1981 Arab Athletics Championships

Last updated
3rd Arab Athletics Championships
Dates21–24 August
Host city Tunis, Tunisia
Events39

The 1981 Arab Athletics Championships was the third edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Tunis, Tunisia from 21 to 24 August. It was the first occasion that the tournament was hosted in Africa. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women. The men's 20 kilometres walk was held for the first time – being the first Arab walking championship race since the 1965 Pan Arab Games. The women's programme, following its debut in 1979 with ten events, was greatly expanded. Relays, hurdles, heptathlon and distance events were all opened up to women athletes. [1] [2]

Contents

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Omar Ghizlat  (MAR)10.59Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Rashid Al Jirbi  (UAE)10.62Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed El Guinzi  (MAR)10.74
200 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Hassan El Kashief  (SUD)21.44Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Rashid Al Jirbi  (UAE)21.66Flag of Iraq.svg  Hassen Ali Lafta  (IRQ)21.89
400 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Hassan El Kashief  (SUD)45.35Flag of Algeria.svg  Amar Brahmia  (ALG)46.91Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Khalil Ibrahim Salem  (UAE)47.49
800 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Omer Khalifa  (SUD)1:48.44Flag of Algeria.svg  Amar Brahmia  (ALG)1:48.97Flag of Morocco.svg  Faouzi Lahbi  (MAR)1:49.25
1500 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Omer Khalifa  (SUD)3:39.88Flag of Algeria.svg  Mehdi Aidet  (ALG)3:40.02Flag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Aouita  (MAR)3:59.28
5000 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Rachid Habchaoui  (ALG)13:54.47Flag of Algeria.svg  Hassen Babassi  (ALG)13:56.41Flag of Tunisia.svg  Féthi Baccouche  (TUN)13:57.70
10,000 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Rachid Habchaoui  (ALG)28:56.8Flag of Sudan.svg  Ahmed Musa Jouda  (SUD)28:59.0Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelmajid Mada  (ALG)29:31.9
110 metres hurdlesFlag of Algeria.svg  Riad Benhaddad  (ALG)14.45Flag of Morocco.svg  Ahmed Chiboub  (MAR)14.50Flag of Iraq.svg  Hassen Ali Hassen  (IRQ)14.62
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Bahrain.svg  Ahmed Hamada Jassim  (BHR)51.83Flag of Kuwait.svg  Jassem El Yakout  (KUW)52.09Flag of Morocco.svg  Ahmed Chiboub  (MAR)52.52
3000 metres steeplechaseFlag of Algeria.svg  Lahcene Babaci  (ALG)8:32.32Flag of Tunisia.svg  Féthi Baccouche  (TUN)8:32.34Flag of Algeria.svg  Abderrazak Bounour  (ALG)8:51.27
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)41.30Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq  (IRQ)41.46Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)41.59
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)3:10.62Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)3:12.36Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)3:15.45
MarathonFlag of Qatar.svg  Abderrahman Aedh  (QAT)2:49:13Flag of Tunisia.svg  Houcine Makni  (TUN)2:50:52Flag of Qatar.svg  Ahmed Alawi  (QAT)2:55:56
20 km walkFlag of Algeria.svg  Benamar Kachkouche  (ALG)1:41:32Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelwahab Ferguène  (ALG)1:41:40Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Mohamed El Bouichi Shehoub  (LBA)2:08:06
High jumpFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Habib Ali Raban  (KSA)2.06 mFlag of Iraq.svg  Hedi Kefah  (IRQ)2.00 mFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Ghazi Saleh Marzouk  (KSA)2.00 m
Pole vaultFlag of Algeria.svg  Mohamed Bensaad  (ALG)4.60 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Abdelatif Chekir  (TUN)4.50 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Djamel Bouzerar  (ALG)4.30 m
Long jumpFlag of Iraq.svg  Nassir Hassan  (IRQ)7.25 mFlag of Iraq.svg  Mehdi Khadum  (IRQ)7.20 mFlag of Kuwait.svg  Aissa Abbes  (KUW)6.94 m
Triple jumpFlag of Iraq.svg  Nasir Hussein Jassim  (IRQ)15.61 mFlag of Iraq.svg  Mehdi Khadum  (IRQ)15.55 m
Shot putFlag of Kuwait.svg  Mohammed Al-Zinkawi  (KUW)17.25 mFlag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Fatihi  (MAR)16.52 mFlag of Iraq.svg  Shokr Mahmoud  (IRQ)16.41 m
Discus throwFlag of Tunisia.svg  Abderrazak Ben Hassine  (TUN)51.46 mFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Adnan Houry  (SYR)49.08 mFlag of Iraq.svg  Shawki Hajji  (IRQ)47.40 m
Hammer throwFlag of Algeria.svg  Hakim Toumi  (ALG)52.43 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Abdellah Boubekeur  (ALG)45.44 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Youssef Ben Abid  (TUN)52.43 m
Javelin throwFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tarek Chaabani  (TUN)71.50 mFlag of Iraq.svg  Hany Abd Walid  (IRQ)71.46 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Ali Memmi  (TUN)66.66 m
DecathlonFlag of Algeria.svg  Ahmed Mahour Bacha  (ALG)7495 ptsFlag of Algeria.svg  Mohamed Bensaad  (ALG)7366 ptsFlag of Tunisia.svg  Abdessatar Mouelhi  (TUN)6882 pts

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Nawal El Moutawakel  (MAR)11.86Flag of Morocco.svg  Lamia Benkhraba  (MAR)12.27Flag of Iraq.svg  Anouar Abdelmohsen  (IRQ)12.70
200 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Nawal El Moutawakel  (MAR)24.30Flag of Morocco.svg  Lamia Benkhraba  (MAR)25.26Flag of Iraq.svg  Anouar Abdelmohsen  (IRQ)25.90
400 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Dalila Baouche  (ALG)59.12Flag of Tunisia.svg  Sarra Touibi  (TUN)59.32Flag of Tunisia.svg  Samira Letaief  (TUN)1:01.11
800 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Leïla M'Hamdi  (MAR)2:10.80Flag of Tunisia.svg  Rachida Oueslati  (TUN)2:11.27Flag of Tunisia.svg  Halima Hidri  (TUN)2:13.80
1500 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Hassania Darami  (MAR)4:26.95Flag of Tunisia.svg  Rachida Oueslati  (TUN)4:32.71Flag of Algeria.svg  Dalila Méhira  (ALG)4:33.54
3000 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Hassania Darami  (MAR)9:33.71Flag of Tunisia.svg  Latifa Dérouiche  (TUN)10:04.22Flag of Algeria.svg  Dalila Méhira  (ALG)10:09.72
100 metres hurdlesFlag of Morocco.svg  Chérifa Meskaoui  (MAR)15.07Flag of Tunisia.svg  Zahra Azaiez  (TUN)16.08Flag of Tunisia.svg  Kawther Akrémi  (TUN)16.41
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Tunisia.svg  Basma Gharbi  (TUN)1:04.95Flag of Tunisia.svg  Sihem Abbès  (TUN)1:06.39Only two finishers
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)47.89Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)49.81Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)56.54
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)3:51.28Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)3:55.83Only two finishers [nb]
High jumpFlag of Tunisia.svg  Kawther Akrémi  (TUN)1.74 mFlag of Morocco.svg  Habiba Mosleh  (MAR)1.66 mFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Raya Tatunji  (SYR)1.63 m
Long jumpFlag of Algeria.svg  Dalila Tayebi  (ALG)5.82 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Zahra Azaiez  (TUN)5.75 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Basma Gharbi  (TUN)5.37 m
Shot putFlag of Morocco.svg  Chérifa Meskaoui  (MAR)12.21 mFlag of Morocco.svg  Souad Malloussi  (MAR)12.11 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Fatiha Larab  (ALG)11.57 m
Discus throwFlag of Morocco.svg  Zoubida Laayouni  (MAR)49.88 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Fathia Jerbi  (TUN)47.70 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Djamila Aït Dib  (ALG)44.42 m
Javelin throwFlag of Morocco.svg  Fatiha Belamghar  (MAR)47.18 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Nouria Kédideh  (ALG)44.02 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Samia Djémaa  (ALG)42.88 m
HeptathlonFlag of Algeria.svg  Dalila Tayebi  (ALG)5128 ptsFlag of Morocco.svg  Chérifa Meskaoui  (MAR)5125 ptsFlag of Tunisia.svg  Zahra Azaiez  (TUN)4675 pts

Medal table

Overall

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)129425
2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)128828
3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)4131027
4Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)4105
5Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq  (IRQ)25512
6Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)2013
7Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)1124
8Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)1023
9Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)1012
10Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates  (UAE)0213
11Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)0011
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya  (LBA)0011
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria  (SYR)0011
14Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LIB)0000
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine  (PLE)0000
Flag of South Yemen.svg  South Yemen  (YMD)0000
Totals (16 entries)393937115

Men

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)97319
2Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)4105
3Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq  (IRQ)25310
4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)23510
5Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)2013
6Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)1449
7Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)1124
8Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)1023
9Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)1012
10Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates  (UAE)0213
11Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya  (LBA)0011
12Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)0000
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LIB)0000
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine  (PLE)0000
Flag of South Yemen.svg  South Yemen  (YMD)0000
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria  (SYR)0000
Totals (16 entries)23232369

Women

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)115016
2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)3159
3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)210517
4Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq  (IRQ)0022
5Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)0011
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria  (SYR)0011
7Flag of South Yemen.svg  South Yemen  (YMD)0000
Totals (7 entries)16161446

References

  1. Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-14.
  2. Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-18.
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