Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | ISR |
NOC | Olympic Committee of Israel |
Website | www |
in Munich | |
Competitors | 15 in 7 sports |
Flag bearer | Henry Herscovici[1] |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Israel competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, which began on August 26. On September 5 and 6, in the Munich massacre, 11 members of the Israeli delegation—5 athletes, 2 referees, and 4 coaches (names bolded on this page)—were taken hostage by Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists and murdered. The remainder of the team left Munich on September 7.
Shaul Ladany, a Holocaust survivor, competed in the 50-kilometer walk.[2][3] He had been imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a child, and wore a Star of David on his warm-up jersey.[4][5] When he was congratulated by locals on his fluent German, he responded: "I learned it in Bergen-Belsen".[5][6] He survived the Munich massacre by jumping off a balcony.[2]
Results
Name | Sport | Event | Placing | Performance |
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Shaul Ladani | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk | 19 | 4:24:38.6[7] (also entered for 20 km walk, but did not start)[7] |
Esther Shahamorov | Athletics | Women's 100 m | Semifinal (5th) | 11.49[8] |
Women's 100 m hurdles | Semifinal[8] | Did not start (left Munich before the semifinal) | ||
Dan Alon | Fencing | Men's foil | Second round | W5–L5 (1R 3-2, 2R 2-3)[9] |
Yehuda Weissenstein | Fencing | Men's foil | Second round | W2–L8 (1R 2-3, 2R 0-5)[9] |
Yair Michaeli | Sailing | Flying Dutchman | 23 | 28-22-22-19-25-19-DNS = 171 pts (left Kiel before 7th race)[10] |
Itzhak Nir | ||||
Henry Hershkowitz | Shooting | 50 metre rifle prone | 23 | 593/600[11] |
50 metre rifle three positions | 46 | 1114/1200[12] | ||
Zelig Shtroch | Shooting | 50 metre rifle prone | 57 | 589/600[11] |
Shlomit Nir | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke | Heats (8th) | 1:20.90[13] |
Women's 200 m breaststroke | Heats (6th) | 2:53.60[13] | ||
David Berger | Weightlifting | Light-heavyweight <82.5 kg | — | J:132.5 C:122.5 S:— T:—[14] |
Ze'ev Friedman | Weightlifting | Bantamweight <56 kg | 12 | J:102.5 C:102.5 S:125 T:330 [15] |
Yossef Romano | Weightlifting | Middleweight <75 kg | — | Retired injured on third attempt to press 137.5 kg[14] |
Gad Tsobari | Wrestling | Freestyle — Light Flyweight <48 kg | Group stage | 0W–2L[16] |
Eliezer Halfin | Wrestling | Freestyle — Lightweight <68 kg | Group stage | 1W–2L[17] |
Mark Slavin | Wrestling | Greco-Roman — Middleweight <82 kg | — | Did not start (taken hostage before his scheduled event) |
Referees
The following nominated referees and judges were in the delegation:[18]
- Yossef Gutfreund — wrestling
- Yakov Springer – weightlifting
Coaches and officials
The following coaches and officials were in the delegation:[19]
- Shmuel Lalkin — Chef De Mission
- Micha Shamban — presumably deputy of Chef De Mission
- Eliyahu Friedlender - sailing team manager
- Amitzur Shapira — athletics coach
- Kehat Shorr — shooting coach
- Tuvia Sokolovsky — weightlifting coach[20]
- Andre Spitzer — fencing coach
- Moshe Weinberg — wrestling coach
- Itzhac Aldubi - chairman of ASA (Academic Sport Association)
- Werner Nachmann
- Duel Parrack
- Josef Szwec
- Kurt Weigl
References
- ^ Israel Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Shaul Ladany Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ "Ladany, Shaul". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ "Belsen Survivor Escapes Death Again". The Miami News. September 6, 1972. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Owen, John (July 24, 2008). "Olympics Flashback: 1972: Terror and turmoil". seattlepi.com. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ^ Stan Isaacs (2008). Ten Moments That Shook the Sports World: One Sportswriter's Eyewitness Accounts of the Most Incredible Sporting Events of the Past Fifty Years. Skyhorse Publishing Inc. ISBN 9781602396289. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Official Report, p.56
- ^ Jump up to: a b Official Report, p.65
- ^ Jump up to: a b Official Report, pp.247–250
- ^ Official Report, p.506
- ^ Jump up to: a b Official Report, p.229
- ^ Official Report, p.231
- ^ Jump up to: a b Official Report, p.344
- ^ Jump up to: a b Official Report, pp.166–7
- ^ Official Report, pp.164–5
- ^ Official Report, p.131
- ^ Official Report, p.135
- ^ Official Report, p.537
- ^ Official Report, p.534
- ^ Binder, David (1972-09-06). "9 Israelis on Olympic Team Killed with 4 Arab Captors as Police Fight Band that Disrupted Munich Games". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
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