Badminton at the 2004 Arab Games
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Badminton was contested at the 2004 Arab Games. The events were held at the Mokhtar-Aribi Hall in El Biar, Algiers, Algeria from 26 September to 4 October 2004.[1]
Syria dominated the medal table for a second consecutive time, winning five golds, a silver and a bronze. The host team, Algeria finished second on the medal table, winning a gold, two silvers and a bronze.[2][3]
Algeria won their first gold medal in badminton in the Games when men's doubles pair Karim Rezig and Zeradine Ammar defeated Tariq Mansour Elfawair and Rami Al-Sheikh in the final.[4] Egypt also won their first gold in the Games when the women's team finished first in the women's team event.[5]
Medal table
* Host nation (Algeria)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Syria (SYR) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 |  Algeria (ALG)* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 |  Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 7 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Syria Tareq Shalhoum |
Jordan Tariq Mansour Elfawair |
Syria Bassel Al-Durrah |
| Egypt Kareem Shedeed | |||
| Men's doubles | Algeria Karim Rezig Ammar Zeradine |
Jordan Tariq Mansour Elfawair Rami Al-Sheikh |
 IraqSaleh Mehdi Wisam Salah |
| Egypt Yehya Aldel Kader Tamar Raafat | |||
| Men's team | Syria Tareq Shalhoum Bassel Al-Durrah Nawras Abdul Wahid Hayel Kareem |
Algeria Karim Rezig Ammar Zeradine Kamel Haroun Salim Belmahi |
Jordan Tariq Mansour Elfawair Rami Al-Sheikh Omar Hani Bani Muntaser Elnabani |
| Women's singles | Syria Hadil Kareem |
Jordan Razane Kaled Alkhalife |
Syria Eva Katrib |
| Egypt Hadia Hosny | |||
| Women's doubles | Syria Eva Katrib Hadil Kareem |
Jordan Razane Kaled Alkhalife Rawan Ghazi |
Egypt Dina Nagy Sandy Nagy |
| Algeria Malika Menaceri Sara Naidji | |||
| Women's team | Egypt Alaa Youssef Sandy Nagy Hadia Hosny Dina Nagy |
Syria Eva Katrib Hadil Kareem Bushra Muhawesh |
Jordan Razane Kaled Alkhalife Rawan Ghazi Dina Abu Zaid Najwa Al-Turk |
| Mixed doubles | Syria Bassel Al-Durrah Eva Katrib |
Algeria Ammar Zeradine Malika Menaceri |
Egypt Kareem Shedeed Alaa Youssef |
| Iraq Saleh Mehdi Etihad Kamel |
