1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships

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9th Maghreb Athletics Championships
Dates15–17 July
Host cityCasablanca, Morocco
Events39
Participation4 nations

The 1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb. Morocco, 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]

Morocco and Algeria each won fifteen gold medals at the competition, with Morocco edging the top spot through its haul of 16 silver medals. Tunisia was a comfortable third, while Libya won two gold medals in the men's horizontal jumps. It was the third and last time that Libya attended the Maghreb Championships.[2] The competition was staged one month prior to the wider regional 1983 Arab Athletics Championships.[3]

The event was part of a flourish of athletics championships in the mid-1980s in Casablanca, Morocco's largest city. The Mediterranean Games was held two months after the Maghreb event.[4] This was followed by the 1984 Arab Junior Athletics Championships, and finally the .[5][6]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Ali Bakhta (ALG) 10.3  Omar Ghizlat (MAR) 10.4  Abdelali Kasbane (MAR) 10.5
200 metres  Ali Bakhta (ALG) 21.2   (ALG) 21.6   (TUN) 21.9
400 metres   (TUN) 47.0   (ALG) 47.3   (MAR) 47.3
800 metres  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 1:49.1  Mohamed Alouini (TUN) 1:49.9  Mohamed Zahafi (MAR) 1:50.0
1500 metres  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:35.6  Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG) 3:40.1  Mohamed Zahafi (MAR) 3:41.0
5000 metres  Féthi Baccouche (TUN) 14:29.7  Abderrazak Bounour (ALG) 14:30.4  El Hachemi Abdenouz (ALG) 14:31.9
10,000 metres  Boualem Rahoui (ALG) 29:55.5   (MAR) 30:00.9  Rachid Habchaoui (ALG) 30:07.3
110 m hurdles  Noureddine Tadjine (ALG) 14.1   (MAR) 14.4   (MAR) 14.6
400 m hurdles   (MAR) 52.2   (MAR) 52.8   (TUN) 53.3
3000 metres steeplechase  Féthi Baccouche (TUN) 8:34.1   (MAR) 8:36.8   (ALG) 8:48.5
4×100 m relay  Morocco (MAR) 42.0  Libya (LBA) 42.3  Tunisia (TUN) 42.4
4×400 m relay  Algeria (ALG) 3:09.7  Tunisia (TUN) 3:09.7  Morocco (MAR) 3:10.2
Marathon   (TUN) 2:23:43   (ALG) 2:27:52   (TUN) 2:36:42
20,000 m walk  Benamar Kachkouche (ALG) 1:32:38.0  Abdelwahab Ferguène (ALG) 1:32:38.1   (MAR) 1:44:45.0
High jump  Othmane Belfaa (ALG) 2.18 m   (MAR) 2.13 m   (ALG) 2.13 m
Pole vault   (ALG) 4.50 m  Choukri Abahnini (TUN) 4.50 m   (MAR) 4.40 m
Long jump   (LBA) 7.55 m   (ALG) 7.21 m   (ALG) 7.15 m
Triple jump   (LBA) 15.78 m   (ALG) 15.68 m   (MAR) 15.21 m
Shot put   (MAR) 18.02 m   (TUN) 15.11 m   (TUN) 14.99 m
Discus throw   (TUN) 53.74 m   (MAR) 50.50 m   (ALG) 50.12 m
Hammer throw  Hakim Toumi (ALG) 67.84 m   (TUN) 54.18 m  Hassan Chahine (MAR) 50.42 m
Javelin throw   (TUN) 73.02 m   (MAR) 72.68 m   (TUN) 69.48 m
Decathlon   (ALG) 7180 pts   (MAR) 6735 pts  Mourad Mahour Bacha (ALG) 6708 pts

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (MAR) 12.3   (TUN) 12.4   (ALG) 12.4
200 metres  Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 24.0  Rachida Ferdjaoui (ALG) 25.3   (TUN) 25.9
400 metres   (MAR) 54.8   (MAR) 55.5  Sarra Touibi (TUN) 56.7
800 metres   (MAR) 2:08.9  Fatima Aouam (MAR) 2:09.4  Sarra Touibi (TUN) 2:10.4
1500 metres  Hassania Darami (MAR) 4:31.7  Dalila Méhira (ALG) 4:34.4   (MAR) 4:35.9
3000 metres  Dalila Méhira (ALG) 9:50.2  Hassania Darami (MAR) 9:53.8   (ALG) 9:57.0
100 m hurdles  Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 13.4   (TUN) 14.5   (ALG) 14.5
400 m hurdles  Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 58.5   (MAR) 60.5  Rachida Ferdjaoui (ALG) 62.5
4×100 m relay  Morocco (MAR) 47.2  Algeria (ALG) 47.9  Tunisia (TUN) 48.4
4×400 m relay  Morocco (MAR) 3:45.9  Tunisia (TUN) 3:51.2  Algeria (ALG) 3:53.0
High jump   (TUN) 1.78 m   (ALG) 1.68 m   (TUN) 1.65 m
Long jump   (ALG) 5.98 m   (TUN) 5.87 m   (TUN) 5.72 m
Shot put   (ALG) 14.41 m   (MAR) 14.15 m   (ALG) 13.58 m
Discus throw  Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) 50.92 m   (ALG) 47.16 m   (TUN) 40.56 m
Javelin throw   (ALG) 48.20 m   (MAR) 44.46 m   (ALG) 43.20 m
Heptathlon   (ALG) 5555 pts   (MAR) 4927 pts   (ALG) 4887 pts

References[]

  1. ^ QUARANTE ANS D'HISTOIRE DE L'ATHLETISME ALGERIEN. Algeriathle. Retrieved on 2015-02-20.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Maghreb Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-20.
  3. ^ Al Batal Al Arabi (N°:12) Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine. Arab Athletics Union. Retrieved on 2015-02-14.
  4. ^ Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-21.
  5. ^ Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-21.
  6. ^ Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-21.
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