of the 17th Maccabiah Games In fencing,
Vadim Gutzeit of
Ukraine, an Olympic gold medal winner in team sabre, won gold medals in individual and team sabre. Two-time Olympic gold medal winner
Sergey Sharikov of Russia won the silver medal in sabre. Two-time
Pan American Games gold medalist
Dan Kellner won the silver medal in foil for the US, as he was defeated by Israel's
Tomer Or.
Soren Thompson, former US Junior Champion, NCAA Fencing Champion, and future team world epee champion, won a team silver medal in epee for the US. In swimming, American Olympic champion
Scott Goldblatt won gold medals in the 4x100 freestyle relay and the 4x200 freestyle relay, a silver medal in the 200m freestyle, and a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle. American
Daniel Madwed won a gold medal and set a new Maccabiah Games record in the men's 200-meter butterfly. Israeli
Yoav Gath won gold medals in both the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, setting a new Maccabiah record in the 200. Israeli Olympian
Anna Gostomelsky won the women's 100m freestyle, and set a new Maccabiah record. In women's tennis,
Sharon Fichman of
Canada—after defeating Israeli
Julia Glushko in the semi-finals—won the
gold medal at the age of 14, and also won a
bronze medal in the women’s doubles, and a
silver medal in mixed doubles. In women's basketball,
Shay Doron, who two years later signed with the
WNBA New York Liberty, led the USA to a 5–0 record and a gold medal, and was selected Maccabiah MVP. In men's basketball,
Guy Pnini (who was named tournament MVP) and Team Israel won a gold medal. In squash,
Brian L. Roberts, the Chairman and CEO of
Comcast Corporation, won a gold medal with the US team in his fourth Maccabiah. In soccer,
Jonathan Bornstein,
Benny Feilhaber,
Leo Krupnik,
Matt Reiswerg,
Kyle Altman,
Michael Erush,
Jordan Gruber, and
Kevin Friedland led the US men's open soccer to their best finish ever with a silver medal. The US lost to gold medal winner Israel, which played with their U-20 National Team, which included
Itay Shechter,
Yuval Spungin, and
Shmuel Kozokin. At age 18,
Samuel Scheimann represented the Netherlands at the Games in football. At the age of 13,
Nick Blackman competed in the Games as part of a British schools football team. In
karate, the US Men's open team took several gold and silver medals. The youth team took one silver and one bronze. In judo, 17-year-old
Alice Schlesinger won a gold medal by defeating the world champion and former Israeli
Daniella Krakower in the final. Canadian future Olympian
Josh Binstock competed in volleyball. ==Participating communities==