A total of more than 1,500 athletes and 500 officials participated in 16 sports.

Female athletes competed for the first time at the GCC Games in this edition.

[1] The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 3 to 14 April 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 3 March 2020, the event was postponed.

[2] It was then postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

16 sports were contested in this edition of GCC Games.