Israel at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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]

Israel at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
Website	www.olympicsil.co.il (in Hebrew and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors	29 (26 men, 3 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Gershon Shefa[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

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

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1968-10-13

12:00

Israel	5 – 3	Ghana
Spiegel  11'  75' Feigenbaum  16'  30'  70'	Report	Jabir  18'  79' Amosa  35'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian

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1968-10-15

12:00

Israel	3 – 1	El Salvador
Talbi  20' Spiegler  44' Bar  85'	Report	Martínez  35'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Thompson Shakibudeen Badru

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1968-10-17

12:00

Hungary	2 – 0	Israel
A. Dunai  40'  75'	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Arturo Yamasaki

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Standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hungary (HUN)	6	5	1	0	18	3	+15	11
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	6	3	2	1	16	10	+6	8
3	Japan (JPN)	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	8
4	Mexico (MEX)	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	6
5	Israel (ISR)	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	5
6	Spain (ESP)	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	5
7	France (FRA)	4	2	0	2	9	7	+2	4
8	Guatemala (GUA)	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	4
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	1	1	10	3	+7	3
10	Colombia (COL)	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
11	Guinea (GUI)	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	2
12	Ghana (GHA)	3	0	2	1	6	8	−2	2
13	Brazil (BRA)	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
14	Nigeria (NGR)	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1
15	El Salvador (ESA)	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1
16	Thailand (THA)	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

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
									Bulgaria	1
	Bulgaria	1
					22 October - Guadalajara
	Israel	1
					Bulgaria	3
	20 October - Puebla
					Mexico	2			Bronze medal match
	Mexico	2
									24 October - Mexico City
	Spain	0
									Japan	2
									Mexico	0

Matches

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1968-10-20

12:00

Bulgaria	1 – 1	Israel
Hristakiev  5'	Report	Feigenbaum  89'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian

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Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

Goal scorers

4 goals

• Yehoshua Feigenbaum

2 goals

• Giora Spiegel

1 goal

• Mordechai Spiegler
• Rachamim Talbi
• Shraga Bar

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

1. Israel Archived 28 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Israel at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.