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| Host city | Rabat |
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| Country | Morocco |
| Opening | 8 August 1985 |
| Closing | 16 August 1985 |
The 6th Arab Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco from 8 to 16 August 1985. [1] A total of 3,442 athletes from 17 countries participated in events in 18 sports.
The 1985 games were the first to allow women to compete. [2] [3]
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Morocco (MAR) | 57 | 28 | 32 | 117 |
| 2 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 41 | 25 | 25 | 91 |
| 3 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 20 | 20 | 16 | 56 |
| 4 |  Algeria (ALG) | 15 | 40 | 42 | 97 |
| 5 |  Syria (SYR) | 9 | 14 | 31 | 54 |
| 6 |  Libya (LBA) | 6 | 15 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 |  Bahrain (BHR) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 |  Lebanon (LBN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 |  Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |  Sudan (SUD) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Saudi Arabia (SAU) | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 12 |  North Yemen (YAR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Somalia (SOM) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 16 |  Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 |  Djibouti (DJI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 |  Brunei (BRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 |  Chad (CHA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Eritrea (ERI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 South Sudan (SSD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 160 | 157 | 182 | 499 | |
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