1988 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 1988 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the third edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Damascus, Syria – the first time the event was staged in West Asia. A total of 41 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 18 for women. Morocco, a regional power in the sport, did not send a team. Syria entered for the first time.[1]

3rd Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Host cityDamascus, Syria
Events41

Several changes were made to the event programme, bringing it into line with the standard set by the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics. The men's 30 km road race was changed to a 20 km distance. The 15 km road walk was replaced by a 10,000 m track walk. The steeplechase distance was also extended from 2000 to 3000 m. Two new women's events were added: a 10,000 metres and a 5000 km track walk. The women's walk pre-dated the introduction of such an event at either the Arab Athletics Championships (1989) or the Pan Arab Games (1992), making it a first for the region.[2][3]

The medal table was close, with Algeria, Syria and Tunisia each winning seven gold medals. Tunisia topped the table through their eight silver medals to Syria's six. Egypt was also close behind with six gold medals and nine silver medals. Jordan and Oman won their first gold medals in the competition's history.[1]

Ibrahim Ismail Muftah was the most successful athlete of the championships, winning all three individual men's sprints.[1] He was an Olympic finalist the following year.[4] Noureddine Morceli of Algeria, winner of the 1500 metres, was the most important athlete to emerge from the tournament: we would later win three world titles and an Olympic gold in his specialism.[5] Men's shot put winner Bilal Saad Mubarak of Qatar become one of the finest throwers of the region: he was in the top two at the Asian Athletics Championships from 1991 to 2003 and won three straight titles at the Pan Arab Games.[2][6] Sherif Farouk El Hennawi of Egypt was a clear winner in the hammer throw and would win several African titles in his career. Double long-distance medallist Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani later won an Asian title.[6]

On the women's side, Hend Kebaoui defended her 400 metres hurdles title and added a 400 metres gold medal and 100 metres silver to that honour. Egypt's Huda Hashem Ismail won both the 100 metres hurdles and heptathlon titles (repeating the feat of Yasmina Azzizi from 1984). Karima Meskin Saad was a medallist in all the women's sprints. All of these athletes won multiple regional titles in their senior careers.[1][3]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) 10.3 CR   Shaker Marzouk (BHR) 10.4   Fouad Johar (BHR) 10.6
200 metres   Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) 21.0 CR   Shaker Marzouk (BHR) 21.9   Fouad Johar (BHR) 22.2
400 metres   Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) 47.1 CR   Sulaiman Jumaa (OMN) 47.9   Amer Zafar (KSA) 48.5
800 metres   Jihad Al-Balawi (JOR) 1:53.2   Abdullah Al-Kobeiri (OMN) 1:53.9   Lyes El Mazzini (TUN) 1:54.4
1500 metres   Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 3:48.8 CR   Lyes El Mazzini (TUN) 3:56.8   Jihad Al-Balawi (JOR) 3:57.2
5000 metres   Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani (KSA) 15:05.7   Fakhreddine Damerji (TUN) 15:14.1   Anwar Al-Harazi (YEM) 15:50.2
10,000 metres   Moussa Al-Hariri (SYR) 31:23.3   Fakhreddine Damerji (TUN) 32:20.5   Abdulhamid Abdou (SYR) 33:21.5
110 m hurdles   Fouad Saleh Ghanem (BHR) 14.1 CR   Ziad Al-Khader (KUW) 14.3   Amine Hacini (ALG) 14.7
400 m hurdles   Fouad Saleh Ghanem (BHR) 52.8   Amine Hacini (ALG) 54.3   Saleh Abdullah (BHR) 54.9
3000 metres steeplechase   Tahar Mohamed (ALG) 8:57.9   Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani (KSA) 9:15.7   Hamed Naceur (TUN) 9:26.0
4 × 100 m relay   Bahrain (BHR) 41.8 CR   Kuwait (KUW) 42.1   Qatar (QAT) 42.2
4 × 400 m relay   Oman (OMN) 3:17.2   Bahrain (BHR) 3:18.9   Qatar (QAT) 3:18.9
20 km road race   Moussa Al-Hariri (SYR) 1:04:43   Saad Sulaiman (KSA) 1:08:08   Saleh Al-Outaibi (KSA) 1:11:07
10,000 m walk   Hasni Bouzekri (ALG) 49:07.1   Mohammed Saoud (SYR) 51:47.5   Majid Turki (SYR) 52:56.1
High jump   Abdullah Saleh (KSA) 2.03 m   Saleh Zaid Al-Mass (BHR) 2.00 m   Mohamed Haddad (ALG) 2.00 m
Pole vault   Sameh Hassan Farid (EGY) 4.10 m   Ahmed Hamdan (KUW) 4.05 m   Jamal Al-Maai (QAT) 3.90 m
Long jump   Fouad Saleh Ghanem (BHR) 7.19 m   Mohammed Al-Outaibi (KUW) 7.17 m   Nadir Si Mohamed (ALG) 7.09 m
Triple jump   Kader Klouchi (ALG) 15.56 m   Saleh Zaid Al-Mass (BHR) 15.14 m   Youssef Naïli (TUN) 14.98 m
Shot put   Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) 15.55 m   Hussain Ali Al-Saeed (KUW) 15.41 m   Malek Tamran (KUW) 14.42 m
Discus throw   Malek Tamran (KUW) 44.94 m   Badr Rashid (QAT) 43.88 m   Sherif Mohamed Abderrahim (EGY) 43.84 m
Hammer throw   Sherif Farouk El Hennawi (EGY) 64.84 m CR   Adel Katami (QAT) 53.04 m   Magdi Zakaria Abdallah (EGY) 51.64 m
Javelin throw   Ahmed Houri (SYR) 62.84 m   Maher Ridane (TUN) 59.78 m   Saleh Khalaf (KUW) 58.04 m
Decathlon   Zakaria Zarzour (SYR) 6438 pts CR   Issam Mohamed El Azzazi (EGY) 5927 pts   Majdal Al-Bek (SYR) 4968 pts

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Nadia Abdou (ALG) 12.1 CR   Hend Kebaoui (TUN) 12.2   Karima Miskin Saad (EGY) 12.5
200 metres   Nadia Abdou (ALG) 24.9 CR   Karima Miskin Saad (EGY) 25.0   Samia Sassi (TUN) 26.0
400 metres   Hend Kebaoui (TUN) 55.8 CR   Karima Miskin Saad (EGY) 57.9   Hasna Dhébaïbi (TUN) 60.7
800 metres   Maha Herzallah (JOR) 2:20.5   Sonia Makni (TUN) 2:24.5   Hasna Dhébaïbi (TUN) 2:30.0
1500 metres   Houda Chabbouh (TUN) 4:41.9   Maha Herzallah (JOR) 5:05.5   Nada Ayach (SYR) 5:17.4
3000 metres   Houda Chabbouh (TUN) 10:33.8   Amira Yousef (SYR) 10:44.3   Nada Ayach (SYR) 11:54.7
10,000 metres   Amira Yousef (SYR) 42:26.4   Rola Sannoufi (SYR) 48:46.0   Asma Al-Arabi (TUN) 53:23.3
100 m hurdles   Huda Hashem Ismail (EGY) 14.8 CR   Badia Ali Abdessamia (EGY) 15.5   Fazia Gaouaoui (ALG) 15.8
400 m hurdles   Hend Kebaoui (TUN) 60.3 CR   Samia Sassi (TUN) 65.2   Mouna Ayach (SYR) 74.9
4 × 100 m relay   Tunisia (TUN) 49.2   Egypt (EGY) 49.9   Syria (SYR) 52.0
4 × 400 m relay   Tunisia (TUN) 3:54.0 CR   Egypt (EGY) 4:02.7   Syria (SYR) 4:13.4
5000 m walk   Amira Yousef (SYR) 27:50.8   Amani Mohamed Adel (EGY) 28:57.1   Firial Odesho (SYR) 29:33.2
High jump   Badia Ali Abdessamia (EGY) 1.51 m   Haifa Abbas (SYR) 1.51 m   Mountaha Mohammed (JOR) 1.45 m
Long jump   Nadia Abdou (ALG) 5.73 m   Basma Fkih (TUN) 5.36 m   Hala Saka (SYR) 5.24 m
Shot put   Lamia Naouara (TUN) 12.38 m CR   Lina Hazouri (SYR) 10.82 m   Shaala Ramash (SYR) 9.45 m
Discus throw   Lina Hazouri (SYR) 39.02 m   Rida Mahmoud Farghali (EGY) 35.38 m   Douha Al-Shoufi (SYR) 25.78 m
Javelin throw   Maya Ali Abdessamad (EGY) 32.90 m   Lina Hazouri (SYR) 32.42 m   Roueida Fadel (SYR) 20.44 m
Heptathlon   Huda Hashem Ismail (EGY) 4323 pts CR   Badia Ali Abdessamia (EGY) 3773 pts   Nadima Hussain (PLE) 2665 pts

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Tunisia (TUN)78722
2  Syria (SYR)761326
3  Algeria (ALG)71412
4  Egypt (EGY)69318
5  Bahrain (BHR)45312
6  Qatar (QAT)4239
7  Saudi Arabia (KSA)2226
8  Jordan (JOR)2125
9  Kuwait (KUW)1528
10  Oman (OMN)1203
11  Palestine (PLE)0011
  Yemen (YEM)0011
Totals (12 entries)414141123


References

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  1. ^ a b c d Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  2. ^ a b Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  3. ^ a b Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  4. ^ Ibrahim Ismail. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  5. ^ Noureddine Morceli. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  6. ^ a b Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.