# Israel at the 1974 Asian Games

Israel participated in the 1974 Asian Games held in Tehran, Iran from 1 September 1974 to 16 September 1974. This was the last appearance of Israel in Asian Games. Athletes from Israel won overall 19 medals, including seven gold, and finished sixth in a medal table.
In this Games, athletes from the Arab nations, as well as Iran, Pakistan, China, and North Korea – all of which refused to play with Israel; not in any of these 1974 Asian Games' events: tennis, fencing, basketball and football (soccer) – because of political reasons.

## Expulsion after the Games

Two years after the Games, Asian Games Federation barred Israel from participating in the 1978 Asian Games. In July 1976 the 25 members of the Asian Games Federation were canvassed to see if Israel should participate in the 1978 Games, with all 12 responses received voting against including Israel.
   The real reason is that the Federation has seven Arab countries and China and they want to expel us.
—President of the Israel Olympic Committee, Joseph Inbar

## Medals

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Basketball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Football | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 |

## Athletics
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 5000 m | Shivnath Singh India | 14:20.50 | Yuval Wischnitzer Israel | 14:21.50 | Kenichi Ozawa Japan | 14:22.15 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Esther Roth Israel | 11.90 | He Zufen China | 12.10 | Keiko Yamada Japan | 12.42 |
| 200 m | Esther Roth Israel | 23.79 | He Zufen China | 24.41 | Emiko Konishi Japan | 24.94 |
| 1500 m | Song Meihua China | 4:28.68 | Yang Yanying China | 4:29.17 | Hana Shezifi Israel | 4:31.00 |
| 100 m hurdles | Esther Roth Israel | 13.31 | Toshimi Hayashida Japan | 14.28 | Miyuki Iioka Japan | 14.32 |
| High jump | Orit Abramovitz Israel | 1.78 | Mikiko Sone Japan | 1.78 | Wu Fushan China | 1.74 |

## Basketball
### Preliminary round - group B
#### Standings

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 73 | +49 | 2 |
| Philippines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 122 | −49 | 1 |

#### Games

* September 2 8:30
| Israel | 122–73 | Philippines |
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

### Second Round - group B
#### Standings

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 216 | 161 | +57 | 6 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 336 | 288 | +48 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 287 | 293 | −6 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 274 | −99 | 2 |

#### Games

* September 7 17:00
| Israel | 2–0 | Pakistan |
| Walkover |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 9 19:00
| Israel | 116–93 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 59–50, 57–43 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 12 18:30
| Japan | 68–100 | Israel |
| Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–59 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

### Final round
#### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| September 13 | September 13 |
| Israel | 123 |
| Israel | 123 | September 15 | September 15 |
| Philippines | 101 | September 15 | September 15 |
| Philippines | 101 | Israel | 92 |
| September 13 | September 13 | | Israel | 92 |
| September 13 | September 13 | South Korea | 85 |
| China | 114 | South Korea | 85 |
| South Korea (OT) | 119 | | |
| South Korea (OT) | 119 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | September 15 | September 15 |
| | | Philippines | 89 |
| | | China | 102 |

#### Semi-finals

* September 13 18:30
| Israel | 123–101 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 62–45, 48–43 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

#### Finals

* September 15 15:30
| Israel | 92–85 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 50–43, 42–42 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

### Roster

Coach: Abraham Hemo
* Motti Aroesti
* Shamuel Avishar
* Miki Berkovich
* Tal Brody
* Jacob Eisner
* Hanan Keren
* Itamar Marzel
* Avigdor Moskowitz
* Shamuel Nachmias
* Shuki Schwartz
* Boaz Yanai
* Shmaryahu Zaslevsky

## Fencing
### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team foil details | Iran Maryam Achak Jila Almasi Giti Mohebban Mahvash Shafaei Maryam Shariatzadeh | Japan Hiroko Kamada | Israel Nurit Carmi Nili Drori Inbar Guy Orli Schreiber |

## Football
### Preliminary round - group C
#### Standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |

#### Matches
### Second round - group B
#### Standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
| North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
| Burma | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Finals
## Shooting
### Air pistol

| Rank | Athlete | Score |
| 9 | Dan Barkai (ISR) | 359 |

### Free pistol

| Rank | Athlete | Score |
| 8 | Dan Barkai (ISR) | 519 |

### Air rifle

| Rank | Athlete | Score |
| 7 | Zelig Shtroch (ISR) | 368 |

### Small bore rifle prone

| Rank | Athlete | Score |
| 5 | Henry Hershkowitz (ISR) | 585 |
| Rank | Team | Score |
| 5 | Israel (ISR) | 2316 |

### Small bore rifle 3 positions

| Rank | Athlete | Score |
| 5 | Zelig Shtroch (ISR) | 1108 |
| Rank | Team | Score |
| 6 | Israel (ISR) | 4355 |

### Small bore standard rifle 3 positions

| Rank | Athlete | Score |
| 6 | Zelig Shtroch (ISR) | 543 |
| Rank | Team | Score |
| 6 | Israel (ISR) | 2111 |

## Swimming
### Medal summary
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Dan Brenner Israel | 55.56 | Lin Senlin China | 55.91 | Akira Iida Japan | 56.31 |
| 200 m freestyle | Yukio Horiuchi Japan | 2:01.68 | Cho Oh-yun South Korea | 2:01.97 | Dan Brenner Israel | 2:02.61 |

### Men's results
#### 100 m freestyle
##### Heats

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 2 | Dan Brenner (ISR) | 56.34 |
| 8 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 57.80 |

##### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Dan Brenner (ISR) | 55.56 |
| 6 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 57.56 |

#### 200 m freestyle
##### Heats

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 3 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:05.06 |
| 8 | Dan Brenner (ISR) | 2:07.33 |

##### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Dan Brenner (ISR) | 2:02.61 |
| 5 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:05.33 |

#### 400 m freestyle
##### Heats

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 7 | Dan Brenner (ISR) | 4:41.44 |

#### 100 m butterfly
##### Heats

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 4 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 1:01.42 |
| 5 | Michael Greenspan (ISR) | 1:02.17 |

##### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 4 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 1:00.81 |
| 5 | Michael Greenspan (ISR) | 1:01.14 |

#### 200 m butterfly
##### Heats

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 4 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:15.38 |
| 11 | Michael Greenspan (ISR) | 2:24.49 |

##### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 4 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:12.49 |

#### 200 m individual medley
##### Heats

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 5 | Adi Prag (ISR) | 2:24.18 |

### Women
#### 100 m breaststroke
##### Heats

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 6 | Nava Kagan (ISR) | 1:22.71 |
| 7 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 1:23.87 |

##### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 4 | Nava Kagan (ISR) | 1:21.45 |
| 7 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 1:23.72 |

#### 200 m breaststroke
##### Heats

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 5 | Nava Kagan (ISR) | 2:58.56 |
| 7 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 3:00.82 |

##### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 5 | Nava Kagan (ISR) | 2:56.15 |
| 7 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 3:03.49 |

#### 200 m individual medley
##### Heats

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 7 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 2:45.81 |

##### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| 5 | Tamar Meissner (ISR) | 2:43.84 |

## Tennis
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles | Toshiro Sakai Japan | Taghi Akbari Iran | Yehoshua Shalem Israel |
| Women's singles | Lita Sugiarto Indonesia | Paulina Peisachov Israel | Lany Kaligis Indonesia |
| Mixed doubles | Israel Yair Wertheimer Paulina Peisachov | China Xu Meilin Zhang Ronghua | Japan Ryoichi Mori Kimiyo Yagahara |

## Weightlifting
### Medal summary
#### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Middle heavyweight (90 kg) ||||
| Snatch | Qian Yukai China | Ali Vali Iran | Adi Brana Israel |
| Clean & Jerk | Ali Vali Iran | Qian Yukai China | Adi Brana Israel |
| Total | Ali Vali Iran | Qian Yukai China | Adi Brana Israel |
| Heavyweight (110 kg) ||||
| Snatch | Houshang Kargarnejad Iran | Shlomo Ben-Lulu Israel | Yun Suk-won South Korea |
| Total | Houshang Kargarnejad Iran | Yun Suk-won South Korea | Shlomo Ben-Lulu Israel |

### Results
#### 82.5 kg

| Rank | Athlete | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total |
| 4 | S. Fried (ISR) | | | | | 282.5 |
| 5 | T. Kaplan (ISR) | | | | | 262.5 |

#### 90 kg

| Rank | Athlete | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total |
| | Adi Brana (ISR) | | | | | 270.0 |

#### 110 kg

| Rank | Athlete | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total |
| | Shlomo Ben-Lulu (ISR) | | | | | 302.5 |