Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 in 10 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Esther Roth-Shachamarov | |||||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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Israel competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 28 competitors, 26 men and 2 women, took part in 19 events in 10 sports.[1]
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 weighlifting 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
- Women's 100 metres hurdles
Fencing
One woman represented Israel in 1976.
Football
- Alon Ben Dor
- Ehud Ben Tovim
- Chaim Bar
- Yehoshua Gal
- Gideon Damti
- Yitzhak Visoker
- Rifaat Turk
- Avi Cohen
- Avraam Lev
- Eli Leventhal
- Oded Machnes
- Meir Nimni
- Yosef Surinov
- Yaron Oz
- Vicky Peretz
- Moshe Schweitzer
- Itzhak Shum
Gymnastics
- Dov Lupi
Judo
- Yona Melnik
Sailing
- Yehuda Neeman & Yoel Sela
Shooting
- Micha Kaufman
Swimming
- Dov Nisman
- Adi Pereg
Weightlifting
- Eduard Weitz
Wrestling
- Rami Miron
References
- ↑ "Israel at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-09.