Israel at the 1966 Asian Games

Israel at the 1966 Asian Games
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
in Bangkok
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 3 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 11
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974

Israel participated in the 1966 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December to 20 December 1966. Israel had previously been unable to complete during the 1962 Asian Games when the host country Indonesia, refused to permit the participation of Israel due to political reasons, stating it would cause issues with their relationship with the Arab states.^[1] Although Thailand allowed Israel to participate in 1966, several Arab nations boycotted and riots broke out during the games.^[2]

Medals[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	2	0	1	3
Basketball	1	0	0	1
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Swimming	0	4	2	6
Totals (4 games)	3	5	3	11

Athletics[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	2	0	1	3
Totals (1 nations)		2	0	1	3

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Japan	12.3	Japan	12.4	Debra Marcus  Israel	12.5
200 m	Debra Marcus  Israel	25.3	Japan	25.3	Japan	25.7
800 m	Hana Shezifi  Israel	2:10.5 GR	Japan	2:12.7	Japan	2:13.6

Basketball[]

Preliminary Round - Group B[]

Standings[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	5	5	0	457	298	+159	10
Israel	5	4	1	417	324	+93	9
Philippines	5	3	2	512	357	+155	8
Iran	5	2	3	380	398	−18	7
South Vietnam	5	1	4	378	501	−123	6
Burma	5	0	5	283	549	−266	5

Games[]

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Championship[]

Bracket[]

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	17 December
	Japan	34
					19 December
	Israel	57
					Israel	90
	17 December
					Thailand	42
	South Korea	52
	Thailand	67
					Bronze medal game
					19 December
					Japan	60
					South Korea	72

Semifinals[]

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Gold medal game[]

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Roster[]

Coach: Shimon Shelah

• Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
• Igal Dar
• Offer Eshed
• Abraham Gutt
• David Kaminsky
• Ami Shelef
• Haim Starkman

Shooting[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	0	1	0	1
Totals (1 nations)		0	1	0	1

Results[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m rifle prone	Chu Hwa-il  South Korea	Nehemia Sirkis  Israel	Adolfo Feliciano  Philippines

Swimming[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	0	4	2	6
Totals (1 nations)		0	4	2	6

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
200 m breaststroke	Japan	2:35.0 GR	Kenji Ishikawa  Japan	2:35.4	Gershon Shefa  Israel	2:39.7
100 m butterfly	Isao Nakajima  Japan	1:00.1 GR	Avraham Melamed  Israel	1:00.4	Yasuo Takada  Japan	1:00.7
400 m individual medley	Shigeo Fukushima  Japan	5:04.9 GR	Gershon Shefa  Israel	5:09.5	Tony Asamli  Philippines	5:13.9
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Shigeo Fukushima Kenji Ishikawa Isao Nakajima Kunihiro Iwasaki	4:11.1 GR	Israel Gershon Shefa Avraham Melamed	4:18.4	Philippines Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Roosevelt Abdulgafur	4:20.6

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Michiko Kihara  Japan	1:03.2 GR	Helen Elliott  Philippines	1:04.2	Yvonne Tobis  Israel	1:05.5
200 m individual medley	Yasuko Fujii  Japan	2:38.5 GR	Yvonne Tobis  Israel	2:38.8	Pat Chan	2:42.2

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