2015 Arab Athletics Championships

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19th Arab Athletics Championships
Dates24–27 April 2015
Host cityIsa Town, Bahrain
Participation~700 athletes from
21 nations

The 2015 Arab Athletics Championships was the nineteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries that took place from 24–27 April 2015 at Khalifa Sports City Stadium in Isa Town, close to Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Around 700 athletes from 21 nations attended the event, which was directed by Bahrain's Bader Nasser.[1] The event mascot was an anthropomorphic bird of prey.[2]

A series of grand prix track and field meetings were organised by the Arab Athletics Federation in order to promote qualification for the event.[3]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +4.1 m/s) 		 Femi Ogunode (QAT) 10.04  Barakat Al-Harthi (OMA) 10.05  Aziz Ouhadi (MAR) 10.08
200 metres
(wind: +2.5 m/s) 		 Femi Ogunode (QAT) 20.52  Barakat Al-Harthi (OMA) 20.66   (BHR) 20.82
400 metres  Abdelalelah Haroun (QAT) 44.68  Anas Beshr (EGY) 45.61  Abubakar Abbas (BHR) 46.19
800 metres  Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) 1:46.74  Ali Al-Deraan (KSA) 1:47.03  Nader Belhanbel (MAR) 1:47.68
1500 metres  Fouad Elkaam (MAR) 3:46.54  Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin (DJI) 3:46.56  Youssouf Hiss Bachir (DJI) 3:47.08
5000 metres  Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) 13:17.97  Albert Kibichii Rop (BHR) 13:18.55  Aweke Ayalew (BHR) 13:29.03
10,000 metres  El Hassan El-Abbassi (BHR) 28:23.11  Zelalem Bacha (BHR) 29:30.55   (UAE) 33:18.50
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +7.3 m/s) 		 Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel (KUW) 13.35  Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha (KUW) 13.37  Othmane Hadj Lazib (ALG) 13.74
400 metres hurdles  Ali Khamis Khamis (BHR) 50.10  Saber Boukemouche (ALG) 50.31  Miloud Rahmani (ALG) 50.52
3000 metres steeplechase  Hamid Ezzine (MAR) 8:30.57  Brahim Taleb (MAR) 8:31.15  Amor Ben Yahia (TUN) 8:31.28
4×100 metres relay  Kuwait (KUW)

Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha
Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel
 39.75  Qatar (QAT)
Femi Ogunode
Samuel Francis

 39.87  Iraq (IRQ)


Mohamed
Mohammed Hassan Jumaah		 40.44
4×400 metres relay  Qatar (QAT) 3:04.93  Bahrain (BHR) 3:06.23  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 3:06.57
20 km walk  Hassanine Sebei (TUN) 1:28:95   (ALG) 1:31:08   (QAT) 1:31:54
High jump  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.19 m  Ali Mohd Younes Idriss (SUD) 2.16 m  Muamer Aissa Barsham (QAT) 2.13 m
Pole vault  Mouhcine Cheaouri (MAR) 5.00 m  Mohamed Amin Romdhana (TUN) 4.90 m  Hichem Cherabi (ALG) 4.80 m
Long jump  Saleh Al-Haddad (KUW) 7.96 m w   (KSA) 7.77 m w  Ahmed Fayez Al-Dosari (KSA) 7.63 m w
Triple jump  Issam Nima (ALG) 16.78 m  Rashid Al-Mannai (QAT) 15.97 m   (KUW) 15.95 m
Shot put  Mostafa Amr Ahmed Ahmed Hassan (EGY) 19.22 m  Mohamed Magdi Hamza (EGY) 18.38 m  Ahmad Gholoum (KUW) 18.08 m
Discus throw  Essa Al-Zenkawi (KUW) 63.22 m   (QAT) 63.01 m  Mustafa Kazem Dagher (IRQ) 60.60 m
Hammer throw  Mostafa Al-Gamel (EGY) 74.81 m  Ashraf Amgad Elseify (QAT) 73.68 m   (EGY) 72.26 m
Javelin throw  Ihab El-Sayed (EGY) 80.72 m   (QAT) 69.04 m   (MAR) 68.59 m
Decathlon  Mohammed Jasem Al-Qaree (KSA) 7572 pts   (QAT) 7233 pts   (EGY) 7072 pts

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +4.5 m/s) 		  (BHR) 11.64   (ALG) 11.64  Iman Jassem (BHR) 11.65
200 metres
(wind: +2.2 m/s) 		 Edidiong Odiong (BHR) 22.98  Dana Hussain (IRQ) 23.69  Assia Raziki (MAR) 23.77
400 metres  Kemi Adekoya (BHR) 54.06   (ALG) 55.34  Amina Yussuf (BHR) 57.27
800 metres  Malika Akkaoui (MAR) 2:05:77  Betlhem Desalegn (UAE) 2:07.20   (BHR) 2:08.19
1500 metres  Amina Bakhit (SUD) 5:22.27  Rababe Arafi (MAR) 5:22.30  Betlhem Desalegn (UAE) 5:22.99
5000 metres  Mimi Belete (BHR) 16:50.90  Amina Bakhit (SUD) 16:54.21  Shitaye Eshete (BHR) 16:59.55
10,000 metres  Alia Saeed Mohammed (UAE) 32:16.97  Shitaye Eshete (BHR) 32:40.47  Eunice Chebichii Chumba (BHR) 33:44.74
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +4.1 m/s) 		 Lamiae Lhabze (MAR) 13.53   (IRQ) 13.90  Buthaina Al-Yaqoubi (OMA) 15.00
400 metres hurdles  Lamiae Lhabze (MAR) 56.65  Kemi Adekoya (BHR) 57.68  Hayat Lambarki (MAR) 59.33
3000 metres steeplechase  Ruth Jebet (BHR) 9:39.61  Tigist Mekonnen (BHR) 9:42.01  Fadwa Sidi Madane (MAR) 10:05.56
4×100 metres relay  Bahrain (BHR) 46.40  Oman (OMA) 47.67  Qatar (QAT) 48.04
4×400 metres relay  Bahrain (BHR) 3:36.77  Morocco (MAR) 3:38.60  Sudan (SUD) 3:49.36
10 km walk  Chahinez Nasri (TUN) 50:34.4  Olfa Lafi (TUN) 50:45.9  Bariza Ghezelani (ALG) 54:15.4
High jump   (EGY) 1.75 m  Rhizlane Siba (MAR) 1.75 m   (BHR) 1.60 m
Pole vault  Syrine Balti (TUN) 4.10 m  Nisrine Dinar (MAR) 3.70 m   (EGY) 3.60 m
Long jump   (ALG) 6.37 m   (MAR) 6.05 m   (EGY) 6.05 m
Triple jump   (MAR) 13.51 m   (BHR) 13.32 m   (TUN) 12.89 m w
Shot put  Noora Salem Jasim (BHR) 14.97 m   (EGY) 14.77 m   (EGY) 14.48 m
Discus throw  Amina Moudden (MAR) 48.99 m   (EGY) 47.37 m  Noora Salem Jasim (BHR) 47.05 m
Hammer throw  Zouina Bouzebra (ALG) 60.06 m   (TUN) 58.96 m   (EGY) 57.60 m
Javelin throw   (EGY) 49.58 m   (EGY) 47.44 m   (TUN) 43.17 m
Heptathlon   (EGY) 5404 pts   (TUN) 5211 pts   (EGY) 4898 pts

Medal table[]

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Bahrain*1210931
2 Morocco86620
3 Qatar66416
4 Egypt65718
5 Kuwait4127
6 Tunisia3429
7 Algeria3339
8 Saudi Arabia1214
 Sudan1214
10 Djibouti1113
 United Arab Emirates1113
12 Oman0404
13 Iraq0145
14 Comoros0000
 Jordan0000
 Lebanon0000
 Libya0000
 Palestine0000
 Somalia0000
 Yemen0000
Totals (20 nations)464641133

References[]

  1. ^ Hajer, Ruth clinch gold. Daily Tribune News (2015-04-27). Retrieved on 2015-05-04.
  2. ^ Qataris Win Three Medals in Arab Athletics Championship Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Qatar News Agency (2015-04-27). Retrieved on 2015-05-04.
  3. ^ Algeria: Arab Athletics Championships - 12 Algerians Qualify for Bahrain Tournament. All Africa (2015-04-06). Retrieved on 2015-05-04.

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