Medal summary
Men
Men's competition played between 10 and 12 September 1997 in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (wind: +2.7 m/s) |  Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib (QAT) | 10.22 | Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari (QAT) | 10.27 |  Mohamed Hiba Saif (KSA) | 10.38 |
| 200 metres |  Mohamed Al-Houti (OMN) | 20.81 | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) | 20.86 |  Malik Louahla (ALG) | 20.91 |
| 400 metres | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) | 45.44 | Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA) | 46.51 | Sami Suleiman Srour (QAT) | 47.77 |
| 800 metres |  Mohammed Yagoub (SUD) | 1:51.07 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG) | 1:51.24 | Othman Mohamed Othman (KSA) | 1:52.02 |
| 1500 metres | Mohammed Yagoub (SUD) | 3:44.18 | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 3:47.83 | Ahmed Karama (ALG) | 3:48.10 |
| 5000 metres | Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani (KSA) | 14:25.08 | Jamal Abdi Hassan (QAT) | 14:43.04 | Kamal Kohil (ALG) | 14:47.08 |
| 10,000 metres | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) | 30:41.02 | Kamal Kohil (ALG) | 30:43.86 | Abdallah Youssef (QAT) | 31:37.57 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Saad Al-Asmari (KSA) | 8:53.08 | Jamal Abdi Hassan (QAT) | 8:56.78 | Laïd Bessou (ALG) | 8:57.90 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Mubarak Khasif (QAT) | 13.87 | Hamad Mubarak Al-Dosari (QAT) | 14.92 |  Bader Abbas (KUW) | 14.25 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) | 49.63 |  Ibrahim El Hefeny (EGY) | 51.06 | Ali Ismaïl Abdelmoneim (QAT) | 51.44 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Qatar (QAT) | 39.94 | Algeria (ALG) | 40.26 | Oman (OMN) | 40.86 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Qatar (QAT) | 3:09.20 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3:13.79 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:15.87 |
| Half marathon | Abdallah Youssef (QAT) | 1:06:17 | Ahmed Adam Saleh (SUD) | 1:06:19 |  Abidi Saïd (DJI) | 1:07:02 |
| High jump |  Fakhredin Fouad (JOR) | 2.17 m | Abderrahmane Hammad (ALG) | 2.17 m | Majed Sultan El Manaa (KSA) | 2.11 m |
| Pole vault | Ahmad Abdulkarim (QAT) | 5.05 m | Rafik Mefti (ALG) | 5.05 m | Walid Zayed (QAT) | 4.70 m |
| Long jump | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) | 8.01 m | Hatem Mersal (EGY) | 7.92 m | Salem Al-Ahmedi (KSA) | 7.62 m |
| Triple jump | Salem Al-Ahmedi (KSA) | 17 m | Mohamed Mohamed Adam (KSA) | 16.11 m | Ibrahim Mohamedin (QAT) | 16.03 m |
| Shot put | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) | 19.65 m | Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi (KSA) | 17.56 m | Abdallah Soursour (KUW) | 16.57 m |
| Discus throw | Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi (KSA) | 54.68 m | Abdullah Al-Shammari (KSA) | 52.80 m | Tarek Al-Najjar (JOR) | 51.52 m |
| Hammer throw | Hakim Toumi (ALG) | 71.28 m | Cherif El Hennawi (EGY) | 70.48 m | Naser Abdullah Al-Jarallah (KUW) | 67.84 m |
| Javelin throw |  Firas Al Mahamid (SYR) | 74.74 m | Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) | 74.10 m | Walid Abderrazak Mohamed (EGY) | 71.92 m |
| Decathlon | Hassan Farouk Sayed (EGY) | 6788 pts | Abdul Marzouk (KSA) | 6725 pts | Houssem Abdellatif (EGY) | 6648 pts |
Women
Women's competition played between 25 and 27 June 1998 in Damascus, Syria.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 11.78 |  Awatef Hamrouni (TUN) | 11.93 | Wafa Mubarak (EGY) | 11.95 |
| 200 metres | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 24.1 | Awatef Hamrouni (TUN) | 25.0 | Wafa Mubarak (EGY) | 25.4 |
| 400 metres | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 55.5 | Abir Nakhli (TUN) | 57.2 | Ibtissem Fathy (EGY) | 58.8 |
| 800 metres | Abir Nakhli (TUN) | 2:10.8 | Nadia Hamdy (EGY) | 2:17.6 |  Natalia Farran (LIB) | 2:20.4 |
| 1500 metres | Abir Nakhli (TUN) | 4:48.9 | Natalia Farran (LIB) | 4:56.3 | Nadia Hamdy (EGY) | 5:03.3 |
| 5000 metres | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 17:52.9 | Mahassen Ajaj (SYR) | 19:2.9 | Samah Shaaban (EGY) | 19:53.3 |
| 10,000 metres | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 37:21.1 | Mahassen Ajaj (SYR) | 40:56.5 | Najoua Ibrahim (EGY) | 41:54.2 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Sheryne Khayri (EGY) | 15.0 | Rola Hambersmian (SYR) | 17.31 |  Raouâa Tanta (PLE) | 19.3 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hela Abderrehim (EGY) | 63.5 | Shaïma El-Koumi (EGY) | 65.0 | Samar Danoun (SYR) | 67.3 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Egypt (EGY) | 49.3 | Syria (SYR) | 54.5 | Only two teams competed | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Egypt (EGY) | 3:59.7 | Lebanon (LIB) | 4:07.5 | Syria (SYR) | 4:21.5 |
| Half marathon | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 1:27:1 | Iman Hessine (EGY) | 1:45:5 | Mona Mohamed Mahmoud (EGY) | 1:47:05 |
| 10 km road walk | Nagwa Ibrahim (EGY) | 52:19 | Rabab Ezzine (EGY) | 57:51 | Lamis El Majrissi (SYR) | 1:04:19 |
| High jump | Rim Abdullah (SYR) | 1.55 m | Karin Buchakjian (LIB) | 1.50 m | Sheryne Khayri (EGY) | 1.50 m |
| Long jump | Monia Jelassi (TUN) | 5.74 m | Nashoua Abdelhay (EGY) | 5.41 m | Ghada Ismail Mustapha (EGY) | 5.33 m |
| Triple jump | Monia Jelassi (TUN) | 12.42 m | Ghada Ismail Mustapha (EGY) | 11.50 m | Nashoua Abdelhay (EGY) | 11.11 m |
| Shot put | Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) | 14.78 m | Amel Ben Khaled (TUN) | 14.64 m | Hanaa El Melegi (EGY) | 13.64 m |
| Discus throw | Monia Kari (TUN) | 48.87 m | Hanan Khaled (EGY) | 43.60 m | Walae Ibrahim (EGY) | 15.12 m |
| Javelin throw | Muna El Morsi (EGY) | 39.49 m | Saoud Al-Hariss (LIB) | 39.16 m | Salam Saïd (SYR) | 38.00 m |
| Heptathlon [nb] | Saoud Al-Hariss (LIB) | 4306 | Rania Abdelaziz (EGY) | 3977 pts | Haniya El-Gameel (EGY) | 3890 pts |
- nb Only two women finished all events in the heptathlon.
