Athletics at the 2005 West Asian Games

At the 2005 West Asian Games, the athletics events were held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar.[1] Contested over three days, from 7 to 9 December, it was the first time that women were allowed to compete in athletics events at the Games. A total of 28 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 5 by female athletes. The event was seen as a test event for the Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games, which Doha hosted the following year.[2][3]

Athletics at the 2005 West Asian Games
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Date	7–9 December

The competition featured some high level performances by a handful of elite athletes: former World Youth champions Belal Mansoor Ali and Yahya Al-Ghahes won the 1500 metres and 100 metres, respectively, while world silver medallist Mubarak Hassan Shami claimed the half marathon title. On the women's side, 2004 Olympian Ruqaya Al-Ghasra won the women's 100 m. In spite of this, many events featured only a small number of athletes and the overall standard of competition was relatively low.[4][5]

Host nation Qatar topped the medal table with eleven gold medals, ten silver medals and six bronze medal. Their tally was greatly buoyed by the performances of former Kenya distance runners, including event winners Gamal Belal Salem, Majed Saeed Sultan and Musa Amer Obaid. Kuwait had the second highest number of golds with five, while Iran had the second greatest overall haul (13 medals; four golds). Of the nations competing at the games, only Lebanon and Yemen did not win medals in the athletics.

It was later revealed that 3000 metres steeplechase bronze medalist Mohammed Khassaf of Iraq and 200 metres and women's relay gold medallist Munira Saleh failed drugs test at the event and were banned.[6]

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Yahya Al-Ghahes  Saudi Arabia	10.39	Saad Al-Shahwani  Qatar	10.53	Al-Waleed Abdulla  Qatar	10.53
200 m	Humoud Al-Saad  Kuwait	21.31	Khalil Al-Hanahneh  Jordan	21.39	Hamed Kefah Al-Dosari  Qatar	21.51
400 m	Fawzi Al-Shammari  Kuwait	47.58	Mohammed Al-Rawahi  Oman	48.32	Ali Shirook  United Arab Emirates	49.14
800 m	Majed Saeed Sultan  Qatar	1:46.86 GR	Belal Mansoor Ali  Bahrain	1:47.07	Abdulrahman Suleiman  Qatar	1:48.22
1500 m	Belal Mansoor Ali  Bahrain	3:40.84 GR	Abubaker Ali Kamal  Qatar	3:41.45	Nasser Shams Kareem  Qatar	3:43.08
5000 m	Essa Ismail Rashed  Qatar	13:33.07 GR	Gamal Belal Salem  Qatar	13:35.12	Omid Mehrabi  Iran	14:39.17
10000 m	Gamal Belal Salem  Qatar	28:40.99 GR	Sultan Khamis Zaman  Qatar	28:44.57	Omid Mehrabi  Iran	31:34.57
110 m hurdles	Bader Al-Buainain  Saudi Arabia	14.14 GR	Rouhollah Askari  Iran	14.42	None awarded
400 m hurdles	Mubarak Al-Nubi  Qatar	50.37	Bandar Sharahili  Saudi Arabia	51.96	Mohammed Daak  Saudi Arabia	52.11
3000 m steeplechase	Musa Amer Obaid  Qatar	8:19.46 GR	Thamer Kamal Ali  Qatar	8:33.03	Ali Al-Amri  Saudi Arabia	8:59.44
4×100 m relay	Kuwait Mohammad Al-Anzi Humoud Al-Saad Eisa Al-Youhah Jarah Al-Khadher	40.48	Oman Fahad Al-Jabri Juma Al-Jabri Musabah Al-Masoudi Hamoud Al-Dalhami	40.73	Qatar Abdulla Al-Hamad Khalid Al-Obaidli Saad Al-Shahwani Al-Waleed Abdulla	40.85
4×400 m relay	Qatar Mubarak Al-Nubi Yaser Omar El-Haj Hamed Kefah Al-Dosari Majed Saeed Sultan	3:09.81	Saudi Arabia Younes Hawsawi Mohammed Daak Mohammed Shaween Bandar Sharahili	3:14.36	United Arab Emirates Jasim Al-Junaibi Khalid Faraj Saud Abdelkarim Ali Shirook	3:18.81
Half marathon	Mubarak Hassan Shami  Qatar	1:02:21 GR	Ahmed Jumah Jaber  Qatar	1:03:00	Noori Chkhior  Iraq	1:12:06
20 km walk	Mabrook Saleh Mohamed  Qatar	1:33:04 GR	Waleed Ahmed Al-Sabahy  Qatar	1:34:15	Mohammad Jumaa  Syria	1:35:11
High jump	Mohamed Abbas Darwish  United Arab Emirates	2.16 GR	Jamel Fakhari  Saudi Arabia	2.16	Hashem Al-Oqaibi  Saudi Arabia	2.13
Pole vault	Abdulla Ghanim Saeed  Qatar	5.00 GR	Eshagh Ghaffari  Iran	5.00 =GR	Mohsen Rabbani  Iran	4.80
Long jump	Saleh Al-Haddad  Kuwait	7.50	Ibrahim Mohamedin  Qatar	7.48	Khalil Al-Hanahneh  Jordan	7.37
Triple jump	Mohammad Hazzory  Syria	16.48 GR	Ibrahim Mohamedin  Qatar	16.30	Alireza Habibi  Iran	15.90
Shot put	Bilal Saad Mubarak  Qatar	17.54	Mashari Suroor  Kuwait	17.25	Saeed Al-Yami  Saudi Arabia	16.58
Discus throw	Ehsan Haddadi  Iran	63.63 GR	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari  Qatar	60.11	Sultan Al-Dawoodi  Saudi Arabia	57.93
Hammer throw	Ali Al-Zinkawi  Kuwait	76.25 GR	Mohammad Al-Jawhar  Kuwait	65.07	Mohamed Faraj Al-Kaabi  Qatar	63.27
Javelin throw	Mohamed Al-Khulaifi  Qatar	71.73 GR	Ayoub Arokhi  Iran	70.29	Firas Al-Mahamid  Syria	69.59
Decathlon	Ali Feizi  Iran	6445	Hadi Sepehrzad  Iran	5660	Saad Al-Bishi  Saudi Arabia	4468

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Ruqaya Al-Ghasra  Bahrain	12.28	Ghofrane Mohammad  Syria	12.33	Dana Hussein  Iraq	12.34
200 m	Ghofrane Mohammad  Syria	24.66 GR	Basma Al-Eshosh  Jordan	25.25	Dana Hussein  Iraq	25.26
4×100 m relay	Iran Padideh Bolourizadeh Melani Artoun Zahra Nabizadeh Nafiseh Mataei	50.97 GR	Oman Huda Al-Kharusi Abeer Al-Jabri Umaima Al-Hinai Hanan Al-Harrasi	52.76	Kuwait Hanan Al-Khamis Reem Al-Awadhi Danah Haidar Danah Al-Nasrallah	1:00:78
High jump	Zahra Nabizadeh  Iran	1.70 GR	Shifa Anabtawi  Jordan	1.35	Rima Taha  Jordan	1.30
Long jump	Rima Taha  Jordan	5.82 GR	Fadwa Al-Bouza  Syria	5.76	Padideh Bolourizadeh  Iran	5.70

Medal table

Bahrain's Belal Mansoor Ali won 1500 m gold and 800 m silver medals.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Qatar (QAT)	11	10	6	27
2	Kuwait (KUW)	5	2	1	8
3	Iran (IRI)	4	4	5	13
4	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	3	6	11
5	Syria (SYR)	2	2	2	6
6	Bahrain (BRN)	2	1	0	3
7	Jordan (JOR)	1	3	2	6
8	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	2	3
9	Oman (OMA)	0	3	0	3
10	Iraq (IRQ)	0	0	3	3
Totals (10 nations)		28	28	27	83

References

1. 3rd West Asian Games Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
2. Turner, Chris (2005-12-07). A dress rehearsal for 2006 – 3rd West Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
3. Athletics. WAG 2005. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
4. Turner, Chris (2005-12-08). Former World Youth winner dashes to third sprint crown of year – West Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
5. Turner, Chris (2005-12-09). Shami takes Half Marathon title – West Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
6. Doping spoils West Asian games

Results

• West Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
• Full results

External links

• Official website (archived)