Israel at the 1974 Asian Games explained


Noc:ISR
Nocname:Olympic Committee of Israel
Year:1974
Games:Asian Games
Location:Tehran, Iran
Gold:7
Silver:4
Bronze:8
Rank:6
Appearances:auto

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, as well as Iran, Pakistan, China, and North Korea – all of which refused to play with Israel; not in any of these 1974 Asian Games' events: tennis, fencing, basketball and football (soccer) – because of 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]

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1974 Asian Games.

Men

5000 m14:20.5014:21.5014:22.15

Women

100 m11.9012.1012.42
200 m23.7924.4124.94
1500 m4:28.684:29.174:31.00
100 m hurdles13.3114.2814.32
High jump1.781.781.74

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games.

Preliminary round - group B

Standings

width=180Teamwidth=30Pldwidth=30Wwidth=30Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PAwidth=30PDwidth=30Pts
1 1 0 122 73 +49 2
1 0 1 73 122 −49 1

Games

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Second Round - group B

Standings

width=180Teamwidth=30Pldwidth=30Wwidth=30Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PAwidth=30PDwidth=30Pts
330216161+576
321336288+485
312287293−64
303175274−992

Games

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Final round

Semi-finals

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Finals

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Roster

Coach: Abraham Hemo

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1974 Asian Games.

Women

Team foil

Maryam Achak
Jila Almasi
Giti Mohebban
Mahvash Shafaei
Maryam Shariatzadeh		valign=top
Hiroko Kamada		valign=top
Nurit Carmi
Nili Drori
Inbar Guy
Orli Schreiber

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1974 Asian Games.

Preliminary round - group C

Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
3300173+146
3111159+63
311154+13
3003021−210

Matches

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Second round - group B

Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
330070+76
31114403
310256−12
3012410−61

Matches

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Finals

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Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1974 Asian Games.

Air pistol

width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=70Score
9 359

Free pistol

width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=70Score
8 519

Air rifle

width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=70Score
7 368

Small bore rifle prone

width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=70Score
5 585
width=40Rankwidth=250Teamwidth=70Score
5 2316

Small bore rifle 3 positions

width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=70Score
5 1108
width=40Rankwidth=250Teamwidth=70Score
6 4355

Small bore standard rifle 3 positions

width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=70Score
6 543
width=40Rankwidth=250Teamwidth=70Score
6 2111

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1974 Asian Games.

Medal summary

Men

100 m freestyle55.5655.9156.31
200 m freestyle2:01.682:01.972:02.61

Men's results

100 m freestyle

Heats
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
256.34
857.80
Final
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
55.56
657.56

200 m freestyle

Heats
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
32:05.06
82:07.33
Final
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
2:02.61
52:05.33

400 m freestyle

Heats
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
7 4:41.44

100 m butterfly

Heats
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
41:01.42
51:02.17
Final
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
41:00.81
51:01.14

200 m butterfly

Heats
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
42:15.38
112:24.49
Final
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
42:12.49

200 m individual medley

Heats
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
52:24.18

Women

100 m breaststroke

Heats
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
61:22.71
71:23.87
Final
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
41:21.45
71:23.72

200 m breaststroke

Heats
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
52:58.56
73:00.82
Final
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
52:56.15
73:03.49

200 m individual medley

Heats
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
72:45.81
Final
width=40Rankwidth=250Athletewidth=80Time
52:43.84

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1974 Asian Games.

Medalists

Men's singles
Women's singles
Mixed doubles
Yair Wertheimer
Paulina Peisachov
Xu Meilin
Zhang Ronghua
Ryoichi Mori
Kimiyo Yagahara

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games.

Medal summary

Medalists

Middle heavyweight (90 kg)
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Total
Heavyweight (110 kg)
Snatch
Total

Results

82.5 kg

RankAthleteSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
width=90Resultwidth=40Rankwidth=90Resultwidth=40Rank
4282.5
5262.5

90 kg

RankAthleteSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
width=90Resultwidth=40Rankwidth=90Resultwidth=40Rank
270.0

110 kg

RankAthleteSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
width=90Resultwidth=40Rankwidth=90Resultwidth=40Rank
302.5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Overall medal standings  - Tehran 1974 . ocasia.org . Olympic Council of Asia . June 24, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308142701/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=11&GCode=1 . March 8, 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: Asian Games  - Tehran 1974 . ocasia.org . . June 25, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522121505/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=11 . May 22, 2011 . dead .
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19760726&id=9MNaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dl0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2458,2075469&hl=en Asian Games Ban Israel

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