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Regional Regional championships · since 1977

1997 Arab Athletics Championships

Taif ↗, Saudi Arabia 10–12 Sep 1997

events: 22
medals awarded: 66
nations on the podium: 10
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind +2.7

1

Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib 10.22

2

Saad Muftah Mubarak Al-Kuwari 10.27

3

Mohammed Al-Yami 10.80

Sprints

200m

wind +1.8

1

Mohammed Al-Houti CRNR 20.81

2

Ibrahim Ismail Muftah 20.86

3

Malik Louahla NR 20.91

Sprints

400m

1

Ibrahim Ismail Muftah 45.44

2

Hamdan Obah Al-Bishi NR 46.51

3

Sami Suleiman Srour 47.77

Middle & long

800m

1

Mohamed Yagoub Babiker 1:51.07

2

Djabir Said-Guerni 1:51.64

3

Mohammed Osman Yusif 1:52.02

Middle & long

1500m

1

Mohamed Yagoub Babiker 3:44.18

2

Mohammed Sulaiman 3:47.83

3

Ahmed Krama 3:48.10

Middle & long

5000m

1

Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani 14:25.8

2

Jamal Abdi Hassan 14:43.4

3

Kamel Kohil 14:47.8

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama 30:41.02

2

Kamel Kohil 30:43.86

3

Abdullah Yousef 31:37.57

Road

Half marathon

1

Abdullah Yousef CR 1:06:17

2

Ahmed Adam Saleh 1:06:19

3

Abdi Said 1:07:02

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Saad Shadad Al-Asmari 8:53.08

2

Jamal Abdi Hassan 8:56.78

3

Laid Bessou 8:57.90

Hurdles

110m hurdles

wind +1.1

1

Khassif Mubarak CRNR 13.87

2

Hamad Mubarak Al-Dosari 13.92

3

Bader Abbas 14.25

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Mubarak Al-Nubi 49.63

2

Ibrahim El Hafni 51.06

3

Ali Ismail Doka 51.44

Jumps

High jump

1

Fakhredin Fouad 2.17

2

Abderrahmane Hammad (1977) 2.17

3

Majed Sultan Al-Manee 2.11

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Ahmed Abdul Karim CR= 5.05

2

Rafik Mefti CR= 5.05

3

Waleed Zayed Al-Shamali 4.70

Jumps

Long jump

1

Hussain Taher Al-Sabee NR in legal jump: 7.73 NR* 8.01 +4.2

2

Hatem Mersal 7.92 +2.7

3

Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi 7.62

Jumps

Triple jump

wind +1.8

1

Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi CR 17.00

2

Mohamed Adam Mohamed 16.11

3

Ibrahim Mohamed Aboubaker NR 16.03

Throws

Shot put

1

Bilal Saad Mubarak CRNR 19.65

2

Khalid Salman Al-Khalidi 17.56

3

Abdullah Sourour 16.57

Throws

Discus throw

1

Khalid Salman Al-Khalidi 54.68

2

Abdullah Al-Shammari 52.80

3

Tarek Al-Najjar NR 51.52

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Hakim Toumi 71.28

2

Sherif Farouk El Hennawi 70.48

3

Nasser Abdul Al-Jarallah 67.84

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed CR 74.74

2

Ali Saleh Al-Jadani NR 74.10

3

Walid Abderrazak Mohamed NR 71.92

Combined

Decathlon

1

Hassan Farouk Sayed (1970) 6788

2

Abdul Marzouk Al-Shahrani 6725

3

Issam Abdelatif Saber (1970) 6648

Relays

4x100m

1

Qatar

Saad Muftah Mubarak Al-Kuwari Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib

39.94

2

Algeria

40.26

3

Oman

40.86

Relays

4x400m

1

Qatar

Ibrahim Ismail Muftah

3:09.20

2

Saudi Arabia

Hamdan Obah Al-Bishi

3:13.79

3

Algeria

3:15.87

Medal table

10 nations · 66 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Qatar QAT	10	6	5	21
2	Saudi Arabia KSA	5	7	4	16
3	Sudan SUD	2	1	0	3
4	Algeria ALG	1	5	5	11
5	Egypt EGY	1	3	2	6
6	Jordan JOR	1	0	1	2
7	Oman OMA	1	0	1	2
8	Syria SYR	1	0	0	1
9	Kuwait KUW	0	0	3	3
10	Djibouti DJI	0	0	1	1

Records set

8 CR

CR Mohammed Al-Houti 200m · Men 20.81
CR Abdullah Yousef Half marathon · Men 1:06:17
CR Khassif Mubarak 110m hurdles · Men 13.87
CR= Ahmed Abdul Karim Pole vault · Men 5.05
CR= Rafik Mefti Pole vault · Men 5.05
CR Salem Mouled Al-Ahmadi Triple jump · Men 17.00
CR Bilal Saad Mubarak Shot put · Men 19.65
CR Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed Javelin throw · Men 74.74

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