1973 Maghreb Athletics Championships

The 1973 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the sixth 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 from 27–29 July in Agadir, Morocco.[1] It was the third Moroccan city to host the event, after Rabat in 1967 and Casablanca in 1971. A total of 36 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 14 for women.[2]

6th Maghreb Athletics Championships
Dates27–29 July
Host cityAgadir, Morocco
Events36
Participation3 nations

The event winners were distributed fairly evenly between the teams, with Morocco and Tunisia each taking thirteen gold medals and Algeria having the remaining ten. Tunisia topped the table by merit of having more silver medals. Track events were only officially timed to the tenth of a second.[2]

Medal summary edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Toufik Chaouch (ALG) 10.7   Omar Ghizlat (MAR) 10.8   El Hadi Sayah (ALG) 10.9
200 metres   Omar Ghizlat (MAR) 22.0   Toufik Chaouch (ALG) 22.2   Salah Gadri (TUN) 22.7
400 metres   Mohamed Sid Ali Djouadi (ALG) 48.8   Mokhtar Herzi (TUN) 49.4   Salah Gadri (TUN) 49.6
800 metres   Amakdouf Mohamed Ayachi (MAR) 1:53.4   Mohamed Sid Ali Djouadi (ALG) 1:53.6   Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG) 1:54.0
1500 metres   Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG) 3:50.1   Amakdouf Mohamed Ayachi (MAR) 3:50.7   Kamel Guemmar (ALG) 3:52.4
5000 metres   Abdelkader Zaddem (TUN) 14:36.4   Mohamed Kacemi (ALG) 14:40.4   Djelloul Rezig (ALG) 14:41.4
10,000 metres   Abdelkader Zaddem (TUN) 29:14.4   Boualem Rahoui (ALG) 29:32.2   Chérif Benali (ALG) 30:15.4
110 m hurdles   Abdelkader Boudjemaa (ALG) 14.8   Moncef Belkacem (TUN) 15.2   Naoui (MAR) 15.4
400 m hurdles   Abdallah Rouine (TUN) 53.5   Moncef Belkacem (TUN) 53.7   Abouam (MAR) 55.4
3000 metres steeplechase   Boualem Rahoui (ALG) 9:01.8   Abdelaziz Bouguerra (TUN) 9:18.8   Mohamed Benbaraka (MAR) 9:20.4
4×100 m relay   Tunisia (TUN) 42.1   Morocco (MAR) 42.5 Unknown ???
4×400 m relay   Tunisia (TUN) 3:22.3   Morocco (MAR) 3:22.4 Unknown ???
20 km walk   Bouralass (TUN) 1:41:12 Unknown athlete ??? Unknown athlete ???
High jump   Douiri (MAR) 1.86 m   Kanouni (MAR) 1.80 m   Ben Salma (TUN) 1.80 m
Pole vault   Lakhdar Rahal (ALG) 4.32 m   Ahmed Rezki (ALG) 4.11 m   Alouini (TUN) 3.70 m
Long jump   Youssef Khémiri (TUN) 7.28 m   Slim Kilani (TUN) 6.81 m   Hocine Boudiffa (ALG) 6.79 m
Triple jump   Lakhdar Merouane (ALG) 14.89 m   Saïda Sassi (TUN) 14.22 m   Youssef Khémiri (TUN) 14.14 m
Shot put   Jean-Marie Djebaili (ALG) 16.77 m   Mohamed Bahri (TUN) 14.54 m   Noureddine Bendifallah (ALG) 13.95 m
Discus throw   Jean-Marie Djebaili (ALG) 51.08 m   Abdeljaouad Bedira (TUN) 44.71 m   Jacques Zazoui (ALG) 42.98 m
Hammer throw   Youssef Ben Abid (TUN) 48.92 m   Jean-Marie Djebaili (ALG) 47.44 m   Noureddine Bendifallah (ALG) 46.14 m
Javelin throw   Ali Memmi (TUN) 63.10 m   Maamar Boubekeur (ALG) 57.36 m Not awarded
Decathlon   Mohamed Kissi (MAR) 5972 pts   Mohamed Bensaad (ALG) 5825 pts   Alain Smaïl (ALG) 5821 pts

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Oujaa (MAR) 12.6   Malika Hadky (MAR) 12.9 Unknown athlete ???
200 metres   Oujaa (MAR) 26.7   Fatma Ben Hdar (TUN) 26.8 Unknown athlete ???
400 metres   Malika Hadky (MAR) 58.7   Oujaa (MAR) 59.1 Unknown athlete ???
800 metres   Souad Dérouiche (TUN) 2:19.2   Zeineb Dérouiche (TUN) 2:20.0   Fatima Ennai (MAR) 2:21.0
1500 metres   Souad Dérouiche (TUN) 4:39.2   Khaddouj Hanine (MAR) 4:46.2   Jalila Douira (TUN) 4:50.5
100 m hurdles   Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 15.5   Naïma Benboubker (MAR) 15.7 Unknown athlete ???
4×100 m relay   Morocco (MAR) 50.1   Tunisia (TUN) 51.4 Unknown ???
4×400 m relay   Tunisia (TUN) 4:08.4   Morocco (MAR) 4:11.3 Unknown ???
High jump   Tigmi (MAR) 1.51 m   Messaouda Ouchérif (ALG) 1.48 m Unknown athlete ??? m
Long jump   Naïma Benboubker (MAR) 5.21 m   Naciri (MAR) 5.01 m Unknown athlete ??? m
Shot put   Leïla Chamine (TUN) 12.14 m   Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 12.10 m Unknown athlete ??? m
Discus throw   Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 37.89 m   Jeli (TUN) 34.37 m Unknown athlete ??? m
Javelin throw   Bellabas (ALG) 33.94 m   Zohra Ouertani (TUN) 29.44 m Unknown athlete ??? m
Pentathlon   Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 3150 pts   Saïda Sassi (TUN) 2503 pts Unknown athlete ???? pts

References edit

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