Athletics at the 1999 Arab Games

At the 1999 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the Prince Hasan Youth City Stadium in the Al Hasan Sport City Complex in Irbid, Jordan from 11 to 14 August.

Athletics at the IX Pan Arab Games
Dates11 to 14 August
Host cityAmman, Jordan
VenuePrince Hasan Youth City Stadium
Events45


The athletics events were held before the official opening ceremony of the games on 18 August due to their proximity to the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, also held that month.[1]

A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes (the men's programme featured a steeplechase event). The women's road events were shorter than the men's, having a half marathon compared to the men's marathon and a 10 km walk compared to a 20 km walk.

The competition was affected by the highest profile doping incident of the games. Siham Hanafi originally won three sprinting gold medals for Morocco, taking the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay titles. She lost all three after testing positive for nandrolone (a banned steroid) and the Moroccan relay team was entirely disqualified. Discus throw bronze medallist Karima Shaheen, also of Morocco, was another athlete whose result was annulled due to a drug test failure, again for nandrolone.[1]

The electronic timing system at the event failed during the competition and as a result some of the races were hand-timed.[2] In the men's 110 metres hurdles fifteen-year-old Nassim Qarbani Ibrahim of Qatar ran a hand-timed 13.9 in the preliminary round before running an electronic 14.17 seconds as runner-up in the final – these were the best ever times for the event by an athlete his age.[3]

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA) 10.39   Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari (QAT) 10.43   Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib (QAT) 10.47
200 metres   Hamoud Al-Dalhami (OMN) 20.65 w   Mohamed Al-Houti (OMN) 20:81 w   Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) 21:01
400 metres
(Hand-timed)
  Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) 45.7   Sofiane Labidi (TUN) 45.9   Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA) 46.4
800 metres   Ali Hakimi (TUN) 1:49.76   Rachid Khoua (MAR) 1:50.16   Mouhssin Chehibi (MAR) 1:50.40
1500 metres   Ali Hakimi (TUN) 3:43.43   Youssef Baba (MAR) 3:43.91   Mohammed Amyn (MAR) 3:47.19
5000 metres   Adil Kaouch (MAR) 14:05.71   Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) 14:05.99   Said Al-Brewei (MAR) 14:19.71
10,000 metres   Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) 30:13.3   Lahcen Benyoussef (MAR) ? ? ?
110 metres hurdles   Mubarak Khasif (QAT) 14.05   Nassim Qarbani Ibrahim (QAT) 14.17   Mohamed Samy (EGY) 14.33
400 metres hurdles   Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) 50.02   Zahr-Edin Al Najem (SYR) 50.38   El Hefeny Ibrahim (EGY) 51.58
3000 metres steeplechase   Ridha Chikhaoui (TUN) 8:52.52   Hassan Al-Asmari (KSA) 8:56.24   Zouhair Ouerdi (MAR) 8:58.84
4×100 metres relay   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 39.62   Qatar (QAT) 39.63   Oman (OMN) 39.78
4×400 metres relay   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 3:06.72   Morocco (MAR)
Mehdi El Ghazouani
Nabil Jabir
Hicham Mihrjane
Jamal Ait Faraj
3:07.17   Egypt (EGY) 3:09.25
Marathon   Ahmed Abdelmogoud (EGY) 2:31:16   Tahar Mansouri (TUN) 2:33:46   Adel El-Deli (LBA) 2:34:15
20 km walk   Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:40:01 ? ? ? ?
High jump   Fakhredin Fouad (JOR) 2.19 m   Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB) 2.16 m   Ali Mohamed Fadaak (QAT) 2.13 m
Pole vault   Mohamed Bedioui (TUN) 5.00 m   Abdulla Ghanim Saeed (QAT) 4.80 m   Moulay Rachid Alaoui (MAR) 3.80 m
Long jump   Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) 7.93 m   Mehdi El Ghazouani (MAR) 7.76 m   Abdulrahman Al-Nubi (QAT) 7.72 m
Triple jump   Mohamed Abdulaziz Hamdi (QAT) 16.44 m   Salem Al-Ahmedi (KSA) 16.35 m   Majed Abdulsadah (IRQ) 16.23 m
Shot put   Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) 18.83 m ? ? m ? ? m
Discus throw   Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) 59.51 m   Abdullah Al-Shammari (KSA) 55.23 m   Khalid Al-Khalidi (KSA) 54.94 m
Hammer throw   Samir Haouam (ALG) 68.75 m   Yamine Abdelmoneim (EGY) 65.02 m   Hamad Al-Khodhairi (QAT) 58.52 m
Javelin throw   Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) 77.85 m   Firas Al-Mahamid (SYR) 72.91 m   Maher Ridane (TUN) 71.47 m
Decathlon   Anis Riahi (TUN) 7341 pts   Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) 7307 pts   Rédouane Youcef (ALG) 7171 pts

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres[a]   Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) 11.72 w   Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) 11.80 w   Awatef Hamrouni (TUN) 11.96 w
200 metres[b]   Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) 24.58   Awatef Hamrouni (TUN) 24.94   Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) 27.42
400 metres   Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) 55.46   Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) 56.14   Bouchra Zabord (MAR) 56.58
800 metres   Nahida Touhami (ALG) 2:06.17   Saadid Saadi (MAR) 2:06.21   Abir Nakhli (TUN) 2:07.37
1500 metres   Fatma Lanouar (TUN) 4:19.29   Samira Raif (MAR) 4:20.29   Seloua Ouaziz (MAR) 4:21.69
5000 metres   Saliha Khaldoun (MAR) 16:46.1   Fatma Lanouar (TUN) 17:05.04   Bouchra Benthami (MAR) 17:11.68
10,000 metres   Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) 32:56.76   Malika Asahssah (MAR) 35:46.00   Soulef Bouguerra (TUN) 35:48.12
100 metres hurdles   Saida Rouchdi (MAR) 15.01   Zine-Bahi Othmani (TUN) 15.37   Rola Hambersmian (SYR) 15.49
400 metres hurdles   Zahra Lachguer (MAR) 60.62   Houreya Al-Mohandess (MAR) 61.70   Hala Ahmed Abderrahim (EGY) 63.38
4×100 metres relay[c]   Tunisia (TUN) 48.49   Egypt (EGY) 49.49   Jordan (JOR) 51.21
4×400 metres relay   Morocco (MAR)
Bouchra Zboured
Najia Bouaati
Zahra Lachgar
Houria El Mohandis
3:43.50   Tunisia (TUN) 3:44.70   Egypt (EGY) 4:06.94
Half marathon   Nadia Ejjafini (MAR) 1:16:36   Nasria Azaïdj (ALG) 1:16:59   Zainab Bakkour (SYR) 1:18:11
10 km walk   Nagwa Ibrahim (EGY) 51:06   Bahia Boussad (ALG) 53:39   Wafaa Mohamed (TUN) 1:00:01
High jump   Ghada Shouaa (SYR) 1.78 m   Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) 1.75 m   Rim Salma Achour (TUN) 1.75 m
Pole vault   Syrine Balti (TUN) 3.60 m   Aida Mohsni (TUN) 3.20 m   Racha Karam Mohamed (EGY) 3.00 m
Long jump   Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) 6.50 m   Ghada Shouaa (SYR) 6.19 m   Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) 5.70 m
Triple jump   Ilham Bensalah (TUN) 12.97 m   Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) 12.66 m   Monia Jelassi (TUN) 12.57 m
Shot put   Nada Kawar (JOR) 17.33 m   Ghada Shouaa (SYR) 16.25 m   Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) 15.57 m
Discus throw   Nada Kawar (JOR) 57.52 m   Monia Kari (TUN) 57.43 m   Walaa Khalil Ibrahim (EGY) 43.52 m
Hammer throw[d]   Marwa Hussein (EGY) 58.97 m   Djida Nawel Ialloulene (ALG) 50.31 m   Monia Kari (TUN) 49.91 m
Javelin throw
(old javelin model)
  Ghada Shouaa (SYR) 55.14 m   Aïda Sellam (TUN) 48.69 m   Many Mostafa (EGY) 41.98 m
Heptathlon   Hanen Dhouibi (TUN) 4853 pts   Rola Hambersmian (SYR) 4592 pts   Manal Baki (TUN) 4537 pts
  • a Morocco's Siham Hanafi was the initial winner in 11.48 seconds, before her disqualification for doping
  • b Morocco's Hanafi was the initial winner in 24.34 seconds, before her disqualification for doping
  • c Morocco was the initial winner in 46.89 seconds, before Hanafi's disqualification for doping
  • d Morocco's Karima Shaheen was the initial bronze medallist with 49.91 metres, before her disqualification for doping

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Jordan)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Tunisia1291031
2  Morocco1010828
3  Qatar66517
4  Saudi Arabia64212
5  Egypt341118
6  Jordan*3014
7  Algeria2529
  Syria2529
9  Oman1113
10  Lebanon0101
11  Libya0022
12  Iraq0011
Totals (12 entries)454545135

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  2. ^ IAAF 1999 Top Lists Archived November 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-09.
  3. ^ Daegu 2011 Statistics Book Part 4 of 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-09.
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