2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships

The 2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition for under-18 athletes from Arab countries. Organised by the Arab Athletic Federation, it took place in the Syrian capital of Damascus from 27–29 June. A total of thirty-nine events were contested, of which 20 by male and 19 by female athletes, matching the programme of the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics bar the exclusion of a girls' steeplechase event.[1][2]

2nd Arab Youth Athletics Championships
Dates27–29 June
Host cityDamascus, Syria
LevelYouth
Events39

Four athletes achieved individual doubles at the tournament. On the boys' side, Saudi athlete Hamada Al-Bishi achieved a novel 100 metres/400 metre hurdles double, Sudan's Awad El Karim Makki took both 200 metres and 400 metres titles, and Ismail Al Saffar of Kuwait took both gold medals in the horizontal jumps. The sole girl to win two individual titles was Souheir Bouali of Algeria, who won both short sprints.[3] She went on to become a senior champion at the 2013 Arab Athletics Championships six years later.[4]

Morocco, which had dominated the inaugural edition in 2004, was absent from the competition. Egypt topped the medal table with eight golds among its haul of 21 medals. Sudan achieved the second highest tally of gold medals with six. The host nation Syria won the most overall medals with 22 and ranked joint-third on gold medals with five – a number also reached by both Algeria and Tunisia. Fourteen nations reached the medal table.[3]

Unlike some of the athletes of the previous edition, no medallists in Damascus reached the podium at the following World Youth Championships. Sudan's sprint champion Makki and boys' discus throw winner Hamid Mansour went on to win medals at the 2009 World Youth Championships, however.[5][6]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Hamada Al-Bishi (KSA) 10.94   Abdelhadi Bouchagour (ALG) 11.02   Naji Daghar (LIB) 11.10
200 metres   Awad El Karim Makki (SUD) 22.14   Nour Selk (SUD) 22.15   Abdelhadi Bouchagour (ALG) 22.47
400 metres   Awad El Karim Makki (SUD) 48.55   Adel Al Nasser (KSA) 48.58   Hassan Fares Hmam (OMN) 49.33
800 metres   Marouane Chehibi (TUN) 1:54.62   Choul Nouaouiel (SUD) 1:55.65   Bilel Kefi (ALG) 1:58.07
1500 metres   Moufli Zayati (ALG) 4:04.02   Boubaker Esseddik Mcharraf (ALG) 4:06.99   Mdhafer Aboud (KSA) 4:12.08
3000 metres   Ali Abderrahim (YEM) 9:07.86   Mohamed Walid Jarallah (YEM) 9:09.79   Yazen Al Cheikh (JOR) 9:14.56
110 metres hurdles   Anouar Ouchana (SYR) 13.79   Jassem Al Sabagha (KUW) 14.64   Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed (EGY) 14.72
400 metres hurdles   Hamada Al-Bishi (KSA) 52.57   Matoukel Younes (SUD) 52.64   Idriss Sassi (TUN) 53.54
2000 metres steeplechase   Mohamed Amin Mohsen (ALG) 5:57.70   Ali Aboud (KSA) 6:11.80   Mouaad Belli (QAT) 6:12.11
1000 metres medley relay   Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Hamada Al-Bishi
D. Sakii
Adel Al Nasser
Fares Cherahili
1:56.47   Sudan (SUD)
Nour Selk
Awad El Karim Makki
Matoukel Younes
Choul Nouaouiel
1:56.73   Iraq (IRQ)
Majid Fathallah
Hayder Hussein
Aymen Jassem
Cherif Arkane
1:56.78
10,000 m walk   Jebril Rahma Khan (QAT) 45:51.9   Abdallah Said (SYR) 50:18.5   Maher Zidane (SYR) 51:16.3
High jump   Mohamed Aboutaleb (EGY) 2.07 m   Selmane Manai (QAT) 2.04 m   Ibrahim Siar (KUW) 2.01 m
Pole vault   Doij Am Okbi (KSA) 4.71 m   Mohamed Mella Khalef (SYR) 4.50 m   Mohamed Ahmed Manai (QAT) 4.10 m
Long jump   Ismail Al Saffar (KUW) 7.13 m   Mohamed Mella Khalef (SYR) 6.62 m   Houssem Al Akel (SYR) 6.40 m
Triple jump   Ismail Al Saffar (KUW) 15.11 m   Ahmed Faraj (KSA) 14.52 m   Mohamed Al Amri (LBA) 14.38 m w
Shot put   Mohamed Abdelmonaam Hmam (EGY) 17.45 m   Hamid Mansour (SYR) 17.00 m   Moussaab Aicha (SYR) 15.88 m
Discus throw   Hamid Mansour (SYR) 59.53 m   Mechaal El Said (KUW) 49.68 m   Mohamed Mohamed Saad (EGY) 49.16 m
Hammer throw   Mohamed Alaa El Acheri (EGY) 71.80 m   Abdelhamid El Dachti (KUW) 64.60 m   Ameur Addi Ahmed (QAT) 59.19 m
Javelin throw   Moez Dhahri (TUN) 61.17 m   Samir Ahmed Mohamed (EGY) 59.33 m   Mohamed Anouar Hamed (SUD) 58.36 m
Octathlon   Ahmed Mokbali Abdallah (OMN) 5316 pts   Aymen Hemissi (TUN) 5178 pts   Ali Bouflit (ALG) 5128 pts

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Souheir Bouali (ALG) 11.84   Amira Mohamed Fawzi (EGY) 12.56   Saoussen Dellagi (TUN) 12.85
200 metres   Souheir Bouali (ALG) 23.96   Saoussen Dellagi (TUN) 25.82   Emna Baccar (SUD) 26.03
400 metres   Emna Baccar (SUD) 57.75   Chaima Fouad Chiheb (EGY) 59.72   Bayan Issam (JOR) 60.72
800 metres   Safa Jemmali (TUN) 2:15.20   Alouia Klai (SUD) 2:16.24   Houcien Bayoudi (ALG) 2:23.53
1500 metres   Ahsna Jabril (SUD) 4:32.77   Amina Borklit (ALG) 4:48.69   Najoua Baccar (SYR) 5:16.63
3000 metres   Baraa Marouane (JOR) 11:05.99   Arouba Al Amou (SYR) 12:12.28   Samara Khazaal (IRQ) 12:17.76
100 metres hurdles   Fadoua Bouhat (SYR) 13.84   Selma Abou Al Hassen Edam (EGY) 13.92   Minas Slimane (SYR) 15.98
400 metres hurdles[nb1]   Mounassek Yakoub (SUD) 64.1   Chaima Fouad Hicham (EGY) 67.7   Abir Al Habari (JOR) 71.7
1000 metres medley relay   Sudan (SUD)
Mounassek Yakoub
Safa Abdelhamid
Emna Baccar
Alouia Klai
2:18.59   Algeria (ALG)
Zineb Ouzani
Yousra Ranai
Houcien Bayoudi
Souhir Bouali
2:19.96   Syria (SYR)
Minas Slimane
Fadoua Boudhat
Mariem Fadhel
Soulefa Mohamed
2:28.26
5000 m walk   Olfa Hamdi (TUN) 26:30.8   Sarra Arrouk (SYR) 26:35.9   Jihed Mohamed Adel (EGY) 27:54.8
High jump   Rahma Miled (TUN) 1.55 m   Yousra Ranai (ALG) 1.52 m   Rihem Chayed (SYR) 1.49 m
Pole vault   Diana Al Tabaa Ahmed (EGY) 3.25 m   Rihem Chiha (SYR) 2.70 m   Zineb Ouzani (ALG) 2.50 m
Long jump   Hedir Jabrouni (EGY) 5.58 m   Marah Dalla (SYR) 5.37 m   Rahma Miled (TUN) 5.10 m
Triple jump   Fadoua Boudhat (SYR) 12.70 m   Fatma El Ahmadi (TUN) 11.80 m   Hedir Jabrouni (EGY) 11.45 m
Shot put   Oula Attia Mohamed (EGY) 13.00 m   Hiba Omar (SYR) 12.77 m   Bouzira Zoubaa (ALG) 11.54 m
Discus throw   Hiba Omar (SYR) 40.27 m   Besnet Ibrahim Mohamed (EGY) 31.42 m   Fatma Chaabane (EGY) 30.59 m
Hammer throw   Nihed Fehmi Kamel (EGY) 48.16 m   Rina Taha Ahmed (EGY) 47.19 m   Bouzira Zoubaa (ALG) 44.95 m
Javelin throw   Hiba Mahmoud Alaa (EGY) 40.99 m   Souad Mazzar (ALG) 36.53 m   Anouare Jarboua (SYR) 32.09 m
Heptathlon   Rania Chokri (JOR) 3588 pts   Hafidha Mokhtari (ALG) 3525 pts   Radhoua Fares Fethi (EGY) 2920 pts
  • nb2 The girls' hurdles event was only timed to the tenth of a second, rather than the standard hundredths, due to technical limitations.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Syria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Egypt87621
2  Sudan65213
3  Syria*59822
4  Algeria56718
5  Tunisia54312
6  Saudi Arabia4318
7  Kuwait2316
8  Qatar1135
9  Yemen1102
10  Jordan1034
11  Oman1012
12  Iraq0022
13  Lebanon0011
  Libya0011
Totals (14 entries)393939117

References

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  1. ^ Pan Arab Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-05-25.
  2. ^ World Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-05-25.
  3. ^ a b Championnats Arabes Des Cadets - Damas 27, 28 et 29-06-2007 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Tunis Athletisme. Retrieved on 2015-05-27.
  4. ^ 18th Arab Championships, Doha (Qatar) 21-24/05/2013. Africa Athle (2013-05-21). Retrieved on 2015-05-27.
  5. ^ Awadelkarim Makki. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-05-27.
  6. ^ Hamid Manssour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-05-27.
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