2013 Islamic Solidarity Games
The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games is an international sporting event held in Palembang, Indonesia from 22 September to 1 October 2013. The 2009 event, originally scheduled to take place in Iran, and later re-scheduled for April 2010, was cancelled after a dispute arose between Iran and the Arab countries.
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| Host city | Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia |
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| Motto | Harmony in Unity |
| Nations participating | 56 |
| Events | 18 sports |
| Opening ceremony | 22 September |
| Closing ceremony | 1 October |
| Officially opened by | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of Indonesia |
| Main venue | Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium |
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 57 nations participating in 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games.
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Benin
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Chad
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Gabon
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Libya
Malaysia
Maldives
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Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Suriname
Syria
Tajikistan
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Sports
Schedule
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| September/October | 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 |
Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
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● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||
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● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
 Weightlifting |
4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||
 Wushu |
3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
Medal table
* Host nation (Indonesia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia (INA)* | 36 | 34 | 34 | 104 |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 30 | 17 | 12 | 59 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 26 | 31 | 29 | 86 |
| 4 | Malaysia (MAS) | 26 | 17 | 29 | 72 |
| 5 | Turkey (TUR) | 23 | 30 | 50 | 103 |
| 6 | Morocco (MAR) | 10 | 15 | 14 | 39 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| 9 | Algeria (ALG) | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 10 | Oman (OMA) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | Syria (SYR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Iraq (IRQ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Tunisia (TUN) | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 15 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Libya (LBA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 | Brunei (BRU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 27 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sierra Leone (SLE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (29 nations) | 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]