The 2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the seventeenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 5–8 May at the Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium in Tlemcen, Algeria. It was the first time that Algeria hosted the event. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.
| 17th Arab Junior Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–8 May |
| Host city | Tlemcen, Algeria |
| Venue | Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium |
| Events | 44 |
Around 800 athletes from 20 countries were expected to appear at the competition,[1] though only 232 athletes from 15 nations ultimately did so.[2]
Bahrain took the most gold medals with 16 while Tunisia won the next highest with 9. The host nation Algeria took the most medals with a total of 39, seven of them gold.[3]
Medal summary edit
Men edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Mohamed Farès Jelassi (TUN) |
10.52 |  Ammar Essifi (OMN) |
10.62 |  Saïd El Omayri (BHR) |
10.76 |
| 200 metres | Moussa Issa (BHR) |
21.44 |  Amine Bouanani (ALG) |
21.60 |  Taha Hussein Yacine (IRQ) |
21.77 |
| 400 metres | Moussa Issa (BHR) |
46.95 | Taha Hussein Yacine (IRQ) |
47.14 |  Ahmad Saleh Mahda (KSA) |
48.38 |
| 800 metres | Riadh Chenini (TUN) |
1:50.62 |  Adam Fadhl-Allah (SUD) |
1:51.31 | Mohamed Rahim Zaghir (IRQ) |
1:51.97 |
| 1500 metres | Riadh Chenini (TUN) |
3:53.09 | Ali Kaddachi (TUN) |
3:53.17 |  Abdallah Abdelfatih (DJI) |
3:55.72 |
| 5000 metres | Djamel Abdi Direh (DJI) |
14:26.11 | Aden Arbah (DJI) |
14:30.11 | Hosni Ismail Aissa (SUD) |
14:38.39 |
| 10,000 metres | Djamel Abdi Direh (DJI) |
30:07.47 | Abdi Ibrahim Abdou (BHR) |
30:32.18 | Ali Djouder (ALG) |
31:15.04 |
| 100 m hurdles | Amine Bouanani (ALG) |
13.96 | Mohamed Saleh Nadhem (IRQ) |
14.12 | Salah Khade Salah (IRQ) |
14.21 |
| 400 m hurdles | Abderrahmane Youssef (KSA) |
52.11 | Mohamed Amine Touati (TUN) |
52.97 | Jassem Mohamed (IRQ) |
53.05 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Sofiane Cherni (TUN) |
9:10.03 | Kenzi Souadia (ALG) |
9:11.27 | Mohamed Amine Jhinaoui (TUN) |
9:15.82 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Oman (OMN) |
41.59 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) |
42.30 | Iraq (IRQ) |
42.33 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Algeria (ALG) |
3:13.35 | Sudan (SUD) |
3:13.36 |  Egypt (EGY) |
3:13.89 |
| 10 km walk | Bahaeddine Gatri (TUN) |
45:48.08 | Mustafa Reza Alouani (IRQ) |
47:17.76 | Billal Djaafri (ALG) |
47:58.48 |
| High jump | Houssam Hussein (IRQ) |
2.05 m | Hicham Bouhanoun (ALG) Mohamed Hamdi (QAT) |
2.00 m | Not awarded | |
| Pole vault | Ali Mohsen (IRQ) |
4.90 m | Réda Boudchiche (ALG) |
4.30 m | Taoufik Ahmed (KSA) |
4.20 m |
| Long jump | Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG) |
7.43 m | Abdelhak Bouziziane (ALG) |
7.19 m |  Ihab Fathi Abboud (LBA) |
7.02 m |
| Triple jump | Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG) |
16.01 m CR | Ihab Fathi Abboud (LBA) |
14.90 m | Ahmed El Hani (TUN) |
14.57 m |
| Shot put | Moadh Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT) |
17.00 m | Alaeddine Chaalal (ALG) |
16.24 m | Akram Sassi (TUN) |
15.08 m |
| Discus throw | Moadh Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT) |
60.13 m CR | Aboubacar Mohamed Zakaria (KSA) |
50.32 m | Mustapha Hassen Abu Chahin (KSA) |
44.72m |
| Hammer throw | Hussein Thamer Abdelwahed (IRQ) |
66.00 m | Farès Ben Saïd (TUN) |
60.84 m | Amir Ali Hussein (IRQ) |
58.93 m |
| Javelin throw | Yacine Khalfaoui (TUN) |
61.37 m | Salah Younes Mouhcen (IRQ) |
57.71 m | Elhamad Mourtadha Aissa (KSA) |
57.57 m |
| Decathlon | Souheil Hemani (ALG) |
6052 pts | Ramzi Ayari (TUN) |
5982 pts | Abderrazak Slimani (ALG) |
5783 pts |
Women edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Bashira Nasser (BHR) |
11.66 CR | Imène Issa Jassem (BHR) |
11.68 | Mazoun El Alaouia (OMN) |
12.17 |
| 200 metres | Edwilge Ova Naim (BHR) |
23.21 CR | Bashira Nasser (BHR) |
23.91 | Manel Bendebka (ALG) |
25.67 |
| 400 metres | Imène Issa Jassem (BHR) |
55.44 | Fatma Rezig (TUN) |
59.74 | Chaima Abdelaziz (ALG) |
1:01.82 |
| 800 metres | Marta Hibatou (BHR) |
2:10.77 | Hela Hamdi (TUN) |
2:12.67 | Sarra Houaouti (ALG) |
2:16.52 |
| 1500 metres | Dalila Abdelkader (BHR) |
4:16.24 CR | Hela Hamdi (TUN) |
4:33.81 | Sonia Farouk Hamdan (SUD) |
4:34.81 |
| 3000 metres | Ribitu Bouatiou Idao (BHR) |
9:20.46 | Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) |
9:24.30 | Yasmina Housseini (ALG) |
11:7.40 |
| 5000 metres | Ribitu Bouatiou Idao (BHR) |
16:57.46 | Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) |
17:00.42 | Katia Belbey (ALG) |
19:36.68 |
| 100 m hurdles | Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BHR) |
14.53 | Yousra Arar (ALG) |
14.66 | Mazoun El Alaouia (OMN) |
15.01 |
| 400 m hurdles | Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BHR) |
58.25 CR | Chaima Ounis (ALG) |
1:03.25 | Houda Cheikh (ALG) |
1:04.05 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) |
10:02.68 | Maroua Bouzaiani (TUN) |
10:46.91 | Katia Belbey (ALG) |
12:32.79 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Bahrain (BHR) |
46.60 CR | Algeria (ALG) |
48.72 | Iraq (IRQ) |
1:00.53 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Bahrain (BHR) |
3:46.90 | Algeria (ALG) |
3:58.11 | Tunisia (TUN) |
4:07.37 |
| 10 km walk | Rihab Mansouri (TUN) |
52:38 | Zina Bouhraoua (ALG) |
53:10 | Tinhinane Boumaaza (ALG) |
54:48 |
| High jump | Affaf Benhadja (ALG) Mariem Abdallah (IRQ) |
1.63 m | Not awarded | Zaineb Amer Karim (IRQ) |
1.53 m | |
| Pole vault | Maryam Yasser Mohamed (EGY) |
3.00 m | Sherine Sharif Mahmoud (EGY) |
2.60 m | Zahra Jamal Sakran (IRQ) |
2.60 m |
| Long jump | Chelbia Ben Salem (TUN) |
5.60 m | Lidia Sahraoui (ALG) |
5.54 m | Insaf Zitouni (ALG) |
5.45 m |
| Triple jump | Chelbia Ben Salem (TUN) |
12.46 m | Leila Ben Si-Ali (ALG) |
12.18 m | Shahd Kassem (IRQ) |
11.38 m |
| Shot put | Sarah Ahmed Mannai (QAT) |
11.97 m | Imene Bounab (ALG) |
11.70 m | Folla Kermech (ALG) |
9.99 m |
| Discus throw | Ritaj Salem Essayah (LBA) |
51.58 m CR |  Fatma Youcef Elhosni (UAE) |
39.37 m | Amina Mohammedi (ALG) |
37.17 m |
| Javelin throw | Sarah Ahmed Mannai (QAT) |
36.11 m | Lidya Outemzabet (ALG) |
29.44 m | Ikram Afrit (ALG) |
28.38 m |
| Hammer throw | Ritaj Salem Essayah (LBA) |
50.92 m | Azza Eddaif (TUN) |
43.48 m | Chahrazed Kheloufi (ALG) |
42.80 m |
| Heptathlon | Ania Ainouche (ALG) |
4060 pts | Yousra Baazizi (ALG) |
3613 pts | Moudhi Elbellouchi (OMN) |
1739 pts |
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain (BHR) | 14 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) | 7 | 16 | 16 | 39 |
| 4 | Iraq (IRQ) | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | Qatar (QAT) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Djibouti (DJI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Libya (LBA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 45 | 44 | 43 | 132 | |
References edit
- ^ Tlemcen to host 17th Arab Athletics Championships on 5 - 8 May . Algeria Press Service (2016-02-26). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
- ^ Arab Junior Athletics Championships: 15 countries compete in Tlemcen. Algeria Press Service (2016-05-04). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
- ^ 17th Arab Junior Championships Results Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic). riyadapress. Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
- Results
- 17th Arab Junior Championships Results Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic). riyadapress. Retrieved on 2016-07-04.