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.

Israel at the 1966 Asian Games
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Olympic Committee of Israel
in Bangkok
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 3 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 11
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1966 Asian Games

Medal table

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

Women

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

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1966 Asian Games

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

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10 December

Israel

87–55

Iran

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

Israel

100–70

South Vietnam

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

South Korea

62–48

Israel

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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14 December

Philippines

86–91

Israel

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

Israel

91–51

Burma

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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Championship

Bracket

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

Semifinals

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17 December

Japan

34–57

Israel

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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Gold medal game

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19 December

Israel

90–42

Thailand

Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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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

Main article: Shooting at the 1966 Asian Games

Medal table

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

Results

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1966 Asian Games

Medal table

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

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
200 m breaststroke	Koichi Yamanami  Japan	2:35.0 GR	Kenji Ishikawa  Japan	2:35.4	Gershon Shefa  Israel	2:39.7
100 m butterfly	Isao Nakajima  Japan	1:00.1 GR	Avraham Melamed  Israel	1:00.4	Yasuo Takada  Japan	1:00.7
400 m individual medley	Shigeo Fukushima  Japan	5:04.9 GR	Gershon Shefa  Israel	5:09.5	Tony Asamli  Philippines	5:13.9
4 × 100 m medley relay	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		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Michiko Kihara  Japan	1:03.2 GR	Helen Elliott  Philippines	1:04.2	Yvonne Tobis  Israel	1:05.5
200 m individual medley	Yasuko Fujii  Japan	2:38.5 GR	Yvonne Tobis  Israel	2:38.8	Pat Chan  Singapore	2:42.2