Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Israel
games=2004 Summer
competitors=36
sports=13
flagbearer=Ariel Zeevi (opening)
Gal Fridman (closing)
officials=
gold=1
silver=0
bronze=1
total=2
rank=52

Israel competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.Israel won its first ever gold medal at these Games.

Medalists

Gold

* Gal Fridman — Sailing, Men's Mistral

Bronze

* Ariel Zeevi — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (100 kg)

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's Pole Vault:
* Aleksander Averbukh: Qualifying – 5.70 metres (1st place): Final – 5.65 metres (8th place)

Men's Marathon:
* Haile Satayin – 2:17.25 (20th place)
* Asaf Bimro – 2:25.20 (59th place)

Women's 100m Hurdles:
* Irina Lenskiy: Heat – 13.75 seconds (7th place)

Women's Marathon:
* Nili Avramski – 2:48.08 (42nd place)

=Canoeing=

Men's K1 500 metres:
* Michael Kolganov:Heat, 4th place:Semifinal, 8th place

Women's K1 500 metres:
* Larissa Peisakhovitch:Heat, 3rd place:Semifinal, 2nd place:Final, 6th place

Men's K1 1000 metres:
* Roei Yellin:Heat, 3rd place:Semifinal, 3rd place:Final, 9th place

=Fencing=

Women's Foil Individual:
* Ayelet Ohayon:Lost to Simone Bauer (Germany) 5:10 in round of 32

=Gymnastics=

Artistic Gymnastics

Men's All-around:
*Pavel Gofman – final, 19th place

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Women's Individual:
*Katerina Pisetsky – 16th place

=Judo=

Men's 60 kg:
* Gal Yekutiel :Beat Albert Techov (Lithuania) in round of 64:Lost to Taraje Williams-Murray (USA) in round of 32

Men's 66 kg:
* Ehud Vaks:Beat Arash Miresmaeili (Iran) in round of 32 (Miresmaeili did not make weight [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6582-2004Aug16.html] and was disqualified):Lost to Amar Meridja (Algeria) in round of 16

Men's 73 kg:
* Yoel Razvozov:Beat Rubert Martinez Texidor (Cuba) in round of 32:Lost to Daniel Fernandes (France) in round of 16:Beat Xie Jianhua (China) in repechage round of 16:Lost to Leandro Guilheiro (Brazil) in repechage quarterfinal

Men's 100 kg:
* "'Ariel (Arik) Ze'evi – bronze medal:Beat Mario Sabino Jr. (Brazil) in round of 32:Beat Michele Monti (Italy) in round of 16:Lost to Jang Song-Ho (South Korea) in quarterfinal:Beat Franck Martial Moussima Ewane (Cameroon) in repechage quarterfinal:Beat Ghislain Lemaire (France) in repechage semifinal:Beat Elco van der Geest (Netherlands) in bronze medal final

Women's 52 kg:
* Michal Feinblat:Lost to Telma Monteiro (Portugal) in round of 16

=Sailing =

Men's Mistral
*Gal Fridman – gold medalMen's 470
*Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal – 15th placeWomen's Mistral
*Lee Korzitz – 13th placeWomen's 470
*Nike Kornecki and Vered Buskila – 18th place

=Shooting=

Men's 50 metre pistol
*Alexander Danilov – 554 points (15th place)Men's 50 metre rifle prone
*Guy Starik – 592 points (16th place)Men's 10 metre air pistol
*Alexander Danilov – 577 points (20th place)

=Swimming=

Women's 200 metre individual medley
*Vered Borochovski – 2:20.62 (24th place)Women's 100 metre butterfly
*Vered Borochovski – 1:00.69 (26th place)Women's 100 metre backstroke
*Anna Gostomelsky – 1:04.06 (28th place)Women's 100 metre freestyle
*Anna Gostomelsky – 57.15 (32nd place)Women's 50 metre freestyle
*Anna Gostomelsky – 26.72 (35th place)

=Synchronized swimming=

Duet
*Anastasia Gloushkov and Inna Yoffe – 17th place

=Table tennis=

Women's singles
*Marina Kravchenko:beat Archontoula Volakaki (Greece) 4:0 in 1st round:beat Otilia Badescu (Romania) 4:2 in 2nd round:lost to Tamara Boros (Croatia) 0:4 in 3rd round

=Taekwando=

Women's 49 kg
*Maya Arusi:lost to Dalia Kontreras (Venezuela) 1:5 in round of 16

=Tennis=

Men's doubles
*Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram :beat Thomas Enqvist and Robin Soderling (Sweden) 7:5 6:3 in 1st round:beat Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 6:4 6:1 in 2nd round:lost to Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schüttler (Germany) 6:2 2:6 2:6 in quarter-finalWomen's singles
*Anna Smashnova"':lost to Tathiana Garbin (Italy) 2:6 1:6 in 1st round

=Wrestling=

Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
*Gotsha Tzitziashvily – 14th place:beat Melonin Noumonvi (France) 3:1:lost to Alexei Michine (Russia) 0:3Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
*Yasha Manasherov – 19th place:lost to Danil Khalimov (Kazakhstan) 0:8:lost to Alberto Jose Recuero (Spain) 1:3Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
*Yuri Yevseychyk – 19th place:lost to Mijail Lopez (Cuba) 0:5:lost to Yekta Yilmaz Gul (Turkey) 0:3

Officials

*President: Zvi Varshaviak
*Secretary General: Arie Rosenzweig