1996 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

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7th Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Host city Latakia, Syria
Events41

The 1996 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the seventh edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Latakia, Syria. A total of 41 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 19 for women. Morocco, a regional power in the sport, did not send a team to the meeting. [1]

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The road race competition was dropped from the programme, matching the change at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics and a general move away from road running events for junior athletes. A women's 5000 metres replaced the 3000 metres, but this was a short-lived change as the 3000 m was brought back the following edition. This was the last time the women's 10,000 metres was held (the 5000 m taking its place at future editions (a change also reflected at the world junior level). [1]

Algeria topped the medal table with twelve gold medals, closely followed by Tunisia with ten golds. Saudi Arabia managed seven gold medals despite not participating in the women's section. Sudan won its first titles at the competition, courtesy of Mohammed Yagoub's middle-distance double. [1]

In the men's section, Algeria provided the most prominent athletes. Abderrahmane Hammad improved one place from the last edition to win the high jump – an event he won an Olympic medal in four years later. [2] Two others here would medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics: 800 metres bronze medallist Djabir Saïd-Guerni and 1500 metres runner-up Ali Saïdi-Sief. Two Saudi Arabian medallists later became successful seniors: Mukhlid Al-Otaibi (5000 m runner-up here) did a long-distance double at the 2002 Asian Games; 15-year-old Hamdan Al-Bishi won a 200 m bronze in Latakia and won numerous medals at Asian level. [3] Tunisia's Sofiane Labidi won a 200 m/400 m double and later won African and Arab medals as a senior. [4] Jean-Claude Rabbath, runner-up in the high jump, was Lebanon's first ever medallist at the tournament. [1]

In the women's section Algeria's Baya Rahouli was dominant: she won the 100 metres, long jump and triple jump titles, and a shot put bronze. This versatility continued at the 1997 Pan Arab Games, where she was a quadruple gold medallist. [5] Double sprint medallist Nahida Touhami would also become a senior champion at the Arab Games. Fatma Lanouar was a double medallist in middle-distance and was a two-time Mediterranean Games champion later in her career. [6]

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Hiba Seif  (KSA)10.84Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Khalifa Sake  (KSA)10.97Flag of Egypt.svg  Khaldoun Raghib  (EGY)11.13
200 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Sofiane Labidi  (TUN)21.68Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Khalil Falata  (KSA)21.79Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Hiba Seif  (KSA)22.05
400 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Sofiane Labidi  (TUN)46.77 CRFlag of Kuwait.svg  Khalid Atiq Al-Johar  (KUW)47.59Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hamdan Al-Bishi  (KSA)47.74
800 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Mohammed Yagoub  (SUD)1:47.44 CRFlag of Tunisia.svg  Rachid Amor  (TUN)1:49.1Flag of Algeria.svg  Djabir Saïd-Guerni  (ALG)1:50.2
1500 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Mohammed Yagoub  (SUD)3:40.5 CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Ali Saïdi-Sief  (ALG)3:42.8Flag of Algeria.svg  Youcef Abdi  (ALG)3:44.6
5000 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Miloud Abaoub  (ALG)14:08.4 CRFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mukhlid Al-Otaibi  (KSA)14:37.3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Issam El Hamani  (TUN)14:47.2
10,000 metresFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Abdullah Al-Qahtani  (KSA)31:51.6Flag of Tunisia.svg  Walib Naceur El Chouchi  (TUN)31:55.7Flag of Jordan.svg  Ali Adwan  (JOR)32:13.9
110 m hurdlesFlag of Egypt.svg  Nader Hosni Saad  (EGY)14.86Flag of Kuwait.svg  Hussain Al-Yoha  (KUW)15.22Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Ghiyas Abou Hamed  (SYR)15.34
400 m hurdlesFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saleh Ahmed Al-Seaidan  (KSA)51.59Flag of Egypt.svg  Noureddin Noumi Bakri  (EGY)51.86Flag of Kuwait.svg  Badr Abdulrahman Aman  (KUW)52.63
3000 metres steeplechaseFlag of Algeria.svg  Rachid Baghdadi  (ALG)8:59.64Flag of Tunisia.svg  Issam El Hamani  (TUN)9:04.38Flag of Algeria.svg  Adamo Othmane  (ALG)9:12.48
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)41.31Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)41.7Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)42.0
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)3:12.7Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)3:13.1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)3:15.2
10,000 m walkFlag of Algeria.svg  Merzak Abbès  (ALG)48:24.0Flag of Algeria.svg  Arezki Yahiaoui  (ALG)48:44.4Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Khalid Aboud  (SYR)49:34.8
High jumpFlag of Algeria.svg  Abderrahmane Hammad  (ALG)2.11 m CRFlag of Lebanon.svg  Jean-Claude Rabbath  (LIB)2.05 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Nazim Bouabès  (ALG)2.05 m
Pole vaultFlag of Tunisia.svg  Mohamed Bédoui  (TUN)4.80 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Mohamed Benyahia  (ALG)4.75 mFlag of Kuwait.svg  Khetam Al-Hajiri  (KUW)4.60 m
Long jumpFlag of Algeria.svg  Walid Karim  (ALG)7.03 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Akram Bensmira  (ALG)6.90 mFlag of Kuwait.svg  Abdu Faraj  (KUW)6.80 m
Triple jumpFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Adam Mohammed  (KSA)15.80 m CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Karim Ould Ahmed  (ALG)15.44 mFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Fayez Al-Khairat  (SYR)15.25 m
Shot putFlag of Kuwait.svg  Nasser Saeed Al-Tahnoun  (KUW)15.80 m CRFlag of Kuwait.svg  Abdullah Ibel  (KUW)15.60 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Yahia Rashid  (EGY)15.38 m
Discus throwFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Abdullah Al-Shoumari  (KSA)49.90 m CRFlag of Egypt.svg  Tarek Abderrahman Mahmoud  (EGY)48.44 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tarek Yazidi  (TUN)48.30 m
Hammer throwFlag of Egypt.svg  Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim  (EGY)58.38 mFlag of Kuwait.svg  Adel Faraj  (KUW)58.10 mFlag of Kuwait.svg  Anwar Falah  (KUW)55.16 m
Javelin throwFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani  (KSA)64.38 mFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed  (SYR)62.26 mFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Mansour  (KSA)55.92 m
DecathlonFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Mohammed Al-Dahan  (SYR)6679 ptsFlag of Algeria.svg  Mohamed Benyahia  (ALG)6480 ptsFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Akram Mubarak  (KSA)6110 pts

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Baya Rahouli  (ALG)12.25Flag of Algeria.svg  Ahlem Allali  (ALG)12.28Flag of Tunisia.svg  Awatef Hamrouni  (TUN)12.83
200 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Ahlem Allali  (ALG)25.31Flag of Algeria.svg  Nahida Touhami  (ALG)25.74Flag of Tunisia.svg  Awatef Hamrouni  (TUN)25.97
400 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Nahida Touhami  (ALG)57.20Flag of Algeria.svg  Lynda Kabous  (ALG)57.85Flag of Tunisia.svg  Nabila Jami  (TUN)58.24
800 metresFlag of Algeria.svg  Khadija Touati  (ALG)2:12.49Flag of Tunisia.svg  Fatma Lanouar  (TUN)2:15.08Flag of Tunisia.svg  Noura Makni  (TUN)2:16.15
1500 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Fatma Lanouar  (TUN)4:29.22 CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Khadija Touati  (ALG)4:30.48Flag of Tunisia.svg  Noura Makni  (TUN)4:31.39
5000 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Soulef Bouguerra  (TUN)17:35.3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Linda Rabhi  (TUN)17:44.2Flag of Algeria.svg  Fouzia Zoutat  (ALG)17:44.8
10,000 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Soulef Bouguerra  (TUN)40:58.40Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Zeinab Bakour  (SYR)41:04.42Flag of Jordan.svg  Amal Al-Matari  (JOR)41:12.26
100 m hurdlesFlag of Algeria.svg  Ahlem Allali  (ALG)14.55 CRFlag of Egypt.svg  Rania Abdel Aziz Ahmed  (EGY)14.61Flag of Tunisia.svg  Ghufran Zewanah  (TUN)17.23
400 m hurdlesFlag of Tunisia.svg  Nabila Jami  (TUN)63.44Flag of Egypt.svg  Rania Abdel Aziz Ahmed  (EGY)64.52Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Samar Danoum  (SYR)66.68
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)47.46 CRFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)48.79Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria  (SYR)52.61
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)3:54.1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)3:56.9Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria  (SYR)4:12.2
5000 m walkFlag of Egypt.svg  Hiba El Hussein  (EGY)30:30.3Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Fayhaa Suleiman  (SYR)31:15.6Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Iman Obeid  (SYR)31:40.2
High jumpFlag of Tunisia.svg  Hanène Khalil  (TUN)1.61 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Hamida Benhocine  (ALG)1.55 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Hanène Dhouibi  (TUN)1.55 m
Long jumpFlag of Algeria.svg  Baya Rahouli  (ALG)5.82 m CRFlag of Algeria.svg  Hamida Benhocine  (ALG)5.15 mFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Maha Al-Mohammed  (SYR)5.04 m
Triple jumpFlag of Algeria.svg  Baya Rahouli  (ALG)13.84 m CRFlag of Tunisia.svg  Ilhem Ben Salah  (TUN)11.70 mFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Maha Al-Mohammed  (SYR)10.92 m
Shot putFlag of Egypt.svg  Amira Naji Semlawi  (EGY)12.44 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Wala Khalil Ibrahim  (EGY)11.44 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Baya Rahouli  (ALG)11.12 m
Discus throwFlag of Tunisia.svg  Nasrine Dahman  (TUN)40.20 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Wala Khalil Ibrahim  (EGY)35.86 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Amira Naji Semlawi  (EGY)35.52 m
Javelin throwFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Rola Hambersmian  (SYR)37.00 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Rania Hafez  (EGY)34.94 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Nasrine Dahman  (TUN)33.86 m
HeptathlonFlag of Tunisia.svg  Hanène Dhouibi  (TUN)4151 ptsFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Rola Hambersmian  (SYR)3970 ptsFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Mai Mohammed  (SYR)2780 pts

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)1412733
2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)1091029
3Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)73515
4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)47314
5Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)25411
6Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria  (SYR)241016
7Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)2002
8Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LIB)0101
9Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)0022
Totals (9 entries)414141123

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  2. Athletics Men's High Jump Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  3. Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  4. African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  5. Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  6. Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.