2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the seventeenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 5–8 May at the Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium in Tlemcen, Algeria. It was the first time that Algeria hosted the event. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.

17th Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Dates5–8 May
Host cityTlemcen, Algeria
VenueLalla-Setti Athletics Stadium
Events44
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Around 800 athletes from 20 countries were expected to appear at the competition,[1] though only 232 athletes from 15 nations ultimately did so.[2]

Bahrain took the most gold medals with 16 while Tunisia won the next highest with 9. The host nation Algeria took the most medals with a total of 39, seven of them gold.[3]

Medal summary

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Mohamed Farès Jelassi (TUN)10.52  Ammar Essifi (OMN)10.62  Saïd El Omayri (BHR)10.76
200 metres  Moussa Issa (BHR)21.44  Amine Bouanani (ALG)21.60  Taha Hussein Yacine (IRQ)21.77
400 metres  Moussa Issa (BHR)46.95  Taha Hussein Yacine (IRQ)47.14  Ahmad Saleh Mahda (KSA)48.38
800 metres  Riadh Chenini (TUN)1:50.62  Adam Fadhl-Allah (SUD)1:51.31  Mohamed Rahim Zaghir (IRQ)1:51.97
1500 metres  Riadh Chenini (TUN)3:53.09  Ali Kaddachi (TUN)3:53.17  Abdallah Abdelfatih (DJI)3:55.72
5000 metres  Djamel Abdi Direh (DJI)14:26.11  Aden Arbah (DJI)14:30.11  Hosni Ismail Aissa (SUD)14:38.39
10,000 metres  Djamel Abdi Direh (DJI)30:07.47  Abdi Ibrahim Abdou (BHR)30:32.18  Ali Djouder (ALG)31:15.04
100 m hurdles  Amine Bouanani (ALG)13.96  Mohamed Saleh Nadhem (IRQ)14.12  Salah Khade Salah (IRQ)14.21
400 m hurdles  Abderrahmane Youssef (KSA)52.11  Mohamed Amine Touati (TUN)52.97  Jassem Mohamed (IRQ)53.05
3000 m steeplechase  Sofiane Cherni (TUN)9:10.03  Kenzi Souadia (ALG)9:11.27  Mohamed Amine Jhinaoui (TUN)9:15.82
4 × 100 m relay  Oman (OMN)41.59  Saudi Arabia (KSA)42.30  Iraq (IRQ)42.33
4 × 400 m relay  Algeria (ALG)3:13.35  Sudan (SUD)3:13.36  Egypt (EGY)3:13.89
10 km walk  Bahaeddine Gatri (TUN)45:48.08  Mustafa Reza Alouani (IRQ)47:17.76  Billal Djaafri (ALG)47:58.48
High jump  Houssam Hussein  (IRQ)2.05 m  Hicham Bouhanoun (ALG)
 Mohamed Hamdi (QAT)		2.00 m Not awarded
Pole vault  Ali Mohsen (IRQ)4.90 m  Réda Boudchiche (ALG)4.30 m  Taoufik Ahmed (KSA)4.20 m
Long jump  Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG)7.43 m  Abdelhak Bouziziane (ALG)7.19 m  Ihab Fathi Abboud (LBA)7.02 m
Triple jump  Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG)16.01 m CR  Ihab Fathi Abboud (LBA)14.90 m  Ahmed El Hani (TUN)14.57 m
Shot put  Moadh Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT)17.00 m  Alaeddine Chaalal (ALG)16.24 m  Akram Sassi (TUN)15.08 m
Discus throw  Moadh Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT)60.13 m CR  Aboubacar Mohamed Zakaria (KSA)50.32 m  Mustapha Hassen Abu Chahin (KSA)44.72m
Hammer throw  Hussein Thamer Abdelwahed (IRQ)66.00 m  Farès Ben Saïd (TUN)60.84 m  Amir Ali Hussein (IRQ)58.93 m
Javelin throw  Yacine Khalfaoui (TUN)61.37 m  Salah Younes Mouhcen (IRQ)57.71 m  Elhamad Mourtadha Aissa (KSA)57.57 m
Decathlon  Souheil Hemani (ALG)6052 pts  Ramzi Ayari (TUN)5982 pts  Abderrazak Slimani (ALG)5783 pts

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Bashira Nasser (BHR)11.66 CR  Imène Issa Jassem (BHR)11.68  Mazoun El Alaouia (OMN)12.17
200 metres  Edwilge Ova Naim (BHR)23.21 CR  Bashira Nasser (BHR)23.91  Manel Bendebka (ALG)25.67
400 metres  Imène Issa Jassem (BHR)55.44  Fatma Rezig (TUN)59.74  Chaima Abdelaziz (ALG)1:01.82
800 metres  Marta Hibatou (BHR)2:10.77  Hela Hamdi (TUN)2:12.67  Sarra Houaouti (ALG)2:16.52
1500 metres  Dalila Abdelkader (BHR)4:16.24 CR  Hela Hamdi (TUN)4:33.81  Sonia Farouk Hamdan (SUD)4:34.81
3000 metres  Ribitu Bouatiou Idao (BHR)9:20.46  Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR)9:24.30  Yasmina Housseini (ALG)11:7.40
5000 metres  Ribitu Bouatiou Idao (BHR)16:57.46  Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR)17:00.42  Katia Belbey (ALG)19:36.68
100 m hurdles  Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BHR)14.53  Yousra Arar (ALG)14.66  Mazoun El Alaouia (OMN)15.01
400 m hurdles  Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BHR)58.25 CR  Chaima Ounis (ALG)1:03.25  Houda Cheikh (ALG)1:04.05
3000 m steeplechase  Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR)10:02.68  Maroua Bouzaiani (TUN)10:46.91  Katia Belbey (ALG)12:32.79
4 × 100 m relay  Bahrain (BHR)46.60 CR  Algeria (ALG)48.72  Iraq (IRQ)1:00.53
4 × 400 m relay  Bahrain (BHR)3:46.90  Algeria (ALG)3:58.11  Tunisia (TUN)4:07.37
10 km walk  Rihab Mansouri (TUN)52:38  Zina Bouhraoua (ALG)53:10  Tinhinane Boumaaza (ALG)54:48
High jump  Affaf Benhadja (ALG)
 Mariem Abdallah (IRQ)		1.63 m Not awarded  Zaineb Amer Karim (IRQ)1.53 m
Pole vault  Maryam Yasser Mohamed (EGY)3.00 m  Sherine Sharif Mahmoud (EGY)2.60 m  Zahra Jamal Sakran (IRQ)2.60 m
Long jump  Chelbia Ben Salem (TUN)5.60 m  Lidia Sahraoui (ALG)5.54 m  Insaf Zitouni (ALG)5.45 m
Triple jump  Chelbia Ben Salem (TUN)12.46 m  Leila Ben Si-Ali (ALG)12.18 m  Shahd Kassem (IRQ)11.38 m
Shot put  Sarah Ahmed Mannai (QAT)11.97 m  Imene Bounab (ALG)11.70 m  Folla Kermech (ALG)9.99 m
Discus throw  Ritaj Salem Essayah (LBA)51.58 m CR  Fatma Youcef Elhosni (UAE)39.37 m  Amina Mohammedi (ALG)37.17 m
Javelin throw  Sarah Ahmed Mannai (QAT)36.11 m  Lidya Outemzabet (ALG)29.44 m  Ikram Afrit (ALG)28.38 m
Hammer throw  Ritaj Salem Essayah (LBA)50.92 m  Azza Eddaif (TUN)43.48 m  Chahrazed Kheloufi (ALG)42.80 m
Heptathlon  Ania Ainouche (ALG)4060 pts  Yousra Baazizi (ALG)3613 pts  Moudhi Elbellouchi (OMN)1739 pts

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Bahrain (BHR)145120
2 Tunisia (TUN)99422
3 Algeria (ALG)7161639
4 Iraq (IRQ)441018
5 Qatar (QAT)4105
6 Djibouti (DJI)2114
 Libya (LBA)2114
8 Saudi Arabia (KSA)1247
9 Oman (OMN)1135
10 Egypt (EGY)1113
11 Sudan (SUD)0224
12 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0101
Totals (12 nations)454443132
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References
  1. Tlemcen to host 17th Arab Athletics Championships on 5 - 8 May . Algeria Press Service (2016-02-26). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
  2. Arab Junior Athletics Championships: 15 countries compete in Tlemcen. Algeria Press Service (2016-05-04). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
  3. 17th Arab Junior Championships Results (in Arabic). riyadapress. Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
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