Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da farko an tsara shi ne a shekarar 1996, an jinkirta wasannin ne saboda kokarin sake ginawa bayan yakin da Isra'ila <unk> kokarin da aka hana su da kansu ta hanyar Operation Grapes of Wrath, wanda aka yi niyya a yankunan Beirut shekara guda da ta gabata. 'Yan wasan Iraqi ba su yi gasa a karo na biyu a jere ba, saboda adawa da yankin na kasarsa.
Mamayewa Kuwait. A wasannin, gwaje-gwajen miyagun ƙwayoyi sun dawo da kyau ga wasu 'yan wasa <unk> na farko don gasar. Sakamakon sake tsarawa, ranakun wasannin motsa jiki sun ɗan yi daidai da na wasannin motsa jiki a Wasannin Bahar Rum na 1997. An shirya wasannin Pan Arab na gaba a cikin shekarar da ta gabata kafin wasannin Olympics na bazara don kauce wa irin wannan rikice-rikice na abubuwan da ke faruwa a yankin, wanda yawancin ƙasashe suka halarta. Ranar farko ta wasannin motsa jiki ta lalace ne ta hanyar cire 'yan wasa huɗu (daga Maroko da Algeria), waɗanda suka tura juna.