2009 Arab Athletics Championships

16th Arab Athletics Championships
Host city Damascus, Syria
Date(s) 6 – 9 October
Participation 17 nations
Events 46


The 2009 Arab Athletics Championships was the sixteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries which took place in Damascus, Syria from 6–9 October.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(Event was hand-timed)
 Aziz Ouhadi (MAR)9.9h  Mohammed Farhan Khalifa (BHR)10.0h  Barakat Al-Harthi (OMN)10.1h
200 metres  Omar Juma Al-Salfa (UAE)20.84  Idriss Khalid Zougari (MAR)20.86  Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA)20.92
400 metres  Rabah Yousif (SUD)45.15  Mohamed Khouaja (LBA)45.35  Yousef Masrahi (KSA)45.93
800 metres  Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR)1:45.92  Mohammad Al-Azemi (KUW)1:46.91  Mouhcine El Amine (MAR)1:46.99
1500 metres  Amine Laâlou (MAR)3:39.89  Imad Touil (ALG)3:40.86  Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR)3:40.89
5000 metres  James Kwalia (QAT)14:04.22  Hasan Mahboob (BHR)14:05.23  Alemu Bekele (BHR)14:06.62
10,000 metres  Hasan Mahboob (BHR)28:16.01  Nicholas Kemboi (QAT)28:22.24  Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah (KSA)29:04.57
110 metres hurdles  Othmane Hadj Lazib (ALG)13.79  Ahmed Khader Al-Moualed (KSA)13.92  Aymen Ben Ahmed (TUN)14.03
400 metres hurdles  Bandar Yahya Sharahili (KSA)49.43  Idris Abdulkader Al-Housaoui (KSA)49.56  Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT)51.74
3000 metres steeplechase  Tareq Mubarak Taher (BHR)8:39.47  Chakir Boujattaoui (MAR)8:40.36  Rabia Makhloufi (ALG)8:48.95
Half marathon  Nicholas Kemboi (QAT)1:07:09  Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA)1:07:14  Najim El Qady (MAR)1:07:18
20 km walk  Hassanine Sebei (TUN)1:29:56  Ali Amrouch (ALG)1:31:16  Hichem Medjeber (ALG)1:31:30
4×100 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Yahya Al-Ghahes
Mohamed Ali Al-Fardan
Yasser Al-Nassiri
Ahmed Khader Al-Moualed
40.09 NR  United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Omar Jouma Al-Salfa
Bilal Jouma Al-Salfa
Hussain Rustom
Mohammed Jassem Al-Qaree
40.19  Oman (OMN)
Barakat Al-Harthi
Ahmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi
Fahed Khamis Al-Jabri
Juma Mubarak Al-Jabri
40.37
4×400 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Yousef Masrahi
Hamed Al-Bishi
Bandar Yahya Sharahili
Idris Abdulkader Al-Housaoui
3:06.90  United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Jassem Jouma Sayed
Bilal Jouma Al-Salfa
Saoud Ali Abdulkarim
Omar Juma Al-Salfa
3:09.78  Sudan (SUD)
Awadelkarim Makki
Hussein
Ismail Ahmed Ismail
Rabah Yousif
3:10.09
High jump  Karim Lotfy (EGY)2.16 m  Majededdin Ghazal (SYR)2.16 m  Nawaf Ahmad Al-Yami (KSA)2,00 m
Pole vault  Fahid Bader Al-Mershad (KUW)5.25 m NR CR  Ali Makki Al-Sabagha (KUW)5.15 m  Abdelatif Djadoune (ALG)5.00 m
Long jump  Issam Nima (ALG)8.10 m  Yahya Berrabah (MAR)8.09 m  Ahmed Faiz Bin Marzouq (KSA)7.82 m
Triple jump  Mohamed Youssef Al-Sahabi (BHR)16.30 m  Mohamed Abdullah Darwish (UAE)16.15 m  Mourad Benchikh El Hocine (ALG)16.12 m
Shot put  Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA)19.12 m  Meshari Suroor Saad (KUW)18.81 m  Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY)18.29 m
Discus throw  Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY)61.73 m  Haider Naser Abdulshaheed (IRQ)59.54 m  Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY)59.31 m
Hammer throw  Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW)76.46 m  Mohsen El Anany (EGY)74.31 m  Mohammad Al-Jawhar (KUW)69.20 m
Javelin throw  Ihab El-Sayed (EGY)75.49 m  Ammar Makki Al-Najm (IRQ)74.16 m NR  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA)69.44 m
Decathlon  Mohammed J.M. Al-Qaree (KSA)7642 pts NR  Mourad Souissi (ALG)7413 pts  Ali Hazer (LIB)6287 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Munira Saleh (SYR)11.93 NR  Jamaa Chnaik (MAR)11.94  Dana Hussain (IRQ)11.99 NR
200 metres  Munira Saleh (SYR)24.25  Gulustan Mahmood (IRQ)24.49 NR  Jamaa Chnaik (MAR)25.05
400 metres  Gulustan Mahmood (IRQ)53.65 NR  Naima Ibrahimi (MAR)55.53  Nouha El Baklouti (TUN)57.89
800 metres  Halima Hachlaf (MAR)2:07.17  Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR)2:07.38  Mimi Belete (BHR)2:09.25
1500 metres  Siham Hilali (MAR)4:12.62  Btissam Lakhouad (MAR)4:15.24  Mimi Belete (BHR)4:16.76
5000 metres  Tejitu Daba (BHR)16:27.66  Shitaye Eshete (BHR)16:29.74  Bouchra Chaâbi (MAR)16:30.33
10,000 metres  Tejitu Daba (BHR)35:42.64  Gladys Cherotich Kibiwot (BHR)35:53.94  Kenza Dahmani (ALG)42:02.60
100 metres hurdles  Fatmata Fofanah (BHR) 13.51  Fadoua Al-Boza (SYR) 14.28  Lamiae Lhabze (MAR)14.39
400 metres hurdles  Hayat Lambarki (MAR)57.27  Lamiae Lhabze (MAR)57.86  Jomaa Fayza Omer (SUD) 63.31
3000 metres steeplechase  Hanane Ouhaddou (MAR)9:57.81  Durka Mana (SUD)10:14.85  Oulaya Benrebah (ALG)11:26.68
Half marathon  Kenza Dahmani (ALG)1:16:36  Samira Raif (MAR) 1:24:23  Hiba Al Wada (SYR)
 Abla Bendebah (ALG)
1:44:48
10 km walk  Chaima Trabelsi (TUN)49:09.7  Olfa Lafi (TUN) 49:45.6  Rania Osman (SYR) 50:24.5
4×100 m relay  Iraq (IRQ)
Bahar Kasrou
Alaa Hikmet Kassem
Dana Hussain
Gulustan Mahmood
47.22 NR  Morocco (MAR)
Naima Ibrahimi
Jamaa Chnaik
Lamiae Lhabze
Hayat Lambarki
47.98  Bahrain (BHR)
Faten Abdelnabi
Sabrine Youssef
Amer
Fatmata Fofanah
48.77 NR
4×400 m relay  Morocco (MAR)
Lamiae Lhabze
Hayat Lambarki
Naima Ibrahimi
Halima Hachlaf
3:40.58  Iraq (IRQ)
Gulustan Mahmood
Dana Hussain
Souha Khazal
Alaa Hikmet Kassem
3:47.39  Tunisia (TUN)
Nouha El Baklouti
Eya El Akhal
Safa Issaoui
Mouna Ben Alaya
3:51.90
High jump  Meryem Ouahbi (MAR)1.65 m  Rim Abdullah (SYR)
 Amina Lemgherbi (ALG)
1.60 m Not awarded
Pole vault  Nesrin Emam (EGY)3.80 m NR  Nisrine Dinar (MAR)3.80 m  Rehame Shiha (SYR)
 Rouba Al-Faseeh (SYR)
2.90 m NR
Long jump  Yamilé Aldama (SUD) 5.95 m  Inas Mohamed Mansour (EGY) 5.90 m  Jamaa Chnaik (MAR)5.80 m
Triple jump  Yamilé Aldama (SUD) 13.84 m  Jamaa Chnaik (MAR) 13.38 m  Fadwa Al-Bouza (SYR)13.01 m NR
Shot put  Sihem Marrakchi (TUN)14.89 m  Walaa Attia (EGY)14.12 m  Zouina Bouzebra (ALG)12.70 m
Discus throw  Hiba Omar (SYR)43.67 m  Rim Gueyèche (TUN)43.47 m  Noura Qerish (JOR)28.51 m
Hammer throw  Marwa Hussein (EGY)60.48 m  Hayat El Ghazi (MAR)53.76 m  Fatine Oubourogaa (MAR)52.98 m
Javelin throw  Hana'a Ramadhan Omar (EGY)56.09 m NR  Zahra Badrane (ALG)44.71 m  Sihem Marrakchi (TUN)41.98 m
Heptathlon  Chaima Fethi Tehema (EGY)4081 pts  Bahar Kasrou (IRQ)4026 pts NR  Nour Al-Sous (SYR)3895 pts

Medal table

Men

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Saudi Arabia 5 2 6 13
2  Bahrain 4 2 2 8
3  Egypt 3 1 2 6
4  Algeria 2 3 4 9
5  Morocco 2 3 2 7
6  Kuwait 2 3 1 6
7  Qatar 2 1 1 4
8  United Arab Emirates 1 3 0 4
9  Sudan 1 0 1 2
9  Tunisia 1 0 1 2
11  Iraq 0 2 0 2
11  Libya 0 2 0 2
13  Syria 0 1 0 1
14  Oman 0 0 2 2
15  Lebanon 0 0 1 1
16  Yemen 0 0 0 0
Total 23 23 23 69

Women

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Morocco 6 10 5 21
2  Egypt 4 2 0 6
3  Syria 3 2 6 11
4  Bahrain 3 2 3 8
5  Iraq 2 3 1 6
6  Tunisia 2 2 3 7
7  Sudan 2 1 1 4
8  Algeria 1 2 4 7
9  Jordan 0 0 1 1
10  Kuwait 0 0 0 0
10  Lebanon 0 0 0 0
10  Qatar 0 0 0 0
Total 23 24 24 71

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