Back ئیسرائیل لە ئۆڵۆمپیادی ھاوینەی ١٩٧٢ CKB Olympische Sommerspiele 1972/Teilnehmer (Israel) German Israel en los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich 1972 Spanish Israël aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1972 French ישראל באולימפיאדת מינכן (1972) HE Izrael az 1972. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon Hungarian Israele ai Giochi della XX Olimpiade Italian Israël op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1972 Dutch Israel under Sommer-OL 1972 NB Israel nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1972 Portuguese
| Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ISR |
| NOC | Olympic Committee of Israel |
| Website | www |
| 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 Palestine Liberation Organization 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]
- ^ Israel Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Shaul Ladany Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ "Ladany, Shaul". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ "Belsen Survivor Escapes Death Again". The Miami News. September 6, 1972. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ a b 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. ISBN 9781602396289. Retrieved February 24, 2013.