title: Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics
text: # 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Men's 100 metres | David Tabak | First round, heat 6 - 10.9 seconds (1st place) Second round, heat 3 - 10.9 seconds (6th place) |
  | Men's 200 metres | David Tabak | First round, heat 6 - 22.4 seconds (1st place) Second round, heat 4 - 21.8 seconds (5th place) |
  | Men's 400 metres | Aryeh Glick-Gill | First round, heat 5 - 50.2 seconds (5th place) |
  | Men's 800 metres | Aryeh Glick-Gill | First round, heat 7 - 2:00.9 minutes (6th place) |
  | Men's high jump | Arieh Batun-Kleinstub | Qualifying - 1.70 metres (did not qualify) |
  | Men's discus | Orion Gallin | Qualifying - 40.76 metres (32nd; did not qualify) |
  | Women's 80 metres hurdles | Leah Horovitz-Ravid | First round - 12.4 seconds (6th place) |
  | Women's high jump | Tamar Mettal-Schumacher | 1.40 metres (17th place) |
  | Women's long jump | Tamar Mettal-Schumacher | Qualifying - 5.16 metres (29th; did not qualify) |
  | Women's discus | Olga Winterberg | Qualifying - 35.79 metres (did not qualify) |
  
  ### Basketball
  
  | Event | Participants | Result | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's team competition | Coach: Jacob Saltiel Dan Erez-Buxenbaum Moshe Daniel-Levy Yehuda Wiener-Gafni Mordechai-Marcel Hefez Fredi Cohen Amos Lin-Linkovski Zekarya Ofri Eliahu Amiel Reuben Fecher-Perach Menahem Kurman-Degani Ralph Klein Shimon Shelah-Schmuckler Abraham Shneior | Qualification round (Group B) - Did not advance Lost to Philippines (47-57) Lost to Greece (52-54) | |
  
  ### Diving
  
  | Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's 3m springboard | Yoav Raanan | Preliminary round - 67.70 points (9th place) | |
  | Men's 10m platform | Yoav Raanan | Preliminary round - 58.15 points (30th place) | |
  
  ### Shooting
  
  Four shooters represented Israel in 1952.
  
  | Event | Participant | Result |
  | - | - | - |
  | 300 m rifle, three positions | Dov Ben-Dov | 1033 points (21st place) |
  | 300 m rifle, three positions | Shmuel Laviv-Lubin | 973 points (26th place) |
  | 50 m rifle, prone | Zvi Pinkas | 388 points (41st place) |
  | 50 m rifle, prone | Alexander Eliraz | 381 points (56th place) |
  | 50 m rifle, three positions | Zvi Pinkas | 1077 points (41st place) |
  | 50 m rifle, three positions | Alexander Eliraz | 1059 points (44th place) |
  
  ### Swimming
  
  | Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's 100 metres freestyle | David-Norbert Buch | First round, heat 1 - 1:05.6 (7th place) | |
  