Athletics at the 1999 Pan Arab Games
| Athletics at the IX Pan Arab Games | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 to 14 August |
| Host city | Amman, Jordan |
| Venue | Prince Hasan Youth City Stadium |
| Events | 45 |
At the 1999 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the in the Al Hasan Sport City Complex in Irbid, Jordan from 11 to 14 August.
The athletics events were held before the official opening ceremony of the games on 18 August due to their proximity to the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, also held that month.[1]
A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes (the men's programme featured a steeplechase event). The women's road events were shorter than the men's, having a half marathon compared to the men's marathon and a 10 km walk compared to a 20 km walk.
The competition was affected by the highest profile doping incident of the games. originally won three sprinting gold medals for Morocco, taking the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay titles. She lost all three after testing positive for nandrolone (a banned steroid) and the Moroccan relay team was entirely disqualified. Discus throw bronze medallist , also of Morocco, was another athlete whose result was annulled due to a drug test failure, again for nandrolone.[1]
The electronic timing system at the event failed during the competition and as a result some of the races were hand-timed.[2] In the men's 110 metres hurdles fifteen-year-old of Qatar ran a hand-timed 13.9 in the preliminary round before running an electronic 14.17 seconds as runner-up in the final – these were the best ever times for the event by an athlete his age.[3]
Medal summary[]
Men[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA) |
10.39 |  Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari (QAT) |
10.43 | (QAT) |
10.47 |
| 200 metres |  Hamoud Al-Dalhami (OMN) |
20.65 w | Mohamed Al-Houti (OMN) |
20:81 w | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) |
21:01 |
| 400 metres (Hand-timed) |
Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) |
45.7 |  Sofiane Labidi (TUN) |
45.9 | Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA) |
46.4 |
| 800 metres | Ali Hakimi (TUN) |
1:49.76 |  (MAR) |
1:50.16 | Mouhssin Chehibi (MAR) |
1:50.40 |
| 1500 metres | Ali Hakimi (TUN) |
3:43.43 | Youssef Baba (MAR) |
3:43.91 | Mohammed Amyn (MAR) |
3:47.19 |
| 5000 metres | Adil Kaouch (MAR) |
14:05.71 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) |
14:05.99 | (MAR) |
14:19.71 |
| 10,000 metres | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) |
30:13.3 | (MAR) |
? | ? | ? |
| 110 metres hurdles | Mubarak Khasif (QAT) |
14.05 | (QAT) |
14.17 |  Mohamed Samy (EGY) |
14.33 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) |
50.02 |  Zahr-Edin Al Najem (SYR) |
50.38 | (EGY) |
51.58 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | (TUN) |
8:52.52 | Hassan Al-Asmari (KSA) |
8:56.24 | Zouhair Ouerdi (MAR) |
8:58.84 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) |
39.62 | Qatar (QAT) |
39.63 | Oman (OMN) |
39.78 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) |
3:06.72 | Morocco (MAR) Mehdi El Ghazouani |
3:07.17 | Egypt (EGY) |
3:09.25 |
| Marathon | (EGY) |
2:31:16 | Tahar Mansouri (TUN) |
2:33:46 |  (LBA) |
2:34:15 |
| 20 km walk | Hatem Ghoula (TUN) |
1:40:01 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| High jump |  Fakhredin Fouad (JOR) |
2.19 m |  Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB) |
2.16 m | (QAT) |
2.13 m |
| Pole vault | (TUN) |
5.00 m | (QAT) |
4.80 m | (MAR) |
3.80 m |
| Long jump | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) |
7.93 m | Mehdi El Ghazouani (MAR) |
7.76 m | Abdulrahman Al-Nubi (QAT) |
7.72 m |
| Triple jump | (QAT) |
16.44 m | Salem Al-Ahmedi (KSA) |
16.35 m |  (IRQ) |
16.23 m |
| Shot put | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) |
18.83 m | ? | ? m | ? | ? m |
| Discus throw | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) |
59.51 m | (KSA) |
55.23 m | Khalid Al-Khalidi (KSA) |
54.94 m |
| Hammer throw |  Samir Haouam (ALG) |
68.75 m | (EGY) |
65.02 m | (QAT) |
58.52 m |
| Javelin throw | Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) |
77.85 m | (SYR) |
72.91 m | Maher Ridane (TUN) |
71.47 m |
| Decathlon | Anis Riahi (TUN) |
7341 pts | Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) |
7307 pts | Rédouane Youcef (ALG) |
7171 pts |
Women[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres[a] | (MAR) |
11.72 w | (EGY) |
11.80 w | (TUN) |
11.96 w |
| 200 metres[b] | (MAR) |
24.58 | (TUN) |
24.94 | Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) |
27.42 |
| 400 metres | Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) |
55.46 | (EGY) |
56.14 | (MAR) |
56.58 |
| 800 metres | Nahida Touhami (ALG) |
2:06.17 | (MAR) |
2:06.21 | (TUN) |
2:07.37 |
| 1500 metres | Fatma Lanouar (TUN) |
4:19.29 | Samira Raif (MAR) |
4:20.29 | Seloua Ouaziz (MAR) |
4:21.69 |
| 5000 metres | (MAR) |
16:46.1 | Fatma Lanouar (TUN) |
17:05.04 | Bouchra Benthami (MAR) |
17:11.68 |
| 10,000 metres | Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) |
32:56.76 | (MAR) |
35:46.00 | (TUN) |
35:48.12 |
| 100 metres hurdles | (MAR) |
15.01 | (TUN) |
15.37 | (SYR) |
15.49 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Zahra Lachguer (MAR) |
60.62 | (MAR) |
61.70 | (EGY) |
63.38 |
| 4×100 metres relay[c] | Tunisia (TUN) |
48.49 | Egypt (EGY) |
49.49 | Jordan (JOR) |
51.21 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Morocco (MAR) Zahra Lachgar |
3:43.50 | Tunisia (TUN) |
3:44.70 | Egypt (EGY) |
4:06.94 |
| Half marathon | Nadia Ejjafini (MAR) |
1:16:36 | Nasria Azaïdj (ALG) |
1:16:59 | (SYR) |
1:18:11 |
| 10 km walk | Nagwa Ibrahim (EGY) |
51:06 | Bahia Boussad (ALG) |
53:39 | (TUN) |
1:00:01 |
| High jump | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) |
1.78 m | Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) |
1.75 m | (TUN) |
1.75 m |
| Pole vault | Syrine Balti (TUN) |
3.60 m | (TUN) |
3.20 m | (EGY) |
3.00 m |
| Long jump | (MAR) |
6.50 m | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) |
6.19 m | Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) |
5.70 m |
| Triple jump | (TUN) |
12.97 m | (MAR) |
12.66 m | (TUN) |
12.57 m |
| Shot put | Nada Kawar (JOR) |
17.33 m | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) |
16.25 m | Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) |
15.57 m |
| Discus throw | Nada Kawar (JOR) |
57.52 m | Monia Kari (TUN) |
57.43 m | (EGY) |
43.52 m |
| Hammer throw[d] | Marwa Hussein (EGY) |
58.97 m | (ALG) |
50.31 m | Monia Kari (TUN) |
49.91 m |
| Javelin throw (old javelin model) |
Ghada Shouaa (SYR) |
55.14 m | Aïda Sellam (TUN) |
48.69 m | (EGY) |
41.98 m |
| Heptathlon | (TUN) |
4853 pts | (SYR) |
4592 pts | (TUN) |
4537 pts |
- a Morocco's was the initial winner in 11.48 seconds, before her disqualification for doping
- b Morocco's Hanafi was the initial winner in 24.34 seconds, before her disqualification for doping
- c Morocco was the initial winner in 46.89 seconds, before Hanafi's disqualification for doping
- d Morocco's was the initial bronze medallist with 49.91 metres, before her disqualification for doping
Medal table[]
* Host nation (Jordan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia | 12 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Morocco | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Qatar | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Egypt | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 6 | Jordan* | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Algeria | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Syria | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| 9 | Oman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |  Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 nations) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | |
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ IAAF 1999 Top Lists Archived November 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-09.
- ^ Daegu 2011 Statistics Book Part 4 of 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-09.
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- 1999 Pan Arab Games
- 1999 in athletics (track and field)
- Athletics at the Pan Arab Games
- International athletics competitions hosted by Jordan