2013 Arab Athletics Championships

18th Arab Athletics Championships
Host city Doha, Qatar
Date(s) 21–24 May 2014
Participation 17 nations
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The 2013 Arab Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries that took place in Doha, Qatar from 21–24 May 2014.

Syria was excluded from the event because of the ongoing civil war and Libya did not send a team. Morocco topped the medals table with eleven gold medals in its total of 22, which it won mainly in the women's section of the competition. Algeria placed second with eight golds among its 19 medals. Bahrain had the greatest medal count overall with 22, and ranked third as it only claimed five golds. Egypt, Qatar and Tunisia each took four gold medals at the competition.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Samuel Francis (QAT)10.31  Aziz Ouhadi (MAR)10.38  Barakat Al-Harthi (OMN)10.45
200 metres  Aziz Ouhadi (MAR)20.46  Fahhad Mohammed Al Subaie  (KSA)20.55  Ayman Mohamed Ahmed Said (EGY)20.81
400 metres  Yousef Masrahi (KSA)44.72  Ismail Al-Sabiani (KSA)46.08  Ali Khamis Abbas (BHR)46.25
800 metres  Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT)1:45.90  Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich (BHR)1:46.52  Abdulaziz Ladan Mohammed (KSA)1:46.70
1500 metres  Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI)3:39.44  Benson Seurei (BHR)3:40.07  Seddik Mikou (MAR)3:40.81
5000 metres  Albert Rop (BHR)13:52.54  Zelalem Bacha (BHR)13:57.17  Mumin Gala (DJI)14:08.62
10,000 metres  Alemu Bekele (BHR)29:43.45  Isaac Korir Kedikou (BHR)29:48.59  Mumin Gala (DJI)29:54.20
Half marathon  Bilal Mohamed (MAR) 1:07:02  Billisuma Shugi (BHR)1:08:22  Methkal Abu Drais (JOR)1:09:57
110 metres hurdles  Ilyes Mekdal (ALG)13.63 CR  Abdulaziz Al Mandil (KUW)13.72  Othman Hadj Laâzib (ALG)13.94
400 metres hurdles  Miloud Rahmani (ALG)50.52  Mohamed Sghaier (TUN)50.94  Gamal Abdelnasir Abubaker (QAT)51.12
3000 metres steeplechase  Abdelmajid Touil (ALG)8:57.09  Tareq Mubarak Taher (BHR)8:59.50  Hamid Ezzine (MAR)9:1.69
4 × 100 metres relay  Oman (OMN)
Fahad Khamis Said Al Jabri
Barakat Al-Harthi
Abdullah Al-Sooli
Ahmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi		39.83  Iraq (IRQ)
Dhafer Soadi Jassem
Jassem Al-Ayman
N Mohamed Taleb
Mohamed Hassan Juma		41.35  Bahrain (BHR)
Ahmad Mohamed Matar
Ali Omar Abdulla Al Doseri
Salman Dawood Albalooshi
Faisal Jasim Mohamed		41.72
4×400 metres relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Yousef Masrahi
Mohammed Al-Salhi
Mohamed Ali Al-Bishi
Ismail M.H Alsabani		3:06.23  Qatar (QAT)
Hassan Aman Salmeen
Jamal Abdul Nasser
Jamal Hairane
Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla		3:09.55  Algeria (ALG)
Sagyan Bohoda
Khalid Benmehdi
Milood Laraj
Miloud Rahmani		3:11.02
20 km walk  Hassanine Sebei (TUN)1:30:30  Mohamed Ameur (ALG)1:41:30  Hichem Medjeber (ALG)1:52:22
High jump  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)2.30 m  Ali Mohd Younes Idriss (SUD)2.24 m  Nawaf Ahmed Al-Yami (KSA)2.18 m
Pole vault  Mouhcine Cheaouri (MAR)5.00 m  Hussein Assem Al-Hizam (KSA)4.90 m  Sami Belrhaiem (TUN)4.80 m
Long jump  Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA)7.99 m  Mohamed Fathalla Difallah (EGY)7.85 m  Ahmed Faiz (KSA)7.82 m
Triple jump  Issam Nima (ALG)17.01 m (w)  Rashid Al-Mannai (QAT)16.40 m  Mohamed Yusuf Salman (BHR)16.17 m
Shot put  Meshari Suroor Saad (KUW)19.37 m  Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY)18.84 m  Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA)18.77 m
Discus throw  Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)61.91 m  Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb (QAT)60.46 m  Musab Ibrahim Al-Momani  (JOR)60.13 m
Hammer throw  Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW)74.28 m  Ashraf Amgad Elseify (QAT)73.17 m  Alaa El-Din El-Ashry (EGY)72.92 m
Javelin throw  Ihab El-Sayed (EGY)79.17 m  Mohamad Mohd Kaida (QAT)71.05 m  Abdullah Al-Ameeri (KUW)68.16 m
Decathlon  Mourad Souissi (ALG)7317 pts  Hashim Nizar Al-Sharfa (KSA)7093 pts  Ahmed Saber Ahmed (EGY)6939 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Souheir Bouali (ALG)11.95  Dana Hussain (IRQ)12.11  Yamina Hjaji (MAR)12.15
200 metres  Dana Hussain (IRQ)23.83  Souheir Bouali (ALG)23.91  Gretta Taslakian (LIB)24.21
400 metres  Gretta Taslakian (LIB)53.63  Nawal El Jack (SUD)54.45  Hasna Ghrioui (MAR)54.86
800 metres  Genzeb Shumi (BHR)2:9.30  Amina Bakhit (SUD)2:09.77  Alawia Maki (SUD)2:10.79
1500 metres  Rababe Arafi (MAR)4:53.92  Mimi Belete (BHR)4:55.19  Betlhem Desalegn (UAE)4:55.23
5000 metres  Betlhem Desalegn (UAE)15:48.59 CR  Tejitu Daba (BHR)15:53.17  Shitaye Eshete (BHR)15:54.95
10,000 metres  Shitaye Eshete (BHR)34:25.82  Kenza Dahmani (ALG)35:13.86  Kareema Saleh Jasim (BHR)35:50.95
Half marathon  Lishan Dula (BHR)1:21:53  Kenza Dahmani (ALG) 1:22:17  Aster Tesfaye (BHR)1:25:95
100 metres hurdles  Yamina Hjaji (MAR)13.62  Selma Imam Abulhassan (EGY) 14.44  Buthaina Al-Yaqoubi (OMN) 14.55
400 metres hurdles  Hayat Lambarki (MAR)57.59  Lamiae Lhabze (MAR)59.83  Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed (SUD) 1:2.26
3000 metres steeplechase  Salima El Ouali Alami (MAR)9:47.33 CR  Ruth Chebet (BHR)9:52.47  Amina Bettiche (ALG)9:54.49
4 × 100 metres relay  Morocco (MAR)
Jamaa Chnaik
Hayat Lambarki
Lamiae Lhabze
Yamina Hjaji		46.59  Tunisia (TUN)
Aya Lakhal
Abir Barkaoui
Rabaa Rezgui
Selma Abdelhamid		48.22  Oman (OMN)
Mazoon Al-Alaoui
Shinoona Salah Al-Habsi
Rasha Al-Lamki
Buthaina Al-Yaqoubi		48.42
4×400 metres relay  Morocco (MAR)
Hasna Grioui
Lamiae Lhabze
Rabab Arafi
Hayat Lambarki		3:42.10  Sudan (SUD)
Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed
Alawia Maki
Hajir Saeed
Nawal El Jack		3:45.30  Iraq (IRQ)
Hadeel Rahim
Zina Hamid
Shamam Samad
Dana Hussain		4:02.62
10 km walk  Olfa Lafi (TUN)50:34  Bariza Ghezelani (ALG)57:41  Lahna Khasrani (ALG)1:01:34
High jump  Rhizlane Siba (MAR)1.76 m  Besnet Moussad Mohamed (EGY) 1.73 m  Maryam Al-Ansari (BHR)1.65 m
Pole vault  Syrine Balti (TUN)4.10 m CR  Nisrine Dinar (MAR)3.90 m  Dora Mahfoudhi (TUN)3.60 m
Long jump  Yamina Hjaji (MAR) 6.05 m  Jihad Bakhechi (MAR)5.93 m  Enas Gharib (EGY) 5.91 m
Triple jump  Baya Rahouli (ALG) 14.29 m  Jamaa Chnaik (MAR) 13.63 m  Jihad Bakhechi (MAR)13.23 m
Shot put  Fadia Ibrahim (EGY)14.05 m  Noora Salem Jasim (BHR)13.80 m  Elham El Sayed Wahaba (EGY)13.35 m
Discus throw  Elham El Sayed Wahaba (EGY)49.44 m  Sarah Sayed Haseeb (EGY)48.31 m  Asrar Al-Mannai (QAT)33.89 m
Hammer throw  Sarra Ben Saïd (TUN)60.96 m  Zouina Bouzebra (ALG)58.04 m  Rana Taha Ibrahim (EGY)56.77 m
Javelin throw  Reda Adel Ahmed (EGY)47.49 m  Sabah Bassim (EGY)41.68 m  Zaina Arkan Hamed (IRQ)37.15 m
Heptathlon  Yasmina Omrani (ALG)5573 pts  Nada Chroudi (TUN)5395 pts  Wedian Mokhtar (EGY)4779 pts

Medal tables

Men

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Algeria 5 1 3 9
2  Qatar 4 5 1 10
3  Saudi Arabia 3 4 4 11
4  Morocco 3 1 2 6
5  Bahrain 2 6 3 11
6  Kuwait 2 1 1 4
7  Egypt 1 2 3 6
8  Tunisia 1 1 1 3
9  Djibouti 1 0 2 3
10  Oman 1 0 1 2
11=  Iraq 0 1 0 1
11=  Sudan 0 1 0 1
13  Jordan 0 0 2 2
Total 23 23 23 69

Women

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Morocco 8 4 3 15
2  Algeria 3 5 2 10
3=  Bahrain 3 4 4 11
3=  Egypt 3 4 4 11
5  Tunisia 3 2 1 6
6  Iraq 1 1 2 4
7  United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 2
8  Sudan 0 3 2 5
9  Oman 0 0 2 2
10=  Lebanon 0 0 1 1
10=  Qatar 0 0 1 1
Total 23 23 23 69

Total

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Morocco 11 5 5 21
2  Algeria 8 6 5 19
3  Bahrain 5 10 7 22
4  Egypt 4 6 7 17
5  Qatar 4 5 2 11
6  Tunisia 4 3 2 9
7  Saudi Arabia 3 4 4 11
8  Kuwait 2 1 1 4
9=  Iraq 1 2 2 5
9=  Oman 1 0 3 4
11  Djibouti 1 0 2 3
12=  Lebanon 1 0 1 2
12=  United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 2
14  Sudan 0 4 2 6
15  Jordan 0 0 2 2
—  Yemen 0 0 0 0
—  Palestine 0 0 0 0
Total 46 46 46 136

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