The Arab Junior Athletics Championships, also known as the Arab U20 Athletics Championships, is a biennial international athletics competition between athletes under the age of 20 (juniors) from Arabic countries. [1] It is organised by the Arab Athletic Association.
If was first held in 1984 – seven years after the inauguration of the senior Arab Athletics Championships. [2] An Arab Youth Athletics Championships was launched twenty years after the junior competition. [3]
Until 2024
| Country | Winners | Second | Third | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Egypt | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
 Tunisia | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
 Morocco | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
 Algeria | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
 Bahrain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
 Sudan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Qatar | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Syria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Palestine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt (EGY) | 155 | 154 | 111 | 420 |
| 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 130 | 109 | 106 | 345 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) | 99 | 118 | 109 | 326 |
| 4 | Morocco (MAR) | 78 | 78 | 82 | 238 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 70 | 68 | 41 | 179 |
| 6 | Qatar (QAT) | 62 | 41 | 34 | 137 |
| 7 | Bahrain (BHR) | 62 | 35 | 28 | 125 |
| 8 | Sudan (SUD) | 39 | 38 | 26 | 103 |
| 9 | Syria (SYR) | 38 | 70 | 88 | 196 |
| 10 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 32 | 37 | 42 | 111 |
| 11 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 17 | 22 | 41 | 80 |
| 12 |  Jordan (JOR) | 8 | 11 | 24 | 43 |
| 13 |  Oman (OMN) | 6 | 11 | 23 | 40 |
| 14 |  Lebanon (LIB) | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 15 |  Djibouti (DJI) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 16 |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 17 |  Libya (LBY) | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 18 | Palestine (PLE) | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 19 |  Yemen (YEM) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Totals (19 entries) | 814 | 811 | 797 | 2422 | |
Key: Defunct event
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Championships | Place | Ref | |||||||||||||
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| 100 m | 11.66 | Bashira Nasser | Bahrain | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | ||||||||||||||
| 200 m | 23.21 | Edwilge Ova Naim | Bahrain | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | ||||||||||||||
| 400 m | 53.42 | Zenab Moussa Ali Mahamat |  Brunei | 23 May 2022 | 2022 Championships | Radès, Tunisia | [14] | |||||||||||||
| 800 m | 2:08.51 | Alawia Maki | Sudan | May 2010 | 2010 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| 1500 m | 4:16.24 | Dalila Abdelkader | Bahrain | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | ||||||||||||||
| 3000 m | 9:14.07 | Tejitu Daba | Bahrain | May 2010 | 2010 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| 5000 m | 16:36.69 | Karima Saleh Jassem | Bahrain | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | ||||||||||||||
| 10000 m | 37:46.76 | Fatiha Killech | Morocco | 1994 | 1994 Championships | Tunis, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||
| 100 m hurdles | 14.02 | Nour Nadi | Morocco | 20 April 2018 | 2018 Championships | Amman, Jordan | ||||||||||||||
| 400 m hurdles | 58.25 | Aminat Yusuf Jamal | Bahrain | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | ||||||||||||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:55.38 | Ruth Jebet | Bahrain | April 2014 | 2014 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| High jump | 1.76 m | Basant Musaad Mohammad | Egypt | May 2010 | 2010 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| Pole vault | 3.60 m | Nour Slimane | Egypt | April 2018 | 2018 Championships | Amman, Jordan | ||||||||||||||
| Long jump | 6.00 m | Rima Ferid Mohamed Taha | Jordan | 1 November 2006 | 2006 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| Triple jump | 13.84 m | Baya Rahouli | Algeria | 1996 | 1996 Championships | Latakia, Syria | ||||||||||||||
| Shot put | 14.74 m | Hebat-Allah Mustafa Mohamed | Egypt | April 2014 | 2014 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| Discus throw | 51.58 | Ritaj Salem Essayah | Libya | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | ||||||||||||||
| Hammer throw | 59.46 | Esraa Mohamed Mustfa | Egypt | April 2014 | 2014 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| Javelin throw | 48.54 m | Shirine Chaabene | Egypt | 20 April 2018 | 2018 Championships | Amman, Jordan | ||||||||||||||
| Heptathlon | 4742 pts h NWI | Noura Ennadi | Morocco | 19–20 April 2018 | 2018 Championships | Amman, Jordan | ||||||||||||||
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| 5000 m walk (track) | 24:33.27 | Olfa Hamdi | Tunisia | June 2008 | 2008 Championships | Radès, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||
| 10000 m walk (track) | 50:50.80 | Oumayma Hsouna | Tunisia | 23 May 2022 | 2022 Championships | Radès, Tunisia | [15] | |||||||||||||
| 10 km (road) | 47:30.28 | Chahinez Al Nasri | Tunisia | May 2012 | 2012 Championships | Amman, Jordan | ||||||||||||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 46.60 | Bahrain | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | |||||||||||||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:44.84 | Sudan | 2004 | 2004 Championships | Damascus, Syria | |||||||||||||||
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