1979 Arab Athletics Championships

The 1979 Arab Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Baghdad, Iraq from 23–26 October. As of 2015, it remains the only senior international athletics competition to have been held in the country.

2nd Arab Athletics Championships
Dates23–26 October
Host cityBaghdad, Iraq
Events32

Following the men-only inaugural tournament, the second edition marked the introduction of a women's programme. A total of 32 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 10 for women. The men's decathlon became the combined track and field event to be contested at the championships, and the men's hammer throw was also added to the schedule. Women athletes, entered by four nations, competed in short track running events, as well as two jumping and three throwing field events.[1] This represented the first major gathering of Arab women at an athletics championships – the Pan Arab Games did not admit women in the sport until six years later.[2]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Nabil Nahri (SYR) 10.97   Sami Shaykhali (IRQ) 10.99   Heitham Nadim (IRQ) 11.06
200 metres   Heitham Nadim (IRQ) 21.14   Nabil Nahri (SYR) 21.45   Farhan Salmeen (QAT) 21.82
400 metres   Mehdi Ahmed Salah (LBA) 47.82   Béchir El Fallah (LBA) 47.96   Fahem Abdessada (IRQ) 47.99
800 metres   Mohamed Alouini (TUN) 1:51.71   Khaled Khalifa (KUW) 1:53.98   Salem Mohamed Salem (LBA) 1:54.28
1500 metres   Khaled Khalifa (KUW) 3:58.4   Messaad Neji (QAT) 3:58.5   Amara Chiha (TUN) 3:59.0
5000 metres   Abdul Amir Naji (IRQ) 14:40.0   Amara Chiha (TUN) 14:41.9   Mofleh Saad Messaoud (QAT) 14:42.9
10,000 metres   Shabib Dagher (IRQ) 31:41.02   Abdul Amir Naji (IRQ) 32:00.37   Ibrahim Ettaher (QAT) 32:43.08
110 metres hurdles   Abdul Jabbar Rahima (IRQ) 14.83   Fahan Sultan Nasir (IRQ) 14.86   Matar Achour (KUW) 15.51
400 metres hurdles   Hussein Kadhum (IRQ) 51.16   Abdul Jabbar Rahima (IRQ) 51.76   Maâouia Ali El Houly (LBA) 53.59
3000 metres steeplechase   Sabir Hantoush (IRQ) 9:00.87   Abdelkarim Jomâa (SYR) 9:07.45   Amara Chiha (TUN) 9:09.32
4 × 100 m relay   Iraq (IRQ) 41.27   Syria (SYR) 41.90   Kuwait (KUW) 42.40
4 × 400 m relay   Iraq (IRQ) 3:12.48   Libya (LBA) 3:14.24   Syria (SYR) 3:18.16
Marathon   Abdullah El Souki (LBA) 2:34:44   Karim Abboud (IRQ) 2:38:48   Abdelhussein Ali (BHR) 2:46:25
High jump   Ahmed Kassim (IRQ) 2.03 m   Ghazi Marzouk (KSA) 2.03 m   Moncer Mohamed Salah (QAT) 2.00 m
Pole vault   Mohamed Bensaad (ALG) 4.40 m   Kesra Ahmed (IRQ) 4.30 m   Abdallah Awadh (KSA) 4.20 m
Long jump   Mehdi Khadum (IRQ) 7.25 m   Zied Kat (SYR) 7.09 m   Abdessalem El Bashti (LBA) 6.98 m
Triple jump   Mojhed Farid (IRQ) 15.98 m   Mehdi Khadum (IRQ) 15.82 m   Féthi Ouertani (TUN) 14.94 m
Shot put   Mohammed Al-Zinkawi (KUW) 16.82 m   Ahmed Hassen Miled (LBA) 16.46 m   Shokr Mahmoud (IRQ) 15.15 m
Discus throw   Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) 51.46 m   Adnan Houry (SYR) 49.08 m   Shawki Hajji (IRQ) 47.40 m
Hammer throw   Youssef Ben Abid (TUN) 52.43 m   Khaled Ghalloum (KUW) 45.44 m   Abbes Jabbar (IRQ) 44.62 m
Javelin throw   Ali Memmi (TUN) 71.50 m   Tarek Chaabani (TUN) 70.76 m   Matar El Karfi (KSA) 65.30 m
Decathlon   Elie Sfeir (LIB) 6576 pts   Jassem Jabr (IRQ) 6417 pts   Abdessatar Mouelhi (TUN) 6228 pts

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Iman Nouri (IRQ) 12.85   Houda Nahedh (LIB) 13.23   Raya Tatunji (SYR) 13.60
200 metres   Sarra Touibi (TUN) 25.78   Anouar Abdelmohsen (IRQ) 26.25   Houda Nahedh (LIB) 26.77
400 metres   Sarra Touibi (TUN) 57.48   Chaoub Kahtane (IRQ) 59.78   Hala El-Moughrabi (SYR) 59.94
800 metres   Souad Derouiche (TUN) 2:11.24   Hala El-Moughrabi (SYR) 2:16.62   Ahlem Ibrahim (IRQ) 2:29.22
100 metres hurdles   Iman Nouri (IRQ) 15.96   Raya Tatunji (SYR) 16.56 Not awarded
High jump   Kawther Akrémi (TUN) 1.74 m   Raya Tatunji (SYR) 1.58 m   Zeina Mina (LIB) 1.40 m
Long jump   Kawther Akrémi (TUN) 5.51 m   Iman Nouri (IRQ) 5.43 m   Raya Tatunji (SYR) 5.09 m
Shot put   Fathia Jerbi (TUN) 11.70 m   Fayda Awada (IRQ) 11.60 m   Raja Hatem (SYR) 8.90 m
Discus throw   Fathia Jerbi (TUN) 46.80 m   Raja Hatem (SYR) 34.42 m   Sahera Mohamed Ali (IRQ) 26.52 m
Javelin throw   Wissem Chennoufi (TUN) 37.30 m   Hamdia Essammak (IRQ) 35.80 m   Najah Farah (SYR) 34.98 m

Medal table

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Overall

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Iraq (IRQ)1313733
2  Tunisia (TUN)122418
3  Libya (LBA)2338
4  Kuwait (KUW)2226
5  Syria (SYR)19616
6  Lebanon (LIB)1124
7  Algeria (ALG)1001
8  Qatar (QAT)0145
9  Saudi Arabia (KSA)0123
10  Bahrain (BHR)0011
11  Palestine (PLE)0000
  United Arab Emirates (UAE)0000
Totals (12 entries)32323195


RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Iraq (IRQ)118524
2  Tunisia (TUN)42410
3  Libya (LBA)2338
4  Kuwait (KUW)2226
5  Syria (SYR)1517
6  Algeria (ALG)1001
  Lebanon (LIB)1001
8  Qatar (QAT)0145
9  Saudi Arabia (KSA)0123
10  Bahrain (BHR)0011
11  Palestine (PLE)0000
  United Arab Emirates (UAE)0000
Totals (12 entries)22222266

Women

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Tunisia (TUN)8008
2  Iraq (IRQ)2529
3  Syria (SYR)0459
4  Lebanon (LIB)0123
Totals (4 entries)1010929

References

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  1. ^ Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-14.
  2. ^ Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-19.
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