1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Israel)
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Israel took part in the Olympic Games for the sixth timeat the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . The country sent 14 athletes.
On September 5, 1972, the Israeli crew was attacked by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September . During the hostage-taking and the unsuccessful rescue attempt, eleven members of the Israeli team, including five athletes, were killed (marked with "†"). On September 6, 2017, the place of remembrance for the victims of the Olympics assassination in Munich's Olympiapark was inaugurated.
Participants by sport
athletics
- Men
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Shaul Ladany
- 50 km walking: 19.
- Women
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Esther Roth
- 100 m: semi-finals
- 100 m hurdles: heats
fencing
- Men
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Dan Alon
- Foil: Round of 16
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Yehuda Weissenstein
- Foil: Round of 16
Weightlifting
-
David Berger †
- Light heavyweight: murdered
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Ze'ev Friedman †
- Bantamweight: 12th, murdered
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Yossef Romano †
- Middleweight: competition not finished, murdered
Wrestling
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Eliezer Halfin †
- Lightweight, freestyle: group stage, murdered
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Mark Slavin †
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: murdered
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Gad Tsobari
- Paper weight, freestyle: group stage
shoot
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Henry Hershkowitz
- Small bore lying: 23.
- Small bore three-position battle: 46.
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Zelig Stroch
- Small bore lying: 57.
swim
- Women
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Shlomit Nir
- 100 m chest: heats
- 200 m chest: heats
sailing
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Yair Michaeli
- Flying Dutchman: competition canceled
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Itzhak Nir
- Flying Dutchman: competition canceled
Web links
- Israeli Olympic team from 1972 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )