Israel at the 1974 Asian Games

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Israel at the
1974 Asian Games
Flag of Israel.svg
IOC codeISR
NOCOlympic Committee of Israel
in Tehran
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
7
Silver
4
Bronze
8
Total
19
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Israel participated in the 1974 Asian Games held in Tehran, Iran from 1 September 1974 to 16 September 1974. This was the last appearance of Israel in Asian Games. Athletes from Israel won overall 19 medals, including seven gold, and finished sixth in a medal table.[1]

In this Games, athletes from the Arab nations, Pakistan, China and North Korea refused to play with Israel in tennis, fencing, basketball and football events, due to political reasons.[2]

Expulsion after the Games[]

Two years after the Games, Asian Games Federation barred Israel from participating in the 1978 Asian Games. In July 1976 the 25 members of the Asian Games Federation were canvassed to see if Israel should participate in the 1978 Games, with all 12 responses received voting against including Israel.[3]

The real reason is that the Federation has seven Arab countries and China and they want to expel us.

—President of the Israel Olympic Committee, Joseph Inbar[4]

Medals[]

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics4116
Basketball1001
Fencing0011
Football0101
Swimming1012
Tennis1113
Weightlifting0145
Totals (7 games)74819

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1974 Asian Games

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
5000 m Shivnath Singh
 India		 14:20.50 Yuval Wischnitzer
 Israel		 14:21.50
 Japan		 14:22.15

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Esther Roth
 Israel		 11.90
 China		 12.10
 Japan		 12.42
200 m Esther Roth
 Israel		 23.79
 China		 24.41
 Japan		 24.94
1500 m
 China		 4:28.68
 China		 4:29.17 Hana Shezifi
 Israel		 4:31.00
100 m hurdles Esther Roth
 Israel		 13.31
 Japan		 14.28
 Japan		 14.32
High jump Orit Abramovitz
 Israel		 1.78 Mikiko Sone
 Japan		 1.78
 China		 1.74


Basketball[]

Main article: Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games

Preliminary Round - Group B[]

Standings[]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 1 1 0 122 73 +49 2
 Philippines 1 0 1 73 122 −49 1

Games[]

September 2
8:30
Israel  122–73  Philippines

Second Round - Group B[]

Standings[]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 3 3 0 216 161 +57 6
 South Korea 3 2 1 336 288 +48 5
 Japan 3 1 2 287 293 −6 4
 Pakistan 3 0 3 175 274 −99 2

Games[]

September 7
17:00
Israel  2–0  Pakistan
Walkover
September 9
19:00
Israel  116–93  South Korea
Scoring by half: 59–50, 57–43
September 12
18:30
Japan  68–100  Israel
Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–59

Final round[]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
September 13
 
 
 Israel123
 
September 15
 
 Philippines101
 
 Israel92
 
September 13
 
 South Korea85
 
 China114
 
 
 South Korea (OT)119
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
September 15
 
 
 Philippines89
 
 
 China102

Semi-finals[]

September 13
18:30
Israel  123–101  Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–45, 48–43

Finals[]

September 15
15:30
Israel  92–85  South Korea
Scoring by half: 50–43, 42–42

Roster[]

Coach: Abraham Hemo

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1974 Asian Games

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team foil
  Iran
Maryam Achak
Jila Almasi
Giti Mohebban
Mahvash Shafaei
  Japan
Hiroko Kamada 		 Israel

Nili Drori

Football[]

Main article: Football at the 1974 Asian Games

Preliminary round - Group C[]

Standings[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Israel 3 3 0 0 17 3 +14 6
 Malaysia 3 1 1 1 15 9 +6 3
 Japan 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 3
 Philippines 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0

Matches[]

3 September Israel  8 – 3  Malaysia Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
16:30 Onana Goal 4', 18'
Shalom Schwarz Goal 10'
Feigenbaum Goal 39'
Damti Goal 48', 67', 89'
Goal 75'		 Zawawi Goal 61' (pen.)
Goal 75', 80'		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (South Korea)
5 September Israel  6 – 0  Philippines Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
16:30 Goal 16', 42'
Damti Goal 24'
Shum Goal 31'
Onana Goal 41'
Feigenbaum Goal 90'		 Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Reza Heidari (Iran)
7 September Japan  0 – 3  Israel Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
18:00 Feigenbaum Goal 55', 63'
Damti Goal 86'		 Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Iran)

Second round - Group B[]

Standings[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Israel 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 6
 North Korea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
 Kuwait 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 2
 Burma 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1

Matches[]

10 September Israel  3 – 0  Burma Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
18:00 Yehoshua Feigenbaum Goal 31'
Moshe Schweitzer Goal 49'
Gidi Damti Goal 89'		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)
12 September Israel  2 – 0
Awarded		  North Korea Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
20:30
14 September Israel  2 – 0
Awarded		  Kuwait Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
21:00

Finals[]

15 September Israel  0 – 1  Iran Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
19:30 Shum Goal 30' (o.g.) Attendance: 100,000
Referee: (India)

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 1974 Asian Games

Air pistol[]

Rank Athlete Score
9   (ISR) 359

Free pistol[]

Rank Athlete Score
8   (ISR) 519

Air rifle[]

Rank Athlete Score
7  Zelig Shtroch (ISR) 368

Small bore rifle prone[]

Rank Athlete Score
5  Henry Hershkowitz (ISR) 585
Rank Team Score
5  Israel (ISR) 2316

Small bore rifle 3 positions[]

Rank Athlete Score
5  Zelig Shtroch (ISR) 1108
Rank Team Score
6  Israel (ISR) 4355

Small bore standard rifle 3 positions[]

Rank Athlete Score
6  Zelig Shtroch (ISR) 543
Rank Team Score
6  Israel (ISR) 2111

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 1974 Asian Games

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
 Israel		 55.56
 China		 55.91
 Japan		 56.31
200 m freestyle
 Japan		 2:01.68 Cho Oh-yun
 South Korea		 2:01.97
 Israel		 2:02.61

Men's results[]

100 m freestyle[]

Heats[]
Rank Athlete Time
2   (ISR) 56.34
8  Adi Prag (ISR) 57.80
Final[]
Rank Athlete Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)   (ISR) 55.56
6  Adi Prag (ISR) 57.56

200 m freestyle[]

Heats[]
Rank Athlete Time
3  Adi Prag (ISR) 2:05.06
8   (ISR) 2:07.33
Final[]
Rank Athlete Time
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   (ISR) 2:02.61
5  Adi Prag (ISR) 2:05.33

400 m freestyle[]

Heats[]
Rank Athlete Time
7 Withdrew   (ISR) 4:41.44

100 m butterfly[]

Heats[]
Rank Athlete Time
4  Adi Prag (ISR) 1:01.42
5  Michael Greenspan (ISR) 1:02.17
Final[]
Rank Athlete Time
4  Adi Prag (ISR) 1:00.81
5  Michael Greenspan (ISR) 1:01.14

200 m butterfly[]

Heats[]
Rank Athlete Time
4  Adi Prag (ISR) 2:15.38
11  Michael Greenspan (ISR) 2:24.49
Final[]
Rank Athlete Time
4  Adi Prag (ISR) 2:12.49

200 m individual medley[]

Heats[]
Rank Athlete Time
5  Adi Prag (ISR) 2:24.18

Women[]

100 m breaststroke[]

Heats[]
Rank Athlete Time
6   (ISR) 1:22.71
7   (ISR) 1:23.87
Final[]
Rank Athlete Time
4   (ISR) 1:21.45
7   (ISR) 1:23.72

200 m breaststroke[]

Heats[]
Rank Athlete Time
5   (ISR) 2:58.56
7   (ISR) 3:00.82
Final[]
Rank Athlete Time
5   (ISR) 2:56.15
7   (ISR) 3:03.49

200 m individual medley[]

Heats[]
Rank Athlete Time
7   (ISR) 2:45.81
Final[]
Rank Athlete Time
5   (ISR) 2:43.84

Tennis[]

Main article: Tennis at the 1974 Asian Games

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Toshiro Sakai
 Japan 		Taghi Akbari
 Iran
 Israel
Women's singles Lita Sugiarto
 Indonesia 		Paulina Peisachov
 Israel 		Lany Kaligis
 Indonesia
Mixed doubles  Israel
Yair Wertheimer
Paulina Peisachov 		 China

  Japan

Kimiyo Yagahara

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games

Medal summary[]

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Middle heavyweight (90 kg)
Snatch
 China 		Ali Vali
 Iran
 Israel
Clean & Jerk Ali Vali
 Iran
 China
 Israel
Total Ali Vali
 Iran
 China
 Israel
Heavyweight (110 kg)
Snatch Houshang Kargarnejad
 Iran
 Israel
 South Korea
Total Houshang Kargarnejad
 Iran
 South Korea
 Israel

Results[]

82.5 kg[]

Rank Athlete Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
Result Rank Result Rank
4   (ISR) 282.5
5   (ISR) 262.5

90 kg[]

Rank Athlete Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
Result Rank Result Rank
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   (ISR) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 270.0

110 kg[]

Rank Athlete Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
Result Rank Result Rank
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   (ISR) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 302.5

References[]

  1. ^ "Overall medal standings – Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  2. ^ "Asian Games – Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
  3. ^ Asian Games Ban Israel
  4. ^ "Asian Games ban Israel". St. Petersburg Times. Montreal. July 26, 1976. p. 7c. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
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