Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

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]

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

See main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Football

See 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.

Preliminary round - Group B

Standings

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	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	5
	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
	3	0	2	1	4	7	-3	2
	3	0	2	1	2	5	-3	2

Matches

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Quarterfinals

Matches

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Final ranking

Goal scorers

2 goals

• Vicky Peretz

1 goal

• Itzhak Shum
• Yaron Oz

Squad

Head coach: David Schweitzer

width=4%	No.	width=4%	Pos.	width=23%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=21%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals	width=4%	Minutes played	width=4%	Sub off	width=4%	Sub on	width=4%	Cards yellow/red
1			Sep 18, 1944	31	?		4
2			Aug 24, 1948	27	?		2
3			May 10, 1952	24	?		3	1
4			May 14, 1954	22	4		4
5			Apr 24, 1954	22	?		4
6			Feb 11, 1953	23	?		4	2
7			Sep 1, 1948	27	?		4	1
8			Mar 18, 1953	23	?		4
9			Sep 16, 1954	21	?		2
10			Oct 31, 1951	24	?		4
11			May 17, 1946	30	?		0
12			Sep 29, 1948	27	?		4
13			Jun 8, 1956	20	?		2
14			Nov 14, 1956	19	?		3
15			Jul 11, 1951	25	?		1
16			Aug 12, 1952	23	?		0
17			Mar 18, 1952	24	?		4

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Event	Participant	Result	Ref
	Dov Nisman
	Adi Prag

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympic History of Israel . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150628210858/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/ . 2015-06-28 .
2. Web site: Israel at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . 2011-04-09 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110829055543/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/1976/ . 2011-08-29 .
3. Web site: Games of the XXI. Olympiad - Football Tournament.
4. Web site: Weightlifting at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Featherweight . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307005257/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/WLT/mens-featherweight.html . 2016-03-07 .
5. Web site: Rami Miron Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090054/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/rami-miron-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.