1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships

9th Maghreb Athletics Championships
Host city Casablanca, Morocco
Date(s) 15–17 July
Participation 4 nations
Events 39


The 1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya were the competing nations. Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (Union of Athletics Federations of the United Maghreb), it took place in Casablanca, Morocco from 15–17 July.[1] A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women.[2][3]

Morocco and Algeria each won fifteen gold medals at the competition, with Morocco edging the top spot through its haul of 16 silver medals. Tunisia was a comfortable third, while Libya won two gold medals in the men's horizontal jumps. It was the third and last time that Libya attended the Maghreb Championships.[2] The competition was staged one month prior to the wider regional 1983 Arab Athletics Championships.[4]

The event was part of a flourish of athletics championships in the mid-1980s in Casablanca, Morocco's largest city. The Mediterranean Games was held two months after the Maghreb event.[5] This was followed by the 1984 Arab Junior Athletics Championships, and finally the 1985 Pan Arab Games.[6][7]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Ali Bakhta (ALG) 10.3  Omar Ghizlat (MAR) 10.4  Abdelali Kasbane (MAR) 10.5
200 metres  Ali Bakhta (ALG) 21.2  Brahim Amour (ALG) 21.6  Habib Dhouibi (TUN) 21.9
400 metres  Habib Dhouibi (TUN) 47.0  Brahim Amour (ALG) 47.3  Saïd M'Hand (MAR) 47.3
800 metres  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 1:49.1  Mohamed Alouini (TUN) 1:49.9  Mohamed Zahafi (MAR) 1:50.0
1500 metres  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:35.6  Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG) 3:40.1  Mohamed Zahafi (MAR) 3:41.0
5000 metres  Féthi Baccouche (TUN) 14:29.7  Abderrazak Bounour (ALG) 14:30.4  El Hachemi Abdenouz (ALG) 14:31.9
10,000 metres  Boualem Rahoui (ALG) 29:55.5  Larbi El Mouadden (MAR) 30:00.9  Rachid Habchaoui (ALG) 30:07.3
110 m hurdles  Noureddine Tadjine (ALG) 14.1  Saïd Kahia (MAR) 14.4  Ahmed Chiboub (MAR) 14.6
400 m hurdles  Khalid Regoug (MAR) 52.2  Abdelmoula Aziz (MAR) 52.8  Khalifa Khémiri (TUN) 53.3
3000 metres steeplechase  Féthi Baccouche (TUN) 8:34.1  Hamid Hommada (MAR) 8:36.8  Rabah Aboura (ALG) 8:48.5
4×100 m relay  Morocco (MAR) 42.0  Libya (LBA) 42.3  Tunisia (TUN) 42.4
4×400 m relay  Algeria (ALG) 3:09.7  Tunisia (TUN) 3:09.7  Morocco (MAR) 3:10.2
Marathon  Abdelaziz Bouguerra (TUN) 2:23:43  Mohamed Abaidia (ALG) 2:27:52  Houcine El Mekni (TUN) 2:36:42
20,000 m walk  Benamar Kachkouche (ALG) 1:32:38.0  Abdelwahab Ferguène (ALG) 1:32:38.1  Mohamed Kouchaoui (MAR) 1:44:45.0
High jump  Othmane Belfaa (ALG) 2.18 m  Mohamed Aghlal (MAR) 2.13 m  Abdenour Krim (ALG) 2.13 m
Pole vault  Djamel Bouzerar (ALG) 4.50 m  Choukri Abahnini (TUN) 4.50 m  Mohamed Bouihiri (MAR) 4.40 m
Long jump  Mohamed Abdusalam Bishti (LBA) 7.55 m  Ahmed Benazoug (ALG) 7.21 m  Bachir Messikh (ALG) 7.15 m
Triple jump  Fethi Khelid Aboud (LBA) 15.78 m  Saïd Saad (ALG) 15.68 m  El Mustapha Aouchar (MAR) 15.21 m
Shot put  Mohamed Fatihi (MAR) 18.02 m  Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) 15.11 m  Néjib Dimassi (TUN) 14.99 m
Discus throw  Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) 53.74 m  Mohamed Fatihi (MAR) 50.50 m  Yacine Louail (ALG) 50.12 m
Hammer throw  Hakim Toumi (ALG) 67.84 m  Youssef Ben Abid (TUN) 54.18 m  Hassan Chahine (MAR) 50.42 m
Javelin throw  Tarek Chaabani (TUN) 73.02 m  Mohamed Karakhi (MAR) 72.68 m  Mongi Alimi (TUN) 69.48 m
Decathlon  Mohamed Bensaad (ALG) 7180 pts  Abdennacer Moumen (MAR) 6735 pts  Mourad Mahour Bacha (ALG) 6708 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Naïma Baraiz (MAR) 12.3  Zeineb Ben Sma (TUN) 12.4  Fatima Mefti (ALG) 12.4
200 metres  Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 24.0  Rachida Ferdjaoui (ALG) 25.3  Selma Anane (TUN) 25.9
400 metres  Fatiha Salahi (MAR) 54.8  Chaïbia Bilali (MAR) 55.5  Sarra Touibi (TUN) 56.7
800 metres  Chaïbia Bilali (MAR) 2:08.9  Fatima Aouam (MAR) 2:09.4  Sarra Touibi (TUN) 2:10.4
1500 metres  Hassania Darami (MAR) 4:31.7  Dalila Méhira (ALG) 4:34.4  Leïla M'Hamdi (MAR) 4:35.9
3000 metres  Dalila Méhira (ALG) 9:50.2  Hassania Darami (MAR) 9:53.8  Leila Bendahmane (ALG) 9:57.0
100 m hurdles  Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 13.4  Basma Gharbi (TUN) 14.5  Karima Henni (ALG) 14.5
400 m hurdles  Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 58.5  Fatiha Salahi (MAR) 60.5  Rachida Ferdjaoui (ALG) 62.5
4×100 m relay  Morocco (MAR) 47.2  Algeria (ALG) 47.9  Tunisia (TUN) 48.4
4×400 m relay  Morocco (MAR) 3:45.9  Tunisia (TUN) 3:51.2  Algeria (ALG) 3:53.0
High jump  Kawther Akrémi (TUN) 1.78 m  Nacèra Achir (ALG) 1.68 m  Lamia Ben Ali (TUN) 1.65 m
Long jump  Dalila Tayebi (ALG) 5.98 m  Basma Gharbi (TUN) 5.87 m  Kawther Akrémi (TUN) 5.72 m
Shot put  Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) 14.41 m  Souad Malloussi (MAR) 14.15 m  Fatiha Larab (ALG) 13.58 m
Discus throw  Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) 50.92 m  Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) 47.16 m  Latifa Nefzaoui (TUN) 40.56 m
Javelin throw  Nouria Kédideh (ALG) 48.20 m  Fatiha Belamghar (MAR) 44.46 m  Samia Djemaa (ALG) 43.20 m
Heptathlon  Dalila Tayebi (ALG) 5555 pts  Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 4927 pts  Nacèra Achir (ALG) 4887 pts

References

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