2005 Islamic Solidarity Games

1st Islamic Solidarity Games

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Host city Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Ta’if
Nations participating 55
Athletes participating 6000
Events 107 in 13 sports
Opening ceremony April 8
Closing ceremony April 20
Officially opened by Abdul Majeed bin Abdul Aziz
Main Stadium King Abdul Aziz Stadium

The 1st Islamic Solidarity Games held in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia from 8-20 April, 2005 with an Olympic-style tournament aimed at showing Muslim sports prowess and featuring 6,000 athletes.

The 55-nation participated in the said Islamic Olympic Games and hosted by the Saudi cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and Ta’if.

Prince Abdel Majid Bin Abdel Aziz, the prince of Mecca , opened the games in a ceremony in which more than 2,600 students participated at King Abdul Aziz Stadium.

Contents

Sports

Official sports

Demonstration sports

  1.  Saudi Arabia
  2.  Iran
  3.  Algeria
  1.  Iran
  2.  Algeria
  3.  Iraq

Medal table

Host nation is highlighted

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Saudi Arabia 24 17 19 60
2  Egypt 14 15 13 42
3  Kazakhstan 13 8 6 27
4  Iran 10 9 11 30
5  Iraq 9 9 7 25
6  Morocco 8 6 4 18
7  Malaysia 5 5 6 16
8  Azerbaijan 4 4 7 15
9  Algeria 3 10 13 26
10  Syria 3 2 5 10
11  Pakistan 3 0 1 4
12  Kyrgyzstan 2 2 4 8
13  Jordan 2 0 3 5
14  Kuwait 1 4 5 10
15  Turkey 1 3 3 7
16  Sudan 1 3 2 6
17  Turkmenistan 1 1 4 6
18  Indonesia 1 1 2 4
19  Tajikistan 1 1 0 2
20  Tunisia 1 0 8 9
21  Qatar 1 0 0 1
22  Senegal 0 2 6 8
23  United Arab Emirates 0 2 3 5
24  Burkina Faso 0 1 1 2
 Yemen 0 1 1 2
26  Cameroon 0 1 0 1
 Oman 0 1 0 1
28  Afghanistan 0 0 1 1
 Côte d'Ivoire 0 0 1 1
 Libya 0 0 1 1
 Guyana 0 0 1 1
 Uganda 0 0 1 1
Total 108 108 139 355

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