1981 Arab Athletics Championships

The 1981 Arab Athletics Championships was the third edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Tunis, Tunisia from 21 to 24 August. It was the first occasion that the tournament was hosted in Africa. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women. The men's 20 kilometres walk was held for the first time – being the first Arab walking championship race since the 1965 Pan Arab Games. The women's programme, following its debut in 1979 with ten events, was greatly expanded. Relays, hurdles, heptathlon and distance events were all opened up to women athletes.[1][2]

3rd Arab Athletics Championships
Dates21–24 August
Host cityTunis, Tunisia
Events39

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Omar Ghizlat (MAR) 10.59   Rashid Al Jirbi (UAE) 10.62   Mohamed El Guinzi (MAR) 10.74
200 metres   Hassan El Kashief (SUD) 21.44   Rashid Al Jirbi (UAE) 21.66   Hassen Ali Lafta (IRQ) 21.89
400 metres   Hassan El Kashief (SUD) 45.35   Amar Brahmia (ALG) 46.91   Khalil Ibrahim Salem (UAE) 47.49
800 metres   Omer Khalifa (SUD) 1:48.44   Amar Brahmia (ALG) 1:48.97   Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) 1:49.25
1500 metres   Omer Khalifa (SUD) 3:39.88   Mehdi Aidet (ALG) 3:40.02   Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:59.28
5000 metres   Rachid Habchaoui (ALG) 13:54.47   Hassen Babassi (ALG) 13:56.41   Féthi Baccouche (TUN) 13:57.70
10,000 metres   Rachid Habchaoui (ALG) 28:56.8   Ahmed Musa Jouda (SUD) 28:59.0   Abdelmajid Mada (ALG) 29:31.9
110 metres hurdles   Riad Benhaddad (ALG) 14.45   Ahmed Chiboub (MAR) 14.50   Hassen Ali Hassen (IRQ) 14.62
400 metres hurdles   Ahmed Hamada Jassim (BHR) 51.83   Jassem El Yakout (KUW) 52.09   Ahmed Chiboub (MAR) 52.52
3000 metres steeplechase   Lahcene Babaci (ALG) 8:32.32   Féthi Baccouche (TUN) 8:32.34   Abderrazak Bounour (ALG) 8:51.27
4 × 100 m relay   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 41.30   Iraq (IRQ) 41.46   Qatar (QAT) 41.59
4 × 400 m relay   Algeria (ALG) 3:10.62   Morocco (MAR) 3:12.36   Bahrain (BHR) 3:15.45
Marathon   Abderrahman Aedh (QAT) 2:49:13   Houcine Makni (TUN) 2:50:52   Ahmed Alawi (QAT) 2:55:56
20 km walk   Benamar Kachkouche (ALG) 1:41:32   Abdelwahab Ferguène (ALG) 1:41:40   Mohamed El Bouichi Shehoub (LBA) 2:08:06
High jump   Habib Ali Raban (KSA) 2.06 m   Hedi Kefah (IRQ) 2.00 m   Ghazi Saleh Marzouk (KSA) 2.00 m
Pole vault   Mohamed Bensaad (ALG) 4.60 m   Abdelatif Chekir (TUN) 4.50 m   Djamel Bouzerar (ALG) 4.30 m
Long jump   Nassir Hassan (IRQ) 7.25 m   Mehdi Khadum (IRQ) 7.20 m   Aissa Abbes (KUW) 6.94 m
Triple jump   Nasir Hussein Jassim (IRQ) 15.61 m   Mehdi Khadum (IRQ) 15.55 m
Shot put   Mohammed Al-Zinkawi (KUW) 17.25 m   Mohamed Fatihi (MAR) 16.52 m   Shokr Mahmoud (IRQ) 16.41 m
Discus throw   Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) 51.46 m   Adnan Houry (SYR) 49.08 m   Shawki Hajji (IRQ) 47.40 m
Hammer throw   Hakim Toumi (ALG) 52.43 m   Abdellah Boubekeur (ALG) 45.44 m   Youssef Ben Abid (TUN) 52.43 m
Javelin throw   Tarek Chaabani (TUN) 71.50 m   Hany Abd Walid (IRQ) 71.46 m   Ali Memmi (TUN) 66.66 m
Decathlon   Ahmed Mahour Bacha (ALG) 7495 pts   Mohamed Bensaad (ALG) 7366 pts   Abdessatar Mouelhi (TUN) 6882 pts

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 11.86   Lamia Benkhraba (MAR) 12.27   Anouar Abdelmohsen (IRQ) 12.70
200 metres   Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) 24.30   Lamia Benkhraba (MAR) 25.26   Anouar Abdelmohsen (IRQ) 25.90
400 metres   Dalila Baouche (ALG) 59.12   Sarra Touibi (TUN) 59.32   Samira Letaief (TUN) 1:01.11
800 metres   Leïla M'Hamdi (MAR) 2:10.80   Rachida Oueslati (TUN) 2:11.27   Halima Hidri (TUN) 2:13.80
1500 metres   Hassania Darami (MAR) 4:26.95   Rachida Oueslati (TUN) 4:32.71   Dalila Méhira (ALG) 4:33.54
3000 metres   Hassania Darami (MAR) 9:33.71   Latifa Dérouiche (TUN) 10:04.22   Dalila Méhira (ALG) 10:09.72
100 metres hurdles   Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 15.07   Zahra Azaiez (TUN) 16.08   Kawther Akrémi (TUN) 16.41
400 metres hurdles   Basma Gharbi (TUN) 1:04.95   Sihem Abbès (TUN) 1:06.39 Only two finishers
4 × 100 m relay   Morocco (MAR) 47.89   Tunisia (TUN) 49.81   Jordan (JOR) 56.54
4 × 400 m relay   Morocco (MAR) 3:51.28   Tunisia (TUN) 3:55.83 Only two finishers [nb]
High jump   Kawther Akrémi (TUN) 1.74 m   Habiba Mosleh (MAR) 1.66 m   Raya Tatunji (SYR) 1.63 m
Long jump   Dalila Tayebi (ALG) 5.82 m   Zahra Azaiez (TUN) 5.75 m   Basma Gharbi (TUN) 5.37 m
Shot put   Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 12.21 m   Souad Malloussi (MAR) 12.11 m   Fatiha Larab (ALG) 11.57 m
Discus throw   Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) 49.88 m   Fathia Jerbi (TUN) 47.70 m   Djamila Aït Dib (ALG) 44.42 m
Javelin throw   Fatiha Belamghar (MAR) 47.18 m   Nouria Kédideh (ALG) 44.02 m   Samia Djémaa (ALG) 42.88 m
Heptathlon   Dalila Tayebi (ALG) 5128 pts   Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) 5125 pts   Zahra Azaiez (TUN) 4675 pts
  • nb A third team, from South Yemen, was disqualified in the women's race 4 × 400 m relay.

Medal table

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Overall

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Morocco (MAR)129425
2  Algeria (ALG)128828
3  Tunisia (TUN)4131027
4  Sudan (SUD)4105
5  Iraq (IRQ)25512
6  Saudi Arabia (KSA)2013
7  Kuwait (KUW)1124
8  Qatar (QAT)1023
9  Bahrain (BHR)1012
10  United Arab Emirates (UAE)0213
11  Jordan (JOR)0011
  Libya (LBA)0011
  Syria (SYR)0011
14  Lebanon (LIB)0000
  Palestine (PLE)0000
  South Yemen (YMD)0000
Totals (16 entries)393937115
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Algeria (ALG)97319
2  Sudan (SUD)4105
3  Iraq (IRQ)25310
4  Tunisia (TUN)23510
5  Saudi Arabia (KSA)2013
6  Morocco (MAR)1449
7  Kuwait (KUW)1124
8  Qatar (QAT)1023
9  Bahrain (BHR)1012
10  United Arab Emirates (UAE)0213
11  Libya (LBA)0011
12  Jordan (JOR)0000
  Lebanon (LIB)0000
  Palestine (PLE)0000
  South Yemen (YMD)0000
  Syria (SYR)0000
Totals (16 entries)23232369

Women

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Morocco (MAR)115016
2  Algeria (ALG)3159
3  Tunisia (TUN)210517
4  Iraq (IRQ)0022
5  Jordan (JOR)0011
  Syria (SYR)0011
7  South Yemen (YMD)0000
Totals (7 entries)16161446

References

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  1. ^ Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-14.
  2. ^ Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-18.
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