2003 Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games

The 2003 Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games (Hebrew: 2003 משחקי פאן-אירופה ואסיה-פסיפיק, French: Jeux paneuropéens et Asie-Pacifique 2003, Spanish: Juegos Paneuropeos y Asia-Pacífico 2003), officially known as the XX Pan-European and Asia-Pacific Games (Hebrew: משחקי פאן אירופה ועשרים ופסיפיק עשרים, French: XX Jeux paneuropéens et Asie-Pacifique, Spanish: XX Juegos Paneuropeos y Asia-Pacífico), also known as Tel Aviv 2003, was a multi-sport event governed by the Olympic Region 1 Council which ran from 18 October through 17 November. These were this first edition to include all the members of the Olympic Region 1 Council since the 1971 edition.

Tel Aviv was selected over Brisbane, Manchester, and Solo in the July 1996 PEAPG Session. Tel Aviv entered the competition as a dark horse, as its popularity is low, and was also considered that it would lose, since the long-lasting Palestinian-Israeli conflict hasn't seen an end. FInally, in August, Tel Aviv was selected, and signed the host city contract in the following year.

Since the bid, the Government of Israel heavily marketed the Games, and several infrastructures were heavily upgraded, especially the Bloomfield Stadium. Because of this, David Rodriguez hailed the Games as "the best and the most wonderful" and left Israel a developed infrastructure and a great legacy.

For the first time, Great Britain topped the medal table, much to the delegations' surprise. This was followed by the United States and China, and the host nation took the 6th place in the medal table, the only best in the Games.