List of participating nations at the Maccabiah

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

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

Description

The list below includes all nations that have participated at 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

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  Nation superseded or preceded by other nation(s) during these years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

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
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A

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Albania •1
 Argentina •••••••••••••••••17
 Armenia •1
 Aruba •1
 Australia •••••••••••••••••17
 Austria •••••••••••••••••••19
 Azerbaijan •• •3

B

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Bahamas •1
 Belarus • •• •3
 Belgium ••••••••••••••••••18
 Bermuda ••• 3
 Bolivia • • • •4
 Bosnia •1
 Brazil ••••••••••••••••16
 Bulgaria •• • •• 5

C

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Canada •••••••••••••••••17
 Chile ••••••••••••••••16
 China •• 2
 Colombia • ••••••••9
 Congo • 1
 Costa Rica •• •••••• 8
 Croatia •••• •5
 Cuba •1
 Curacao •1
 Cyprus • 1
 Czechoslovakia •• • 3
 Czech Republic • •••4

D

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Denmark •••••••••••••••••••19

E

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Ecuador • •2
 Egypt •• 2
 El Salvador •1
 Eretz Yisrael •• See Israel 2
 Estonia • • ••3
 Ethiopia • 2

F

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Finland •••••••••••••••15
 France •••••••••••••••••••19

G

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Georgia • ••••5
 Germany •• ••••••8
 West Germany •• •••••• 8
 Gibraltar ••• • •5
 Greece •• • • •• •7
 Grenada • 1
 Guam • 1
 Guatemala • • •• ••••8
 Guinea-Bissau •1

H

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Honduras •1
 Hong Kong •• •3
 Hungary • •• ••••7

I

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 India •••••• •• • •••12
 Iran ••• 3
 Ireland •••••• • • 8
 Israel See Eretz Yisrael •••••••••••••••••17
 Italy ••••••••••••••••••18

J

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Jamaica • 1
 Japan •••• 4

K

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Kazakhstan •1
 Kyrgyzstan • •2

L

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Latvia •• • ••••7
 Lebanon • 1
 Libya •• 2
 Lithuania • •••••••8
 Luxembourg •••3

M

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Macedonia •••3
 Malta • 1
 Mauritius •1
 Mexico •••••••••••••••15
 Moldova •••••5
 Mongolia •1
 Morocco • •1

N

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Netherlands ••••••••••••• ••••17
 New Zealand •••••••• 8
 Nicaragua •1
 Norway •••••• •7

P

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Palau • 1
 Panama •••••• 6
 Paraguay ••••••6
 Peru •• ••• •••8
 Poland •• ••••••8
 Portugal •• •••5
 Puerto Rico ••• • 4

R

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Rhodesia ••••• see Zimbabwe 5
 Romania •• •• •••7
 Russia see Soviet Union ••••••6

S

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Samoa • 1
 Scotland ••2
 Serbia •••3
 Singapore • • •• 4
 Slovakia • •••4
 Slovenia • ••3
 South Africa ••••••••••••••••••18
 South Korea •• 2
 Soviet Union • 1
 Spain •••••••7
 Suriname •1
 Sweden • ••••••••••••••15
  Switzerland •••••••••••••••••••19
 Syria •• 2

T

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Thailand • 1
 Turkey •••••••• • •••••••16
 Chinese Taipei • 1

U

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Ukraine • ••••5
 Uruguay • • •• •• •7
 United Kingdom •••••••••••••••••••19
 United States •••••••••••••••••••19
 Uzbekistan •1

V

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 U.S. Virgin Islands • •2
 Venezuela •••••••• ••• 11

Y

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 Yugoslavia •• •• 4

Z

Nation 12345678910111213141516171819Total
 ZaireZaire[›] •• see Congo 2
 Zimbabwe See Rhodesia • • •3

Total

Total per Maccabiah 12345678910111213141516171819
Total 18282022202727272634333745483349555576

See also

Notes

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

References

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