Israel at the 1970 Asian Games

Israel at the 1970 Asian Games
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
in Bangkok
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 6 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 17
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974

Israel participated in the 1970 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December 20 December 1970. The Israeli delegation was led by Esther Roth who won all of Israel's six gold medals.^[1]

Medals

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	4	2	1	7
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Shooting	2	3	1	6
Swimming	0	0	3	3
Totals (4 entries)	6	6	5	17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1970 Asian Games

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	4	2	1	7
Totals (1 entries)		4	2	1	7

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5000 m details	Lucien Rosa  Ceylon	14:32.2	Edward Sequeira  India	14:33.8	Yuval Wischnitzer  Israel	14:34.7

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
400 m details	Kamaljeet Sandhu  India	57.3	Aviva Balas  Israel	57.3	Nobuko Kawano  Japan	57.4
800 m details	Hana Shezifi  Israel	2:06.5 GR	Nobuko Kawano  Japan	2:11.7	Isabel Cruz  Philippines	2:13.5
1500 m details	Hana Shezifi  Israel	4:25.1 GR	Miyako Inoue  Japan	4:40.2	Lee Chiu-hsia  Republic of China	4:41.4
100 m hurdles details	Esther Shahamorov  Israel	14.0 GR	Ayako Natsume  Japan	14.0 =GR	Lin Yueh-hsiang  Republic of China	14.6
Long jump details	Hiroko Yamashita  Japan	6.02 GR	Esther Shahamorov  Israel	5.94	Keiko Tsuchida  Japan	5.75
Pentathlon details	Esther Shahamorov  Israel	4530 GR	Lin Chun-yu  Republic of China	4382	Lolita Lagrosas  Philippines	4020

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games

Preliminary round - group A

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	288	181	+107	6
Japan	3	2	1	243	185	+58	5
Singapore	3	1	2	203	284	−81	4
South Vietnam	3	0	3	202	286	−84	3

Games

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10 December

Israel

108–59

South Vietnam

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

Israel

98–58

Singapore

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

Israel

82–64

Japan

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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Championship

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	5	4	1	393	320	+73	9
Israel	5	4	1	429	373	+56	9
Japan	5	3	2				8
Republic of China	5	2	3	364	386	−22	7
Philippines	5	2	3	381	378	+3	7
India	5	0	5				5

Games

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14 December

Israel

83–67

Japan

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

Republic of China

73–114

Israel

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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16 December

Israel

82–74

India

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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18 December

Philippines

78–83

Israel

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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19 December

Israel

67–81

South Korea

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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Roster

Coach: Shimon Shelah

• Dan Barzily
• Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
• Hillel Gilboa
• Ronald Green
• Hanan Keren
• Ivan Leshinsky
• Itamar Marzel
• Gabi Neumark
• Mike Schwarz
• Haim Starkman
• Gabi Teichner
• Mark Turenshine

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1970 Asian Games

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	2	3	1	6
Totals (1 entries)		2	3	1	6

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 m air rifle details	Minoru Ito  Japan	Henry Hershkowitz  Israel	Thamnoon Suebsamarn  Thailand
50 m rifle prone details	Takeo Toriyama  Japan	Chu Hwa-il  South Korea	Nehemia Sirkis  Israel
50 m rifle prone team details	Israel Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch Nehemia Sirkis	South Korea Bae Byung-ki Chu Hwa-il Nam Sang-wan Oh Gul	Japan Minoru Ito Hiroya Okuda Kazuya Ono Takeo Toriyama
50 m rifle 3 positions team details	South Korea Bae Byung-ki Huh Wook-bong Nam Sang-wan Shin Hyun-joo	Israel Shimon Friedman Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch	Japan Minoru Ito Hiroya Okuda Kazuya Ono Kenjiro Tsuba
50 m standard rifle 3 positions details	Shimon Friedman  Israel	Preeda Phengdisth  Thailand	Kazuya Ono  Japan
50 m standard rifle 3 positions team details	Thailand Serm Charuratana Chawalit Kamutchati Preeda Phengdisth Udomsak Theinthong	Israel Shimon Friedman Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch	South Korea Bae Byung-ki Huh Wook-bong Nam Sang-wan Oh Gul

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1970 Asian Games

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	0	0	3	3
Totals (1 entries)		0	0	3	3

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 100 m medley relay details	Japan Tadashi Honda Nobutaka Taguchi Satoshi Maruya Shojiro Sawa	4:00.4 GR	Philippines Ibnorajik Muksan Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Jairulla Jaitulla	4:15.3	Israel Yoav Yaakovi Yoel Kenda Dan Stern Moshe Gertel	4:18.1

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m breaststroke details	Hitomi Tanigami  Japan	1:18.9 GR	Chieno Shibata  Japan	1:19.8	Shlomit Nir  Israel	1:20.6
200 m breaststroke details	Chieno Shibata  Japan	2:46.5 GR	Hitomi Tanigami  Japan	2:51.5	Shlomit Nir  Israel	2:54.3

References

1. Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present