Israel at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Israel's competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

Israel at the
1968 Summer Olympics

IOC code| ISR
NOC| Olympic Committee of Israel
Website| www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors| 29 (26 men, 3 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer| Gershon Shefa[1]
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1952
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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

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### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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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

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Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

#### Preliminary round - Group C

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

##### Standings

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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

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1968-10-13

12:00

Israel | 5 - 3|  Ghana

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Spiegel 11' 75'
Feigenbaum 16' 30' 70' | Report | Jabir 18' 79'
Amosa 35'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian

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1968-10-15

12:00

Israel | 3 - 1|  El Salvador

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Talbi 20'
Spiegler 44'
Bar 85' | Report | Martínez 35'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Thompson Shakibudeen Badru

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1968-10-17

12:00

Hungary | 2 - 0|  Israel

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A. Dunai 40' 75' | Report |

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Arturo Yamasaki

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#### Quarter-finals

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##### Final ranking

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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

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|  Hungary | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 18  | 3  | +15  | 11  | Gold medal
|  Bulgaria | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 16  | 10  | +6  | 8  | Silver medal
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  Japan | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 9  | 8  | +1  | 8  | Bronze medal
4  |  Mexico | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 10  | 9  | +1  | 6  | Fourth place
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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
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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

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 20 October - Guadalajara| | | | |

|  Hungary| 1

| 22 October - Mexico City

|  Guatemala| 0 |

|  Hungary| 5

| 20 October - Mexico City

| |  Japan| 0 |

|  Japan| 3

| | 26 October - Mexico City

|  France| 1 |

|  Hungary| 4

| 20 October - Leon

| |  Bulgaria| 1

|  Bulgaria| 1

| 22 October - Guadalajara|

|  Israel| 1 |

|  Bulgaria| 3

| 20 October - Puebla

| |  Mexico| 2 | | Bronze-medal match

|  Mexico| 2

| | 24 October - Mexico City

|  Spain| 0 |

|  Japan| 2

|  Mexico| 0

##### Matches

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* * *

1968-10-20

12:00

Bulgaria | 1 - 1|  Israel

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Hristakiev 5' | Report | Feigenbaum 89'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian

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Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

#### Goal scorers

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4 goals

* Yehoshua Feigenbaum

2 goals

* Giora Spiegel

1 goal

* Mordechai Spiegler
* Rachamim Talbi
* Shraga Bar

#### Squad

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Head coach: Emmanuel Scheffer

No.  | Pos.  | Player  | DoB  | Age  | Caps  | Club  | Tournament
games | Tournament
goals | Minutes
played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards
yellow/red

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1 | GK | Haim Levin | 3 Mar 1937 | 31 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0
2 | DF | Shraga Bar | 24 Mar 1948 | 21 | ? |  Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 1 | 293 | 0 | 1 | 1
3 | DF | Menachem Bello | 26 Dec 1947 | 20 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 0 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0
4 | DF | Zvi Rosen | 23 Jun 1947 | 21 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 0 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 3
5 | DF | Yisha'ayahu Schwager | 10 Feb 1946 | 22 | ? |  Maccabi Haifa | 3 | 0 | 196 | 2 | 0 | 0
6 | MF | Shmuel Rosenthal | 22 Apr 1947 | 21 | ? |  Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 1
7 | FW | Rachamim Talbi | 17 May 1943 | 25 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 1 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 1 1
8 | MF | Giora Spiegel | 27 Jul 1947 | 21 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 2 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0
9 | FW | Yehoshua Feigenbaum | 5 Dec 1947 | 20 | ? |  Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 4 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0
10 | FW | Mordechai Spiegler | 19 Aug 1944 | 23 | ? |  Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 1 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0
11 | MF | Roby Young | 15 May 1942 | 26 | ? |  Hapoel Haifa | 2 | 0 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0
12 | FW | Itzhak Drucker | 3 Jul 1947 | 21 | ? |  Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3 | 0 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 1
13 | MF | George Borba | 12 Jul 1944 | 23 | ? |  Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3 | 0 | 225 | 1 | 0 | 0
14 | DF | Yitzhak Englander | 30 Apr 1946 | 22 | ? |  Hapoel Haifa | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0
15 | MF | Itzhak Shum | 1 Sep 1948 | 19 | ? |  Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
16 | DF | David Karako | 11 Feb 1945 | 23 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0
17 | FW | Nachman Castro | 23 Jan 1948 | 20 | ? |  Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0
18 | GK | Zion Digmi | 8 May 1942 | 26 | ? |  Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
19 | GK | Shmuel Malika-Aharon | 1 Jan 1947 | 21 | ? |  Bnei Yehuda | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0

### Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Four shooters, all men, represented Israel in 1968.

Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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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

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Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Gender  | Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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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

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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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