Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

competed at the

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, Canada. 28 competitors, 26 men and 2 women, took part in 19 events in 10 sports.

Summary

Israel sent to the Olympics a football team, that qualified for the second time, and 11 individual athletes, the same number as the victims in

Munich massacre The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two member ...

four years earlier. All seven sports represented at the 1972 Olympics were retained for 1976: Athletics, swimming, shooting, fencing, wrestling, weight lifting and sailing. In addition to football, gymnastics also appeared for the second time, after a break of 16 years, and judo made its debut on the Israeli Olympic team. This was by far the most successful Olympic Games for Israel until then.

Esther Roth-Shahamorov Esther Roth-Shahamorov ( he, אסתר רוט-שחמורוב; born April 16, 1952) is a former Israeli track and field athlete. She specialized in the 100-meter hurdles and the 100-meter sprint. Early and personal life Esther Shahamorov was b ...

, the only team member who was also in Munich, became the first Israeli athlete in any sport who reached an Olympic final, and finished sixth in women's 100m hurdles. Her place is still the best achievement by an Israeli track athlete. In weightlifting,

Eduard Weitz Eduard Weitz (אדוארד וייץ; also "Edward"; born April 16, 1946) is an Israeli former Olympic weightlifter. Weitz was born in Chernihiv, in the Soviet Union. He was ranked in the top 5 in the Soviet Union, before he made ''aliyah'' (emig ...

came in fifth place, the best achievement of an Israeli at the Olympics in any sport until then, which still remains the best achievement in weightlifting in Israel's Olympic history. Another fine achievement was seventh place (unofficially) for

Rami Miron Rami Miron (רמי מירון; also "Meron"; born January 17, 1957) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler. Early life Miron is Jewish, and was born in Baku in Azerbaijan in the Soviet Union.

in wrestling. Those three results were better than any previous result of Israeli athlete at the Olympics. The football team, despite drawing its three preliminary round matches, still advanced to the quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Brazil. It was a repeat of Israel's achievement in 1968.

Athletics

Fencing

Football

During the 1976 Summer Olympics, Israel competed in football along with Iran and North Korea in the AFC. Additionally, Israeli referee Abraham Klein worked the tournament. Israel lost to Brazil in the quarter-finals and was eliminated.

Preliminary round - Group B

Standings

Matches

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Quarterfinals

Bracket

Matches

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Final ranking

Goal scorers

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Vicky Peretz Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz ( he, יצחק "ויקי" פרץ, 11 February 1953 – 29 June 2021) was an Israeli Olympic football player who played for the Israel national team, and manager. He played for Maccabi Ramat Amidar, Maccabi Tel Av ...

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Itzhak Shum Itzhak Shum ( he, יצחק שום; born 1 September 1948 in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR) is a retired Israeli football player and manager, and currently the owner of Hapoel Kfar Saba. Playing career He played 78 times and scored 10 goals for Isr ...

Yaron Oz Yaron Oz (Hebrew: ירון עוז; born August 10, 1964, in Haifa) is full Professor of the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University. Biography Oz completed summa cum laude his two B.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and phys ...

Squad

Head coach:

David Schweitzer David Schweitzer (18 July 1925 – 17 August 1997) was an Israeli football player and manager who was active at both professional and international levels. Career Playing career Schweitzer started his athletic career as a basketball player wi ...

Gymnastics

Judo

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
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