The 10th Arab Games was an international multi-sport event which took place in Algiers, Algeria, between 24 September and 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

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.

Disability sports

• Athletics
• Basketball
• Goalball

Medal table

  *   Host nation ( Algeria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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	Palestine (PLE)	0	1	1	2
18	Oman (OMN)	0	1	0	1
Totals (18 entries)		328	342	408	1078

Participation

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

References

External links

• Archived official website (in Arabic)