1998 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

8th Arab Junior Athletics Championships Damascus, Syria 41 1996 Latakia 2000 Damascus The 1998 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the eighth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Damascus, Syria – the second time the city hosted the tournament, and a fifth hosting for Syria. Damascus also hosted the senior Arab women's championships that year. A total of 41 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 19 for women. Morocco, a regional power in the sport, did not send a team to the meeting.Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. The women's 10,000 metres was dropped from the programme; the 3000 metres was restored to partner the new 5000 metres race, in line with the changes at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Due to technical limitations, performances in track races were timed to the tenth of a second, rather than the international standard to one hundredth of a second. Tunisia topped the medal table with thirteen gold medals – all but one of them from the women's competition. Runners-up Qatar took nine gold medals but success was limited to the men's events. Algeria placed third with eight gold medals. In the men's competition, Fawzi Al-Shammari completed a 200/400 m sprint double – a feat he would repeat at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships. The long jump champion Hussein Al-Sabee was a global finalist the following year and had won three consecutive Asian titles five years later. Qatari gold medallists Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (discus) and Ahmad Hassan Moussa (decathlon) would also become Asian champions.Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-25. On the women's side Atawef Hamrouni took a 100/200 m sprint double and won senior Arab sprint titles later in her career. The 5000 m champion Souad Aït Salem was the most prominent female athlete to emerge – she would win Arab, African and Mediterranean long-distance titles in the following years. High jump winner Sarah Bouaoudia won that title and the heptathlon title at the 2004 Pan Arab Games.Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-25.Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-25. Medal summary Men 100 metresKhalid Yousef Al-Obaidli QAT 10.3 =CRSaad Faraj Al-Shahwani QAT 10.5Akram Bensmira ALG 10.6200 metresFawzi Al-Shammari KUW 21.0 =CRAkram Bensmira ALG 21.5Saad Faraj Al-Shahwani QAT 21.7400 metresFawzi Al-Shammari KUW 45.7 CRHamdan Al-Bishi KSA 46.2Amin Gomaa Badawi EGY 47.4800 metresAbdu Ibrahim Yousef QAT 1:52.5Othman Mohammed Othman KSA 1:52.7Mohammed Khalif Al-Azemi KUW 1:53.11500 metresYoucef Jabab ALG 3:55.7Nacer Zein ALG 3:55.8Abu Bakr Rahman QAT 3:56.45000 metresAbdulaziz Rahman SUD 15:03.2Abdulrahman Hussain QAT 15:05.3Ahmed Aïssaoui TUN 15:10.410,000 metresAbdulaziz Abdulrahman YEM 31:24.9Abdulaziz Rahman SUD 31:25.5Ahmed Aïssaoui TUN 31:36.9110 m hurdlesBadr Saeed Al-Shoumari KSA 14.4Bassem Sami Francis EGY 15.0Nassim Meziane Ibrahimi QAT 15.0400 m hurdlesIssa Hassan QAT 51.5Hani Mourhej SYR 1980 51.6Tahar Ghozali ALG 52.13000 metres steeplechaseSaeed Moursi QAT 9:16.8Faisal Rabi Al-Nahdi KSA 9:21.0Mouhrez Manaa TUN 9:25.94×100 m relayQAT 40.1 CRKSA 41.5KUW 41.64×400 m relayKUW 3:14.1ALG 3:14.7KSA 3:15.110,000 m walkYasser Aboud SYR 1980 45:40Sofiène Azouzi TUN 47:10Issa Barsham QAT 48:48High jumpMustafa Abdel Jalil Hassanine EGY 2.10 mOmar Al-Fadak QAT 2.04 mAhmed Salmain QAT 2.01 mPole vaultBéchir Zaghouani TUN 5.00 mWalid Abu Nasser EGY 4.20 mMohammed Bakfalouri SYR 1980 4.10 mLong jumpHussein Al-Sabee KSA 7.41 mHawari Ali QAT 7.23 mIbrahim Abdullah Al-Walid QAT 7.23 mTriple jumpMohammed Hamdi Awadh QAT 15.97 m CRIbrahim Mohamedin QAT 15.87 mMohammed Adam Mohammed KSA 15.40 mShot putAhmed Hassan Gholoum KUW 16.25 m CRMohamed Abdelatif Abu Nasr EGY 16.16 mIbrahim Moussa QAT 16.01 mDiscus throwRashid Shafi Al-Dosari QAT 50.65 m CRWaeel Moursi QAT 49.43 mWalid Boudaoui ALG 46.57 mHammer throwNabil Amroune ALG 59.12 mSaber Souid TUN 58.09 mAhmed Rida Mohamed Abdallah EGY 56.30 mJavelin throwAhmed Hamdan QAT 65.47 mMohammed Ibrahim Al-Khalifa QAT 61.44 mAli Sawi EGY 57.16 mDecathlonAhmad Hassan Moussa QAT 6767 pts CRAmine Hafed ALG 6268 ptsMustafa Taha Hussein EGY 6177 pts Women 100 metresAwatef Hamrouni TUN 12.2Sarah Arrous ALG 12.4Hamida Hassan ALG 12.6200 metresAwatef Hamrouni TUN 24.7 CRHouria Moussa ALG 25.2Sarah Arrous ALG 25.4400 metresAwatef Ben Hassine TUN 57.9Manel Mohsni TUN 58.7Diala Al-Chabi LIB 59.7800 metresKhadija Touati ALG 2:12.7Abok Choli SUD 2:15.9Ahlam Al-Wardi SYR 1980 2:18.11500 metresKhadija Touati ALG 4:49.2Abok Choli SUD 4:50.0Souad Aït Salem ALG 4:52.93000 metresHana Chaouach TUN 9:58.1Walida Suleiman TUN 10:09.8Fouzia Zoutat ALG 10:15.85000 metresSouad Aït Salem ALG 17:32.1 CRHana Chaouach TUN 17:42.4Walida Suleiman TUN 18:08.2100 m hurdlesNaïma Bentahar ALG 14.2 CRImène Chokeiri TUN 14.8Maha Mohamed Mohamed EGY 15.7400 m hurdlesImène Chatbri TUN 64.0Maha Mohamed Mohamed EGY 68.2Wallada Kharboutli SYR 1980 71.14×100 m relayALG 49.0SYR 1980 52.7JOR 54.74×400 m relayTUN 3:53.2 CRSYR 1980 4:13.0JOR 4:32.75000 m walkRania Hammami TUN 26:11.4Faiza Azouzi ALG 26:22.3Dounia Mimouni ALG 26:47.6High jumpSarah Bouaoudia ALG 1.64 mSameh Drid TUN 1.61 mRim Abdullah SYR 1980 1.61 mLong jumpMonia Jelassi TUN 5.57 mSarah Bouaoudia ALG 5.53 mHamida Benhocine ALG 5.27 mTriple jumpMonia Jelassi TUN 12.65 mIlhem Ben Salah TUN 12.24 mGhada Ismail Mustafa EGY 11.72 mShot putAmira Naji Semlawi EGY 13.01 m CRAfef Ben Khaled TUN 11.58 mSalwa Dhouibi TUN 11.27 mDiscus throwNasrine Dahman TUN 40.98 mDarine Hajabi TUN 38.37 mAmira Naji Semlawi EGY 31.34 mJavelin throwSalwa Dhouibi TUN 41.39 mMuna Mustafa Youssef EGY 40.44 mNesrine Mohamed Mohieddin EGY 39.53 mHeptathlonManel Bani TUN 4197 ptsHani Jamal Es Sayed EGY 4108 ptsWahiba Fahim ALG 3212 pts Medal table 13 10 5 9 7 7 8 8 10 4 0 2 2 6 8 2 4 2 1 3 4 SYR 1980 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 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:1998 in youth sport