21 4th Arab Games overview (1965)
Medal table (1957) Country Lebanon
Gold 29
Silver 38
Bronze 19
Total 86
Tunisia
20
8
17
45
Iraq
15
13
7
35
Morocco
9
10
6
25
City-Country Dates Sports
Cairo, United Arab Republic September 2nd to 11th 1965 (10 days) Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Shooting, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting and Wrestling (14 sports)
Syria
7
9
10
26
Jordan
3
4
3
10
Venues/Facilities/ Cities
Cairo
Kuwait
0
0
1
1
Athletes
1500 athletes (men)
Libya
0
0
1
1
3rd Arab Games overview (1961) City-Country Dates
Sports Venues/Facilities/ Cities Athletes
Casablanca, Morocco August 24th to September 8th 1961 (16 days) Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Swimming, Tennis, Water Polo, Weightlifting and Wrestling (12 sports) Casablanca, Rabat
Approximately 1127 athletes (men) Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Countries Republic 1, Palestine and Sudan (10 countries) 1 Egypt and Syria were united under the same flag (1958-1961). Medal table (1961) Country United Arab Republic Morocco Lebanon Libya Palestine Sudan Jordan
Gold 53 23 7 2 1 0 0
Silver 38 20 19 4 0 1 1
Bronze 18 30 17 6 7 3 2
Total 109 73 43 12 8 4 3
Aden 1, Algeria, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lahej 1, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Countries Oman, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Republic 2 (Egypt) and Yemen (16 countries) 1 Both were British protectorates, which later became part of South Yemen. 2
Egypt continued as the “United Arab Republic” until 1971.
Medal table (1965) Country United Arab Republic Iraq Morocco Lebanon Sudan Syria Libya Algeria Palestine Indonesia Jordan
Gold 71 10 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Silver 38 21 2 10 6 7 6 3 1 1 0
Bronze 31 11 2 16 3 19 8 2 2 2 3
Total 140 42 13 28 10 27 14 5 3 3 3
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ARAB SPORTS