The Arab/Muslim Nations

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The Arab/Muslim Nations of the World and

their Olympic Medal Winnings, 1896 – 2006[1]  

                                                                               Total

            Nation                         Population[2]                Medals            Comments

001    Afghanistan        17,000,000               1[3]            One in 2008

002    Albania                  3,500,000             0                      

015    Bahrain                     600,000             0

016    Bangladesh           142,000,000            0     Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

030    Brunei                       275,000              0

042    Comoros                   550,000              0    Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

052    Djibouti                     350,000             0

056    Egypt                    60,000,000            23

089    Indonesia            225,000,000            15

090    Iran                      66,000,000             41

091    Iraq                      20,000,000              1    See comments under Afghanistan

098    Jordan                  25,000,000              0

104    Kuwait                 2,000,000                 1

108    Lebanon               3,500,000                4

111    Libya                    4,750,000                0

118    Malaysia              19,000,000               3

119    Maldives                  250,000                0

124    Mauritania           2,100,000                  0

134    Morocco               30,200,000              17

137    Namibia                 1,600,000               4

149    Oman                    1,700,000               0

150    Pakistan               125,000,000            10    Officially expressed interest in the Academy.

159    Qatar                       750,000                2

171    Saudi Arabia          22,100,000               2

180    Somalia                  7,500,000               0

184    Sudan                   29,000,000               0

189    Syria                    14,000,000               2

198    Tunisia                   9,000,000               5

199    Turkey                  65,700,000              73

200    Turkmenistan          4,000,000                0

205    United Arab Emirates   2,600,000            1

214    Yemen                  11,000,000               0

Summary Notes:

1.  All 217 nations’ ministers of youth and sports will be invited to our Inauguration.

2.  The 89 nations that have never won an Olympic medal and the 19 “under-performing” nations are our primary target market.

3.  Typically, less than twenty-five (25) nations win medals in the Winter Games.

4.  Eight nations, Congo, Eritrea, Fiji, Israel, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, the United States, were represented at the 1996 Children’s Athletics Trials held at the Wigwam Resort, near Phoenix, which we hosted to demonstrate the viability of the Academy and that nations would support the Academy once we begin.

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Primary References and Sources:

The International Olympic Committee, www.olympic.org, the official site of the International Olympic Movement

David Wallechinsky, The Complete Book of the Olympics.  Boston:  Little Brown and Company, 1991.

W. Wright (Ed.), The Universal Almanac.  Kansas City:  Andrews and McMead, 1994, provided the original population figures.  Subsequent up-dated figures are from various sources, including www.photius.com/rankings/medals2.html.

www.Wikipedia.com