Badminton at the 1999 Arab Games

Badminton at the 1999 Arab Games
Venue	Al-Yarmouk Hall
Location	Amman, Jordan
Dates	19–25 August

Badminton made its debut at the 1999 Arab Games. Seven events were contested in the tournament. The tournament was held at the Al-Yarmouk Hall in Amman, Jordan from August 19 to August 25, 1999.[1]

Syria topped the medal table, winning a total of six golds, two silvers and a bronze.[2] Hosts Jordan placed second on the medal table, winning a gold, three silvers and five bronze medals in the tournament.[3] Egypt placed third on the medal table with two silvers and two bronze medals.[4][5][6]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Jordan)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Syria (SYR)	6	2	1	9
2	Jordan (JOR)*	1	3	5	9
3	Egypt (EGY)	0	2	2	4
4	Bahrain (BHR)	0	0	4	4
5	Iraq (IRQ)	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	14	28

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Syria Talal Derki	Syria Bassel Al-Durrah	Jordan Muntaser Elnabani
			Jordan Tariq Mansour Elfawair
Men's doubles	Syria Bassel Al-Durrah Talal Derki	Egypt Yehya Aldel Kader Tamar Raafat	Jordan Tariq Mansour Elfawair Wael Tlilan
			Iraq Saleh Mehdi Jabar Alikazem
Men's team	Syria Talal Derki Bassel Al-Durrah Nawras Abdul Wahid Hayel Kareem	Jordan Tariq Mansour Elfawair Rami Al-Sheikh Wael Tlilan Muntaser Elnabani	Bahrain Hesham Al-Abbasi Saleh Mohammed Jaffer Sayede Mubarak Mohammed
			Egypt Yehya Aldel Kader Tamar Raafat Kareem Shedeed Karim Shalam
Women's singles	Syria Eva Katrib	Syria Rasha Al-Hassan	Jordan Dina Abu Zaid
			Jordan Ghada Al-Afghani
Women's doubles	Syria Eva Katrib Rasha Al-Hassan	Jordan Dina Abu Zaid Lina Al-Rashdan	Egypt Shaima Thabet Sanaa Thabet
			Bahrain Samira Asiri Suad Yassin
Women's team	Syria Hadil Kareem Eva Katrib Nabela Fatal Rasha Al-Hassan	Jordan Dina Abu Zaid Lina Al-Rashdan Najwa Al-Turk Ghada Al-Afghani	Bahrain Samia Al-Qattan Samira Asiri Suad Yassin
			Iraq Etihad Kamel Ola Sabri Hadeel Hany Esra Nasser
Mixed doubles	Jordan Tariq Mansour Elfawair Najwa Al-Turk	Egypt Kareem Shedeed Alaa Youssef	Syria Talal Derki Eva Katrib
			Bahrain Hesham Al-Abbasi Samia Al-Qattan

Participating nations

A total of 6 nations competed in badminton at the 1999 Arab Games:

•  Algeria
•  Bahrain
•  Egypt
•  Iraq
•  Jordan
•  Syria

References

1. "الصّفحة 16 (14-8-1999)". Addiyar. 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
2. "لاعب الريشة الطائرة "باسل الدرة"... وحصاد الألقاب". www.esyria.sy (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-12-04.
3. "دورة الحسين 99 ..أجمل الذكريات وافضل المشاركات". alrainewspaper (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-12-04.
4. "دورات الدول العربية للالعاب الري". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
5. "العرب والذهب". www.al-jazirah.com. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
6. "Bahrain Badminton and Squash Federation – Women's Sports". Bahrain Electronic Sports Museum. Retrieved 2023-12-04.