The curtain fell on the fifth Islamic Solidarity Games, which were held in the Turkish city of Konya from August 9 to 18 with the participation of 56 countries and more than 4,000 athletes.
Turkey managed to finish the tournament at the top of the medal table with 341 medals, including 145 gold, 107 silver and 89 bronze, with a wide margin of 44 silver and 50 bronze, Azerbaijan finished fourth with 99 color medals, including 29 gold , 36 silver and 34 bronze. Kazakhstan finished fifth with 89 color medals, including 27 gold, 23 silver and 39 bronze.
Morocco topped the Arab rankings as the Moroccan mission managed to win 62 colored medals, including 15 gold, 13 silver and 34 bronze. Bahrain finished second with 23 medals, 9 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze. Algeria came in third with 42 medals, 7 gold, 12 silver and 23 bronze. Kuwait came in fourth with 13 medals, including 5 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze, Qatar came in fifth with 12 medals, including 4 gold. , 3 silvers and 5 bronzes, while the UAE was sixth with 10 medals, 3 golds, 2 silvers and 5 bronzes, while Saudi Arabia was seventh with 24 medals, including 2 golds, 12 silvers and 10 bronzes, Jordan eighth and Oman ninth.
Despite the participation of 56 countries in the Islamic Solidarity Games, there are countries that were pleased with the honor of participating only in this fifth edition, since 11 countries out of 56 participants in the games did not climb the podiums and did not win a single medal. be it bronze, silver or gold. These countries that were not lucky enough to win a single medal are the following: Afghanistan, Sultanate of Brunei, Comoros, Gabon, Guinea, Iraq, Mozambique, Mauritania, Somalia, Suriname and Chad. Most of these countries participated in many competitions and various sports, but failed to rise to the podium.
Source: El Iktisad