| Noc: | ISR |
| Nocname: | Olympic Committee of Israel |
| Games: | Summer Youth Olympics |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Buenos Aires |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Sports: | 8 |
| Flagbearer: | Avishag Semberg |
| Rank: | 52 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Israel competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anastasia Gorbenko | 7 Oct | ||||
| 15 Oct | |||||
| 8 Oct |
See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Israel qualified three athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Adisu Guadia | align=left | 3000 m | 8:30.27 | 11 | 12:06 | 7 | 9 | |
| align=left | cross country | 18 | 12:06 | 18 | |||||
See main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. The ranks of the Israelis cyclists at the 2017 men junior XCO mountain bike world championships place Israel at the 7th place. This position qualified two cyclists for Israel.[1] [2]
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Israel qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.[3]
Israel qualified one gymnast based on Uri Zeiadel performance at the European qualification event as part of the 2018 European Junior Championship. Zeiadel finish at the 23rd place on the individual all-around event with 73.265 points. This score place Israel at the 15th place.[3] [4]
Israel qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on Valeriia Sotskova performance at the European qualification event. Sotskova finish at the 5th place on the individual all-around event.[5]
See main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Israel qualified one athlete based on its position at the IJF cadet WRL.
See main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Israel qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships. Naama Gazit finished at the 4th place and earned one quota places for the Israeli delegation in the girls’ event. Bar Navri finished at the 9th place and earned one quota places for the Israeli delegation in the boys’ event.[6] [7] [8]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Total score | Net score | Rank | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||||
| Tomer Vardimon | Boys' Techno 293+ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 56 | 4 | |||
| Naama Gazit | Girls' Techno 293+ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 47 | 4 | |||
See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Israel qualified four athlete based on its performance at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest.[9]
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Denis Loktev | 100 m freestyle | 50.91 | 11 | 50.81 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m freestyle | 1:49.20 | 5 | 1:48.53 | |||||
| 400 m freestyle | 3:52.04 | 4 | 3:52.12 | 6 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=4 | Gal Cohen Groumi | 50 m butterfly | 25.20 | 26 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly | 55.22 | 24 | Did not advance | |||||
| 50 m freestyle | 23.97 | 27 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:04.25 | 3 | 2:02.41 | 4 | ||||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Position | Time | Position | Time | Position | |||
| align=left rowspan=4 | Anastasia Gorbenko | 100 m freestyle | 56.33 | 8 | 56.21 | 8 | 55.88 | 7 |
| 200 m backstroke | 2:14.24 | 9 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:14.74 | 1 | 2:12.88 NR | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:33.13 | 17 | Did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=4 | Lea Polonsky | 100 m butterfly | 1:02.56 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:20.58 | 11 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:21.16 | 21 | Did not advance | |||||
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:12.69 | 33 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Position | Time | Position | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Denis Loktev Gal Cohen Groumi Anastasia Gorbenko Lea Polonsky | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:33.57 | 2 | DSQ | 8 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:59.68 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
The 2018 World Youth Championship in Taekwondo took place in April in Tunisia. In contrast to the Olympic Charter, Israeli athletes were prevented from entering Tunisia and their ability to achieve the Olympic criterion was impaired. In light of this, and after the demand of the Olympic Committee of Israel, two Israeli athletes Avishag Semberg and Tom Pashcovsky received a free ticket to the Youth Olympics. But eventually, Daniel Goichman received the free ticket in Pashcovsky's place.
See main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Itamar Levanon finished at the 8th place with a total time of 55:44 minutes at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier held in Banyoles, Spain. Israel qualified one athlete based on Levanon's performance.[10]