At the 12th IAAF World Youth Championships in Poland

The IAAF World Youth Championships concluded in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz after competition that ran from 8-13 July 2008, with more than 100 countries taking part, 34 of which won medals. On the technical side, a new world record was set in the women’s javelin throw by Ukraine’s Vira Rebryk with a distance of 63.01m, while 8 championship records were set at the World Youth Championships, including 3 records in the boys’ category set by:

Name	Country	Event	Result
Ibrahim Jerkos	Ethiopia	5000m	13:08.57
Josphat Kipkemboi	Kenya	10,000m	27:30.85
Stanislav Yemelyanov	Russia	10,000m race walk	39:35.01

while the women set 5 girls’ category records, achieved by:

Name	Country	Event	Result
Elena Mirela	Romania	800m	2:00.06
Kristina Kambo	Kenya	3000m steeplechase	9:31.35
Valeria Volk	Russia	Pole vault	4.40 m
Ekaterina Kulova	Russia	Pole vault	4.40 m
Bianca Perie	Romania	Hammer throw	67.95 m
Tatyana Minyeva	Russia	10,000m race walk	43:24.72

5 continental records were also broken during the championships, including 4 boys’ records set by:

Name	Country	Event	Result
Sami Ahmed Al Haidar	Saudi Arabia	110m hurdles	13.51 m
Henry Frayne	Australia	Triple jump	16.40 m
Walter Hanzek	United States	Hammer throw	76.92 m
Dong Shen	China	10,000m race walk	39:47.20

while Australia’s Jessica Rothwell broke the girls’ record in the 10,000m race walk with a time of 44:44.22.

As for the Arab results at this championship, 14 Arab countries took part – Algeria, Sudan, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Yemen and Lebanon – and their medal haul was 2 gold medals: one for Sudan, whose athlete Abubaker Kaki won gold in the 800m with a time of 1:45.60, and the second gold went to Algeria’s Imad Touil in the 1500m with a time of 3:47.40. Sudan and Algeria therefore shared 16th place in the medal table.

The Arab share of silver medals was a single silver won by Egypt’s Ehab Abdulrahman Al Sayed in the javelin throw with a distance of 76.20m, placing Egypt 25th in the medal table.

The Arab share of bronze medals was a single bronze for Bahrain, won by Mohammed Yousef Salman in the triple jump with 16.63m, placing Bahrain 34th in the medal table.

Below are the results of the Arab male and female athletes at the World Youth Championships in Poland, in event order.

** Results of the Arab girls at the World Youth Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland 2008, in event order

** Girls’ category

Event	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Rank	Medallists
200m	Sohir Bouali	Algerian	23.81	2nd in heats, qualified for the semi-final
200m	Sohir Bouali	Algerian	23.67	4th in semi-final, qualified for the final
200m	Sohir Bouali	Algerian	23.58	4th in the final
800m	Amina Bakheet	Sudanese	2:08.16	1st in heats, qualified for the semi-final
800m	Amina Bakheet	Sudanese	2:05.06	3rd in semi-final, qualified for the final
800m	Amina Bakheet	Sudanese	2:10.71	8th in the final
800m	Ihsan Arbab	Sudanese	2:13.22	9th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
800m	Khadija Afriat	Moroccan	2:09.34	3rd in heats, qualified for the semi-final
800m	Khadija Afriat	Moroccan	2:11.46	7th in semi-final, did not qualify for the final
400m hurdles	Faiza Omar Jumaa	Sudanese	59.51	2nd in heats, qualified for the semi-final
400m hurdles	Faiza Omar Jumaa	Sudanese	58.22	6th in semi-final, did not qualify for the final
Shot put	Walaa Mohammed Attia	Egyptian	13.75 m	12th in heats, did not qualify for the final
Hammer throw	Rana Taha Ibrahim	Egyptian	53.02 m	11th, did not qualify for the final

Achievements of the Arab athletes at the World Youth Championships

Bydgoszcz, Poland 2008, in event order

** Boys’ category

Event	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Rank	Medallists
100m	Thamer Nasser Thani	Qatari	11.03	5th in heats, did not qualify
100m	Ahmed Mohammed Al Marjabi	Omani	11.20	6th in heats, did not qualify
200m	Adel Jaber	Saudi	21.27	2nd in heats, qualified for the semi-final
200m	Adel Jaber	Saudi	21.22	2nd in heats, qualified for the final
200m	Adel Jaber	Saudi	21.22	8th in the final
200m	Ahmed Mohammed Al Marjani	Omani	21.81	5th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
200m	Omar Jumaa Al Salfa	Emirati	21.43	2nd in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
200m	Omar Jumaa Al Salfa	Emirati	21.02	4th, qualified for the final	UAE youth record
200m	Omar Jumaa Al Salfa	Emirati	21.10	7th in the final
400m	Younis Al Housa	Saudi	48.47	5th in heats, did not qualify
400m	Ismail Al Sabbani	Saudi	47.39	3rd in heats, qualified for the next round
400m	Ismail Al Sabbani	Saudi	48.04	8th in heats, did not qualify for the final
400m	Fadi Bahafas	Yemeni	51.53	8th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
400m	Elias Awad Al Kareem	Sudanese	47.93	3rd in heats, qualified for the next round
400m	Elias Awad Al Kareem	Sudanese	48.21	6th in heats, did not qualify for the final

Event	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Rank	Medallists
800m	Abubaker Kaki	Sudanese	1:50.92	1st in heats, qualified for the second round
800m	Abubaker Kaki	Sudanese	1:46.71	2nd in heats, qualified for the final
800m	Abubaker Kaki	Sudanese	1:45.60	1st in the final	Gold
800m	Mohammed Sikouk	Moroccan	1:51.82	4th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
800m	Bilal Jajoui	Algerian	1:53.00	6th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
800m	Ali Al Dirian	Saudi	1:51.55	5th in heats, qualified for the semi-final
800m	Ali Al Dirian	Saudi	1:49.45	4th, did not qualify for the final
800m	Amine El Manaoui	Moroccan	1:50.96	1st in heats, qualified for the semi-final
800m	Amine El Manaoui	Moroccan	1:48.90	1st in heats, qualified for the final
800m	Amine El Manaoui	Moroccan	1:51.43	7th in the final
1500m	Imad Touil	Algerian	3:48.86	1st in heats, qualified for the final
1500m	Imad Touil	Algerian	3:47.40	1st in the final	Gold
1500m	Osama Yahya	Sudanese	3:49.39	4th in heats, did not qualify for the final
1500m	Abdulmajeed Touil	Algerian	3:53.89	1st in heats, qualified for the final
1500m	Abdulmajeed Touil	Algerian	3:51.82	11th in the final

Event	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Rank	Medallists
1500m	Imad Nour	Saudi	3:57.55	7th in heats, did not qualify for the final
1500m	Taha Belkorchi	Moroccan	3:46.79	2nd in heats, qualified for the final
1500m	Taha Belkorchi	Moroccan	3:49.26	6th in the final
5000m	Adel Rashed	Moroccan	13:51.45	9th in the final
5000m	Charles Biet Kush	Qatar	14:13.53	15th in the final
10,000m	Yousef Nasser	Moroccan	29:19.85	6th in the final	Moroccan youth record
10,000m	Hossam Rouabhi	Algerian	29:58.19	8th in the final
10,000m	Ben Tamra Boujrit	Algerian	–	Did not finish the race
3000m steeplechase	Mohammed Mohsen	Algerian	9:06.03	7th in heats, did not qualify for the final
3000m steeplechase	Abdelghani Ait Bahmad	Moroccan	8:48.05	3rd in heats, qualified for the final
3000m steeplechase	Majid Saleh Bashir	Bahraini	8:51.31	5th in heats, qualified for the final
3000m steeplechase	Abdelghani Ait Bahmad	Moroccan	8:45.45	6th in the final
3000m steeplechase	Majid Saleh Bashir	Bahraini	8:49.27	8th in the final
110m hurdles	Sami Ahmed Al Haidar	Saudi	13.96	2nd, qualified for the semi-final
110m hurdles	Sami Ahmed Al Haidar	Saudi	13.67	1st in semi-final, qualified for the final
110m hurdles	Sami Ahmed Al Haidar	Saudi	13.51	4th in the final	Asian youth record

Event	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Rank	Medallists
110m hurdles	Abdulaziz Al Mindil	Kuwaiti	14.04	1st in heats, qualified for the semi-final
110m hurdles	Abdulaziz Al Mindil	Kuwaiti	13.84	4th in semi-final, did not qualify for the final
110m hurdles	Ali Hazar	Lebanese	14.75	8th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
110m hurdles	Lies Mokdal	Algerian	14.56	7th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
400m hurdles	Jassim Walid Al Maas	Kuwaiti	52.43	5th in heats, qualified for the semi-final
400m hurdles	Jassim Walid Al Maas	Kuwait	53.05	6th in semi-final, did not qualify for the final
400m hurdles	Hamad Al Beshi	Saudi	53.61	4th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
400m hurdles	Fahad Faraj	Kuwait	53.40	5th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
400m hurdles	Faisal Mahdaoui	Algerian	54.41	6th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
400m hurdles	Sadessi Driss	Tunisian	53.97	6th, did not qualify for the semi-final
400m hurdles	Louis Bouzid	Algerian	54.10	4th in heats, did not qualify for the semi-final
400m hurdles	Adel Al Nasser	Saudi	52.84	2nd in heats, qualified for the semi-final
400m hurdles	Adel Al Nasser	Saudi	52.60	6th in semi-final, did not qualify for the final

Event	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Rank	Medallists
High jump	Karim Samir Lotfy	Egyptian	2.14 m	6th in heats, qualified for the final
High jump	Karim Samir Lotfy	Egyptian	2.08 m	14th in the final
Long jump	Mubarak Jasser Al Jasser	Saudi	7.48 m	6th in heats, qualified for the final
Long jump	Mubarak Jasser Al Jasser	Saudi	7.57 m	4th in the final
Triple jump	Mubarak Jasser Al Jasser	Saudi	15.27 m	11th in heats, did not qualify for the final
Triple jump	Mohammed Yousef Salman	Bahraini	15.63 m	5th in heats, qualified for the final
Triple jump	Mohammed Yousef Salman	Bahraini	16.63 m	3rd in the final	Bronze
Discus throw	Hamad Mansour	Syrian	55.17 m	5th in heats, qualified for the final
Discus throw	Hamad Mansour	Syrian	54.14 m	10th in the final
Hammer throw	Khaled Shawky Wanis	Egyptian	69.42 m	1st in heats, qualified for the final
Hammer throw	Khaled Shawky Wanis	Egyptian	69.19 m	6th in the final
Javelin throw	Ehab Abdulrahman Al Sayed	Egyptian	71.06 m	1st in heats, qualified for the final
Javelin throw	Ehab Abdulrahman Al Sayed	Egyptian	76.20 m	2nd in the final	Silver
10,000m race walk	Hedi Traouri	Tunisian	42:18.65	7th in the final
10,000m race walk	Maher Ben Halim	Tunisian	–	Disqualified
4 x 400m	Saudi team	Saudi	3:11.37	6th in heats, did not qualify for the final
Younis Al Housa + Ali Al Dirian + Adel Al Nasser + Ismail Al Sabbani