2013 Islamic Solidarity Games

3rd Islamic Solidarity Games
Host city Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia
Motto Harmony in Unity
Nations participating 56
Events 18 sports
Opening ceremony September 22
Closing ceremony October 1
Officially opened by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President of Indonesia
Main venue Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium

The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games is an international sporting event held in Palembang, Indonesia from September 22 to October 1, 2013. The 2009 event, originally scheduled to take place in Iran, and later re-scheduled for April 2010, was canceled after a dispute arose between Iran and the Arab countries.

Venues

Venue Name Sports
GOR Dempo Jaka Baring Badminton
GOR PSCC Palembang Basketball, Volleyball
Graha Serbaguna Jaka Baring Weightlifting
Jaka Baring Athletic Stadium Athletics
Jaka Baring Beach Volley Arena Beach Volleyball
Jaka Baring Gymnastic Hall Wushu
Jaka Baring Main Stadium Ceremonies, Football
Jaka Baring Sports Centre Archery
Jaka Baring Swimming Stadium Swimming
Jaka Baring Tennis Court Tennis
Madya Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium Football
Sriwijaya Promotion Centre Karate, Taekwondo

Participating Nations

There are 41 nations participating in 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games.

Sports

Tiggy the Sumatran tiger as official mascot.

Schedule

OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Event finals CCClosing ceremony
September/October 14
Sat		 15
Sun		 16
Mo		 17
Tue		 18
Wed		 19
Thu		 20
Fri		 21
Sat		 22
Sun		 23
Mon		 24
Tue		 25
Wed		 26
Thu		 27
Fri		 28
Sat		 29
Sun		 30
Mon		 1
Tue
Gold Medal
Ceremonies OC CC
Athletics 5 10 5 8 8 5 1 42
Archery ● ● 2 2 2 2 2 10
Aquatics-Swimming ● 6 6 7 7 7 7 40
Badminton ● ● ● 2 ● ● ● 5 7
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Football ● ● ● ● 1 1
Karate 4 6 5 2 17
Taekwondo 4 6 4 4 3 21
Tennis ● ● ● ● 2 ● ● ● ● 4 6
Volleyball Indoor ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Volleyball Beach ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Weightlifting 4 4 3 4 15
Wushu 3 4 6 7 20

Medal table

      Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Indonesia363434104
2 Iran30171259
3 Egypt26312986
4 Malaysia26172972
5 Turkey233050103
6 Morocco10151439
7 Saudi Arabia73616
8 Azerbaijan69924
9 Algeria56819
10 Oman32510
11 Bahrain2147
12 Syria2136
13 Iraq2114
14 Tunisia2079
15 Kuwait1438
16 Qatar1225
17 Jordan1124
18 Guyana0202
19 United Arab Emirates0134
20 Bangladesh0112
20 Libya0112
22 Brunei0101
22 Palestine0101
24 Turkmenistan0044
25 Senegal0033
25 Yemen0033
27 Cameroon0011
27 Lebanon0011
27 Sierra Leone0011
Total 183 181 236 600

Sports bikini controversy

The Games faced a controversy over female athletes competing in sports bikinis. Some participating nations demanded that all sportswomen competing in the athletics, beach volleyball and swimming events wear body-covering sporting outfits instead of the usual, functional and official sports bikinis regulated by international rules. In some countries of the Muslim world, sporting suits for women called burqini, which cover the whole body except the face, the hands and the feet, are in use in accordance with Islamic culture. Furthermore, some countries asked the organizers to run the male and female events on separate days. Both regulations were applied in the first edition of the Games held in Saudi Arabia in 2005.[2]

The organizing committee refused to fully comply with the demands stating that only the countries ruled by Islamic governments among the 44 participants with Muslim population opposed the two-piece sporting outfits standardized in international sports dress code. The organizers ruled that the use of sports bikinis is set optional so that sportswomen may wear religious-based outfits.[2]

References

  1. ↑ IAAF website for 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
  2. 1 2 "Bikini Tensions Mar Islamic Games in Indonesia date=". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 2013-10-05.

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