title: Israel at the 1970 Asian Games
text: # Israel at the 1970 Asian Games
  
  Israel participated in the 1970 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December 20 December 1970. The Israeli delegation was led by Esther Roth who won all of Israel's six gold medals.
  
  ## Medals
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletics | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
  | Basketball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Shooting | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
  | Swimming | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
  
  ## Athletics
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
  | Totals (1 entries) | Totals (1 entries) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5000 m details | Lucien Rosa Ceylon | 14:32.2 | Edward Sequeira India | 14:33.8 | Yuval Wischnitzer Israel | 14:34.7 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 400 m details | Kamaljeet Sandhu India | 57.3 | Aviva Balas Israel | 57.3 | Nobuko Kawano Japan | 57.4 |
  | 800 m details | Hana Shezifi Israel | 2:06.5 GR | Nobuko Kawano Japan | 2:11.7 | Isabel Cruz Philippines | 2:13.5 |
  | 1500 m details | Hana Shezifi Israel | 4:25.1 GR | Miyako Inoue Japan | 4:40.2 | Lee Chiu-hsia Republic of China | 4:41.4 |
  | 100 m hurdles details | Esther Shahamorov Israel | 14.0 GR | Ayako Natsume Japan | 14.0 =GR | Lin Yueh-hsiang Republic of China | 14.6 |
  | Long jump details | Hiroko Yamashita Japan | 6.02 GR | Esther Shahamorov Israel | 5.94 | Keiko Tsuchida Japan | 5.75 |
  | Pentathlon details | Esther Shahamorov Israel | 4530 GR | Lin Chun-yu Republic of China | 4382 | Lolita Lagrosas Philippines | 4020 |
  
  ## Basketball
  
  ### Preliminary round - group A
  
  **Standings**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 288 | 181 | +107 | 6 |
  | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 185 | +58 | 5 |
  | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 2 | 203 | 284 | −81 | 4 |
  | South Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 3 | 202 | 286 | −84 | 3 |
  
  **Games**
  
  * 10 December
  
  | Israel | 108–59 | South Vietnam |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
  * 11 December
  
  | Israel | 98–58 | Singapore |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
  * 12 December
  
  | Israel | 82–64 | Japan |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
  
  ### Championship
  
  **Standings**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 393 | 320 | +73 | 9 |
  | Israel | 5 | 4 | 1 | 429 | 373 | +56 | 9 |
  | Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | | | | 8 |
  | Republic of China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 364 | 386 | −22 | 7 |
  | Philippines | 5 | 2 | 3 | 381 | 378 | +3 | 7 |
  | India | 5 | 0 | 5 | | | | 5 |
  
  **Games**
  
  * 14 December
  
  | Israel | 83–67 | Japan |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
  * 15 December
  
  | Republic of China | 73–114 | Israel |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
  * 16 December
  
  | Israel | 82–74 | India |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
  * 18 December
  
  | Philippines | 78–83 | Israel |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
  * 19 December
  
  | Israel | 67–81 | South Korea |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
  
  ### Roster
  
  Coach: Shimon Shelah
  
  * Dan Barzily
  * Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
  * Hillel Gilboa
  * Ronald Green
  * Hanan Keren
  * Ivan Leshinsky
  * Itamar Marzel
  * Gabi Neumark
  * Mike Schwarz
  * Haim Starkman
  * Gabi Teichner
  * Mark Turenshine
  
  ## Shooting
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Israel | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
  | Totals (1 entries) | Totals (1 entries) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
  
  ### Results
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 m air rifle details | Minoru Ito Japan | Henry Hershkowitz Israel | Thamnoon Suebsamarn Thailand |
  | 50 m rifle prone details | Takeo Toriyama Japan | Chu Hwa-il South Korea | Nehemia Sirkis Israel |
  | 50 m rifle prone team details | Israel Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch Nehemia Sirkis | South Korea Bae Byung-ki Chu Hwa-il Nam Sang-wan Oh Gul | Japan Minoru Ito Hiroya Okuda Kazuya Ono Takeo Toriyama |
  | 50 m rifle 3 positions team details | South Korea Bae Byung-ki Huh Wook-bong Nam Sang-wan Shin Hyun-joo | Israel Shimon Friedman Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch | Japan Minoru Ito Hiroya Okuda Kazuya Ono Kenjiro Tsuba |
  | 50 m standard rifle 3 positions details | Shimon Friedman Israel | Preeda Phengdisth Thailand | Kazuya Ono Japan |
  | 50 m standard rifle 3 positions team details | Thailand Serm Charuratana Chawalit Kamutchati Preeda Phengdisth Udomsak Theinthong | Israel Shimon Friedman Henry Hershkowitz Micha Kaufman Zelig Shtroch | South Korea Bae Byung-ki Huh Wook-bong Nam Sang-wan Oh Gul |
  
  ## Swimming
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | Totals (1 entries) | Totals (1 entries) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Japan Tadashi Honda Nobutaka Taguchi Satoshi Maruya Shojiro Sawa | 4:00.4 GR | Philippines Ibnorajik Muksan Amman Jalmaani Leroy Goff Jairulla Jaitulla | 4:15.3 | Israel Yoav Yaakovi Yoel Kenda Dan Stern Moshe Gertel | 4:18.1 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 100 m breaststroke details | Hitomi Tanigami Japan | 1:18.9 GR | Chieno Shibata Japan | 1:19.8 | Shlomit Nir Israel | 1:20.6 |
  | 200 m breaststroke details | Chieno Shibata Japan | 2:46.5 GR | Hitomi Tanigami Japan | 2:51.5 | Shlomit Nir Israel | 2:54.3 |
  