Women's Islamic Games

Women's Islamic Games
بازی‌های اسلامی بانوان

First event	1993 Tehran / Rasht
Occur every	Four years
Last event	2005 Tehran
Purpose	Multi-sport event for muslim women
Organization	IFWS

The Women's Islamic Games were an international multi-sport event started in 1993. The event was organised by the Islamic Federation of Women's Sport (IFWS). Muslim women of all nationalities were allowed to take part in the Games.

The event has been held in 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005 in Iran.

Goals

1. In sports and international competition, Muslim women cannot compete without protective clothing and headgear in accordance with Islam.
2. Inspire Muslim women to achieve global competitiveness, on a regional, continental, world and Olympic scale.
3. The Women's Islamic Games will be an international event, and records shall be kept of athletes' performances.

Editions

Year	Games	Host	Countries	Athletes	Sports	Medals
						1st place	2nd place	3rd place
1993	I	Tehran / Rasht	10	407	7	Kyrgyzstan (27)	Iran (20)	Azerbaijan (12)
1997	II	Tehran	24	748	12	Iran (58)	Kazakhstan (35)	Indonesia (19)
2001	III	Tehran / Rasht	23	795	15	Iran (77)	Syria (18)	Azerbaijan (8)
2005	IV	Tehran	44	1316	18	Iran (31)	Senegal (9)	Kazakhstan (6)

Medal count

25 nations have won at least a single medal in the Women's Islamic Games. 23 nations have won at least a single gold medal. Iran became till now the leadership of the most winning medals.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	186	173	135	494
2	Kazakhstan	45	12	15	72
3	Kyrgyzstan	40	20	12	72
4	Syria	32	51	63	146
5	Azerbaijan	30	41	63	134
6	Indonesia	24	20	6	50
7	Pakistan	18	49	50	117
8	Turkmenistan	12	14	52	78
9	Senegal	9	5	8	22
10	Malaysia	5	7	7	19
11	Tajikistan	4	8	13	25
12	Sudan	4	2	4	10
13	Armenia	4	2	2	8
14	South Korea	4	2	1	7
15	Jordan	3	2	3	8
16	Russia	3	1	0	4
17	Bangladesh	2	4	5	11
18	Iraq	2	3	9	14
19	Kuwait	2	3	3	8
20	Uganda	2	1	0	3
21	Lebanon	1	2	1	4
22	Brunei	1	1	2	4
23	Georgia	1	0	2	3
24	Afghanistan	0	2	3	5
25	Qatar	0	1	5	6
Totals		438	428	469	1335

See also

• Islamic Solidarity Games

External links

• Official Web Site of Women's Islamic Games