Israel at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Israel at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code ISR
NOC Olympic Committee of Israel
Website www.olympic.one.co.il (Hebrew) (English)
in Mexico City
Competitors 29 (26 men, 3 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer Gershon Shefa[1]
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 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 321082+65
 Israel 320186+24
 Ghana 302168−22
 El Salvador 301228−61
Matches

1968-10-13
12:00
Israel  5 – 3  Ghana
Spiegel  11'  75'
Feigenbaum  16'  30'  70'		 Report Jabir  18'  79'
Amosa  35'

1968-10-15
12:00
Israel  3 – 1  El Salvador
Talbi  20'
Spiegler  44'
Bar  85'		 Report Martínez  35'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Thompson Shakibudeen Badru Nigeria

1968-10-17
12:00
Hungary  2 – 0  Israel
A. Dunai  40'  75' Report
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Peru

Quarter Finals

Standings
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Hungary (HUN) 6510183+1511
2  Bulgaria (BUL) 63211610+68
3  Japan (JPN) 632198+18
4  Mexico (MEX) 6303109+16
5  Israel (ISR) 421196+35
6  Spain (ESP) 421142+25
7  France (FRA) 420297+24
8  Guatemala (GUA) 420264+24
9  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3111103+73
10  Colombia (COL) 310245−12
11  Guinea (GUI) 310249−52
12  Ghana (GHA) 302168−22
13  Brazil (BRA) 302145−12
14  Nigeria (NGR) 301249−51
15  El Salvador (ESA) 301228−61
16  Thailand (THA) 3003119−180
Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
October 20 - Guadalajara        
  Hungary  1
October 22 - Mexico City
  Guatemala  0  
  Hungary  5
October 20 - Mexico City
      Japan  0  
  Japan  3
October 26 - Mexico City
  France  1  
  Hungary  4
October 20 - Leon    
    Bulgaria  1
  Bulgaria  1
October 22 - Guadalajara
  Israel  1  
  Bulgaria  3 Bronze medal match
October 20 - Puebla
      Mexico  2   October 24 - Mexico City
  Mexico  2
  Japan  2
  Spain  0  
  Mexico  0
 
Matches

1968-10-20
12:00
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 Mar 3, 1937 31 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 0 300 0 0 0
2 DF Shraga Bar Mar 24, 1948 21 ? Israel Maccabi Netanya 4 1 293 0 1 1
3 DF Menachem Bello Dec 26, 1947 20 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 0 390 0 0 0
4 DF Zvi Rosen Jun 23, 1947 21 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 0 390 0 0 3
5 DF Yisha'ayahu Schwager Feb 10, 1946 22 ? Israel Maccabi Haifa 3 0 196 2 0 0
6 MF Shmuel Rosenthal Apr 22, 1947 21 ? Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva 3 0 300 0 0 1
7 FW Rachamim Talbi May 17, 1943 25 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 1 238 0 0 1 Red card1
8 MF Giora Spiegel Jul 27, 1947 21 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 2 390 0 0 0
9 FW Yehoshua Feigenbaum Dec 5, 1947 20 ? Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 4 390 0 0 0
10 FW Mordechai Spiegler Aug 19, 1944 23 ? Israel Maccabi Netanya 4 1 390 0 0 0
11 MF Roby Young May 15, 1942 26 ? Israel Hapoel Haifa 2 0 120 1 1 0
12 FW Itzhak Drucker Jul 3, 1947 21 ? Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva 3 0 211 0 0 Red card1
13 MF George Borba Jul 12, 1944 23 ? Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 0 225 1 0 0
14 DF Yitzhak Englander Apr 30, 1946 22 ? Israel Hapoel Haifa 1 0 45 0 1 0
15 MF Itzhak Shum Sep 1, 1948 19 ? Israel Hapoel Kfar Saba 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF David Karako Feb 11, 1945 23 ? Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 0 70 1 0 0
17 FW Nachman Castro Jan 23, 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
  2. ↑ "Israel at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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