| Israel at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| IOC code | ISR | 
| NOC | Olympic Committee of Israel | 
| Website | www | 
| in Mexico City | |
| Competitors | 29 (26 men, 3 women) in 4 sports | 
| Flag bearer | Gershon Shefa[1] | 
| Medals | 
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Israel competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 29 competitors, 26 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 4 sports.[2]
Results by event
Athletics
| Event | Participant | Result | Ref | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 km walk | Shaul Ladany | 24th place Time: 5.1.6. | |
| 400 meter women | Hana Shezifi | 7th in 3rd elimination heat Time: 56.3 | |
| 800 meter women | Hana Shezifi | 6th in 2nd elimination head Time: 2:09.2 | |
Football
Preliminary round - Group C
During the Group C competition, Ghana replaced Morocco, after Morocco refused to play Israel.
Standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 | 
|  Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | 
|  Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | 
|  El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | 
Matches
| Israel  | 5 – 3 |  Ghana | 
|---|---|---|
| Spiegel  11'  75' Feigenbaum  16'  30'  70' | Report | Jabir  18'  79' Amosa  35' | 
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian 

| Israel  | 3 – 1 |  El Salvador | 
|---|---|---|
| Talbi  20' Spiegler  44' Bar  85' | Report | Martínez  35' | 
Referee: Thompson Shakibudeen Badru 

| Hungary  | 2 – 0 |  Israel | 
|---|---|---|
| A. Dunai  40'  75' | Report | 
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki 

Quarter-finals
Final ranking
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  Hungary | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 11 | Gold medal | 
|  | .svg.png.webp) Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 8 | Silver medal | 
|  | .svg.png.webp) Japan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Bronze medal | 
| 4 |  Mexico | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | Fourth place | 
| 5 |  Israel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 | Eliminated in quarter-finals | 
| 6 | .svg.png.webp) Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 7 |  France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 | |
| 8 |  Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 9 |  Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage | 
| 10 |  Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
| 13 | .svg.png.webp) Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | |
| 15 |  El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | 
Source: Olympics
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 20 October - Guadalajara | ||||||||||
|  Hungary | 1 | |||||||||
| 22 October - Mexico City | ||||||||||
|  Guatemala | 0 | |||||||||
|  Hungary | 5 | |||||||||
| 20 October - Mexico City | ||||||||||
|  Japan | 0 | |||||||||
|  Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| 26 October - Mexico City | ||||||||||
|  France | 1 | |||||||||
|  Hungary | 4 | |||||||||
| 20 October - Leon | ||||||||||
| .svg.png.webp) Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
| .svg.png.webp) Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
| 22 October - Guadalajara | ||||||||||
|  Israel | 1 | |||||||||
| .svg.png.webp) Bulgaria | 3 | |||||||||
| 20 October - Puebla | ||||||||||
|  Mexico | 2 | Bronze-medal match | ||||||||
|  Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
| 24 October - Mexico City | ||||||||||
|  Spain | 0 | |||||||||
|  Japan | 2 | |||||||||
|  Mexico | 0 | |||||||||
Matches
| Bulgaria .svg.png.webp) | 1 – 1 |  Israel | 
|---|---|---|
| Hristakiev  5' | Report | Feigenbaum  89' | 
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian 

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.
Goal scorers
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Squad
Head coach: Emanuel Schaffer
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Haim Levin | 3 Mar 1937 | 31 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 2 | DF | Shraga Bar | 24 Mar 1948 | 21 | ? |  Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 1 | 293 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 
| 3 | DF | Menachem Bello | 26 Dec 1947 | 20 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 0 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 4 | DF | Zvi Rosen | 23 Jun 1947 | 21 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 0 | 390 | 0 | 0 |  3 | 
| 5 | DF | Yisha'ayahu Schwager | 10 Feb 1946 | 22 | ? |  Maccabi Haifa | 3 | 0 | 196 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| 6 | MF | Shmuel Rosenthal | 22 Apr 1947 | 21 | ? |  Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 |  1 | 
| 7 | FW | Rachamim Talbi | 17 May 1943 | 25 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 1 | 238 | 0 | 0 |  1  1 | 
| 8 | MF | Giora Spiegel | 27 Jul 1947 | 21 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 2 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 9 | FW | Yehoshua Feigenbaum | 5 Dec 1947 | 20 | ? |  Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 4 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 10 | FW | Mordechai Spiegler | 19 Aug 1944 | 23 | ? |  Maccabi Netanya | 4 | 1 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 11 | MF | Roby Young | 15 May 1942 | 26 | ? |  Hapoel Haifa | 2 | 0 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 
| 12 | FW | Itzhak Drucker | 3 Jul 1947 | 21 | ? |  Hapoel Petah Tikva | 3 | 0 | 211 | 0 | 0 |  1 | 
| 13 | MF | George Borba | 12 Jul 1944 | 23 | ? |  Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3 | 0 | 225 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 14 | DF | Yitzhak Englander | 30 Apr 1946 | 22 | ? |  Hapoel Haifa | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 15 | MF | Itzhak Shum | 1 Sep 1948 | 19 | ? |  Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 16 | DF | David Karako | 11 Feb 1945 | 23 | ? |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 17 | FW | Nachman Castro | 23 Jan 1948 | 20 | ? |  Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 18 | GK | Zion Dagmi | ? |  Hapoel Ramat Gan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | GK | Shmuel Malika-Aharon | 1947 | ? |  Bnei Yehuda | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shooting
Four shooters, all men, represented Israel in 1968.
| Event | Participant | Result | Ref | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m Rifle - Prone position | Nehemia Sirkis | 28th | |
| Henry Herscovici | 45th | ||
| 50 m Pistol | Michael Marton | 47th | |
| 50 m Rifle - Three positions | Henry Herscovici | 41st | |
| Zelig Shtroch | 51st | ||
Swimming
| Gender | Event | Participant | Result | Ref | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | 200 m freestyle | Amnon Krauz | 5th in 2nd elimination heat Time: 2:01.6 | |
| 100 m freestyle | Amnon Krauz | 6th in 9th elimination heat Time: 57.2 | ||
| 100 m breaststroke | Yohan Kende | 6th in 5th elimination heat Time: 1:12.3 | ||
| 200 m breaststroke | Gershon Shefa | 7th in 3rd elimination heat | ||
| Yohan Kende | 8th in 4th elimination heat | |||
| 100 m butterfly | Abraham Melamed | 4th in semi-finals Time: 59.6 | ||
| 200 m butterfly | Abraham Melamed | 3rd in 1st elimination heat | ||
| Gershon Shefa | 5th in 6th elimination heat | |||
| Women's | 100 m breaststroke | Shlomit Nir | 3rd in 2nd elimination heat Time: 1:20.9 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | Shlomit Nir | 5th in 3rd elimination heat | ||
| 100 m butterfly | Yvonne Tobis | 3rd in 3rd elimination heat Time: 1:12.0 | ||
| 200 m individual medley | Yvonne Tobis | 4th in 1st elimination heat Time: 2:41.0 | ||
| 400 m individual medley | Yvonne Tobis | 6th in 4th elimination heat | ||
References
- ↑ Israel Archived 28 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Israel at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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