1997–98 Arab Athletics Championships

10th Arab Athletics Championships Ta'if, Saudi Arabia and Damascus, Syria 10–12 September 1997 and 25–27 June 1998 42 1995 Cairo 1999 Beirut The 1997 Arab Athletics Championships was the tenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. The tournament occurred in two parts in two different years, with the sexes competing in different locations for the first and so far only time. A total of 42 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 20 for women. The scheduled 1997 championships was held from 10 to 12 September in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia and featured only men's events. Regional powers Morocco and Tunisia were absent from this meeting. The men's marathon and racewalking events were dropped from the programme, with the half marathon remaining as the only road event.Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-11-03. A corresponding women's tournament was belatedly staged between 25 and 27 June 1998 in Damascus, Syria. Only five nations participated in the women's events: Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine Medal summary Men Men's competition played between 10 and 12 September 1997 in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia. 100 metres (wind: +2.7 m/s)Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib QAT10.22Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari QAT10.27Mohamed Hiba Saif KSA10.38200 metresMohamed Al-Houti OMN20.81Ibrahim Ismail Muftah QAT20.86Malik Louahla ALG20.91400 metresIbrahim Ismail Muftah QAT45.44Hamdan Al-Bishi KSA46.51Sami Suleiman Srour QAT47.77800 metresMohammed Yagoub SUD1:51.07Djabir Saïd-Guerni ALG1:51.24Othman Mohamed Othman KSA1:52.021500 metresMohammed Yagoub SUD3:44.18Mohamed Suleiman QAT3:47.83Ahmed Karama ALG3:48.105000 metresAlyan Sultan Al-Qahtani KSA14:25.08Jamal Abdi Hassan QAT14:43.04Kamal Kohil ALG14:47.0810,000 metresAhmed Ibrahim Warsama QAT30:41.02Kamal Kohil ALG30:43.86Abdallah Youssef QAT31:37.573000 metres steeplechaseSaad Al-Asmari KSA8:53.08Jamal Abdi Hassan QAT8:56.78Laïd Bessou ALG8:57.90110 metres hurdlesMubarak Khasif QAT13.87Hamad Mubarak Al-Dosari QAT14.92Bader Abbas KUW14.25400 metres hurdlesMubarak Al-Nubi QAT49.63Ibrahim El Hefeny EGY51.06Ali Ismaïl Abdelmoneim QAT51.444 × 100 m relayQAT39.94ALG40.26OMN40.864 × 400 m relayQAT3:09.20KSA3:13.79ALG3:15.87Half marathonAbdallah Youssef QAT 1:06:17Ahmed Adam Saleh SUD 1:06:19Abidi Saïd DJI 1:07:02High jumpFakhredin Fouad JOR2.17 mAbderrahmane Hammad ALG2.17 mMajed Sultan El Manaa KSA2.11 mPole vaultAhmad Abdulkarim QAT5.05 mRafik Mefti ALG5.05 mWalid Zayed QAT4.70 mLong jumpHussein Al-Sabee KSA8.01 mHatem Mersal EGY7.92 mSalem Al-Ahmedi KSA7.62 mTriple jumpSalem Al-Ahmedi KSA17 mMohamed Mohamed Adam KSA16.11 mIbrahim Mohamedin QAT16.03 mShot putBilal Saad Mubarak QAT19.65 mKhaled Suliman Al-Khalidi KSA17.56 mAbdallah Soursour KUW16.57 mDiscus throwKhaled Suliman Al-Khalidi KSA54.68 mAbdullah Al-Shammari KSA52.80 mTarek Al-Najjar JOR51.52 mHammer throwHakim Toumi ALG71.28 mCherif El Hennawi EGY70.48 mNaser Abdullah Al-Jarallah KUW67.84 mJavelin throwFiras Al Mahamid SYR 198074.74 mAli Saleh Al-Jadani KSA74.10 mWalid Abderrazak Mohamed EGY71.92 mDecathlonHassan Farouk Sayed EGY6788 ptsAbdul Marzouk KSA6725 ptsHoussem Abdellatif EGY6648 pts Women Women's competition played between 25 and 27 June 1998 in Damascus, Syria. 100 metresKarima Meskin Saad EGY11.78Awatef Hamrouni TUN11.93Wafa Mubarak EGY11.95200 metresKarima Meskin Saad EGY24.1Awatef Hamrouni TUN25.0Wafa Mubarak EGY25.4400 metresKarima Meskin Saad EGY55.5Abir Nakhli TUN57.2Ibtissem Fathy EGY58.8800 metresAbir Nakhli TUN2:10.8Nadia Hamdy EGY2:17.6Natalia Farran LIB2:20.41500 metresAbir Nakhli TUN4:48.9Natalia Farran LIB4:56.3Nadia Hamdy EGY5:03.35000 metresZainab Bakkour SYR 198017:52.9Mahassen Ajaj SYR 198019:2.9Samah Shaaban EGY19:53.310,000 metresZainab Bakkour SYR 198037:21.1Mahassen Ajaj SYR 198040:56.5Najoua Ibrahim EGY41:54.2100 metres hurdles Sheryne Khayri EGY15.0Rola Hambersmian SYR 1980 17.31 Raouâa Tanta PLE 19.3400 metres hurdles Hela Abderrehim EGY63.5Shaïma El-Koumi EGY 65.0Samar Danoun SYR 1980 67.3 4 × 100 m relayEGY49.3SYR 198054.5Only two teams competed4 × 400 m relayEGY3:59.7 LIB4:07.5SYR 19804:21.5Half marathonZainab Bakkour SYR 1980 1:27:1Iman Hessine EGY 1:45:5Mona Mohamed Mahmoud EGY 1:47:0510 km road walkNagwa Ibrahim EGY52:19Rabab Ezzine EGY57:51Lamis El Majrissi SYR 1980 1:04:19High jumpRim Abdullah SYR 19801.55 mKarin Buchakjian LIB1.50 mSheryne Khayri EGY 1.50 mLong jumpMonia Jelassi TUN 5.74 mNashoua Abdelhay EGY5.41 mGhada Ismail Mustapha EGY 5.33 mTriple jumpMonia Jelassi TUN 12.42 mGhada Ismail Mustapha EGY 11.50 mNashoua Abdelhay EGY11.11 mShot putWafaa Ismail Baghdadi EGY14.78 mAmel Ben Khaled TUN14.64 mHanaa El Melegi EGY13.64 mDiscus throwMonia Kari TUN48.87 mHanan Khaled EGY43.60 mWalae Ibrahim EGY15.12 mJavelin throwMuna El Morsi EGY39.49 mSaoud Al-Hariss LIB39.16 mSalam Saïd SYR 198038.00 mHeptathlonnb nb nbSaoud Al-Hariss LIB4306Rania Abdelaziz EGY3977 ptsHaniya El-Gameel EGY3890 pts nb nb nb Only two women finished all events in the heptathlon. Medal table Overall 11 11 15 10 6 5 5 7 4 5 4 4 SYR 1980 5 4 0 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Men 10 6 5 5 7 4 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 SYR 1980 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Women 10 8 13 5 4 0 4 4 4 SYR 1980 1 4 1 0 0 1 References Results Al Batal Al Arabi(N°:46). Arab Athletics Union. Retrieved on 2015-02-12. Category:Arab Athletics Championships Athletics Championships Athletics Championships Arab Athletics Championships Arab Athletics Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Saudi Arabia Category:Sport in Damascus Arab Athletics Championships Arab Athletics Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Syria Category:20th century in Damascus