Israel at the 1974 Asian Games

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]

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

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 entries)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 Kenichi Ozawa
 Japan		14:22.15

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Esther Roth
 Israel		11.90 He Zufen
 China		12.10 Keiko Yamada
 Japan		12.42
200 m Esther Roth
 Israel		23.79 He Zufen
 China		24.41 Emiko Konishi
 Japan		24.94
1500 m Song Meihua
 China		4:28.68 Yang Yanying
 China		4:29.17 Hana Shezifi
 Israel		4:31.00
100 m hurdles Esther Roth
 Israel		13.31 Toshimi Hayashida
 Japan		14.28 Miyuki Iioka
 Japan		14.32
High jump Orit Abramovitz
 Israel		1.78 Mikiko Sone
 Japan		1.78 Wu Fushan
 China		1.74


Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games

Standings
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 11012273+492
 Philippines 10173122−491

Games
September 2
8:30
Israel  122–73  Philippines

Standings
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 330216161+576
 South Korea 321336288+485
 Japan 312287293−64
 Pakistan 303175274−992

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

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
Maryam Shariatzadeh		  Japan
Hiroko Kamada		  Israel
Nurit Carmi
Nili Drori
Inbar Guy
Orli Schreiber

Football
Main article: Football at the 1974 Asian Games

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Israel 3300173+146
 Malaysia 3111159+63
 Japan 311154+13
 Philippines 3003021−210

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

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Israel 330070+76
 North Korea 31114403
 Kuwait 310256−12
 Burma 3012410−61

Matches
10 September Israel  3 – 0  Burma Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
18:00 Yehoshua Feigenbaum 31'
Moshe Schweitzer 49'
Gidi Damti 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 30' (o.g.) Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Mohammed Azam (India)

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1974 Asian Games

Air pistol
Rank Athlete Score
9 Dan Barkai (ISR)359

Free pistol
Rank Athlete Score
8 Dan Barkai (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

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Dan Brenner
 Israel		55.56 Lin Senlin
 China		55.91 Akira Iida
 Japan		56.31
200 m freestyle Yukio Horiuchi
 Japan		2:01.68 Cho Oh-yun
 South Korea		2:01.97 Dan Brenner
 Israel		2:02.61
Heats
Rank Athlete Time
2  Dan Brenner (ISR) 56.34
8  Adi Prag (ISR) 57.80
Final
Rank Athlete Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Dan Brenner (ISR) 55.56
6  Adi Prag (ISR) 57.56
Heats
Rank Athlete Time
3  Adi Prag (ISR) 2:05.06
8  Dan Brenner (ISR) 2:07.33
Final
Rank Athlete Time
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Dan Brenner (ISR) 2:02.61
5  Adi Prag (ISR) 2:05.33
Heats
Rank Athlete Time
7 Withdrew  Dan Brenner (ISR) 4:41.44
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
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
Heats
Rank Athlete Time
5  Adi Prag (ISR) 2:24.18
Heats
Rank Athlete Time
6  Nava Kagan (ISR) 1:22.71
7  Tamar Meissner (ISR) 1:23.87
Final
Rank Athlete Time
4  Nava Kagan (ISR) 1:21.45
7  Tamar Meissner (ISR) 1:23.72
Heats
Rank Athlete Time
5  Nava Kagan (ISR) 2:58.56
7  Tamar Meissner (ISR) 3:00.82
Final
Rank Athlete Time
5  Nava Kagan (ISR) 2:56.15
7  Tamar Meissner (ISR) 3:03.49
Heats
Rank Athlete Time
7  Tamar Meissner (ISR) 2:45.81
Final
Rank Athlete Time
5  Tamar Meissner (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		 Yehoshua Shalem
 Israel
Women's singles Lita Sugiarto
 Indonesia		 Paulina Peisachov
 Israel		 Lany Kaligis
 Indonesia
Mixed doubles  Israel
Yair Wertheimer
Paulina Peisachov		  China
Xu Meilin
Zhang Ronghua		  Japan
Ryoichi Mori
Kimiyo Yagahara

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Middle heavyweight (90 kg)
Snatch Qian Yukai
 China		 Ali Vali
 Iran		 Adi Brana
 Israel
Clean & Jerk Ali Vali
 Iran		 Qian Yukai
 China		 Adi Brana
 Israel
Total Ali Vali
 Iran		 Qian Yukai
 China		 Adi Brana
 Israel
Heavyweight (110 kg)
Snatch Houshang Kargarnejad
 Iran		 Shlomo Ben-Lulu
 Israel		 Yun Suk-won
 South Korea
Total Houshang Kargarnejad
 Iran		 Yun Suk-won
 South Korea		 Shlomo Ben-Lulu
 Israel

82.5 kg
Rank Athlete Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
Result Rank Result Rank
4  S. Fried (ISR) 282.5
5  T. Kaplan (ISR) 262.5

90 kg
Rank Athlete Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
Result Rank Result Rank
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Adi Brana (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)  Shlomo Ben-Lulu (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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