Islamic Games

Islamic Games
الألعاب الإسلامية
First event1980 İzmir
Occur everyFour years
PurposeMulti-sport event for Muslim
OrganizationIFS

The Islamic Games (Arabic: الألعاب الإسلامية, Turkish: İslam Ülkeleri Spor Oyunları) was a multi-sport event for athletes from Muslim countries that was held from 28 September to 5 October 1980 in İzmir, Turkey. Although 42 nations were invited to compete at the competition, ultimately only ten nations took part, with 691 athletes present. Among the nations competing at the tournament, only Algeria and Libya had sent delegations to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow (the rest observed the boycott).