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 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
Munich massacre
Munich massacre
Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics