Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan Arab Games

At the 2011 Pan Arab Games, the weightlifting events were held at Al Dana Hall in Doha, Qatar from 13–17 December. A total of 11 events were contested.[1]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-56kg  Suhail Al Kulaibi (OMA)  Mansour Al Saleem (KSA)  Yasir Al-Hamadani (IRQ)
-62kg  Karrar Kadhum (IRQ)  Ahmed Saad (EGY)  Mohammed Ali (IRQ)
-69kg  Mohamed Abdelbaki (EGY)  Hamza Jomni (TUN)  Ali Al Eduhailib (KSA)
-77kg  Ibrahim Abdelbaki (EGY)  Amir Belhout (ALG)  Marwan Abdussalam (LBA)
-85kg  Ragab Abdalla (EGY)  Tarek Abdelazim (EGY)  Safaa Al-Jumaili (IRQ)
-94kg  Gaber Mohamed (EGY)  Mohamed Doghmane (TUN)  Riyadh Al-Tameemi (IRQ)
-105kg  Ibrahim Moursi (EGY)  Husam Hamada (PLE)  Mohamed Ben Said (LBA)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-53kg  Soumaya Fatnassi (TUN)  Kenza Filali (ALG)  Asmahan Elayyan (JOR)
-58kg  Nadia Hosni (TUN)  Alya Agalain (SUD) Vacant
-75kg  Abir Khalil (EGY)  Mohasin Mohamed (SUD)  Abbas Yasmin (UAE)
+75kg  Nahla Mohamed (EGY)  Touria Kendouci (ALG)  Rola Ali (JOR)

Doping

One athlete from Weightlifting was caught using performance enhancing drugs.[2] Silver medalist Ayecha Albalooshi from United Arab Emirates who participated in Women's -58kg was caught and stripped of her medal. The bronze medalist has since been upgraded to silver, however as all of the other participants weren't able to finish the event no one has been upgraded to bronze.[3]

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Egypt 7 2 0 9
2  Tunisia 2 2 0 4
3  Iraq 1 0 4 5
4  Oman 1 0 0 1
5  Algeria 0 3 0 3
6  Sudan 0 2 0 2
7  Saudi Arabia 0 1 1 2
8  Palestine 0 1 0 1
9  Jordan 0 0 2 2
-  Libya 0 0 2 2
11  United Arab Emirates 0 0 1 1
Total 11 11 10 32

References

  1. Weightlifting. ArabGames2011. Retrieved on 2011-12-18.
  2. Athletes Test Posivtive for Doping at Arab Games The Daily Star. Retrieved on 2011-12-23.
  3. Weightlifting. ArabGames2011. Retrieved on 2011-12-23.

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