1953 Arab Games

Multi-sport event 1953 Arab Games Alexandria Egypt 1953 7 26 y 1953 8 10 y Beirut 1957 The 1st Arab Games were held in Alexandria, Egypt, between 26 July and 10 August 1953. A total number of 650 athletes from 9 countries, 8 Arab countries and Indonesia (invited) participated in events in 10 sports. Sports Archery Artistic gymnastics Athletics Basketball Boxing Fencing Football Swimming Weightlifting Wrestling Medal table 75 36 25 EGY 1922 3 16 15 LBN 1951 1 5 6 0 15 16 SYR 1932 0 5 6 IRQ 1924 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 LBA 1951 0 0 0Luis Silva Hans-Dieter Gerber The Arab Games: Establishment and Role (1953–1965) https://library.olympics.com/digitalCollection/DigitalCollectionAttachmentDownloadHandler.ashx?parentDocumentId=2953459&documentId=2953460&skipWatermark=true&skipCopyright=true Journal of Olympic History 19 3 LA84 Foundation December 2011 24 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180619070413/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv19n3/JOHv19n3e.pdf 19 June 2018 live References Arab Games Category:Arab Games Arab Games Arab Games Arab Games, 1953 Category:Multi-sport events in Egypt Category:July 1953 sports events in Africa Category:August 1953 sports events in Africa