List of participating nations at the Maccabiah Games

This is a list of nations that have participated in the Maccabiah from the 1st Maccabiah to the 19th Maccabiah. As of the 19th Games, 110 nations have participated in at least one edition of the Maccabiah. The United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Denmark, Austria, and France have competed in all nineteen Maccabiot.

History edit

The first Maccabiah which was held on March 28, 1932, included 390 athletes from 18 countries. The second Maccabiah, which was held on April 2, 1935, increased the number of participating nations to 28 with over 1350 athletes. The two games included Arab nations such as Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon. The third Maccabiah, which was scheduled for spring of 38, was postponed until 1950, after the establishment of the state of Israel. Attendance for the third Maccabiah were considerably less than the previous two with only 20 nations due to various economical and political reasons.

The attended at the Maccabiah have slowly increased over the next three decade. surpassing 30 nations and close to 3,500 athletes in the 11th Maccabiah. By the 19th Maccabiah, which took place in 2013, the numbers have grown to 9,000 Jewish athletes from 76 nations.

List of nations edit

Description edit

The list below includes all nations that have participated in at least one event in the Maccabiah, arranged alphabetically.

Several nations have changed during their Maccabiah history. Name changes due to geographical renaming are explained by footnotes after the nation's name, and other changes are explained by footnotes linked within the table itself. A select number of obsolete nations are also included in the table to more clearly illustrate past Maccabiah appearances for their successor nations:

Table legend edit

19   In the table headings, indicates the edition of the Maccabiah (1-19)
Participated in the specified Games
[A] Additional explanatory comments at the linked footnote
  Nation superseded or preceded by other nation(s) during these years

Alphabetical list edit

Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z Total
A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Albania 2
  Argentina 18
  Armenia 1
  Aruba 1
  Australia 19
  Austria 20
  Azerbaijan 4
B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Bahamas 2
  Belarus 4
  Belgium 20
  Bermuda 3
  Bolivia 5
  Bosnia-Herzegovina 1
  Brazil 17
  Bulgaria 5
C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Canada 19
  Cayman Islands 2
  Chile 17
  China 3
  Colombia 10
  Congo DR 3
  Costa Rica 9
  Croatia 5
  Cuba 2
  Curacao 1
  Cyprus 2
  Czechoslovakia 3
  Czech Republic 5
D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Danzig 2
  Denmark 20
  Dominican Republic 1
E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Ecuador 2
  Egypt 2
  El Salvador 2
  Eretz Yisrael See Israel 2
  Estonia 6
  Ethiopia 1
F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Finland 18
  France 20
G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Georgia 6
  Germany 9
  West Germany 8
  Gibraltar 6
  Greece 8
  Grenada 1
  Guam 1
  Guatemala 9
  Guinea-Bissau 1
H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Honduras 2
  Hong Kong 4
  Hungary 9
I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  India 13
  Iran 3
  Ireland 9
  Israel See Eretz Yisrael 18
  Italy 19
J 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Jamaica 2
  Japan 5
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Kazakhstan 2
  Kyrgyzstan 3
L 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Latvia 8
  Lebanon 1
  Libya 2
  Lithuania 10
  Luxembourg 3
M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Macedonia 4
  Malta 1
  Mauritius 1
  Mexico 16
  Moldova 6
  Mongolia 1
  Morocco 4
N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Netherlands 19
  New Zealand 8
  Nicaragua 1
  Norway 8
P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Palau 1
  Panama 7
  Paraguay 7
  Peru 9
  Poland 9
  Portugal 6
  Puerto Rico 5
R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Rhodesia see Zimbabwe 5
  Romania 7
  Russia see Soviet Union 6
S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Samoa 1
  Scotland 3
  Serbia 8
  Singapore 5
  Slovakia 5
  Slovenia 4
  South Africa 19
  South Korea 4
  Soviet Union 1
  Spain 8
  Suriname 1
  Sweden 16
   Switzerland 20
  Syria 2
T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Thailand 1
  Tunisia 1
  Turkey 17
  Taiwan 1
U 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Ukraine 6
  Uruguay 8
  United Arab Emirates 1
  United Kingdom 20
  United States 20
  Uzbekistan 2
V 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  U.S. Virgin Islands 2
  Venezuela 12
Y 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Yugoslavia See Serbia 4
Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
  Zaire[Zaire] see Congo 2
  Zambia 1
  Zimbabwe See Rhodesia 4
Total 27 28 20 22 20 27 27 27 26 34 34 37 45 48 33 49 55 55 77 85

See also edit

Notes edit

^ Zaire: The Democratic Republic of the Congo was known as Zaire (ZAI) between 1984 and 1996.

References edit

  • "Games / Competitions". The Maccabiah. July 2013. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  • "THE MACCABIAH GAMES". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014.