2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

International athletics championship event

17th Arab Junior Athletics Championships

Dates| 5–8 May
Host city| Tlemcen, Algeria
Venue| Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium
Events| 44

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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.

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

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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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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]

1. ^ Tlemcen to host 17th Arab Athletics Championships on 5 - 8 May . Algeria Press Service (2016-02-26). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
2. ^ Arab Junior Athletics Championships: 15 countries compete in Tlemcen. Algeria Press Service (2016-05-04). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
3. ^ 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.

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