Athletics at the 2005 West Asian Games

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Athletics
at the 2005 West Asian Games
Athletics pictogram.svg
Venue Khalifa International Stadium
Date7–9 December 2005

At the 2005 West Asian Games , the athletics events were held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. [1] Contested over three days, from 7 to 9 December, it was the first time that women were allowed to compete in athletics events at the Games. A total of 28 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 5 by female athletes. The event was seen as a test event for the Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games, which Doha hosted the following year. [2] [3]

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The competition featured some high level performances by a handful of elite athletes: former World Youth champions Belal Mansoor Ali and Yahya Al-Ghahes won the 1500 metres and 100 metres, respectively, while world silver medallist Mubarak Hassan Shami claimed the half marathon title. On the women's side, 2004 Olympian Ruqaya Al-Ghasra won the women's 100 m. In spite of this, many events featured only a small number of athletes and the overall standard of competition was relatively low. [4] [5]

Host nation Qatar topped the medal table with eleven gold medals, ten silver medals and six bronze medal. Their tally was greatly buoyed by the performances of former Kenya distance runners, including event winners Gamal Belal Salem, Majed Saeed Sultan and Musa Amer Obaid. Kuwait had the second highest number of golds with five, while Iran had the second greatest overall haul (13 medals; four golds). Of the nations competing at the games, only Lebanon and Yemen did not win medals in the athletics.

It was later revealed that 3000 metres steeplechase bronze medalist Mohammed Khassaf of Iraq and 200 metres and women's relay gold medallist Munira Saleh failed drugs test at the event and were banned. [6]

Medalists

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m Yahya Al-Ghahes
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
10.39 Saad Al-Shahwani
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
10.53 Al-Waleed Abdulla
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
10.53
200 m Humoud Al-Saad
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
21.31 Khalil Al-Hanahneh
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
21.39 Hamed Kefah Al-Dosari
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
21.51
400 m Fawzi Al-Shammari
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
47.58 Mohammed Al-Rawahi
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
48.32 Ali Shirook
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
49.14
800 m Majed Saeed Sultan
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
1:46.86
GR
Belal Mansoor Ali
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
1:47.07 Abdulrahman Suleiman
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
1:48.22
1500 m Belal Mansoor Ali
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
3:40.84
GR
Abubaker Ali Kamal
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
3:41.45 Nasser Shams Kareem
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
3:43.08
5000 m Essa Ismail Rashed
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
13:33.07
GR
Gamal Belal Salem
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
13:35.12 Omid Mehrabi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
14:39.17
10000 m Gamal Belal Salem
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
28:40.99
GR
Sultan Khamis Zaman
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
28:44.57 Omid Mehrabi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
31:34.57
110 m hurdles Bader Al-Buainain
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
14.14
GR
Rouhollah Askari
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
14.42None awarded
400 m hurdles Mubarak Al-Nubi
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
50.37 Bandar Sharahili
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
51.96 Mohammed Daak
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
52.11
3000 m steeplechase Musa Amer Obaid
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
8:19.46
GR
Thamer Kamal Ali
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
8:33.03 Ali Al-Amri
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
8:59.44
4×100 m relayFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Mohammad Al-Anzi
Humoud Al-Saad
Eisa Al-Youhah
Jarah Al-Khadher
40.48Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
Fahad Al-Jabri
Juma Al-Jabri
Musabah Al-Masoudi
Hamoud Al-Dalhami
40.73Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Abdulla Al-Hamad
Khalid Al-Obaidli
Saad Al-Shahwani
Al-Waleed Abdulla
40.85
4×400 m relayFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Mubarak Al-Nubi
Yaser Omar El-Haj
Hamed Kefah Al-Dosari
Majed Saeed Sultan
3:09.81Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Younes Hawsawi
Mohammed Daak
Mohammed Shaween
Bandar Sharahili
3:14.36Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Jasim Al-Junaibi
Khalid Faraj
Saud Abdelkarim
Ali Shirook
3:18.81
Half marathon Mubarak Hassan Shami
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
1:02:21
GR
Ahmed Jumah Jaber
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
1:03:00 Noori Chkhior
Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq
1:12:06
20 km walk Mabrook Saleh Mohamed
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
1:33:04
GR
Waleed Ahmed Al-Sabahy
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
1:34:15 Mohammad Jumaa
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria
1:35:11
High jump Mohamed Abbas Darwish
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2.16
GR
Jamel Fakhari
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
2.16 Hashem Al-Oqaibi
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
2.13
Pole vault Abdulla Ghanim Saeed
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
5.00
GR
Eshagh Ghaffari
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
5.00
=GR
Mohsen Rabbani
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
4.80
Long jump Saleh Al-Haddad
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
7.50 Ibrahim Mohamedin
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
7.48 Khalil Al-Hanahneh
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
7.37
Triple jump Mohammad Hazzory
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria
16.48
GR
Ibrahim Mohamedin
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
16.30 Alireza Habibi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
15.90
Shot put Bilal Saad Mubarak
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
17.54 Mashari Suroor
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
17.25 Saeed Al-Yami
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
16.58
Discus throw Ehsan Haddadi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
63.63
GR
Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
60.11 Sultan Al-Dawoodi
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
57.93
Hammer throw Ali Al-Zenkawi
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
76.25
GR
Mohammad Al-Jawhar
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
65.07 Mohamed Faraj Al-Kaabi
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
63.27
Javelin throw Mohamed Al-Khulaifi
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
71.73
GR
Ayoub Arokhi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
70.29 Firas Al-Mahamid
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria
69.59
Decathlon Ali Feizi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
6445 Hadi Sepehrzad
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
5660 Saad Al-Bishi
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
4468

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m Ruqaya Al-Ghasra
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
12.28 Ghofrane Mohammad
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria
12.33 Dana Hussein
Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq
12.34
200 m Ghofrane Mohammad
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria
24.66
GR
Basma Al-Eshosh
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
25.25 Dana Hussein
Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq
25.26
4×100 m relayFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
Padideh Bolourizadeh
Melani Artoun
Zahra Nabizadeh
Nafiseh Mataei
50.97
GR
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
Huda Al-Kharusi
Abeer Al-Jabri
Umaima Al-Hinai
Hanan Al-Harrasi
52.76Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Hanan Al-Khamis
Reem Al-Awadhi
Danah Haidar
Danah Al-Nasrallah
1:00:78
High jump Zahra Nabizadeh
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
1.70
GR
Shifa Anabtawi
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
1.35 Rima Taha
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
1.30
Long jump Rima Taha
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
5.82
GR
Fadwa Al-Bouza
Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria
5.76 Padideh Bolourizadeh
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
5.70

Medal table

Bahrain's Belal Mansoor Ali won 1500 m gold and 800 m silver medals. WAF 2007 1500m Belal Mansoor Ali.jpg
Bahrain's Belal Mansoor Ali won 1500 m gold and 800 m silver medals.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)1110627
2Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)5218
3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)44513
4Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)23611
5Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria  (SYR)2226
6Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BRN)2103
7Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)1326
8Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates  (UAE)1023
9Flag of Oman.svg  Oman  (OMA)0303
10Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq  (IRQ)0033
Totals (10 entries)28282783

Notes

References

  1. 3rd West Asian Games Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine . Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  2. Turner, Chris (2005-12-07). A dress rehearsal for 2006 – 3rd West Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  3. Athletics. WAG 2005. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  4. Turner, Chris (2005-12-08). Former World Youth winner dashes to third sprint crown of year – West Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  5. Turner, Chris (2005-12-09). Shami takes Half Marathon title – West Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  6. Doping spoils West Asian games
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