title: Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics
text: # Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics
  
  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.
  
  | 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
  
  Israel qualified one male alpine skier.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Itamar Biran | Men's giant slalom | 1:17.52 | 58 | 1:16.19 | 45 | 2:33.71 | 49 |
  | Itamar Biran | Men's slalom | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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. Aimee Buchanan participated in the Team event in the Ladies contest, after Israel ranked among the top ten countries.
  
  ### Singles
  
  | Athlete | Event | SP/SD | SP/SD | FS/FD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Oleksii Bychenko | Men's singles | 84.13 | 13 Q | 172.88 | 9 | 257.01 | 11 |
  | Daniel Samohin | Men's singles | 80.69 | 18 Q | 170.75 | 11 | 251.44 | 13 |
  | Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski | Pairs | 60.35 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Adel Tankova / Ronald Zilberberg | Ice dancing | 46.66 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Team event
  
  | Athlete | Event | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Men's | Ladies' | Pairs | Ice dance | Total | Rank | Men's | Ladies' | Pairs | Ice dance | Total | Rank |
  | Athlete | Event | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Total | Rank | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Total | Rank |
  | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Short track speed skating
  
  Israel won a quota after Vladislav Bykanov participated at 2017–18 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Competitions.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Vladislav Bykanov | Men's 500 m | 47.177 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 26 |
  | Vladislav Bykanov | Men's 1000 m | PEN | PEN | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Vladislav Bykanov | Men's 1500 m | PEN | PEN | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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
  
  Adam Edelman earned a spot for Israel through reallocation.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Adam Edelman | Men's | 52.48 | 28 | 52.43 | 28 | 52.35 | 28 | Eliminated | Eliminated | 2:37.26 | 28 |
  