This is an incomplete list of men's Maccabiah medalists in track & field athletics from 1932 to the present.
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Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah [1] | ![]() | ||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah [1] [2] | ![]() 10.4 CR | ![]() | |
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah [3] | ![]() 10.45 CR | ||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah | |||
2017 Maccabiah [4] | ![]() 10.39 | ![]() | ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah [5] [6] | ![]() | ||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah [3] | ![]() 14.33 CR | ||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah [7] | ![]() 14.48 | ||
2017 Maccabiah [8] [9] | ![]() 14.25 CR | ![]() 14.39 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah [2] | ![]() CR | ||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah [3] | ![]() 21.09 CR | ||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah | |||
2017 Maccabiah [10] [8] | ![]() 21.79 | ![]() | ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah [3] | ![]() 46.54 CR | ||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah [11] [12] | ![]() 45.65 CR NR | ![]() 46.2 | ![]() 50.73 |
2017 Maccabiah [13] [8] | ![]() 49.09 | ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah [1] | ![]() 1:53.8 CR | ![]() | |
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | ![]() 1:49.29 CR | ||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah | |||
2017 Maccabiah [14] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah [15] | ![]() 3:55 CR | ||
1965 Maccabiah [15] | ![]() 3:51.2 CR | ||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah [16] [3] | ![]() 3:43.16 CR | ||
1985 Maccabiah [16] | ![]() | ||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah [17] | ![]() | ||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah [7] | ![]() 3:50.03 | ![]() 3:50.09 | |
2017 Maccabiah [18] [7] | ![]() 3:54.92 | ![]() | ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah [16] [3] [19] | ![]() 13:53.49 CR | ![]() 13:56.83 | ![]() 14:30.27 |
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah [17] | ![]() | ||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah | |||
2017 Maccabiah [20] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah [2] | ![]() CR | ||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah [17] | ![]() | ||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah [12] | ![]() 32:11 | ||
2017 Maccabiah [21] | ![]() 33:21 | ![]() 34:00 | ![]() 37:45 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah [15] | ![]() Gerry Ashworth Jay Paritz Dick Robinson Dick Sheer 42.4 CR | ||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah [3] | ![]() 40.21 CR | ||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah [12] | ![]() 40.93 | ![]() 41.85 | Mixed Team 44.19 |
2017 Maccabiah [22] [8] | ![]() 40.64 | ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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1932 Maccabiah | ||||
1935 Maccabiah | ||||
1950 Maccabiah | ||||
1953 Maccabiah | ||||
1957 Maccabiah | ||||
1961 Maccabiah | ||||
1965 Maccabiah [15] | ![]() Ken Hendler Steve Lamb Roger Wolff Bill Shapiro 3:12.6 CR | |||
1969 Maccabiah | ||||
1973 Maccabiah | ||||
1977 Maccabiah | ||||
1981 Maccabiah | ||||
1985 Maccabiah | ||||
1989 Maccabiah | ||||
1993 Maccabiah | ||||
1997 Maccabiah | ||||
2001 Maccabiah | ||||
2005 Maccabiah | ||||
2009 Maccabiah | ![]() Ari Monosson Ben Auerbach Jeffrey Merrill Dustin Emrani 03:17.08 | |||
2013 Maccabiah [12] | ![]() 3:13.80 | ![]() 3:43.67 | Mixed Team 3:56.72 | |
2017 Maccabiah [23] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah | |||
2017 Maccabiah [8] | ![]() 2.13m | ![]() 2.05m ![]() 2.05m | none awarded |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah [2] | ![]() | ||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah [3] | ![]() 5.60m CR | ||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah [25] | ![]() 5.55m | ![]() 5.40m | ![]() 5.10m |
2013 Maccabiah [7] | ![]() 5.15m | ![]() 5.00m | |
2017 Maccabiah [26] [8] | ![]() 4.70m | ![]() | ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah [29] | ![]() | ||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | ![]() | ||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | ![]() 57.18 m | ![]() | |
1985 Maccabiah | ![]() | ||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah | |||
2017 Maccabiah [8] | ![]() 54.73 | ![]() 52.67 | ![]() 51.73 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah [29] | ![]() | ||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | ![]() 18.02m | ![]() 17.00m | |
1985 Maccabiah | ![]() 18.70m | ![]() | |
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah | |||
2017 Maccabiah [8] | ![]() 18.00m |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | ![]() 71.36m | ||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | ![]() 69.60m | ||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah | |||
2017 Maccabiah [30] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah [1] | ![]() 192 ft CR | ||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah [31] | ![]() 78.06m CR | ||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah | |||
2017 Maccabiah [8] | ![]() 55.56m |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah [33] [34] | ![]() | ||
1953 Maccabiah [33] [34] | ![]() | ||
1957 Maccabiah [34] [1] | ![]() 14 minutes | ||
1961 Maccabiah | |||
1965 Maccabiah [33] [34] | ![]() | ||
1969 Maccabiah [35] | ![]() 13:35.4 | ||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah | |||
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1932 Maccabiah | |||
1935 Maccabiah | |||
1950 Maccabiah | |||
1953 Maccabiah | |||
1957 Maccabiah | |||
1961 Maccabiah [2] | ![]() | ||
1965 Maccabiah | |||
1969 Maccabiah | |||
1973 Maccabiah | |||
1977 Maccabiah | |||
1981 Maccabiah [19] | ![]() 7359 CR | ![]() 6485 | ![]() 5916 |
1985 Maccabiah | |||
1989 Maccabiah | |||
1993 Maccabiah | |||
1997 Maccabiah | |||
2001 Maccabiah | |||
2005 Maccabiah | |||
2009 Maccabiah | |||
2013 Maccabiah |
The Maccabiah Games, first held in 1932, are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport event held quadrennially in Israel. The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion. It is the third-largest sporting event in the world by number of competitors, with 10,000 athletes competing. The Maccabiah Games were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and supervision of, the International Olympic Committee in 1961.
At the 10th Maccabiah Games in Israel, more than 2,800 athletes from 34 countries participated in 26 different sports, including chess and bridge and for the first time badminton.
Twenty-one countries sent 980 athletes to compete in the 1957 5th Maccabiah Games, an international Jewish athletics competition similar to the Olympics. The opening ceremony on September 15, 1957, was held in Ramat Gan Stadium, with athletes parading before Israeli President Yitzhak Ben Zvi.
Eight hundred ninety athletes representing 23 countries competed in the 1953 4th Maccabiah Games, held September 20 to 29, in 18 branches of sports.
The 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 35 nations. The Opening Ceremony was held on July 7, 1981, before a crowd of 53,000 and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Ramat Gan Stadium, with 3,500 Jewish athletes parading past him. Representative Jack Kemp and a supporter of Israel, marched with the United States team. Israel won the most medals (199), with 65 gold. The United States won 188 medals, 85 gold. South Africa, Britain, and Canada had the next-most total medals.
The 7th Maccabiah Games in 1965 saw 1,500 athletes from 29 different countries compete in 21 sports. It was the first Maccabiah Games for Iran, Jamaica, Peru, and Venezuela. The United States delegation won the most gold medals, followed by Israel, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Mexico and the Netherlands, Southern Rhodesia, Australia, Argentina and Italy, and Brazil, Canada, Denmark, and Sweden with one each.
At the 8th Maccabiah Games from July 29 to August 7, 1969, 1,450 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports in Israel. The final gold medal count was the United States in first place (64), Israel second, and Great Britain third (11).
The 12th Maccabiah Games brought over 4,000 athletes to Israel from 38 nations to compete in 28 sports.
The 15th Maccabiah Games are remembered for being marred by a bridge collapse that killed several participants.
The 2nd Maccabiah, aka the Aliyah Olympics, which was held in April 1935, was the second edition of the Maccabiah Games. The Games were held despite official opposition by the British Mandatory government. A total of 28 countries were represented by 1,350 athletes. Austria placed first, followed by Germany in second, with Eretz Israel placing third.
The 1st Maccabiah was the first edition of the Maccabiah, which was held in Mandatory Palestine from March 28 to April 2, 1932. The games were in commemoration of the 1800th anniversary of the Bar Kokhba revolt, a major rebellion by the Jews of Judaea Province against the Roman Empire. Despite many obstacles and setbacks, the first Maccabiah was regarded as a great success. Poland led the scoreboard, the United States was second, and Austria was third.
The 9th Maccabiah Games, which were held from July 9 to 19, 1973, were opened in Ramat Gan Stadium, Israel. Spain and Costa Rica made their debuts in the Games. A total of 1,800 athletes competed on behalf of 27 countries in 20 branches of sport, in 30 venues across Israel. The Games took place ten months after the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were slain during the Munich Massacre. The United States won 76 gold medals, and Israel was next with 60 gold medals.
The 18th Maccabiah Games, were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Police and Fire Games, and Universiade. On the 13 July, more than 6,000 Jewish athletes from all over the world joined Team Israel's 3,000 participants at the Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv District, Israel, for the opening ceremony. American swimmer Jason Lezak was given the honor of lighting the Maccabiah torch at the Opening Ceremony.
The History of the Maccabiah, a quadrennial International Jewish multi-sport event, dates back to 1912 and the Games of the V Olympiad.
The 2017 Maccabiah Games, also referred to as the 20th Maccabiah Games, were the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games. They took place from 4 to 17 July 2017, in Israel. The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion. A total of 10,000 athletes competed, a Maccabiah Games record, making the 2017 Maccabiah Games the third-largest sporting competition in the world. The athletes were from 85 countries, also a record. Countries represented for the first time included the Bahamas, Barbados, Cambodia, the Cayman Islands, Haiti, Malta, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Trinidad. The athletes competed in 45 sports.
Jessica Antiles is an American swimmer. Antiles was one of 24 swimmers who swam for Team USA at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, where she won two medals.
Marty Engel was an American athlete. He competed in the men's hammer throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
The “2023” Maccabiah Games took place in Israel from July 14–25, 2022, and are also referred to as the 22nd Maccabiah Games. The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion. Israeli former Olympic judo medalist Arik Zeevi served as Maccabiah Chairman. Approximately 10,000 athletes from 80 countries competed in 42 sports categories.
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