2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the seventeenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 5–8 May at the Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium in Tlemcen, Algeria. It was the first time that Algeria hosted the event. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.

17th Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Dates5–8 May
Host cityTlemcen, Algeria
VenueLalla-Setti Athletics Stadium
Events44

Around 800 athletes from 20 countries were expected to appear at the competition,[1] though only 232 athletes from 15 nations ultimately did so.[2]

Bahrain took the most gold medals with 16 while Tunisia won the next highest with 9. The host nation Algeria took the most medals with a total of 39, seven of them gold.[3]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Mohamed Farès Jelassi (TUN) 10.52   Ammar Essifi (OMN) 10.62   Saïd El Omayri (BHR) 10.76
200 metres   Moussa Issa (BHR) 21.44   Amine Bouanani (ALG) 21.60   Taha Hussein Yacine (IRQ) 21.77
400 metres   Moussa Issa (BHR) 46.95   Taha Hussein Yacine (IRQ) 47.14   Ahmad Saleh Mahda (KSA) 48.38
800 metres   Riadh Chenini (TUN) 1:50.62   Adam Fadhl-Allah (SUD) 1:51.31   Mohamed Rahim Zaghir (IRQ) 1:51.97
1500 metres   Riadh Chenini (TUN) 3:53.09   Ali Kaddachi (TUN) 3:53.17   Abdallah Abdelfatih (DJI) 3:55.72
5000 metres   Djamel Abdi Direh (DJI) 14:26.11   Aden Arbah (DJI) 14:30.11   Hosni Ismail Aissa (SUD) 14:38.39
10,000 metres   Djamel Abdi Direh (DJI) 30:07.47   Abdi Ibrahim Abdou (BHR) 30:32.18   Ali Djouder (ALG) 31:15.04
100 m hurdles   Amine Bouanani (ALG) 13.96   Mohamed Saleh Nadhem (IRQ) 14.12   Salah Khade Salah (IRQ) 14.21
400 m hurdles   Abderrahmane Youssef (KSA) 52.11   Mohamed Amine Touati (TUN) 52.97   Jassem Mohamed (IRQ) 53.05
3000 m steeplechase   Sofiane Cherni (TUN) 9:10.03   Kenzi Souadia (ALG) 9:11.27   Mohamed Amine Jhinaoui (TUN) 9:15.82
4 × 100 m relay   Oman (OMN) 41.59   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 42.30   Iraq (IRQ) 42.33
4 × 400 m relay   Algeria (ALG) 3:13.35   Sudan (SUD) 3:13.36   Egypt (EGY) 3:13.89
10 km walk   Bahaeddine Gatri (TUN) 45:48.08   Mustafa Reza Alouani (IRQ) 47:17.76   Billal Djaafri (ALG) 47:58.48
High jump   Houssam Hussein  (IRQ) 2.05 m   Hicham Bouhanoun (ALG)
  Mohamed Hamdi (QAT)
2.00 m Not awarded
Pole vault   Ali Mohsen (IRQ) 4.90 m   Réda Boudchiche (ALG) 4.30 m   Taoufik Ahmed (KSA) 4.20 m
Long jump   Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG) 7.43 m   Abdelhak Bouziziane (ALG) 7.19 m   Ihab Fathi Abboud (LBA) 7.02 m
Triple jump   Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG) 16.01 m CR   Ihab Fathi Abboud (LBA) 14.90 m   Ahmed El Hani (TUN) 14.57 m
Shot put   Moadh Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT) 17.00 m   Alaeddine Chaalal (ALG) 16.24 m   Akram Sassi (TUN) 15.08 m
Discus throw   Moadh Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT) 60.13 m CR   Aboubacar Mohamed Zakaria (KSA) 50.32 m   Mustapha Hassen Abu Chahin (KSA) 44.72m
Hammer throw   Hussein Thamer Abdelwahed (IRQ) 66.00 m   Farès Ben Saïd (TUN) 60.84 m   Amir Ali Hussein (IRQ) 58.93 m
Javelin throw   Yacine Khalfaoui (TUN) 61.37 m   Salah Younes Mouhcen (IRQ) 57.71 m   Elhamad Mourtadha Aissa (KSA) 57.57 m
Decathlon   Souheil Hemani (ALG) 6052 pts   Ramzi Ayari (TUN) 5982 pts   Abderrazak Slimani (ALG) 5783 pts

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Bashira Nasser (BHR) 11.66 CR   Imène Issa Jassem (BHR) 11.68   Mazoun El Alaouia (OMN) 12.17
200 metres   Edwilge Ova Naim (BHR) 23.21 CR   Bashira Nasser (BHR) 23.91   Manel Bendebka (ALG) 25.67
400 metres   Imène Issa Jassem (BHR) 55.44   Fatma Rezig (TUN) 59.74   Chaima Abdelaziz (ALG) 1:01.82
800 metres   Marta Hibatou (BHR) 2:10.77   Hela Hamdi (TUN) 2:12.67   Sarra Houaouti (ALG) 2:16.52
1500 metres   Dalila Abdelkader (BHR) 4:16.24 CR   Hela Hamdi (TUN) 4:33.81   Sonia Farouk Hamdan (SUD) 4:34.81
3000 metres   Ribitu Bouatiou Idao (BHR) 9:20.46   Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) 9:24.30   Yasmina Housseini (ALG) 11:7.40
5000 metres   Ribitu Bouatiou Idao (BHR) 16:57.46   Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) 17:00.42   Katia Belbey (ALG) 19:36.68
100 m hurdles   Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BHR) 14.53   Yousra Arar (ALG) 14.66   Mazoun El Alaouia (OMN) 15.01
400 m hurdles   Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BHR) 58.25 CR   Chaima Ounis (ALG) 1:03.25   Houda Cheikh (ALG) 1:04.05
3000 m steeplechase   Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) 10:02.68   Maroua Bouzaiani (TUN) 10:46.91   Katia Belbey (ALG) 12:32.79
4 × 100 m relay   Bahrain (BHR) 46.60 CR   Algeria (ALG) 48.72   Iraq (IRQ) 1:00.53
4 × 400 m relay   Bahrain (BHR) 3:46.90   Algeria (ALG) 3:58.11   Tunisia (TUN) 4:07.37
10 km walk   Rihab Mansouri (TUN) 52:38   Zina Bouhraoua (ALG) 53:10   Tinhinane Boumaaza (ALG) 54:48
High jump   Affaf Benhadja (ALG)
  Mariem Abdallah (IRQ)
1.63 m Not awarded   Zaineb Amer Karim (IRQ) 1.53 m
Pole vault   Maryam Yasser Mohamed (EGY) 3.00 m   Sherine Sharif Mahmoud (EGY) 2.60 m   Zahra Jamal Sakran (IRQ) 2.60 m
Long jump   Chelbia Ben Salem (TUN) 5.60 m   Lidia Sahraoui (ALG) 5.54 m   Insaf Zitouni (ALG) 5.45 m
Triple jump   Chelbia Ben Salem (TUN) 12.46 m   Leila Ben Si-Ali (ALG) 12.18 m   Shahd Kassem (IRQ) 11.38 m
Shot put   Sarah Ahmed Mannai (QAT) 11.97 m   Imene Bounab (ALG) 11.70 m   Folla Kermech (ALG) 9.99 m
Discus throw   Ritaj Salem Essayah (LBA) 51.58 m CR   Fatma Youcef Elhosni (UAE) 39.37 m   Amina Mohammedi (ALG) 37.17 m
Javelin throw   Sarah Ahmed Mannai (QAT) 36.11 m   Lidya Outemzabet (ALG) 29.44 m   Ikram Afrit (ALG) 28.38 m
Hammer throw   Ritaj Salem Essayah (LBA) 50.92 m   Azza Eddaif (TUN) 43.48 m   Chahrazed Kheloufi (ALG) 42.80 m
Heptathlon   Ania Ainouche (ALG) 4060 pts   Yousra Baazizi (ALG) 3613 pts   Moudhi Elbellouchi (OMN) 1739 pts

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Bahrain (BHR)145120
2  Tunisia (TUN)99422
3  Algeria (ALG)7161639
4  Iraq (IRQ)441018
5  Qatar (QAT)4105
6  Djibouti (DJI)2114
  Libya (LBA)2114
8  Saudi Arabia (KSA)1247
9  Oman (OMN)1135
10  Egypt (EGY)1113
11  Sudan (SUD)0224
12  United Arab Emirates (UAE)0101
Totals (12 entries)454443132

References

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  1. ^ Tlemcen to host 17th Arab Athletics Championships on 5 - 8 May . Algeria Press Service (2016-02-26). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
  2. ^ Arab Junior Athletics Championships: 15 countries compete in Tlemcen. Algeria Press Service (2016-05-04). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
  3. ^ 17th Arab Junior Championships Results Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic). riyadapress. Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
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