Arab U23 Athletics Championships
The Arab U23 Athletics Championships (French: Championnats Arabes des Espoirs) is an international athletics competition between U23 athletes (under-23) from Arabic countries.
It was first held in 2023, building upon the long-running senior Arab Athletics Championships (created 1977), its corresponding Arab Junior Championships (begun in 1984), and the Arab Youth Championships (created 2004).[1][2][3]
Editions
| Ed. | Year | City | Country | Dates | No. of events | No. of nations | No. of athletes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2023 | Radès | Tunisia | 19-23 May | 43 | 14 | 181 | 
| 2nd | 2024 | Ismailia | Egypt | 5-9 July | 
2023 medallists
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Nasser Mahmoud Mohammed  Saudi Arabia | 10.19 | Ali Anwar Ali al-Balushi  Oman | 10.48 | Saif al Rammahi  Iraq | 10.58 | 
| 200m | Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi  Saudi Arabia | 21.10 | Ali Anwar Ali al-Balushi  Oman | 21.35 | Adem Abdelkader Benyache  Algeria | 21.39 | 
| 400m | Rami Balti  Tunisia | 47.21 | Hamza Dair  Morocco | 47.24 | Mouatez Abderrazek Sikiou  Algeria | 47.55 | 
| 800m | Mohamed Ali Gouaned  Algeria | 1:47.16 | Heithem Chenitef  Algeria | 1:47.74 | Ahmed Mohamed Abdillahi  Djibouti | 1:48.00 | 
| 1500m | Ayanleh Abdi Abdillahi  Djibouti | 3:49.39 | Yazid Dalla  Algeria | 3:49.53 | Oussema Alaoui  Morocco | 3:50.17 | 
| 5000m | Taha Er Raouy  Morocco | 13:40.55 | Said Ameri  Algeria | 13:44.66 | Mohammed Aataati  Morocco | 13:47.84 | 
| 10,000m | Taha Er Raouy  Morocco | 30:41.37 | Mohammed Aataati  Morocco | 30:41.50 | Said Ameri  Algeria | 30:44.44 | 
| 10,000m Race Walk | Oussama Farhat  Tunisia | 40:28.64 | Aymen Bensaha  Algeria | 41:39.22 | Abdennour Ameur  Algeria | 41:57.18 | 
| 110mH | Youssef Badwy  Egypt | 13.71 | Bakr Ali Al-Jouma  Saudi Arabia | 14.11 | Ayoub Bensabra  Algeria | 14.24 | 
| 400mH | Saad Hinti  Morocco | 50.12 | Elmehdi Dimmokrati  Morocco | 50.77 | Mohamed Dahim Almouaoui  Saudi Arabia | 51.29 | 
| 3000mSC | Salaheddine Ben Yazide  Morocco | 8:34.44 | Mohammed Msaad  Morocco | 8:35.22 | Ebrahim Jridi  Tunisia | 8:37.73 | 
| 4x100m | Saudi Arabia U23  Saudi Arabia Ali Abdullah al Tawfeeq Saad Mohamed Al-Bakheet Hassan Al-Absi Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi | 40.93 | IRAQ U23  Iraq Noureddine Adel Merzeh Mohamed Najeh Zinelabidin Ali Hamid Saif al Rammahi | 41.40 | ||
| 4x400m | Algeria U23  Algeria Mouatez Abderrazek Sikiou Heithem Chenitef Adem Abdelkader Benyache Mohamed Ali Gouaned | 3:07.46 | Morocco U23  Morocco Yassine Hssine Elmehdi Dimmokrati Saad Hinti Hamza Dair | 3:08.23 | Qatar U23  Qatar Hussein Ibrahim Issaka Ammar Abid Abdelmajid Abdul Majeed Mohamed Zakaria Ashrat Hussen Osman | 3:10.60 | 
| Decathlon | Badreddine Boudrah  Algeria | 6098 | Ahmed Mahmoud Taher  Egypt | 6957 | ||
| Discus Throw | Gardam Abdelkader  Morocco | 48.41 m | Ahmed Hamdi Mahmoud  Egypt | 44.10 m | ||
| Hammer Throw | Basel Mohamed Ahmed  Egypt | 62.06 m | Mortadha Bousaien  Tunisia | 60.57 m | Mubeen Rashid Ibrahim al Kindi  Oman | 59.70 m | 
| High Jump | Bilel Afer  Algeria | 2.09 m | Abderrahmane Djaber  Algeria | 2.06 m | Ahmed Abdullah Altarouti Alsafa  Saudi Arabia | 2.03 m | 
| Javelin Throw | Mustafa Mahmoud Abdel Khaliq  Egypt | 77.85 m | Ahmed Sameh Mohamed Hussein  Egypt | 69.34 m | Abdulrahman al-Azemi  Kuwait | 69.10 m | 
| Long Jump | Adem Boualbani  Algeria | 7.36 m | Abdallah Jalel Kamar  Iraq | 7.03 m | Yassin Esam Elsayed  Egypt | 7.03 m | 
| Pole Vault | Seif Heneida  Qatar | 5.30 m | Ameer Falih Abdulwahid  Iraq | 4.90 m | Amir Subeih Seihoud  Iraq | 4.85 m | 
| Shot Put | Abdelrahman Mahmoud  Brunei | 19.90 m | Ali Mustafa al Mubarak  Saudi Arabia | 15.75 m | ||
| Triple Jump | Adem Boualbani  Algeria | 16.50 m | Abdallah Jalel Kamar  Iraq | 14.96 m | Yassin Esam Elsayed  Egypt | 14.83 m | 
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Maram Mahmoud Ahmed  Egypt | 11.97 | Iman Mekrazi  Morocco | 12.22 | Mayssa Mouawad  Lebanon | 12.27 | 
| 200m | Salma Lehlali  Morocco | 24.53 | Iman Mekrazi  Morocco | 24.81 | Maram Mahmoud Ahmed  Egypt | 24.83 | 
| 400m | Salma Lehlali  Morocco | 55.33 | Malak Fartouni  Algeria | 57.72 | Ines Belkacem  Tunisia | 59.60 | 
| 800m | Sanae Hasnaoui  Morocco | 2:17.19 | Lamyae Himi  Morocco | 2:17.68 | Ghania Rezzik  Algeria | 2:17.83 | 
| 1500m | Rihab Dhahri  Tunisia | 4:18.77 | Meryeme Azrour  Morocco | 4:20.23 | Ghania Rezzik  Algeria | 4:24.46 | 
| 5000m | Khadija Ennasri  Morocco | 16:44.96 | Habon Ahmed  Djibouti | 16:50.63 | Aicha Allabbaa  Morocco | 17:28.67 | 
| 10,000m Race Walk | Melissa Touloum  Algeria | 49:00.73 | Jamila Zegni  Tunisia | 49:11.12 | Oumayma Hsouna  Tunisia | 50:12.35 | 
| 100mH | Malak Ayman Rashwan  Egypt | 14.23 | Kurdistan Jamal  Iraq | 14.30 | Dirin Khetiar Ali  Iraq | 15.44 | 
| 400mH | Razki Doha  Morocco | 1:00.29 | Nour Rahou  Algeria | 1:02.06 | Kurdistan Jamal  Iraq | 1:04.86 | 
| 3000mSC | Khadija Ennasri  Morocco | 10:58.28 | Rihab Dhahri  Tunisia | 10:59.02 | Nassima Smail  Algeria | 11:09.15 | 
| 4x100m | EGYPT U23  Egypt Salma Abdulhamid Hamed Malak Ayman Rashwan Rim Abderrezk Abdelmoneim Maram Mahmoud Ahmed | 47.81 | IRAQ U23  Iraq Kurdistan Jamal Dirin Khetiar Ali Mamdouh Barae Diyeh Nizar Rafik | 48.33 | ||
| 4x400m | Morocco U23  Morocco Razki Doha Sanae Hasnaoui Iman Mekrazi Salma Lehlali | 3:45.94 | ||||
| Discus Throw | Echaabia Belmaachi  Morocco | 46.24 m | Chaima Chouikh  Tunisia | 44.79 m | Rana Khaled Mahmoud  Egypt | 42.72 m | 
| Hammer Throw | Rawan Barakat  Egypt | 60.25 m | Senda Guerma  Tunisia | 55.87 m | Nada Soliman Abdelnaby  Egypt | 55.29 m | 
| Heptathlon | Hania Abdallah  Algeria | 4081 | Mariem Asmaali  Tunisia | 4171 | Islam Kthiri  Tunisia | 4367 | 
| High Jump | Darina Hadil Rezik  Algeria | 1.74 m | Aiten Ahmed Yehia  Egypt | 1.68 m | Assiya Elhafyan  Morocco | 1.68 m | 
| Javelin Throw | Nisreen Lachhab  Tunisia | 40.41 m | Farah Tlik  Tunisia | 39.12 m | ||
| Long Jump | Reem Abdelrazeq Abdelmoneam  Egypt | 5.84 m | Wissal Harkas  Algeria | 5.79 m | Aya el Aglaoui  Morocco | 5.73 m | 
| Pole Vault | Mariem Srasra  Tunisia | 3.20 m | Sanar Ridha  Qatar | 3.10 m | Zeina Yahia Ahmed Saad el-Din  Egypt | NM | 
| Shot Put | Zineb Zaroual  Morocco | 13.47 m | Chaima Chouikh  Tunisia | 12.15 m | Echaabia Belmaachi  Morocco | 11.85 m | 
| Triple Jump | Wissal Harkas  Algeria | 13.14 m | Aya el Aglaoui  Morocco | 12.51 m | Ghada Hamdani  Tunisia | 12.50 m | 
All-time medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Morocco (MAR) | 14 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 
| 2 |  Egypt (EGY) | 10 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 
| 3 |  Algeria (ALG) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 
| 4 |  Tunisia (TUN) | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 
| 5 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 
| 6 |  Djibouti (DJI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 
|  Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Brunei (BRN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 9 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 
| 10 |  Oman (OMA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 
| 11 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
|  Lebanon (LBN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 43 | 42 | 35 | 120 | |
References
- ^ "Aspire Academy Official Website - ASPIRE ACADEMY'S SEIF HEMEIDA WINS GOLD AT ARAB U23 ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TUNISIA". www.aspire.qa. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ Balushi, Adil Al (2023-05-18). "Oman set for Arab U23 Athletics in Tunisia". Oman Observer. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Athletics - 1st Arab U23 Championship: Nearly 216 athletes from 17 countries expected in Tunis". tap.info.tn.

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