Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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]

Israel at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeISR
NOCOlympic Committee of Israel
Websitewww.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Montreal
Competitors26 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Esther Roth-Shachamarov[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Summary

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
Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Event Participant Result Ref
Women's 100 metres hurdles Esther Roth-Shahamorov

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Event Participant Result Ref
Women's foil Nili Drori

Football
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.

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 321093+65
 Israel 30303303
 Mexico 302147−32
 Guatemala 302125−32

Matches
Israel 0 – 0 Guatemala
Report
Attendance: 9.500
Referee: Vladimir Rudnev
Mexico 2 – 2 Israel
Rangel  19'  44' Report Oz  51'
Shum  55' (pen.)
Attendance: 36.569
France 1 – 1 Israel
Platini  80' (pen.) Report Peretz  75'
Attendance: 33.639
Referee: Ramón Barreto

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
July 25 - Ottawa
 
 
 East Germany4
 
July 27 - Montreal
 
 France0
 
 East Germany2
 
July 25 - Sherbrooke
 
 Soviet Union1
 
 Soviet Union2
 
July 31 - Montreal
 
 Iran1
 
 East Germany3
 
July 25 - Toronto
 
 Poland1
 
 Brazil4
 
July 27 - Toronto
 
 Israel1
 
 Poland2
 
July 25 - Montreal
 
 Brazil0 Bronze medal match
 
 Poland5
 
July 29 - Montreal
 
 North Korea0
 
 Soviet Union2
 
 
 Brazil0
 

Matches
Brazil 4 – 1 Israel
Jarbas  56'  74' Erivelto  72'
Júnior  88'		 Report Peretz  80'
Attendance: 18.601
Referee: Károly Palotai

Goal scorers
2 goals
1 goal

Squad

Head coach: David Schweitzer

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games		 Tournament
goals		 Minutes
played		 Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1GKYitzhak VissokerSep 18, 194431? Hapoel Petah Tikva4
2DFAvraham LevAug 24, 194827? Beitar Tel Aviv2
3MFYaron OzMay 10, 195224? Maccabi Tel Aviv31
4DFHaim BarMay 14, 1954224 Maccabi Netanya4
5MFMoshe SchweitzerApr 24, 195422? Maccabi Tel Aviv4
6FWVicky PeretzFeb 11, 195323? Maccabi Tel Aviv42
7MFItzhak ShumSep 1, 194827? Hapoel Kfar Saba41
8DFEli LeventhalMar 18, 195323? Hapoel Haifa4
9MFRifaat TurkSep 16, 195421? Hapoel Tel Aviv2
10FWGideon DamtiOct 31, 195124? Shimshon Tel Aviv4
11GKYosef SorinovMay 17, 194630? Hapoel Ramat Gan0
12DFMeir NimniSep 29, 194827? Maccabi Tel Aviv4
13FWOded MachnesJun 8, 195620? Maccabi Netanya2
14DFAvi CohenNov 14, 195619? Maccabi Tel Aviv3
15MFYehoshua GalJul 11, 195125? Maccabi Netanya1
16FWEhud Ben TuvimAug 12, 195223? Bnei Yehuda0
17DFAlon Ben DorMar 18, 195224? Hapoel Be'er Sheva4

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Event Participant Result Ref
Dov Lupi

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Event Participant Result Ref
Yona Melnik

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Event Participant Result Ref
Yehuda Maayan & Yoel Sela

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Event Participant Result Ref
Micha Kaufman

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Event Participant Result Ref
Dov Nisman
Adi Prag

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Event Participant Result Ref
Weightlifting—Men's Featherweight Eduard Weitz 5th [4]

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Event Participant Result Ref
Men's Lightweight, Freestyle Rami Miron 7th [5]

References
  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.
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