2004 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 2004 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the eleventh edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Damascus, Syria – the fourth time that the city hosted the tournament. A total of 43 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 21 for women. The 2002 medal table leader, Morocco, was absent from the tournament.[1]

11th Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Host cityDamascus, Syria
Events43

Sudan topped the table for the first time with eight gold medals. Egypt was a close second with seven titles. Qatar were third with six gold medals, all in the men's side. A minority of track finals had times recorded only to a tenth of a second due to technical restrictions. Junior implements were used in the men's throwing events for a second edition running, setting the standard for future events.[1]

On the men's side Antar Zerguelaïne won a middle-distance double, Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr was a double sprint medallist and Aymen Ben Ahmed took the hurdles gold medal. All three went on to win senior medals at African level. Long jumper Saleh Al-Haddad was a clear winner and took multiple Asian medals as a senior. Gretta Taslakian emerged on the women's side, breaking new ground for Lebanon by winning a sprint double – also her country's first individual gold medals at the competition. Sudanese trio Muna Jabir Adam, Hind Roko Musa and Nawal El Jack won eight individual medals between them in the track events – all would make an impact as seniors at the Pan Arab Games.

Medal summary edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Mohammed Sanad Al-Rashidi (BHR) 10.34   Mustafa Amir Ibrahim (EGY) 10.49   Moussa Al-Husawi (KSA) 10.65
200 metres   Mohammed Sanad Al-Rashidi (BHR) 20.85 CR   Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) 21.11   Mustafa Amir Ibrahim (EGY) 21.21
400 metres   Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) 46.92   Adam Mohamed Al-Nour (SUD) 47.97   Mohammed Salem Al-Rawahi (OMN) 48.07
800 metres   Antar Zerguelaïne (ALG) 1:51.7   Mohammed Othman Hussain (KSA) 1:53.0   Abdallah Abdelgader (SUD) 1:54.7
1500 metres   Antar Zerguelaïne (ALG) 3:48.47   Nasser Shams Karim (QAT) 3:49.31   Issa Salem Ali (SYR) 3:50.27
5000 metres   Mohammed Abdu Al-Bekhit (QAT) 14:31.40   Ahmed Abdallah (SUD) 14:33.67   Jassem Yousef Ibrahim (QAT) 14:38.80
10,000 metres   Nasser Jamal Nasser (QAT) 30:17.3   Salem Saeed Malek (QAT) 30:40.5   Nasser Bilal (SUD) 30:51.8
110 m hurdles   Aymen Ben Ahmed (TUN) 14.03 =CR   Mustafa Habib Al-Ajami (KSA) 14.76   Jalal Salem Al-Ghobashi (OMN) 14.89
400 m hurdles   Bandar Yahya Sharahili (KSA) 50.81 CR   Mohammed Razgallah Daak (KSA) 52.10   Moussa Haroun Al-Ruwaih (KUW) 52.80
3000 metres steeplechase   Mubarak Ismail Rashid (QAT) 8:58.4   Rabih Bahloumi (ALG) 8:59.4   Salem Saeed Malek (QAT) 9:06.0
4×100 m relay   Oman (OMN) 40.34   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 41.14   Syria (SYR) 42.83
4×400 m relay   Sudan (SUD) 3:11.52   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 3:12.96   Oman (OMN) 3:14.33
10,000 m walk   Mohammed Joumaa (SYR) 46:52.4   Zakaria Soulimane (ALG) 47:52.2   Mohamed Abdel Tawab (EGY) 48:34.7
High jump   Ahmed Farouk Abdel Zaher (EGY) 2.10 m   Mohamed Ridha Rabaya (ALG) 2.02 m   Hamza Labidi (ALG) 2.02 m
Pole vault   Hamed Ali Al-Shehabi (QAT) 4.80 m   Abderrahmane Tamedda (TUN) 4.70 m   Abdelatif Djadoun (ALG) 4.30 m
Long jump   Saleh Al-Haddad (KUW) 7.49 m   Mubarak Jasser Al-Jassem (KSA) 7.24 m   Ahmed Sayed Kheirallah (EGY) 7.17 m
Triple jump   Azmi Mohammed Sulaiman (QAT) 15.91 m   Yasser Gholoum Hussain (BHR) 15.83 m   Mohammed Yousef Al-Sahabi (BHR) 15.27 m
Shot put   Mustafa Abdel El Moati (EGY) 18.43 m   Meshari Sorour Saad (KUW) 18.38 m   Ali Ahmed Khalil (KUW) 18.38 m
Discus throw   Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb (QAT) 57.40 m CR   Saad Hussain Al-Bakhmi (KSA) 53.80 m   Mohamed Wadah Mansour (LBY) 53.32 m
Hammer throw   Meshal Abdulrahman Al-Humoud (KUW) 61.90 m   Ali Abdulaziz Kamir (KUW) 60.50 m   Ahmed Mohamed Abdelghani Suleiman (EGY) 58.60 m
Javelin throw   Yasser Mohamed Ali Hassan (SUD) 60.98 m   Mohammed Fadhel Al-Mahdi (QAT) 60.98 m   Khamis Ghabash Al-Qutaiti (OMN) 59.30 m
Decathlon   Meshari Zaki Mubarak (KUW) 7012 pts CR   Mohamed Abbas Darwish (UAE) 6453 pts   Saeed Fahd Al-Bishi (KSA) 6034 pts

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Gretta Taslakian (LIB) 12.01 CR   Malika Ali Bacha (ALG) 12.20   Munira Romdhane Al-Saleh (SYR) 12.32
200 metres   Gretta Taslakian (LIB) 24.30 CR   Muna Jabir Adam (SUD) 24.39   Munira Romdhane Al-Saleh (SYR) 25.00
400 metres   Muna Jabir Adam (SUD) 54.21 CR   Nawal El Jack (SUD) 55.18   Munira Romdhane Al-Saleh (SYR) 55.74
800 metres   Muna Jabir Adam (SUD) 2:11.9   Chahrazad Cheboub (ALG) 2:12.5   Imène Badraoui (TUN) 2:14.7
1500 metres   Safa Aïssaoui (TUN) 4:28.10 CR   Hind Roko Musa (SUD) 4:28.58   Chahrazad Cheboub (ALG) 4:31.09
3000 metres   Safa Aïssaoui (TUN) 9:46.8   Hind Roko Musa (SUD) 9:49.8   Meshaar El Rida Bakheet (SUD) 9:50.2
5000 metres   Hind Roko Musa (SUD) 17:02.0 CR   Sarah Ahmed Abu Hassan (EGY) 17:12.2   Duka Mana (SUD) 17:33.8
100 m hurdles   Samira Harrouche (ALG) 14.37   Lynda Bouzenad (ALG) 14.74   Fadwa Boudhat (SYR) 15.00
400 m hurdles   Ghofrane Mohammad (SYR) 59.91 CR   Nawal El Jack (SUD) 60.19   Samira Harrouche (ALG) 61.82
4×100 m relay   Sudan (SUD) 48.33   Syria (SYR) 48.35   Algeria (ALG) 48.37
4×400 m relay   Sudan (SUD) 3:44.84 CR   Syria (SYR) 3:49.48   Algeria (ALG) 4:03.73
5000 m walk   Sara Arrouk (SYR) 26:44.6   Rania Othman (SYR) 27:09.6   Nashwa Ibrahim Fathi Ibrahim (EGY) 27:09.7
High jump   Amira Khaled Abu El Ata (EGY) 1.65 m   Muna Khalifa Kamel (EGY) 1.62 m   Mayada Belkhiria (TUN) 1.59 m
Pole vault   Nesrine Ahmed Imam (EGY) 3.40 m =CR   Wahiba Hamreras (ALG) 3.40 m   Fatima Al-Zahraa (JOR) 3.20 m
Long jump   Najwa Mathlouthi (TUN) 5.83 m   Nahed Abid (TUN) 5.62 m   Aljia Rezig (ALG) 5.62 m
Triple jump   Najwa Mathlouthi (TUN) 12.85 m   Chiraz Kamila Sahnoune (ALG) 12.44 m   Nanassi Zaki Saddik (EGY) 12.30 m
Shot put   Amal Abdel Sabour Mohamed (EGY) 13.75 m   Oktar Bakhtas (SYR) 12.60 m   Ghada Ghezal (TUN) 12.20 m
Discus throw   Sara Sayed Hassib (EGY) 43.99 m   Ghada Ghezal (TUN) 37.10 m   Hiba Omar (SYR) 36.90 m
Hammer throw   Iman Mohamed El Ashri (EGY) 51.20 m CR   Yasmin Ashraf Abdeslam (EGY) 50.08 m   Lara Ibrahim (SYR) 32.18 m
Javelin throw   Yamen Al-Bouti (SYR) 31.40 m   Hiba Omar (SYR) 30.35 m   Samah Mohammed (PLE) 25.48 m
Heptathlon   Fadwa Al-Bouza (SYR) 4345 pts   Marwa Mohamed Naim (EGY) 3739 pts   Noura Al-Khrad (SYR) 3431 pts

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Sudan (SUD)88420
2  Egypt (EGY)75618
3  Qatar (QAT)63211
4  Syria (SYR)55919
5  Tunisia (TUN)53311
6  Algeria (ALG)38718
7  Kuwait (KUW)3227
8  Bahrain (BHR)2114
9  Lebanon (LIB)2002
10  Saudi Arabia (KSA)17210
11  Oman (OMN)1045
12  United Arab Emirates (UAE)0101
13  Libya (LBY)0011
  Palestine (PLE)0011
Totals (14 entries)434342128

References edit

  1. ^ a b Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.