2013 Maccabiah Games

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Games of the XIX Maccabiah

The logo for the 19th Maccabiah Games (המכביה ה-19)
Nations participating 76[1]
Debuting countries 17
Athletes participating 7500[1]
Events 817 Medals 34 Sports
Opening ceremony July 18
Closing ceremony July 30
Officially opened by President of Israel Shimon Peres
Main venue Teddy Stadium

The 2013 Maccabiah Games (Hebrew: המכביה ה-19 ישראל תשע"ג‎) was the 19th incarnation of the Maccabiah Games, held in July 2013. According to the organizing committee these games will be the largest Maccabiah ever.[1] These Games are the world's third largest sporting event, behind the Olympic Games and Universiade. On 18 July, more than 7,000 Jewish athletes from all over the world joined Team Israel's 3,000 participants at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, Israel for the opening ceremony. Archery, Equestrian, Handball and Ice Hockey (first time from 1997) are debuting at these games, taking the number of sports at the games up to 34 and disciplines to 42.[2]

Notable medalists

American Olympic medalist swimmer Garrett Weber-Gale won the gold medal in the men’s 100 free with a time of 48.99, and won the gold medal in the men's 50 meter sprint with a new Maccabiah record time of 22.68 seconds.[3] Marcel Felder of Uruguay won a gold medal in men's tennis.[4]

Israeli Laetitia Beck won both an individual gold medal and a team gold medal at the Games, shooting 69 in each of the three rounds, finishing 9-under, 15 strokes ahead of her next competitor.[5] Israeli sprinter Donald Sanford broke the Israeli record and won the gold medal in the 400 meter race with a time of 45.65.[6] Israeli Alex Averbuch returned from retirement and won the gold medal in the pole vault.[7] Israeli swimmer Amit Ivry won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m freestyle, with a time of 57.19.[8][9]

Participating Communities

Participating Teams[10]

Debuting countries

Debuting countries[13] [14]

 Albania
 Armenia
 Aruba
 Bahamas
 Bosnia-Herzegovina
 Cuba
 Curacao
 Ecuador
 El Salvador

 Guinea-Bissau
 Honduras
 Kazakhstan
 Mauritius
 Mongolia
 Nicaragua
 Suriname
 Uzbekistan

Sports

The 2013 Maccabiah Games programme featured 34 sports encompassing 42 disciplines. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.[15]

Calendar

Calendar of tournaments.[15]

OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions CCClosing ceremony
July 18
Thu		 19
Fri		 20
Sat		 21
Sun		 22
Mon		 23
Tue		 24
Wed		 25
Thu		 26
Fri		 27
Sat		 28
Sun		 29
Mon		 30
Tue
CeremoniesOC CC
Archery ● ● ● ●
Badminton ● ● ●
Baseball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Chess ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Cricket ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Cycling ● ● ●
Equestrian ● ● ●
Fencing[16] ● ●
Field Hockey ● ● ● ●
Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Futsal ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Golf ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Gymnastics ● ● ●
Half Marathon ●
Handball ● ● ● ● ● ●
Ice Hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Judo[17] ● ●
Karate ● ●
Lawn Bowls ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Netball ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Open Water ●
Rhythmic Gymnastics ●
Rowing ● ● ● ● ●
Rugby[18] ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Shooting ● ● ● ●
Softball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Squash ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Swimming ● ● ● ● ● ●
Table Tennis[19] ● ● ● ● ●
Taekwondo ●
Ten Pin Bowling ● ● ● ● ●
Tennis ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Track and Field ● ● ●
Triathlon ●
Volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Water Polo ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Wrestling ● ●
July 18
Thu		 19
Fri		 20
Sat		 21
Sun		 22
Mon		 23
Tue		 24
Wed		 25
Thu		 26
Fri		 27
Sat		 28
Sun		 29
Mon		 30
Tue

Medal count

Main article: 2013 Maccabiah Games medal table
1  Israel 367 332 314 1013
2  United States 77 60 59 196
3  Canada 9 11 14 34
4  Australia 6 7 10 23
5  Brazil 5 5 12 22
6  South Africa 4 4 9 17
7  Hungary 3 3 9 15
8  France 3 2 0 5
9  Argentina 2 8 4 14
10  Ukraine 2 2 4 8
11  Germany 2 1 3 6
12  Azerbaijan 2 0 1 3
13  Russia 1 5 10 16
14  Great Britain 1 5 4 10
15  Mexico 1 3 3 7
16  Netherlands 1 1 2 4
17  Slovenia 1 1 1 3
18  Cuba 1 0 2 3
19  Latvia 0 2 3 5

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Opening Ceremony". maccabiah.com. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Games Schedule". maccabiah.com. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013. 
  3. ↑
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "ECH's Wohl takes silver, Duke's Beck gold at Maccabiah Games". The Herald-Sun. July 29, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013. 
  6. ↑
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Maccabiah 2013; Winners and Medals; Swimming". www.maccabiah.com. Retrieved October 22, 2013. 
  9. ↑ Sinai, Allon (July 22, 2013). "Weber-Gale doesn’t disappoint, wins 100m gold". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 22, 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Delegations". 
  11. ↑ Levi, Joshua (11 July 2013). "Aussie athletes head to Israel". Jewish News. Retrieved 11 July 2013. 
  12. ↑ "48-member Turkish delegation joins Jewish Olympics". Hürriyet Daily News. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013. 
  13. ↑ "Maccabiah Games: Uniting Jewish Athletes Across the World". 
  14. ↑ "How a man named Macabi helped bring 21 new countries to Maccabiah Games". 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "19-th Maccabiah Games Schedule". 
  16. ↑ http://sport.maccabiah.com/files/anafim/1374504677q77Zh.jpg
  17. ↑ http://sport.maccabiah.com/files/anafim/1374401997t97Rq.jpg
  18. ↑ http://sport.maccabiah.com/files/anafim/1374402150v50DJ.jpg
  19. ↑ http://sport.maccabiah.com/files/anafim/1374408773f73Vl.jpg

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