Israel at the
World Championships in Athletics
IOC codeISR
Websitewww.iaa.co.il
Medals
Ranked 77th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

This is a record of Israel at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Israel has won three medals at the World Championships of Athletics.

Israeli Aleksandr Averbukh, won the bronze in 1999,[1][2] and the silver in 2001.[3][4]

Their third medal came in 2015. Former Ukrainian Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko made a big improvement to her own National Record of her new country Israel with a 14.78. Her lead lasted through two jumpers before Ibargüen took the lead with her second round 14.80. Knyazyeva-Minenko's medal was the first World Championship medal for an Israeli woman.[5]

On 18 July 2022, Kenyan-born Israeli runner Lonah Chemtai Salpeter won the bronze medal in the women's marathon to give Israel its fourth medal.[6][7]

Medal tables

Medals by year

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
19990011
20010101
20150101
20220011
Totals (4 entries)0224

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Pole vault0112
Triple jump0101
Marathons0011
Totals (3 entries)0224

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Event
 BronzeAleksandr Averbukh1999Pole vault
 SilverAleksandr Averbukh2001Pole vault
 SilverHanna Knyazyeva-Minenko2015Triple jump
 BronzeLonah Chemtai Salpeter2022Marathon

References

  1. 1999 Pole Vault
  2. 1999 results Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 2001 Men Pole Vault Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 2001 results Archived 2010-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "REPORT: WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. Rakovsky, Ido (18 July 2022). "In Israeli First, Marathon Runner Chemtai Salpeter Snags World Championship Bronze". Haaretz. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. "Israeli marathoner Lonah Chemtain Salpeter captures World bronze". The Jerusalem Post. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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