2005 Islamic Solidarity Games

The 1st Islamic Solidarity Games held in the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia from 8–20 April 2005 with an Olympic-style tournament aimed at showing Muslim sports prowess and featuring 6,000 athletes. Only men's events were included on the programme.^[1]

1st Islamic Solidarity Games

Host city	Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Ta’if
Country	Saudi Arabia
Nations	55
Athletes	6000
Events	107 in 15 sports
Opening	8 April
Closing	20 April
Opened by	Governor of Makkah Region, Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Main venue	King Abdul Aziz Stadium
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Fifty five nations participated in the said "Islamic Olympic Games", hosted by the Saudi cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and Ta’if.

Prince Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the prince of Mecca, opened the games in a ceremony in which more than 2,600 students participated at King Abdul Aziz Stadium.

Sports

The Iranian and Omani football teams at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games

• Aquatic sports
  • Swimming (19)
  • Diving (2)
  • Water polo (1)
• Athletics (23) ^[2]
• Basketball (1)
• Equestrian (4)
• Fencing (6)
• Football (1)
• Handball (1)
• Karate (11)
• Table tennis (3)
• Taekwondo (8)
• Tennis (3)
• Volleyball (1)
• Weightlifting (24)
• Paralympic sports
  • ID Futsal (1)
  • Goalball (1)

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Saudi Arabia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Saudi Arabia (KSA)*	24	17	19	60
2	Egypt (EGY)	14	15	13	42
3	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	13	8	6	27
4	Iran (IRI)	10	9	11	30
5	Iraq (IRQ)	9	9	7	25
6	Morocco (MAR)	8	6	4	18
7	Malaysia (MAS)	5	5	6	16
8	Azerbaijan (AZE)	4	4	7	15
9	Algeria (ALG)	3	10	13	26
10	Syria (SYR)	3	2	5	10
11	Pakistan (PAK)	3	0	1	4
12	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	2	2	4	8
13	Jordan (JOR)	2	0	3	5
14	Kuwait (KUW)	1	4	5	10
15	Turkey (TUR)	1	3	3	7
16	Sudan (SUD)	1	3	2	6
17	Turkmenistan (TKM)	1	1	4	6
18	Indonesia (INA)	1	1	2	4
19	Tajikistan (TJK)	1	1	0	2
20	Tunisia (TUN)	1	0	8	9
21	Qatar (QAT)	1	0	0	1
22	Senegal (SEN)	0	2	6	8
23	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	2	3	5
24	Burkina Faso (BUR)	0	1	1	2
	Yemen (YEM)	0	1	1	2
26	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	0	1
	Oman (OMA)	0	1	0	1
28	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	1	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	0	1	1
	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	0	1	1
	Libya (LBA)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		108	108	139	355