Noc: | ISR |
Nocname: | Olympic Committee of Israel |
Games: | Winter Olympics |
Year: | 2014 |
Website: | |
Location: | Sochi |
Competitors: | 5 |
Sports: | 3 |
Flagbearer: | Vladislav Bykanov (opening[1] [2] and closing)[3] |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
App Begin Year: | 1994 |
Israel competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The team consisted of five athletes.[4] Vladislav Bykanov was the first male athlete to qualify from Israel in short track speed skating.
width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Figure skating | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Short track speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 4 | 1 | 5 |
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014 Israel had qualified two athletes,[5] however only one athlete was selected to compete.[4] Virgile Vandeput missed both races he was entered in, as he was injured during training.[6]
See main article: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Three skaters qualified to represent Israel. Alexei Bychenko finished the men's singles competition in 21st out of 30 competitors.[7] Andrea Davidovich and Evgeni Krasnopolski finished the pairs skating competition in 15th place out of 20 pairs.[8]
Athlete | Event | Total | ||||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
Alexei Bychenko | Men's singles | 62.44 | 22 Q | 114.62 | 21 | 177.06 | 21 | |
Andrea Davidovich / Evgeni Krasnopolski | Pairs skating | 53.38 | 15 Q | 94.35 | 15 | 147.73 | 15 |
See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Israel achieved the following quota place:[9] Vladislav Bykanov failed to advance out of the opening heats in all three of his events.[10]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
align=left rowspan=3 | Vladislav Bykanov | 500 m | 41.769 | 3 | Did not advance | 19 | ||||
1000 m | 1:27.796 | 3 | Did not advance | 24 | ||||||
1500 m | 2:21.163 | 4 | Did not advance | 25 |
Bradley Chalupski attempted to qualify in skeleton but had difficulty convincing the Israeli Olympic Committee to allow him to do so.[11] A group of female alpine skiers also competed and qualified, but Israel decided not to use its quota it earned.[12]