2001 Arab Athletics Championships

International athletics championship event
12th Arab Athletics Championships
Dates2 – 5 October
Host cityDamascus, Syria
Events44
Participation15 nations
← 1999 Beirut
2003 Amman →

The 2001 Arab Athletics Championships was the twelfth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries which took place in Damascus, Syria from 2–5 October. A total of 44 events were contested. The women's heptathlon and half marathon events were not held, although one new women's event was held for the first time: the pole vault.[1] The electronic timing system at the event failed during the competition and as a result some of the races were hand-timed. Results for all such hand timed events were recorded to the tenth of a second, rather than the hundredth of a second typically used in electronic times. The distance for the men's half marathon race was also mis-measured, falling short of the 21.1 km (13.1-mile) requirement.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Salem Al-Yami (KSA) 10.2  Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA) 10.2  Khaled Youssef Al-Obaidli (QAT) 10.3
200 metres  Hamoud Al-Dalhami (OMN) 20.7  Mohamed Al-Houti (OMN) 20.8  Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA) 20.9
400 metres  Salaheddine Safi Bakar (QAT) 45.9  Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA) 46.3  Amin Badany Goma'a (EGY) 46.7
800 metres  Ibrahim Abdou Youssef (QAT) 1:47.3  Adam Abdu Adam Ali (QAT) 1:47.6  Hilal Al-Khosaibi (OMN) 1:48.0
1500 metres  Jamal Yusuf Noor (QAT) 3:52.72  Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD) 3:53.15  Abdulrahman Suleiman (QAT) 3:54.73
5000 metres  Mohammed Yagoub (SUD) 14:45.89  Nasser Suleiman (QAT) 14:46.50  Hussein Ibrahim Hussein (SUD) 14:56.54
10,000 metres  Mohammed Yagoub (SUD) 29:30.2  Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) 29:34.5  Hamada Mohamed (QAT) 29:59.7
110 metres hurdles  Mubarak Ata Mubarak (KSA) 13.6  Mubarak Khasif (QAT) 13.8  Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi (QAT) 14.1
400 metres hurdles  Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) 50.07  Bader Aman Abdulrahman (KUW) 50.32  Zahr-Edin Al Najem (SYR) 51.02
3000 metres steeplechase  Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT) 8:14.38  Saad Al-Asmari (KSA) 8:15.01  Hassan Ali Al-Asmari (KSA) 8:39.78
4×100 m relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 39.69  Oman (OMN) 39.86  Qatar (QAT) 40.24
4×400 m relay  Kuwait (KUW) 3:07.88  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 3:14.06  Egypt (EGY) 3:14.58
Half marathon
(short course)
 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) 1:01:4  El-Fouly Mostafa Salem Soliman (EGY) 1:01:5  Jumah Omar Al-Noor (QAT) 1:02:1
20 km walk  Yasser Abboud (SYR) 1:36:2  Hamed Farag Abd El Jalil (EGY) 1:37:5  Mabrook Saleh Mohamed (QAT) 1:42:3
High jump  Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB) 2.07 m  Salem Nasser Bakheet (BHR) 2.04 m  Omar Moussa Al-Masrahi (KSA) 2.04 m
Pole vault  Fahid Bader Al-Mershad  (KUW) 4.90 m  Abdulla Ghanim Saeed (QAT) 4.80 m  Ali Youssef Al-Shawareb (KUW) 4.80 m
Long jump  Said Mansour Al-Bekheet (QAT) 7.94 m  Abdulrahman Faraj Al-Nubi (QAT) 7.92 m  Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) 7.86 m
Triple jump  Mohamed Abdulaziz Hamdi Awadh (QAT) 16.51 m  Salem Al-Ahmedi (KSA) 16.50 m  Khaled Farham Al-Bekheet (KUW) 16.01 m
Shot put  Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) 18.90 m  Ahmad Hassan Gholoum (KUW) 18.92 m  Ibrahim Al-Manai (QAT) 17.72 m
Discus throw  Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) 62.43 m  Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi (KSA) 54.74 m  Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) 54.46 m
Hammer throw  Naser Abdullah Al-Jarallah (KUW) 70.19 m  Yamine Hussein Abdel Moneim (EGY) 70.03 m  Ahmed Mohamed Abd El Raouf (EGY) 65.85 m
Javelin throw  Firas Al Mahamid (SYR) 77.55 m  Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) 71.35 m  Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Khalifa (QAT) 69.70 m
Decathlon  Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) 7372 pts  Assem Mohamed Ali (KSA) 6824 pts  Mohamed El Morsi (EGY) 6580pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Awatef Hamrouni (TUN) 12.1  Nathalie Saykali (LIB) 12.5  Sarah Fawzi El Shami (EGY) 12.9
200 metres  Awatef Hamrouni (TUN) 24.98  Ines Abul Ala Mohamed (EGY) 25.16  Gretta Taslakian (LIB) 26.17
400 metres  Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) 54.7  Ines Abul Ala Mohamed (EGY) 57.9  Gretta Taslakian (LIB) 59.5
800 metres  Abir Nakhli (TUN) 2:8.4  Nadia Hamdi (EGY) 2:12.7  Hind Musa (SUD) 2:14.9
1500 metres  Abir Nakhli (TUN) 4:36.66  Hind Musa (SUD) 4:40.37  Nadia Hamdi (EGY) 4:45.04
5000 metres  Soulef Bouguerra (TUN) 17:4.1  Zainab Bakkour (SYR) 17:21.9  Amal Al Matari (JOR) 17:59.4
10,000 metres  Soulef Bouguerra (TUN) 35:32.48  Zainab Bakkour (SYR) 36:23.88  Sara Ahmed Mohamed Hassan (EGY) 39:37.41
100 metres hurdles  Alaa Abdulhadi (JOR) 15.2  Rasha Sharifa (SYR) 15.6  Haniya Al-Gameel (EGY) 16.6
400 metres hurdles  Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) 64.4  Mounira Saoud (SYR) 66.5  Haniya Al-Gameel (EGY) 67.9
4×100 m relay  Egypt (EGY) 49.10  Lebanon (LIB) 50.31  Jordan (JOR) 51.74
4×400 m relay  Egypt (EGY) 3:55.69  Tunisia (TUN) 3:58.97  Syria (SYR) 4:6.22
10,000 m walk  Najwa Ibrahim Ali (EGY) 51:21.2  Hanaa Sayed Higaz (EGY) 54:1  Thouraya Hamrouni (TUN) 55:17.2
High jump  Alaa Abdulhadi (JOR) 1.63 m  Haniya Al-Gameel (EGY) 1.60 m  Rasha Sharifa (SYR) 1.45 m
Pole vault  Nesrine Ahmed Imam (EGY) 3.20 m  Haniya Al-Gameel (EGY) 2.60 m  Falak Allou (SYR) 2.30 m
Long jump  Mona Sabry (EGY) 5.78 m  Ghada Ismail Mustapha (EGY) 5.68 m  Rania Estefan (LIB) 5.60 m
Triple jump  Ghada Ismail Mustapha (EGY) 12.40 m  Alaa Abdulhadi (JOR) 11.68 m  Souad Zeghib (SYR) 11.55 m
Shot put  Amel Ben Khaled (TUN) 15.80 m  Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) 15.71 m  Heba Zaghary (EGY) 14.07 m
Discus throw  Heba Zaghary (EGY) 48.76 m  Faten Gafsi (TUN) 44.62 m  Noureen Ahmed Al Gharabawy (EGY) 44.00 m
Hammer throw  Marwa Hussein (EGY) 61.48 m  Rawdh Eïd Hessine (EGY) 52.12 m  Fatma Ibrahim (BHR) 29.22 m
Javelin throw  Aïda Sallem (TUN) 52.00 m  Muna Mustafa Youssef (EGY) 47.01 m  Hana'a Ramadhan Omar (EGY) 46.49 m

Medal table

Overall

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Qatar (QAT)1061026
2 Tunisia (TUN)102113
3 Egypt (EGY)9131335
4 Saudi Arabia (KSA)38415
5 Kuwait (KUW)3227
6 Sudan (SUD)2226
7 Jordan (JOR)2125
8 Syria (SYR)14510
9 Lebanon (LIB)1236
10 Oman (OMN)1214
11 Libya (LBA)1001
12 Bahrain (BHR)0112
13 Palestine (PLE)0000
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0000
 Yemen (YEM)0000
Totals (15 entries)434344130

Men

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Qatar (QAT)1061026
2 Saudi Arabia (KSA)38415
3 Kuwait (KUW)3227
4 Sudan (SUD)2114
5 Egypt (EGY)1359
6 Oman (OMN)1214
7 Syria (SYR)1012
8 Lebanon (LIB)1001
 Libya (LBA)1001
10 Bahrain (BHR)0101
11 Jordan (JOR)0000
 Palestine (PLE)0000
 Tunisia (TUN)0000
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0000
 Yemen (YEM)0000
Totals (15 entries)23232470

Women

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Tunisia (TUN)102113
2 Egypt (EGY)810826
3 Jordan (JOR)2125
4 Syria (SYR)0448
5 Lebanon (LIB)0235
6 Sudan (SUD)0112
7 Bahrain (BHR)0011
8 Palestine (PLE)0000
Totals (8 entries)20202060

References

  1. ^ Pan Arab Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-11-03.
  • Revue "Al Batal Al Arabi":N°:53. Arab Athletics Union.
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