1981 Maghreb Athletics Championships

The 1981 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the eighth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb. 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]

The 1981 edition marked a rejuvenation of the tournament, there having been a six-year gap since the last edition. It was the second time that Algiers played host to the championships, and also the second time Libya sent a team. With Morocco absent, the hosts, Algeria, were dominant at the competition, winning a total of 29 gold medals. Tunisia had nine gold medals, and Libya took the sole remaining gold medal.

The women's heptathlon was introduced, replacing the women's pentathlon in line with the new international standard set at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. A women's 400 metres hurdles and Maghreb men's marathon were also staged for the first time. Track events were only officially timed to the tenth of a second.^[2]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(ALG)	10.6	(ALG)	10.7	(TUN)	10.8
200 metres	(ALG)	21.3	(ALG)	21.5	(LBA)	21.6
400 metres	(ALG)	47.4	(LBA)	47.9	(ALG)	48.2
800 metres	(ALG)	1:51.2	Amar Brahmia (ALG)	1:51.7	Mohamed Alouini (TUN)	1:52.3
1500 metres	Mehdi Aidet (ALG)	3:40.9	(TUN)	3:42.0	Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG)	3:42.3
5000 metres	Rachid Habchaoui (ALG)	13:58.1	Lahcene Babaci (ALG)	14:00.9	(TUN)	14:26.1
10,000 metres	Rachid Habchaoui (ALG)	28:52.3	Abdelmadjid Mada (ALG)	29:21.9	(TUN)	29:36.0
110 m hurdles	(ALG)	14.3	(ALG)	14.8	(TUN)	14.8
400 m hurdles	(ALG)	53.1	(ALG)	53.6	(TUN)	53.6
3000 metres steeplechase	Lahcene Babaci (ALG)	8:29.7	Féthi Baccouche (TUN)	8:49.2	(TUN)	8:53.9
4×100 m relay	Algeria (ALG)	42.3	Tunisia (TUN)	42.9	Libya (LBA)	43.2
4×400 m relay	Algeria (ALG)	3:14.0	Tunisia (TUN)	3:17.4	Libya (LBA)	3:19.4
Marathon	(TUN)	2:36:29	(ALG)	2:39:03	(TUN)	2:52:19
20,000 m walk	Benamar Kachkouche (ALG)	1:30:09.2	Abdelwahab Ferguène (ALG)	1:34:07.4	(TUN)	1:52:18.5
High jump	(ALG)	2.10 m	(ALG)	1.95 m	(TUN)	1.95 m
Pole vault	(ALG)	4.60 m	(ALG)	4.50 m	(TUN)	4.30 m
Long jump	(LBA)	7.71 m	(ALG)	7.55 m	(ALG)	7.23 m
Triple jump	(ALG)	15.78 m	(TUN)	15.71 m	(TUN)	14.76 m
Shot put	(TUN)	15.70 m	(LBA)	14.73 m	(LBA)	14.72 m
Discus throw	(TUN)	56.32 m	(ALG)	44.36 m	(LBA)	44.34 m
Hammer throw	Hakim Toumi (ALG)	60.74 m	(TUN)	56.60 m	(ALG)	55.82 m
Javelin throw	(TUN)	68.94 m	(TUN)	66.58 m	(ALG)	64.54 m
Decathlon	(ALG)	7230 pts	(TUN)	7094 pts	(ALG)	6167 pts

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(ALG)	12.3	(TUN)	12.7	(ALG)	12.7
200 metres	(ALG)	25.6	(ALG)	25.7	(TUN)	25.8
400 metres	(ALG)	57.4	Sarra Touibi (TUN)	57.7	Mebarka Hadj Abdellah (ALG)	59.1
800 metres	(ALG)	2:14.1	Mebarka Hadj Abdellah (ALG)	2:15.3	(TUN)	2:16.5
1500 metres	(TUN)	4:29.7	Dalila Méhira (ALG)	4:31.9	(TUN)	4:34.2
3000 metres	Dalila Méhira (ALG)	9:54.7	(TUN)	10:00.4	(TUN)	10:10.7
100 m hurdles	(TUN)	15.1	(ALG)	15.2	(ALG)	15.5
400 m hurdles	(TUN)	63.2	(ALG)	64.7	(ALG)	65.6
4×100 m relay	Algeria (ALG)	49.3	Tunisia (TUN)	49.3	Only two starting teams
4×400 m relay	Tunisia (TUN)	3:53.0	Algeria (ALG)	3:55.0	Only two starting teams
High jump	(ALG)	1.63 m	(TUN)	1.63 m	(ALG)	1.60 m
Long jump	(ALG)	6.02 m	(TUN)	5.73 m	(TUN)	5.48 m
Shot put	(ALG)	12.69 m	(TUN)	11.90 m	(TUN)	11.64 m
Discus throw	(TUN)	47.02 m	(ALG)	41.78 m	(ALG)	36.64 m
Javelin throw	(ALG)	46.16 m	(ALG)	41.14 m	(TUN)	41.02 m
Heptathlon	(ALG)	5116 pts	(ALG)	4761 pts	(TUN)	4715 pts

References[]

Champions

• Les championnats maghrebins d athletisme. Union Sportive Oudja. Retrieved on 2015-02-20.