Athletics at the 2007 Pan Arab Games
| Athletics at the XI Pan Arab Games | |
|---|---|
 Host stadium in Cairo | |
| Dates | 21– 24 November |
| Host city | Cairo, Egypt |
| Venue | Military Academy Stadium |
| Events | 46 |
| Participation | c. 268 athletes from 20 nations |
| Records set | 7 |
At the 2007 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the Military Academy Stadium in Cairo, Egypt from 21 to 24 November 2007. A total of 46 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 23 by female athletes. Morocco was the most successful nation in the competition, taking ten gold medals in a 23-medal haul. Sudan and Tunisia won the second and third greatest number of golds with 8 and 7. The host country, Egypt, achieved six gold medals but also shared the joint highest total medal count with Morocco. Seven were beaten at the 2007 edition of the event.
Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud of Egypt and Gretta Taslakian of Lebanon achieved the 100/200 metres double on the men's and women's sides, respectively. Sudan's Abubaker Kaki Khamis won both the men's 800 metres and 1500 metres, setting a Games record in the latter, and Abdelkader Hachlaf went unbeaten in both the 5000 metres and 3000 m steeplechase. Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed won the heptathlon and 400 m hurdles titles and also won a gold and a silver with Sudan in the women's relays. Her relay team-mate Nawal El Jack also won four medals, having taken the women's 400 metres race and the silver in the 200 m. Fadwa Al Bouza showed multiple talents by winning the women's triple jump and finishing third in the 100 m hurdles.
Records[]
In addition to the records set by medalling athletes at the 2007 Games, the following records were set by others competing in Cairo:
Men[]
| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Juma Bilal Al-Salfa | 200 metres |  United Arab Emirates |
20.94 | NR |
Hatem Mersal M. Majdi Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud |
4×100 metres relay |  Egypt |
40.17 | NR |
| ? | 4×100 metres relay |  Jordan |
40.38 | NR |
| Key:WR — World record • AR — Area record • GR — Games record • NR — National record | ||||
Women[]
| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Kuwait |
12.97 | NR | |
| 100 metres |  Qatar |
13.32 | NR | |
| Dana Abdul Razak | 200 metres |  Iraq |
24.83 | NR |
| 200 metres |  Yemen |
27.53 | NR | |
| Half marathon | Yemen |
1:48:54 | NR | |
| High jump | Qatar |
1.25 m | NR | |
| Rima Taha Farid | Triple jump | Jordan |
12.24 m | NR= |
| Javelin throw |  Libya |
35.53 m | NR | |
| Key:WR — World record • AR — Area record • GR — Games record • NR — National record | ||||
Medal summary[]
Men[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud (EGY) |
10.38 NR |  Yahya Al-Gahes (KSA) |
10.40 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh (JOR) |
10.53 |
| 200 metres (wind:2.0 m/s) |
Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud (EGY) |
20.69 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh (JOR) |
20.81 NR | (EGY) |
20.92 |
| 400 metres |  Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) |
46.16 | Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi (KSA) |
46.50 |  (TUN) |
46.77 |
| 800 metres | Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD) |
1:43.90 NR/GR | Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA) |
1:46.64 |  (MAR) |
1:48.33 |
| 1500 metres | Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD) |
3:47.92 | Mohammed Othman Shaween (KSA) |
3:48.49 | Abdalla Abdelgadir (SUD) |
3:48.97 |
| 5000 metres | Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR) |
13:39.75 | Sultan Khamis Zaman (QAT) |
13:39.79 |  Hasan Mahboob (BHR) |
13:39.93 |
| 10,000 metres | Hasan Mahboob (BHR) |
29:29.48 | Sultan Khamis Zaman (QAT) |
29:29.65 | Moukheld Al-Outaibi (KSA) |
29:29.74 |
| 110 m hurdles |  Othmane Hadj Lazib (ALG) |
14.03 | (KSA) |
14.60 | (KSA) |
14.60 |
| 400 m hurdles | Abderahmane Hammadi (ALG) |
50.77 | (KSA) |
51.15 | (UAE) |
51.66 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR) |
8:39.84 | Hamid Ezzine (MAR) |
8:42.57 | Abubaker Ali Kamal (QAT) |
8:43.02 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Yahya Al-Gahes Salem Mubarak Al-Yami Yahya Hassan Habeeb |
39.99 |  Oman (OMN)Abdullah Said Al-Sooli |
40.12 | Qatar (QAT) Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed |
40.14 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi Mohammed Al-Salhi Ismail Al-Sabani |
3:04.74 | Sudan (SUD) Awadelkarim Makki Abubaker Kaki Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr |
3:06.52 NR | Tunisia (TUN) Sofiane Labidi |
3:06.83 |
| Half marathon | (MAR) |
1:02:30 GR | Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) |
1:02:32 | Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria (BHR) |
1:03:26 |
| 20,000 m track walk | Hassanine Sebei (TUN) |
1:36:00.2 | (QAT) |
1:36:00.2 | Mohamed Ameur (ALG) |
1:43:35.8 |
| High jump | (KUW) |
2.20 m NR= | Rashid Ahmed Al-Mannai (QAT) |
2.17 m |  Majed Aldin Ghazal (SYR) (KSA) |
2.14 m |
| Pole vault | (MAR) |
5.00 m | Abderamane Tamada (TUN) |
4.90 m | (ALG) |
4.80 m |
| Long jump | Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi (KSA) |
8.19 m GR | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) |
8.10 m | Issam Nima (ALG) |
7.98 m |
| Triple jump | Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR) |
16.46 m | (QAT) |
16.22 m | (BHR) |
16.03 m |
| Shot put | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) |
19.56 m GR | Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA) |
19.53 m | Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) |
19.42 m |
| Discus throw | Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi (KSA) |
58.63 m | (QAT) |
57.76 m | Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) |
57.74 m |
| Hammer throw | Mohsen El Anany (EGY) |
74.22 m GR | Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) |
74.02 m | (EGY) |
68.68 m |
| Javelin throw | (TUN) |
71.41 m | Walid Abdelghani Sayed (EGY) |
71.15 m | (QAT) |
69.67 m |
| Decathlon | Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) |
7383 pts | (EGY) |
7180 pts | (KSA) |
6995 pts |
Women[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Gretta Taslakian (LIB) |
12.07 |  Dana Abdul Razak (IRQ) |
12.20 | (BHR) |
12.28 |
| 200 metres | Gretta Taslakian (LIB) |
23.56 NR/GR | Nawal El Jack (SUD) |
24.25 | (BHR) |
24.73 |
| 400 metres | Nawal El Jack (SUD) |
54.15 | (MAR) |
55.36 | (SUD) |
56.90 |
| 800 metres | Amina Bakhit (SUD) |
2:07.95 | Amina Ait Hammou (MAR) |
2:08.85 | Halima Hachlaf (MAR) |
2:09.50 |
| 1500 metres | Seltana Ait Hammou (MAR) |
4:23.54 | Amina Bakhit (SUD) |
4:24.74 | (BHR) |
4:24.94 |
| 5000 metres | Safa Issaoui (TUN) |
19:13.96 | (BHR) |
19:14.50 | Hanane Ouhaddou (MAR) |
19:14.96 |
| 10,000 metres | Nadia Ejjafini (BHR) |
32:29.53 GR | (MAR) |
34:39.80 | (SUD) |
37:44.72 |
| 100 m hurdles | Lamiae Lhabze (MAR) |
14.21 | (EGY) |
14.38 NR | Fadwa Al Bouza (SYR) |
14.53 |
| 400 m hurdles | Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed (SUD) |
56.07 | (MAR) |
57.31 | (ALG) |
58.17 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Hanane Ouhaddou (MAR) |
10:30.33 | Durka Mana (SUD) |
10:49.34 | Baraah Awadallah (JOR) |
12:02.18 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Morocco (MAR) Lamiae Lhabze |
47.42 | Sudan (SUD) Amina Bakhit Nawal El Jack Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed |
47.43 NR | Iraq (IRQ) Dana Abdul Razak |
48.20 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Sudan (SUD) Nawal El Jack Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed Amina Bakhit |
3:38.56 | Morocco (MAR) Lamiae Lhabze Amina Aït Hammou Seltana Aït Hammou |
3:44.85 | Iraq (IRQ) Dana Abdul Razak |
3:54.96 |
| Half marathon | Kareema Jasim (BHR) |
1:15:15 | Kenza Dahmani (ALG) |
1:15:37 | (MAR) |
1:18:57 |
| 10,000 m track walk | Chaima Trabelsi (TUN) |
53:52.0 | Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali (EGY) |
55:14.6 | (ALG) |
56:51.3 |
| High jump | (TUN) |
1.77 m | Yamilé Aldama (SUD) |
1.77 m | (EGY) |
1.68 m |
| Pole vault | Leila Ben Youssef (TUN) |
3.80 m | Nisrine Dinar (MAR) |
3.80 m | (EGY) |
3.70 m NR |
| Long jump (No wind info) |
(MAR) |
6.16 m | Yamilé Aldama (SUD) |
6.05 m | (EGY) |
5.93 m |
| Triple jump | Fadwa Al Bouza (SYR) |
12.61 m | (MAR) |
12.60 m | Camélia Sahnoune (ALG) |
12.57 m |
| Shot put | Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi (EGY) |
15.29 m | (EGY) |
14.60 m | (TUN) |
14.02 m |
| Discus throw | Monia Kari (TUN) |
52.79 m | (EGY) |
49.73 m | (EGY) |
45.26 m |
| Hammer throw | Marwa Ahmed Hussein (EGY) |
62.83 m | (MAR) |
57.36 m | (EGY) |
55.40 m |
| Javelin throw | (EGY) |
48.28 m | (EGY) |
45.91 m | (TUN) |
41.43 m |
| Heptathlon | Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed (SUD) |
4594 pts | (EGY) |
4232 pts | (ALG) |
3637 pts |
Medal table[]
18-year-old Abubaker Kaki's double gold performance was a games highlight
Hanane Ouhaddou's steeplechase gold and 5000 m bronze helped Morocco top the table
* Host nation (Egypt)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 2 | Sudan | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Egypt* | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Qatar | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Algeria | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 9 | Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Syria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Jordan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 | Libya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 nations) | 46 | 46 | 47 | 139 | |
Participating nations[]
References[]
- Results
- Jeux Panarabes RESULTATS TECHNIQUES[permanent dead link]. . Retrieved on 2010-07-08.
- Results November 2007 - Pan Arab Games. Athletics Africa. Retrieved on 2010-07-08.
- Results[permanent dead link] Tunisathle Retrieved on 2011-11-24
- Daily reports
- Powell, David (2007-11-22). Al Khuwaildi snatches last round victory – Pan Arab Games, Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-08.
- Powell, David (2007-11-23). Egyptian secures dash title in Cairo - Pan Arab Games, Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-08.
- Powell, David (2007-11-24). Morocco’s day – Pan Arab Games, Day Three. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-08.
- Powell, David (2007-11-25). Doubles day – Pan Arab Games, Final Day.IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-08.
External links[]
- Official website (archived)
Categories:
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