West Asian Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1997—2005
Editions 3
Competitors 530
Countries 16

The second edition of this Games was scheduled to be held in Qatar in 1999, but did not take place.

An edition was also scheduled to be held in Lebanon in 2001, but was moved to Madinat al-Kuwait and rescheduled to 20 to 30 October 2001. Due to armed conflicts in the region, the Games have been postponed to 3 to 12 April 2002.

The third edition of this Games was scheduled to be held in Dimashq (SYR) from 7 to 17 April 2003, but they have been first postponed and later cancelled.

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1997 West Asian Games Tehran IRI 19 – 28 November 1997 88 196 10
2002 West Asian Games Madinat al-Kuwait KUW 3 – 12 April 2002 54 112 11
2005 West Asian Games Doha QAT 1 – 10 December 2005 107 269 12

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Kuwait KUW 60 44 39 143
2 Iran IRI 58 57 66 181
3 Syria SYR 39 35 35 109
4 Qatar QAT 32 31 26 89
5 Kyrgyzstan KGZ 25 10 11 46
6 Saudi Arabia KSA 16 16 19 51
7 Jordan JOR 7 14 18 39
8 Turkmenistan TKM 5 9 17 31
9 United Arab Emirates UAE 5 6 7 18
10 Lebanon LBN 5 5 7 17
11 Yemen YEM 2 1 4 7
12 Bahrain BRN 2 1 1 4
13 Tajikistan TJK 1 6 7 14
14 Iraq IRQ 1 2 6 9
15 Oman OMA 0 5 6 11
16 Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1