2000 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 2000 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Damascus, Syria – the second consecutive time the city hosted the tournament, and a sixth hosting for Syria. A total of 42 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 20 for women. Neither Morocco, Algeria nor Qatar—all regional powers in the sport—sent a team to the meeting, which impacted the overall quality of performances.[1]

9th Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Host cityDamascus, Syria
Events42

Egypt topped the table with nineteen gold medals, having won the majority of the women's events. Saudi Arabia was runner-up with ten gold medals – all were in the men's section, reflecting the nation's ban on women athletes.[2] The hosts, Syria, placed third with their six gold medals. Lebanon won its first gold medal in the history of the tournament, topping the podium in the women's 4×100 m relay. The women's programme was expanded with the introduction of the hammer throw, bringing the throws events to parity with men. A minority of track finals had times recorded only to a tenth of a second due to technical restrictions.[1]

The foremost athletes to emerge from the competition were among the Saudi contingent. Mubarak Ata Mubarak added an Asian senior title to his 110 metres hurdles gold that same year. Hamdan Al-Bishi and Hamed Al-Bishi both won multiple sprint medals at the Asian Athletics Championships over the following years.[3] Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly of Egypt won the discus here and later won several African titles in that discipline.[4] Mohammad Al-Azemi, only an 800 m runner-up here, went on to a middle-distance double at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships.[5] Ismail Ahmed Ismail (1500 m) was also a runner-up in Damascus but went on to the greatest honour among the participants by winning Sudan's first Olympic medal in 2008.[6] On the women's side, his fellow Sudanese middle-distance runner Hind Roko Musa, took an Arab junior double. Egypt's Ines Abul Ala Mohamed (sprints) and Maha Mohamed Mohamed (100 m hurdles, high jump, and heptathlon) were other multiple champions at the competition.[1]

Medal summary

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Kamal Taher Al-Sabee (KSA)10.61  Salem Al-Yami (KSA)10.64  Saad Rumaid Al-Zefeiri (KUW)10.65
200 metres  Salem Al-Yami (KSA)21.40  Fayaz Al-Bishi (KSA)21.66  Saad Rumaid Al-Zefeiri (KUW)21.84
400 metres  Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA)46.78  Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA)47.91  Khalid Bilal Al-Haber (BHR)48.29
800 metres  Redouane Fattouh (SYR)1:49.81  Mohammad Al-Azemi (KUW)1:50.99  Othman Mohammed Othman (KSA)1:51.54
1500 metres  Othman Mohammed Othman (KSA)3:48.30  Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD)3:48.70  Redouane Fattouh (SYR)3:51.92
5000 metres  Nasser Hamid Al-Bishi (KSA)14:50.8  Mohammed Al-Halabi (SYR)14:56.5  Esam Saleh Musleh Juaim (YEM)15:09.6
10,000 metres  Nasser Hamid Al-Bishi (KSA)31:06.58  Abdullah Sadiq (KSA)31:08.78  Esam Saleh Musleh Juaim (YEM)31:15.03
110 m hurdles  Mubarak Ata Mubarak (KSA)14.03 CR  Zayed Al-Dosari (KSA)14.94  Abdel Aziz Mahmoud (EGY)15.37
400 m hurdles  Hani Mourhej (SYR)51.46  Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA)51.61  Amin Mohammed Al-Ozon (SYR)52.02
3000 metres steeplechase  Rami Ghazi Al-Faar (KSA)9:05.48  Mohammed Al-Halabi (SYR)9:13.76  Tamer Eid Ayad (EGY)9:33.79
4×100 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA)40.61  Kuwait (KUW)41.88  Oman (OMN)43.55
4×400 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA)3:08.82 CR  Syria (SYR)3:16.22  Kuwait (KUW)3:22.27
10,000 m walk  Walid Mahmoud Ismail (EGY)48:54.1  Malek Amaleh (SYR)49:52.1  Ali Assaf (PLE)55:58.6
High jump  Salem Ibrahim Al-Enazi (KUW)2.05 m  Hussain Farid Kazerooni (BHR)2.02 m  Moshe Adel Abu Maati (EGY)2.02 m
Pole vault  Mohammed Al-Ghanem (KUW)4.30 m  Ahmed Zakaria (EGY)4.20 m  Yahya Saleh Al-Hashimi (OMN)4.20 m
Long jump  Mohammad Hazzory (SYR)7.28 m  Khalid Ibrahim (KUW)7.09 m  Hussain Farid Kazerooni (BHR)7.05 m
Triple jump  Mohammad Hazzory (SYR)15.21 m  Rashid Al-Rumani (KSA)15.16 m  Ali Moneim (KUW)14.46 m
Shot put  Karim Ahmed Khamis (EGY)15.71 m  Mohamed Abdelatif El Maghawri (EGY)15.41 m  Malek Zarzour (SYR)14.65 m
Discus throw  Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY)53.07 m CR  Ahab Ahmed Ali (EGY)50.19 m  Hassan Al-Bekhit (KSA)49.12 m
Hammer throw  Mohammed Abdulkarim (KUW)55.88 m  Ramzi Ali Moussa (EGY)55.67 m  Mohamed Mohsen Anani Youssef (EGY)51.41 m
Javelin throw  Sadek Abdel Mohsen Anani (EGY)65.94 m  Hamze Ismail (SYR)61.02 m  Ahmed Sulaiman Al-Hatali (OMN)57.14 m
Decathlon  Wafik Mohamed Semlawi (EGY)5929 pts  Mohammed Rida Al-Matroud (KSA)5838 pts  Ayman Aouida (SYR)5628 pts

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Muna Aziz (EGY)12.76  Lina Bejjani (LIB)12.94  Bissan Al-Rashidat (SYR)12.96
200 metres  Ines Abul Ala Mohamed (EGY)24.60 CR  Muna Aziz (EGY)26.25  Diana Forotzelian (LIB)26.96
400 metres  Ines Abul Ala Mohamed (EGY)56.33  Munira Saoud (SYR)60.22  Shima Doha (EGY)61.03
800 metres  Hind Roko Musa (SUD)2:15.96  Wafaa Al-Bishini (SYR)2:17.12  Aisha Antar (SYR)2:21.10
1500 metres  Hind Roko Musa (SUD)4:49.51  Arej Kaebor (SYR)4:51.54  Wafaa Al-Bishini (SYR)4:53.28
3000 metres  Sarah Ahmed Abu Hassan (EGY)10:32.9  Rouaa Al-Jallad (SYR)10:35.1  Siham Mahmoud (EGY)10:37.0
5000 metres  Douaa Adel Es Sayed (EGY)18:06.43  Siham Mahmoud (EGY)18:10.69  Rouaa Al-Jallad (SYR)19:26.01
100 m hurdles  Maha Mohamed Mohamed (EGY)15.0  Rasha Sharifa (SYR)15.9  Rania Ezzedin Ismail (EGY)16.4
400 m hurdles  Munira Saoud (SYR)64.62  Maha Mohamed Mohamed (EGY)66.28  Hefroun Helo (SYR)68.65
4×100 m relay  Lebanon (LIB)51.39  Syria (SYR)52.37  Egypt (EGY)53.57
4×400 m relay  Egypt (EGY)4:02.13  Syria (SYR)4:06.87  Lebanon (LIB)4:28.39
5000 m walk  Safar Ahmed Sayed (EGY)27:07.2  Shaymaa Hamada (EGY)27:13.6  Hasna Hussein (SYR)31:34.0
High jump  Maha Mohamed Mohamed (EGY)1.64 m  Amira Anwar (EGY)1.61 m  Rasha Sharifa (SYR)1.45 m
Long jump  Saoud Zoughal (SYR)5.06 m  Arwa Abu Shabab (JOR)4.95 m  Rania Ezzedin Ismail (EGY)4.77 m
Triple jump  Arwa Abu Shabab (JOR)11.08 m  Saoud Zoughal (SYR)10.80 m  Noura Dalati (SYR)10.31 m
Shot put  Amal Abdel Sabour Mohamed (EGY)11.98 m  Hiba Saad Abdallah (EGY)11.94 m  Dalcha Ahmed (SYR)10.45 m
Discus throw  Nourine Ahmed El Gharbawi (EGY)36.83 m  Hiba Saad Abdallah (EGY)31.36 m  Dalcha Ahmed (SYR)30.20 m
Hammer throw  Risha Karim Mohamed Abid (EGY)45.65 m  Rawd Issa Abd Hussein (EGY)43.86 m  Lara Ibrahim (SYR)30.88 m
Javelin throw  Hanaa Ramadan Omar (EGY)42.05 m  Ghofrane Shamak (SYR)41.48 m  Rihan Mohamed Nemha (EGY)37.20 m
Heptathlon  Maha Mohamed Mohamed (EGY)4068 pts  Rasha Sharifa (SYR)3513 pts  Rania Ezzedin Ismail (EGY)3346 pts

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt (EGY)19121142
2 Saudi Arabia (KSA)108220
3 Syria (SYR)6151536
4 Kuwait (KUW)33410
5 Sudan (SUD)2103
6 Lebanon (LIB)1124
7 Jordan (JOR)1102
8 Bahrain (BHR)0123
9 Oman (OMN)0033
10 Yemen (YEM)0022
11 Palestine (PLE)0011
Totals (11 nations)424242126
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