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A map of Qatar with Doha marked in the east of the country.
A map of Qatar with Doha marked in the east of the country.
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Location of Doha in Qatar.

The 2011 Pan Arab Games also known as the 12th Pan Arab Games took place in Doha, Qatar from December 6 to 23, 2011.[1] This was the first time that the country had hosted the multi-sport event. Khalifa International Stadium was the main venue for the competition.

Preparation

Host selection

Qatar was awarded rights to organise the games beating Lebanon in the bidding process.[2][3][4] Arab Federation for Sports secretary general Othman al-Saad said that Qatar's hosting of the Pan-Arab Games would give the event "more momentum and significance in light of the huge capabilities and world-class sports facilities which Qatar owns."[5]

Khalifa International Stadium was chosen to be the focal point of the games, hosting the opening ceremonies, while the closing ceremonies were held on Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.

Mascot and medals

Wathnan, a graceful yet fun-spirited white Arabian horse was designed as the mascot for the Games. An important animal in Arabian culture, the horse is a symbol of great strength and agility.[6] Pearl and emerald studded Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals were awarded to winning athletes, accompanied by mascot stuffed toy. The medals were measured 70 mm in diameter and 6 mm in thickness with base made out of pewter.[7]

Venues

[8][9]

Venue Events Capacity Ref.
ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence Athletics, opening and closing ceremonies (Khalifa International Stadium) 50, 000
Swimming (Hamad Aquatic Centre) 2,000
Chess (Ladies zone)
Handball (Women's Indoor hall)
Gymnastics (Dome C2)
Fencing, Table tennis (Dome C3)
Wrestling (Dome C4)
Boxing (Dome C5)
Lusail Cycling course Cycling (Road)
Lusail Shooting Complex Archery, Shooting
Al-Gharrafa Sports Club Football (Stadium)
Beach volleyball (BV Arena)
Basketball (Indoor hall)
Al-Dana Club Bodybuilding, Weightlifting
Qatar Equestrian Federation Equestrian (Dressage, Jumping)
Al-Sadd Sports Club Football (Stadium)
Goalball (demonstration) (Indoor hall)
Al-Rayyan Sports Club Football (Stadium)
Volleyball (Indoor hall)
Mesaieed Endurance Course Equestrian (Endurance)
Doha Golf Club Golf
Doha Sailing Club Sailing
Qatar Bowling Centre Bowling
Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Cue Sports
Qatar Sports Club Judo, Karate, Taekwondo (Indoor hall)
Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex Squash, Tennis

Sports

Demonstration sports

Participating National Olympic Committees

Initially, all twenty-two nations of the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees were scheduled to compete at the games.[10] However, Syria withdrew its team in November 2011 in protest of the Arab League's suspension of the country's membership.[11]

List by order during parade of nations

[12]

Order Nation Arabic Roman transliteration Flag bearer Sport
1  Jordan (JOR) الأردن Al-ʾUrdunn
2  United Arab Emirates (UAE) الإمارات al-ʾImārāt
3  Bahrain (BRN) البحرين al-Baḥrayn
4  Tunisia (TUN) تونس Tunis
5  Algeria (ALG) الجزائر Al-Jazayir
6  Djibouti (DJI) جيبوتي Jībūtī
7  Saudi Arabia (KSA) السعودية as-Suʿūdī
8  Sudan (SUD) السودان as-Sūdān
9  Somalia (SOM) الصومال aṣ-Ṣūmāl
10  Iraq (IRQ) اَلْعِرَاق al-ʿirāq
11  Oman (OMA) عمان ʻumān Barakat Al-Harthi[13] Athletics
12  Palestine (PLE) فلسطين Filasṭīn
13  Comoros (COM) جزر القمر Juzur al-Qumur
14  Kuwait (KUW) الكويت al-Kuwait
15  Lebanon (LBN) لبنان Lubnān
16  Libya (LBY) ليبيا Lībiyā
17  Egypt (EGY) مِصر Miṣr
18  Morocco (MAR) المغرب al-maġhrib
19  Mauritania (MTN) موريتانيا Mūrītānyā
20  Yemen (YEM) اَلْيَمَنُ al-Yaman
21  Qatar (QAT) قطر Qaṭar Nasser Al Sahoti[14] Para athletics

Calendar

 OC  Opening ceremony  ●  Event competitions  1  Gold medal events  CC  Closing ceremony
December 6th
Tue 		7th
Wed 		8th
Thu 		9th
Fri 		10th
Sat 		11th
Sun 		12th
Mon 		13th
Tue 		14th
Wed 		15th
Thu 		16th
Fri 		17th
Sat 		18th
Sun 		19th
Mon 		20th
Tue 		21st
Wed 		22nd
Thu 		23rd
Fri 		Events
Ceremonies OC CC —
Archery 4 9  ●  6 19
Athletics 10 10 7 8 10 45
Basketball  ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●  1  ●   ●  1 2
Bodybuilding 7     7
Bowling 1 1 1 2 1   6
Boxing  ●   ●   ●   ●   ●  5 5 10
Chess 2  ● 2  ●  ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●  ● 2 6
Cue sports  ●  ●  ● 1   ●  1 1  ●  ● 2 5
Cycling 1 1 1 2 2 7
Equestrian  ● 1  ● 1 2  ● 1  ● 1 6
Fencing 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Football  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 1
Golf  ●  ●  ● 4 4
Gymnastics Artistic 1  ● 2 5 5 15
Trampolining  ● 2
Handball  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 2 2
Judo 5 6 5 16
Karate 7 7 2 16
Sailing  ●  ●  ●  ● 3 3 6
Shooting 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 36
Squash  ●  ●  ● 2 2
Swimming 6 6 7 7 6 6 38
Table tennis  ●  ●  ● 2  ● 4 6
Taekwondo 4 4 4 4 16
Tennis  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1  ● 1  ● 1 3 6
Volleyball Beach volleyball  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 3
Indoor volleyball  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 1
Weightlifting 2 2 3 2 3 12
Wrestling 4 3 4 3 14
Daily medal events 19 12 18 24 19 35 34 25 8 36 42 20 18 8 318
Cumulative total 19 31 49 73 92 127 161 186 194 230 272 292 310 318
Para athletics 15 15 30
Goalball  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 1
December 6th
Tue 		7th
Wed 		8th
Thu 		9th
Fri 		10th
Sat 		11th
Sun 		12th
Mon 		13th
Tue 		14th
Wed 		15th
Thu 		16th
Fri 		17th
Sat 		18th
Sun 		19th
Mon 		20th
Tue 		21st
Wed 		22nd
Thu 		23rd
Fri 		Gold
medals

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Qatar)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt (EGY)907467231
2 Tunisia (TUN)544539138
3 Morocco (MAR)362254112
4 Qatar (QAT)*274039106
5 Algeria (ALG)16314188
6 Kuwait (KUW)16183064
7 Saudi Arabia (KSA)15121946
8 Iraq (IRQ)13113458
9 Bahrain (BHR)12121438
10 Jordan (JOR)10152146
11 United Arab Emirates (UAE)1091635
12 Lebanon (LIB)851730
13 Oman (OMA)48921
14 Palestine (PLE)22610
15 Yemen (YEM)2237
16 Libya (LBY)20810
17 Djibouti (DJI)1113
18 Sudan (SUD)07714
19 Comoros (COM)0000
 Mauritania (MTN)0000
 Somalia (SOM)0000
Totals (21 entries)3183144251,057

Paralympic Medal Standings

Medals in 30 Para Athletics and 1 Goalball events were awarded to athletes from respective participating nations. However, as demonstration events, they were not counted into the official medal table.

  *   Host nation (Qatar)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Tunisia (TUN)98320
2 Iraq (IRQ)53614
3 Algeria (ALG)46212
4 Egypt (EGY)4408
5 Morocco (MAR)3317
6 United Arab Emirates (UAE)2068
7 Libya (LBY)1326
8 Saudi Arabia (KSA)1315
9 Palestine (PLE)1146
10 Jordan (JOR)1034
11 Qatar (QAT)*0022
Totals (11 entries)31313092

See also

References

  1. ^ "General Schedule". 2011 Arab Games Doha. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  2. ^ National Committee for co-ordinating Conferences and Events. Retrieved on 2010-07-13.
  3. ^ Qatar awarded rights to host 12th Pan Arab Games in 2011 Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine published by the Qatar Olympic Committee on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
  4. ^ Qatar to host Pan Arab Games in 2011 published by Sports City on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2011-03-10. [dead link‍]
  5. ^ Doha first in the Persian Gulf region to host Pan-Arab Games Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Gulf Times (2008-10-07). Retrieved on 2010-07-13.
  6. ^ Qtel
  7. ^ 2011 Pan-Arab Games in Doha
  8. ^ Venues
  9. ^ Sports
  10. ^ (in Arabic) Participating countries. Doha 2011. Retrieved on 2010-07-13. [dead link‍]
  11. ^ Syria boycotts the Arab games in Qatar Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Xinhua (2011-11-14). Retrieved on 2011-12-11.
  12. ^ Opening ceremony part 1
  13. ^ Barakat named as Oman's flag bearer
  14. ^ Team Qatar Hopes to Continue Success at Asian Para Games
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