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The 2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the seventeenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 5–8 May at the Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium in Tlemcen, Algeria. It was the first time that Algeria hosted the event. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.
| 17th Arab Junior Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–8 May |
| Host city | Tlemcen, Algeria |
| Venue | Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium |
| Events | 44 |
Around 800 athletes from 20 countries were expected to appear at the competition,[1] though only 232 athletes from 15 nations ultimately did so.[2]
Bahrain took the most gold medals with 16 while Tunisia won the next highest with 9. The host nation Algeria took the most medals with a total of 39, seven of them gold.[3]
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Mohamed Farès Jelassi (TUN) | 10.52 |  Ammar Essifi (OMN) | 10.62 |  Saïd El Omayri (BHR) | 10.76 |
| 200 metres | Moussa Issa (BHR) | 21.44 |  Amine Bouanani (ALG) | 21.60 |  Taha Hussein Yacine (IRQ) | 21.77 |
| 400 metres | Moussa Issa (BHR) | 46.95 | Taha Hussein Yacine (IRQ) | 47.14 |  Ahmad Saleh Mahda (KSA) | 48.38 |
| 800 metres | Riadh Chenini (TUN) | 1:50.62 |  Adam Fadhl-Allah (SUD) | 1:51.31 | Mohamed Rahim Zaghir (IRQ) | 1:51.97 |
| 1500 metres | Riadh Chenini (TUN) | 3:53.09 | Ali Kaddachi (TUN) | 3:53.17 |  Abdallah Abdelfatih (DJI) | 3:55.72 |
| 5000 metres | Djamel Abdi Direh (DJI) | 14:26.11 | Aden Arbah (DJI) | 14:30.11 | Hosni Ismail Aissa (SUD) | 14:38.39 |
| 10,000 metres | Djamel Abdi Direh (DJI) | 30:07.47 | Abdi Ibrahim Abdou (BHR) | 30:32.18 | Ali Djouder (ALG) | 31:15.04 |
| 100 m hurdles | Amine Bouanani (ALG) | 13.96 | Mohamed Saleh Nadhem (IRQ) | 14.12 | Salah Khade Salah (IRQ) | 14.21 |
| 400 m hurdles | Abderrahmane Youssef (KSA) | 52.11 | Mohamed Amine Touati (TUN) | 52.97 | Jassem Mohamed (IRQ) | 53.05 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Sofiane Cherni (TUN) | 9:10.03 | Kenzi Souadia (ALG) | 9:11.27 | Mohamed Amine Jhinaoui (TUN) | 9:15.82 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Oman (OMN) | 41.59 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 42.30 | Iraq (IRQ) | 42.33 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Algeria (ALG) | 3:13.35 | Sudan (SUD) | 3:13.36 |  Egypt (EGY) | 3:13.89 |
| 10 km walk | Bahaeddine Gatri (TUN) | 45:48.08 | Mustafa Reza Alouani (IRQ) | 47:17.76 | Billal Djaafri (ALG) | 47:58.48 |
| High jump | Houssam Hussein (IRQ) | 2.05 m | Hicham Bouhanoun (ALG) Mohamed Hamdi (QAT) | 2.00 m | Not awarded | |
| Pole vault | Ali Mohsen (IRQ) | 4.90 m | Réda Boudchiche (ALG) | 4.30 m | Taoufik Ahmed (KSA) | 4.20 m |
| Long jump | Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG) | 7.43 m | Abdelhak Bouziziane (ALG) | 7.19 m |  Ihab Fathi Abboud (LBA) | 7.02 m |
| Triple jump | Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG) | 16.01 m CR | Ihab Fathi Abboud (LBA) | 14.90 m | Ahmed El Hani (TUN) | 14.57 m |
| Shot put | Moadh Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT) | 17.00 m | Alaeddine Chaalal (ALG) | 16.24 m | Akram Sassi (TUN) | 15.08 m |
| Discus throw | Moadh Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT) | 60.13 m CR | Aboubacar Mohamed Zakaria (KSA) | 50.32 m | Mustapha Hassen Abu Chahin (KSA) | 44.72m |
| Hammer throw | Hussein Thamer Abdelwahed (IRQ) | 66.00 m | Farès Ben Saïd (TUN) | 60.84 m | Amir Ali Hussein (IRQ) | 58.93 m |
| Javelin throw | Yacine Khalfaoui (TUN) | 61.37 m | Salah Younes Mouhcen (IRQ) | 57.71 m | Elhamad Mourtadha Aissa (KSA) | 57.57 m |
| Decathlon | Souheil Hemani (ALG) | 6052 pts | Ramzi Ayari (TUN) | 5982 pts | Abderrazak Slimani (ALG) | 5783 pts |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Bashira Nasser (BHR) | 11.66 CR | Imène Issa Jassem (BHR) | 11.68 | Mazoun El Alaouia (OMN) | 12.17 |
| 200 metres | Edwilge Ova Naim (BHR) | 23.21 CR | Bashira Nasser (BHR) | 23.91 | Manel Bendebka (ALG) | 25.67 |
| 400 metres | Imène Issa Jassem (BHR) | 55.44 | Fatma Rezig (TUN) | 59.74 | Chaima Abdelaziz (ALG) | 1:01.82 |
| 800 metres | Marta Hibatou (BHR) | 2:10.77 | Hela Hamdi (TUN) | 2:12.67 | Sarra Houaouti (ALG) | 2:16.52 |
| 1500 metres | Dalila Abdelkader (BHR) | 4:16.24 CR | Hela Hamdi (TUN) | 4:33.81 | Sonia Farouk Hamdan (SUD) | 4:34.81 |
| 3000 metres | Ribitu Bouatiou Idao (BHR) | 9:20.46 | Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) | 9:24.30 | Yasmina Housseini (ALG) | 11:7.40 |
| 5000 metres | Ribitu Bouatiou Idao (BHR) | 16:57.46 | Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) | 17:00.42 | Katia Belbey (ALG) | 19:36.68 |
| 100 m hurdles | Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BHR) | 14.53 | Yousra Arar (ALG) | 14.66 | Mazoun El Alaouia (OMN) | 15.01 |
| 400 m hurdles | Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BHR) | 58.25 CR | Chaima Ounis (ALG) | 1:03.25 | Houda Cheikh (ALG) | 1:04.05 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) | 10:02.68 | Maroua Bouzaiani (TUN) | 10:46.91 | Katia Belbey (ALG) | 12:32.79 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Bahrain (BHR) | 46.60 CR | Algeria (ALG) | 48.72 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1:00.53 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Bahrain (BHR) | 3:46.90 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:58.11 | Tunisia (TUN) | 4:07.37 |
| 10 km walk | Rihab Mansouri (TUN) | 52:38 | Zina Bouhraoua (ALG) | 53:10 | Tinhinane Boumaaza (ALG) | 54:48 |
| High jump | Affaf Benhadja (ALG) Mariem Abdallah (IRQ) | 1.63 m | Not awarded | Zaineb Amer Karim (IRQ) | 1.53 m | |
| Pole vault | Maryam Yasser Mohamed (EGY) | 3.00 m | Sherine Sharif Mahmoud (EGY) | 2.60 m | Zahra Jamal Sakran (IRQ) | 2.60 m |
| Long jump | Chelbia Ben Salem (TUN) | 5.60 m | Lidia Sahraoui (ALG) | 5.54 m | Insaf Zitouni (ALG) | 5.45 m |
| Triple jump | Chelbia Ben Salem (TUN) | 12.46 m | Leila Ben Si-Ali (ALG) | 12.18 m | Shahd Kassem (IRQ) | 11.38 m |
| Shot put | Sarah Ahmed Mannai (QAT) | 11.97 m | Imene Bounab (ALG) | 11.70 m | Folla Kermech (ALG) | 9.99 m |
| Discus throw | Ritaj Salem Essayah (LBA) | 51.58 m CR |  Fatma Youcef Elhosni (UAE) | 39.37 m | Amina Mohammedi (ALG) | 37.17 m |
| Javelin throw | Sarah Ahmed Mannai (QAT) | 36.11 m | Lidya Outemzabet (ALG) | 29.44 m | Ikram Afrit (ALG) | 28.38 m |
| Hammer throw | Ritaj Salem Essayah (LBA) | 50.92 m | Azza Eddaif (TUN) | 43.48 m | Chahrazed Kheloufi (ALG) | 42.80 m |
| Heptathlon | Ania Ainouche (ALG) | 4060 pts | Yousra Baazizi (ALG) | 3613 pts | Moudhi Elbellouchi (OMN) | 1739 pts |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain (BHR) | 14 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) | 7 | 16 | 16 | 39 |
| 4 | Iraq (IRQ) | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | Qatar (QAT) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Djibouti (DJI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Libya (LBA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 45 | 44 | 43 | 132 | |
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