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The U.S. team enters Ramat Gan Stadium during the Maccabiah
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The spokesman indicated that
Tel Aviv (JTA) - American
athletes at the 12th Maccabiah new immigration visas had been
Games won the most medals - issued to the athletes but his
246 - and Israel trailed with a office wasn't in the position to
total of 217. Canada finished a say how many of them would
stay and how many are expected
distant third with 51 medals.
The Games closed last Thurs- to return to South Africa after
day with a festive ceremony in the games.
Jewish athletes from South
Jerusalem.
The United States won 109 Africa have participated in every
gold medals, 90 silver, 47 bronze;
Israel had 62, 67, 85; Canada 12,
15, 24; Brazil 10, 11, 11; Britain Participation of
7, 6, 9; Holland 7, 5, 1; Modi'im
(a team of potential immigrnts South African Jews
from South Africa) 6, 12, 10.
led to controversy at
Australia 6, 5, 8; France 6, 4,
1; Mexico 1, 3, 12; Sweden 1, 2, the Games
2; West Germany 1, 2, 1; De-
nmark 1, 0, 1; Argentina, 0, 5, 6;
and others, four silver and seven Maccabiah since the second, held
in 1935. In the last games held
bronze.
The participation of the South in 1981, 185 athletes from South
Africans caused some con- Africa participated.
There seemed to be some con-
troversy.
The athletes, in an apparent fusion as to which events the
effort to circumvent the ban on new immigrants, particularly
participants from the South Af- those from South Africa, could
rican government - ostracized enter. They were not, sup-
from international competition posedly, permitted to participate
because of its apartheid policies in competitions which now ban
- arrived just a week prior to South Africa.
During the 1985 Maccabiah
the beginning of the Games on
Games, several non-Olympic
July 15.
Isaac Ofek, chairman of the Is- events were included, including
rael Olympic Committee, has or- golf, cricket, chess, bridge, bad-
dered an investigation into how minton, lawn bowling, squash,
the South Africans were allowed softball, and two future Olympic
to compete in the 11-day Mac- sports slated for 1988, table ten-
nis and tennis.
cabiah.
The U.S. and Canada played
Athletes from South Africa are
barred from International Olym- three games before deciding the
pic Committee-sponsored sports softball competition. Canada
events. Consequently, the or- won the first games 3-2. But the
ganizing committee of the cur- U.S. swept the championship
rent Maccabiah Games notified series, 2-1 and 3-0, to win the
South African Maccabiah- gold. The U.S. team was fi-
affiliated groups that their coun- nanced by a $60,000 fundraising
try could not send a team to the drive conducted by B'nai B'rith
games. Some 4,000 athletes from lodges in the U.S.
38 countries competed in the
Maccabiah.
But the Maccabiah organizers Asthma Support
insisted that the South African Group To Meet
athletes are new immigrants to
"Living with Kids with
Israel, and consequently their
involvement in the sporting Asthma," an informal discussion
events does not contravene In- about the practical and medical
ternational Sports Federation aspects, will be held Saturday at
bans. A spokesman for the Mac- 9 a.m. at the Center for Asthma,
cabiah Games said that as far as Emphysema and Allergic Disor-
his organization is concerned, ders in Southfield.
For more information, call Dr.
"there are no South Africans in
Bruce Dubin's office, 353-2270.
the Maccabiah."