1994 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

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Host city Tunis, Tunisia
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The 1994 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Tunis, Tunisia. Qatar, after a good performance in 1992, did not send a team to the competition. A total of 42 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 19 for women. [1]

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The women's 10,000 metres was restored to the programme after a break in 1992. A women's triple jump was contested for the first time. The men's 20 km road race made its third and final appearance at the championships, as junior road events were largely dropped from international competitions. The men's hurdles finals were only recorded to the tenth of a second due to technical limitations. Wind affected parts of the competition, particularly the 200 metres races and the horizontal jumps. [1]

In line with increased participation, the standard of performers at this event improved. Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily won a men's hurdles double for Saudi Arabia and won multiple Asian titles as a senior. [2] Ali Hakimi defended his 1500 metres title and added the 800 metres crown; he was an Olympic finalist two years later. [3] Younès Moudrik took the men's long jump title – an event he would win twice at the African Championships in Athletics. [4] Seventeen-year-old Abderrahmane Hammad was runner-up in the high jump but later became the first Arab to win a medal in the high jump at the Olympics. [5]

On the women's side, Fatma Lanouar won the 800 metres in Tunis and was a two-time Mediterranean Games champion as a senior. [6] The runner-up in that event, 16-year-old Hasna Benhassi of Morocco, had even greater success in her career, which included two Olympic and two World Championships medals. [7] Future African champion Aïda Sellam of Tunisia won the javelin throw and a shot put bronze medal on home turf. The winner of the women's walk, Nagwa Ibrahim Ali, would become a prominent athlete in her discipline regionally, with three African titles to her name. [1] [4]

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Yacine Djellil  (ALG)10.88Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Masoud Salem  (KSA)11.10Flag of Tunisia.svg  Wisam Bouaïcha  (TUN)11.13
200 metres
(wind: +2.8 m/s)		Flag of Algeria.svg  Yacine Djellil  (ALG)21.33wFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Al-Beshi  (KSA)21.58wFlag of Kuwait.svg  Talal Jataili  (KUW)22.15w
400 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Adem Hecini  (ALG)47.22Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Al-Beshi  (KSA)47.44Flag of Kuwait.svg  Machaal Harbi  (KUW)48.80
800 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Ali Hakimi  (TUN)1:52.4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Lamine Alaoui  (TUN)1:54.2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Faraj Al-Shahrani  (KSA)1:55.0
1500 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Ali Hakimi  (TUN)4:06.16Flag of Morocco.svg  Yarba Lakhal  (MAR)4:08.14Flag of Tunisia.svg  Rachid Amor  (TUN)4:08.33
5000 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Salah El Ghazi  (MAR)14:14.21Flag of Tunisia.svg  Mehdi Khelifi  (TUN)14:16.96Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohammed Amyn  (MAR)14:17.73
10,000 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Salah El Ghazi  (MAR)30:15.0 CRFlag of Morocco.svg  Abdellah Maarouf  (MAR)30:23.2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Mehdi Khelifi  (TUN)30:30.1
110 m hurdlesFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily  (KSA)14.1 =CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Samir Bouabcha  (ALG)14.8Flag of Kuwait.svg  Nasser Abdulrazak  (KUW)15.0
400 m hurdlesFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily  (KSA)51.3 CRFlag of Morocco.svg  Hassan Kirmasi  (MAR)53.8Flag of Morocco.svg  Alawi El Kacimi  (MAR)54.5
3000 metres steeplechaseFlag of Morocco.svg  Yarba Lakhal  (MAR)8:43.08 CRFlag of Tunisia.svg  Hédi Khalfallah  (TUN)8:57.67Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hussain Ali Al-Asmari  (KSA)9:07.99
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)41.27 CRFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)41.45Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)42.70
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)3:12.6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)3:16.6Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)3:20.8
20 km road raceFlag of Morocco.svg  Abdellah Maarouf  (MAR)1:05:18Flag of Morocco.svg  Aziz Darwish  (MAR)1:05:25Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Al-Okadi  (KSA)1:06:17
10,000 m walkFlag of Algeria.svg  Lounès Méhadi  (ALG)45:18.90 CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Younès Aouanouk  (ALG)48:31.91Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hatab Latifi  (TUN)49:39.70
High jumpFlag of Egypt.svg  Hassan Darwish Mahmoud  (EGY)2.10 m =CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Abderrahmane Hammad  (ALG)2.07 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Ramzi Chebaane  (TUN)2.01 m
Pole vaultFlag of Morocco.svg  Khalid Lachheb  (MAR)5.05 m CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Rafik Mefti  (ALG)4.65 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Mohamed Benyahia  (ALG)4.20 m
Long jumpFlag of Morocco.svg  Younès Moudrik  (MAR)7.55 m CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Nabil Adamou  (ALG)7.44 m wFlag of Algeria.svg  Djamel Smichet  (ALG)7.34 m w
Triple jumpFlag of Algeria.svg  Djamel Smichet  (ALG)15.48 mFlag of Kuwait.svg  Khalid Al-Farhan  (KUW)15.19 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Nabil Adamou  (ALG)15.03 m
Shot putFlag of Egypt.svg  Walid Jamal Mustafa  (EGY)15.47 mFlag of Kuwait.svg  Mohammed Tahnoun  (KUW)14.19 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Hisham Mohamed El Ashmawi  (EGY)13.89 m
Discus throwFlag of Egypt.svg  Walid Jamal Mustafa  (EGY)46.74 m CRFlag of Egypt.svg  Hisham Mohamed El Ashmawi  (EGY)45.74 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Abderrazak Yahiaoui  (ALG)42.82 m
Hammer throwFlag of Tunisia.svg  Mohamed Karim Horchani  (TUN)62.10 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Zaki Bounab  (ALG)54.96 mFlag of Kuwait.svg  Adel Maatouk  (KUW)51.92 m
Javelin throwFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani  (KSA)69.32 mFlag of Syria.svg  Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed  (SYR)62.96 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Chemseddine Belhadj Amor  (TUN)62.88 m
DecathlonFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Abdul Marzouk Al-Shahrani  (KSA)6710 pts CRFlag of Syria.svg  Ali Dahan  (SYR)6397 ptsFlag of Algeria.svg  Mohamed Halima Mansour  (ALG)6166 pts

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Saliha Hammadi  (ALG)12.08 CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Ahlem Allali  (ALG)12.62Flag of Tunisia.svg  Sihem Fellah  (TUN)12.77
200 metres
(wind: +3.2 m/s)		Flag of Morocco.svg  Amina Belkrouchi  (MAR)24.76wFlag of Algeria.svg  Ahlem Allali  (ALG)25.04wFlag of Tunisia.svg  Sihem Fellah  (TUN)25.32w
400 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Amina Belkrouchi  (MAR)57.45Flag of Algeria.svg  Nahida Touhami  (ALG)58.54Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hanène Bakr  (TUN)59.38
800 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Fatma Lanouar  (TUN)2:13.97Flag of Morocco.svg  Hasna Benhassi  (MAR)2:14.67Flag of Algeria.svg  Kheïra Arfa  (ALG)2:15.44
1500 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Hanène Abassi  (TUN)4:38.46Flag of Morocco.svg  Sabah Safou  (MAR)4:39.65Flag of Tunisia.svg  Fatma Lanouar  (TUN)4:39.76
3000 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Sabah Safou  (MAR)10:00.83Flag of Morocco.svg  Hind Chahid  (MAR)10:07.48Flag of Tunisia.svg  Rim Dabou  (TUN)10:11.27
10,000 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Fatiha Killech  (MAR)37:46.76 CRFlag of Tunisia.svg  Soulef Bouguerra  (TUN)39:16.56Flag of Tunisia.svg  Samah Wamas  (TUN)41:11.21
100 m hurdlesFlag of Tunisia.svg  Sana Drid  (TUN)15.30Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hella Ezzaier  (TUN)15.38Flag of Algeria.svg  Leïla Bougerra  (ALG)16.12
400 m hurdlesFlag of Morocco.svg  Amina Belkrouchi  (MAR)60.88Flag of Egypt.svg  Amani Abderrahim Belal  (EGY)65.88Flag of Algeria.svg  Naïma Khafak  (ALG)65.99
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)48.75Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)49.32Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)51.71
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)4:00.20Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)4:02.39Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)4:10.59
5000 m walkFlag of Egypt.svg  Nagwa Ibrahim Ali  (EGY)25:54.76 CRFlag of Morocco.svg  Nadia El Aouni  (MAR)27:18.01Flag of Tunisia.svg  Sonia Farjaoui  (TUN)28:23.98
High jumpFlag of Tunisia.svg  Rym Selma Achour  (TUN)1.66 m CRFlag of Tunisia.svg  Souheir Ben Romdhane  (TUN)1.60 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Souad Bouchabka  (ALG)1.55 m
Long jumpFlag of Tunisia.svg  Sana Drid  (TUN)5.56 m wFlag of Tunisia.svg  Mouna Hammami  (TUN)5.53 m wFlag of Egypt.svg  Rania Abdel Aziz Ahmed  (EGY)4.83 m w
Triple jumpFlag of Tunisia.svg  Mouna Hammami  (TUN)11.71 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Hella Ezzaier  (TUN)11.55 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Souad Chouikha  (ALG)10.97 m
Shot putFlag of Egypt.svg  Iman Hassan Mahrous  (EGY)12.58 m CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Malika Hammou  (ALG)11.79 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Aïda Sellam  (TUN)11.36 m
Discus throwFlag of Tunisia.svg  Nasrine Dahman  (TUN)39.14 mFlag of Morocco.svg  Saadia Amloud  (MAR)38.20 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Malika Hammou  (ALG)35.52 m
Javelin throwFlag of Tunisia.svg  Aïda Sellam  (TUN)44.92 m CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Malika Hammou  (ALG)41.60 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Nahed Ben Saïd  (TUN)36.12 m
HeptathlonFlag of Tunisia.svg  Sana Drid  (TUN)4406 pts CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Hamida Rahouli  (ALG)4388 ptsFlag of Algeria.svg  Saïda Ahmani  (ALG)3997 pts

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)1391537
2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)119424
3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)8141234
4Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)54312
5Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)52411
6Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)0246
7Flag of Syria.svg  Syria  (SYR)0202
Totals (7 entries)424242126

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