1961 Maccabiah Games

6th Maccabiah 1961 Maccabiah logo.jpg 250 Tel Aviv, Israel 27 1,100 August 29, 1961https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/08/30/118518545.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false 30,000 IN ISRAEL SEE GAMES OPEN; U.S. Athletes Cheered at Maccabiah Ceremonies The New York Times. September 5, 1961https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/09/06/101475353.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false Herman Honored at Ceremonies Closing Sixth Maccabiah Games The New York Times. Israeli president Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Ramat Gan Stadium Colombia civil Congo-Léopoldville 1960 Guatemala civil Uruguay 5th Maccabiah 7th Maccabiah Torchbearer Yosef Lahav he יוסף להב The 6th Maccabiah Games were held in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1961, with 1,100 athletes from 27 countries competing in 18 sports. A Record of U.S. Participation in the 6th Maccabiah Games United States Committee Sports for Israel, Inc. 1961 150 851574788 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/08/24/97617995.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false 135 Maccabiah Games Athletes Get Plaque, Praise From Mayor; Wagner Makes 'Bon Voyage' Address to U.S. Squad That Will Compete in Tel Aviv Starting Tuesday The New York Times. The Games were officially opened in an Opening Ceremony on August 29, 1961, in Ramat Gan Stadium by Israeli president Yitzhak Ben-Zvi before a crowd of 30,000. The closing ceremony took place on September 5, 1961, at the stadium before a crowd of 40,000, with Israeli prime minister David Ben Gurion telling the crowd that he hoped that in the future athletes from North Africa, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union would also compete. The United States won 58 gold medals, Israel won 28 gold medals, and South Africa was third with 11 gold medals. American sportscaster Mel Allen narrated a film about the 1961 Games.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/03/30/90164230.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false ISRAELI GAMES FILM TO AID '65 U.S. TEAM The New York Times History The Maccabiah Games are held in celebration of the victory of the Jewish Macabees, who defeated Antiochus IV and the Hellenized Syrians in battle in 165 B.C. The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932.https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/20th-maccabiah-games-pt-1/ A brief history of the Maccabiah Games June 19, 2017 The Canadian Jewish News In 1961, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and supervision of, the International Olympic Committee.https://books.google.com/books?id=nTHRB6Fj_4gC&q=maccabiah+games+olympics+regional+sport+event&pg=PA56 Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry Helen Jefferson Lenskyj Palgrave Macmillan 2012 9781137291158Mitchell G. Bard and Moshe Schwartz (2005). 1001 Facts Everyone Should Know about Israel p. 84.History of the Maccabiah Games http://www.maccabi.com.au/Maccabiah/Page/1591/Maccabiah-Games-History/History-of-the-Maccabiah-Games.cfm Maccabi Australia 2018-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002319/http://www.maccabi.com.au/Maccabiah/Page/1591/Maccabiah-Games-History/History-of-the-Maccabiah-Games.cfm dead Notable competitors right|thumb|240px|Israeli runner Yosef Lahav lighting the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony. In swimming, Marilyn Ramenofsky of the US, who three years later was to win a silver medal at the Olympics in the 400-meter freestyle, won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle relay, and a bronze in the 400-meter freestyle.http://www.maccabiusa.com/history/ History: The 1960s Maccabi USA November 1, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20140414084251/http://www.maccabiusa.com/history/ April 14, 2014 dead She led the US swimming team, which won all but two events. Lindsey Miller-Lerman, later the first Nebraska Supreme Court justice, competed for the U.S. in swimming, winning two gold medals and one silver medal as a teenager.https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/your-daily-phil-a-new-ukrainian-resettlement-grant-initiative-nonprofit-security-grant-money-inches-forward/ Your Daily Phil: A new Ukrainian resettlement grant initiative + Nonprofit security grant money inches forward July 29, 2022 eJewish Philanthropy In fencing, Olympic bronze medal winner Yves Dreyfus of France won the gold medal in épée.http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=240 Dreyfus, Yves Jews In Sports American Olympic bronze medalist fencer Al Axelrod, who carried the American flag in the opening ceremony, won a gold medal in foil. Canada's future Olympian Peter Bakonyi won a silver medal.Leible Hershfield (1980). The Jewish Athlete; A Nostalgic View, p. 196. Larry Brown (later a 3-time American Basketball Association All Star), along with Art Heyman (later the first overall pick in the first round of the 1963 NBA draft) and Charley Rosen, led the United States basketball team to a gold medal.https://www.espn.com/page2/s/rosen/021122.html Page2 - The evolution of Larry Brown ESPN The Israeli team won the silver medal in basketball, with Abraham Gutt on the team. Gary Gubner of the United States, a future Olympian and world champion, won gold medals in heavyweight weightlifting, shotput, and discus.https://vault.si.com/vault/1962/07/09/the-boy-who-may-become-the-worlds-strongest-man https://web.archive.org/web/20201024153535/https://vault.si.com/vault/1962/07/09/the-boy-who-may-become-the-worlds-strongest-man dead October 24, 2020 THE BOY WHO MAY BECOME THE WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN Tex Maule Sports Illustrated Gubner won the shot put with a 60 ft 1+1/4 in m off us throw.https://www.jta.org/1961/09/06/archive/world-maccabiah-games-ended-in-israel-u-s-teams-win-58-gold-medals World Maccabiah Games Ended in Israel; U.S. Teams Win 58 Gold Medals 6 September 1961http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/GaryGubner.htm Gary Gubner jewishsports.net 2022-07-29 2010-12-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20101226172846/http://jewishsports.net/BioPages/GaryGubner.htm dead In tennis, American former Wimbledon champion Dick Savitt won both the singles gold medal (defeating American Mike Franks in the final), and doubles gold medal (with Franks, defeating South Africans Rod Mandelstam and Julie Mayers).https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/09/05/97244177.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false U.S. SQUAD VICTOR IN 16 MORE FINALS; Gubner and Savitt Triumph as Maccabiah Games End The New York Times Canadian Vicki Berner won medals in tennis in singles and doubles.https://thecjn.ca/arts/sports/rogers-cup-andreescu-win-recalls-memories-of-vicki-berner/ Rogers Cup: Andreescu win recalls memories of Vicki Berner August 12, 2019 The Canadian Jewish News South Africans Rod Mandelstam and Marlene Gerson won the mixed doubles gold medal; Gerson also won a gold medal in women's doubles. American Sidney Schwartz competed in men's tennis singles, where he was defeated in the third round by Israeli Elazar Davidman.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/09/02/98542217.html?pageNumber=11 U.S. Gains Four Gold Medals In Maccabiah Games Swimming; Abramson, Zakim and Misses Miller and Chesneau Score – Herman Sets Mark in Retaining Decathlon Crown The New York Times. Australian Eva Duldig won a gold medal in tennis in women's singles, defeating South African Marlene Gerson in the final, and won a silver medal in women's doubles.http://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/wplayer.cgi?p=EvaDuldig Eva Duldig Match Results, Splits, and Analysis Tennis Abstracthttps://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/05/archives/us-squad-victor-in-16-more-finals-gubner-and-savitt-triumph-as.html U.S. SQUAD VICTOR IN 16 MORE FINALS; Gubner and Savitt Triumph as Maccabiah Games End The New York Times September 5, 1961https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/06/19/89538131.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false U.S. Advances in Women's Tennis; DUTCH LOSE, 3-0, IN QUARTER-FINALS Misses Hard, Caldwell and Moffitt Score Two-Set Triumphs at London Miss Hard Halts Surge Mrs. Jones Sidelined QUARTER-FINAL ROUND The New York Times June 19, 1963 Fred Tupper Duldig met Dutch Maccabiah tennis player Henri de Jong on a Tel Aviv tennis court at the 1961 Maccabiah Games.https://www.australianjewishnews.com/the-wheel-comes-full-circle/ The wheel comes full circle; From one Maccabiah athlete to the next generation - remembering the special moments. Eva de Jong-Duldig Australian Jewish News August 8, 2022Rabbi Glasman (February 2020). "Obituaries; Henri Antonie de Jong; 27 December 1934 – 5 October 2019; Minyan, St Kilda Hebrew Congregation, 10 October 2019", Dunera News, No. 107.https://www.tennis.com.au/vic/news/2022/03/28/driftwood-the-musical-a-story-on-eva-de-jong-duldig Driftwood The Musical – A story on Eva de Jong-Duldig Tennis Victoria 28 March 2022 They became engaged five days after they met, and married in February 1962. Thereafter, they were married for 57 years, until his death in 2019. In track and field, Canadian Olympian Stan Levenson won the 100 m sprint.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/08/31/98445128.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false AMERICANS TAKE 3 TRACK EVENTS; U.S. Also Wins Gold Medal in Rifle at Tel Aviv The New York Times Olympic bronze medalist Dave Segal of Great Britain won the 200 m race, and won a gold medal in the 1600 m relay.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/09/04/98445711.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false Former N.Y.U. Star Wins Pole Vault – Stieglitz, Damashek, Brandeis, Bocks Score --Miss Katz First in Swim The New York Times American Olympian Elliott Denman won the 3,000 m racewalk.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/09/01/101474620.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false GUBNER, HERMAN EXCEL IN ISRAEL; U.S. Stars Set Meet Marks in Shot-Put, Broad Jump The New York Times American Gary Gubner won a gold medal in discus. Judy Shapiro won a bronze medal for the U.S. in the 800 m run."Sportscene; Halls of Fame," https://web.archive.org/web/20171018180129/https://www.maccabiusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/MaccabiNL-Fall13.pdf 2017-10-18 Maccabi USA, Fall 2013. Israeli Olympian Ayala Hetzroni won the women's shotput gold medal. Gene Zubrinsky won a silver medal for the U.S. in the high jump. In swimming, American Jane Katz won the 100 m butterfly, and won a gold medal in the 400 m relay. In wrestling, Canadian future Olympian Phil Oberlander won a gold medal in the middleweight class of Greco-Roman."Oberlander, Phil" American future Olympic gymnast Ron Barak won eight gold medals (including two in the rings and two in the high bar), one silver medal, and one bronze medal.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/09/02/98542221.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false Barak Gym Victor The New York Times. Angelica Rozeanu of Israel, who in her career won 17 world titles, was the women's table tennis singles champion. Allen Rosenberg and future Olympian and world champion Donald Spero of the US won gold medals in rowing. Participating communities The United States won 58 gold medals, Israel won 28 gold medals, and South Africa was third with 11 gold medals. First-time participants in 1961 included Colombia, Guatemala, Uruguay, and Congo-Kinshasa.http://www.maccabiah.com/know-us-history Maccabiah: History maccabiah.com December 8, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141228204921/http://www.maccabiah.com/know-us-history 2014-12-28 dead 13em Argentina 1816 Australia civil Austria Belgium Brazil Canada 1957 (35)https://www.maccabicanada.com/about-us/history-and-milestones/6th-maccabiah-1961 6th Maccabiah 1961 Maccabi Canada Chile Colombia civil COD 1960 Congo-Léopoldville Denmark Finland France Guatemala civil India Ireland Israel Italy Katanga Mexico 1934 Netherlands Rhodesia and Nyasaland Rhodesia South Africa 1928 Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States 1912 (135 athletes)https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19650820-01.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- 20 August 1965 Jewish Post Uruguay U.S. participation 135 athletes from the United States participated in the 6th Maccabiah, as well as 9 coaches, 6 managers, 3 doctors, and 2 trainers. The team was sponsored by the United States Committee Sports for Israel, Inc. Medals by sport Sport yes 1 0 0 25px Basketball 3 4 2 25px Fencing 1 0 0 25px Golf 8 1 1 25px Gymnastics 3 0 0 25px Rowing 4 2 2 25px Shooting 17 9 5 25px Swimming 2 1 0 25px Tennis 16 11 13 25px Track and Field 0 1 0 25px Volleyball 0 0 1 25px Water polo 5 1 0 25px Weightlifting 7 6 8 25px Wrestling References Link Summaries of each of the Games https://web.archive.org/web/20170610090448/http://www.jewishsports.net/the_maccabiah_games.htm 2017-06-10 Maccabiah Maccabiah Category:Maccabiah Games Category:1960s in Tel Aviv