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Regional Regional championships · since 1977

1979 Arab Athletics Championships

Baghdad, Iraq 23–26 Oct 1979

events: 32
medals awarded: 95
nations on the podium: 10
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

1

Nabil Nahri CR= 10.97

2

Sami Shaykali (1946) 10.99

3

Heitham Nadim (1957) 11.06

Sprints

200m

1

Heitham Nadim (1957) CR 21.14

2

Nabil Nahri 21.45

3

Farhan Salmeen (1952) 21.82

Sprints

400m

1

Mehdi Ahmed Salah 47.82

2

Beshir El Fallah (1960) 47.96

3

Fahim Abdul-Sada 47.99

Middle & long

800m

1

Mohamed Alouini 1:51.71

2

Khalid Khalifa 1:53.98

3

Salem Mohammed (1957) 1:54.28

Middle & long

1500m

1

Khalid Khalifa 3:58.4

2

Messaad Naji 3:58.5

3

Amara Chiha (1956) 3:59.0

Middle & long

5000m

1

Abdul Amir Naji 14:40.0

2

Amara Chiha (1956) 14:41.9

3

Mofleh Saad Messaoud 14:42.9

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Shibib Dagher Al-Lami 31:41.02

2

Abdul Amir Naji 32:00.37

3

Ibrahim Taher 32:43.08

Road

Marathon

1

Abdullah El Souki 2:34:44

2

Karim Abboud 2:38:48

3

Abdulhussein Ali 2:46:25

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Sabir Hantoush CR 9:00.87

2

Abdelkarim Jumaa 9:07.45

3

Amara Chiha (1956) 9:09.32

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Abdul Jabbar Rahima 14.83

2

Fahan Nasir Al-Ubaidi 14.86

3

Matar Achour 15.51

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Hassan Ali Kadhoum 51.16

2

Abdul Jabbar Rahima 51.76

3

Maaoia Ali El Houly 53.59

Jumps

High jump

1

Kasim Mohammed CR= 2.03

2

Gazi Saleh Marzouk CR= 2.03

3

Monassar Mohammed Saleh 2.00

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Mohamed Bensaad CR= 4.40

2

Kesra Ahmed 4.30

3

Abdullah Awadh 4.20

Jumps

Long jump

1

Mehdi Khadoum 7.25

2

Ziad Kat 7.09

3

Mohamed Abdusalam Bishti 6.98

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Moujhed Fahid Khalifa (1955) CR 15.98

2

Mehdi Khadoum 15.82

3

Fethi Ouertani 14.94

Throws

Shot put

1

Mohammed Al-Zankawi CR= 16.82

2

Ahmed Hassan Miled 16.46

3

Mahmoud Shakir 15.15

Throws

Discus throw

1

Abderrazak Ben Hassine CR 51.46

2

Adnan Houri 49.08

3

Shawki Haji 47.40

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Youssef Ben Abid 52.43

2

Khaled Ghalloum 45.44

3

Abbas Jabbar 44.62

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Ali Memmi CR 71.50

2

Tarek Chaabani 70.76

3

Saad Al-Kharni 65.30

Combined

Decathlon

1

Elie Sfeir CR 6576

2

Jasim Jabr 6417

3

Abdessatar Mouelhi 6228

Relays

4x100m

1

Iraq

Sami Shaykali (1946) Heitham Nadim (1957)

41.27

2

Syria

Ziad Kat Nabil Nahri

41.90

3

Kuwait

42.40

Relays

4x400m

1

Iraq

Hassan Ali Kadhoum Fahim Abdul-Sada

3:12.48

2

Libya

Maaoia Ali El Houly Mehdi Ahmed Salah Beshir El Fallah (1960)

3:14.24

3

Syria

3:18.16

Medal table

10 nations · 95 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Iraq IRQ	13	13	7	33
2	Tunisia TUN	12	2	4	18
3	Libya LBA	2	3	3	8
4	Kuwait KUW	2	2	2	6
5	Syria SYR	1	9	6	16
6	Lebanon LBN	1	1	2	4
7	Algeria ALG	1	0	0	1
8	Qatar QAT	0	1	4	5
9	Saudi Arabia KSA	0	1	2	3
10	Bahrain BRN	0	0	1	1

Records set

15 CR

CR= Nabil Nahri 100m · Men 10.97
CR Heitham Nadim (1957) 200m · Men 21.14
CR Sabir Hantoush 3000m steeplechase · Men 9:00.87
CR= Kasim Mohammed High jump · Men 2.03
CR= Gazi Saleh Marzouk High jump · Men 2.03
CR= Mohamed Bensaad Pole vault · Men 4.40
CR Moujhed Fahid Khalifa (1955) Triple jump · Men 15.98
CR= Mohammed Al-Zankawi Shot put · Men 16.82
CR Abderrazak Ben Hassine Discus throw · Men 51.46
CR Ali Memmi Javelin throw · Men 71.50
CR Elie Sfeir Decathlon · Men 6576
CR Sara Touibi 400m · Women 57.48
CR Souad Derouiche 800m · Women 2:11.24
CR Kawther Akremi High jump · Women 1.74
CR Fathia Jerbi Discus throw · Women 46.80