Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 25 competitors, 22 men and 3 women, took part in 17 events in 5 sports.

Results by event

Athletics

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's 100 metres	David Tabak	First round, heat 6 – 10.9 seconds Second round, heat 3 – 10.9 seconds
Men's 200 metres	David Tabak	First round, heat 6 – 22.4 seconds Second round, heat 4 – 21.8 seconds
Men's 400 metres	Aryeh Glick-Gill	First round, heat 5 – 50.2 seconds
Men's 800 metres	Aryeh Glick-Gill	First round, heat 7 – 2:00.9 minutes
Men's high jump	Arieh Batun-Kleinstub	Qualifying – 1.70 metres
Men's discus	Orion Gallin	Qualifying – 40.76 metres
Women's 80 metres hurdles	Leah Horovitz-Ravid	First round – 12.4 seconds
Women's high jump	Tamar Mettal-Schumacher	1.40 metres
Women's long jump	Tamar Mettal-Schumacher	Qualifying – 5.16 metres
Women's discus	Olga Winterberg	Qualifying – 35.79 metres

Basketball

Event

Participants

Result

Ref

Men's team competition

Coach: Tubby Raskin

Qualification round – Did not advance

Diving

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's 3m springboard	Yoav Raanan	Preliminary round – 67.70 points
Men's 10m platform	Yoav Raanan	Preliminary round – 58.15 points

Shooting

Four shooters represented Israel in 1952.

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
300 m rifle, three positions	Dov Ben-Dov	1033 points
300 m rifle, three positions	Shmuel Laviv-Lubin	973 points
50 m rifle, prone	Zvi Pinkas	388 points
50 m rifle, prone	Alexander Eliraz	381 points
50 m rifle, three positions	Zvi Pinkas	1077 points
50 m rifle, three positions	Alexander Eliraz	1059 points

Swimming

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
Men's 100 metres freestyle	David-Norbert Buch	First round, heat 1 – 1:05.6