1986 Maghreb Athletics Championships

The 1986 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the tenth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb. Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia 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 in Tunis, Tunisia from 7–9 August.[1] A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women. The Maghreb men's marathon was held for the third and final time at the tournament.[2]

10th Maghreb Athletics Championships
Dates7–9 August
Host cityTunis, Tunisia
Events39
Participation3 nations

Algeria topped the table, winning more than half the events on offer. Tunisia was the runner-up with eleven gold medals. The competition was affected by strong winds and many of the marks in the sprints and horizontal jumps were wind-assisted. The men's 10,000 metres race was not timed to international standards.[2]

Medal summary edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +3.8 m/s)
  Mustapha Kamel Selmi (ALG) 10.41w   Karim Benrahal (ALG) 10.50w   Messaoud Fguiri (TUN) 10.56w
200 metres   Mustapha Kamel Selmi (ALG) 21.09   Mohamed El Kandoussi (MAR) 21.13   Ali Bakhta (ALG) 21.17
400 metres   Mohamed Filali (ALG) 48.11   Mahrez Djémaa (ALG) 48.23   Ali Bakhta (ALG) 48.26
800 metres   Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) 1:52.16   Ahmed Belkessam (ALG) 1:52.93   Mohamed Soltana (ALG) 1:53.16
1500 metres   Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) 4:00.05   Rachid Kram (ALG) 4:01.58   Abbès Tehami (ALG) 4:01.69
5000 metres   Habib Romdhani (TUN) 14:22.14   Larbi El Mouadden (MAR) 14:27.96   Mohamed Saleh Rahji (TUN) 14:32.89
10,000 metres   Habib Romdhani (TUN) n/a   Larbi El Mouadden (MAR) n/a   Abderrazak Gtari (TUN) n/a
110 m hurdles
(wind: +4.3 m/s)
  Noureddine Tadjine (ALG) 13.9w   Riad Benhaddad (ALG) 14.2w   Fadhel Khayati (TUN) 14.6w
400 m hurdles   Fadhel Khayati (TUN) 52.11   Adel Jemmali (TUN) 53.35   Abdelhak Touhami (MAR) 53.59
3000 metres steeplechase   Féthi Baccouche (TUN) 8:36.49   Azzedine Brahmi (ALG) 8:42.04   Mohamed Difallah (ALG) 8:47.92
4 × 100 m relay   Algeria (ALG) 41.10   Morocco (MAR) 42.08   Tunisia (TUN) 42.90
4 × 400 m relay   Algeria (ALG) 3:09.8   Morocco (MAR) 3:15.5   Tunisia (TUN) 3:16.4
Marathon   Mohamed Abaidia (ALG) 2:29:13   Arezki Hamadache (ALG) 2:30:06   Sid-Ali Sakhri (ALG) 2:36:01
20 km walk   Abdelwahab Ferguène (ALG) 1:36:19   Mohamed Haddadou (ALG) 1:53:28   Arezki Boumrar (ALG) 1:54:21
High jump   Nabil Berbiche (ALG) 2.08 m   Abdennacer Moumen (MAR) 2.05 m   Hatem Bachar (TUN) 1.95 m
Pole vault   Choukri Abahnini (TUN) 4.83 m   Abdelatif Chekir (TUN) 4.60 m   Sid Ali Sabour (ALG) 4.50 m
Long jump   Mustapha Benmrah (MAR) 7.55w m   Mohamed El Aïd Zaghdoudi (TUN) 7.41 m w   Nacer Saadoune (ALG) 7.32 m
Triple jump   Abdelhamid Sekkaï (ALG) 15.74 m w   Mustapha Benmrah (MAR) 15.43 m w   Lotfi Khaïda (ALG) 15.40 m
Shot put   Mohamed Fatihi (MAR) 15.90 m   Sami Samir (TUN) 15.42 m   Ahmed Mahour Bacha (ALG) 14.06 m
Discus throw   Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) 49.06 m   Yacine Louail (ALG) 48.46 m   Mounir Dimassi (TUN) 43.22 m
Hammer throw   Hakim Toumi (ALG) 66.82 m   Yacine Louail (ALG) 65.78 m   Djamel Zouiche (ALG) 59.78 m
Javelin throw   Tarek Chaabani (TUN) 73.08 m   Ahmed Mahour Bacha (ALG) 70.20 m   Mongi Alimi (TUN) 67.88 m
Decathlon   Hatem Bachar (TUN) 6802 pts   Mahmoud Aït Ouhamou (ALG) 5890 pts   Anis Driss (TUN) 5807 pts

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +5.4 m/s)
  Mahdjouba Bouhdiba (ALG) 11.93w   Méryem Oumezdi (MAR) 11.99w   Lamia Makni (TUN) 12.00w
200 metres   Lamia Makni (TUN) 24.72   Mahdjouba Bouhdiba (ALG) 24.83   Zeineb Ben Sma (TUN) 25.55
400 metres   Hassiba Hallilou (ALG) 57.68   Hend Kebaoui (TUN) 58.31   Halima Hadri (MAR) 58.95
800 metres   Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 2:13.91   Sabah Ben Nasr (TUN) 2:14.87   Salima Djelloul (ALG) 2:15.36
1500 metres   Mebarka Hadj Abdellah (ALG) 4:38.58   Dalila Mial (ALG) 4:41.02   Zohra Koulou (MAR) 4:43.19
3000 metres   Mebarka Hadj Abdellah (ALG) 9:43.26   Dalila Mial (ALG) 9:47.86   Zohra Koulou (MAR) 9:50.77
100 m hurdles
(wind: +4.7 m/s)
  Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) 13.90w   Nacèra Zaaboub (ALG) 14.07w   Najia Méziane (MAR) 15.15w
400 m hurdles   Rachida Ferdjaoui (ALG) 62.28   Hend Kebaoui (TUN) 62.84   Hasna Dhébaïbi (TUN) 64.72
4 × 100 m relay   Morocco (MAR) 48.21   Tunisia (TUN) 48.54   Algeria (ALG) 49.14
4 × 400 m relay   Algeria (ALG) 3:47.7   Tunisia (TUN) 3:49.6   Morocco (MAR) 4:01.8
High jump   Nacèra Zaaboub (ALG) 1.74 m   Kawther Akrémi (TUN) 1.69 m   Rym Fatma Guizani (TUN) 1.59 m
Long jump   Kawther Akremi (TUN) 5.79 m   Basma Gharbi (TUN) 5.78 m w   Nora Belhoua (ALG) 5.46 m w
Shot put   Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) 13.78 m   Fatiha Larab (ALG) 12.62 m   Latifa Nefzaoui (TUN) 12.45 m
Discus throw   Nabila Mouelhi (TUN) 46.96 m   Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) 46.80 m   Latifa Nefzaoui (TUN) 40.40 m
Javelin throw   Samia Djemaa (ALG) 53.04 m   Hayet Ben Slama (TUN) 41.18 m   Lamia Naouara (TUN) 34.50 m
Heptathlon   Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) 5483 pts   Nacèra Zaaboub (ALG) 4270 pts   Nadia Messadi (TUN) 3852 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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