title: Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics
text: # Israel at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  
  Israel competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 25 competitors, 18 men and 7 women, took part in 26 events in 10 sports. Gal Fridman won a bronze medal in Sailing, the only medal won by an Israeli at these games.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Bronze
  
  * Gal Fridman — Sailing, Men's Mistral Individual Competition
  
  ## Results by event
  
  ### Athletics
  
  | Gender | Event | Participant | Round | Result | Place |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's | Triple Jump | Rogel Nachum | Qualification | 16.67m | 17th place |
  | Men's | High Jump | Konstantin Matusevich | Qualification | 2.26m | 17th place |
  | Men's | Pole Vault | Danny Krasnov | Qualification | 5.60m | 12th place |
  | Men's | Pole Vault | Danny Krasnov | Final | 5.60m | 11th place |
  | Men's | Pole Vault | Konstantin Semyonov | Qualification | 5.40m | 20th place |
  
  ### Boxing
  
  | Event | Participant | Round | Result | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Flyweight (– 51 kg) | Vladislav Neiman | First round | Lost to Bolat Dzhumadilov Kazakhstan 7:18 | |
  
  ### Canoeing
  
  | Gender | Event | Participant | Round | Time | Place |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Women's | K-1 500m | Lior Carmi | Heat | 1:57.675 | 6th place |
  | Women's | K-1 500m | Lior Carmi | Repechage | 2:05.737 | 4th place |
  | Women's | K-1 500m | Lior Carmi | Semi-final | 1:54.899 | 7th place |
  
  ### Fencing
  
  | Gender | Event | Participant | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Women's | Foil | Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman | |
  | Women's | Foil | Ayelet Ohayon | |
  | Women's | Foil | Lilach Parisky | |
  | Women's | Team foil | Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman Ayelet Ohayon Lilach Parisky | 9th place |
  
  ### Judo
  
  | Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's Under-78 kg | Oren Smadja | | |
  | Women's Under-61 kg | Yael Arad | 5th place | |
  
  ### Sailing
  
  | Gender | Event | Participant | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's | Mistral | Gal Fridman | Bronze |
  | Men's | 470 | Nir Shantal & Ran Shantal | 19th place |
  | Women's | 470 | Shani Kedmi & Anat Fabrikant | 12th place |
  
  ### Shooting
  
  | Gender | Event | Participant | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's | 10 m Air Rifle | Boris Polak | 33rd place |
  | Men's | 10 m Air Pistol | Alex Tripolski | 39th place |
  | Men's | 50 m Free Rifle 3 Position | Boris Polak | 22nd place |
  | Men's | 50 m Free Rifle 3 Position | Guy Starik | 13th place |
  | Men's | 50 m Free Rifle Prone | Boris Polak | 20th place |
  | Men's | 50 m Free Rifle Prone | Guy Starik | 26th place |
  | Men's | 50 m Free Pistol | Alex Tripolski | 16th place |
  | Men's | 10 m Air Pistol | Alex Tripolski | 39th place |
  
  ### Swimming
  
  | Gender | Event | Participant | Round | Time | Result | Place |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's | 50m Freestyle | Yoav Bruck | Heat | 23.22 | Did not advance | 24th place |
  | Men's | 100m Freestyle | Yoav Bruck | Heat | 50.61 | Did not advance | 22nd place |
  | Men's | 100m Backstroke | Eithan Urbach | Heat | 56.74 | Did not advance | 22nd place |
  | Men's | 100m Breaststroke | Vadim Alexeev | Heat | 1:02.92 | Did not advance | 18th place |
  | Men's | 200m Breaststroke | Vadim Alexeev | Heat | 2:20.47 | Did not advance | 26th place |
  | Men's | 100m Butterfly | Dan Kutler | Heat | 55.11 | Did not advance | 31st place |
  | Men's | 4 × 100 m Medley Relay | Eithan Urbach Vadim Alexeev Dan Kutler Yoav Bruck | Heat | 3:42.24 | | 8th place |
  | Men's | 4 × 100 m Medley Relay | Eithan Urbach Vadim Alexeev Dan Kutler Yoav Bruck | Final | 3:42.90 | | 8th place |
  
  ### Weightlifting
  
  | Event | Participant | Result | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's Under 99 kg | Viacheslav Ivanovski | Did not finish | |
  
  ### Wrestling
  
  | Style | Event | Participant | Round | Result | Place |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Greco-Roman | Under-82 kg | Gotsha Tsitsiashvili | 1st round | Beat Tuomo Karila (FIN) 2:0 | 5th Place |
  | Greco-Roman | Under-82 kg | Gotsha Tsitsiashvili | 2nd round | Beat Park Myung-Suk (KOR) 4:1 | 5th Place |
  | Greco-Roman | Under-82 kg | Gotsha Tsitsiashvili | Quarterfinals | Bye | 5th Place |
  | Greco-Roman | Under-82 kg | Gotsha Tsitsiashvili | Semifinals | Lost to Thomas Zander (GER) 1:3 | 5th Place |
  | Greco-Roman | Under-82 kg | Gotsha Tsitsiashvili | Repechage, 6th round | Lost to Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ) 0:4 | 5th Place |
  | Greco-Roman | Under-82 kg | Gotsha Tsitsiashvili | 5th-6th place | Beat Martin Lidberg (SWE) by walk-over | 5th Place |
  