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The Arab Games (Template:Lang-ar), formerly called the Pan-Arab Games, are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from the Arab world. They are organized by the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees. The first Games took place in 1953 in Alexandria, Egypt. Intended to be held every four years since, political turmoil as well as financial difficulties have made the event an unstable one. Women first competed in 1985.

Complications

Typically the games are to take place every four years. Initially Lebanon was set to host the 2015 XIII Arab Games, but "withdrew because of the crisis in the Middle East". Following Beirut's withdrawal Morocco was then chosen to host the games, but faced financial complications and also withdrew. "Mohamed Ouzzine, Morocco's Minister of Youth and Sports the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees (UANOC) telling them that they would be withdrawing."

The same year, Egypt volunteered to host the event. "Sheikh Khalid Al Zubair, chairman of the Oman Olympic Committee (OOC)" said, "We will be offering our full support to Egypt and we have also taken a decision to suspend the financial regulations and other requirements due to lack of time." Had the UANOC accepted Egypt's proposition the games would have taken place in December 2015; however, no such event was held.

Editions

Year	Games	Host	Dates	Nations	Competitors			Sports	Events	Top nation
					Men	Women	Total
1953	1	Alexandria	26 July – 10 August	9	650	—	650	10	70	Egypt
1957	2	Beirut	13 – 27 October	10	914	—	914	12	90	Lebanon
1961	3	Casablanca	24 August – 8 September	9	1127	—	1127	11	90	United Arab Republic*
1965	4	Cairo**	2 – 14 September	14	1500	—	1500	13	90	United Arab Republic**
1976	5	Damascus	6 – 21 October	11	2174	—	2174	18	120	Syria
1985	6	Rabat	24 August – 8 September	17			3442	18	160	Morocco
1992	7	Damascus	4 – 18 September	18			2611	14	150	Syria
1997	8	Beirut	13 – 27 July	18			3253	22	217	Egypt
1999	9	Amman	15 – 31 August	21			5504	26	323	Egypt
2004	10	Algiers	24 September – 10 October	22			5525	32	330	Algeria
2007	11	Cairo	11 – 26 November	22			6000	32	355	Egypt
2011	12	Doha	9 – 23 December	21			6000	33	316	Egypt
2023	13	Algeria (5 cities)	5 – 15 July	22			3800	22	253	Algeria
2027	14	Riyadh

• * United Arab Republic with Egypt and Syria.
• ** United Arab Republic with Egypt only.
• Not held in 2015 and 2019.
• 2015 Cancelled.

Related Games

Arab University Games

Editions:

1. 1970s in  Iraq
2. 1998 in  Egypt

1. 2004 in  Jordan
2. 2010 in  Egypt AUSF Report Page 9. Also arab university futsal, beach volleyball, basketball and futsal championship. 1338 athelets from 17 nations.
3. 2018 in  Morocco

Arab University Beach Games

Editions:

1. 2016 in  Morocco

Arab Games for the Handicapped

Editions:

1. 1999 in  Jordan
2. 2003 in  Algeria Cancelled.

Arab School Games

Editions:

Organized by the Arab Union for Physical Education and School Sports (AUPESS).

Unofficial:

1. 1949  Lebanon
2. 1951  Egypt
3. 1952  Syria
4. 1954  Lebanon

Official:

1. 1963  Kuwait
2. 1964
3. 1966  Syria
4. 1971  Iraq
5. 1973  Lebanon - Female were first allowed to participate.
6. 1975  Egypt
7. 1977  Libya
8. 1979  Somalia
9. 1986  Tunisia
12. 1998  Morocco
13. 2000
14. 2002  Lebanon
15. 2004  Saudi Arabia
16. 2006  Algeria
17. 2008  Jordan
18. 2010  Lebanon
19. 2012  Kuwait

Sports

37 sports were presented in the Arab Games history. Para Sports since 1999. Women since 1985.

Sport Years  Athletics (details) since 1953  Archery (details) since 1953  Badminton (details) since 1999  Basketball (details) since 1953  Bodybuilding (details) since 1999  Boxing (details) since 1953  Bowling (details) since 2007  Bridge (details) since 1999 Camel racing (details) since 2007 Cue Sports since 2011  Chess (details) since 1999  Cycling (details) since 1957  Diving (details) since ....

Sport Years  Equestrian (details) since 1957  Fencing (details) since 1953  Finswimming (details) since 1999  Football (details) since 1953  Golf (details) since 1985  Gymnastics (details) since 1953  Handball (details) since 1961  Judo (details) since 1976  Karate (details) since 1976 Kickboxing (details) since 1999  Modern pentathlon (details) since 2007  Rowing (details) since 1957

Sport Years  Sailing (details) since 1985  Shooting (details) since 1953  Squash (details) since 1999  Surfing (details) since 1999  Swimming (details) since 1953  Table tennis (details) since 1976  Taekwondo (details) since 1997  Tennis (details) since 1961  Volleyball (details) since 1957  Water polo (details) since 1961  Weightlifting (details) since 1953  Wrestling (details) since 1953

All-time medal table

Below is the medal table of the Arab Games tournaments, up until the 13th tournament 2023.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	633	429	375	1,437
2	Algeria (ALG)	360	381	393	1,134
3	Tunisia (TUN)	303	273	346	922
4	Morocco (MAR)	299	275	301	875
5	Syria (SYR)	243	254	339	836
6	United Arab Republic (UAR)	122	74	49	245
7	Jordan (JOR)	88	140	207	435
8	Iraq (IRQ)	87	141	204	432
9	Qatar (QAT)	86	80	112	278
10	Lebanon (LIB)	82	122	189	393
11	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	76	106	154	336
12	Bahrain (BHR)	45	31	58	134
13	Kuwait (KUW)	40	65	123	228
14	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	34	41	65	140
15	Sudan (SUD)	24	42	37	103
16	Libya (LBA)	23	42	57	122
17	Oman (OMN)	19	18	27	64
18	Palestine (PLE)	8	23	70	101
19	Yemen (YEM)	7	10	21	38
20	Djibouti (DJI)	1	2	1	4
21	North Yemen (YAR)	1	0	1	2
22	Somalia (SOM)	0	4	1	5
23	Mauritania (MTN)	0	1	0	1
24	South Yemen (YMD)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		2,581	2,554	3,131	8,266

• * The United Arab Republic (1958–1971) contains 2 countries Egypt & Syria.

See also

• African Games
• Asian Games
• GCC Games
• All-Africa University Games

Notes

1. Initially held in Beirut, Lebanon it was cancelled due to security conditions, so the hosting moved to Agadir or Rabat, Morocco, which in turn apologized for hosting and was thus postponed to 2019, and then canceled.

References

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Sources

• Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.

External links

• Athletics medalists
• Arab Games 2007 website
• Arab Games 2011 official website
• Arab Games 2011 Exhibition and Timeline

• Arab Games
• Multi-sport events
• Sport in the Arab world
• Arab League
• Recurring sporting events established in 1953