Badminton at the Arab Games

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Badminton has been part of the Arab Games since 1999 in Amman, Jordan. Syria tops the medal table, having won 15 gold medals, 3 silvers and 3 bronze medals. Algeria won four golds and two silvers while Egypt won a gold, three silvers and six bronzes. Sudan won its first medal in badminton at the 2007 Pan Arab Games.

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At the 2011 Arab Games in Qatar, badminton was removed from the sports program. The sport later returned to the 2023 Arab Games in Algiers, Algeria with the team events discontinued.

Previous winners

YearHostMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesMen's teamWomen's team
1999
Details
Flag of Jordan.svg
Amman
Flag of Syria.svg Talal Derki Flag of Syria.svg Eva Katrib Flag of Syria.svg Bassel Al-Durrah
Flag of Syria.svg Talal Derki
Flag of Syria.svg Eva Katrib
Flag of Syria.svg Rasha Al-Hassan
Flag of Jordan.svg Tariq Mansour Elfawair
Flag of Jordan.svg Najwa Al-Turk
Flag of Syria.svg Syria Flag of Syria.svg Syria
2004
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
Algiers
Flag of Syria.svg Tareq Shalhoum Flag of Syria.svg Hadil Kareem Flag of Algeria.svg Karim Rezig
Flag of Algeria.svg Zeradine Ammar
Flag of Syria.svg Eva Katrib
Flag of Syria.svg Hadil Kareem
Flag of Syria.svg Bassel Al-Dora
Flag of Syria.svg Hadil Kareem
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
2007
Details
Flag of Egypt.svg
Cairo
Flag of Algeria.svg Nabil Lasmari Flag of Algeria.svg Nabil Lasmari
Flag of Algeria.svg Karim Rezig
Flag of Syria.svg Bushra Muhawesh
Flag of Syria.svg Hadil Kareem
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Flag of Syria.svg Syria
2011 Flag of Qatar.svg
Doha
Not held
2023
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
Algeria
(5 cities)
a
Flag of Bahrain.svg Adnan Ebrahim Flag of Jordan.svg Maryam Abuarrah Flag of Algeria.svg Koceila Mammeri
Flag of Algeria.svg Youcef Sabri Medel
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri
Flag of Algeria.svg Yasmina Chibah
Flag of Algeria.svg Koceila Mammeri
Flag of Algeria.svg Tanina Mammeri
Not held

^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). Badminton tournament helds in Algiers.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Syria.svg  Syria  (SYR)154625
2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)78722
3Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)281121
4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)151218
5Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BRN)1067
6Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq  (IRQ)0066
7Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)0011
Totals (7 entries)262549100

Participating nations

Nation 99 04 07 23 Years
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria XX6174
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain XX324
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt XX103
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq XX884
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan XX844
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 41
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 11
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 41
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 81
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 71
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria XX73
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 61
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 81
Number of nations66810
Number of athletes5169

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