1965 Maccabiah Games
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Twenty-five nations send 1,200 athletes to compete in 21 sports at the 7th Maccabiah Games
in 1965.
First-time Maccabiah Games flags belonged to Iran
, Jamaica
, Peru
, and Venezuela
.
Debra Turner-Marcus was the first female torch-bearer, three years before a woman held the same honor at the Mexico Olympics.
The City of Tel Aviv
premiered Yad Eliyahu
, a new indoor stadium for basketball, boxing, and judo events. The first international shooting range
and championship lawn bowling greens debuted in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan, while golf made its Maccabiah debut at a new course in Caesarea.
15-year-old American
swimmer Mark Spitz
won four gold medal
s in his first international competition.
Tom Okker
won both the men's singles and the mixed doubles gold medals in tennis.
The U.S. won the gold medal in basketball, with Tal Brody
.
The U.S. won the gold medal in waterpolo which was its first international gold medal since the 1904 Olympics held in St. Louis.
In swimming, Marilyn Ramenofsky
of the US, who the year prior won a bronze medal at the Olympics in the 400-Meter Freestyle, won gold medals in the 200-Meter and 400-Meter Freestyle.
In gymnastics, 3-time Olympian Abie Grossfeld
and world trampoline champion Dan Millman
of the US each won four gold medals.
The U.S. won the gold medal in shooting (free pistol event).
Maccabiah Games
The Maccabiah is an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics held in Israel every four years under the auspices of the Maccabi Federation, affiliated with the Maccabi World Union. The Maccabiah Games is the third largest international sports competition in the world...
in 1965.
First-time Maccabiah Games flags belonged to Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, and Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
.
Debra Turner-Marcus was the first female torch-bearer, three years before a woman held the same honor at the Mexico Olympics.
The City of Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
premiered Yad Eliyahu
Nokia Arena
The Yad Eliyahu Arena , commercially Nokia Arena , is a 11,700-seat multi-purpose indoor arena in southeastern Tel Aviv, Israel. The arena is home to the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club, a member of the Maccabi Tel Aviv sports club...
, a new indoor stadium for basketball, boxing, and judo events. The first international shooting range
Shooting range
A shooting range or firing range is a specialized facility designed for firearms practice. Each facility is typically overseen by one or more supervisory personnel, called variously a range master or "RSO – Range Safety Officer" in the United States or a range conducting officer or "RCO" in the UK...
and championship lawn bowling greens debuted in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan, while golf made its Maccabiah debut at a new course in Caesarea.
15-year-old American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
swimmer Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz
Mark Andrew Spitz is a retired American swimmer. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, an achievement only surpassed by Michael Phelps who won eight golds at the 2008 Olympics....
won four gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
s in his first international competition.
Tom Okker
Tom Okker
Thomas S. Okker is a former Dutch tennis player. He was ranked among the world's top 10 singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world # 3 in 1969. He also was ranked World # 1 in doubles in 1969.-Tennis career:Okker was the Dutch champion from 1964 through...
won both the men's singles and the mixed doubles gold medals in tennis.
The U.S. won the gold medal in basketball, with Tal Brody
Tal Brody
Tal Brody is an American-Israeli former basketball player, and current Goodwill Ambassador of Israel, who lives in Israel. Brody was drafted # 12 in the National Basketball Association draft, but chose to pass up an NBA career to instead play basketball in Israel...
.
The U.S. won the gold medal in waterpolo which was its first international gold medal since the 1904 Olympics held in St. Louis.
In swimming, Marilyn Ramenofsky
Marilyn Ramenofsky
Marilyn Ramenofsky was an American freestyle swimmer. She is currently a researcher at the University of California at Davis, studying the physiology and behavior of bird migration...
of the US, who the year prior won a bronze medal at the Olympics in the 400-Meter Freestyle, won gold medals in the 200-Meter and 400-Meter Freestyle.
In gymnastics, 3-time Olympian Abie Grossfeld
Abie Grossfeld
Abie Grossfeld is a former American gymnast and current American gymnastics coach.Grossfeld has represented the United States as a gymnastics competitor or coach in seven Olympic Games, seven World Championships, six Maccabiah Games, and five Pan American Games — in addition to many other major...
and world trampoline champion Dan Millman
Dan Millman
Dan Millman is a former Trampolining world champion athlete, university coach, martial arts instructor and college professor, and an author of fourteen self-help books, currently published in 29 languages, the most famous of which is the semi-autobiographical novel, Way of the Peaceful Warrior ,...
of the US each won four gold medals.
The U.S. won the gold medal in shooting (free pistol event).
Participating Communities
The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that community contributed.Medal count
Source: http://ajcarchive.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1966_12_IsraelMidEastIran.pdf| 1 |  United States |
68 | 45 | 33 | 146 |
| 2 |  Israel |
32 | 45 | 30 | 107 |
| 3 |  United Kingdom |
18 | 10 | 18 | 46 |
| 4 |  South Africa |
13 | 11 | 6 | 30 |