1986 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

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2nd Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Host cityCairo, Egypt
Events38

The 1986 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Cairo, Egypt. A total of 38 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 16 for women. Algeria, a regional power in the sport, did not send a team.[1]

Tunisia topped the medal table with twelve gold medals, most of them from the women's section. Morocco and Saudi Arabia each won seven gold medals and were closely followed by Egypt, which took six.[1] Four top world-level athletes emerged at this competition, all of them Moroccan. In the men's 5000 metres, Brahim Boutayeb beat his compatriot Khalid Skah to the title – both went on to win gold medals in the 10,000 metres at the Olympics.[2] In the women's 3000 metres, Zahra Ouaziz was only third in Cairo but as a senior she won two medals at the World Championships in Athletics.[3] Nezha Bidouane was the Arab junior women's champion in the 100 metres hurdles and the runner-up in the 400 metres hurdles and later was a two-time world champion in the latter event.[4]

The most successful athlete was Tunisia's , who won the women's 800, 1500 and 3000 m titles. She won senior honours at national level, but not internationally.[5] Hanan Ahmed Khaled was the second most successful athlete at the competition, winning the shot put and discus throw events, and also a javelin throw bronze medal; she became one of Egypt's most successful sportswomen, with four gold medals at the African Championships in Athletics to her name.[6]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (KSA) 10.78   (KSA) 10.85   (MAR) 10.92
200 metres   (KSA) 21.79 CR   (KSA) 21.91   (MAR) 22.04
400 metres   (KSA) 49.16   (KUW) 49.19   (TUN) 49.41
800 metres   (MAR) 1:54.21   (EGY) 1:54.77   (QAT) 1:55.23
1500 metres   (MAR) 3:51.59   (QAT) 3:51.72   (MAR) 3:53.77
5000 metres  Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) 14:13.75 CR  Khalid Skah (MAR) 15:01.85   (TUN) 15:07.35
110 m hurdles   (BHR) 14.85 CR  Ziad Enazi Abdulrazak (KUW) 15.04   (KUW) 15.67
400 m hurdles   (BHR) 52.84   (BHR) 54.93   (MAR) 55.25
2000 metres steeplechase   (MAR) 5:49.29   (TUN) 5:51.82   (TUN) 5:57.20
4×100 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 42.22 CR  Bahrain (BHR) 42.99  Morocco (MAR) 43.97
4×400 m relay  Egypt (EGY) 3:20.88  Oman (OMN) 3:23.16  Tunisia (TUN) 3:24.69
30 km road race   (QAT) 2:01:44   (JOR) 2:04:22   (QAT) 2:10:52
15 km walk   (EGY) 1:25:12   (EGY) 1:29:54   (PLE) 1:35:13
High jump   (EGY) 1.96 m   (KUW) 1.93 m   (PLE) 1.90 m
Pole vault   (KSA) 4.30 m   (QAT) 4.00 m   (KUW) 4.00 m
Long jump   (KUW) 6.76 m   (EGY) 6.67 m Only two finishers
Triple jump   (TUN) 14.34 m   (EGY) 14.28 m   (MAR) 14.15 m
Shot put  Khalid Salman Al-Khalidi (KSA) 15.65 m CR   (KUW) 15.08 m   (KUW) 14.83 m
Discus throw   (KUW) 41.04 m   (KUW) 40.68 m   (EGY) 40.22 m
Hammer throw   (QAT) 59.64 m CR   (KUW) 54.08 m   (BHR) 49.40 m
Javelin throw  Abdul Azim Al-Ewat (KSA) 59.30 m  Hussain Abbas (KUW) 56.44 m   (OMN) 56.42 m
Decathlon   (TUN) 5830 pts   (KUW) 5499 pts   (EGY) 5229 pts

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Méryem Oumezdi (MAR) 12.23 CR   (TUN) 12.42   (MAR) 13.01
200 metres   (TUN) 25.15 CR  Méryem Oumezdi (MAR) 25.69   (JOR) 26.79
400 metres   (TUN) 57.06 CR   (TUN) 59.41   (JOR) 60.29
800 metres   (TUN) 2:18.00   (MAR) 2:21.27   (MAR) 2:22.67
1500 metres   (TUN) 4:39.08   (MAR) 4:45.59   (MAR) 4:49.78
3000 metres   (TUN) 10:35.39   (JOR) 10:51.10  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) 11:02.22
100 m hurdles  Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 15.20   (TUN) 16.67   (MAR) 18.25
400 m hurdles   (TUN) 64.35  Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 65.50   (TUN) 67.36
4×100 m relay  Tunisia (TUN) 49.32  Morocco (MAR) 50.39  Egypt (EGY) 52.14
4×400 m relay  Tunisia (TUN) 4:01.68  Morocco (MAR) 4:11.76  Jordan (JOR) 4:16.78
High jump   (MAR) 1.58 m CR   (MAR) 1.56 m   (TUN) 1.54 m
Long jump   (EGY) 5.52 m   (TUN) 5.41 m   (TUN) 5.36 m
Shot put  Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) 11.74 m CR   (TUN) 10.06 m   (MAR) 9.87 m
Discus throw  Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) 38.72 m   (EGY) 28.70 m   (PLE) 19.18 m
Javelin throw   (TUN) 30.04 m   (EGY) 28.98 m  Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) 26.96 m
Heptathlon   (TUN) 2608 pts   (TUN) 2510 pts   (MAR) 2478 pts

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Tunisia (TUN)127726
2 Morocco (MAR)781328
3 Saudi Arabia (KSA)7209
4 Egypt (EGY)66416
5 Kuwait (KUW)28313
6 Qatar (QAT)2226
7 Bahrain (BHR)2215
8 Jordan (JOR)0235
9 Oman (OMN)0112
10 Palestine (PLE)0022
Totals (10 nations)383836112


References[]

  1. ^ a b Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  2. ^ Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  3. ^ Zahra Ouaziz. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  4. ^ Nezha Bidouane. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  5. ^ Tunisian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  6. ^ African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
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