2013 Maccabiah Games

19th Maccabiah
The logo for the 19th Maccabiah Games (המכביה ה-19)
Host cityJerusalem, Israel
Nations77[1]
Debuting countries17
Athletes7,500[1]
Events490 Medals 34 Sports
OpeningJuly 18, 2013
ClosingJuly 30, 2013
Opened byShimon Peres
Main venueTeddy Stadium

The 19th Maccabiah (Hebrew: המכביה התשע-עשרה) were held during July 18 to 30, 2013.

The Games brought together 7,500 competing athletes, making it the third-largest international sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.[2][3][4] The Maccabiah held competitions in 42 disciplines, in 34 sports.[5] A number of new sports were introduced or brought back, including archery, equestrian, and handball; ice hockey was brought back for the first time since 1997.

History

The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932.[6] In 1961, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and supervision of, the International Olympic Committee.[7][8][9] Among other Olympic and world champions, swimmer Mark Spitz won 10 Maccabiah gold medals before earning his first of nine Olympic gold medals.[10]

Opening ceremony

The Venezuelan delegation during the parade of nations.

The opening ceremonies for the 19th Maccabiah took place for the second time at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem. The games were officially opened by Shimon Peres. US President Barack Obama greeted the Maccabiah through a prerecorded video.[11] Prime Minister David Cameron also greeted the Maccabiah and Team GB.[12]

During the parade of nations, giant helium balloons with the country the delegation represented accompanied each delegation.[13] Coincidentally, the opening ceremony took place on Nelson Mandela's birthday. The South African delegation carried with them a large banner reading: "Celebrating our legacy – Mandela Day".[14]

U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman lit the Maccabiah cauldron.[15] The opening ceremonies were celebrated with performances by a number of popular musicians, including Rami Kleinstein and Harel Skaat.[16] Additionally, Grammy-winning Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari and The X Factor finalist Carly Rose Sonenclar also performed at the ceremony.[17]

Notable medalists

Future National Football League player Anthony Firkser and Spencer Weisz, who was named tournament MVP, competed on the Under-18 USA National basketball team that won the gold medal.[18] Stu Douglass, Ben Carter, and Evan Conti were part of Team USA's men's team, coached by Brad Greenberg and Mike Carter, which won a gold medal in basketball.[19] Danny Schayes coached Team USA in basketball.[20] American Jacqui Kalin played basketball for Team USA and led the women's team to a gold medal.[21]

Israeli-American future Major League Baseball player Dean Kremer pitched for Team USA, along with Benjamin Feinman, a recent high school graduate, who threw a no-hitter on the opening day of competition for Team USA against Canada. This was the first no-hitter in the history of the Maccabiah Games. Team USA went on to take the gold medal in baseball, and Feinman was selected as the MVP of the baseball competition.[22][23]

Zach Hyman and brother Spencer helped Team Canada win a gold medal at the Games.

Canadian National Hockey League player Zach Hyman had three goals and three assists in two games, and won a gold medal, and was joined on the team by Adam Henrich, Andrew Calof, and Olivier Dame-Malka.[24][25][26] Team USA's masters hockey team, coached by Steve Glickman and led by Todd Lewis, upset Team Canada to win the gold medal. Canadian Olympic volleyball players Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter competed for Canada winning a silver medal in indoor volleyball, and Binstock was Canada's flag-bearer.[27][28][29]

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.[30] He also won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.[31] Andrea Murez won five gold medals in swimming for the US, and two silver medals, and received the 2013 Maccabiah Games Most Outstanding Athlete Award for Women.[32][33][34] Israeli Olympic swimmer Amit Ivry won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m freestyle, with a time of 57.19.[35][36] Israeli Keren Siebner won two gold medals, in the 100m butterfly and the 400m freestyle relay team, which set a new Israeli record.[37]

In soccer, Jacob Lissek joined Major League Soccer player Ross Friedman on Team USA, which captured a gold medal, as Friedman led the Games in assists.[38] Canada won the bronze medal, with Alon Badat, Kilian Elkinson, and Gil Vainshtein playing for it.[39][40] Footballer Scott Kashket played for Team GB Under-18, winning a bronze medal.[41]

Marcel Felder of Uruguay won a gold medal in men's tennis.[42]

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.[43]

Canadian Sasha Gollish, who years later set an age-group world record in the mile, won the half-marathon.[44] Israeli Olympic sprinter Donald Sanford broke the Israeli record and won the gold medal in the 400 meter race with a time of 45.65, defeating Australian Olympic finalist Steven Solomon (who also competed for Australia as captain of its junior soccer team).[45][46] Israeli future Olympian Maor Tiyouri was a silver medalist in the 3000 m.[47] Israeli two-time European champion Alex Averbuch returned from retirement and won the gold medal in the pole vault.[46]

Israeli Olympian Neta Rivkin won the all-around gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics. Israel's Olympian Alex Tripolski won the gold medal in the 10 meter air pistol with a score of 571, and the silver medal in the 50 meter free pistol with a score of 530.[48][49] Israeli Olympic badminton player Misha Zilberman won two gold medals.[50] Israeli Daniel Poleshchuk won a gold medal in Men's Open Squash.[51][52][53]

In karate, American Dov Sternberg won a gold medal in Team Kata.[54] Israeli Olympic racing cyclist Shani Bloch won a silver medal in the women's triathlon.[55] Canadian Anthony Housefather won seven medals (five silver medals and two bronze medals) in the Masters category in swimming.[56][57]

In fencing, future cadet world champion Samuel Moelis won the gold medal in junior men's foil in both the individual event and as part of Team USA.

Participating communities

77 countries that participated in the 19th Maccabiah.

Participating teams[58]

Debuting countries

Debuting countries[66][67]

 Albania
 Armenia
 Aruba
 Bahamas
 Bosnia-Herzegovina
 Cuba
 Curaçao
 Ecuador
 El Salvador
 Guinea-Bissau
 Honduras
 Mauritius
 Mongolia
 Nicaragua
 Suriname

Calendar

Calendar of tournaments.[68]

OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions CC Closing 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
Ceremonies OC CC
Archery ● ● ● ●
Badminton ● ● ●
Baseball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Chess ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Cricket ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Cycling ● ● ●
Equestrian ● ● ●
Fencing[69] ● ●
Field hockey ● ● ● ●
Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Futsal ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Golf ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Gymnastics ● ● ●
Half marathon ●
Handball ● ● ● ● ● ●
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Judo[70] ● ●
Karate ● ●
Lawn bowls ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Netball ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Open water swimming ●
Rhythmic gymnastics ●
Rowing ● ● ● ● ●
Rugby[71] ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Shooting ● ● ● ●
Softball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Squash ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Swimming ● ● ● ● ● ●
Table tennis[72] ● ● ● ● ●
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

Medals table for Open competition

  *   Host nation (Israel)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Israel*153135123411
2 United States776059196
3 Canada9111434
4 Australia671023
5 Brazil551222
6 South Africa44917
7 Hungary33915
8 France3205
9 Argentina28414
10 Ukraine2248
11 Germany2136
12 Azerbaijan2013
13 Russia151016
14 Great Britain15410
15 Mexico1337
16 Netherlands1124
17 Slovenia1113
18 Cuba1023
19 Latvia0145
Totals (19 entries)274254274802
Source:

Combined medals table for all competitions (Juniors, Open, Paralympic, Masters)

  *   Host nation (Israel)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Israel*285271299855
2 United States10394120317
3 Russia24222672
4 Canada15182457
5 Australia9181239
6 Brazil861630
7 Ukraine84315
8 South Africa771630
9 Hungary42814
10 Germany4149
11 Argentina3121631
12 Great Britain391224
13 France3317
14       MWU32914
15 Mexico22812
16 Azerbaijan2035
17 Austria2013
18 Netherlands1225
19 Cuba1135
20 Slovenia1124
Totals (20 entries)4884755851,548

Sports

The 2013 Maccabiah Games programme featured 34 sports encompassing 42 disciplines.[68]

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