Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	88 (54 men and 34 women) in 16 sports and 67 events
Flag bearer (opening)	Peter Paltchik & Andrea Murez
Flag bearer (closing)	Tom Reuveny & Romi Paritzki
Medals Ranked 41st	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Israel competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This was the nation's 18th appearance at the Summer Olympics. Since Israel's debut in 1952, Israeli athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, other than the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which it opted not to attend in accordance with the US-led boycott. It was Israel's most successful Olympic Games by number of medals.^[1]

The participation of Israel in 2024 prompted calls from twenty-six French lawmakers,^[2][3] Palestinian, and other global sports organizations for sanctions against Israel and to prevent its participation due to the impact of the Israel–Hamas war on Palestinian athletes and sports facilities, but IOC President Thomas Bach confirmed this was never an issue for the IOC^[4] and cautioned athletes against boycotts and discrimination. The president of the Olympic Committee of Israel, Yael Arad, assured that Israeli athletes would "100 per cent" be present, with safety measures in place.^[5]

The judoka Peter Paltchik and swimmer Andrea Murez were chosen as the nation's flag bearers at the opening ceremony.^[6] Israel finished the games with seven medals, including one gold.

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserve athletes are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Artistic swimming	0	2	2
Athletics	4	2	6
Badminton	1	0	1
Cycling	3	1	4
Equestrian	2	2	4
Fencing	1	0	1
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	1	7	8
Judo	5	7	12
Sailing	4	4	8
Shooting	1	0	1
Surfing	0	1	1
Swimming	12	6	18
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Triathlon	1	0	1
Total	54	34	88

Israel qualified two archers (one per gender) in the individual recurve and mixed team events, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roy Dror [he]	Men's individual	655	42	Wijler (NED) L 2–6	Did not advance					33
Mikaella Moshe	Women's individual	660	18	Amăistroaie (ROU) L 1–7	Did not advance					33
Roy Dror [he] Mikaella Moshe	Mixed team	1315	18	—		Did not advance				18

Israel qualified two athletes to compete in the women's duet as a result of high rank at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Shelly Bobritsky Ariel Nassee	Duet	243.0666	9	239.3416	11	482.4082	11

Israeli track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[9]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Blessing Afrifah	Men's 200 m	20.78	5 R	20.88	4	Did not advance
Maru Teferi	Men's marathon	—						2:10:42 SB	26
Gashau Ayale								2:11:36	31
Girmaw Amare								2:12:51 SB	44
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter	Women's marathon	—						2:26:08 SB	9
Maor Tiyouri								2:33:37	49

Israel entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Misha Zilberman	Men's singles	Nguyen (IRL) L (17–21, 21–19, 13–21)	Axelsen (DEN) L (9–21, 11–21)	Dahal (NEP) W (21–12, 21–10)	3	Did not advance				27

Israel qualified one male cyclist by finishing 39th in the UCI Nation Ranking, and one women cyclist by finishing 44th in the UCI Nation Ranking.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Time	Ranking
Itamar Einhorn	Men's road race	6:39:27	62
Rotem Gafinovitz	Women's road race	4:13:42	77

Israel qualified two riders for the men's sprint and keirin events following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings, but chose to send only one rider to compete.^[11]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / BM
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Mikhail Iakovlev	Men's sprint	9.152 78.671	3 Q	Sahrom (MAS) W 9.779 73.627	—	Tjon En Fa (SUR) W 9.895 72.764	—	Turnbull (GBR) L 9.741 73.922	Rudyk (POL)  Awang (MAS) L 10.020 72.246	Did not advance			9

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Mikhail Iakovlev	Men's keirin	1 Q	—	5	Did not advance		13

Israel qualified one man mountain biker based on the UCI Mountain biking Olympic Qualification Ranking due to reallocations of unused quota places.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tomer Zaltsman	Men's cross-country	1:34:47	29

Israel fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the team jumping competitions by winning at the International Equestrian Federation designated Olympic jumping qualifier for Group C (Central and Eastern Europe) in Prague, Czech Republic.^[12] Isabella Russekoff on C Vier 2 was reserve for the team competition. She partic in the individual competition.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Daniel Bluman	Ladriano Z	Individual	RT		Did not advance
Robin Muhr	Galaxy HM		8	42	Did not advance
Isabella Russekoff	C Vier 2		20	64	Did not advance
Daniel Bluman Ashlee Bond Robin Muhr	Ladriano Z Donatello 141 Galaxy HM	Team	20	9 Q	33	157.45	9

For the first time since 2008, Israel entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Yuval Freilich secured his quota place in men's épée, as one of the two highest-ranked individual fencers in the European zone in the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yuval Freilich	Men's épée	Bye	Santarelli (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance				19

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Israel men's	Men's tournament	Mali D 1–1	Paraguay L 2–4	Japan L 0–1	4	Did not advance			15

Israel men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the semifinals of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Georgia and Romania, marking the nation's return to the sport for the first time since Montreal 1976.^[13]

Team roster

Israel announced a 29-men preliminary squad on 23 May 2024.^[14] The final squad was released on 2 July.^[15] Omer Nir'on replaced the injured Daniel Peretz on 18 July, while Roy Sason was called-up as an alternate player.^[16]

Head coach: Guy Luzon

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Omer Nir'on	(2001-04-17)17 April 2001 (aged 23)	0	0	Maccabi Netanya
2	2DF	Ilay Feingold	(2004-08-23)23 August 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Maccabi Haifa
3	2DF	Sean Goldberg*	(1995-08-25)25 August 1995 (aged 28)	0	0	Maccabi Haifa
4	2DF	Stav Lemkin	(2003-04-02)2 April 2003 (aged 21)	0	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	2DF	Roy Revivo	(2003-05-22)22 May 2003 (aged 21)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
6	3MF	Omri Gandelman* (captain)	(2000-05-16)16 May 2000 (aged 24)	0	0	Gent
7	2DF	Osher Davida	(2001-02-18)18 February 2001 (aged 23)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
8	3MF	Ethan Azoulay	(2002-05-26)26 May 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Maccabi Netanya
9	4FW	Dor Turgeman	(2003-10-24)24 October 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
10	3MF	Oscar Gloukh	(2004-04-01)1 April 2004 (aged 20)	0	0	Red Bull Salzburg
11	4FW	Liel Abada	(2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Charlotte FC
12	2DF	Noam Ben Harush	(2005-05-13)13 May 2005 (aged 19)	0	0	Hapoel Haifa
13	4FW	Elad Madmon	(2004-02-10)10 February 2004 (aged 20)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
14	3MF	Ayano Preda	(2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Hapoel Jerusalem
15	3MF	Adi Yona	(2004-04-17)17 April 2004 (aged 20)	0	0	Beitar Jerusalem
16	2DF	Or Israelov	(2004-09-02)2 September 2004 (aged 19)	0	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
17	3MF	Ido Shahar	(2001-08-20)20 August 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
18	1GK	Niv Eliasi	(2002-02-01)1 February 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
22	1GK	Roy Sason	(2001-12-13)13 December 2001 (aged 22)	0	0	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
3	Mali	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Israel	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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Israel qualified two gymnasts, Artem Dolgopyat and Lihie Raz, by their being among the highest-ranked eligible athletes in the All-around at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[20][21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Artem Dolgopyat	Floor	14.466	—					14.466	7 Q	14.966	—					14.966
	Pommel horse	—	13.000	—				13.000	46	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Lihie Raz	All-around	13.666	12.833	12.300	12.833	51.632	31 R1	Did not advance
	Vault	13.449	—			13.449	16	Did not advance

Israel entered a squad of rhythmic gymnasts to compete in the group all-around competition, following the nation's successful runner-up at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[22][23] Additionally, Israel also entered an individual gymnast through the individual all-round qualifications at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Daria Atamanov	Individual	33.250	32.700	32.100	32.400	130.450	7 Q	35.200	31.800	33.850	33.000	133.850	5

Athletes	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 apps	3+2 apps	Total	Rank	5 apps.	3+2 apps	Total	Rank
Ofir Shaham Diana Svertsov Adar Friedmann Romi Paritzki Shani Bakanov	Group	35.250	31.900	67.150	6 Q	35.600	33.250	68.850

Judoka listed are those who secured qualification.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yam Wolczak	−60 kg	—	Kisoka (COD) W 10–00	Sardalashvili (GEO) L 00–11	Did not advance				9
Baruch Shmailov	−66 kg	—	Boushita (MAR) W 01–00	Emomali (TJK) L 00–01	Did not advance				9
Tohar Butbul	−73 kg	—	Dris (ALG)(DSQ) W 10–00	Heydarov (AZE) L 00–10	Did not advance				9
Sagi Muki	−81 kg	Bye	Cavelius (GER) W 10–00	Lee (KOR) L 00–10	Did not advance				9
Peter Paltchik	−100 kg	—	Gonchigsüren (MGL) W 10–00	Diesse (FRA) W 10–00	Kotsoiev (AZE) L 00–01	Did not advance	Korrel (NED) W 10–00	Eich (SUI) W 01–00

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Shira Rishony	−48 kg	Abuzhakynova (KAZ) L 00–01	Did not advance					17
Gefen Primo	−52 kg	Jung (KOR) W 10–00	Ndiaye (SUI) W 01–00	Krasniqi (KOS) L 00–10	Did not advance	Pupp (HUN) L 00–10	Did not advance	7
Timna Nelson-Levy	−57 kg	Kajzer (SLO) W 01–00	Huh (KOR) L 00–10	Did not advance				9
Gili Sharir	−63 kg	Agbegnenou (FRA) L 00–01	Did not advance					17
Maya Goshen	−70 kg	Ögel (TUR) W 10–00	Gahié (FRA) L 00–10	Did not advance				9
Inbar Lanir	−78 kg	Bye	Khüslen (MGL) W 10–00	Steenhuis (NED) W 10–00	Wagner (GER) W 10–00	—	Bellandi (ITA) L 00–11
Raz Hershko	+78 kg	Bye	Kamps (NED) W 10–00	Žabić (SRB) W 10–00	Özdemir (TUR) W 10–00	—	Souza (BRA) L 00–01

Mixed

Nations qualifying at least one athlete in the −57 (−48, −52 & −57), −70 (−57, −63 & −70) & +70 (−70, −78 & +78) weight categories for women, and at least one athlete in the −73 (−60, −66 & −73), −90 (−73, −81 & −90) & +90 (−90, −100 & +100) weight categories for men, would compete in the team event.

Team	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yam Wolczak Baruch Shmailov Tohar Butbul Sagi Muki Peter Paltchik Shira Rishony Gefen Primo Timna Nelson-Levy Gili Sharir Maya Goshen Inbar Lanir Raz Hershko	Team	Mongolia (MGL) W 4–3	France (FRA) L 0–4	Did not advance				9

Israeli sailors qualified one boat in Men's and Women's iQFoil, Women's Formula Kite, and Mixed 470 through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands;^[24] They also qualified one boat in Men's Laser through the 2024 ILCA Senior European Championships in Athens, Greece. Additionally, Israeli sailors qualified one boat in Women's Laser Radial through the 2024 ILCA Senior European Championships after Portugal's quota from the 2023 Sailing World Championships was disqualified because Vasileia Karachaliou did not receive Portuguese citizenship and was not approved to representing Portugal.^[25]

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Opening Series																						Final Series			Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Net Points	Rank	QF	SF	F
Tom Reuveny	Men's iQFoil	8	13	5	3	3	4	BFD (25)	3	5	13	14	4	2	Cancelled							63	2 Q	Bye	2 Q	1
Sharon Kantor	Women's iQFoil	DSQ (25)	6	10	1	1	3	4	2	15	1	2	6	2	11	Cancelled						49	2 Q	Bye	1 Q	2

Athlete	Event	Opening Series																		Final Series												Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Net Points	Rank	SF1	SF2	SF3	SF4	SF5	SF6	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6
Dor Zarka	Men's Formula Kite	15	3	DSQ (21)	9	12	UFD (21)	13	Cancelled									52	13	Did not advance												13
Gal Zukerman	Women's Formula Kite	10	9	10	11	5	11	Cancelled										45	10 Q	3	—					Did not advance						8

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Omer Vered Vilenchik	Men's ILCA7	38	3	7	40	36	37	20	25	C		EL	166	30
Shai Kakon	Women's ILCA6	22	33	12	7	31	34	25	10	18	C	EL	158	24
Noa Lasri Nitai Hasson	Mixed 470	10	7	18	9	8	2	7	14	C		10	67	7

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Israeli shooter Sergey Richter achieved quota places for the delegation in the men's 10 metre air rifle through the ISSF World Olympic Rankings after universality spots were reallocated. This willl be his fourth appearance at the Olympics.^[26]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sergey Richter	Men's 10 m air rifle	626.4	33	Did not advance

Israel surfers confirmed one shortboard quota place. Anat Lelior qualified for the games, by virtue of being one of the top eight individual women's surfers, not yet qualified, at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.^[27][28]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anat Lelior	Women's shortboard	5.43	2 Q2	Gonzalez-Etxabarri (ESP) W 11.00–2.80	Wright (AUS) L 7.74–11.10	Did not advance			9

Israeli swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):^[29]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Meiron Cheruti	50 m freestyle	21.88	10 Q	21.91	13	Did not advance
Martin Kartavi		22.01	19	Did not advance
Tomer Frankel	100 m freestyle	48.66	21	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	51.94	21	Did not advance
Denis Loktev	200 m freestyle	1:47.01	14 Q	1:47.93	16	Did not advance
Gal Cohen Groumi	100 m butterfly	51.30	10 Q	51.48	12	Did not advance
Adam Maraana	100 m backstroke	54.61	28	Did not advance
David Gerchik	200 m backstroke	1:58.79	22	Did not advance
Ron Polonsky	100 m breaststroke	1:00.00 NR	16 Q	1:00.37	16	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:58.30	=7 Q	1:58.89	12	Did not advance
Tomer Frankel Gal Cohen Groumi Denis Loktev Alexey Glivinskiy	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.41	14	—		Did not advance
Denis Loktev Bar Soloveychik Eitan Ben Shitrit Gal Cohen Groumi	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:08.43 NR	=8 Q			7:10.22	9
Matan Roditi	10 km open water	—				1:57:02.3	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anastasia Gorbenko	200 m backstroke	2:10.29	13 Q	2:11.96	16	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:06.22	7 Q	Withdraw
	200 m individual medley	2:11.53	11 Q	2:10.32	9	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:41.64	10	—		Did not advance
Aviv Barzelay	100 m backstroke	1:02.30	25	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:10.71	18	Did not advance
Lea Polonsky	200 m freestyle	2:00.38	19	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:17.53	28	Did not advance
Anastasia Gorbenko Daria Golovaty Ayla Spitz Lea Polonsky	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:55.99	11	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anastasia Gorbenko Gal Cohen Groumi Ron Polonsky Andrea Murez	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:45.33	10	Did not advance

Israel qualified one athlete. Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Avishag Semberg qualified for Paris 2024 at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Avishag Semberg	Women's −49 kg	Bye	Abutaleb (KSA) L 1–2	Did not advance				11

Israel qualified one male triathlete based on the World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking. Shachar Sagiv, who was the triathlete who qualified in the ranking, was selected to represent Israel in the 2024 Olympics.^[30]

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Shachar Sagiv	Men's	21:31	0:48	54:33	0:27	32:13	1:49:32	37

Palestinian sports organizations and sports organizations from Arab countries are calling for sanctions to be imposed against Israel and to prevent its participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics due to the Israel–Hamas war. The calls from the Palestinian and Arab organizations have been prompted by concerns about the war's impact on Palestinian athletes and sports facilities.^[31][32]

In February, twenty-six French lawmakers sent a letter to the IOC, urging sanctions against Israel, and calling for a ban on Israeli athletes competing under their flag and anthem. The lawmakers cited Israel's alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip as the reason for their stance. They proposed that Israeli athletes participate neutrally, similar to Russian and Belarusian athletes, during the Games.^[2][3] The American-based global organization Avaaz started an online appeal calling on IOC to ban Israel from the Games until it "ceases its assault on innocent civilians in Gaza."^[33]

Thomas Portes, a lawmaker from La France Insoumise party, was captured on video saying that Israel's Olympic athletes "were not welcome in France" and called for protests against their participation in the Olympic games.^[34] On 23 July 2024, protests were held in Paris by pro-Palestinian demonstrators urging the IOC to have Israel excluded from the Games.^[35]

The IOC has cautioned athletes against boycotting or discriminating against others, stating that immediate action will follow any discriminatory behavior such as the case of Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine, who received a ten year ban following his refusal to fight Tohar Butbul, an Israeli, in the 2020 Summer Olympics. The IOC also stated that athletes are not to be held accountable for their government's actions.^[36] However, Algerian judoka Messaoud Dris, who was previously reported to consider withdrawing,^[37] was disqualified ahead of a match against Butbul in the −73 kg event, after his weight was measured to be 0.4 kg above the limit.^[38] Jibril Rajoub, the president of the Palestine Olympic Committee, said he would refuse to engage with his Israeli counterpart Yael Arad, commenting: "The Palestinian athletes and I will follow the principles of the IOC. And if we feel that there is any violation from our side, we have to fight against it. The ball is in the other side's court." He further referenced Israeli judoka and flagbearer Peter Paltchik, accused of posting on his social media images of Israeli missiles captioned "From me to you with pleasure".^[39]

In November 2023, Russia accused the IOC of having double standards by not sanctioning Israel due to its military actions in Gaza, as Palestine is also an IOC member. The IOC's response to the comparisons to Russia was that the recommendations adopted on Russia and Belarus resulted from the violation of the Olympic Truce that was in force at the time, Russia's violation of the Olympic Charter following their annexation of four Ukrainian Olympic councils, and Russia's two previous violations in 2008 and 2014.^[40][41] American academic and former professional soccer player Jules Boykoff described the double standards as "glaring" and questioned the IOC's treatment of Israel compared to Russia, stating that Israel's various settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights are in violation of the Olympic Charter the same way the Russian invasion of Ukraine is.^[42][43] However, French president Emmanuel Macron defended the decision to include Israel, stating that "Israel responded to a terrorist attack" by Hamas, and that "this is not a war of aggression".^[44]

During the national anthem, Israel team has faced heckling in stadiums, and athletes have been escorted to events by a strong police presence, including riot police vans.^[45] In the soccer game against Mali, Palestinian flags were displayed by a few spectators, with some parts of the crowd booing the Israelis and sporadic chants of "free Palestine" that drew attention from security, while outside the venue came choruses of "free the hostages".^[35]

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