1979 Arab Athletics Championships

2nd Arab Athletics Championships
Host city Baghdad, Iraq
Date(s) 23–26 October
Events 32


The 1979 Arab Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Baghdad, Iraq from 23–26 October. As of 2015, it remains the only senior international athletics competition to have been held in the country.

Following the men-only inaugural tournament, the second edition marked the introduction of a women's programme. A total of 32 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 10 for women. The men's decathlon became the combined track and field event to be contested at the championships, and the men's hammer throw was also added to the schedule. Women athletes, entered by four nations, competed in short track running events, as well as two jumping and three throwing field events.[1] This represented the first major gathering of Arab women at an athletics championships – the Pan Arab Games did not admit women in the sport until six years later.[2]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Nabil Nahri (SYR)10.97  Sami Shaykhali (IRQ)10.99  Heitham Nadim (IRQ)11.06
200 metres  Heitham Nadim (IRQ)21.14  Nabil Nahri (SYR)21.45  Farhan Salmeen (QAT)21.82
400 metres  Mehdi Ahmed Salah (LBA)47.82  Béchir El Fallah (LBA)47.96  Fahem Abdessada (IRQ)47.99
800 metres  Mohamed Alouini (TUN)1:51.71  Khaled Khalifa (KUW)1:53.98  Salem Mohamed Salem (LBA)1:54.28
1500 metres  Khaled Khalifa (KUW)3:58.4  Messaad Neji (QAT)3:58.5  Amara Chiha (TUN)3:59.0
5000 metres  Abdul Amir Naji (IRQ)14:40.0  Amara Chiha (TUN)14:41.9  Mofleh Saad Messaoud (QAT)14:42.9
10,000 metres  Shabib Dagher (IRQ)31:41.02  Abdul Amir Naji (IRQ)32:00.37  Ibrahim Ettaher (QAT)32:43.08
110 metres hurdles  Abdul Jabbar Rahima (IRQ)14.83  Fahan Sultan Nasir (IRQ)14.86  Matar Achour (KUW)15.51
400 metres hurdles  Hussein Kadhum (IRQ)51.16  Abdul Jabbar Rahima (IRQ)51.76  Maâouia Ali El Houly (LBA)53.59
3000 metres steeplechase  Sabir Hantoush (IRQ)9:00.87  Abdelkarim Jomâa (SYR)9:07.45  Amara Chiha (TUN)9:09.32
4×100 m relay  Iraq (IRQ)41.27  Syria (SYR)41.90  Kuwait (KUW)42.40
4×400 m relay  Iraq (IRQ)3:12.48  Libya (LBA)3:14.24  Syria (SYR)3:18.16
Marathon  Abdullah El Souki (LBA)2:34:44  Karim Abboud (IRQ)2:38:48  Abdelhussein Ali (BHR)2:46:25
High jump  Ahmed Kassim (IRQ)2.03 m  Ghazi Marzouk (KSA)2.03 m  Moncer Mohamed Salah (QAT)2.00 m
Pole vault  Mohamed Bensaad (ALG)4.40 m  Kesra Ahmed (IRQ)4.30 m  Abdallah Awadh (KSA)4.20 m
Long jump  Mehdi Khadum (IRQ)7.25 m  Zied Kat (SYR)7.09 m  Abdessalem El Bashti (LBA)6.98 m
Triple jump  Mojhed Farid (IRQ)15.98 m  Mehdi Khadum (IRQ)15.82 m  Féthi Ouertani (TUN)14.94 m
Shot put  Mohammed Al-Zinkawi (KUW)16.82 m  Ahmed Hassen Miled (LBA)16.46 m  Shokr Mahmoud (IRQ)15.15 m
Discus throw  Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN)51.46 m  Adnan Houry (SYR)49.08 m  Shawki Hajji (IRQ)47.40 m
Hammer throw  Youssef Ben Abid (TUN)52.43 m  Khaled Ghalloum (KUW)45.44 m  Abbes Jabbar (IRQ)44.62 m
Javelin throw  Ali Memmi (TUN)71.50 m  Tarek Chaabani (TUN)70.76 m  Matar El Karfi (KSA)65.30 m
Decathlon  Elie Sfeir (LIB)6576 pts  Jassem Jabr (IRQ)6417 pts  Abdessatar Mouelhi (TUN)6228 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Iman Nouri (IRQ)12.85  Houda Nahedh (LIB)13.23  Raya Tatunji (SYR)13.60
200 metres  Sarra Touibi (TUN)25.78  Anouar Abdelmohsen (IRQ)26.25  Houda Nahedh (LIB)26.77
400 metres  Sarra Touibi (TUN)57.48  Chaoub Kahtane (IRQ)59.78  Hela Maghrabi (SYR)59.94
800 metres  Souad Derouiche (TUN)2:11.24  Hela Maghrabi (SYR)2:16.62  Ahlem Ibrahim (IRQ)2:29.22
100 metres hurdles  Iman Nouri (IRQ)15.96  Raya Tatunji (SYR)16.56 Not awarded
High jump  Kawther Akrémi (TUN)1.74 m  Raya Tatunji (SYR)1.58 m  Zeina Mina (LIB)1.40 m
Long jump  Kawther Akrémi (TUN)5.51 m  Iman Nouri (IRQ)5.43 m  Raya Tatunji (SYR)5.09 m
Shot put  Fathia Jerbi (TUN)11.70 m  Fayda Awada (IRQ)11.60 m  Raja Hatem (SYR)8.90 m
Discus throw  Fathia Jerbi (TUN)46.80 m  Raja Hatem (SYR)34.42 m  Sahera Mohamed Ali (IRQ)26.52 m
Javelin throw  Wissem Chennoufi (TUN)37.30 m  Hamdia Essammak (IRQ)35.80 m  Najah Farah (SYR)34.98 m

Medal table

Overall

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Iraq 13 13 7 33
2  Tunisia 12 2 4 18
3  Libya 2 3 3 8
4  Kuwait 2 2 2 6
5  Syria 1 9 6 16
6  Lebanon 1 1 2 4
7  Algeria 1 0 0 1
8  Qatar 0 1 4 5
9  Saudi Arabia 0 1 2 3
10  Bahrain 0 0 1 1
11  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0
11  Palestine 0 0 0 0
Total 22 22 22 66

Men

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Iraq 11 8 5 24
2  Tunisia 4 2 4 10
3  Libya 2 3 3 8
4  Kuwait 2 2 2 6
5  Syria 1 5 1 7
6  Lebanon 1 0 0 1
6  Algeria 1 0 0 1
8  Qatar 0 1 4 5
9  Saudi Arabia 0 1 2 3
10  Bahrain 0 0 1 1
11  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0
11  Palestine 0 0 0 0
Total 22 22 22 66

Women

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Tunisia 8 0 0 8
2  Iraq 2 5 2 9
3  Syria 0 4 5 9
4  Lebanon 0 1 2 3
Total 10 10 9 29

References

  1. ↑ Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-14.
  2. ↑ Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-19.
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