Athletics at the 2011 Arab Games

At the 2011 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events are currently being held at Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar from 15 to 20 December. A total of 45 events are to be contested, comprising 23 men's events and 22 for female athletes.[1] The track and field events took place within the stadium while the half marathon was contested on a specially-designed course around the Aspire Zone.[2] The shorter track events have a two-round format with qualifying heats and a final race, while the long-distance races and throwing events are contested in a straight final format with no qualifying rounds. In addition to the elite level programme, a total of 30 para-athletics events were contested between athletes with a disability on 21 and 22 December, comprising 25 men's events and five women's events.[3]

Athletics at the XII Pan Arab Games
Dates15 – 20 December
Host cityDoha, Qatar
VenueKhalifa Stadium
Events45 (elite)
30 (disabled)
Participation295 (+disabled) athletes from
21 nations


Morocco topped the medal table, as it had in 2007, taking eleven gold medals and 24 medals in total. Qatar and Saudi Arabia had the next highest number of golds (six), while Egypt had the second largest medal haul, with 22 (five of them gold). Athletes from twelve nations reached the top of the podium while fifteen of the 21 competing nations won a medal in the athletics competition.[4]

Morocco's Malika Akkaoui was the most successful athlete of the competition as she won a 400/800 metres double before winning a third gold in the relay. The women's short sprints were dominated by Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq and Gretta Taslakian, who were first and second in both events, and Abdul-Razzaq also won a bronze over 400 m. The men's 100 metres was a photo finish between the host nation's Femi Seun Ogunode and Barakat Al-Harthi of Oman – Al-Harthi was initially declared the winner but this was later revised in favour of Ogunode. Abubaker Ali Kamal completed a novel 5000 metres/steeplechase double for Qatar,[2] but was later disqualified for failed a drugs test at the competition.[5] The men's 1500 metres, won by Hassan Ayanleh, was of a high standard as all three medallists achieved the Olympic "A" qualifying mark and runner-up Hamza Driouch became the third fastest youth runner of all time.[2]

Egypt performed well in the men's and women's throws and Yasser Ibrahim Farag won the shot put and took the discus throw silver medal. Algerian Baya Rahouli was a clear winner in the women's triple jump, taking the ninth Pan Arab Games medal of her career. Egypt's Enas Mansour took silver medals in both the women's horizontal jumps. Asian champion Mutaz Essa Barshim, one of Qatar's foremost athletes, cleared 2.30 m to win the men's high jump. Hassanine Sebei and Chaima Trabelsi of Tunisia both retained their racewalking titles from 2007.[2]

An anonymous poll conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency at the event showed that an estimated 45% of the athletes present at the Arab athletics competition had used a banned substance within the last 12 months.[6]

Medal summary

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Elite men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Femi Seun Ogunode (QAT) 10.37   Barakat Al-Harthi (OMN) 10.37   Aziz Ouhadi (MAR) 10.38
200 metres   Aziz Ouhadi (MAR) 20.69   Femi Seun Ogunode (QAT) 21.01   Abdullah Al Sooli (OMA) 21.21
400 metres   Yousef Ahmed Masrahi (KSA) 45.44   Ahmed Al-Marjibi (OMN) 45.84   Rabah Yousif (SUD) 45.87
800 metres   Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) 1:45.92   Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD) 1:46.60   Adnan Al-Mntafage (IRQ) 1:47.18
1500 metres   Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) 3:34.32 NR   Hamza Driouch (QAT) 3:34.43   Mohamad Al-Garni (QAT) 3:34.61
5000 metres   Soufian Bouqantar (MAR) 13:45.81   Ali Hasan Mahboob (BHR) 13:46.32   Moukheld Al-Outaibi (KSA) 13:46.62
10,000 metres   Ali Hasan Mahboob (BHR) 28:39.88   Mumin Gala (DJI) 28:43.32   Bilisuma Shugi Gelasa (BHR) 28:44.10
110 metres hurdles   Ahmad Al-Molad (KSA) 13.60 NR   Othman Hadj Lazib (ALG) 13.74   Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel (KUW) 13.78
400 metres hurdles   Bandar Yahya Sharahili (KSA) 50.63   Miloud Rahmani (ALG) 51.03   Mohamed Sgaier (TUN) 51.27
3000 metres steeplechase   Hamid Ezzine (MAR) 8:38.37   Tareq Mubarak Taher (BHR) 8:39.25   Dejenee Mootumaa (BHR) 8:39.53
4×100 metres relay   Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Yahya Hassan Habeeb
Yasir Alnashri
Mahmoud Hafiz Ibrahim
Ahmad Al-Molad
39.67   Oman (OMA)
Fahad Al-Jabri
Barakat Al-Harthi
Abdullah Al-Sooli
Yahya Al-Noufali
39.84   United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Hussain Al-Blooshi
Ahmed Al-Zaabi
Bilal Al-Salfa
Omar Al-Salfa
40.15
4×400 metres relay   Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Hamed Al-Bishi
Mohammed Al-Salhi
Mohammed Al-Bishi
Yousef Ahmed Masrahi
3:07.22   Sudan (SUD)
Rabah Yousif
Elnazeir Eltahir Abdel Kader
Hafiz Mohamed
Ismail Ahmed Ismail
3:07.47   Oman (OMA)
Yahya Al Noufali
Obaid Al Quraini
Abdullah Al Hidi
Ahmed Al Marjibi
3:08.54
Half marathon   Rachid Kisri (MAR) 1:04:03   Khaled Kamel Yaseen (BHR) 1:04:31   Wissam Hosni (TUN) 1:04:37
20 km walk   Hassanine Sebei (TUN) 1:28:20 GR   Mohamed Mabrouk Saleh (QAT) 1:31:02   Ali Daghiri (MAR) 1:34:59
High jump   Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.30 m   Ali Mohd Younes Idriss (SUD) 2.24 m   Rashid Ahmed Al-Mannai (QAT) 2.21 m
Pole vault   Mouhcine Cheaouri (MAR) 5.10 m   Sami Berhaiem (TUN) 5.05 m   Fahid Bader Al-Mershad (KUW) 4.90 m
Long jump   Saleh Abdelaziz Al-Haddad (KUW) 7.83 m   Mohamed Difallah Gawy (EGY) 7.81 m   Hussein Taher Al-Sabee (KSA) 7.59 m
Triple jump   Issam Nima (ALG) 16.59 m   Mohammad Darwish (UAE) 16.41 m   Tarik Bouguetaib (MAR) 16.33 m
Shot put   Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) 19.44 m   Ahmad Gholoum (KUW) 18.74 m   Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) 17.79 m
Discus throw   Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) 62.29 m   Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) 60.47 m   Musab Momani (JOR) 58.95 m
Hammer throw   Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) 73.29 m   Mostafa Al-Gamel (EGY) 70.23 m   Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud (EGY) 68.22 m
Javelin throw   Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed (EGY) 78.66 m   Ahmed Samir El Shabramsly (EGY) 71.23 m   Ammar Al-Najm (IRQ) 70.36 m
Decathlon   Mohammed Al-Qaree (KSA) 7677 pts NR   Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN) 7664 pts   Mourad Souissi (ALG) 7220 pts
  • = Qatar's Abubaker Ali Kamal was the initial winner of the men's 5000 m and steeplechase events, but he was later disqualified as his doping test at the event tested positive for EPO.[5]

Elite women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq (IRQ) 11.88 NR   Gretta Taslakian (LIB) 11.96   Jamaa Chnaik (MAR) 12.08
200 metres   Gretta Taslakian (LIB) 24.10   Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq (IRQ) 24.61   Fayza Omer (SUD) 25.20
400 metres   Malika Akkaoui (MAR) 53.94   Nawal El Jack (SUD) 55.14   Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq (IRQ) 55.48
800 metres   Malika Akkaoui (MAR) 2:02.42   Genzeb Shumi Regasa (BHR) 2:07.19   Malika Abakil (MAR) 2:07.57
1500 metres   Genzeb Shumi Regasa (BHR) 4:20.07   Siham Hilali (MAR) 4:20.83   Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh (UAE) 4:21.50
5000 metres   Alia Saeed (UAE) 16:11.54   Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh (UAE) 16:12.71   Shitaye Eshete (BHR) 16:15.26
10,000 metres   Tejitu Daba Chalchissa (BHR) 33:09.18   Shitaye Eshete (BHR) 33:09.19   Amina Bakhit (SUD) 33:27.76 NR
100 metres hurdles   Lamiae Lhabze (MAR) 13.88   Amina Ferguen (ALG) 13.98   Roumeissa Belabiod (ALG) 14.37
400 metres hurdles   Hayat Lambarki (MAR) 56.72   Lamiae Lhabze (MAR) 57.55   Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed (SUD) 1:00.00
4×100 metres relay   Morocco (MAR)
Jamaa Chnaik
Hayat Lambarki
Ghita El Kafy
Salima Jamali
46.16   Egypt (EGY)
Radwa Fadl
Salma Elsayed
Wedian Hussain
Enas Mansour
48.87   Qatar (QAT)
Nada Nabil Abdalla
Fatemeh Mazaher Sassanipoor
Reyma Alen Thomas
Noor Hussain Al Malki
52.10
4×400 metres relay   Morocco (MAR)
Lamiae Lhabze
Malika Akkaoui
Malika Abakil
Hayat Lambarki
3:38.64   Sudan (SUD)
Nawal El Jack
Alawia Andal
Fayza Omer
Tasabih Mohamed
3:45.91   Algeria (ALG)
Fassila Fnides
Djamila Bensalem
Asma Amar-Belhadj
Houria Moussa
3:50.36
Half marathon   Lishan Dula (BHR) 1:14:18   Kareema Saleh Jasim (BHR) 1:14:31   Samira Raif (MAR) 1:14:35
10 km walk   Chaima Trabelsi (TUN) 48:17.91   Olfa Lafi (TUN) 50:07.49   Nazha Ezzhani (MAR) 54:08.32
High jump   Rhizlane Siba (MAR) 1.76 m   Basant Ibrahim (EGY) 1.76 m   Maryam Mohamed Al-Ansari (BHR) 1.70 m NR
Pole vault   Nisrine Dinar (MAR) 3.91 m   Dorra Mahfoudi (TUN) 3.65 m   Dina Eltabaa (EGY) 3.30 m
Long jump   Roumeissa Belabiod (ALG) 6.07 m   Enas Mansour (EGY) 6.03 m   Jamaa Chnaik (MAR) 5.86 m
Triple jump   Baya Rahouli (ALG) 14.01 m   Enas Mansour (EGY) 12.80 m   Jamaa Chnaik (MAR) 12.76 m
Shot put   Walaa Eldakak (EGY) 14.92 m   Fadya Saad El Kasaby (EGY) 14.67 m   Sihem Marrakchi (TUN) 14.27 m
Discus throw   Elham Wahba (EGY) 46.88 m   Sara Dardiri (EGY) 46.75 m   Basma Mohamed Abdoh (BHR) 31.05 m
Hammer throw   Sarah Bensaad (TUN) 60.49 m   Nehal Hamed (EGY) 58.64 m   Rana Ibrahim (EGY) 58.47 m
Javelin throw   Ahmed Reda (EGY) 45.93 m   Sihem Marrakchi (TUN) 43.75 m   Hanaa Hassan (EGY) 43.72 m
Heptathlon   Nada Chroudi (TUN) 4993 pts   Wedian Hussain (EGY) 4800 pts   Radwa Fadl (EGY) 4618 pts

Men's para-athletics

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m T12   Ayoub Chaoui (MAR) 11.56   Ahmed Kadhim (IRQ) 11.58   Mahmoud Khaldi (TUN) 11.69
100m T13   Youssef Fahmy (MAR) 11.25   Hussein Kadhim (IRQ) 11.29   Mohammed Fannouna (PLE) 11.63
100m T37   Sofiane Hamdi (ALG) 11.90   Mostafa Mohamed (EGY) 11.93   Mohamed Charmi (TUN) 13.00
100m T46   Fadhil Al-Dabbagh (IRQ) 11.19   Saeed Alkhaldi (KSA) 11.47   Mohammed Dif (MAR) 11.73
100m T53   Mohammed Bani Hashem (UAE) 16.17   Fahad Alganaidl (KSA) 16.32   Ayed Alhababi (UAE) 16.84
100m T54   Fethi Zouinhki (TUN) 14.95   Ahmed Aouadi (TUN) 14.95   Jasim Alnaqbi (UAE) 15.45
200 T12   Ayoub Chaoui (MAR) 23.25   Mohammed El Qoussi (MAR) 24.23   Abdulmagid Said (LBA) 25.64
200 T13   Youssef Fahmy (MAR) 22.69   Hussein Kadhim (IRQ) 22.72   Mohammed Fannouna (PLE) 23.97
200m T46   Fadhil Al-Dabbagh (IRQ) 23.11   Mohammed Dif (MAR) 23.78   Bilal Hussein (JOR) 24.15
200m T53   Ayed Alhababi (UAE) 29.32   Fahad Alganaidl (KSA) 29.63 Vacant
800m T46   Mohamed Fouzai (TUN) 1:59.52   Ahmed Farhat (MAR) 1:59.96   Abdelhadi El Harti (MAR) 2:00.60
1500m T37   Madjid Djemai (ALG) 4:28.33   Mohamed Charmi (TUN) 4:28.75   Hafid Aharak (MAR) 4:29.85
1500m T54   Ahmed Aouadi (TUN) 3:35.02   Fethi Zouinhki (TUN) 3:35.08   Rashed Aldhaheri (UAE) 3:39.74
Long jump F20   Asaad Sharaheli (KSA) 6.75 m   Abdelmalek Souaissa (TUN) 5.84 m   Ala Elfurawi (LBA) 5.81 m
Shot put F20   Mohamed Fatnassi (TUN) 13.09 m   Rabia Omran (LBA) 11.36 m   Abdelmalek Souaissa (TUN) 10.92 m
Shot put F34   Mohamed Ali Krid (TUN) 10.50 m   Faouzi Rzig (TUN) 10.04 m   Azzedinne Nouiri (MAR) 10.00 m
Shot put F42   Salim Al-Juboori (IRQ) 11.87 m   Walid Ahmed (LBA) 11.24 m   Brahim Bouzertini (ALG) 10.70 m
Shot put F54/55/56   Khamis Zaqout (PLE) 935 (10.77 m)   Ibrahim Ibrahim (EGY) 680 (9.59 m)   Husam Alkhatib (JOR) 655 (9.40 m)
Shot put F57/58   Jamil Elshebli (JOR) 987 (14.06 m)   Redhouane Ait Said (ALG) 890 (14.46 m)   Amer Alabbadi (JOR) 825 (13.61 m)
Discus throw F34   Mohamed Ali Krid (TUN) 42.26 m   Faouzi Rzig (TUN) 34.52 m   Mohammad Almehairi (UAE) 31.00 m
Discus throw F42   Waild Ahmed (LBA) 38.85 m   Kheireddine Ougour (ALG) 34.01 m   SalimAl-Juboori (IRQ) 32.46 m
Discus throw F51/52/53   Mohamed Hassan (EGY) 770 (23.49 m)   Husam Azzam (PLE) 433 (18.60 m)   Mohammed Al Joaidi (QAT) 343 (7.34 m)
Discus throw F57/58   Metawa Abo Elkhir (EGY) 926 (53.20 m)   Mahmoud Rajab (LBA) 792 (46.74 m)   Abdelrahman Abuwatfa (PLE) 760 (38.32 m)
Javelin throw F54/55/56   Ibrahim Ibrahim (EGY) 885 (33.24 m)   Yaser Elsayed (EGY) 870 (27.23 m)   Khamis Zaqout (PLE) 830 (25.74 m)
Javelin throw F57/58   Raed Salem (EGY) 908 (46.05 m)   Mahmoud El Attar (EGY) 805 (41.77 m)   Nasser Al-Sahoti (QAT) 772 (40.52 m)

Women's para-athletics

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Shot put F32/33/34   Yousra Ben Jemaa (TUN) 935 (7.32 m)   Souheila Hariki (ALG) 915 (7.17 m)   Thuraya Alzaabi (UAE) 749 (6.10 m)
Shot put F54/55/56   Fadhila Nafati (TUN) 901 (6.28 m)   Hania Aidi (TUN) 829 (5.89 m)   Sanae Soubane (MAR) 496 (4.54 m)
Shot put F57/58   Saifa Djalel (ALG) 966 (10.63 m)   Nadia Medjmedj (ALG) 927 (9.78 m)   Nassima Saifi (ALG) 885 (9.61 m)
Discus throw F57/58   Nassima Saifi (ALG) 1022 (39.84 m)   Nadia Medjmedj (ALG) 908 (27.70 m)   Silham Alrasheedy (UAE) 823 (25.43 m)
Javelin throw F54/55/56   Hania Aidi (TUN) 968 (16.41 m)   Fadhila Nafati (TUN) 761 (12.82 m)   Sanae Soubane (MAR) 443 (9.21 m)

Medal table

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Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim won the men's high jump for the hosts.
 
Rabah Yousif of Sudan won individual and relay medals over 400 m.
  • Note: The results of the para-athletics competitions did not count towards neither the athletics, nor the overall medal count.

  *   Host nation (Qatar)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Morocco132924
2  Saudi Arabia6028
3  Egypt512522
4  Bahrain46515
5  Tunisia45312
6  Qatar*43411
7  Algeria3339
8  Kuwait2125
9  United Arab Emirates1225
10  Iraq1135
11  Djibouti1102
  Lebanon1102
13  Sudan0549
14  Oman0325
15  Jordan0011
Totals (15 entries)454545135

Para-athletics

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  *   Host nation (Qatar)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Tunisia98320
2  Algeria45211
3  Egypt4408
4  Morocco43613
5  Iraq3317
6  United Arab Emirates2068
7  Libya1326
8  Saudi Arabia1304
9  Palestine1146
10  Jordan1034
11  Qatar*0022
Totals (11 entries)30302989

Participating nations

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Changes in medal standings

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Event Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
5000 metres   Qatar –1 –1
  Morocco +1 –1 0
  Bahrain +1 –1 0
  Saudi Arabia +1 +1
3000 metres steeplechase   Qatar –1 –1
  Morocco +1 –1 0
  Bahrain +1 0 +1

References

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  1. ^ Athletics Archived 2012-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. ArabGames2011. Retrieved on 2011-12-15.
  2. ^ a b c d Georgiotis, Vasileios (2011-12-21). Qatar’s young guns shine in Doha – Arab Games report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-21.
  3. ^ Parathletics Archived 2012-01-09 at the Wayback Machine. ArabGames2011. Retrieved on 2011-12-20.
  4. ^ Athletics Medal Standings Archived 2012-01-07 at the Wayback Machine. ArabGames2011. Retrieved on 2011-12-21.
  5. ^ a b IAAF Sanctioned Athletes 15.6.12. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-21.
  6. ^ Rohan, Tim (2013-08-22). Antidoping Agency Delays Publication of Research. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2013-08-26.
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