1985 Maccabiah Games

1985 Maccabiah Games

Maccabiah Infobox
Name = Games of the XII Maccabiah


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Opening city = Ramat Gan
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Stadium = National StadiumThe 1985 12th Maccabiah Games brought over 4,000 athletes to Israel from 40 nations to compete in 28 sports.

Twenty years after his first appearance in the Maccabiah, Olympic Champion Mark Spitz returned to Israel to carry the Opening Ceremony’s Torch into Ramat Gan Stadium. He was accompanied by Shirli Shapiro, Anok Spitzer, and Shlomit Romano, children of three of the Israelis slain at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Seven men's and 14 women's records were broken in swimming, with the U.S. team winning all but three of the gold medals in this category. Twelve new men's records and 7 new women's records were broken in track and field.

The U.S. won 109 gold medals, 90 silver medals, and 74 bronze medals, slightly fewer than half of the medals won by all other countries combined.

Mark Berger, who had won a silver medal at the Olympics the year prior, won a gold medal in judo.

A Junior Maccabiah was held for the first time.

Participating Communities

The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that community contributed.

External links

* [http://www.jewishsports.net/the_maccabiah_games.htm Summaries of each of the Games]


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