Israel at the 1970 Asian Games

Israel at the 1970 Asian Games
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
in Bangkok
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 6 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 17
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974

Israel participated in the 1970 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December 20 December 1970. The Israeli delegation was led by Esther Roth who won all of Israel's six gold medals.^[1]

Medals[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	4	2	1	7
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Shooting	2	3	1	6
Swimming	0	0	3	3
Totals (4 games)	6	6	5	17

Athletics[]

Medal Table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	4	2	1	7
Totals (1 nations)		4	2	1	7

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5000 m	Lucien Rosa	14:32.2	Edward Sequeira  India	14:33.8	Yuval Wischnitzer  Israel	14:34.7

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
400 m	Kamaljeet Sandhu  India	57.3	Aviva Balas  Israel	57.3	Nobuko Kawano  Japan	57.4
800 m	Hana Shezifi  Israel	2:06.5 GR	Nobuko Kawano  Japan	2:11.7	Isabel Cruz  Philippines	2:13.5
1500 m	Hana Shezifi  Israel	4:25.1 GR	Japan	4:40.2	Lee Chiu-hsia  Republic of China	4:41.4
100 m hurdles	Esther Shahamorov  Israel	14.0 GR	Japan	14.0 =GR	Republic of China	14.6
Long jump	Hiroko Yamashita  Japan	6.02 GR	Esther Shahamorov  Israel	5.94	Japan	5.75
Pentathlon	Esther Shahamorov  Israel	4530 GR	Lin Chun-yu  Republic of China	4382	Lolita Lagrosas  Philippines	4020

Basketball[]

Preliminary Round - Group A[]

Standings[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	288	181	+107	6
Japan	3	2	1	243	185	+58	5
Singapore	3	1	2	203	284	−81	4
South Vietnam	3	0	3	202	286	−84	3

Games[]

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Championship[]

Standings[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	5	4	1	393	320	+73	9
Israel	5	4	1	429	373	+56	9
Japan	5	3	2				8
Republic of China	5	2	3	364	386	−22	7
Philippines	5	2	3	381	378	+3	7
India	5	0	5				5

Games[]

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Roster[]

Coach: Shimon Shelah

• Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
• Ronald Green
• Hanan Keren
• Ivan Leshinsky
• Itamar Marzel
• Gabi Neumark
• Mike Schwarz
• Haim Starkman
• Gabi Teichner
• Mark Turenshine

Shooting[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	2	3	1	6
Totals (1 nations)		2	3	1	6

Results[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 m air rifle	Minoru Ito  Japan	Henry Hershkowitz  Israel	Thailand
50 m rifle prone	Japan	Chu Hwa-il  South Korea	Nehemia Sirkis  Israel
50 m rifle prone team	Israel Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch Nehemia Sirkis	South Korea Chu Hwa-il Nam Sang-wan	Japan Minoru Ito
50 m rifle 3 positions team	South Korea Huh Wook-bong Nam Sang-wan Shin Hyun-joo	Israel Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch	Japan Minoru Ito
50 m standard rifle 3 positions	Israel	Preeda Phengdisth  Thailand	Japan
50 m standard rifle 3 positions team	Thailand Chawalit Kamutchati Preeda Phengdisth Udomsak Theinthong	Israel Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch	South Korea Huh Wook-bong Nam Sang-wan

Swimming[]

Medal table[]

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

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Tadashi Honda Nobutaka Taguchi Satoshi Maruya	4:00.4 GR	Philippines Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Jairulla Jaitulla	4:15.3	Israel	4:18.1

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m breaststroke	Japan	1:18.9 GR	Chieno Shibata  Japan	1:19.8	Shlomit Nir  Israel	1:20.6
200 m breaststroke	Chieno Shibata  Japan	2:46.5 GR	Japan	2:51.5	Shlomit Nir  Israel	2:54.3

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