Athletics at the 2004 Arab Games

At the 2004 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria from 4 to 8 October. A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes. The host country topped the medal table having won a 16 gold medals and 34 medals overall. Second placed Morocco, with seven golds, had the greatest number of medals overall with a total of 35. Tunisia was third with sixteen medals in total, seven of which were gold. Eleven new Games records were set over the course of the five-day competition.

Athletics at the X Pan Arab Games
Dates4 – 8 October
Host cityAlgiers, Algeria Algeria
VenueStade 5 Juillet 1962
Events45
Participation? athletes from
20 nations
Records set11 Games records


Baya Rahouli—an Algiers native and 2004 Summer Olympics finalist—was the most successful athlete of the Games, winning four golds (100 metres, 100 metres hurdles, long jump and triple jump) and setting two Games records.[1] Seventeen-year-old Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed of Sudan won the 400 metres in personal best time, and also won a 200 metres silver.[2] Todd Matthews-Jouda, a former American athlete, appeared to break the African record in the 110 metres hurdles, but this was later revised to 13.45 seconds – a Games record regardless.[3] Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi set a personal best for the 200 m Pan Arab title and went on to help both the Saudi Arabian relay teams to gold medals.

Algerian Nahida Touhami won two golds in the women's 800 metres and 1500 metres while long-distance compatriot Souad Aït Salem went one further, doing a 5000/10,000 metres double before taking a third gold in the half marathon. Amina Aït Hammou of Morocco won two silver medals in the women's 400 m and 800 m events. The women on the heptathlon podium all repeated their combined events medals in the individual disciplines. The event winner—Sarah Bouaoudia—set a Games record to win the high jump, runner-up Imen Chatbri took another silver in the javelin, while bronze medallist Zahra Lachguer was also third in the 400 metres hurdles.

Records

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In addition to the records set by medalling athletes at the 2004 Games, the following records were set by others competing in Algiers:

Name Event Country Record Type
Jalel Al-Ghabshi Men's 110 metres hurdles   Oman 14.81 NR
Wajdi Bellili Men's shot put   Tunisia 17.48 m NR
Key:0000WR — World record  • AR — Area record  • GR — Games record  • NR — National record

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s)   Yahya Al-Gahes (KSA) 10.31 GR   Salem Mubarak Al-Yami (KSA) 10.39   Khaled Youssef Al-Obaidli (QAT) 10.42
200 metres   Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi (KSA) 20.81   Malik Louahla (ALG) 20.84   Soleiman Salem Ayed (EGY) 21.00
400 metres   Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi (KSA) 45.04   Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) 45.84   Ridha Ghali (TUN) 46.11
800 metres   Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR) 1:46.12   Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD) 1:46.24   Amine Laâlou (MAR) 1:46.86
1500 metres   Youssef Baba (MAR) 3:46.32   Kamel Boulahfane (ALG) 3:46.36   Adil Kaouch (MAR) 3:46.70
5000 metres   Khoudir Aggoune (ALG) 13:24.73   Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 13:25.53   Hicham Bellani (MAR) 13:32.41
10,000 metres   Khalid El Aamri (MAR) 29:51.47   Samir Moussaoui (ALG) 29:52.81   Mohammed Amyn (MAR) 29:58.73
110 metres hurdles
(wind: 2.0 m/s)
  Todd Matthews-Jouda (SUD) 13.45 GR, NR   Mubarak Ata Mubarak (KSA) 13.71   Aymen Ben Ahmed (TUN) 13.98 NR=
400 metres hurdles   Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) 48.77   Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi (KSA) 49.31   Zahr-Edin Al Najem (SYR) 50.55
3000 metres steeplechase   Brahim Boulami (MAR) 8:25.62   Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT) 8:38.68   Merzak Ould Bouchiba (ALG) 8:40.20
4×100 metres relay   Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Salem Mubarak Al-Yami
Mubarak Ata Mubarak
Yahya Al-Gahes
Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi
39.40 GR   Oman (OMN) 40.52   Morocco (MAR) 40.94
4×400 metres relay   Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi
Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily
Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi
Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi
3:03.03   Morocco (MAR)
Hamid Ben Hammou
Ismael Daif
Abdellatif El Ghazaoui
Amine Laalou
3:06.90   Algeria (ALG) 3:07.84
Half marathon   Abdellatif Meftah (MAR) 1:05:33   Saïd Belhout (ALG) 1:05:45   Al Mustafa Riyadh (BHR) 1:06:57
20,000 metres walk   Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:28:34.19 GR   Moussa Aouanouk (ALG) 1:29:39.31   Mabrook Saleh Nasser Mohamed (QAT) 1:34:04.56
High jump   Abderrahmane Hammad (ALG) 2.24 m   Salem Sayyar Ibrahim (KUW) 2.16 m   Kamel Rabia (ALG)
  Salem Nasser Bakheet (BHR)
2.11 m
Pole vault   Béchir Zaghouani (TUN) 5.20 m   Mohamed Karbib (MAR) 5.00 m   Mohamed Ali Chehabi (QAT) 4.90 m
Long jump   Issam Nima (ALG) 7.81 m   Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi (KSA) 7.79 m   Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR) 7.77 m
Triple jump   Mohammad Hazzory (SYR) 16.58 m   Mohammed Hamdi Awadh (QAT) 16.40 m   Salem Al Ahmedi (KSA) 16.24 m
Shot put   Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) 18.98 m   Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) 18.65 m   Ahmad Hassan Gholoum (KUW) 18.20 m
Discus throw   Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY) 61.06 m   Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi (KSA) 56.55 m   Jaber Salem Al Mhiri (UAE) 52.19 m
Hammer throw   Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) 72,22 m   Mohsen El Anany (EGY) 71.65 m   Saber Souid (TUN) 71.41 m NR
Javelin throw   Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed (SYR) 75.84 m   Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Khalifa (QAT) 70.47 m   Amar Muki (IRQ) 64.61 m
Decathlon   Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN) 7595 pts   Mohamed Ridha Al-Matroud (KSA) 7205 pts   Moulay Rachid Alaoui Hakim (MAR) 7098 pts

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)   Baya Rahouli (ALG) 11.84   Basma Al-Eshosh (JOR) 11.97 NR   Sihem El Hanifi (MAR) 12.11
200 metres   Houria Moussa (ALG) 24.35 GR   Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed (SUD) 24.36   Nawal El Jack (SUD) 24.59
400 metres   Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed (SUD) 53.34   Amina Aït Hammou (MAR) 53.54   Nawal El Jack (SUD) 54.37
800 metres   Nahida Touhami (ALG) 2:34.48   Amina Aït Hammou (MAR) 2:34.49   Abir Nakhli (TUN) 2:34.95
1500 metres   Nahida Touhami (ALG) 4:35.85   Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR) 4:35.97   Saïda El Mehdi (MAR) 4:36.07
5000 metres   Souad Aït Salem (ALG) 16:02.14   Safa Issaoui (TUN) 16:19.56 NJR   Bouchra Chaâbi (MAR) 16'21"17
10,000 metres   Souad Aït Salem (ALG) 33:27.58   Malika Asahssah (MAR) 34:01.08   Fouzia Zoutat (ALG) 34:41.38
100 metres hurdles (wind: +2.0 m/s)   Baya Rahouli (ALG) 13.49 GR   Houria El Mohandis (MAR) 14.12   Naïma Bentahar (ALG) 14.14
400 metres hurdles   Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 55.98 GR   Houria Moussa (ALG) 57.51   Zahra Lachguer (MAR) 58.20
4×100 metres relay   Morocco (MAR)
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Nezha Bidouane
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46.32   Sudan (SUD) 48.32   Iraq (IRQ) 50.70
4×400 metres relay   Morocco (MAR)
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Nezha Bidouane
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3:38.24 AR   Sudan (SUD) 3:39.53   Algeria (ALG) 3:50.25
Half marathon   Souad Aït Salem (ALG) 1:16:32   Fouzia Zoutat (ALG) 1:17:23   Nadia Ejjafini (BHR) 1:18:08
10,000 metres walk   Bahia Boussad (ALG) 53:39.9   Dounia Kara-Hassoun (ALG) 53:56.0   Michail Ali (SUD) 1:22:58.3
High jump   Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) 1.80 m GR   Karima Ben Othmani (TUN) 1.72 m   Hamida Benhocine (ALG) 1.64 m
Pole vault   Syrine Balti (TUN) 3.90 m GR   Nisrine Dinar (MAR) 3.50 m   Ouahiba Hamreras (ALG) 3.40 m
Long jump   Baya Rahouli (ALG) 6.19 m   Latifa Ezziraoui (MAR) 6.03 m   Amel Regib (MAR) 5.88 m
Triple jump   Baya Rahouli (ALG) 14.49 m GR   Yamilé Aldama (SUD) 14.31 m   Latifa Ezziraoui (MAR) 13.59 m
Shot put   Amel Ben Khaled (TUN) 15.52 m   Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi (EGY) 14.98 m   Saliha Zekiski (ALG) 12.92 m
Discus throw   Monia Kari (TUN) 54.68 m   Amina Moudden (MAR) 52.64 m   Kalthoum Saadaoui (TUN) 51.09 m
Hammer throw   Marwa Hussein (EGY) 52.76 m   Hayat El Ghazi (MAR) 56.96 m   Mouna Dani (MAR) 53.75 m
Javelin throw   Aïda Sellam (TUN) 58.64 m   Imen Chatbri (TUN) 49.30 m   Lamia Hanouti (ALG) 44.45 m
Heptathlon   Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) 5534 pts GR   Imen Chatbri (TUN) 5084 pts NR   Zahra Lachguer (MAR) 4965 pts
  • AR † = Arab record

Medal table

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Hamdi Dhouibi won the decathlon gold for Tunisia.
 
Former Kenyan Yusuf Saad Kamel took the 800 m gold for Bahrain.

  *   Host nation (Algeria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Algeria*1681034
2  Morocco7121534
3  Tunisia74516
4  Saudi Arabia66113
5  Sudan26311
6  Egypt2316
7  Syria2013
8  Qatar1337
9  Kuwait1113
10  Bahrain1034
11  Jordan0101
  Oman0101
13  Iraq0022
14  United Arab Emirates0011
Totals (14 entries)454546136

Participation

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A total of 20 countries were represented in the athletics competition. Of the countries which had previously competed at the Pan Arab Games, Somalia and Comoros were the two nations which were not represented in the competition.

References

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Results
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