1996 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

7th Arab Junior Athletics Championships Latakia, Syria 41 1994 Tunis 1998 Damascus The 1996 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the seventh edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Latakia, Syria. 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 road race competition was dropped from the programme, matching the change at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics and a general move away from road running events for junior athletes. A women's 5000 metres replaced the 3000 metres, but this was a short-lived change as the 3000 m was brought back the following edition. This was the last time the women's 10,000 metres was held (the 5000 m taking its place at future editions (a change also reflected at the world junior level). Algeria topped the medal table with twelve gold medals, closely followed by Tunisia with ten golds. Saudi Arabia managed seven gold medals despite not participating in the women's section. Sudan won its first titles at the competition, courtesy of Mohammed Yagoub's middle-distance double. In the men's section, Algeria provided the most prominent athletes. Abderrahmane Hammad improved one place from the last edition to win the high jump – an event he won an Olympic medal in four years later.Athletics Men's High Jump Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Two others here would medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics: 800 metres bronze medallist Djabir Saïd-Guerni and 1500 metres runner-up Ali Saïdi-Sief. Two Saudi Arabian medallists later became successful seniors: Mukhlid Al-Otaibi (5000 m runner-up here) did a long-distance double at the 2002 Asian Games; 15-year-old Hamdan Al-Bishi won a 200 m bronze in Latakia and won numerous medals at Asian level.Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Tunisia's Sofiane Labidi won a 200 m/400 m double and later won African and Arab medals as a senior.African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Jean-Claude Rabbath, runner-up in the high jump, was Lebanon's first ever medallist at the tournament. In the women's section Algeria's Baya Rahouli was dominant: she won the 100 metres, long jump and triple jump titles, and a shot put bronze. This versatility continued at the 1997 Pan Arab Games, where she was a quadruple gold medallist.Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Double sprint medallist Nahida Touhami would also become a senior champion at the Arab Games. Fatma Lanouar was a double medallist in middle-distance and was a two-time Mediterranean Games champion later in her career.Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Medal summary Men 100 metresMohammed Hiba Seif KSA 10.84Khalifa Sake KSA 10.97Khaldoun Raghib EGY 11.13200 metresSofiane Labidi TUN 21.68Khalil Falata KSA 21.79Mohammed Hiba Seif KSA 22.05400 metresSofiane Labidi TUN 46.77 CRKhalid Atiq Al-Johar KUW 47.59Hamdan Al-Bishi KSA 47.74800 metresMohammed Yagoub SUD 1:47.44 CRRachid Amor TUN 1:49.1Djabir Saïd-Guerni ALG 1:50.21500 metresMohammed Yagoub SUD 3:40.5 CRAli Saïdi-Sief ALG 3:42.8Youcef Abdi ALG 3:44.65000 metresMiloud Abaoub ALG 14:08.4 CRMukhlid Al-Otaibi KSA 14:37.3Issam El Hamani TUN 14:47.210,000 metresMohammed Abdullah Al-Qahtani KSA 31:51.6Walib Naceur El Chouchi TUN 31:55.7Ali Adwan JOR 32:13.9110 m hurdlesNader Hosni Saad EGY 14.86Hussain Al-Yoha KUW 15.22Ghiyas Abou Hamed SYR 1980 15.34400 m hurdlesSaleh Ahmed Al-Seaidan KSA 51.59Noureddin Noumi Bakri EGY 51.86Badr Abdulrahman Aman KUW 52.633000 metres steeplechaseRachid Baghdadi ALG 8:59.64Issam El Hamani TUN 9:04.38Adamo Othmane ALG 9:12.484 × 100 m relayKSA 41.31KUW 41.7ALG 42.04 × 400 m relayKUW 3:12.7TUN 3:13.1KSA 3:15.210,000 m walkMerzak Abbès ALG 48:24.0Arezki Yahiaoui ALG 48:44.4Khalid Aboud SYR 1980 49:34.8High jumpAbderrahmane Hammad ALG 2.11 m CRJean-Claude Rabbath LIB 2.05 mNazim Bouabès ALG 2.05 mPole vaultMohamed Bédoui TUN 4.80 mMohamed Benyahia ALG 4.75 mKhetam Al-Hajiri KUW 4.60 mLong jumpWalid Karim ALG 7.03 mAkram Bensmira ALG 6.90 mAbdu Faraj KUW 6.80 mTriple jumpMohammed Adam Mohammed KSA 15.80 m CRKarim Ould Ahmed ALG 15.44 mFayez Al-Khairat SYR 1980 15.25 mShot putNasser Saeed Al-Tahnoun KUW 15.80 m CRAbdullah Ibel KUW 15.60 mMohamed Yahia Rashid EGY 15.38 mDiscus throwAbdullah Al-Shoumari KSA 49.90 m CRTarek Abderrahman Mahmoud EGY 48.44 mTarek Yazidi TUN 48.30 mHammer throwYamen Hussein Abdel Moneim EGY 58.38 mAdel Faraj KUW 58.10 mAnwar Falah KUW 55.16 mJavelin throwAli Saleh Al-Jadani KSA 64.38 mFiras Zaal Al-Mohammed SYR 1980 62.26 mMohammed Mansour KSA 55.92 mDecathlonMohammed Al-Dahan SYR 1980 6679 ptsMohamed Benyahia ALG 6480 ptsAkram Mubarak KSA 6110 pts Women 100 metresBaya Rahouli ALG 12.25Ahlem Allali ALG 12.28Awatef Hamrouni TUN 12.83200 metresAhlem Allali ALG 25.31Nahida Touhami ALG 25.74Awatef Hamrouni TUN 25.97400 metresNahida Touhami ALG 57.20Lynda Kabous ALG 57.85Nabila Jami TUN 58.24800 metresKhadija Touati ALG 2:12.49Fatma Lanouar TUN 2:15.08Noura Makni TUN 2:16.151500 metresFatma Lanouar TUN 4:29.22 CRKhadija Touati ALG 4:30.48Noura Makni TUN 4:31.395000 metresSoulef Bouguerra TUN 17:35.3Linda Rabhi TUN 17:44.2Fouzia Zoutat ALG 17:44.810,000 metresSoulef Bouguerra TUN 40:58.40Zeinab Bakour SYR 1980 41:04.42Amal Al-Matari JOR 41:12.26100 m hurdlesAhlem Allali ALG 14.55 CRRania Abdel Aziz Ahmed EGY 14.61Ghufran Zewanah TUN 17.23400 m hurdlesNabila Jami TUN 63.44Rania Abdel Aziz Ahmed EGY 64.52Samar Danoum SYR 1980 66.684 × 100 m relayALG 47.46 CRTUN 48.79SYR 1980 52.614 × 400 m relayALG 3:54.1TUN 3:56.9SYR 1980 4:12.25000 m walkHiba El Hussein EGY 30:30.3Fayhaa Suleiman SYR 1980 31:15.6Iman Obeid SYR 1980 31:40.2High jumpHanène Khalil TUN 1.61 mHamida Benhocine ALG 1.55 mHanène Dhouibi TUN 1.55 mLong jumpBaya Rahouli ALG 5.82 m CRHamida Benhocine ALG 5.15 mMaha Al-Mohammed SYR 1980 5.04 mTriple jumpBaya Rahouli ALG 13.84 m CRIlhem Ben Salah TUN 11.70 mMaha Al-Mohammed SYR 1980 10.92 mShot putAmira Naji Semlawi EGY 12.44 mWala Khalil Ibrahim EGY 11.44 mBaya Rahouli ALG 11.12 mDiscus throwNasrine Dahman TUN 40.20 mWala Khalil Ibrahim EGY 35.86 mAmira Naji Semlawi EGY 35.52 mJavelin throwRola Hambersmian SYR 1980 37.00 mRania Hafez EGY 34.94 mNasrine Dahman TUN 33.86 mHeptathlonHanène Dhouibi TUN 4151 ptsRola Hambersmian SYR 1980 3970 ptsMai Mohammed SYR 1980 2780 pts Medal table 14 12 7 10 9 10 7 3 5 4 7 3 2 5 4 2 4 10 SYR 1980 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 References Category:Arab Junior Athletics Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Syria Category:Sport in Latakia Arab Junior Athletics Championships Arab Junior Athletics Championships Category:1996 in youth sport