[1] Israel won the 1950 Maccabiah Games, Great Britain was second, South Africa third, the United States fourth, Canada fifth, and Austria sixth.

Preparations began; posters were created;[2] and distinguished guests such as the Chief Rabbi of Romanian Jewry, Jacob Itzhak Niemirower came to Eretz Yisrael.

The 16-day Games opened at a new stadium in Ramat Gan, with the ceremony attended by a crowd of 30,000, and athletes parading before Acting President Yosef Sprinzak and other dignitaries.

[4][5] Former world champion Fred Oberlander of Canada won the silver medal in heavyweight wrestling, unable to compete in the finals due to illness.

[19] Israel won the 1950 Maccabiah Games, Great Britain was second, South Africa third, the United States fourth, Canada fifth, and Austria sixth.