1997 Arab Games

The 8th Arab Games were held in Beirut, Lebanon between July 12 and 27, 1997. 3,253 athletes from 18 countries participated in events in 22 sports.

1997 Arab Games

Host city	Beirut
Country	Lebanon
Opening	12 July 1997 (1997-07-12)
Closing	27 July 1997 (1997-07-27)
← Damascus 1992 Amman 1999 →

Over 50,000 people gathered in the Sports City in Beirut for the opening ceremony of the eighth Pan-Arab games, the first such event to be hosted by Lebanon for 40 years.

Individual sports

Equestrian

Ramzy Al Duhami won the gold medal in the individual event.^[1]

Football

Main article: Football at the 1997 Arab Games

The football tournament was won by Jordan, defeating Syria 1–0 in the final.^[2]

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1997 Arab Games

Sports

Archery (results) Athletics (results) Basketball (results) Boxing (results) Cycling (results) Equestrian (results) Fencing (results)

Football (results) Golf (results) Gymnastics (results) Judo (results) Karate (results) Sailing (results) Swimming (results)

Table tennis (results) Taekwondo (results) Tennis (results) Volleyball (results) Weightlifting (results) Wrestling (results)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	93	56	38	187
2	Algeria (ALG)	43	46	43	132
3	Syria (SYR)	18	29	34	81
4	Morocco (MAR)	18	15	16	49
5	Jordan (JOR)	10	8	23	41
6	Lebanon (LBN)	9	15	52	76
7	Tunisia (TUN)	9	12	26	47
8	Qatar (QAT)	9	6	2	17
9	Saudi Arabia (SAU)	6	12	21	39
10	Kuwait (KUW)	1	13	23	37
11	Oman (OMN)	1	1	1	3
12	Sudan (SUD)	0	1	3	4
13	Libya (LBA)	0	1	2	3
14	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	1	2
15	Yemen (YEM)	0	1	0	1
16	Palestine (PLE)	0	0	5	5
17	Bahrain (BHR)	0	0	1	1
18	Mauritania (MTN)	0	0	0	0
Totals (18 entries)		217	217	291	725