2002 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

10th Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Host cityCairo, Egypt
Events43

The 2002 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the tenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Cairo, Egypt – the city hosted the tournament once before in 1986. A total of 43 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 21 for women. After an absence in 2000, regional powers Morocco, Algeria and Qatar all returned to the tournament.[1]

Morocco topped the table with twelve gold medals, followed by Egypt which won eight titles. Tunisia and Saudi Arabia each won six medals, with Tunisia mainly having success in women's events and Saudi Arabia winning only men's medals. A women's pole vault was added to the programme, leaving just the steeplechase as the remaining event contested by men but not women. Junior implements were used in the throws events for the first time.[1]

Morocco's Yassine Bensghir completed a men's middle-distance double and was the World Junior Champion that same year. Ismail Ahmed Ismail was third to him in the 800 metres, but went on to much greater success as a senior, winning Sudan's first Olympic medal in 2008.[2] The sprints saw the rise of Yahya Habeeb and Yahya Al-Ghahes of Saudi Arabia (both future Asian champions). The men's throws saw the emergence of a new generation of athletes who would dominate regionally: Sultan Al-Hebshi and Ali Al-Zinkawi later won Asian titles in their disciplines,[3] while the Egyptian trio of Yasser Ibrahim Farag, Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly and Mohsen Mohamed Anani later won gold medals at the African Championships in Athletics in the shot put, discus and hammer throw, respectively.[4]

In women's events, sprint medallists Muna Jabir Adam and Gretta Taslakian each later became continental medallists in their specialities. Mariem Alaoui Selsouli was a medallist in both long-distance events and later won medals at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Mustafa Taha Hussein (EGY) 10.62  Yahya Habeeb (KSA) 10.63  Yahya Al-Ghahes (KSA) 10.68
200 metres  Ahmed Fayaz Al-Dosari (KSA) 21.32  Musbah Mubarak (OMN) 21.97  Yahya Al-Ghahes (KSA) 22.02
400 metres  Abdelatif El Ghazaoui (MAR) 46.88  Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) 47.81  Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi (KSA) 47.84
800 metres  Yassine Bensghir (MAR) 1:48.23  Mohamed Batani (MAR) 1:48.63  Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD) 1:49.55
1500 metres  Yassine Bensghir (MAR) 3:53.10  Mohamed Batani (MAR) 3:54.23  Peter Roko Ashak (SUD) 3:54.75
5000 metres  Essam Gteib (MAR) 14:10.94  Ahmed Abdallah (SUD) 14:16.09  Abdelhalim Zahraoui (MAR) 14:29.55
10,000 metres  Essam Gteib (MAR) 30:39.43  Hamza Hamed (SUD) 30:59.64  Ahmed Abdallah (SUD) 31:47.51
110 m hurdles  Nassim Meziane Ibrahimi (QAT) 14.41  Badr Al-Bouainain (KSA) 14.51  Mohammed Rashid Al-Othman (KUW) 14.62
400 m hurdles  Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi (KSA) 51.46  Idris Abdulaziz Al-Husawi (KSA) 52.26  Badr El Amine (MAR) 52.60
3000 metres steeplechase  Arkangelo Roko (SUD) 8:50.68  Mohamed Ezaldeen Teerab (SUD) 8:57.09  Hussain Hamed Kouri (QAT) 9:08.69
4 × 100 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 40.35  Oman (OMN) 41.39  Egypt (EGY) 41.61
4 × 400 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 3:11.99  Sudan (SUD) 3:12.30  Morocco (MAR) 3:15.34
10,000 m walk  Mabrouk Saleh Mohammed (QAT) 46:39.6  Mohamed Abdel Tawab (EGY) 47:52.9  Houcine Soubai (TUN) 48:05.6
High jump  Skander Jaghmoum (TUN) 2.06 m  Jamal Fakhri Al-Qasim (KSA) 2.03 m  Saeed Ali Abbas (UAE) 2.03 m
Pole vault  Ali Maki Hassan Al-Sabbagh (KUW) 4.70 m  Hamed Ali Al-Shehabi (QAT)
 Mohamed Karbib (MAR)		 4.60 m Not awarded
Long jump  Ibrahim Faisal Al-Asak (KUW) 7.46 m  Ahmed Sayed Kheirallah (EGY) 7.27 m  Ahmed Fayaz Al-Dosari (KSA) 7.19 m
Triple jump  Azmi Mohammed Sulaiman (QAT) 15.31 m  Mohammed Mujahid Al-Yassin (KSA) 15.20 m  Idir Fellah (ALG) 15.01 m
Shot put  Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA) 19.48 m CR  Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) 19.23 m  Amin Al-Aradi (KSA) 18.78 m
Discus throw  Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY) 57.37 m CR  Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA) 56.47 m  Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) 53.09 m
Hammer throw  Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) 75.89 m CR  Mohsen Mohamed Anani (EGY) 70.04 m  Mohamed El Gamal (EGY) 57.17 m
Javelin throw  El Sayed Wahid Abd El Wahab (EGY) 67.90 m  Hussein Mohamed (EGY) 57.63 m  Marwan Hamza (TUN) 56.26 m
Decathlon  Mohammed Rida Al-Matroud (KSA) 6557 pts  Issa Mufarah Mabrouk (KSA) 6180 pts  Ibrahim Mahmoud (QAT) 5949 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Ferdaous Essiter (MAR) 12.32  Malika Ali Bacha (ALG) 12.65  Munira Romdhane Al-Saleh (SYR) 12.68
200 metres  Ferdaous Essiter (MAR) 24.88w  Munira Romdhane Al-Saleh (SYR) 25.43w  Muna Jabir Adam (SUD) 25.95w
400 metres  Muna Jabir Adam (SUD) 56.34  Gretta Taslakian (LIB) 56.83  Hanane Sakhia (MAR) 58.15
800 metres  Yousra Jemmali (TUN) 2:09.88 CR  Nawal Baïbi (MAR) 2:11.27  Amal Zétouani (MAR) 2:11.27
1500 metres  Yousra Jemmali (TUN) 4:28.99 CR  Amel Tlili (TUN) 4:30.48  Nawal Baïbi (MAR) 4:31.91
3000 metres  Safa Aïssaoui (TUN) 9:35.99 CR  Hind Roko Musa (SUD) 9:39.69  Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR) 9:41.90
5000 metres  Hind Roko Musa (SUD) 18:04.97  Safa Aïssaoui (TUN) 18:05.54  Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR) 18:09.93
100 m hurdles  Samira Harrouche (ALG) 14.54  Houria El Mohandis (MAR) 14.61  Lamia El Habez (MAR) 14.99
400 m hurdles  Houria El Mohandis (MAR) 62.10  Samira Harrouche (ALG) 64.79  Maha Mohamed Goha (EGY) 65.76
4 × 100 m relay  Morocco (MAR) 49.31  Syria (SYR) 50.05  Algeria (ALG) 50.43
4 × 400 m relay  Tunisia (TUN) 3:52.66 CR  Morocco (MAR) 3:54.40  Sudan (SUD) 3:55.60
5000 m walk  Shaymaa Hamada (EGY) 26:51.2  Iman Din (EGY) 28:41.6  Samah Razak (PLE) 31:32.9
High jump  Monia Wadjini (MAR) 1.73 m CR  Hénane Saade (ALG) 1.66 m  Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG)
 Amira Khaled Abu El Ata (EGY)		 1.60 m
Pole vault  Nesrine Ahmed Imam (EGY) 3.40 m  Asma Kari (TUN)
 Maha Mohamed Abdel Khalek (EGY)		 3.00 m Not awarded
Long jump  Saoussan Ouahbi (MAR) 5.96 m CR  Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) 5.83 m  Nanassi Zaki Saddik (EGY) 5.67 m
Triple jump  Latifa Ezziraoui (MAR) 12.60 m  Muna Khalifa Kamel (EGY) 12.39 m  Najwa Mathlouthi (TUN) 12.10 m
Shot put  Amal Abdel Sabour Mohamed (EGY) 14.20 m CR  Faten Gafsi (TUN) 13.48 m  Ghada Ghezal (TUN) 12.26 m
Discus throw  Faten Gafsi (TUN) 47.00 m CR  Amina El Moudden (MAR) 46.87 m  Shaymaa Ibrahim (EGY) 39.89 m
Hammer throw  Iman Mohamed El Ashri (EGY) 48.64 m CR  Karima Mouhoubi (ALG) 47.18 m  Yasmin Moneim (EGY) 42.50 m
Javelin throw  Hanaa Ramadan Omar (EGY) 47.21 m CR  Safar Mohamed El Mekkawi (EGY) 40.14 m  Ghofrane Shamak (SYR) 39.66 m
Heptathlon  Soraya Mahdioui (ALG) 4555 pts CR  Shirin Salama (EGY) 4141 pts  Hasnia Dardiri (TUN) 4086 pts

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Morocco (MAR)127928
2 Egypt (EGY)810826
3 Saudi Arabia (KSA)67518
4 Tunisia (TUN)64515
5 Sudan (SUD)36514
6 Qatar (QAT)3126
7 Kuwait (KUW)3014
8 Algeria (ALG)25310
9 Syria (SYR)0224
10 Oman (OMN)0202
11 Lebanon (LIB)0101
12 Palestine (PLE)0011
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0011
Totals (13 entries)434542130

References

  1. ^ a b Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  2. ^ Ismail Ahmed Ismail. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-25.
  3. ^ Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-25.
  4. ^ African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-25.