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 | |
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IOC code | ISR |
NOC | Olympic Committee of Israel |
in Tehran | |
Medals Ranked 6th |
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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]
—President of the Israel Olympic Committee, Joseph Inbar[4]
Medals
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Totals (7 games) | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
Athletics
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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5000 m | Shivnath Singh![]() | 14:20.50 | Yuval Wischnitzer![]() | 14:21.50 | Kenichi Ozawa![]() | 14:22.15 |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m | Esther Roth![]() | 11.90 | He Zufen![]() | 12.10 | Keiko Yamada![]() | 12.42 |
200 m | Esther Roth![]() | 23.79 | He Zufen![]() | 24.41 | Emiko Konishi![]() | 24.94 |
1500 m | Song Meihua![]() | 4:28.68 | Yang Yanying![]() | 4:29.17 | Hana Shezifi![]() | 4:31.00 |
100 m hurdles | Esther Roth![]() | 13.31 | Toshimi Hayashida![]() | 14.28 | Miyuki Iioka![]() | 14.32 |
High jump | Orit Abramovitz![]() | 1.78 | Mikiko Sone![]() | 1.78 | Wu Fushan![]() | 1.74 |
Basketball
Preliminary Round - Group B
Standings
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 73 | +49 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 122 | −49 | 1 |
Second Round - Group B
Standings
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 216 | 161 | +57 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 336 | 288 | +48 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 287 | 293 | −6 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 274 | −99 | 2 |
Games
Final round
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
September 13 | ||||||
![]() | 123 | |||||
September 15 | ||||||
![]() | 101 | |||||
![]() | 92 | |||||
September 13 | ||||||
![]() | 85 | |||||
![]() | 114 | |||||
![]() | 119 | |||||
Bronze medal game | ||||||
September 15 | ||||||
![]() | 89 | |||||
![]() | 102 |
Roster
Coach: Abraham Hemo
- Motti Aroesti
- Shamuel Avishar
- Miki Berkovich
- Tal Brody
- Jacob Eisner
- Hanan Keren
- Itamar Marzel
- Avigdor Moskowitz
- Shamuel Nachmias
- Shuki Schwarz
- Boaz Yanai
- Shmaryahu Zaslevsky
Fencing
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Team foil |
![]() Maryam Achak Jila Almasi Giti Mohebban Mahvash Shafaei Maryam Shariatzadeh |
![]() Hiroko Kamada |
![]() Nurit Carmi Nili Drori Inbar Guy Orli Schreiber |
Football
Preliminary round - Group C
Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
Matches
3 September | Israel ![]() | 8 – 3 | ![]() | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran |
16:30 | Onana ![]() Shalom Schwarz ![]() Feigenbaum ![]() Damti ![]() Massuari ![]() |
Zawawi ![]() Ahmad ![]() |
Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Kim Joo-Won (South Korea) |
5 September | Israel ![]() | 6 – 0 | ![]() | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran |
16:30 | Schweizer ![]() Damti ![]() Shum ![]() Onana ![]() Feigenbaum ![]() |
Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Reza Heidari (Iran) |
7 September | Japan ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran |
18:00 | Feigenbaum ![]() Damti ![]() |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Davoud Heidari (Iran) |
Second round - Group B
Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |
Matches
10 September | Israel ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran |
18:00 | Yehoshua Feigenbaum ![]() Moshe Schweitzer ![]() Gidi Damti ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran) |
12 September | Israel ![]() | 2 – 0 Awarded | ![]() | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran |
20:30 |
14 September | Israel ![]() | 2 – 0 Awarded | ![]() | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran |
21:00 |
Shooting
Air pistol
Rank | Athlete | Score |
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9 | ![]() | 359 |
Free pistol
Rank | Athlete | Score |
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8 | ![]() | 519 |
Air rifle
Rank | Athlete | Score |
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7 | ![]() | 368 |
Small bore rifle prone
Rank | Athlete | Score |
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5 | ![]() | 585 |
Rank | Team | Score |
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5 | ![]() | 2316 |
Small bore rifle 3 positions
Rank | Athlete | Score |
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5 | ![]() | 1108 |
Rank | Team | Score |
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6 | ![]() | 4355 |
Small bore standard rifle 3 positions
Rank | Athlete | Score |
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6 | ![]() | 543 |
Rank | Team | Score |
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6 | ![]() | 2111 |
Swimming
Medal summary
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle | Dan Brenner![]() | 55.56 | Lin Senlin![]() | 55.91 | Akira Iida![]() | 56.31 |
200 m freestyle | Yukio Horiuchi![]() | 2:01.68 | Cho Oh-yun![]() | 2:01.97 | Dan Brenner![]() | 2:02.61 |
Men's results
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
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7 ![]() |
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4:41.44 |
100 m butterfly
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
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4 | ![]() |
1:01.42 |
5 | ![]() |
1:02.17 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Time |
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4 | ![]() |
1:00.81 |
5 | ![]() |
1:01.14 |
200 m butterfly
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
4 | ![]() |
2:15.38 |
11 | ![]() |
2:24.49 |
200 m individual medley
Women
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
200 m individual medley
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
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7 | ![]() |
2:45.81 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Time |
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5 | ![]() |
2:43.84 |
Tennis
Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Toshiro Sakai![]() |
Taghi Akbari![]() |
Yehoshua Shalem![]() |
Women's singles | Lita Sugiarto![]() |
Paulina Peisachov![]() |
Lany Kaligis![]() |
Mixed doubles | ![]() Yair Wertheimer Paulina Peisachov |
![]() Xu Meilin Zhang Ronghua |
![]() Ryoichi Mori Kimiyo Yagahara |
Weightlifting
Medal summary
Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Middle heavyweight (90 kg) | |||
Snatch | Qian Yukai![]() |
Ali Vali![]() |
Adi Brana![]() |
Clean & Jerk | Ali Vali![]() |
Qian Yukai![]() |
Adi Brana![]() |
Total | Ali Vali![]() |
Qian Yukai![]() |
Adi Brana![]() |
Heavyweight (110 kg) | |||
Snatch | Houshang Kargarnejad![]() |
Shlomo Ben-Lulu![]() |
Yun Suk-won![]() |
Total | Houshang Kargarnejad![]() |
Yun Suk-won![]() |
Shlomo Ben-Lulu![]() |
Results
82.5 kg
Rank | Athlete | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
4 | ![]() |
282.5 | ||||
5 | ![]() |
262.5 |
90 kg
Rank | Athlete | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
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![]() | ![]() | 270.0 |
110 kg
Rank | Athlete | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
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![]() | 302.5 |
References
- "Overall medal standings – Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- "Asian Games – Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
- Asian Games Ban Israel
- "Asian Games ban Israel". St. Petersburg Times. Montreal. July 26, 1976. p. 7c. Retrieved June 26, 2011.