As the Arab Athletics Championship in Syria drew to a close.
Our national team claimed “4” medals of different colours
Two golds, a silver and a bronze for Kemboi, Kwalia and Al Nubi.
Our national athletics team claimed “4” medals of different colours as the 16th Arab Athletics Championship for men and women drew to a close, hosted by the Syrian capital Damascus from 6-9 October 2009, with the participation of 18 Arab countries represented by 505 male and female athletes: Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Oman, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and host nation Syria, who competed with strength, honour and determinatio
n to claim the Arab medals. Qatari runner Nicholas Kemboi won gold in the half marathon and silver in the 10,000m, while his teammate James Kwalia claimed gold in the 5,000m, clocking 14:04.22, and Qatari runner Mubarak Al Nubi, who returned strongly from injury, took third place and the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles, clocking 51.74 seconds. Qatar’s national team finished 11th overall with 2 golds, a silver and a bronze. Morocco was crowned champion, topping the overall standings with 8 golds, 13 silvers and 7 bronzes. Bahrain finished runner-up with 7 golds, 4 silvers and 5 bronzes, followed by Egypt (7 golds, 3 silvers and bronze medals), while Saudi Arabia came fourth (5 golds, silver and 6 bronzes) ahead of Algeria (3 golds, 5 silvers and 8 bronzes), with host nation Syria sixth (3 golds, 3 silvers and 7 bronzes). It is worth noting that Qatar’s athletics squad comprised 18 athletes: Mohammed Eissa Al Dawadi (110m hurdles), Musaab Abdulrahman Balla (400m), James Kwalia (1500m), Mohammed Al Garni (1500m), Nicholas Kemboi (10,000m), Jamal Bilal Salem (half marathon), Mubarak Al Nubi (400m hurdles), Mabrouk Salem Nasser (20km race walk), Ibrahim Babiker (triple jump), Badr Hashem Khamis (pole vault), Ahmed Mohammed Deeb (discus throw), Ahmed Moussa (javelin throw), Mohammed Fadel Al Mohannadi (javelin throw), Amin Mohammed Qassim (shot put), Mohammed Faraj Al Kaabi (hammer throw), Khalid Saleh Jumaa (hammer throw), sprinter Dana Musabih (100m and 200m), Sheikha Saqr Al Dosari (javelin throw) and Salma Al Khalidi (shot put). The delegation was headed by board member Yaqoub Abdullah, and included board member Mariam Al Ishaq as team manager.
Full results of the 2009 Arab Athletics Championship
(Day one results)
Men:
– 10,000m:
1. Bahrain’s Hassan Mahboub 28:16.01
2. Qatar’s Nicholas Kemboi 28:22.24
3. Saudi Arabia’s Hussein Jumaan 29:04.57
– 20km race walk:
1. Tunisia’s Hassanein Al Subaie 1:29:56
2. Algeria’s Ali Amrouche 1:31:16
3. Algeria’s Hicham Mejbar 1:31:30
– Shot put:
1. Saudi Arabia’s Sultan Al Habashi 19.12m
2. Kuwait’s Mishari Sarour 18.81m
3. Egypt’s Yasser Fathi Farag 18.29m
– High jump:
1. Egypt’s Karim Samir Lotfy 2.16m
2. Syria’s Majd Eddin Ghazal 2.16m
3. Saudi Arabia’s Nawaf Ahmed Al Yami 2.00m
3. Algeria’s Amine Kassabi 2.00m
Women:
– 5,000m:
1. Bahrain’s Tejitu Daba 16:27.66
2. Bahrain’s Shitaye Eshete 16:29.74
3. Morocco’s Bouchra Chaabi 16:30.33
– Long jump:
1. Sudan’s Jamila Al Dama 5.95m
2. Egypt’s Enas Gharib 5.90m
3. Morocco’s Jouma Chnaifi 5.80m
– Javelin throw:
1. Egypt’s Hanaa Ramadan 56.09m
2. Algeria’s Zahra Bediane 44.71m
3. Tunisia’s Siham Marrakchi 41.98m
(Day two results)
Men:
– 100m:
1. Morocco’s Aziz Ouhadi 9.9 (hand timing)
2. Bahrain’s Mohammed Farhan 10.00
3. Oman’s Barakat Al Harthi 10.01
– 110m hurdles:
1. Algeria’s Othmane Hadj Lazib 13.79
2. Saudi Arabia’s Ahmed Al Mawled 13.92
3. Tunisia’s Aymen Ben Ahmed 14.03
– 400m:
1. Sudan’s Rabah Hassan 45.15
2. Libya’s Mohammed Ashour Khoja 45.35
3. Saudi Arabia’s Youssef Ahmed 45.93
– 1500m:
1. Morocco’s Amine Laalou 3:39.89
2. Bahrain’s Bilal Mansour Ali 3:40.86
3. Algeria’s Imad Touil 3:40.89
– 3000m steeplechase:
1. Bahrain’s Tareq Mubarak Taher 8:39.47
2. Morocco’s Shaker Al Boujtaoui 8:40.36
3. Algeria’s Rabie Makhloufi 8:48.95
– 4x100m:
1. Saudi Arabia 40.19
2. UAE 40.19
3. Oman 40.37
– Hammer throw:
1. Kuwait’s Ali Al Zankawi 76.46m
2. Egypt’s Mohsen Anani 74.31m
3. Kuwait’s Mohammed Al Abdullah 69.20m
– Long jump:
1. Algeria’s Essam Nima 8.10m
2. Morocco’s Yahya Berrabah 8.09m
3. Saudi Arabia’s Ahmed Marzouk 7.82m
Women:
– 100m:
1. Syria’s Munira Al Saleh 11.93
2. Morocco’s Jouma Chnaifi 11.94
3. Iraq’s Dana Hussein 11.99
– 100m hurdles:
1. Bahrain’s Fatima Foufana 13.51
2. Syria’s Fadwa Bouda 14.28
3. Morocco’s Lamiaa Al Habaz 14.39
– 400m:
1. Iraq’s Kolistan Mahmoud 53.65
2. Morocco’s Naima Al Ibrahimi 55.53
3. Tunisia’s Noha Al Baklouti 57.89
– 800m:
1. Morocco’s Halima Hachlaf 2:07.17
2. Morocco’s Soultana Ait Hammou 2:07.38
3. Bahrain’s Mimi Belete 2:09.25
– 4x100m:
1. Iraq 47.22
2. Morocco 47.98
3. Bahrain 48.77
– High jump:
1. Morocco’s Mariam Wahbi 1.65m
2. Syria’s Reem Al Abdullah 1.60m
2. Algeria’s Amina Al Maghribi 1.60m
3. Syria’s Riham Shiha 1.55m
– Discus throw:
1. Syria’s Heba Al Omar 43.67m
2. Tunisia’s Reem Hanifesh 43.47m
3. Jordan’s Nora Qorsh 28.51m
– Heptathlon:
1. Egypt’s Shaimaa Fathi 4081 points
2. Iraq’s Bahar Khosrow 4026
3. Syria’s Nour Al Sous 3859
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(Final day results)
Men:
– 200m:
1. UAE’s Omar Jumaa Al Salfa 20.84
2. Morocco’s Khalid Zoukari 20.86
3. Saudi Arabia’s Hamed Al Beshi 20.92
– 400m hurdles:
1. Saudi Arabia’s Bandar Yahya Shirahili 49.43
2. Saudi Arabia’s Idris Hawsawi 49.56
3. Qatar’s Mubarak Al Nubi 51.74
– 800m:
1. Bahrain’s Bilal Mansour Ali 1:45.92
2. Kuwait’s Mohammed Al Azemi 1:46.91
3. Morocco’s Mohcine Al Amin 1:46.99
– 5,000m:
1. Qatar’s James Kwalia 14:04.22
2. Bahrain’s Hassan Mahboub 14:05.23
3. Bahrain’s Alemu Bekele 14:06.62
– Half marathon
1. Qatar’s Nicholas Kemboi 1:07:09
2. Libya’s Ali Mabrouk Al Zaidi 1:07:14
3. Morocco’s Najim Al Qadi 1:07:18
– 4x400m:
1. Saudi Arabia 3:06.90
2. UAE 3:09.78
3. Sudan 3:10.06
– Pole vault:
1. Kuwait’s Fahad Badr Al Murshad 5.25m
2. Kuwait’s Ali Makki Al Sagha 5.15m
3. Algeria’s Abdellatif Jaadoun 5.00m
– Discus throw:
1. Egypt’s Omar Al Ghazali 61.73m
2. Iraq’s Haider Abdul Hamid 59.54m
3. Egypt’s Yasser Fathi Farag 59.31m
– Decathlon:
1. Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Jassim Al Qurei 7641 points
2. Algeria’s Mourad Souissi 7413
3. Lebanon’s Ali Hazer 6287
Women:
– 200m:
1. Syria’s Munira Al Saleh 24.25
2. Iraq’s Kolistan Mahmoud 24.49
3. Morocco’s Jouma Chnaifi 25.05
– 400m hurdles:
1. Morocco’s Hayat Al Makkari 57.27
2. Morocco’s Lamiaa Al Habaz 57.86
3. Sudan’s Faiza Jumaa 1:03.31
– 1500m:
1. Morocco’s Siham Al Hilali 4:12.62
2. Morocco’s Ibtissam Al Khawad 4:15.24
3. Bahrain’s Mimi Belete 4:16.72
– Half marathon:
1. Algeria’s Kenza Dahmani 1:16:35.27
2. Morocco’s Safira Raif 1:24:22.45
3. Syria’s Heba Al Wadia 1:44:47.14
– 4x400m hurdles:
1. Morocco 3:40.58
2. Iraq 3:47.39
3. Tunisia 3:51.90
– Triple jump:
1. Sudan’s Jamila Al Dama 13.84m
2. Morocco’s Jouma Chnaifi 13.38m
3. Syria’s Fadwa Bouda 13.01m
– Shot put:
1. Tunisia’s Siham Marrakchi 14.89m
2. Egypt’s Walaa Attia 14.12m
3. Algeria’s Zouina Bouzira 12.70m
Final standings of the 16th Arab Athletics Championship for men and women – Damascus, 6-9 October 2009
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Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
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Morocco 8 13 7 28
Bahrain 7 4 5 16
Egypt 7 3 2 12
Saudi Arabia 5 2 6 13
Algeria 3 5 8 16
Syria 3 3 7 13
Tunisia 3 2 4 9
Sudan 3 1 2 6
Iraq 2 5 1 8
Kuwait 2 3 1 6
Qatar 2 1 1 4
UAE 1 3 – 4
Libya – 2 – 2
Oman – – 2 2
Jordan – – 1 1
Lebanon – – 1 1
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46 47 48 141 (Total)
