Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Israel's competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Israel at the
1972 Summer Olympics

IOC code| ISR
NOC| Olympic Committee of Israel
Website| www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Munich
Competitors| 15 in 7 sports
Flag bearer | Henry Herscovici[1]
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Israel competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, which began on August 26. On September 5 and 6, in the Munich massacre, 11 members of the Israeli delegation—5 athletes, 2 referees, and 4 coaches (names bolded on this page)—were taken hostage by Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists and murdered. The remainder of the team left Munich on September 7.

Shaul Ladany, a Holocaust survivor, competed in the 50-kilometer walk.[2][3] He had been imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a child, and wore a Star of David on his warm-up jersey.[4][5] When he was congratulated by locals on his fluent German, he responded: "I learned it in Bergen-Belsen".[5][6] He survived the Munich massacre by jumping off a balcony.[2]

## Results

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Name  | Sport  | Event  | Placing  | Performance

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Shaul Ladani | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk | 19  | 4:24:38.6[7]
(also entered for 20 km walk, but did not start)[7]
Esther Shahamorov | Athletics | Women's 100 m | Semifinal (5th)  | 11.49[8]
Women's 100 m hurdles | Semifinal[8] | Did not start (left Munich before the semifinal)
Dan Alon | Fencing | Men's foil | Second round  | W5–L5 (1R 3-2, 2R 2-3)[9]
Yehuda Weissenstein | Fencing | Men's foil | Second round  | W2–L8 (1R 2-3, 2R 0-5)[9]
Yair Michaeli | Sailing | Flying Dutchman | 23  | 28-22-22-19-25-19-DNS = 171 pts
(left Kiel before 7th race)[10]
Itzhak Nir
Henry Hershkowitz | Shooting | 50 metre rifle prone | 23  | 593/600[11]
50 metre rifle three positions | 46  | 1114/1200[12]
Zelig Shtroch | Shooting | 50 metre rifle prone | 57  | 589/600[11]
Shlomit Nir | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke | Heats (8th)  | 1:20.90[13]
Women's 200 m breaststroke | Heats (6th)  | 2:53.60[13]
David Berger | Weightlifting | Light-heavyweight <82.5 kg | —  | J:132.5 C:122.5 S:— T:—[14]
Ze'ev Friedman | Weightlifting | Bantamweight <56 kg | 12  | J:102.5 C:102.5 S:125 T:330 [15]
Yossef Romano | Weightlifting | Middleweight <75 kg | —  | Retired injured on third attempt to press 137.5 kg[14]
Gad Tsobari | Wrestling | Freestyle — Light Flyweight <48 kg | Group stage  | 0W–2L[16]
Eliezer Halfin | Wrestling | Freestyle — Lightweight <68 kg | Group stage  | 1W–2L[17]
Mark Slavin | Wrestling | Greco-Roman — Middleweight <82 kg | —  | Did not start (taken hostage before his scheduled event)

## Referees

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The following nominated referees and judges were in the delegation:[18]

* Yossef Gutfreund — wrestling
* Yakov Springer – weightlifting

## Coaches and officials

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The following coaches and officials were in the delegation:[19]

* Shmuel Lalkin — Chef De Mission
* Micha Shamban — presumably deputy of Chef De Mission
* Eliyahu Friedlender - sailing team manager
* Amitzur Shapira — athletics coach
* Kehat Shorr — shooting coach
* Tuvia Sokolovsky — weightlifting coach[20]
* Andre Spitzer — fencing coach
* Moshe Weinberg — wrestling coach
* Itzhac Aldubi - chairman of ASA (Academic Sport Association)
* Werner Nachmann
* Duel Parrack
* Josef Szwec
* Kurt Weigl

## References

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1. ^ Israel Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ a b "Shaul Ladany Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
3. ^ "Ladany, Shaul". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
4. ^ "Belsen Survivor Escapes Death Again". The Miami News. September 6, 1972. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
5. ^ a b Owen, John (July 24, 2008). "Olympics Flashback: 1972: Terror and turmoil". seattlepi.com. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
6. ^ Stan Isaacs (2008). Ten Moments That Shook the Sports World: One Sportswriter's Eyewitness Accounts of the Most Incredible Sporting Events of the Past Fifty Years. Skyhorse Publishing Inc. ISBN 9781602396289. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
7. ^ a b Official Report, p.56
8. ^ a b Official Report, p.65
9. ^ a b Official Report, pp.247–250
10. ^ Official Report, p.506
11. ^ a b Official Report, p.229
12. ^ Official Report, p.231
13. ^ a b Official Report, p.344
14. ^ a b Official Report, pp.166–7
15. ^ Official Report, pp.164–5
16. ^ Official Report, p.131
17. ^ Official Report, p.135
18. ^ Official Report, p.537
19. ^ Official Report, p.534
20. ^ Binder, David (1972-09-06). "9 Israelis on Olympic Team Killed with 4 Arab Captors as Police Fight Band that Disrupted Munich Games". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-31.

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