1994 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

6th Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Host city Tunis, Tunisia
Events 42

The 1994 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Tunis, Tunisia. Qatar, after a good performance in 1992, did not send a team to the competition. A total of 42 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 19 for women.[1]

The women's 10,000 metres was restored to the programme after a break in 1992. A women's triple jump was contested for the first time. The men's 20 km road race made its third and final appearance at the championships, as junior road events were largely dropped from international competitions. The men's hurdles finals were only recorded to the tenth of a second due to technical limitations. Wind affected parts of the competition, particularly the 200 metres races and the horizontal jumps.[1]

In line with increased participation, the standard of performers at this event improved. Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily won a men's hurdles double for Saudi Arabia and won multiple Asian titles as a senior.[2] Ali Hakimi defended his 1500 metres title and added the 800 metres crown; he was an Olympic finalist two years later.[3] Younès Moudrik took the men's long jump title – an event he would win twice at the African Championships in Athletics.[4] Seventeen-year-old Abderrahmane Hammad was runner-up in the high jump but later became the first Arab to win a medal in the high jump at the Olympics.[5]

On the women's side, Fatma Lanouar won the 800 metres in Tunis and was a two-time Mediterranean Games champion as a senior.[6] The runner-up in that event, 16-year-old Hasna Benhassi of Morocco, had even greater success in her career, which included two Olympic and two World Championships medals.[7] Future African champion Aïda Sellam of Tunisia won the javelin throw and a shot put bronze medal on home turf. The winner of the women's walk, Nagwa Ibrahim Ali, would become a prominent athlete in her discipline regionally, with three African titles to her name.[1][4]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Yacine Djellil (ALG)10.88  Mohammed Masoud Salem (KSA)11.10  Wisam Bouaïcha (TUN)11.13
200 metres
(wind: +2.8 m/s)		  Yacine Djellil (ALG)21.33w  Mohammed Al-Beshi (KSA)21.58w  Talal Jataili (KUW)22.15w
400 metres  Adem Hecini (ALG)47.22  Mohammed Al-Beshi (KSA)47.44  Machaal Harbi (KUW)48.80
800 metres  Ali Hakimi (TUN)1:52.4  Lamine Alaoui (TUN)1:54.2  Faraj Al-Shahrani (KSA)1:55.0
1500 metres  Ali Hakimi (TUN)4:06.16  Yarba Lakhal (MAR)4:08.14  Rachid Amor (TUN)4:08.33
5000 metres  Salah El Ghazi (MAR)14:14.21  Mehdi Khelifi (TUN)14:16.96  Mohammed Amyn (MAR)14:17.73
10,000 metres  Salah El Ghazi (MAR)30:15.0 CR  Abdellah Maarouf (MAR)30:23.2  Mehdi Khelifi (TUN)30:30.1
110 m hurdles  Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA)14.1 =CR  Samir Bouabcha (ALG)14.8  Nasser Abdulrazak (KUW)15.0
400 m hurdles  Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA)51.3 CR  Hassan Kirmasi (MAR)53.8  Alawi El Kacimi (MAR)54.5
3000 metres steeplechase  Yarba Lakhal (MAR)8:43.08 CR  Hédi Khalfallah (TUN)8:57.67  Hussain Ali Al-Asmari (KSA)9:07.99
4 × 100 m relay  Algeria (ALG)41.27 CR  Saudi Arabia (KSA)41.45  Morocco (MAR)42.70
4 × 400 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA)3:12.6  Algeria (ALG)3:16.6  Morocco (MAR)3:20.8
20 km road race  Abdellah Maarouf (MAR)1:05:18  Aziz Darwish (MAR)1:05:25  Mohammed Al-Okadi (KSA)1:06:17
10,000 m walk  Lounès Méhadi (ALG)45:18.90 CR  Younès Aouanouk (ALG)48:31.91  Hatab Latifi (TUN)49:39.70
High jump  Hassan Darwish Mahmoud (EGY)2.10 m =CR  Abderrahmane Hammad (ALG)2.07 m  Ramzi Chebaane (TUN)2.01 m
Pole vault  Khalid Lachheb (MAR)5.05 m CR  Rafik Mefti (ALG)4.65 m  Mohamed Benyahia (ALG)4.20 m
Long jump  Younès Moudrik (MAR)7.55 m CR  Nabil Adamou (ALG)7.44 m w  Djamel Smichet (ALG)7.34 m w
Triple jump  Djamel Smichet (ALG)15.48 m  Khalid Al-Farhan (KUW)15.19 m  Nabil Adamou (ALG)15.03 m
Shot put  Walid Jamal Mustafa (EGY)15.47 m  Mohammed Tahnoun (KUW)14.19 m  Hisham Mohamed El Ashmawi (EGY)13.89 m
Discus throw  Walid Jamal Mustafa (EGY)46.74 m CR  Hisham Mohamed El Ashmawi (EGY)45.74 m  Abderrazak Yahiaoui (ALG)42.82 m
Hammer throw  Mohamed Karim Horchani (TUN)62.10 m  Zaki Bounab (ALG)54.96 m  Adel Maatouk (KUW)51.92 m
Javelin throw  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA)69.32 m  Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed (SYR)62.96 m  Chemseddine Belhadj Amor (TUN)62.88 m
Decathlon  Abdul Marzouk Al-Shahrani (KSA)6710 pts CR  Ali Dahan (SYR)6397 pts  Mohamed Halima Mansour (ALG)6166 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Saliha Hammadi (ALG)12.08 CR  Ahlem Allali (ALG)12.62  Sihem Fellah (TUN)12.77
200 metres
(wind: +3.2 m/s)		  Amina Belkrouchi (MAR)24.76w  Ahlem Allali (ALG)25.04w  Sihem Fellah (TUN)25.32w
400 metres  Amina Belkrouchi (MAR)57.45  Nahida Touhami (ALG)58.54  Hanène Bakr (TUN)59.38
800 metres  Fatma Lanouar (TUN)2:13.97  Hasna Benhassi (MAR)2:14.67  Kheïra Arfa (ALG)2:15.44
1500 metres  Hanène Abassi (TUN)4:38.46  Sabah Safou (MAR)4:39.65  Fatma Lanouar (TUN)4:39.76
3000 metres  Sabah Safou (MAR)10:00.83  Hind Chahid (MAR)10:07.48  Rim Dabou (TUN)10:11.27
10,000 metres  Fatiha Killech (MAR)37:46.76 CR  Soulef Bouguerra (TUN)39:16.56  Samah Wamas (TUN)41:11.21
100 m hurdles  Sana Drid (TUN)15.30  Hella Ezzaier (TUN)15.38  Leïla Bougerra (ALG)16.12
400 m hurdles  Amina Belkrouchi (MAR)60.88  Amani Abderrahim Belal (EGY)65.88  Naïma Khafak (ALG)65.99
4 × 100 m relay  Algeria (ALG)48.75  Tunisia (TUN)49.32  Egypt (EGY)51.71
4 × 400 m relay  Tunisia (TUN)4:00.20  Algeria (ALG)4:02.39  Egypt (EGY)4:10.59
5000 m walk  Nagwa Ibrahim Ali (EGY)25:54.76 CR  Nadia El Aouni (MAR)27:18.01  Sonia Farjaoui (TUN)28:23.98
High jump  Rym Selma Achour (TUN)1.66 m CR  Souheir Ben Romdhane (TUN)1.60 m  Souad Bouchabka (ALG)1.55 m
Long jump  Sana Drid (TUN)5.56 m w  Mouna Hammami (TUN)5.53 m w  Rania Abdel Aziz Ahmed (EGY)4.83 m w
Triple jump  Mouna Hammami (TUN)11.71 m  Hella Ezzaier (TUN)11.55 m  Souad Chouikha (ALG)10.97 m
Shot put  Iman Hassan Mahrous (EGY)12.58 m CR  Malika Hammou (ALG)11.79 m  Aïda Sellam (TUN)11.36 m
Discus throw  Nasrine Dahman (TUN)39.14 m  Saadia Amloud (MAR)38.20 m  Malika Hammou (ALG)35.52 m
Javelin throw  Aïda Sellam (TUN)44.92 m CR  Malika Hammou (ALG)41.60 m  Nahed Ben Saïd (TUN)36.12 m
Heptathlon  Sana Drid (TUN)4406 pts CR  Hamida Rahouli (ALG)4388 pts  Saïda Ahmani (ALG)3997 pts

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Tunisia (TUN)1391537
2 Morocco (MAR)119424
3 Algeria (ALG)8141234
4 Saudi Arabia (KSA)54312
5 Egypt (EGY)52411
6 Kuwait (KUW)0246
7 Syria (SYR)0202
Totals (7 nations)424242126

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  2. ↑ Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  3. ↑ Aki Hakima. SPorts Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  4. 1 2 African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  5. ↑ Athletics Men's High Jump Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  6. ↑ Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
  7. ↑ Hasna Benhassi. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
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