1971 Maghreb Athletics Championships

The 1971 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the fifth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb. Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco were the competing nations. Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (Union of Athletics Federations of the United Maghreb), it took place on 27 February in Casablanca, Morocco.[1] It was the second Moroccan city to host the event, after the capital Rabat in 1967. A total of 36 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 14 for women.[2]

5th Maghreb Athletics Championships
Dates27 February
Host cityCasablanca, Morocco
Events36
Participation3 nations

It was the last time that the competition was held on a yearly schedule, with the event becoming a biennial one instead. Morocco topped the medal table courtesy of its complete sweep of the women's titles. Tunisia took second with twelve golds in the men's section, followed by Algeria with five men's golds. Tunisia's performance was led by Mansour Guettaya and Mohamed Gammoudi, who won a middle-distance running and long-distance running double, respectively. In the women's events, Chérifa Meskaoui was the most successful with four individual gold medals, in hurdles, shot put, discus throw, and pentathlon.

Medal summary edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.5 m/s)
  Hamouda El Fray (TUN) 10.5w   Omar Chokhman (MAR) 10.5w   Mohamed El Kheir (MAR) 10.7w
200 metres   Omar Chokhman (MAR) 21.2   Omar Ghizlat (MAR) 21.7   Salah Gadri (TUN) 21.9
400 metres   Moulay Ahmed Hasnaoui (MAR) 47.5   Hassen Bergaoui (TUN) 48.3   Omar Ghizlat (MAR) 48.8
800 metres   Mansour Guettaya (TUN) 1:49.2   Amakdouf Mohamed Ayachi (MAR) 1:49.8   Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG) 1:50.1
1500 metres   Mansour Guettaya (TUN) 3:45.4   Amakdouf Mohamed Ayachi (MAR) 3:45.8   Mohamed Kacemi (ALG) 3:47.9
5000 metres   Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN) 14:20.2   Mohamed Gouasmi (ALG) 14:22.6   Jadour Haddou (MAR) 14:27.6
10,000 metres   Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN) 30:16.8   Haddou Ou Moumouh (MAR) 30:25.4   Chérif Hannachi (TUN) 30:48.2
110 m hurdles   Abdelkader Boudjemaa (ALG) 14.4   Jilali Sekouri (MAR) 14.8   Ahmed Boukria (MAR) 15.0
400 m hurdles   Hassen Bergaoui (TUN) 52.5   Moulay Ahmed Hasnaoui (MAR) 53.4   Abdelkader Boudjemaa (ALG) 53.6
3000 metres steeplechase   Miloud Chenna (MAR) 8:56.0   Benassou El Ghazi (MAR) 8:56.8   Boualem Rahoui (ALG) 8:59.0
4×100 m relay   Tunisia (TUN) 42.1   Algeria (ALG) 42.8 Unknown ???
4×400 m relay   Morocco (MAR) 3:15.2   Tunisia (TUN) 3:16.0   Algeria (ALG) 3:20.8
20 km walk   Chédli Ben Ali (TUN) 1:35:17   Jouini (TUN) 1:38:24   Kikou (MAR) 1:41:33
High jump   Tawfik Chaouch (TUN) 1.95 m   Mohamed Rijali (MAR) 1.90 m   Douiri (MAR) 1.90 m
Pole vault   Djamel Bouzerar (ALG) 3.61 m   Jaidane (MAR) 3.61 m Not awarded
Long jump   Hocine Boudiffa (ALG) 7.30w m   Houcine Abdelwahid (TUN) 7.26w m   Youssef Khémiri (TUN) 7.25w m
Triple jump   Slim Kilani (TUN) 14.34 m   Lakhdar Merouane (ALG) 14.32 m   Daouda (MAR) 13.95 m
Shot put   Jean-Marie Djebaili (ALG) 16.84 m   Ahmed Bendifallah (ALG) 16.02 m   Ahmed Zone (TUN) 13.30 m
Discus throw   Ahmed Bendifallah (ALG) 48.44 m   Jean-Marie Djebaili (ALG) 45.23 m   Abdelkader Tiouali (MAR) 40.60 m
Hammer throw   Ahmed Chahine (MAR) 43.30 m   Larbi Saïdi (TUN) 42.50 m Not awarded
Javelin throw   Ali Memmi (TUN) 63.74 m   Hanifer (TUN) 57.95 m   Youssef Gouider (TUN) 57.20 m
Decathlon   Abdesslem Taaba (TUN) 6215 pts   Youssef Gouider (TUN) 5772 pts   Youcef Boulfelfel (ALG) 5655 pts

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Malika Hadky (MAR) 12.3   Safia Ben Youssef (TUN) 12.6   Fatima El Faquir (MAR) 12.7
200 metres   Fatima El Faquir (MAR) 25.6   Malika Hadky (MAR) 25.8   Safia Ben Youssef (TUN) 26.7
400 metres   Malika Hadky (MAR) 58.0   Fatima El Faquir (MAR) 59.1   Lamdjadani (ALG) 60.7
800 metres   Hadhoum Kadiri (MAR) 2:15.4   Amina Bourir (MAR) 2:16.7   Souad Dérouiche (TUN) 2:19.2
1500 metres   Hadhoum Kadiri (MAR) 4:48.6   Khaddouj Hanine (MAR) 4:50.8   Jalila Douira (TUN) 4:52.1
100 m hurdles
(wind: 3.0 m/s)
  Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 14.9w   Fatima El Faquir (MAR) 15.2w   Lilia Attia (TUN) 16.1w
4×100 m relay   Morocco (MAR) 50.3   Tunisia (TUN) 50.7   Algeria (ALG) 51.5
4×400 m relay   Morocco (MAR) 4:00.5   Tunisia (TUN) 4:06.5   Algeria (ALG) 4:08.3
High jump   Mina Jebli (MAR) 1.48 m   Lamia Belamlih (MAR) 1.48 m   Messaouda Ouchérif (ALG) 1.45 m
Long jump   Naïma Benboubker (MAR) 5.56 m   Istitene (ALG) 5.46 m   Najia Méziane (MAR) 5.39 m
Shot put   Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 11.76 m   Beya Bouabdallah (TUN) 11.04 m   Leïla Chamine (TUN) 10.46 m
Discus throw   Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 38.98 m   Beya Bouabdallah (TUN) 31.90 m Unknown ??? m
Javelin throw   Fatima Aderbach (MAR) 35.16 m   Chedlia Ben Mrad (TUN) 34.26 m   Zaidane (MAR) 32.20 m
Pentathlon   Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 4007 pts   Lamia Belamlih (MAR) 3485 pts   Beya Bouabdallah (TUN) 3296 pts

References edit

  1. ^ QUARANTE ANS D'HISTOIRE DE L'ATHLETISME ALGERIEN. Algeriathle. Retrieved on 2015-02-20.
  2. ^ Maghreb Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-20.
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