Israel at the 1970 Asian Games

Israel participated in the 1970 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December 20 December 1970. The Israeli delegation was led by Esther Roth who won all of Israel's six gold medals.

Israel at the 1970 Asian Games
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
in Bangkok
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 6 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 17
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974

Medals

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	4	2	1	7
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Shooting	2	3	1	6
Swimming	0	0	3	3
Totals (4 entries)	6	6	5	17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1970 Asian Games

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	4	2	1	7
Totals (1 entries)		4	2	1	7

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5000 m	Lucien Rosa  Ceylon	14:32.2	Edward Sequeira  India	14:33.8	Yuval Wischnitzer  Israel	14:34.7

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
400 m	Kamaljeet Sandhu  India	57.3	Aviva Balas  Israel	57.3	Nobuko Kawano  Japan	57.4
800 m	Hana Shezifi  Israel	2:06.5 GR	Nobuko Kawano  Japan	2:11.7	Isabel Cruz  Philippines	2:13.5
1500 m	Hana Shezifi  Israel	4:25.1 GR	Miyako Inoue  Japan	4:40.2	Lee Chiu-hsia  Republic of China	4:41.4
100 m hurdles	Esther Shahamorov  Israel	14.0 GR	Ayako Natsume  Japan	14.0 =GR	Lin Yueh-hsiang  Republic of China	14.6
Long jump	Hiroko Yamashita  Japan	6.02 GR	Esther Shahamorov  Israel	5.94	Keiko Tsuchida  Japan	5.75
Pentathlon	Esther Shahamorov  Israel	4530 GR	Lin Chun-yu  Republic of China	4382	Lolita Lagrosas  Philippines	4020

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games

Preliminary round - group A

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	288	181	+107	6
Japan	3	2	1	243	185	+58	5
Singapore	3	1	2	203	284	−81	4
South Vietnam	3	0	3	202	286	−84	3

Games

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10 December

Israel

108–59

South Vietnam

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

Israel

98–58

Singapore

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

Israel

82–64

Japan

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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Championship

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	5	4	1	393	320	+73	9
Israel	5	4	1	429	373	+56	9
Japan	5	3	2				8
Taiwan	5	2	3	364	386	−22	7
Philippines	5	2	3	381	378	+3	7
India	5	0	5				5

Games

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14 December

Israel

83–67

Japan

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

Taiwan

73–114

Israel

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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16 December

Israel

82–74

India

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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18 December

Philippines

78–83

Israel

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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19 December

Israel

67–81

South Korea

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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Roster

Coach: Shimon Shelah

• Dan Barzily
• Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
• Hillel Gilboa
• Ronald Green
• Hanan Keren
• Ivan Leshinsky
• Itamar Marzel
• Gabi Neumark
• Mike Schwarz
• Haim Starkman
• Gabi Teichner
• Mark Turenshine

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1970 Asian Games

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	2	3	1	6
Totals (1 entries)		2	3	1	6

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 m air rifle	Minoru Ito  Japan	Henry Hershkowitz  Israel	Thamnoon Suebsamarn  Thailand
50 m rifle prone	Takeo Toriyama  Japan	Chu Hwa-il  South Korea	Nehemia Sirkis  Israel
50 m rifle prone team	Israel Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch Nehemia Sirkis	South Korea Bae Byung-ki Chu Hwa-il Nam Sang-wan Oh Gul	Japan Minoru Ito Hiroya Okuda Kazuya Ono Takeo Toriyama
50 m rifle 3 positions team	South Korea Bae Byung-ki Huh Wook-bong Nam Sang-wan Shin Hyun-joo	Israel Shimon Friedman Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch	Japan Minoru Ito Hiroya Okuda Kazuya Ono Kenjiro Tsuba
50 m standard rifle 3 positions	Shimon Friedman  Israel	Preeda Phengdisth  Thailand	Kazuya Ono  Japan
50 m standard rifle 3 positions team	Thailand Serm Charuratana Chawalit Kamutchati Preeda Phengdisth Udomsak Theinthong	Israel Shimon Friedman Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch	South Korea Bae Byung-ki Huh Wook-bong Nam Sang-wan Oh Gul

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1970 Asian Games

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	0	0	3	3
Totals (1 entries)		0	0	3	3

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Tadashi Honda Nobutaka Taguchi Satoshi Maruya Shojiro Sawa	4:00.4 GR	Philippines Ibnorajik Muksan Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Jairulla Jaitulla	4:15.3	Israel Yoav Yaakovi Yoel Kenda Dan Stern Moshe Gertel	4:18.1

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m breaststroke	Hitomi Tanigami  Japan	1:18.9 GR	Chieno Shibata  Japan	1:19.8	Shlomit Nir  Israel	1:20.6
200 m breaststroke	Chieno Shibata  Japan	2:46.5 GR	Hitomi Tanigami  Japan	2:51.5	Shlomit Nir  Israel	2:54.3