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.

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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 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
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  Nation superseded or preceded by other nation(s) during these years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
A 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Albania••2
 Argentina••••••••••••••••••18
 Armenia•1
 Aruba•1
 Australia•••••••••••••••••••19
 Austria••••••••••••••••••••20
 Azerbaijan••••4
B 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Bahamas••2
 Belarus••••4
 Belgium••••••••••••••••••••20
 Bermuda•••3
 Bolivia•••••5
 Bosnia-Herzegovina•1
 Brazil•••••••••••••••••17
 Bulgaria•••••5
C 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 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 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Danzig••2
 Denmark••••••••••••••••••••20
 Dominican Republic•1
E 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Ecuador••2
 Egypt••2
 El Salvador••2
 Eretz Yisrael••See Israel2
 Estonia••••••6
 Ethiopia•1
F 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Finland••••••••••••••••••18
 France••••••••••••••••••••20
G 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Georgia••••••6
 Germany•••••••••9
 West Germany••••••••8
 Gibraltar••••••6
 Greece••••••••8
 Grenada•1
 Guam•1
 Guatemala•••••••••9
 Guinea-Bissau•1
H 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Honduras••2
 Hong Kong••••4
 Hungary•••••••••9
I 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 India•••••••••••••13
 Iran•••3
 Ireland•••••••••9
 IsraelSee Eretz Yisrael••••••••••••••••••18
 Italy•••••••••••••••••••19
J 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Jamaica••2
 Japan•••••5
K 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Kazakhstan••2
 Kyrgyzstan•••3
L 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Latvia••••••••8
 Lebanon•1
 Libya••2
 Lithuania••••••••••10
 Luxembourg•••3
M 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Macedonia••••4
 Malta•1
 Mauritius•1
 Mexico••••••••••••••••16
 Moldova••••••6
 Mongolia•1
 Morocco••••4
N 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Netherlands•••••••••••••••••••19
 New Zealand••••••••8
 Nicaragua•1
 Norway••••••••8
P 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Palau•1
 Panama•••••••7
 Paraguay•••••••7
 Peru•••••••••9
 Poland•••••••••9
 Portugal••••••6
 Puerto Rico•••••5
R 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Rhodesia•••••see Zimbabwe5
 Romania•••••••7
 Russiasee Soviet Union••••••6
S 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 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 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Thailand•1
 Tunisia•1
 Turkey•••••••••••••••••17
 Taiwan•1
U 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Ukraine••••••6
 Uruguay••••••••8
 United Arab Emirates•1
 United Kingdom••••••••••••••••••••20
 United States••••••••••••••••••••20
 Uzbekistan••2
V 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 U.S. Virgin Islands••2
 Venezuela••••••••••••12
Y 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 YugoslaviaSee Serbia4
Z 1234567891011121314151617181920Total
 Zaire[Zaire]••see Congo2
 Zambia•1
 ZimbabweSee Rhodesia••••4
Total 2728202220272727263434374548334955557785

See also

Notes

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

References
    • "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.
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