Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Israel's competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Israel at the
1976 Summer Olympics

IOC code| ISR
NOC| Olympic Committee of Israel
Website| www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Montreal
Competitors| 26 in 10 sports
Flag bearer | Esther Roth-Shachamarov[1]
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
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* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Israel competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 28 competitors, 26 men and 2 women, took part in 19 events in 10 sports.[2]

## Summary

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Israeli stamp of 1976 Olympic Games

Israel sent to the Olympics a football team, that qualified for the second time, and 11 individual athletes, the same number as the victims in Munich massacre four years earlier. All seven sports represented at the 1972 Olympics were retained for 1976: Athletics, swimming, shooting, fencing, wrestling, weight lifting and sailing. In addition to football, gymnastics also appeared for the second time, after a break of 16 years, and judo made its debut on the Israeli Olympic team.

This was by far the most successful Olympic Games for Israel until then. Esther Roth-Shahamorov, the only team member who was also in Munich, became the first Israeli athlete in any sport who reached an Olympic final, and finished sixth in women's 100m hurdles. Her place is still the best achievement by an Israeli track athlete. In weightlifting, Eduard Weitz came in fifth place, the best achievement of an Israeli at the Olympics in any sport until then, which still remains the best achievement in weightlifting in Israel's Olympic history. Another fine achievement was seventh place (unofficially) for Rami Miron in wrestling. Those three results were better than any previous result of Israeli athlete at the Olympics.

The football team, despite drawing its three preliminary round matches, still advanced to the quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Brazil. It was a repeat of Israel's achievement in 1968.

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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Women's 100 metres hurdles  | Esther Roth-Shahamorov |  |

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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Women's foil | Nili Drori |  |

## Football

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Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

During the 1976 Summer Olympics, Israel competed in football along with Iran and North Korea in the AFC.[3] Additionally, Israeli referee Abraham Klein worked the tournament. Israel lost to Brazil in the quarter-finals and was eliminated.

### Preliminary 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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France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5
Israel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3
Mexico | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2
Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2

#### Matches

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* * *

July 19, 1976
12:00

Israel | 0 - 0|  Guatemala

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Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 9.500

Referee: Vladimir Rudnev

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July 21, 1976
12:00

Mexico | 2 - 2|  Israel

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Rangel 19' 44' | Report | Oz 51'
Shum 55' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 36.569

Referee: Alberto Michelotti

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July 23, 1976
12:00

France | 1 - 1|  Israel

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Platini 80' (pen.) | Report | Peretz 75'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 33.639

Referee: Ramón Barreto

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### Quarterfinals

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#### Bracket

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

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| July 25 - Ottawa| | | | |

|  East Germany| 4

| July 27 - Montreal

|  France| 0 |

|  East Germany| 2

| July 25 - Sherbrooke

| |  Soviet Union| 1 |

|  Soviet Union| 2

| | July 31 - Montreal

|  Iran| 1 |

|  East Germany| 3

| July 25 - Toronto

| |  Poland| 1

|  Brazil| 4

| July 27 - Toronto|

|  Israel| 1 |

|  Poland| 2

| July 25 - Montreal

| |  Brazil| 0 | | Bronze medal match

|  Poland| 5

| | July 29 - Montreal

|  North Korea| 0 |

|  Soviet Union| 2

|  Brazil| 0

#### Matches

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* * *

July 25, 1976
12:00

Brazil | 4 - 1|  Israel

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Jarbas 56' 74' Erivelto 72'
Júnior 88' | Report | Peretz 80'

Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 18.601

Referee: Károly Palotai

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#### Final ranking

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

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1  |  East Germany (GDR) | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 10  | 2  | +8  | 9
2  |  Poland (POL) | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 11  | 5  | +6  | 7
3  |  Soviet Union (URS) | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 10  | 4  | +6  | 8
4  |  Brazil (BRA) | 5  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 5
5  |  France (FRA) | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 7  | +2  | 5
6  |  Israel (ISR) | 4  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 4  | 7  | −3  | 3
7  |  Iran (IRI) | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 2
8  |  North Korea (PRK) | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 9  | −6  | 2
9  |  Mexico (MEX) | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 4  | 7  | −3  | 2
10  |  Guatemala (GUA) | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 2
11  |  Cuba (CUB) | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | −1  | 1
12  |  Spain (ESP) | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3  | −2  | 0
13  |  Canada (CAN) | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 0

Source: rsssf.com

### Goal scorers

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2 goals

* Vicky Peretz

1 goal

* Itzhak Shum
* Yaron Oz

### Squad

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Head coach: David Schweitzer

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 | Yitzhak Vissoker | Sep 18, 1944 | 31 | ? |  Hapoel Petah Tikva | 4 |  |  |  |  |
2 | DF | Avraham Lev | Aug 24, 1948 | 27 | ? |  Beitar Tel Aviv | 2 |  |  |  |  |
3 | MF | Yaron Oz | May 10, 1952 | 24 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 1 |  |  |  |
4 | DF | Haim Bar | May 14, 1954 | 22 | 4 |  Maccabi Netanya | 4 |  |  |  |  |
5 | MF | Moshe Schweitzer | Apr 24, 1954 | 22 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 |  |  |  |  |
6 | FW | Vicky Peretz | Feb 11, 1953 | 23 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 2 |  |  |  |
7 | MF | Itzhak Shum | Sep 1, 1948 | 27 | ? |  Hapoel Kfar Saba | 4 | 1 |  |  |  |
8 | DF | Eli Leventhal | Mar 18, 1953 | 23 | ? |  Hapoel Haifa | 4 |  |  |  |  |
9 | MF | Rifaat Turk | Sep 16, 1954 | 21 | ? |  Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2 |  |  |  |  |
10 | FW | Gideon Damti | Oct 31, 1951 | 24 | ? |  Shimshon Tel Aviv | 4 |  |  |  |  |
11 | GK | Yosef Sorinov | May 17, 1946 | 30 | ? |  Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0 |  |  |  |  |
12 | DF | Meir Nimni | Sep 29, 1948 | 27 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 |  |  |  |  |
13 | FW | Oded Machnes | Jun 8, 1956 | 20 | ? |  Maccabi Netanya | 2 |  |  |  |  |
14 | DF | Avi Cohen | Nov 14, 1956 | 19 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 |  |  |  |  |
15 | MF | Yehoshua Gal | Jul 11, 1951 | 25 | ? |  Maccabi Netanya | 1 |  |  |  |  |
16 | FW | Ehud Ben Tuvim | Aug 12, 1952 | 23 | ? |  Bnei Yehuda | 0 |  |  |  |  |
17 | DF | Alon Ben Dor | Mar 18, 1952 | 24 | ? |  Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 4 |  |  |  |  |

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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| Dov Lupi |  |

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Event | Participant | Result | Ref

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Men's -70 kg | Yona Melnik | Round of 32 |

## Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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| Yehuda Maayan & Yoel Sela |  |

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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| Micha Kaufman |  |

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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| Dov Nisman |  |
| Adi Prag |  |

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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Weightlifting—Men's Featherweight  | Eduard Weitz | 5th  | [4]

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Event  | Participant  | Result  | Ref

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Men's Lightweight, Freestyle  | Rami Miron | 7th  | [5]

## References

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1. ^ "Olympic History of Israel". Archived from the original on 2015-06-28.
2. ^ "Israel at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
3. ^ "Games of the XXI. Olympiad - Football Tournament".
4. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
5. ^ "Rami Miron Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

## External links

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* Official Olympic Reports

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Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada

Africa|

* Cameroon*
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