2007 Pan Arab Games

11th Pan Arab Games
Host city Cairo, Egypt
Nations participating 22
Athletes participating 6,000
Events 32 sports
Opening ceremony 11 November 2007
Closing ceremony 26 November 2007
Main Stadium Cairo International Stadium

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 athletes. It was also the first time that some of the Arab football federations participated with their first teams.

Contents

Games

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony started with the Egyptian Singer Tamer Hosny singing a new song for Arab unity, and then the entrance of several Arab Leaders with Hosni Mubarak, including the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and the Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz. This was followed by the entrance of the 22 participating teams. The opening word was given to several Arab Sport Federation Chiefs, and the Secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, and ended with Egyptian President Mubarak's opening words.

The ceremony was divided into eight parts; it started with the Narration of the Abraham's Trip in the desert, and the founding of the Ka'aba, thus Mecca, and Arab Unity under Islam, and stressed on the power of Words in the Quran, and then it showed several dances showing the Arab Literature and Arts, then showed performances explaining the Arab's leadership in philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, gardening and music. Throughout the performance, several Arab scientists, poets, philosophers, mathematicians and travellers were mentioned as well as several verses of the Quran, and how it helped Arabs to achieve such glorious achievements. The Ceremony was wrapped up with the Egyptian National Anthem then an Arab Song called "Amgad Ya Arab" (Glories o Arabs).

Sports

Disability sports

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Egypt 148 100 89 337
2  Tunisia 63 33 49 145
3  Algeria 30 43 51 124
4  Morocco 21 32 36 89
5  Syria 15 23 45 83
6  Qatar 14 13 13 40
7  Saudi Arabia 8 19 18 45
8  Kuwait 8 10 21 39
9  Sudan 8 9 8 25
10  Jordan 6 14 29 49
11  Libya 6 10 14 30
12  United Arab Emirates 6 9 8 23
13  Bahrain 6 5 10 21
14  Lebanon 6 5 9 20
15  Oman 5 1 2 8
16  Iraq 4 23 33 60
17  Yemen 1 4 7 12
18  Palestinian territories 0 0 3 3
19  Somalia 0 0 0 0
19  Djibouti 0 0 0 0
19  Mauritania 0 0 0 0
19  Comoros 0 0 0 0
Total

Participation

By Alphabetical Order

Country Players Games
 Algeria 443 23
 Bahrain 236 14
 Comoros 63 9
 Djibouti 15 3
 Egypt 1,268 32
 Iraq 482 28
 Jordan 383 28
 Kuwait 412 26
 Lebanon 153 20
 Libya 338 19
 Mauritania 17 4
 Morocco 230 27
 Oman 53 8
 Palestine 56 4
 Qatar 406 26
 Saudi Arabia 472 25
 Somalia 13 3
 Sudan 142 14
 Syria 273 19
 Tunisia 329 18
 United Arab Emirates 293 17
 Yemen 140 14

References

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Events at the 2007 Pan Arab Games in Cairo
  • Archery
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Bowling
  • Boxing
  • Camel riding
  • Chess
  • Cycling
  • Equestrian
  • Fencing
  • Football
  • Gymnastics
  • Handball
  • Judo
  • Karate
  • Modern pentathlon
  • Rowing
  • Sailing
  • Shooting
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Table tennis
  • Taekwondo
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Water polo
  • Weightlifting
  • Wrestling