Pan Arab Games

The Arab Games are a regional multi-sport event

Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...

 held between nations from the Arab World

Arab world

The Arab world refers to Arabic-speaking states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere.The standard definition of the Arab world comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the...

. They are organized by the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees

Union of Arab National Olympic Committees

The Union of Arab National Olympic Committees is an international organization that unites the 22 National Olympic Committees of the Arab world. It is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.- Member countries :...

. The first Games took place in 1953 in Alexandria

Alexandria

Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...

, Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

. Intended to be held every four years since, political turmoil as well as financial difficulties have made the event an unstable one. Women were first allowed to compete in 1985.

Editions

Year	Games	Host	Dates	Nations	Athletes	Sports	Top Country by Medals Won
1953	I 1953 Pan Arab Games The 1st Pan Arab Games were held in Alexandria, Egypt between 26 July and 10 August 1953. A total number of 650 athletes from 8 countries participated in events in 10 sports.- Medals won by country :-Group A:---------Group B:...	Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...	July 26 – August 10	9	657	10	Egypt
1957	II 1957 Pan Arab Games The 2nd Pan Arab Games were held in Beirut, Lebanon between October 12 and October 27, 1957. 914 athletes from 10 countries participated in events in 12 sports.-Medals won by country:-External links:*...	Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...	October 13 – 27	10	1325	14	Lebanon
1961	III 1961 Pan Arab Games The 3rd Pan Arab Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco between August 24 and September 9, 1961. 1127 athletes from 9 countries participated in events in 11 sports.- Medals won by country :...	Casablanca Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...	August 24 – September 8	8	1127	11	United Arab Republic
1965	IV 1965 Pan Arab Games The 4th Pan Arab Games were held in Cairo, Egypt between September 2 and September 11, 1965. A total number of 1500 athletes from 14 countries participated in events in 12 sports.-Medals won by country:...	Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...	September 2 – 14	9	1500	14	United Arab Republic
1976	V 1976 Pan Arab Games The 5th Pan Arab Games were held in Damascus, Syria between October 6 and October 21, 1976. 2174 athletes from 11 countries participated in events in 18 sports.- Medals won by country :...	Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...	October 6 – 21	11	2500	14	Syria
1985	VI 1985 Pan Arab Games The 6th Pan Arab Games were held in Rabat, Morocco between August 8 and August 16, 1985. 3442 athletes from 17 countries participated in events in 18 sports.-Medals won by country:...	Rabat Rabat Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...	August 24 – September 8	20	2000	18	Morocco
1992	VII 1992 Pan Arab Games The 7th Pan Arab Games were held in Damascus, Syria between October 4 and October 18, 1992. 2611 athletes from 18 countries participated in events in 14 sports....	Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...	September 4 – 18	17	2500	17	Syria
1997	VIII 1997 Pan Arab Games The 8th Pan Arab Games were held in Beirut, Lebanon between July 12 and July 27, 1997. 3253 athletes from 18 countries participated in events in 22 sports....	Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...	July 13 – 27	20	2200	21	Egypt
1999	IX 1999 Pan Arab Games August 15 and August 31, 1999. 5504 athletes from 21 countries participated in events in 26 sports. the opening ceremony that took place in Al Hussein Youth City Stadium was officially opened by King Abdullah II.-Medals won by country:-Group A:--------...	Amman Amman Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...	August 15 – 31	22	4600	29	Egypt
2004	X 2004 Pan Arab Games The 10th Pan Arab Games was an international multi-sport event which took place in Algiers, Algeria, between 24 September and 10 October 2004. It witnessed the participation of all Arab League members for the first time – 22 countries participated in 26 sports....	Algiers Algiers ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...	September 24 – October 10	22	3240	36	Algeria
2007	XI 2007 Pan Arab Games The 11th Pan Arab Games took place in Cairo, Egypt from 11 – 26 November 2007. A total of 22 countries participated in 32 events. These games were the largest in the games' history; seven new events were introduced and 2000 more athletes participated than in previous years, making them 8000 Arab...	Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...	November 11 – 26	21	6000	32	Egypt
2011	XII 2011 Pan Arab Games The 12th Arab Games December 9-23, 2011 in Doha, Qatar. It is the first time the quadrennial multi-sport event being held in a Arab state.-Host awarding:Qatar was awarded rights to organise the games beating Lebanon in the bidding process...	Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...	December 9 – 23	Future event
2015	XIII	Amman Amman Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...		Future event
2019	XIV	Iraq		Future event

Sports

36 sports were presented in the Pan Arab Games history.

Sport Years since 1953 since 1999 since 1953 since 1999 since 1953 since 2007 Bridge Contract bridge Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...   since 1999 Camel riding  since 2007 Chess Chess Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...   since 1999 since 1957 since ....

Sport Years since 1957 since 1953 since 1953 since 1985 since 1953 since 1961 since 1976 since 1976 Kick boxing since 1999 since 2007 since 1957

Sport Years since 1985 since 1953 since 1999 since 1953 since 1976 since 1997 since 1961 since 1957 since 1961 since 1953 since 1953

All-time medal table

1	Egypt	504	319	162	985
2	Morocco	222	181	186	589
3	Syria	213	216	263	692
4	Algeria	192	215	219	624
5	Tunisia	162	150	201	513
6	Lebanon	68	116	158	342
7	Iraq	63	85	114	262
8	Jordan	53	93	146	292
9	Saudi Arabia	46	76	87	209
10	Qatar	34	26	49	64
11	Kuwait	16	33	86	135
12	Sudan	16	26	20	62
13	Libya	13	17	36	66
14	United Arab Emirates	12	18	27	57
15	Bahrain	7	4	22	33
16	Oman	5	7	10	22
17	Yemen	5	4	10	19
18	Palestinian territories	3	17	53	73
19	Somalia	0	4	1	5
20	Djibouti	0	1	0	1
21	Comoros	0	0	0	0
	Mauritania	0	0	0	0

External links

• Athletics medalists
• http://www.egolympic.org.eg/olymusfram.html
• Arab Games 2011 official website
• Arab Games 2011 Exhibition and Timeline