2013 Arab Youth Athletics Championships

The 2013 Arab Youth Athletics Championships was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition for under-18 athletes from Arab countries. Organised by the Arab Athletic Federation, it took place in the Egyptian capital Cairo from 21–23 June. A total of forty events were contested, of which 20 by male and 20 by female athletes. The girls' steeplechase was contested for the first time, making the programme match that of the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics. The racewalking events were held on roads, rather than the usual track surface.^[1][2]

Egypt topped the medal table for a third straight edition through a total of 42 medals, thirteen of them gold. Algeria also won thirteen gold medals and had the second-highest total with 25. Tunisia ranked third with seven golds in its haul of 17, while Qatar was the next most successful nation with four golds in a total of twelve. Out of the fourteen participating nations, twelve of them reached the medal table. The competition had reduced participation, with Sudan, Syria, Jordan and all absent and Saudi Arabia sending a smaller contingent as compared to the 2009 edition, although Bahrain and Palestine returned at this event. Regional athletics power Morocco continued its hiatus since the first edition.^[2]

Three athletes completed individual doubles at the competition, all of them from the boys' side. won both the 100 metres and 200 metres, becoming the second male to do so after Abdullah Al-Sooli (2004). His Algerian teammate Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki won both the long jump and triple jump, repeating the 2007 achievement by . Egypt's Mohamed Magdi Hamza claimed both the shot put and discus throw titles – a double had first completed in 2009.^[2]

A total of ten new championship records were set at the competition.^[2] This included Hamza's shot put record of 21.22 m (69 ft 7+1⁄4 in), which improved the previous mark by over three metres and ranked him the fourth best youth athlete in the world that year.^[3] Qatar sent its first female athlete, Sara Al Manai Ahmed, to the competition and she was runner-up in the javelin. Arab youth throws champion Mohamed Magdi Hamza went on to take a bronze medal at the 2013 World Youth Championships later that year.^[4]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(ALG)	10.88 CR	(KUW)	10.89	(ALG)	10.98
200 metres	(ALG)	22.04	(ALG)	22.33	(QAT)	22.37
400 metres	Nasser Abbes Mohamed (QAT)	47.81	(UAE)	49.39	(KSA)	50.09
800 metres	(EGY)	1:53.94	(QAT)	1:54.38	(TUN)	1:55.26
1500 metres	(ALG)	3:53.45	(QAT)	3:54.02	(TUN)	3:57.21
3000 metres	(TUN)	8:40.62	(ALG)	8:48.63	(QAT)	8:59.69
110 metres hurdles	(QAT)	14.23	Amine Bouanani (ALG)	14.27	(EGY)	14.50
400 metres hurdles	(TUN)	52.58	(QAT)	54.57	(TUN)	54.59
2000 metres steeplechase	(BHR)	5:47.44	(EGY)	5:47.48	(QAT)	6:00.54
1000 metres medley relay	Qatar (QAT) Nasser Abbes Mohamed	1:56.40	Algeria (ALG) Amine Bouanani	1:59.12	Oman (OMN)	2:00.56
10 km walk	(EGY)	47:51.04	(UAE)	48:40.91	(IRQ)	49:10.90
High jump	(ALG)	2.02 m	(IRQ)	1.99 m	(LIB)	1.96 m
Pole vault	(TUN)	4.20 m	(IRQ)	4.00 m	(TUN)	3.80 m
Long jump	Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG)	7.28 m	(IRQ)	6.81 m	(EGY)	6.50 m
Triple jump	Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG)	15.06 m	(LIB)	14.31 m	(IRQ)	14.02 m
Shot put	Mohamed Magdi Hamza (EGY)	21.22 m CR	(EGY)	19.04 m	(LIB)	14.86 m
Discus throw	Mohamed Magdi Hamza (EGY)	58.62 m	(EGY)	55.98 m	(LBA)	49.75 m
Hammer throw	(QAT)	73.84 m CR	(EGY)	69.39 m	(QAT)	62.82 m
Javelin throw	(IRQ)	61.87 m	(EGY)	60.55 m	(EGY)	56.33 m
Octathlon	(ALG)	5601 pts	(EGY)	5497 pts	(EGY)	4901 pts

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s)	Basnet Aouadh Mohamed (EGY)	12.26	(ALG)	12.34	(ALG)	12.64
200 metres	(ALG)	24.68	Basnet Aouadh Mohamed (EGY)	24.71	(KUW)	25.98
400 metres	(EGY)	59.52	(TUN)	59.88	(IRQ)	61.93
800 metres	(ALG)	2:19.03	(EGY)	2:20.51	(EGY)	2:23.53
1500 metres	(ALG)	4:34.99	(TUN)	4:48.44	(LBA)	5:04.71
3000 metres	(TUN)	10:35.25	(EGY)	11:00.03	(EGY)	11:13.28
100 metres hurdles	(EGY)	13.97	(ALG)	14.05	(ALG)	14.26
400 metres hurdles	(TUN)	68.67	(EGY)	76.25	Only two finishers
2000 metres steeplechase	(BHR)	6:46.51 CR	(TUN)	7:02.65	(EGY)	8:02.16
1000 metres medley relay	Algeria (ALG)	2:16.98	Egypt (EGY) Basnet Aouadh Mohamed	2:23.85	Tunisia (TUN)	2:26.25
10 km walk	Chahinez Nasri (TUN)	24:44.89 CR	(TUN)	25:28.86	(EGY)	26:10.77
High jump	(ALG)	1.60 m	(ALG)	1.60 m	(EGY)	1.55 m
Pole vault	(TUN)	2.80 m	(OMN)	2.70 m	(EGY)	2.60 m
Long jump	(EGY)	5.72 m CR	(EGY)	5.50 m	(ALG)	5.27 m
Triple jump	(ALG)	12.34 m	(EGY)	11.89 m	(EGY)	11.87 m
Shot put	Noura Jassem (BHR)	15.24 m CR	(EGY)	14.06 m	(OMN)	12.80 m
Discus throw	(EGY)	44.48 m CR	Noura Jassem (BHR)	39.52 m	(EGY)	38.16 m
Hammer throw	(EGY)	59.84 m CR	(EGY)	54.80 m	(ALG)	46.47 m
Javelin throw	(EGY)	37.30 m	(QAT)	36.27 m	(EGY)	35.22 m
Heptathlon	(EGY)	4439 pts CR	(TUN)	3554 pts	(EGY)	3297 pts

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Egypt)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt*	13	15	14	42
2	Algeria	13	7	5	25
3	Tunisia	7	5	5	17
4	Qatar	4	4	4	12
5	Bahrain	2	1	0	3
6	Iraq	1	3	3	7
7	United Arab Emirates	0	2	0	2
8	Lebanon	0	1	2	3
	Oman	0	1	2	3
10	Kuwait	0	1	1	2
11	Libya	0	0	2	2
12	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		40	40	39	119

Participation[]

• Absentees included Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, and Syria.

References[]

Results

• 4es Championnats Arabes D'Athletisme Cadets - Le Caire du 21 au 23.06.2013. Tunis Athletisme. Retrieved on 2015-05-31.