2002 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

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10th Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Host cityCairo, Egypt
Events43

The 2002 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the tenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Cairo, Egypt – the city hosted the tournament once before in 1986. A total of 43 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 21 for women. After an absence in 2000, regional powers Morocco, Algeria and Qatar all returned to the tournament.[1]

Morocco topped the table with twelve gold medals, followed by Egypt which won eight titles. Tunisia and Saudi Arabia each won six medals, with Tunisia mainly having success in women's events and Saudi Arabia winning only men's medals. A women's pole vault was added to the programme, leaving just the steeplechase as the remaining event contested by men but not women. Junior implements were used in the throws events for the first time.[1]

Morocco's Yassine Bensghir completed a men's middle-distance double and was the World Junior Champion that same year. Ismail Ahmed Ismail was third to him in the 800 metres, but went on to much greater success as a senior, winning Sudan's first Olympic medal in 2008.[2] The sprints saw the rise of Yahya Habeeb and Yahya Al-Ghahes of Saudi Arabia (both future Asian champions). The men's throws saw the emergence of a new generation of athletes who would dominate regionally: Sultan Al-Hebshi and Ali Al-Zinkawi later won Asian titles in their disciplines,[3] while the Egyptian trio of Yasser Ibrahim Farag, Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly and Mohsen Mohamed Anani later won gold medals at the African Championships in Athletics in the shot put, discus and hammer throw, respectively.[4]

In women's events, sprint medallists Muna Jabir Adam and Gretta Taslakian each later became continental medallists in their specialities. Mariem Alaoui Selsouli was a medallist in both long-distance events and later won medals at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (EGY) 10.62  Yahya Habeeb (KSA) 10.63  Yahya Al-Ghahes (KSA) 10.68
200 metres  Ahmed Fayaz Al-Dosari (KSA) 21.32   (OMN) 21.97  Yahya Al-Ghahes (KSA) 22.02
400 metres   (MAR) 46.88  Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) 47.81  Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi (KSA) 47.84
800 metres  Yassine Bensghir (MAR) 1:48.23   (MAR) 1:48.63  Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD) 1:49.55
1500 metres  Yassine Bensghir (MAR) 3:53.10   (MAR) 3:54.23   (SUD) 3:54.75
5000 metres   (MAR) 14:10.94   (SUD) 14:16.09   (MAR) 14:29.55
10,000 metres   (MAR) 30:39.43   (SUD) 30:59.64   (SUD) 31:47.51
110 m hurdles   (QAT) 14.41   (KSA) 14.51   (KUW) 14.62
400 m hurdles  Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi (KSA) 51.46   (KSA) 52.26   (MAR) 52.60
3000 metres steeplechase   (SUD) 8:50.68   (SUD) 8:57.09   (QAT) 9:08.69
4 × 100 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 40.35  Oman (OMN) 41.39  Egypt (EGY) 41.61
4 × 400 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 3:11.99  Sudan (SUD) 3:12.30  Morocco (MAR) 3:15.34
10,000 m walk   (QAT) 46:39.6   (EGY) 47:52.9   (TUN) 48:05.6
High jump   (TUN) 2.06 m   (KSA) 2.03 m   (UAE) 2.03 m
Pole vault   (KUW) 4.70 m   (QAT)
  (MAR)		 4.60 m Not awarded
Long jump   (KUW) 7.46 m   (EGY) 7.27 m  Ahmed Fayaz Al-Dosari (KSA) 7.19 m
Triple jump   (QAT) 15.31 m   (KSA) 15.20 m   (ALG) 15.01 m
Shot put  Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA) 19.48 m CR  Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) 19.23 m   (KSA) 18.78 m
Discus throw  Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY) 57.37 m CR  Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA) 56.47 m  Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) 53.09 m
Hammer throw  Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) 75.89 m CR  Mohsen Mohamed Anani (EGY) 70.04 m   (EGY) 57.17 m
Javelin throw   (EGY) 67.90 m   (EGY) 57.63 m   (TUN) 56.26 m
Decathlon   (KSA) 6557 pts   (KSA) 6180 pts  Ibrahim Mahmoud (QAT) 5949 pts

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (MAR) 12.32   (ALG) 12.65   (SYR) 12.68
200 metres   (MAR) 24.88w   (SYR) 25.43w  Muna Jabir Adam (SUD) 25.95w
400 metres  Muna Jabir Adam (SUD) 56.34  Gretta Taslakian (LIB) 56.83   (MAR) 58.15
800 metres   (TUN) 2:09.88 CR   (MAR) 2:11.27   (MAR) 2:11.27
1500 metres   (TUN) 4:28.99 CR   (TUN) 4:30.48   (MAR) 4:31.91
3000 metres   (TUN) 9:35.99 CR   (SUD) 9:39.69  Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR) 9:41.90
5000 metres   (SUD) 18:04.97   (TUN) 18:05.54  Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR) 18:09.93
100 m hurdles   (ALG) 14.54   (MAR) 14.61   (MAR) 14.99
400 m hurdles   (MAR) 62.10   (ALG) 64.79   (EGY) 65.76
4 × 100 m relay  Morocco (MAR) 49.31  Syria (SYR) 50.05  Algeria (ALG) 50.43
4 × 400 m relay  Tunisia (TUN) 3:52.66 CR  Morocco (MAR) 3:54.40  Sudan (SUD) 3:55.60
5000 m walk   (EGY) 26:51.2   (EGY) 28:41.6   (PLE) 31:32.9
High jump   (MAR) 1.73 m CR   (ALG) 1.66 m  Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG)
  (EGY)		 1.60 m
Pole vault   (EGY) 3.40 m   (TUN)
  (EGY)		 3.00 m Not awarded
Long jump   (MAR) 5.96 m CR  Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) 5.83 m   (EGY) 5.67 m
Triple jump   (MAR) 12.60 m   (EGY) 12.39 m   (TUN) 12.10 m
Shot put   (EGY) 14.20 m CR   (TUN) 13.48 m   (TUN) 12.26 m
Discus throw   (TUN) 47.00 m CR  Amina El Moudden (MAR) 46.87 m   (EGY) 39.89 m
Hammer throw   (EGY) 48.64 m CR   (ALG) 47.18 m   (EGY) 42.50 m
Javelin throw   (EGY) 47.21 m CR   (EGY) 40.14 m   (SYR) 39.66 m
Heptathlon   (ALG) 4555 pts CR   (EGY) 4141 pts   (TUN) 4086 pts

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Morocco (MAR)127928
2 Egypt (EGY)810826
3 Saudi Arabia (KSA)67518
4 Tunisia (TUN)64515
5 Sudan (SUD)36514
6 Qatar (QAT)3126
7 Kuwait (KUW)3014
8 Algeria (ALG)25310
9 Syria (SYR)0224
10 Oman (OMN)0202
11 Lebanon (LIB)0101
12 Palestine (PLE)0011
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0011
Totals (13 nations)434542130

References[]

  1. ^ a b Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  2. ^ Ismail Ahmed Ismail. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-25.
  3. ^ Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-25.
  4. ^ African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-25.
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