Athletics at the 1953 Arab Games

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Athletics
at the 1953 Pan Arab Games
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1957  →

The 1953 Arab Games, held in Alexandria, Egypt, between 26 July and 10 August 1953, featured 21 athletics events. Foot races ranged in length from 100 metres to a full marathon.

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1953 Pan Arab Games [1] [2]

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100m

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Emad El Din Shafei1931EGY11.1
Yussed Zeid El AbdinEGY11.2
Abdul HamidEGY11.4

200m

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Farouk TadrosEGY22.6
Emad El Din Shafei1931EGY22.6
Yussed Zeid El AbdinEGY23.1

400m

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Farouk TadrosEGY50.5
Youssef AwadEGY51.8
Jasim Kareem1938 IRQ 52.0

800m

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Fadl El SayedEGY1:59.5
William Fahmi1928EGY1:59.6
Hawary HassanEGY2:00.4

1500m

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
William Fahmi1928EGY4:07.5
Fadl El SayedEGY4:10.8
Abu ShadiEGY4:10.8

5000m

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Mahmoud El RashidiEGY15:41.1
Yousef TharaEGY16:08.6
Bechar Andros LBN 16:26.1

10,000m

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Mahmoud El RashidiEGY33:05.2
Yousef TharaEGY35:38.8
Ali HamedEGY35:43.6

Marathon

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Hassan Abdelfattah1920EGY2:31:50
Abdul NabiEGY2:36:58
Mohamed OmranEGY2:39:04

110H

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Mohamed SuleimanEGY15.3
Fouad Yazghi1932EGY15.4
Jamal AminIRQ16.1

400H

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Nashad El KholiEGY56.5
Jalal Al-GhoulEGY59.1
Essam BadrEGY1:01.5

HJ

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Emad El Din Shafei1931EGY1.88
Hamza KasimIRQ1.75
Osman IsmailEGY1.75

PV

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Hamdi El KafrawiEGY3.40
Mohamed Sayed ZakiEGY3.30
Ahmed AzamLBN3.10

LJ

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Beg DedeyanEGY7.05
Yarawant ParmakciyanEGY6.99
Abdel Aziz AlameLBN6.43

TJ

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Fawzi Shaban1930EGY14.12
Atif IsmailEGY13.62
Abdul Sattar Al-Razzak1932IRQ13.51

SP

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Gouda AttiaEGY13.07
Mohamed Abu Al-EneinEGY12.65
Ibrahim Abu Al-AlaEGY12.07

DT

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Ibrahim Abu Al-AlaEGY38.89
Ezzedine Mukhtar1922EGY37.67
Ibrahim AbdallahEGY37.40

HT

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Fabel El HadjiLBN29.29
Afif BoutrosLBN29.17
Salem Jisr1932LBN24.15

JT

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Abdallah El MardiEGY52.08
Mustafa MohamedEGY51.42
Atif IsmailEGY48.98

Decathlon

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
Mohamed Sayed ZakiEGY4763
Mustafa MohamedEGY4434
Rashid Khadr1928EGY4360

4x100m

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
-EGY43.8
-EGY43.8
Emad El Din Shafei1931EGY43.8
Yussed Zeid El AbdinEGY43.8
-IRQ46.8
-IRQ46.8
-IRQ46.8
Jamal AminIRQ46.8
-LBN47.0
-LBN47.0
-LBN47.0
-LBN47.0

4x400m

MEDALATHLETEDOBCOUNTRYMARKW/IRECORDNOTES
-EGY3:27.7
-EGY3:27.7
-EGY3:27.7
-EGY3:27.7
-IRQ3:37.6
-IRQ3:37.6
-IRQ3:37.6
Jasim Kareem1938IRQ3:37.6
-LBN3:43.7
-LBN3:43.7
-LBN3:43.7
-LBN3:43.7

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References

  1. ↑ "Athletics Podium". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  2. ↑ "Pan Arab Games". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
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