1976 Arab Games

The 5th Arab Games were held in Damascus, Syria from 6 to 21 October 1976. A total of 2,174 athletes from 11 countries participated in events in 18 sports.

1976 Arab Games

Host city	Damascus
Country	Syria
Opening	6 October 1976 (1976-10-06)
Closing	21 October 1976 (1976-10-21)
← Cairo 1965 Rabat 1985 →

Sports

• Athletics
• Basketball
• Boxing
• Road bicycle racing
• Equestrian
• Football
• Artistic gymnastics
• Weightlifting
• Handball
• Judo
• Karate
• Wrestling
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Table tennis
• Archery
• Volleyball
• Water polo

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Syria (SYR)	72	40	23	135
2	Morocco (MAR)	29	19	11	59
3	Sudan (SUD)	12	10	7	29
4	Kuwait (KWT)	4	5	13	22
5	Saudi Arabia (SAU)	3	6	19	28
6	Jordan (JOR)	2	25	7	34
7	Palestine (PSE)	1	6	14	21
8	Bahrain (BHN)	0	0	13	13
9	South Yemen (YMD)	0	0	1	1
10	Brunei (BRN)	0	0	0	0
	Mauritania (MTN)	0	0	0	0
	United Arab Emirates (ARE)	0	0	0	0
Totals (12 entries)		123	111	108	342