1997–98 Arab Athletics Championships

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10th Arab Athletics Championships
Dates10–12 September 1997 and 25–27 June 1998
Host city Ta'if, Saudi Arabia and Damascus, Syria
Events42

The 1997 Arab Athletics Championships was the tenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. The tournament occurred in two parts in two different years, with the sexes competing in different locations for the first and so far only time. A total of 42 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 20 for women.

Contents

The scheduled 1997 championships was held from 10 to 12 September in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia and featured only men's events. Regional powers Morocco and Tunisia were absent from this meeting. The men's marathon and racewalking events were dropped from the programme, with the half marathon remaining as the only road event. [1]

A corresponding women's tournament was belatedly staged between 25 and 27 June 1998 in Damascus, Syria. Only five nations participated in the women's events: Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres (wind: +2.7 m/s)Flag of Qatar.svg  Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib  (QAT)10.22Flag of Qatar.svg  Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari  (QAT)10.27Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohamed Hiba Saif  (KSA)10.38
200 metresFlag of Oman.svg  Mohamed Al-Houti  (OMN)20.81Flag of Qatar.svg  Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  (QAT)20.86Flag of Algeria.svg  Malik Louahla  (ALG)20.91
400 metresFlag of Qatar.svg  Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  (QAT)45.44Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hamdan Al-Bishi  (KSA)46.51Flag of Qatar.svg  Sami Suleiman Srour  (QAT)47.77
800 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Mohammed Yagoub  (SUD)1:51.07Flag of Algeria.svg  Djabir Saïd-Guerni  (ALG)1:51.24Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Othman Mohamed Othman  (KSA)1:52.02
1500 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Mohammed Yagoub  (SUD)3:44.18Flag of Qatar.svg  Mohamed Suleiman  (QAT)3:47.83Flag of Algeria.svg  Ahmed Karama  (ALG)3:48.10
5000 metresFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani  (KSA)14:25.08Flag of Qatar.svg Jamal Abdi Hassan (QAT)14:43.04Flag of Algeria.svg  Kamal Kohil  (ALG)14:47.08
10,000 metresFlag of Qatar.svg  Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama  (QAT)30:41.02Flag of Algeria.svg  Kamal Kohil  (ALG)30:43.86Flag of Qatar.svg  Abdallah Youssef  (QAT)31:37.57
3000 metres steeplechaseFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saad Al-Asmari  (KSA)8:53.08Flag of Qatar.svg Jamal Abdi Hassan (QAT)8:56.78Flag of Algeria.svg  Laïd Bessou  (ALG)8:57.90
110 metres hurdlesFlag of Qatar.svg  Mubarak Khasif  (QAT)13.87Flag of Qatar.svg  Hamad Mubarak Al-Dosari  (QAT)14.92Flag of Kuwait.svg  Bader Abbas  (KUW)14.25
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Qatar.svg  Mubarak Al-Nubi  (QAT)49.63Flag of Egypt.svg  Ibrahim El Hefeny  (EGY)51.06Flag of Qatar.svg  Ali Ismaïl Abdelmoneim  (QAT)51.44
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)39.94Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)40.26Flag of Oman.svg  Oman  (OMN)40.86
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)3:09.20Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)3:13.79Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)3:15.87
Half marathonFlag of Qatar.svg  Abdallah Youssef  (QAT)1:06:17Flag of Sudan.svg  Ahmed Adam Saleh  (SUD)1:06:19Flag of Djibouti.svg  Abidi Saïd  (DJI)1:07:02
High jumpFlag of Jordan.svg  Fakhredin Fouad  (JOR)2.17 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Abderrahmane Hammad  (ALG)2.17 mFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Majed Sultan El Manaa  (KSA)2.11 m
Pole vaultFlag of Qatar.svg  Ahmad Abdulkarim  (QAT)5.05 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Rafik Mefti  (ALG)5.05 mFlag of Qatar.svg  Walid Zayed  (QAT)4.70 m
Long jumpFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hussein Al-Sabee  (KSA)8.01 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Hatem Mersal  (EGY)7.92 mFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Salem Al-Ahmedi  (KSA)7.62 m
Triple jumpFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Salem Al-Ahmedi  (KSA)17 mFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohamed Mohamed Adam  (KSA)16.11 mFlag of Qatar.svg  Ibrahim Mohamedin  (QAT)16.03 m
Shot putFlag of Qatar.svg  Bilal Saad Mubarak  (QAT)19.65 mFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi  (KSA)17.56 mFlag of Kuwait.svg  Abdallah Soursour  (KUW)16.57 m
Discus throwFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi  (KSA)54.68 mFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Abdullah Al-Shammari  (KSA)52.80 mFlag of Jordan.svg  Tarek Al-Najjar  (JOR)51.52 m
Hammer throwFlag of Algeria.svg  Hakim Toumi  (ALG)71.28 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Cherif El Hennawi  (EGY)70.48 mFlag of Kuwait.svg  Naser Abdullah Al-Jarallah  (KUW)67.84 m
Javelin throwFlag of Syria.svg  Firas Al Mahamid  (SYR)74.74 mFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani  (KSA)74.10 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Walid Abderrazak Mohamed  (EGY)71.92 m
DecathlonFlag of Egypt.svg  Hassan Farouk Sayed  (EGY)6788 ptsFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Abdul Marzouk  (KSA)6725 ptsFlag of Egypt.svg  Houssem Abdellatif  (EGY)6648 pts

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Egypt.svg  Karima Meskin Saad  (EGY)11.78Flag of Tunisia.svg  Awatef Hamrouni  (TUN)11.93Flag of Egypt.svg  Wafa Mubarak  (EGY)11.95
200 metresFlag of Egypt.svg  Karima Meskin Saad  (EGY)24.1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Awatef Hamrouni  (TUN)25.0Flag of Egypt.svg  Wafa Mubarak  (EGY)25.4
400 metresFlag of Egypt.svg  Karima Meskin Saad  (EGY)55.5Flag of Tunisia.svg  Abir Nakhli  (TUN)57.2Flag of Egypt.svg  Ibtissem Fathy  (EGY)58.8
800 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Abir Nakhli  (TUN)2:10.8Flag of Egypt.svg  Nadia Hamdy  (EGY)2:17.6Flag of Lebanon.svg  Natalia Farran  (LIB)2:20.4
1500 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Abir Nakhli  (TUN)4:48.9Flag of Lebanon.svg  Natalia Farran  (LIB)4:56.3Flag of Egypt.svg  Nadia Hamdy  (EGY)5:03.3
5000 metresFlag of Syria.svg  Zainab Bakkour  (SYR)17:52.9Flag of Syria.svg  Mahassen Ajaj  (SYR)19:2.9Flag of Egypt.svg  Samah Shaaban  (EGY)19:53.3
10,000 metresFlag of Syria.svg  Zainab Bakkour  (SYR)37:21.1Flag of Syria.svg  Mahassen Ajaj  (SYR)40:56.5Flag of Egypt.svg  Najoua Ibrahim  (EGY)41:54.2
100 metres hurdlesFlag of Egypt.svg  Sheryne Khayri  (EGY)15.0Flag of Syria.svg  Rola Hambersmian  (SYR)17.31Flag of Palestine.svg  Raouâa Tanta  (PLE)19.3
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Egypt.svg  Hela Abderrehim  (EGY)63.5Flag of Egypt.svg  Shaïma El-Koumi  (EGY)65.0Flag of Syria.svg  Samar Danoun  (SYR)67.3
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)49.3Flag of Syria.svg  Syria  (SYR)54.5Only two teams competed
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)3:59.7Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LIB)4:07.5Flag of Syria.svg  Syria  (SYR)4:21.5
Half marathonFlag of Syria.svg  Zainab Bakkour  (SYR)1:27:1Flag of Egypt.svg  Iman Hessine  (EGY)1:45:5Flag of Egypt.svg  Mona Mohamed Mahmoud  (EGY)1:47:05
10 km road walkFlag of Egypt.svg  Nagwa Ibrahim  (EGY)52:19Flag of Egypt.svg  Rabab Ezzine  (EGY)57:51Flag of Syria.svg  Lamis El Majrissi  (SYR)1:04:19
High jumpFlag of Syria.svg  Rim Abdullah  (SYR)1.55 mFlag of Lebanon.svg  Karin Buchakjian  (LIB)1.50 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Sheryne Khayri  (EGY)1.50 m
Long jumpFlag of Tunisia.svg  Monia Jelassi  (TUN)5.74 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Nashoua Abdelhay  (EGY)5.41 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Ghada Ismail Mustapha  (EGY)5.33 m
Triple jumpFlag of Tunisia.svg  Monia Jelassi  (TUN)12.42 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Ghada Ismail Mustapha  (EGY)11.50 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Nashoua Abdelhay  (EGY)11.11 m
Shot putFlag of Egypt.svg  Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi  (EGY)14.78 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Amel Ben Khaled  (TUN)14.64 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Hanaa El Melegi  (EGY)13.64 m
Discus throwFlag of Tunisia.svg  Monia Kari  (TUN)48.87 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Hanan Khaled  (EGY)43.60 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Walae Ibrahim  (EGY)15.12 m
Javelin throwFlag of Egypt.svg  Muna El Morsi  (EGY)39.49 mFlag of Lebanon.svg  Saoud Al-Hariss  (LIB)39.16 mFlag of Syria.svg  Salam Saïd  (SYR)38.00 m
Heptathlon [nb] Flag of Lebanon.svg  Saoud Al-Hariss  (LIB)4306Flag of Egypt.svg  Rania Abdelaziz  (EGY)3977 ptsFlag of Egypt.svg  Haniya El-Gameel  (EGY)3890 pts

Medal table

Overall

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)11111537
2Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)106521
3Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)57416
4Flag of Syria.svg  Syria  (SYR)54413
5Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)5409
6Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)2103
7Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)15511
8Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LIB)1416
9Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)1012
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman  (OMN)1012
11Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)0033
12Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti  (DJI)0011
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine  (PLE)0011
14Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)0000
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates  (UAE)0000
Totals (15 entries)424241125

Men

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)106521
2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)57416
3Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)2103
4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)15511
5Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)1326
6Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)1012
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman  (OMN)1012
8Flag of Syria.svg  Syria  (SYR)1001
9Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)0033
10Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti  (DJI)0011
11Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)0000
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LIB)0000
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates  (UAE)0000
Totals (13 entries)22222266

Women

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)1081331
2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)5409
3Flag of Syria.svg  Syria  (SYR)44412
4Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LIB)1416
5Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine  (PLE)0011
Totals (5 entries)20201959

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