Camel racing at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games

Camel racing
at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games
VenueAl Janadryah
Dates18—20 November 2025
Competitors12 from 10 nations

The camel racing tournament at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh was held between 18 and 20 November 2025. The camel racing competition took place at Al Janadryah in Saudi Arabia.[1][2] This was the first time camel racing was a part of the official Islamic Solidarity Games programme.[3]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Saudi Arabia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Saudi Arabia*4206
2 United Arab Emirates0235
3 Jordan0011
Totals (3 entries)44412

Medal overview

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 2000 m Ahmed Aljohani
 Saudi Arabia 		Rashid Alkaabi
 United Arab Emirates 		Matar Almheiri
 United Arab Emirates
Men's 8000 m Suleiman Aljohni
 Saudi Arabia 		Ahmed Aljohni
 Saudi Arabia 		Matar Almheiri
 United Arab Emirates
Women's 2000 m Kholoud Alshammari
 Saudi Arabia 		Fatima Alameri
 United Arab Emirates 		Rawan Salah
 Jordan
Women's 8000 m Kholoud Alshammari
 Saudi Arabia 		Hadeel Alsharif
 Saudi Arabia 		Fatima Alameri
 United Arab Emirates

Participating nations

A total of 24 athletes (16 man and 8 woman) from 16 nations competed in camel racing at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games:

  1.  Chad (1)
  2.  Egypt (1)
  3.  Jordan (1)
  4.  Kuwait (1)
  5.  Libya (1)
  6.  Mali (1)
  7.  Qatar (1)
  8.  Saudi Arabia (4)
  9.  United Arab Emirates (1)
  10.  Uzbekistan (1)
  11.  Somalia (1)
  12.  Tunisia (2)
  13.  Indonesia (1)
  14.  Bahrain (1)
  15.  Algeria (1)
  16.  Yemen (1)

Results

Men's 2000m

  1.  Saudi Arabia - Ahmed Aljohni - 3:02.779
  2.  United Arab Emirates - Rashid Abdullah Alkaabi - 3:03.645
  3.  United Arab Emirates - Matar Almheiri - 3:04.102
  4.  Qatar - -
  5.  Kuwait - -
  6.  Yemen - -
  7.  Bahrain - -
  8.  Sudan - -
  9.  Libya - -
  10.  Indonesia - -
  11.  Tunisia - - DNF
  12.  Egypt - - DNF

Men's 8000m

  1.  Saudi Arabia - Alard Sulaiman - 15:19.947
  2.  Saudi Arabia - Ahmed Aljohni - 15:24.547
  3.  United Arab Emirates - Matar Almheiri - 15:27.214
  4.  Sudan - -
  5.  Yemen - -
  6.  Uzbekistan - -
  7.  Somalia - -
  8.  Chad - -
  9.  Egypt - -
  10.  Algeria - - DNF
  11.  Jordan - - DNF
  12.  Tunisia - - DNF
  13.  Tunisia - - DNF
  14.  United Arab Emirates - - DNF

Women's 2000m

  1.  Saudi Arabia - Kholud Alshammari - 3:07.713
  2.  United Arab Emirates - Fatima Eidha Alameri - 3:09.601
  3.  Jordan - Rawan Salah - 3:09.774
  4.  Saudi Arabia - Hadeel Alsharif - 3:12.331
  5.  United Arab Emirates - Watfa Abdulrahman - 3:12.703
  6.  Yemen - Reem Salem - 3:22.771
  7.  Bahrain - Mariam Kamal - DNF

Women's 8000m

  1.  Saudi Arabia - Kholud Alshammari - 15:22.558
  2.  Saudi Arabia - Hadeel Alsharif - 15:26.448
  3.  United Arab Emirates - Fatima Eidha Alameri - 17:47.552
  4.  Jordan - Rawan Salah - 18:13.423
  5.  Yemen - Reem Salem - 19:28.127

References

  1. ^ "Camel racing".
  2. ^ "2025 Islamic Games".
  3. ^ "Islamic Solidarity Games 2025 – الاتحاد الدولي للهجن". Retrieved 2026-03-06.
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