Athletics at the 2005 West Asian Games

Athletics at the 3rd West Asian Games

The track and field at the Khalifa Stadium
Host city Doha, Qatar
Date(s) 7 – 9 December
Main stadium Khalifa International Stadium
← 2002 Kuwait City

At the 2005 West Asian Games, the athletics events were held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar.[1] Contested over three days, from 7 to 9 December, it was the first time that women were allowed to compete in athletics events at the Games. A total of 28 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 5 by female athletes. The event was seen as a test event for the Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games, which Doha hosted the following year.[2][3]

The competition featured some high level performances by a handful of elite athletes: former World Youth champions Belal Mansoor Ali and Yahya Al-Gahes won the 1500 metres and 100 metres, respectively, while world silver medallist Mubarak Hassan Shami claimed the half marathon title. On the women's side, 2004 Olympian Rakia Al-Gassra won the women's 100 m. In spite of this, many events featured only a small number of athletes and the overall standard of competition was relatively low.[4][5]

Host nation Qatar topped the medal table with eleven gold medals, ten silver medals and six bronze medal. Their tally was greatly buoyed by the performances of former Kenya distance runners, including event winners Gamal Belal Salem, Majed Saeed Sultan and Musa Amer Obaid. Kuwait had the second highest number of golds with five, while Iran had the second greatest overall haul (13 medals; four golds). Of the nations competing at the games, only Lebanon and Yemen did not win medals in the athletics.

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Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Yahya Saeed Al-Gahes (KSA) 10.39  Saad Al-Shahwani (QAT) 10.53  Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed (QAT) 10.53
200 metres  Humoud Al-Saad (KUW) 21.31  Khalil Al-Hanahneh (JOR) 21.39  Hamed Kefah Al-Dosari (QAT) 21.51
400 metres  Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) 47.58  Mohamed Salim Al-Rawahi (OMN) 48.32  Ali Obaid Shirook (UAE) 49.14
800 metres  Majed Saeed Sultan (QAT) 1:46.86 GR  Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR) 1:47.07  Abdulrahman Suleiman (QAT) 1:48.22
1500 metres  Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR) 3:40.84 GR  Abubaker Ali Kamal (QAT) 3:41.45  Nasser Shams Karim (QAT) 3:43.08
5000 metres  Mubarak Ismail Rasheed (QAT) 13:33.07 GR  Gamal Belal Salem (QAT) 13:35.12  Omid Mehrabi (IRI) 14:39.17
10,000 metres  Gamal Belal Salem (QAT) 28:40.99 GR  Sultan Khamis Zaman (QAT) 28:44.57  Omid Mehrabi (IRI) 31:34.57
110 metres hurdles  Badr Al-Bouainain (KSA) 14.14  Rouhollah Askari (IRI) 14.42 Only two competitors
400 metres hurdles  Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) 50.37  Bandar Sharahili (KSA) 51.96  Mohammed Daak (KSA) 52.11
3000 metres steeplechase  Musa Amer Obaid (QAT) 8:19.46 GR  Thamer Kamal Ali (QAT) 8:33.03  Mohammed Al-Maleki (IRQ) 8:41.96
4×100 metres relay  Kuwait (KUW) 40.48  Oman (OMN) 40.73  Qatar (QAT) 40.85
4×400 metres relay  Qatar (QAT) 3:09.81  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 3:14.36  United Arab Emirates (UAE) 3:18.81
Half marathon  Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT) 1:02:21  Ahmed Jumah Jaber (QAT) 1:03:00  Noori Jabir (IRQ) 1:12:06
20 km walk  Mabrook Saleh Mohamed (QAT) 1:33:04  Waleed Ahmed Al-Sabahy (QAT) 1:34:15  Mohammed Joumaa (SYR) 1:35:11
High jump  Mohammed Abbas Darwish (UAE) 2.16 m GR  Jamal Fakhri Al-Qasim (KSA) 2.16 m  Hashem Issa Al-Oqabi (KSA) 2.13 m
Pole vault  Abdulla Ghanim Saeed (QAT) 5.00 m GR  Eshagh Ghaffari (IRI) 5.00 m  Mohsen Rabbani (IRI) 4.80 m
Long jump  Saleh Abdelaziz Al-Haddad (KUW) 7.50 m  Ibrahim Mohamdein Aboubaker (QAT) 7.48 m  Khalil Al-Hanahneh (JOR) 7.37 m
Triple jump  Mohammad Hazzory (SYR) 16.48 m GR  Ibrahim Mohamdein Aboubaker (QAT) 16.30 m  Alireza Habibi (IRI) 15.90 m
Shot put  Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) 17.54 m  Meshari Soroor Saad (KUW) 17.25 m  Saeed Mubarak Al-Yami (KSA) 16.58 m
Discus throw  Ehsan Haddadi (IRI) 63.63 m GR  Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) 60.11 m  Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi (KSA) 57.93 m
Hammer throw  Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) 76.25 m GR  Mohammad Al-Jawhar (KUW) 65.07 m  Mohamed Faraj Al-Kaabi (QAT) 63.27 m
Javelin throw  Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Khalifa (QAT) 71.73 m GR  Ayoub Arakhi (IRI) 70.29 m  Firas Al-Mohamed (SYR) 69.59 m
Decathlon  Ali Feizi (IRI) 6445 pts  Hadi Sepehrzad (IRI) 5660 pts  Saad Fahad Al-Bishi (KSA) 4468 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Rakia Al-Gassra (BHR) 12.28  Shifran Al-Mohammed (SYR) 12.33  Dana Abdulrazak (IRQ) 12.34
200 metres  Shifran Al-Mohammed (SYR) 24.66  Basma Al-Eshosh (JOR) 25.25  Dana Abdulrazak (IRQ) 25.26
4×100 metres relay  Iran (IRI) 50.97  Oman (OMN) 52.76 Only two finishing teams
High jump  Zahra Nabizadeh (IRI) 1.70 m  Shifa Anabtawi (JOR) 1.35 m  Rima Taha (JOR) 1.30 m
Long jump  Rima Taha (JOR) 5.82 m  Fadwa Al Bouza (SYR) 5.76 m  Padideh Bolourizadeh (IRI) 5.70 m

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Qatar 11 10 6 27
2  Kuwait 5 2 0 7
3  Iran 4 4 5 13
4  Saudi Arabia 2 3 5 10
5  Syria 2 2 2 6
6  Bahrain 2 1 0 3
7  Jordan 1 3 2 6
8  United Arab Emirates 1 0 2 3
9  Oman 0 3 0 3
10  Iraq 0 0 4 4
Total 28 28 26 82

References

  1. ^ 3rd West Asian Games. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  2. ^ Turner, Chris (2005-12-07). A dress rehearsal for 2006 – 3rd West Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  3. ^ Athletics. WAG 2005. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  4. ^ Turner, Chris (2005-12-08). Former World Youth winner dashes to third sprint crown of year – West Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
  5. ^ Turner, Chris (2005-12-09). Shami takes Half Marathon title – West Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
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