1996 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 1996 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the seventh edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Latakia, Syria. A total of 41 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 19 for women. Morocco, a regional power in the sport, did not send a team to the meeting.[1]

7th Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Host cityLatakia, Syria
Events41

The road race competition was dropped from the programme, matching the change at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics and a general move away from road running events for junior athletes. A women's 5000 metres replaced the 3000 metres, but this was a short-lived change as the 3000 m was brought back the following edition. This was the last time the women's 10,000 metres was held (the 5000 m taking its place at future editions (a change also reflected at world junior level).[1]

Algeria topped the medal table with twelve gold medals, closely followed by Tunisia on ten golds. Saudi Arabia managed seven gold medals despite having no participation in the women's section. Sudan won its first titles at the competition, courtesy of Mohammed Yagoub's middle-distance double.[1]

In the men's section, Algeria provided the most prominent athletes. Abderrahmane Hammad improved one place from the last edition to win the high jump – an event he won an Olympic medal in four years later.[2] Two others here would medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics: 800 metres bronze medallist Djabir Saïd-Guerni and 1500 metres runner-up Ali Saïdi-Sief. Two Saudi Arabian medallists later became successful seniors: Mukhlid Al-Otaibi (5000 m runner-up here) did a long-distance double at the 2002 Asian Games; 15-year-old Hamdan Al-Bishi won a 200 m bronze in Latakia and won numerous medals at Asian level.[3] Tunisia's Sofiane Labidi won a 200 m/400 m double and later won African and Arab medals as a senior.[4] Jean-Claude Rabbath, runner-up in the high jump, was Lebanon's first ever medallist at the tournament.[1]

In the women's section Algeria's Baya Rahouli was dominant: she won the 100 metres, long jump and triple jump titles, and also a shot put bronze. This versatility continued at the 1997 Pan Arab Games, where she was a quadruple gold medallist.[5] Double sprint medallist Nahida Touhami would also become a senior champion at the Arab Games. Fatma Lanouar was a double medallist in middle-distance and was a two-time Mediterranean Games champion later in her a career.[6]

Medal summary

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Mohammed Hiba Seif (KSA)10.84  Khalifa Sake (KSA)10.97  Khaldoun Raghib (EGY)11.13
200 metres  Sofiane Labidi (TUN)21.68  Khalil Falata (KSA)21.79  Mohammed Hiba Seif (KSA)22.05
400 metres  Sofiane Labidi (TUN)46.77 CR  Khalid Atiq Al-Johar (KUW)47.59  Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA)47.74
800 metres  Mohammed Yagoub (SUD)1:47.44 CR  Rachid Amor (TUN)1:49.1  Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)1:50.2
1500 metres  Mohammed Yagoub (SUD)3:40.5 CR  Ali Saïdi-Sief (ALG)3:42.8  Youcef Abdi (ALG)3:44.6
5000 metres  Miloud Abaoub (ALG)14:08.4 CR  Mukhlid Al-Otaibi (KSA)14:37.3  Issam El Hamani (TUN)14:47.2
10,000 metres  Mohammed Abdullah Al-Qahtani (KSA)31:51.6  Walib Naceur El Chouchi (TUN)31:55.7  Ali Adwan (JOR)32:13.9
110 m hurdles  Nader Hosni Saad (EGY)14.86  Hussain Al-Yoha (KUW)15.22  Ghiyas Abou Hamed (SYR)15.34
400 m hurdles  Saleh Ahmed Al-Seaidan (KSA)51.59  Noureddin Noumi Bakri (EGY)51.86  Badr Abdulrahman Aman (KUW)52.63
3000 metres steeplechase  Rachid Baghdadi (ALG)8:59.64  Issam El Hamani (TUN)9:04.38  Adamo Othmane (ALG)9:12.48
4 × 100 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA)41.31  Kuwait (KUW)41.7  Algeria (ALG)42.0
4 × 400 m relay  Kuwait (KUW)3:12.7  Tunisia (TUN)3:13.1  Saudi Arabia (KSA)3:15.2
10,000 m walk  Merzak Abbès (ALG)48:24.0  Arezki Yahiaoui (ALG)48:44.4  Khalid Aboud (SYR)49:34.8
High jump  Abderrahmane Hammad (ALG)2.11 m CR  Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB)2.05 m  Nazim Bouabès (ALG)2.05 m
Pole vault  Mohamed Bédoui (TUN)4.80 m  Mohamed Benyahia (ALG)4.75 m  Khetam Al-Hajiri (KUW)4.60 m
Long jump  Walid Karim (ALG)7.03 m  Akram Bensmira (ALG)6.90 m  Abdu Faraj (KUW)6.80 m
Triple jump  Mohammed Adam Mohammed (KSA)15.80 m CR  Karim Ould Ahmed (ALG)15.44 m  Fayez Al-Khairat (SYR)15.25 m
Shot put  Nasser Saeed Al-Tahnoun (KUW)15.80 m CR  Abdullah Ibel (KUW)15.60 m  Mohamed Yahia Rashid (EGY)15.38 m
Discus throw  Abdullah Al-Shoumari (KSA)49.90 m CR  Tarek Abderrahman Mahmoud (EGY)48.44 m  Tarek Yazidi (TUN)48.30 m
Hammer throw  Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim (EGY)58.38 m  Adel Faraj (KUW)58.10 m  Anwar Falah (KUW)55.16 m
Javelin throw  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA)64.38 m  Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed (SYR)62.26 m  Mohammed Mansour (KSA)55.92 m
Decathlon  Mohammed Al-Dahan (SYR)6679 pts  Mohamed Benyahia (ALG)6480 pts  Akram Mubarak (KSA)6110 pts

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Baya Rahouli (ALG)12.25  Ahlem Allali (ALG)12.28  Awatef Hamrouni (TUN)12.83
200 metres  Ahlem Allali (ALG)25.31  Nahida Touhami (ALG)25.74  Awatef Hamrouni (TUN)25.97
400 metres  Nahida Touhami (ALG)57.20  Lynda Kabous (ALG)57.85  Nabila Jami (TUN)58.24
800 metres  Khadija Touati (ALG)2:12.49  Fatma Lanouar (TUN)2:15.08  Noura Makni (TUN)2:16.15
1500 metres  Fatma Lanouar (TUN)4:29.22 CR  Khadija Touati (ALG)4:30.48  Noura Makni (TUN)4:31.39
5000 metres  Soulef Bouguerra (TUN)17:35.3  Linda Rabhi (TUN)17:44.2  Fouzia Zoutat (ALG)17:44.8
10,000 metres  Soulef Bouguerra (TUN)40:58.40  Zeinab Bakour (SYR)41:04.42  Amal Al-Matari (JOR)41:12.26
100 m hurdles  Ahlem Allali (ALG)14.55 CR  Rania Abdel Aziz Ahmed (EGY)14.61  Ghufran Zewanah (TUN)17.23
400 m hurdles  Nabila Jami (TUN)63.44  Rania Abdel Aziz Ahmed (EGY)64.52  Samar Danoum (SYR)66.68
4 × 100 m relay  Algeria (ALG)47.46 CR  Tunisia (TUN)48.79  Syria (SYR)52.61
4 × 400 m relay  Algeria (ALG)3:54.1  Tunisia (TUN)3:56.9  Syria (SYR)4:12.2
5000 m walk  Hiba El Hussein (EGY)30:30.3  Fayhaa Suleiman (SYR)31:15.6  Iman Obeid (SYR)31:40.2
High jump  Hanène Khalil (TUN)1.61 m  Hamida Benhocine (ALG)1.55 m  Hanène Dhouibi (TUN)1.55 m
Long jump  Baya Rahouli (ALG)5.82 m CR  Hamida Benhocine (ALG)5.15 m  Maha Al-Mohammed (SYR)5.04 m
Triple jump  Baya Rahouli (ALG)13.84 m CR  Ilhem Ben Salah (TUN)11.70 m  Maha Al-Mohammed (SYR)10.92 m
Shot put  Amira Naji Semlawi (EGY)12.44 m  Wala Khalil Ibrahim (EGY)11.44 m  Baya Rahouli (ALG)11.12 m
Discus throw  Nasrine Dahman (TUN)40.20 m  Wala Khalil Ibrahim (EGY)35.86 m  Amira Naji Semlawi (EGY)35.52 m
Javelin throw  Rola Hambersmian (SYR)37.00 m  Rania Hafez (EGY)34.94 m  Nasrine Dahman (TUN)33.86 m
Heptathlon  Hanène Dhouibi (TUN)4151 pts  Rola Hambersmian (SYR)3970 pts  Mai Mohammed (SYR)2780 pts

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Algeria (ALG)1412733
2 Tunisia (TUN)1091029
3 Saudi Arabia (KSA)73515
4 Egypt (EGY)47314
5 Kuwait (KUW)25411
6 Syria (SYR)241016
7 Sudan (SUD)2002
8 Lebanon (LIB)0101
9 Jordan (JOR)0022
Totals (9 nations)414141123

References
  1. Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  2. Athletics Men's High Jump Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  3. Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  4. African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  5. Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  6. Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
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