1981 Arab Athletics Championships

3rd Arab Athletics Championships
Host city Tunis, Tunisia
Date(s) 21–24 August
Events 39


The 1981 Arab Athletics Championships was the third edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Tunis, Tunisia from 21–24 August. It was the first occasion that the tournament was hosted in Africa. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women. The men's 20 kilometres walk was held for the first time – being the first Arab walking championship race since the 1965 Pan Arab Games. The women's programme, following its debut in 1979 with ten events, was greatly expanded. Relays, hurdles, heptathlon and distance events were all opened up to women athletes.[1][2]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Omar Ghizlat (MAR)10.59  Rashid Al Jirbi (UAE)10.62  Mohamed El Guinzi (MAR)10.74
200 metres  Hassan El Kashief (SUD)21.44  Rashid Al Jirbi (UAE)21.66  Hassen Ali Lafta (IRQ)21.89
400 metres  Hassan El Kashief (SUD)45.35  Amar Brahmia (ALG)46.91  Khalil Ibrahim Salem (UAE)47.49
800 metres  Omer Khalifa (SUD)1:48.44  Amar Brahmia (ALG)1:48.97  Faouzi Lahbi (MAR)1:49.25
1500 metres  Omer Khalifa (SUD)3:39.88  Mehdi Aidet (ALG)3:40.02  Saïd Aouita (MAR)3:59.28
5000 metres  Rachid Habchaoui (ALG)13:54.47  Hassen Babassi (ALG)13:56.41  Féthi Baccouche (TUN)13:57.70
10,000 metres  Rachid Habchaoui (ALG)28:56.8  Ahmed Musa Jouda (SUD)28:59.0  Abdelmajid Mada (ALG)29:31.9
110 metres hurdles  Riad Benhaddad (ALG)14.45  Ahmed Chiboub (MAR)14.50  Hassen Ali Hassen (IRQ)14.62
400 metres hurdles  Ahmed Hamada Jassim (BHR)51.83  Jassem El Yakout (KUW)52.09  Ahmed Chiboub (MAR)52.52
3000 metres steeplechase  Lahcene Babaci (ALG)8:32.32  Féthi Baccouche (TUN)8:32.34  Abderrazak Bounour (ALG)8:51.27
4×100 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA)41.30  Iraq (IRQ)41.46  Qatar (QAT)41.59
4×400 m relay  Algeria (ALG)3:10.62  Morocco (MAR)3:12.36  Bahrain (BHR)3:15.45
Marathon  Abderrahman Aedh (QAT)2:49:13  Houcine Makni (TUN)2:50:52  Ahmed Alawi (QAT)2:55:56
20 km walk  Benamar Kachkouche (ALG)1:41:32  Abdelwahab Ferguène (ALG)1:41:40  Mohamed El Bouichi Shehoub (LBA)2:08:06
High jump  Habib Ali Raban (KSA)2.06 m  Hedi Kefah (IRQ)2.00 m  Ghazi Saleh Marzouk (KSA)2.00 m
Pole vault  Mohamed Bensaad (ALG)4.60 m  Abdelatif Chekir (TUN)4.50 m  Djamel Bouzerar (ALG)4.30 m
Long jump  Nassir Hassan (IRQ)7.25 m  Mehdi Khadum (IRQ)7.20 m  Aissa Abbes (KUW)6.94 m
Triple jump  Nasir Hussein Jassim (IRQ)15.61 m  Mehdi Khadum (IRQ)15.55 m  Larbi Fezzani (TUN)15.50 m
Shot put  Mohammed Al-Zinkawi (KUW)17.25 m  Mohamed Fatihi (MAR)16.52 m  Shokr Mahmoud (IRQ)16.41 m
Discus throw  Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN)51.46 m  Adnan Houry (SYR)49.08 m  Shawki Hajji (IRQ)47.40 m
Hammer throw  Hakim Toumi (ALG)52.43 m  Abdellah Boubekeur (ALG)45.44 m  Youssef Ben Abid (TUN)52.43 m
Javelin throw  Tarek Chaabani (TUN)71.50 m  Hany Abd Walid (IRQ)71.46 m  Ali Memmi (TUN)66.66 m
Decathlon  Ahmed Mahour Bacha (ALG)7495 pts  Mohamed Bensaad (ALG)7366 pts  Abdessatar Mouelhi (TUN)6882 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)11.86  Lamia Benkhraba (MAR)12.27  Anouar Abdelmohsen (IRQ)12.70
200 metres  Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)24.30  Lamia Benkhraba (MAR)25.26  Anouar Abdelmohsen (IRQ)25.90
400 metres  Dalila Baouche (ALG)59.12  Sarra Touibi (TUN)59.32  Samira Letaief (TUN)1:01.11
800 metres  Leïla M'Hamdi (MAR)2:10.80  Rachida Oueslati (TUN)2:11.27  Halima Hidri (TUN)2:13.80
1500 metres  Hassania Darami (MAR)4:26.95  Rachida Oueslati (TUN)4:32.71  Dalila Méhira (ALG)4:33.54
3000 metres  Hassania Darami (MAR)9:33.71  Latifa Dérouiche (TUN)10:04.22  Dalila Méhira (ALG)10:09.72
100 metres hurdles  Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR)15.07  Zahra Azaiez (TUN)16.08  Kawther Akrémi (TUN)16.41
400 metres hurdles  Basma Gharbi (TUN)1:04.95  Sihem Abbès (TUN)1:06.39 Only two finishers
4×100 m relay  Morocco (MAR)47.89  Tunisia (TUN)49.81  Jordan (JOR)56.54
4×400 m relay  Morocco (MAR)3:51.28  Tunisia (TUN)3:55.83 Only two finishers [nb]
High jump  Kawther Akrémi (TUN)1.74 m  Habiba Mosleh (MAR) 1.66 m  Raya Tatunji (SYR) 1.63 m
Long jump  Dalila Tayebi (ALG)5.82 m  Zahra Azaiez (TUN)5.75 m  Basma Gharbi (TUN)5.37 m
Shot put  Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR)12.21 m  Souad Malloussi (MAR)12.11 m  Fatiha Larab (ALG)11.57 m
Discus throw  Zoubida Laayouni (MAR)49.88 m  Fathia Jerbi (TUN)47.70 m  Djamila Aït Dib (ALG)44.42 m
Javelin throw  Fatiha Belamghar (MAR)47.18 m  Nouria Kédideh (ALG)44.02 m  Samia Djémaa (ALG)42.88 m
Heptathlon  Dalila Tayebi (ALG)5128 pts  Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR)5125 pts  Zahra Azaiez (TUN)4675 pts

Medal table

Men

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Algeria 9 7 3 19
2  Sudan 4 1 0 5
3  Iraq 2 5 3 10
4  Tunisia 2 3 5 10
5  Saudi Arabia 2 0 1 3
6  Morocco 1 4 4 9
7  Kuwait 1 1 2 4
8  Qatar 1 0 2 3
9  Bahrain 1 0 1 2
10  United Arab Emirates 0 2 1 3
11  Libya 0 0 1 1
12  Syria 0 0 0 0
12  South Yemen 0 0 0 0
12  Lebanon 0 0 0 0
12  Palestine 0 0 0 0
12  Jordan 0 0 0 0
Total 23 23 23 69

Women

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Morocco 11 5 0 16
2  Algeria 3 1 5 9
3  Tunisia 2 10 5 17
4  Iraq 0 0 2 2
5  Syria 0 0 1 1
5  Jordan 0 0 1 1
7  South Yemen 0 0 0 0
Total 16 16 14 46

References

  1. ↑ Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-14.
  2. ↑ Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-18.
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