Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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IOC code | ISR | ||||||||
NOC | Olympic Committee of Israel | ||||||||
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in Munich | |||||||||
Competitors | 15 in 7 sports | ||||||||
Flag bearer | Henry Herscovici[1] | ||||||||
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Israel competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, which began on August 26. On September 5 and 6, in the Munich Massacre, 11 members of the Israeli delegation—5 athletes, 2 referees, and 4 coaches (names bolded on this page)—were taken hostage by PLO terrorists and murdered. The remainder of the team left Munich on September 7.
Shaul Ladany, a Holocaust survivor, competed in the 50-kilometer walk.[2][3] He had been imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a child, and wore a Star of David on his warm-up jersey.[4][5] When he was congratulated by locals on his fluent German, he responded: "I learned it in Bergen-Belsen".[5][6] He survived the Munich massacre by jumping off a balcony.[2]
Results
Referees
The following nominated referees and judges were in the delegation:[18]
- Yossef Gutfreund — wrestling
- Yakov Springer – weightlifting
Coaches and officials
The following coaches and officials were in the delegation:[19]
- Shmuel Lalkin — Chef De Mission
- Micha Shamban — presumably deputy of Chef De Mission
- Eliyahu Friedlender - sailing team manager
- Amitzur Shapira — athletics coach
- Kehat Shorr — shooting coach
- Tuvia Sokolovsky — weightlifting coach[20]
- Andre Spitzer — fencing coach
- Moshe Weinberg — wrestling coach
- Itzhac Aldubi - chairman of ASA (Academic Sport Association)
- Werner Nachmann
- Duel Parrack
- Josef Szwec
- Kurt Weigl
References
- ↑ Israel
- 1 2 "Shaul Ladany Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Ladany, Shaul". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Belsen Survivor Escapes Death Again". The Miami News. September 6, 1972. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- 1 2 Owen, John (July 24, 2008). "Olympics Flashback: 1972: Terror and turmoil". seattlepi.com. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ↑ Stan Isaacs (2008). Ten Moments That Shook the Sports World: One Sportswriter's Eyewitness Accounts of the Most Incredible Sporting Events of the Past Fifty Years. Skyhorse Publishing Inc. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- 1 2 Official Report, p.56
- 1 2 Official Report, p.65
- 1 2 Official Report, pp.247–250
- ↑ Official Report, p.506
- 1 2 Official Report, p.229
- ↑ Official Report, p.231
- 1 2 Official Report, p.344
- 1 2 Official Report, pp.166–7
- ↑ Official Report, pp.164–5
- ↑ Official Report, p.131
- ↑ Official Report, p.135
- ↑ Official Report, p.537
- ↑ Official Report, p.534
- ↑ Binder, David (1972-09-06). "9 Israelis on Olympic Team Killed with 4 Arab Captors as Police Fight Band that Disrupted Munich Games". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-31.