1988 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

3rd Arab Junior Athletics Championships Damascus, Syria 41 1986 Cairo 1990 Latakia The 1988 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the third edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Damascus, Syria – the first time the event was staged in West Asia. A total of 41 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 18 for women. Morocco, a regional power in the sport, did not send a team. Syria entered for the first time.Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Several changes were made to the event programme, bringing it into line with the standard set by the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics. The men's 30 km road race was changed to a 20 km distance. The 15 km road walk was replaced by a 10,000 m track walk. The steeplechase distance was also extended from 2000 to 3000 m. Two new women's events were added: a 10,000 metres and a 5000 km track walk. The women's walk pre-dated the introduction of such an event at either the Arab Athletics Championships (1989) or the Pan Arab Games (1992), making it a first for the region.Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. The medal table was close, with Algeria, Syria and Tunisia each winning seven gold medals. Tunisia topped the table through their eight silver medals to Syria's six. Egypt was also close behind with six gold medals and nine silver medals. Jordan and Oman won their first gold medals in the competition's history. Ibrahim Ismail Muftah was one of the athletes of the championships, winning all three individual men's sprints. He was an Olympic finalist the following year.Ibrahim Ismail. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Noureddine Morceli of Algeria, winner of the 1500 metres, was among the athletes to emerge from the tournament, and later won three world titles and an Olympic gold in his specialism.Noureddine Morceli. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Men's shot put winner Bilal Saad Mubarak of Qatar later became a prominent throwers in the region: he was in the top two at the Asian Athletics Championships from 1991 to 2003 and won three straight titles at the Pan Arab Games.Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Sherif Farouk El Hennawi of Egypt won the hammer throw and later won several African titles in his career. Double long-distance medallist Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani later won an Asian title. On the women's side, Hend Kebaoui defended her 400 metres hurdles title and added a 400 metres gold medal and 100 metres silver to that honour. Egypt's Huda Hashem Ismail won both the 100 metres hurdles and heptathlon titles (repeating the feat of Yasmina Azzizi from 1984). Karima Meskin Saad was a medallist in all the women's sprints. All of these athletes won multiple regional titles in their senior careers. Medal summary Men 100 metresIbrahim Ismail Muftah QAT 10.3 CRShaker Marzouk BHR 10.4Fouad Johar BHR 10.6200 metresIbrahim Ismail Muftah QAT 21.0 CRShaker Marzouk BHR 21.9Fouad Johar BHR 22.2400 metresIbrahim Ismail Muftah QAT 47.1 CRSulaiman Jumaa OMN 47.9Amer Zafar KSA 48.5800 metresJihad Al-Balawi JOR 1:53.2Abdullah Al-Kobeiri OMN 1:53.9Lyes El Mazzini TUN 1:54.41500 metresNoureddine Morceli ALG 3:48.8 CRLyes El Mazzini TUN 3:56.8Jihad Al-Balawi JOR 3:57.25000 metresAlyan Sultan Al-Qahtani KSA 15:05.7Fakhreddine Damerji TUN 15:14.1Anwar Al-Harazi YEM 15:50.210,000 metresMoussa Al-Hariri SYR 1980 31:23.3Fakhreddine Damerji TUN 32:20.5Abdulhamid Abdou SYR 1980 33:21.5110 m hurdlesFouad Saleh Ghanem BHR 14.1 CRZiad Al-Khader KUW 14.3Amine Hacini ALG 14.7400 m hurdlesFouad Saleh Ghanem BHR 52.8Amine Hacini ALG 54.3Saleh Abdullah BHR 54.93000 metres steeplechaseTahar Mohamed ALG 8:57.9Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani KSA 9:15.7Hamed Naceur TUN 9:26.04 × 100 m relayBHR 41.8 CRKUW 42.1QAT 42.24 × 400 m relayOMN 3:17.2BHR 3:18.9QAT 3:18.920 km road raceMoussa Al-Hariri SYR 1980 1:04:43Saad Sulaiman KSA 1:08:08Saleh Al-Outaibi KSA 1:11:0710,000 m walkHasni Bouzekri ALG 49:07.1Mohammed Saoud SYR 1980 51:47.5Majid Turki SYR 1980 52:56.1High jumpAbdullah Saleh KSA 2.03 mSaleh Zaid Al-Mass BHR 2.00 mMohamed Haddad ALG 2.00 mPole vaultSameh Hassan Farid EGY 4.10 mAhmed Hamdan KUW 4.05 mJamal Al-Maai QAT 3.90 mLong jumpFouad Saleh Ghanem BHR 7.19 mMohammed Al-Outaibi KUW 7.17 mNadir Si Mohamed ALG 7.09 mTriple jumpKader Klouchi ALG 15.56 mSaleh Zaid Al-Mass BHR 15.14 mYoussef Naïli TUN 14.98 mShot putBilal Saad Mubarak QAT 15.55 mHussain Ali Al-Saeed KUW 15.41 mMalek Tamran KUW 14.42 mDiscus throwMalek Tamran KUW 44.94 mBadr Rashid QAT 43.88 mSherif Mohamed Abderrahim EGY 43.84 mHammer throwSherif Farouk El Hennawi EGY 64.84 m CRAdel Katami QAT 53.04 mMagdi Zakaria Abdallah EGY 51.64 mJavelin throwAhmed Houri SYR 1980 62.84 m Maher Ridane TUN 59.78 mSaleh Khalaf KUW 58.04 mDecathlonZakaria Zarzour SYR 1980 6438 pts CRIssam Mohamed El Azzazi EGY 5927 ptsMajdal Al-Bek SYR 1980 4968 pts Women 100 metresNadia Abdou ALG 12.1 CRHend Kebaoui TUN 12.2Karima Miskin Saad EGY 12.5200 metresNadia Abdou ALG 24.9 CRKarima Miskin Saad EGY 25.0Samia Sassi TUN 26.0400 metresHend Kebaoui TUN 55.8 CRKarima Miskin Saad EGY 57.9Hasna Dhébaïbi TUN 60.7800 metresMaha Herzallah JOR 2:20.5Sonia Makni TUN 2:24.5Hasna Dhébaïbi TUN 2:30.01500 metresHouda Chabbouh TUN 4:41.9Maha Herzallah JOR 5:05.5Nada Ayach SYR 1980 5:17.43000 metresHouda Chabbouh TUN 10:33.8Amira Yousef SYR 1980 10:44.3Nada Ayach SYR 1980 11:54.710,000 metresAmira Yousef SYR 1980 42:26.4Rola Sannoufi SYR 1980 48:46.0Asma Al-Arabi TUN 53:23.3100 m hurdlesHuda Hashem Ismail EGY 14.8 CRBadia Ali Abdessamia EGY 15.5Fazia Gaouaoui ALG 15.8400 m hurdlesHend Kebaoui TUN 60.3 CRSamia Sassi TUN 65.2Mouna Ayach SYR 1980 74.94 × 100 m relayTUN 49.2EGY 49.9SYR 1980 52.04 × 400 m relayTUN 3:54.0 CREGY 4:02.7SYR 1980 4:13.45000 m walkAmira Yousef SYR 1980 27:50.8Amani Mohamed Adel EGY 28:57.1Firial Odesho SYR 1980 29:33.2High jumpBadia Ali Abdessamia EGY 1.51 mHaifa Abbas SYR 1980 1.51 mMountaha Mohammed JOR 1.45 mLong jumpNadia Abdou ALG 5.73 mBasma Fkih TUN 5.36 mHala Saka SYR 1980 5.24 mShot putLamia Naouara TUN 12.38 m CRLina Hazouri SYR 1980 10.82 mShaala Ramash SYR 1980 9.45 mDiscus throwLina Hazouri SYR 1980 39.02 mRida Mahmoud Farghali EGY 35.38 mDouha Al-Shoufi SYR 1980 25.78 mJavelin throwMaya Ali Abdessamad EGY 32.90 mLina Hazouri SYR 1980 32.42 mRoueida Fadel SYR 1980 20.44 mHeptathlonHuda Hashem Ismail EGY 4323 pts CRBadia Ali Abdessamia EGY 3773 ptsNadima Hussain PLE 2665 pts Medal table 7 8 7 7 6 13 SYR 1980 7 1 4 6 9 3 4 5 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 References Category:Arab Junior Athletics Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Syria Category:Sport in Damascus Arab Junior Athletics Championships Arab Junior Athletics Championships Category:20th century in Damascus Category:1988 in youth sport