# Israel at the 1966 Asian Games

Israel participated in the 1966 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December to 20 December 1966. Israel had previously been unable to complete during the 1962 Asian Games when the host country Indonesia, refused to permit the participation of Israel due to political reasons, stating it would cause issues with their relationship with the Arab states. Although Thailand allowed Israel to participate in 1966, several Arab nations boycotted and riots broke out during the games.

## Medals

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Basketball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |

## Athletics
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Israel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (1 entries) | Totals (1 entries) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Miho Sato Japan | 12.3 | Ritsuko Sukegawa Japan | 12.4 | Debra Marcus Israel | 12.5 |
| 200 m details | Debra Marcus Israel | 25.3 | Miyoko Tsujishita Japan | 25.3 | Kishiko Ikeda Japan | 25.7 |
| 800 m details | Hana Shezifi Israel | 2:10.5 GR | Yoko Miyamoto Japan | 2:12.7 | Yasuyo Mishima Japan | 2:13.6 |

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

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 457 | 298 | +159 | 10 |
| Israel | 5 | 4 | 1 | 417 | 324 | +93 | 9 |
| Philippines | 5 | 3 | 2 | 512 | 357 | +155 | 8 |
| Iran | 5 | 2 | 3 | 380 | 398 | −18 | 7 |
| South Vietnam | 5 | 1 | 4 | 378 | 501 | −123 | 6 |
| Burma | 5 | 0 | 5 | 283 | 549 | −266 | 5 |

#### Games

* 10 December
| Israel | 87–55 | Iran |
* Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
* 11 December
| Israel | 100–70 | South Vietnam |
* Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
* 12 December
| South Korea | 62–48 | Israel |
* Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Philippines | 86–91 | Israel |
* Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Israel | 91–51 | Burma |
* Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

### Championship
#### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| 17 December | 17 December |
| Japan | 34 |
| Japan | 34 | 19 December | 19 December |
| Israel | 57 | 19 December | 19 December |
| Israel | 57 | Israel | 90 |
| 17 December | 17 December | | Israel | 90 |
| 17 December | 17 December | Thailand | 42 |
| South Korea | 52 | Thailand | 42 |
| Thailand | 67 | | |
| Thailand | 67 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | 19 December | 19 December |
| | | Japan | 60 |
| | | South Korea | 72 |

#### Semifinals

* 17 December
| Japan | 34–57 | Israel |
* Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

#### Gold medal game

* 19 December
| Israel | 90–42 | Thailand |
* Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

### Roster

Coach: Shimon Shelah
* Amnon Avidan
* Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
* Igal Dar
* Gershon Dekel
* Offer Eshed
* Abraham Gutt
* David Kaminsky
* Zvi Lubezki
* Itshak Shachar
* Ami Shelef
* Haim Starkman
* Ilan Zohar

## Shooting
### Medal table

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

### Results

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m rifle prone details | Chu Hwa-il South Korea | Nehemia Sirkis Israel | Adolfo Feliciano Philippines |

## Swimming
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Israel | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Totals (1 entries) | Totals (1 entries) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Koichi Yamanami Japan | 2:35.0 GR | Kenji Ishikawa Japan | 2:35.4 | Gershon Shefa Israel | 2:39.7 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Isao Nakajima Japan | 1:00.1 GR | Avraham Melamed Israel | 1:00.4 | Yasuo Takada Japan | 1:00.7 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Shigeo Fukushima Japan | 5:04.9 GR | Gershon Shefa Israel | 5:09.5 | Tony Asamli Philippines | 5:13.9 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Shigeo Fukushima Kenji Ishikawa Isao Nakajima Kunihiro Iwasaki | 4:11.1 GR | Israel Yoram Schneider Gershon Shefa Avraham Melamed Moshe Gertel | 4:18.4 | Philippines Eduardo Abreu Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Roosevelt Abdulgafur | 4:20.6 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Michiko Kihara Japan | 1:03.2 GR | Helen Elliott Philippines | 1:04.2 | Yvonne Tobis Israel | 1:05.5 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Yasuko Fujii Japan | 2:38.5 GR | Yvonne Tobis Israel | 2:38.8 | Pat Chan Singapore | 2:42.2 |