2005 Women's Islamic Games

The fourth edition of the Women's Islamic Games took place in Tehran and Rasht, Iran in September 2005. A total of 45 countries, 200 teams, and 1316 athletes competed at the Games, which featured fifteen separate sports. The competition was overseen by 516 referees, from twelve different countries, and 15 international observers. The 2005 event saw many countries competing for the first time, including the United States and numerous East Asian, European and African countries. Iran won the competition with a total of 102 medals.

Participants

Afghanistan  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Bangladesh  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Brunei  Cyprus  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Ethiopia  Georgia  Germany  India  Indonesia  Iran

Iraq  Japan  Jordan  Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan  Lebanon  Libya  Malaysia  Maldives  Morocco  Oman  Pakistan  Philippines  Qatar  Russia  Senegal

Singapore  Slovakia  South Korea  Sri Lanka  Sudan  Syria  Tajikistan  Thailand  Turkmenistan  Uganda  United Arab Emirates  United Kingdom (Great Britain)  United States  Yemen

Sports

The sports competed at the 2005 Women's Islamic Games were: athletics, badminton, basketball, fencing, futsal, golf, gymnastics, handball, judo, karate, squash, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, and volleyball

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	31	39	32	102
2	Senegal	9	5	8	22
3	Kazakhstan	6	6	5	17
4	Malaysia	5	7	7	19
5	Indonesia	5	7	6	18
6	Pakistan	5	6	8	19
7	Armenia	4	2	2	8
8	South Korea	4	2	1	7
9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	4	9
10	Russia	3	1	0	4
11	Azerbaijan	3	0	3	6
12	Syria	2	4	14	20
13	Jordan	2	2	3	7
14	Sudan	2	2	0	4
15	Tajikistan	2	1	5	8
16	Lebanon	1	2	1	4
17	Iraq	1	1	4	6
18	Brunei	1	1	2	4
19	Georgia	1	0	2	3
20=	Qatar	0	0	2	2
20=	Kuwait	0	0	2	2
22=	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
22=	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Total		90	90	113	293