Israel's competition at the 1974 Asian Games
Sporting event delegation
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
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
Athletics
Men
Women
Basketball
Preliminary round - group B
Standings
Games
Second Round - group B
Standings
Games
Final round
Bracket
Semi-finals
Finals
Roster
Coach: Abraham Hemo
Fencing
Women
Preliminary round - group C
Standings
Matches
Second round - group B
Standings
Matches
Finals
Shooting
Air pistol
Rank | Athlete | Score |
9 | Dan Barkai (ISR) | 359 |
Free pistol
Rank | Athlete | Score |
8 | Dan Barkai (ISR) | 519 |
Air rifle
Small bore rifle prone
Rank | Team | Score |
5 | Israel (ISR) | 2316 |
Small bore rifle 3 positions
Rank | Team | Score |
6 | Israel (ISR) | 4355 |
Small bore standard rifle 3 positions
Rank | Team | Score |
6 | Israel (ISR) | 2111 |
Swimming
Medal summary
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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
100 m freestyle
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
2 | Dan Brenner (ISR) | 56.34 |
8 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 57.80 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Time |
| Dan Brenner (ISR) | 55.56 |
6 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 57.56 |
200 m freestyle
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
3 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:05.06 |
8 | Dan Brenner (ISR) | 2:07.33 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Time |
| Dan Brenner (ISR) | 2:02.61 |
5 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:05.33 |
400 m freestyle
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
7 | Dan Brenner (ISR) | 4:41.44 |
100 m butterfly
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
4 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 1:01.42 |
5 | Michael Greenspan (ISR) | 1:02.17 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Time |
4 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 1:00.81 |
5 | Michael Greenspan (ISR) | 1:01.14 |
200 m butterfly
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
4 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:15.38 |
11 | Michael Greenspan (ISR) | 2:24.49 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Time |
4 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:12.49 |
200 m individual medley
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
5 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:24.18 |
Women
100 m breaststroke
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
6 | Nava Kagan (ISR) | 1:22.71 |
7 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 1:23.87 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Time |
4 | Nava Kagan (ISR) | 1:21.45 |
7 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 1:23.72 |
200 m breaststroke
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
5 | Nava Kagan (ISR) | 2:58.56 |
7 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 3:00.82 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Time |
5 | Nava Kagan (ISR) | 2:56.15 |
7 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 3:03.49 |
200 m individual medley
Heats
Rank | Athlete | Time |
7 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 2:45.81 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Time |
5 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 2:43.84 |
Tennis
Medalists
Weightlifting
Medal summary
Medalists
Results
82.5 kg
Rank | Athlete | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
4 | S. Fried (ISR) | | | | | 282.5 |
5 | T. Kaplan (ISR) | | | | | 262.5 |
90 kg
Rank | Athlete | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Adi Brana (ISR) | | ![3rd place, bronze medalist(s)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png) | | ![3rd place, bronze medalist(s)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png) | 270.0 |
110 kg
Rank | Athlete | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Shlomo Ben-Lulu (ISR) | | ![2nd place, silver medalist(s)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png) | | | 302.5 |
References
- ^ "Overall medal standings – Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- ^ "Asian Games – Tehran 1974". Olympic Council of Asia. ocasia.org. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
- ^ Asian Games Ban Israel
- ^ "Asian Games ban Israel". St. Petersburg Times. Montreal. July 26, 1976. p. 7c. Retrieved June 26, 2011.