbar
• Race 1 — 3
• Race 2 — 13
• Race 3 — (14)
• Race 4 — 13
• Race 5 — 13
• Race 6 — 5
• Race 7 — (37) OCS
• Race 8 — 4
• Race 9 — 13
• Race 10 — 4
• Race 11 — 11
• Final — 79 (→ 7th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Elad Ronen and Eli Zukerman
• Race 1 — 3
• Race 2 — 12
• Race 3 — 12
• Race 4 — (30) DCS
• Race 5 — 19
• Race 6 — 11
• Race 7 — 10
• Race 8 — 16
• Race 9 — (23)
• Race 10 — 7
• Race 11 — 9
• Final — 99 (→ 13th place)

Women's Mistral

• Michal Hein
• Race 1 — 11
• Race 2 — 8
• Race 3 — (21)
• Race 4 — 14
• Race 5 — 14
• Race 6 — (30) DSQ
• Race 7 — 11
• Race 8 — 13
• Race 9 — 18
• Race 10 — 10
• Race 11 — 16
• Final — 115 (→ 14th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Anat Fabrikant and Shani Kedmi
• Race 1 — 7
• Race 2 — 12
• Race 3 — 1
• Race 4 — (15)
• Race 5 — 3
• Race 6 — 5
• Race 7 — 3
• Race 8 — (14)
• Race 9 — 9
• Race 10 — 2
• Race 11 — 8
• Final — 50 (→ 4th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Yoav Bruck
  Yoav Bruck
  Yoav Bruck is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 23.21 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Yoav Bruck
  Yoav Bruck
  Yoav Bruck is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 51.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Yoav Meiri
• Preliminary Heat — 55.38 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Michael Halika
  Michael Halika
  Michael Halika is a former medley swimmer from Israel, who competed in three events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as a member of the Israeli swimming team....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 2:01.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Tal Stricker
  Tal Stricker
  Tal Stricker is a breaststroke swimmer from Israel, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.There he swam in three events...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 1:03.99 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Tal Stricker
  Tal Stricker
  Tal Stricker is a breaststroke swimmer from Israel, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.There he swam in three events...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 2:19.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Eithan Urbach
  Eithan Urbach
  Eithan Urbach is a former backstroke swimmer from Israel, who is considered to be one of the greatest swimmers in Israel's history...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 55.44
• Semi-final — 55.31
• Final — 55.74 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Yoav Gath
  Yoav Gath
  Yoav Gath is a backstroke swimmer from Israel, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 2:00.80
• Semi-final — 2:03.80 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Michael Halika
  Michael Halika
  Michael Halika is a former medley swimmer from Israel, who competed in three events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as a member of the Israeli swimming team....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 2:07.53 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Michael Halika
  Michael Halika
  Michael Halika is a former medley swimmer from Israel, who competed in three events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as a member of the Israeli swimming team....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 4:19.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle

• Alexei Manziola
  Alexei Manziola
  Alexei Manziola is a former Israeli swimmer, currently residing in Russia.Manziola a member of Israel's swimming team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, competing in the Men's 4x100 meter Freestyle Relay...
  
  , Eithan Urbach
  Eithan Urbach
  Eithan Urbach is a former backstroke swimmer from Israel, who is considered to be one of the greatest swimmers in Israel's history...
  
  , Oren Azrad, and Yoav Bruck
  Yoav Bruck
  Yoav Bruck is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 3:22.06 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Medley

• Eithan Urbach
  Eithan Urbach
  Eithan Urbach is a former backstroke swimmer from Israel, who is considered to be one of the greatest swimmers in Israel's history...
  
  , Tal Stricker
  Tal Stricker
  Tal Stricker is a breaststroke swimmer from Israel, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.There he swam in three events...
  
  , Yoav Meiri, and Yoav Bruck
  Yoav Bruck
  Yoav Bruck is a former swimmer from Israel, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 3:43.39 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Adi Bichman
  Adi Bichman
  Adi Maia Bichman is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.She participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she swam in the 400m and 800m freestyle, as well as the 400m medley. She attended Rice University on an athletic scholarship.-References:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 4:27.33 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Adi Bichman
  Adi Bichman
  Adi Maia Bichman is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.She participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she swam in the 400m and 800m freestyle, as well as the 400m medley. She attended Rice University on an athletic scholarship.-References:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 9:01.90 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Vered Borochovski
  Vered Borochovski
  Vered Borochovski is a former Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. She also holds three Israeli swimming records.In December 2002 she competed at the Jerusalem Cup. She swam a time of 27.38 in the 50m fly....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 1:00.34 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Vered Borochovski
  Vered Borochovski
  Vered Borochovski is a former Israeli swimmer who represented Israel at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. She also holds three Israeli swimming records.In December 2002 she competed at the Jerusalem Cup. She swam a time of 27.38 in the 50m fly....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 2:18.99 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Adi Bichman
  Adi Bichman
  Adi Maia Bichman is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.She participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she swam in the 400m and 800m freestyle, as well as the 400m medley. She attended Rice University on an athletic scholarship.-References:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 5:06.72 (→ did not advance)

Greco-Roman Wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practised worldwide. It was contested at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been included in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1908. Two wrestlers are scored for their performance in three two-minute periods, which can...

Men's under-63 kg:

• Michael Beilin — 15th place

Men's under-85 kg:

• Gotsha Tsitsiashvili — 6th place

Men's under-130 kg:

• Yuri Evseitchik — 4th place