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.
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.
Year | Host | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles | Men's team | Women's team |
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1999 Details | Amman | Talal Derki | Eva Katrib | Bassel Al-Durrah Talal Derki | Eva Katrib Rasha Al-Hassan | Tariq Mansour Elfawair Najwa Al-Turk | Syria | Syria |
2004 Details | Algiers | Tareq Shalhoum | Hadil Kareem | Karim Rezig Zeradine Ammar | Eva Katrib Hadil Kareem | Bassel Al-Dora Hadil Kareem | Egypt | |
2007 Details | Cairo | Nabil Lasmari | Nabil Lasmari Karim Rezig | Bushra Muhawesh Hadil Kareem | Algeria | Syria | ||
2011 | Doha | Not held | ||||||
2023 Details | Algeria (5 cities) a | Adnan Ebrahim | Maryam Abuarrah | Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel | Linda Mazri Yasmina Chibah | Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri | Not held |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Syria (SYR) | 15 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
2 | Algeria (ALG) | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
3 | Jordan (JOR) | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
4 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
5 | Bahrain (BRN) | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
6 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
7 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 26 | 25 | 49 | 100 |
Nation | 99 | 04 | 07 | 23 | Years |
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Algeria | X | X | 6 | 17 | 4 |
Bahrain | X | X | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Egypt | X | X | 10 | 3 | |
Iraq | X | X | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Jordan | X | X | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Kuwait | 4 | 1 | |||
Mauritania | 1 | 1 | |||
Qatar | 4 | 1 | |||
Saudi Arabia | 8 | 1 | |||
Sudan | 7 | 1 | |||
Syria | X | X | 7 | 3 | |
Tunisia | 6 | 1 | |||
United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1 | |||
Number of nations | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | |
Number of athletes | 51 | 69 |
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