2004 Arab Games

International multi-sport event

10th Arab GamesHost city| Algiers, Algeria

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Nations| 22
Athletes| 3,240
Events| 26 sports
Opening| 24 September 2004
Closing| 10 October 2004
Opened by| Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Main venue| Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Website| Archived website (in Arabic)

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The 10th Arab Games was an international multi-sport event which took place in Algiers, Algeria, from 24 September to 10 October 2004. It witnessed the participation of all Arab League members for the first time – 22 countries participated in 26 sports.

The event was originally scheduled for 2003, but was postponed for a year due to the damage caused by the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake.[1]

## Sports

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The sports programme incorporated 23 sports for elite athletes and three disability sports. Further to this, cultural and scientific events were included on the schedule for the 2004 Games.

* Athletics (details)
* Badminton (details)
* Basketball (details)
* Beach volleyball (details)
* Boxing (details)
* Chess (details)
* Cycling (details)
* Equestrian (details)
* Fencing (details)
* Gymnastics (details)
* Judo (details)
* Karate (details)
* Kickboxing (details)
* Rowing (details)
* Sailing (details)
* Shooting (details)
* Swimming (details)
* Table tennis (details)
* Taekwondo (details)
* Tennis (details)
* Volleyball (details)
* Weightlifting (details)
* Wrestling (details)

### Disability sports

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* Athletics
* Basketball
* Goalball

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Algeria)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Algeria (ALG)*| 91| 89| 87| 267
2|  Egypt (EGY)| 81| 52| 49| 182
3|  Tunisia (TUN)| 46| 39| 47| 132
4|  Syria (SYR)| 24| 30| 36| 90
5|  Morocco (MAR)| 21| 38| 41| 100
6|  Saudi Arabia (SAU)| 16| 20| 18| 54
7|  Iraq (IRQ)| 13| 24| 34| 71
8|  Jordan (JOR)| 11| 19| 31| 61
9|  Libya (LBA)| 5| 2| 3| 10
10|  United Arab Emirates (UAE)| 4| 5| 10| 19
11|  Kuwait (KUW)| 3| 6| 18| 27
12|  Qatar (QAT)| 3| 5| 18| 26
13|  Lebanon (LBN)| 3| 3| 5| 11
14|  Yemen (YEM)| 3| 1| 4| 8
15|  Sudan (SUD)| 2| 6| 3| 11
16|  Bahrain (BHR)| 2| 1| 3| 6
17|  Brunei (BRN)| 1| 0| 1| 2
18|  Palestine (PLE)| 0| 1| 1| 2
19|  Oman (OMN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (19 entries)| 329| 342| 409| 1,080

## Participation

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22 countries were represented in the competition – constituting all the members of the Arab League at the time.

* Algeria
* Bahrain
* Comoros
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Iraq
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Oman
* Palestine
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Syria
* Tunisia
* United Arab Emirates
* Yemen

## References

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1. ^ Jordan hopes to improve overall standing. The Jordan Times. Retrieved on 2010-07-19.

## External links

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* Archived official website (in Arabic)

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