The 2009 Maccabiah Games were the 18th incarnation of the Maccabiah Games

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...

, being held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. On the 13th of 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 Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District

Tel Aviv District

The Tel Aviv District is the smallest and most densely populated of six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, for the opening ceremony.

The American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 delegation arrived two weeks prior to the games to hold practice sessions at a cost of more than two and a half million dollars.

Participating communities

(330) (800) (390) (400)

(30) (2500) (1)

(1) (13)

(65) (650) (1500)

Sports

The following are the 31 sports which were contested at these Games.

• Football (soccer)

Medal count

1	Israel	138	128	101	367
2	United States	44	51	51	146
3	Russia	12	11	11	34
4	Canada	9	8	15	32
5	Australia	4	7	13	24
6	United Kingdom	4	7	12	23
7	Brazil	3	4	8	15
8	Mexico	3	2	9	14
9	South Africa	5	1	2	8
10	Early Modern France	4	2	0	6

External links

Official

• The 18th Maccabiah Photo Gallery at Picasa.com

Unofficial

• Summaries of each of the Games