Israel at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Israel at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeISR
NOCOlympic Committee of Israel
Websitewww.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors29 (26 men, 3 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearerGershon Shefa[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Israel competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 29 competitors, 26 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 4 sports.[2]

Results by event

Athletics

Event Participant Result Ref
50 km walk Shaul Ladany 24th place
Time: 5.1.6.
400 meter women Hana Shezifi 7th in 3rd elimination heat
Time: 56.3
800 meter women Hana Shezifi 6th in 2nd elimination head
Time: 2:09.2

Football

Preliminary round - Group C

During the Group C competition, Ghana replaced Morocco, after Morocco refused to play Israel.

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5
 Israel 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 4
 Ghana 3 0 2 1 6 8 −2 2
 El Salvador 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Matches
Israel 5 – 3 Ghana
Spiegel 11' 75'
Feigenbaum 16' 30' 70'		 Report Jabir 18' 79'
Amosa 35'
Israel 3 – 1 El Salvador
Talbi 20'
Spiegler 44'
Bar 85'		 Report Martínez 35'
Referee: Thompson Shakibudeen Badru Nigeria
Hungary 2 – 0 Israel
A. Dunai 40' 75' Report
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Peru

Quarter-finals

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hungary 6 5 1 0 18 3 +15 11 Gold medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bulgaria 6 3 2 1 16 10 +6 8 Silver medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 8 Bronze medal
4  Mexico 6 3 0 3 10 9 +1 6 Fourth place
5  Israel 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 5 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Spain 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5
7  France 4 2 0 2 9 7 +2 4
8  Guatemala 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 4
9  Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 10 3 +7 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Colombia 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
11  Guinea 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 2
12  Ghana 3 0 2 1 6 8 −2 2
13  Brazil 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
14  Nigeria 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
15  El Salvador 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
16  Thailand 3 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
Source: Olympics
Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
20 October - Guadalajara
 
 
 Hungary1
 
22 October - Mexico City
 
 Guatemala0
 
 Hungary5
 
20 October - Mexico City
 
 Japan0
 
 Japan3
 
26 October - Mexico City
 
 France1
 
 Hungary4
 
20 October - Leon
 
 Bulgaria1
 
 Bulgaria1
 
22 October - Guadalajara
 
 Israel1
 
 Bulgaria3
 
20 October - Puebla
 
 Mexico2 Bronze-medal match
 
 Mexico2
 
24 October - Mexico City
 
 Spain0
 
 Japan2
 
 
 Mexico0
 
Matches
Bulgaria 1 – 1 Israel
Hristakiev 5' Report Feigenbaum 89'

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

Goal scorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Squad

Head coach: Emanuel Schaffer

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals 		Minutes
played 		Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Haim Levin 3 Mar 1937 31 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 0 300 0 0 0
2 DF Shraga Bar 24 Mar 1948 21 ? Israel Maccabi Netanya 4 1 293 0 1 Yellow card1
3 DF Menachem Bello 26 Dec 1947 20 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 0 390 0 0 0
4 DF Zvi Rosen 23 Jun 1947 21 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 0 390 0 0 Yellow card3
5 DF Yisha'ayahu Schwager 10 Feb 1946 22 ? Israel Maccabi Haifa 3 0 196 2 0 0
6 MF Shmuel Rosenthal 22 Apr 1947 21 ? Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva 3 0 300 0 0 Yellow card1
7 FW Rachamim Talbi 17 May 1943 25 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 1 238 0 0 Yellow card1 Red card1
8 MF Giora Spiegel 27 Jul 1947 21 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 2 390 0 0 0
9 FW Yehoshua Feigenbaum 5 Dec 1947 20 ? Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 4 390 0 0 0
10 FW Mordechai Spiegler 19 Aug 1944 23 ? Israel Maccabi Netanya 4 1 390 0 0 0
11 MF Roby Young 15 May 1942 26 ? Israel Hapoel Haifa 2 0 120 1 1 0
12 FW Itzhak Drucker 3 Jul 1947 21 ? Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva 3 0 211 0 0 Red card1
13 MF George Borba 12 Jul 1944 23 ? Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 0 225 1 0 0
14 DF Yitzhak Englander 30 Apr 1946 22 ? Israel Hapoel Haifa 1 0 45 0 1 0
15 MF Itzhak Shum 1 Sep 1948 19 ? Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF David Karako 11 Feb 1945 23 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 0 70 1 0 0
17 FW Nachman Castro 23 Jan 1948 20 ? Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 0 20 0 1 0
18 GK Zion Dagmi ? Israel Hapoel Ramat Gan 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 GK Shmuel Malika-Aharon 1947 ? Israel Bnei Yehuda 1 0 90 0 0 0

Shooting

Four shooters, all men, represented Israel in 1968.

Event Participant Result Ref
50 m Rifle - Prone position Nehemia Sirkis 28th
Henry Herscovici 45th
50 m Pistol Michael Marton 47th
50 m Rifle - Three positions Henry Herscovici 41st
Zelig Shtroch 51st

Swimming

Gender Event Participant Result Ref
Men's 200 m freestyle Amnon Krauz 5th in 2nd elimination heat
Time: 2:01.6
100 m freestyle Amnon Krauz 6th in 9th elimination heat
Time: 57.2
100 m breaststroke Yohan Kende 6th in 5th elimination heat
Time: 1:12.3
200 m breaststroke Gershon Shefa 7th in 3rd elimination heat
Yohan Kende 8th in 4th elimination heat
100 m butterfly Abraham Melamed 4th in semi-finals
Time: 59.6
200 m butterfly Abraham Melamed 3rd in 1st elimination heat
Gershon Shefa 5th in 6th elimination heat
Women's 100 m breaststroke Shlomit Nir 3rd in 2nd elimination heat
Time: 1:20.9
200 m breaststroke Shlomit Nir 5th in 3rd elimination heat
100 m butterfly Yvonne Tobis 3rd in 3rd elimination heat
Time: 1:12.0
200 m individual medley Yvonne Tobis 4th in 1st elimination heat
Time: 2:41.0
400 m individual medley Yvonne Tobis 6th in 4th elimination heat

References

  1. ^ Israel Archived 28 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Israel at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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