2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

13th Arab Junior Athletics Championships Radès, Tunisia 20–23 June 44 2006 Cairo 2010 Cairo The 2008 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the thirteenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 20–23 June in Radès, Tunisia – the second time that the country hosted the tournament. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. The host nation Tunisia topped the medal table with thirteen gold medals among a haul of 45 medals – over a third of the total on offer. Sudan was comfortably the next most successful nation, having eleven gold medals and a total of twenty, and was followed by Egypt on seven golds and ten medals overall. Syria and Bahrain each took three golds, while Qatar was the only other nation to reach double digits with a total of ten medals. Twelve of the thirteen participating nations reached the medal table, with Palestine being the only nation to miss out. Morocco and Algeria, two of the foremost athletics nations of the region, were absent. Six athletes won multiple individual medals. Jomaa Fayza Omer of Sudan was the athlete of the tournament, as she won the 400 metres, 100 metres hurdles, and 400 metres hurdles titles, was runner-up in the 200 metres, and won a further silver and a gold in the relays with Sudan. Her team mate Amina Bakhit swept the middle-distance events with an 800 metres/1500 metres/3000 metres triple, and also shared in the relay medals. Another Sudanese, Osman Yahia Omar, claimed an 800/1500 m double on the men's side. There were doubles in both the men's and women's short sprints, with Emirati Omar Juma Al-Salfa and Syria's Ghofrane Mohammad taking doubles. Tunisia's Yousra Belkhir claimed an unusual combination of events in the form of the women's pole vault and triple jump. Javelin thrower Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed, who broke the championship record in Radès, went on to take a medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics two weeks later.Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-05-31. Another Egyptian thrower, hammer runner-up Alaa el-Din el-Ashry, was still a junior by the time of the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and reached the podium there.Alaa El-Din El-Ashry . IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-05-31. Three Arab junior athletes were still in the youth category and went on to win a medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics: Awad El Karim Makki, Mohamed Ahmed Al Mannai and Hamid Mansoor.World Youth Championships 2009. World Junior Athletics History (2012-10-27). Retrieved on 2015-05-31. Medal summary Men 100 metresOmar Juma Al-Salfa UAE10.53Thamer Nasser Al-Thany QAT10.84Fares Al-Sharahily KSA10.87200 metresOmar Juma Al-Salfa UAE21.14Adel Al-Essiri KSA21.29Awad El Karim Makki SUD21.62400 metresAwad El Karim Makki SUD47.48Nidhal Abbassi TUN48.93Jassem Walid Abdallah Elas KUW48.71800 metresOsman Yahia Omar SUD1:52.71Mosab Abdulrahman Belala QAT1:53.16Mohamed Souissi TUN1:53.711500 metresOsman Yahia Omar SUD3:45.75Charles Lazbit Koech QAT3:47.59Hamza Ben Salah TUN3:48.595000 metresCharles Lazbit Koech QAT15:6.98Bilel El Aloui TUN15:18.08Ahmed Mohamed Kallel LBA 197715:21.0210,000 metresMajed Saleh Ibrahim BHR30:24.40Bilel El Aloui TUN32:14.35Bilel Ferjani TUN32:25.86110 metres hurdlesAbdulaziz Al-Mandeel KUW13.78 CRAwned Ushana SYR 198014.53Mohamed Yahia Al-Sharahily KSA14.66400 metres hurdlesJassem Walid Abdallah Elas KUW52.2Hamed Ali Al Bishi KSA52.6Mutawakil Yunes SUD52.73000 metres steeplechaseMajed Saleh Ibrahim BHR8:53.93Hassen Najjar Abdelkarim JOR9:26.24Marouane Majed TUN9:29.094 × 100 m relayKSAHamed Ali Al BishiFares Al-SharahilyMohamed ShunanatAdel Al-Essiri41.41TUNM.Amin Ben AbdelazizSami Ayed Oussama Ben GouiderGhassan FersiAla Eddine Ben HassineKais Jerbi42.39OMNAhmed Al MorjiAbdelaziz Al AyoubiNasser Khamis Al SayabiJamel Al RabhiYakoub Al Ayoubi43.374 × 400 m relaySUDNader AbdelrahmanOsman Yahia OmarAwad El Karim MakkiMutawakil Yunes3:15.35TUNNidhal AbbassiSassi IdrissTarek JdeyMarouane ChehibiHamza Azzouz3:20.42QATJamel HassiAboubaker Al HadjSelmane Ahmed Al ManaiMoussab Bellala3:20.8610 km walkHédi Teraoui TUN42:49.22 CRMaher Zidane SYR 198050:43.4Only two finishersnb1 nb1 nb1High jumpKarim Samir Lotfy EGY2.19 m CRSalman Ahmed El Mannaï QAT2.11 mOsman Abdelmajid Al Rabeh KUW2.06 mPole vaultMohamed Chenouf TUN4.70 mDuaij Khalifa Al-Sakr KSA4.60 mKhaled Abahnini TUN4.40 mLong jumpAlaa Eddine Ben Hassine TUN7.43 mMubarak Jassef Al Jasser KSA7.38 mMohamed Khalifa Al Amari LBA 19776.92 mTriple jumpSergueï Vladimir BHR15.56 mMubarak Jassef Al Jasser KSA15.50 mMohamed Khalifa Al Amari LBA 197714.87 mShot put (6 kg)Mohamed Béchir Ben Rehouma TUN17.22 mAhmed Ali Hassen Mohamed UAE16.14 mIbrahim Abdallah Al Foudry KUW15.98 mDiscus throw (1.7 kg)Hamid Mansoor SYR 198056.77 mMohamed Ali Mejri TUN51.08 mIbrahim Abdallah Al Foudry KUW50.85 mHammer throw (6 kg)Khalid Shawki Mahmood EGY69.64 mAlaa el-Din el-Ashry EGY65.53 mAda Amer Ahmed Hawafdha QAT57.68 mJavelin throw (800 g)Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed EGY73.67 m CRBadr Nasser Ennaqaoui KUW56.80 mJaber Jassem El Mohannadi QAT53.33 mDecathlonMohamed Ahmed Al Mannai QAT6619 ptsSaad Fahd Al Bishi KSA6599 ptsAhmed Ben Abdallah Mekbali OMN5803 pts nb1 nb1 nb1 There were four starters in the men's 10,000 m walk, but both Jebril Rahmet Khan and Maher Ben Halima were disqualified. Women 100 metresGhofrane Mohammad SYR 198012.04Saoussen Dallagi TUN12.55Safa Abdelhamid Ibrahim SUD12.59200 metresGhofrane Mohammad SYR 198024.39Jomaa Fayza Omer SUD25.01Abir Barkaoui TUN25.33400 metresJomaa Fayza Omer SUD56.62Nouha Baklouti TUN57.39Safa Abdelhamid Ibrahim SUD58.75800 metresAmina Bakhit SUD2:16.22Ihsen Jibril SUD2:17.06Haifa Tarchoun TUN2:18.391500 metresAmina Bakhit SUD4:39.30Ihsen Jibril SUD 4:41.12Safa Jemmali TUN4:42.143000 metresAmina Bakhit SUD9:38.95Ihsen Jibril SUD 9:40.60Amira Saghraoui TUN9:49.335000 metresMaroua Zaidi TUN17:40.49Monia Zidi TUN18:37.67Rasha Ayub JOR19:44.20100 metres hurdlesJomaa Fayza Omer SUD14.81Selma Abdelhamid TUN15.03 Samar Zina TUN15.11400 metres hurdlesJomaa Fayza Omer SUD62.13Nouha Baklouti TUN63.82 Radhia Ayadi TUN64.293000 metres steeplechaseRaouia Aissaoui TUN11:00.62Monia Zidi TUN11:17.06Olaa Khalifa JOR11:45.784 × 100 m relay TUNAya LakhalSaoussen DallagiNour Elhouda Ben SaïdHafsia Hmidi48.66SUDSafa AbdelhamidAlouia MakiIhsan JebrilJomaa Fayza Omer53.77SYR 1980Farah DellaOurouba AmmouRihem ChihaGhofrane Mohammad57.164 × 400 m relaySUDSafa AbdelhamidIhsen JebrilAmina BakhitJomaa Fayza Omer3:48.52 TUNNouha BakloutiRadhia AyadiYousra BelkhirAbir Barkaoui3:51.05JORRania Al KabaliOlaa KhalifaRasha AyubEsra Youssef4:35.565000 m race walkOlfa Hamdi TUN24:33.27 CROruba Al-Ammou SYR 198025:13.11Imène Abdallah TUN29:13.70High jumpBasant Musaad Mohammad EGY1.67 mMariem Akrimi TUN 1.65 mRahma Miled TUN 1.61 mPole vaultYousra Belkhir TUN3.20 mYasmeene Ali Hassen EGY3.10 mAmel Smaâli TUN2.90 mLong jumpSamar Zina TUN5.36 mFatma Hassen Al Harbi BHR5.28 mMarah Della SYR 19805.24 mTriple jumpYousra Belkhir TUN12.34 mFatma Ben Hammadi TUN12.21 mFatma Hassen Al Harbi BHR11.28 mShot put (4 kg)Oulaa Mohamed Atiya EGY13.44 mSihem Marrakchi TUN12.62 mAsma Khalifa Abu Ali BHR10.06 mDiscus throw (1 kg)Ilhem Essayed Hassen EGY43.79 mKhouloud Babay TUN40.17 mIbtihel Abboud LBA 197738.50 mJavelin throw (600 g)Sihem Marrakchi TUN41.74 mIbtihel Abboud LBA 197731.39 mSheikha Sakr Eddussary QAT25.47 mHammer throw (4 kg)Rana Ahmad Taha EGY53.36 m CRIlhem Essayed Hassen EGY42.50 mOnly two finishersnb2 nb2 nb2HeptathlonNiouar Jerbi TUN4296 ptsRania Shokri El-Kubaly JOR4136 ptsRabâa Rezgui TUN3314 pts nb2 nb2 nb2 A third competitor in the women's hammer throw, Tunisia's Najet Ben Chikha, failed to record a valid mark. Medal table TUN flagcountry 1977 13 17 15 yes 11 5 4 7 3 0 3 3 2 SYR 1980 3 1 2 2 4 4 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 6 2 0 2 3 0 1 4 LBA 1977 0 0 2 References Results Championnats Arabes sur piste JuniorsRades, 20 au 23-06-2008. Tunis Athletisme. Retrieved on 2015-05-31. Al Batal Al Arabi, Volume 66 (pp. 25–36). Arab Athletics Federation (2008). Retrieved on 2015-05-31. Gomri, Slim (2008-06-24). Arab Junior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-08. Category:Arab Junior Athletics Championships Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Tunisia Category:Sports competitions in Radès Category:21st century in Radès Arab Junior Athletics Championships Arab Junior Athletics Championships Category:2008 in youth sport