1993 Maccabiah Games
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| Nations participating | 48 | ||
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| Debuting countries |
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| Athletes participating | 5100 | ||
| Officially opened by | Yael Arad | ||
| Main venue | National Stadium | ||
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The 1993 Maccabiah Games was the 14th installment of the Maccabiah Games and brought 5,100 athletes to Israel from 48 nations.
Jewish athletes from Poland, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia participated for the first time after World War II, after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Athletes from the eight Republics of the former Soviet Union also participated.
A giant torch has been fixed in the National Stadium for this games and on.
Yael Arad, who had won a silver medal for Israel in judo at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, lit the Maccabiah torch.
Participating communities
The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that community contributed.
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