1953 Arab Games

The 1st Arab Games were held in Alexandria, Egypt, between 26 July and 10 August 1953. A total number of 650 athletes from 9 countries, 8 Arab countries and Indonesia (invited) participated in events in 10 sports.

1953 Arab Games

Host city	Alexandria
Country	Egypt
Opening	26 July 1953 (1953-07-26)
Closing	10 August 1953 (1953-08-10)
Beirut 1957 →

Sports

•  Archery (details)
•  Artistic gymnastics (details)
•  Athletics (details)
•  Basketball (details)
•  Boxing (details)
•  Fencing (details)
•  Football (details)
•  Swimming (details)
•  Weightlifting (details)
•  Wrestling (details)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	67	34	21	122
2	Lebanon (LBN)	3	16	15	34
3	Syria (SYR)	0	15	14	29
4	Iraq (IRQ)	0	5	6	11
	Palestine (PSE)	0	5	6	11
6	Jordan (JOR)	0	0	2	2
7	Libya (LBA)	0	0	1	1
8	Indonesia (IDN)	0	0	0	0
	Kuwait (KWT)	0	0	0	0
Totals (9 entries)		70	75	65	210

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