Israel at the 1974 Asian Games

Israel's competition at the 1974 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation

Israel at the
1974 Asian Games

IOC code| ISR
NOC| Olympic Committee of Israel
in Tehran, Iran
Medals
Ranked 6th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Asian Games appearances (overview)

* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974

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

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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]

> The real reason is that the Federation has seven Arab countries and China and they want to expel us.

—President of the Israel Olympic Committee, Joseph Inbar[4]

## Medals

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Games| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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Athletics| 4| 1| 1| 6
Basketball| 1| 0| 0| 1
Fencing| 0| 0| 1| 1
Football| 0| 1| 0| 1
Swimming| 1| 0| 1| 2
Tennis| 1| 1| 1| 3
Weightlifting| 0| 1| 4| 5
Totals (7 entries)| 7| 4| 8| 19

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1974 Asian Games

### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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5000 m  | Shivnath Singh
India | 14:20.50  | Yuval Wischnitzer
Israel | 14:21.50  | Kenichi Ozawa
Japan | 14:22.15

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 m  | Esther Roth
Israel | 11.90  | He Zufen
China | 12.10  | Keiko Yamada
Japan | 12.42
200 m  | Esther Roth
Israel | 23.79  | He Zufen
China | 24.41  | Emiko Konishi
Japan | 24.94
1500 m  | Song Meihua
China | 4:28.68  | Yang Yanying
China | 4:29.17  | Hana Shezifi
Israel | 4:31.00
100 m hurdles  | Esther Roth
Israel | 13.31  | Toshimi Hayashida
Japan | 14.28  | Miyuki Iioka
Japan | 14.32
High jump  | Orit Abramovitz
Israel | 1.78  | Mikiko Sone
Japan | 1.78  | Wu Fushan
China | 1.74

## Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games

### Preliminary round - group B

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#### Standings

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Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 73 | +49 | 2
Philippines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 122 | −49 | 1

#### Games

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September 2
8:30

Israel | 122-73 |  Philippines

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Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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### Second Round - group B

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#### Standings

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Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 216 | 161 | +57 | 6
South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 336 | 288 | +48 | 5
Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 287 | 293 | −6 | 4
Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 274 | −99 | 2

#### Games

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September 7
17:00

Israel | 2-0 |  Pakistan

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Walkover

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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September 9
19:00

Israel | 116-93 |  South Korea

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Scoring by half: 59–50, 57–43

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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September 12
18:30

Japan | 68-100 |  Israel

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Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–59

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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### Final round

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#### Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |

| September 13| |

|  Israel| 123

| September 15

|  Philippines| 101 |

|  Israel| 92

| September 13

| |  South Korea| 85

|  China| 114

|  South Korea (OT)| 119 |

| Bronze medal game

| September 15

|  Philippines| 89

|  China| 102

#### Semi-finals

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September 13
18:30

Israel | 123-101 |  Philippines

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Scoring by half: 62–45, 48–43

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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#### Finals

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September 15
15:30

Israel | 92-85 |  South Korea

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Scoring by half: 50–43, 42–42

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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### Roster

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Coach: Abraham Hemo

* Motti Aroesti
* Shamuel Avishar
* Miki Berkovich
* Tal Brody
* Jacob Eisner
* Hanan Keren
* Itamar Marzel
* Avigdor Moskowitz
* Shamuel Nachmias
* Shuki Schwartz
* Boaz Yanai
* Shmaryahu Zaslevsky

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1974 Asian Games

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team foil
details |  Iran
Maryam Achak
Jila Almasi
Giti Mohebban
Mahvash Shafaei
Maryam Shariatzadeh |  Japan
Hiroko Kamada |  Israel
Nurit Carmi
Nili Drori
Inbar Guy
Orli Schreiber

## Football

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Main article: Football at the 1974 Asian Games

### Preliminary round - group C

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#### Standings

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

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Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 6
Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 3
Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3
Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0

#### Matches

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Israel v  Malaysia 3 September |  Israel | 8 – 3|  Malaysia | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

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16:30 | Onana 4', 18'
Shalom Schwarz 10'
Feigenbaum 39'
Damti 48', 67', 89'
Massuari 75' |  | Zawawi 61' (pen.)
Ahmad 75', 80' | Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kim Joo-Won (South Korea)

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Israel v  Philippines 5 September |  Israel | 6 – 0|  Philippines | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

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16:30 | Schweizer 16', 42'
Damti 24'
Shum 31'
Onana 41'
Feigenbaum 90' |  |  | Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Reza Heidari (Iran)

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Japan v  Israel 7 September |  Japan | 0 – 3|  Israel | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

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18:00 |  |  | Feigenbaum 55', 63'
Damti 86' | Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Davoud Heidari (Iran)

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### Second round - group B

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#### Standings

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

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Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6
North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3
Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2
Burma | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1

#### Matches

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Israel v  Burma 10 September |  Israel | 3 – 0|  Burma | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

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18:00 | Yehoshua Feigenbaum 31'
Moshe Schweitzer 49'
Gidi Damti 89' |  |  | Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

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Israel v  North Korea 12 September |  Israel | 2 – 0
Awarded|  North Korea | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

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20:30 |  |  |  |

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Israel v  Kuwait 14 September |  Israel | 2 – 0
Awarded|  Kuwait | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

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21:00 |  |  |  |

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### Finals

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Israel v  Iran 15 September |  Israel | 0 – 1|  Iran | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

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19:30 |  |  | Shum 30' (o.g.) | Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Mohammed Azam (India)

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## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1974 Asian Games

### Air pistol

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Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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9 |  Dan Barkai (ISR) | 359

### Free pistol

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Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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8 |  Dan Barkai (ISR) | 519

### Air rifle

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Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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7 |  Zelig Shtroch (ISR) | 368

### Small bore rifle prone

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Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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5 |  Henry Hershkowitz (ISR) | 585
Rank  | Team  | Score

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5 |  Israel (ISR) | 2316

### Small bore rifle 3 positions

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Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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5 |  Zelig Shtroch (ISR) | 1108
Rank  | Team  | Score

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6 |  Israel (ISR) | 4355

### Small bore standard rifle 3 positions

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Rank  | Athlete  | Score

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6 |  Zelig Shtroch (ISR) | 543
Rank  | Team  | Score

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6 |  Israel (ISR) | 2111

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1974 Asian Games

### Medal summary

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#### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 m freestyle  | Dan Brenner
Israel | 55.56  | Lin Senlin
China | 55.91  | Akira Iida
Japan | 56.31
200 m freestyle  | Yukio Horiuchi
Japan | 2:01.68  | Cho Oh-yun
South Korea | 2:01.97  | Dan Brenner
Israel | 2:02.61

### Men's results

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#### 100 m freestyle

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##### Heats

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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2  |  Dan Brenner (ISR) | 56.34
8  |  Adi Prag (ISR) | 57.80

##### Final

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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|  Dan Brenner (ISR) | 55.56
6  |  Adi Prag (ISR) | 57.56

#### 200 m freestyle

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##### Heats

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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3  |  Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:05.06
8  |  Dan Brenner (ISR) | 2:07.33

##### Final

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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|  Dan Brenner (ISR) | 2:02.61
5  |  Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:05.33

#### 400 m freestyle

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##### Heats

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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7  |  Dan Brenner (ISR) | 4:41.44

#### 100 m butterfly

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##### Heats

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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4  |  Adi Prag (ISR) | 1:01.42
5  |  Michael Greenspan (ISR) | 1:02.17

##### Final

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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4  |  Adi Prag (ISR) | 1:00.81
5  |  Michael Greenspan (ISR) | 1:01.14

#### 200 m butterfly

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##### Heats

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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4  |  Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:15.38
11  |  Michael Greenspan (ISR) | 2:24.49

##### Final

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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4  |  Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:12.49

#### 200 m individual medley

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##### Heats

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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5  |  Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:24.18

### Women

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#### 100 m breaststroke

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##### Heats

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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6  |  Nava Kagan (ISR) | 1:22.71
7  |  Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 1:23.87

##### Final

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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4  |  Nava Kagan (ISR) | 1:21.45
7  |  Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 1:23.72

#### 200 m breaststroke

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##### Heats

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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5  |  Nava Kagan (ISR) | 2:58.56
7  |  Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 3:00.82

##### Final

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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5  |  Nava Kagan (ISR) | 2:56.15
7  |  Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 3:03.49

#### 200 m individual medley

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##### Heats

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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7  |  Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 2:45.81

##### Final

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Rank  | Athlete  | Time

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5  |  Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 2:43.84

## Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1974 Asian Games

### Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles  | Toshiro Sakai
Japan | Taghi Akbari
Iran | Yehoshua Shalem
Israel
Women's singles  | Lita Sugiarto
Indonesia | Paulina Peisachov
Israel | Lany Kaligis
Indonesia
Mixed doubles  |  Israel
Yair Wertheimer
Paulina Peisachov |  China
Xu Meilin
Zhang Ronghua |  Japan
Ryoichi Mori
Kimiyo Yagahara

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games

### Medal summary

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#### Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Middle heavyweight (90 kg)
Snatch  | Qian Yukai
China | Ali Vali
Iran | Adi Brana
Israel
Clean & Jerk  | Ali Vali
Iran | Qian Yukai
China | Adi Brana
Israel
Total  | Ali Vali
Iran | Qian Yukai
China | Adi Brana
Israel
Heavyweight (110 kg)
Snatch  | Houshang Kargarnejad
Iran | Shlomo Ben-Lulu
Israel | Yun Suk-won
South Korea
Total  | Houshang Kargarnejad
Iran | Yun Suk-won
South Korea | Shlomo Ben-Lulu
Israel

### Results

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#### 82.5 kg

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Rank  | Athlete  | Snatch (kg)  | Clean & Jerk (kg)  | Total

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
4  |  S. Fried (ISR) |  |  |  |  | 282.5
5  |  T. Kaplan (ISR) |  |  |  |  | 262.5

#### 90 kg

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Rank  | Athlete  | Snatch (kg)  | Clean & Jerk (kg)  | Total

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
|  Adi Brana (ISR) |  |  |  |  | 270.0

#### 110 kg

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Rank  | Athlete  | Snatch (kg)  | Clean & Jerk (kg)  | Total

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
|  Shlomo Ben-Lulu (ISR) |  |  |  |  | 302.5

## References

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1. ^ "Overall medal standings - Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
2. ^ "Asian Games - Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
3. ^ Asian Games Ban Israel
4. ^ "Asian Games ban Israel". St. Petersburg Times. Montreal. July 26, 1976. p. 7c. Retrieved June 26, 2011.

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