Athletics at the 2007 Arab Games

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Athletics at the XI Pan Arab Games
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Host stadium in Cairo
Dates21– 24 November
Host city Cairo, Egypt Flag placeholder.svg
Venue Military Academy Stadium
Events46
Participationc. 268 athletes from
20 nations
Records set7 Games records


At the 2007 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the Military Academy Stadium in Cairo, Egypt from 21 to 24 November. A total of 46 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 23 by female athletes. Morocco was the most successful nation in the competition, taking ten gold medals in a 23-medal haul. Sudan and Tunisia won the second and third greatest number of golds with 8 and 7. The host country, Egypt, achieved six gold medals but also shared the joint highest total medal count with Morocco. Seven Games records were beaten at the 2007 edition of the event.

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Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud of Egypt and Gretta Taslakian of Lebanon achieved the 100/200 metres double on the men's and women's sides, respectively. Sudan's Abubaker Kaki Khamis won both the men's 800 metres and 1500 metres, setting a Games record in the latter, and Abdelkader Hachlaf went unbeaten in both the 5000 metres and 3000 m steeplechase. Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed won the heptathlon and 400 m hurdles titles and also won a gold and a silver with Sudan in the women's relays. Her relay team-mate Nawal El Jack also won four medals, having taken the women's 400 metres race and the silver in the 200 m. Fadwa Al Bouza showed multiple talents by winning the women's triple jump and finishing third in the 100 m hurdles.

Records

In addition to the records set by medalling athletes at the 2007 Games, the following records were set by others competing in Cairo:

Men

NameEventCountryRecordType
Omar Juma Bilal Al-Salfa 200 metres Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 20.94 NR
Soleiman Salem Ayed
Hatem Mersal
M. Majdi
Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud
4×100 metres relay Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 40.17 NR
? 4×100 metres relay Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 40.38 NR
Key:WR — World record   AR — Area record   GR — Games record   NR — National record

Women

NameEventCountryRecordType
Alaa Fadhel Al-Saffar 100 metres Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 12.97 NR
Shaika Al-Dosari 100 metres Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 13.32 NR
Dana Abdul Razak 200 metres Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 24.83 NR
Fatima Abdullah Dahman 200 metres Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 27.53 NR
Fatima Al-Orafi Half marathon Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 1:48:54 NR
Mouzi Mohd Ali High jump Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1.25 m NR
Rima Taha Farid Triple jump Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 12.24 m NR=
Ebtehal Fethi Khalifa Abbud Javelin throw Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya 35.53 m NR
Key:WR — World record   AR — Area record   GR — Games record   NR — National record

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)Flag of Egypt.svg  Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud  (EGY)10.38 NR Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Yahya Al-Gahes  (KSA)10.40Flag of Jordan.svg  Khalil Al-Hanahneh  (JOR)10.53
200 metres
(wind: +2.0  m/s)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud  (EGY)20.69Flag of Jordan.svg  Khalil Al-Hanahneh  (JOR)20.81 NR Flag of Egypt.svg  Soleiman Salem Ayed  (EGY)20.92
400 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr  (SUD)46.16Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi  (KSA)46.50Flag of Tunisia.svg  Ridha Ghali  (TUN)46.77
800 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Abubaker Kaki Khamis  (SUD)1:43.90 NR /GRFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Al-Salhi  (KSA)1:46.64Flag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Doulal  (MAR)1:48.33
1500 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Abubaker Kaki Khamis  (SUD)3:47.92Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammed Othman Shaween  (KSA)3:48.49Flag of Sudan.svg  Abdalla Abdelgadir  (SUD)3:48.97
5000 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Abdelkader Hachlaf  (MAR)13:39.75Flag of Qatar.svg  Sultan Khamis Zaman  (QAT)13:39.79Flag of Bahrain.svg  Hasan Mahboob  (BHR)13:39.93
10,000 metresFlag of Bahrain.svg  Hasan Mahboob  (BHR)29:29.48Flag of Qatar.svg  Sultan Khamis Zaman  (QAT)29:29.65Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Moukheld Al-Outaibi  (KSA)29:29.74
110 m hurdlesFlag of Algeria.svg  Othmane Hadj Lazib  (ALG)14.03Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Ali Hussein Al-Zaki  (KSA)14.60Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Sami Ahmed Al-Haydar  (KSA)14.60
400 m hurdlesFlag of Algeria.svg  Abderahmane Hammadi  (ALG)50.77Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Idriss Abdelaziz Al-Housaoui  (KSA)51.15Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Ali Obaid Shirook  (UAE)51.66
3000 m steeplechaseFlag of Morocco.svg  Abdelkader Hachlaf  (MAR)8:39.84Flag of Morocco.svg  Hamid Ezzine  (MAR)8:42.57Flag of Qatar.svg  Abubaker Ali Kamal  (QAT)8:43.02
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)
Moussa Al-Housaoui
Yahya Al-Gahes
Salem Mubarak Al-Yami
Yahya Hassan Habeeb
39.99Flag of Oman.svg  Oman  (OMN)
Yousuf Darwish Awlad Thani
Juma Mubarak Al-Jabri
Abdullah Said Al-Sooli
Musabeh Al-Masoudi
40.12Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)
Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed
Areef Ibrahim
Sulaiman Hamid Aosman
Hamad Kefah Al-Dosari
40.14
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)
Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi
Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi
Mohammed Al-Salhi
Ismail Al-Sabani
3:04.74Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)
Awadelkarim Makki
Abubaker Kaki
Salih Dar
Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr
3:06.52 NR Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)
Sofiane Labidi
Ridha Ghali
Mohamed Amin Guezmil
Chouaieb Chelbi
3:06.83
Half marathonFlag of Morocco.svg  Brahim Beloua  (MAR)1:02:30 GRFlag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi  (LBA)1:02:32Flag of Bahrain.svg  Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria  (BHR)1:03:26
20,000 m track walkFlag of Tunisia.svg  Hassanine Sebei  (TUN)1:36:00.2Flag of Qatar.svg  Mabrook Saleh Nasser Mohamed  (QAT)1:36:00.2Flag of Algeria.svg  Mohamed Ameur  (ALG)1:43:35.8
High jumpFlag of Kuwait.svg  Salem Al-Anezi  (KUW)2.20 m NR =Flag of Qatar.svg  Rashid Ahmed Al-Mannai  (QAT)2.17 mFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Majed Aldin Ghazal  (SYR)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Jamal Fakhri Al-Qasim  (KSA)
2.14 m
Pole vaultFlag of Morocco.svg  Karim El Mafhoum  (MAR)5.00 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Abderamane Tamada  (TUN)4.90 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Sifax Khiari  (ALG)4.80 m
Long jumpFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi  (KSA)8.19 m GRFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hussein Al-Sabee  (KSA)8.10 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Issam Nima  (ALG)7.98 m
Triple jumpFlag of Morocco.svg  Tarik Bouguetaïb  (MAR)16.46 mFlag of Qatar.svg  Mohammed Hamdi Awadh  (QAT)16.22 mFlag of Bahrain.svg  Mohamed Youssef Al-Sahabi  (BHR)16.03 m
Shot putFlag of Qatar.svg  Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi  (QAT)19.56 m GRFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Sultan Al-Hebshi  (KSA)19.53 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Yasser Ibrahim Farag  (EGY)19.42 m
Discus throwFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi  (KSA)58.63 mFlag of Qatar.svg  Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb  (QAT)57.76 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Yasser Ibrahim Farag  (EGY)57.74 m
Hammer throwFlag of Egypt.svg  Mohsen El Anany  (EGY)74.22 m GRFlag of Kuwait.svg  Ali Al-Zinkawi  (KUW)74.02 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Hassan Mohamed Abdel Jawad  (EGY)68.68 m
Javelin throwFlag of Tunisia.svg  Mohamed Ali Kebabou  (TUN)71.41 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Walid Abdelghani Sayed  (EGY)71.15 mFlag of Qatar.svg  Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Khalifa  (QAT)69.67 m
DecathlonFlag of Qatar.svg  Ahmad Hassan Moussa  (QAT)7383 ptsFlag of Egypt.svg  Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed  (EGY)7180 ptsFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohamed Ridha Al-Matroud  (KSA)6995 pts

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Lebanon.svg  Gretta Taslakian  (LIB)12.07Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Dana Abdul Razak  (IRQ)12.20Flag of Bahrain.svg  Faten Abdunnari Mahdi  (BHR)12.28
200 metresFlag of Lebanon.svg  Gretta Taslakian  (LIB)23.56 NR /GRFlag of Sudan.svg  Nawal El Jack  (SUD)24.25Flag of Bahrain.svg  Faten Abdunnari Mahdi  (BHR)24.73
400 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Nawal El Jack  (SUD)54.15Flag of Morocco.svg  Hanane Skhyi  (MAR)55.36Flag of Sudan.svg  Fayza Omer Jomaa  (SUD)56.90
800 metresFlag of Sudan.svg  Amina Bakhit  (SUD)2:07.95Flag of Morocco.svg  Amina Ait Hammou  (MAR)2:08.85Flag of Morocco.svg  Halima Hachlaf  (MAR)2:09.50
1500 metresFlag of Morocco.svg  Seltana Ait Hammou  (MAR)4:23.54Flag of Sudan.svg  Amina Bakhit  (SUD)4:24.74Flag of Bahrain.svg  Sara Yusuf Yaqoob  (BHR)4:24.94
5000 metresFlag of Tunisia.svg  Safa Issaoui  (TUN)19:13.96Flag of Bahrain.svg  Sara Yusuf Yaqoob  (BHR)19:14.50Flag of Morocco.svg  Hanane Ouhaddou  (MAR)19:14.96
10,000 metresFlag of Bahrain.svg  Nadia Ejjafini  (BHR)32:29.53 GRFlag of Morocco.svg  Maria Laghrissi  (MAR)34:39.80Flag of Sudan.svg  Mashaer Ali Abdelradi  (SUD)37:44.72
100 m hurdlesFlag of Morocco.svg  Lamiae Lhabze  (MAR)14.21Flag of Egypt.svg  Salma Emam Abou El-Hassan  (EGY)14.38 NR Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Fadwa Al Bouza  (SYR)14.53
400 m hurdlesFlag of Sudan.svg  Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed  (SUD)56.07Flag of Morocco.svg  Hanane Skhyi  (MAR)57.31Flag of Algeria.svg  Houria Moussa  (ALG)58.17
3000 m steeplechaseFlag of Morocco.svg  Hanane Ouhaddou  (MAR)10:30.33Flag of Sudan.svg  Durka Mana  (SUD)10:49.34Flag of Jordan.svg  Baraah Awadallah  (JOR)12:02.18
4 × 100 m relayFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)
Fadoua Adili
Lamiae Lhabze
Hanane Skhyi
Fatima Zahra Dkouk
47.42Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)
Amina Bakhit
Gubara Asmal
Nawal El Jack
Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed
47.43 NR Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq  (IRQ)
Dana Abdul Razak
Rasha Abed Yaseen
Alaa Hekmat
Khazaal Al-Sudani Inam
48.20
4 × 400 m relayFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)
Fayza Omer Jomaa
Nawal El Jack
Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed
Amina Bakhit
3:38.56Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)
Lamiae Lhabze
Amina Aït Hammou
Seltana Aït Hammou
Hanane Skhyi
3:44.85Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq  (IRQ)
Dana Abdul Razak
Rasha Abed Yaseen
Alaa Hekmat
Khazaal Al-Sudani Inam
3:54.96
Half marathonFlag of Bahrain.svg  Kareema Jasim  (BHR)1:15:15Flag of Algeria.svg  Kenza Dahmani  (ALG)1:15:37Flag of Morocco.svg  Ouafae Frikech  (MAR)1:18:57
10,000 m track walkFlag of Tunisia.svg  Chaima Trabelsi  (TUN)53:52.0Flag of Egypt.svg  Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali  (EGY)55:14.6Flag of Algeria.svg  Ghania Amzal  (ALG)56:51.3
High jumpFlag of Tunisia.svg  Karima Ben Othmani  (TUN)1.77 mFlag of Sudan.svg  Yamilé Aldama  (SUD)1.77 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Rim Hussin Abdallah  (EGY)1.68 m
Pole vaultFlag of Tunisia.svg  Leila Ben Youssef  (TUN)3.80 mFlag of Morocco.svg  Nisrine Dinar  (MAR)3.80 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Nesrine Ahmed Hassen Emam  (EGY)3.70 m NR
Long jump
(No wind info)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Fatima Zahra Dkouk  (MAR)6.16 mFlag of Sudan.svg  Yamilé Aldama  (SUD)6.05 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Inas Gharib  (EGY)5.93 m
Triple jumpFlag of Syria (2025-).svg  Fadwa Al Bouza  (SYR)12.61 mFlag of Morocco.svg  Fatima Zahra Dkouk  (MAR)12.60 mFlag of Algeria.svg  Camélia Sahnoune  (ALG)12.57 m
Shot putFlag of Egypt.svg  Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi  (EGY)15.29 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Wala Mohamed Atia  (EGY)14.60 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Amel Ben Khaled  (TUN)14.02 m
Discus throwFlag of Tunisia.svg  Monia Kari  (TUN)52.79 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Heba Abou Meselhi Zachary  (EGY)49.73 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Sara Sayed Hassib  (EGY)45.26 m
Hammer throwFlag of Egypt.svg  Marwa Ahmed Hussein  (EGY)62.83 mFlag of Morocco.svg  Mouna Dani  (MAR)57.36 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Imane Mohamed Abdelhakim  (EGY)55.40 m
Javelin throwFlag of Egypt.svg  Hana'a Ramadhan Omar  (EGY)48.28 mFlag of Egypt.svg  Safa Mohamed Mekkawi  (EGY)45.91 mFlag of Tunisia.svg  Sabiha Mzoughi  (TUN)41.43 m
HeptathlonFlag of Sudan.svg  Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed  (SUD)4594 ptsFlag of Egypt.svg  Chima Fethi Tehemar  (EGY)4232 ptsFlag of Algeria.svg  Katia Amokrane  (ALG)3637 pts

Medal table

18-year-old Abubaker Kaki's double gold performance was a games highlight Abubaker Kaki Valence 2008.jpg
18-year-old Abubaker Kaki's double gold performance was a games highlight
Hanane Ouhaddou's steeplechase gold and 5000 m bronze helped Morocco top the table Hanane Ouhaddou.jpg
Hanane Ouhaddou's steeplechase gold and 5000 m bronze helped Morocco top the table

  *   Host nation (Egypt)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 109423
2Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 87318
3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 71412
4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt*68923
5Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 48416
6Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 31610
7Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 26311
8Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 21710
9Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 2002
10Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1102
11Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria 1023
12Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq 0123
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 0123
14Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 0101
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 0101
16Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 0011
Totals (16 entries)464647139

Participating nations

References

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