The Maccabiah became known as the "White Horse Olympics" due to him. Following the parade of nations, a large display of athletics took place with over 2,500 athletes taking part. 120 white pigeons were released - each ten representing one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Events in the first Maccabiah included:  The first Maccabiah hosted a large number of competitions despite the large of venues and equipments. In 1932 Tel Aviv still did not have any swimming pools; the swimming competitions and the water polo games at took place in the Port of Haifa in improvised lanes. Spectators watched the swimming competitions from floating rafts on the water. There was no serviceable gymnastic hall; competitions were held on a wooden platform in Rina Garden located on Shalom Aleichem Street in Tel Aviv. The 5,000 and 10,000 meter races took place on the streets of Tel Aviv - a race that took place on mostly unpaved and sandy roads. A number of athletes did exceptionally well at those games. The United States won 12 gold medals in track & field, four alone won by Harry Schneider, a former New York University football and track player, breaking the previous Olympic record in discus throw. In all three events he beat Dave Adelman, former Georgetown athlete, who took three second places. The two swimmers, Pavol Steiner (Czechoslovakia) and Alfred Gott (from Austria) each broke the record from their countries. The 5,000m won by Mohamed Said from Egypt. Egyptian Olympic fencer Saul Moyal won medals in all three weapons.  390 athletes from 27 countries participated (not all participated in the games), including over 69 Jewish athletes from Arab countries such as Syria, Lebanon and Egypt - including number of Muslim boxers from Egypt participated. A number of individual athletes from "B'nai B'rith" also participated (representing no specific country). Also participating were official British soldiers and policemen. In the first two Maccabiot, only official members of Maccabi were allowed to participate. The number in parentheses indicates the number of athletes from that delegation. Poland led the scoreboard, with the Eretz Yisrael delegation winning just a single gold medal.