# 2015 Arab Athletics Championships

The 2015 Arab Athletics Championships was the nineteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries that took place from 24–27 April 2015 at Khalifa Sports City Stadium in Isa Town, close to Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Around 700 athletes from 21 nations attended the event, which was directed by Bahrain's Bader Nasser. The event mascot was an anthropomorphic bird of prey.
A series of grand prix track and field meetings were organised by the Arab Athletics Federation in order to promote qualification for the event.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +4.1 m/s) | Femi Ogunode (QAT) | 10.04w | Barakat Al-Harthi (OMA) | 10.05w | Aziz Ouhadi (MAR) | 10.08w |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.5 m/s) | Femi Ogunode (QAT) | 20.52w | Barakat Al-Harthi (OMA) | 20.66w | Yaqub Eid (BHR) | 20.82w |
| 400 metres | Abdelalelah Haroun (QAT) | 44.68 | Anas Beshr (EGY) | 45.61 | Abubakar Abbas (BHR) | 46.19 |
| 800 metres | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) | 1:46.74 | Ali Al-Deraan (KSA) | 1:47.03 | Nader Belhanbel (MAR) | 1:47.68 |
| 1500 metres | Fouad Elkaam (MAR) | 3:46.54 | Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin (DJI) | 3:46.56 | Youssouf Hiss Bachir (DJI) | 3:47.08 |
| 5000 metres | Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) | 13:17.97 | Albert Kibichii Rop (BHR) | 13:18.55 | Aweke Ayalew (BHR) | 13:29.03 |
| 10,000 metres | El Hassan El-Abbassi (BHR) | 28:23.11 | Zelalem Bacha (BHR) | 29:30.55 | Ali Al-Wahshi (UAE) | 33:18.50 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +7.3 m/s) | Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel (KUW) | 13.35w | Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha (KUW) | 13.37w | Othmane Hadj Lazib (ALG) | 13.74w |
| 400 metres hurdles | Ali Khamis Khamis (BHR) | 50.10 | Saber Boukemouche (ALG) | 50.31 | Miloud Rahmani (ALG) | 50.52 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Hamid Ezzine (MAR) | 8:30.57 | Brahim Taleb (MAR) | 8:31.15 | Amor Ben Yahia (TUN) | 8:31.28 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Kuwait (KUW) Eisa Al-Youhah Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel Mishal Khalifa Al-Mutairi | 39.75 | Qatar (QAT) Femi Ogunode Samuel Francis Samuel Watson Eid Abdulla Al-Kuwari | 39.87 | Iraq (IRQ) Hasanain Hasa Zubaiyen Falah Abdulzahra Mohamed Mohammed Hassan Jumaah | 40.44 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Qatar (QAT) | 3:04.93 | Bahrain (BHR) | 3:06.23 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3:06.57 |
| 20 km walk | Hassanine Sebei (TUN) | 1:28:95 | Hichem Medjeber (ALG) | 1:31:08 | Mabrook Saleh Nasser (QAT) | 1:31:54 |
| High jump | Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) | 2.19 m | Ali Mohd Younes Idriss (SUD) | 2.16 m | Muamer Aissa Barsham (QAT) | 2.13 m |
| Pole vault | Mouhcine Cheaouri (MAR) | 5.00 m | Mohamed Amin Romdhana (TUN) | 4.90 m | Hichem Cherabi (ALG) | 4.80 m |
| Long jump | Saleh Al-Haddad (KUW) | 7.96 m w | Mohamed Qasin Al-Absi (KSA) | 7.77 m w | Ahmed Fayez Al-Dosari (KSA) | 7.63 m w |
| Triple jump | Issam Nima (ALG) | 16.78 m | Rashid Al-Mannai (QAT) | 15.97 m | Khaled Alsubaie (KUW) | 15.95 m |
| Shot put | Mostafa Amr Ahmed Ahmed Hassan (EGY) | 19.22 m | Mohamed Magdi Hamza (EGY) | 18.38 m | Ahmad Gholoum (KUW) | 18.08 m |
| Discus throw | Essa Al-Zenkawi (KUW) | 63.22 m | Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb (QAT) | 63.01 m | Mustafa Kazem Dagher (IRQ) | 60.60 m |
| Hammer throw | Mostafa Al-Gamel (EGY) | 74.81 m | Ashraf Amgad Elseify (QAT) | 73.68 m | Alaa El-Din El-Ashry (EGY) | 72.26 m |
| Javelin throw | Ihab El-Sayed (EGY) | 80.72 m | Mohamad Mohd Kaida (QAT) | 69.04 m | Abdullah Cherei (MAR) | 68.59 m |
| Decathlon | Mohammed Jasem Al-Qaree (KSA) | 7572 pts | Mohamed Ahmed Al-Mannai (QAT) | 7233 pts | Ahmed Saber Ahmed (EGY) | 7072 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +4.5 m/s) | Hajer Al-Amri (BHR) | 11.64 | Souheir Bouali (ALG) | 11.64 | Iman Jassem (BHR) | 11.65 |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s) | Edidiong Odiong (BHR) | 22.98 | Dana Hussain (IRQ) | 23.69 | Assia Raziki (MAR) | 23.77 |
| 400 metres | Kemi Adekoya (BHR) | 54.06 | Souheir Bouali (ALG) | 55.34 | Amina Yussuf (BHR) | 57.27 |
| 800 metres | Malika Akkaoui (MAR) | 2:05:77 | Betlhem Desalegn (UAE) | 2:07.20 | Marta Patoyota (BHR) | 2:08.19 |
| 1500 metres | Amina Bakhit (SUD) | 5:22.27 | Rababe Arafi (MAR) | 5:22.30 | Betlhem Desalegn (UAE) | 5:22.99 |
| 5000 metres | Mimi Belete (BHR) | 16:50.90 | Amina Bakhit (SUD) | 16:54.21 | Shitaye Eshete (BHR) | 16:59.55 |
| 10,000 metres | Alia Saeed Mohammed (UAE) | 32:16.97 | Shitaye Eshete (BHR) | 32:40.47 | Eunice Chebichii Chumba (BHR) | 33:44.74 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +4.1 m/s) | Lamiae Lhabze (MAR) | 13.53 | Zaina Arkan Hamed (IRQ) | 13.90 | Buthaina Al-Yaqoubi (OMA) | 15.00 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Lamiae Lhabze (MAR) | 56.65 | Kemi Adekoya (BHR) | 57.68 | Hayat Lambarki (MAR) | 59.33 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Ruth Jebet (BHR) | 9:39.61 | Tigist Mekonnen (BHR) | 9:42.01 | Fadwa Sidi Madane (MAR) | 10:05.56 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Bahrain (BHR) | 46.40 | Oman (OMA) | 47.67 | Qatar (QAT) | 48.04 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Bahrain (BHR) | 3:36.77 | Morocco (MAR) | 3:38.60 | Sudan (SUD) | 3:49.36 |
| 10 km walk | Chahinez Nasri (TUN) | 50:34.4 | Olfa Lafi (TUN) | 50:45.9 | Bariza Ghezelani (ALG) | 54:15.4 |
| High jump | Besnet Moussad Mohamed (EGY) | 1.75 m | Rhizlane Siba (MAR) | 1.75 m | Maryam Al-Ansari (BHR) | 1.60 m |
| Pole vault | Syrine Balti (TUN) | 4.10 m | Nisrine Dinar (MAR) | 3.70 m | Dounia Abdulmunaem (EGY) | 3.60 m |
| Long jump | Roumeissa Belabiod (ALG) | 6.37 m | Jamaa Chnaik (MAR) | 6.05 m | Esraa Samir Owis (EGY) | 6.05 m |
| Triple jump | Jamaa Chnaik (MAR) | 13.51 m | Mary Otoaruoh (BHR) | 13.32 m | Fatma El-Hamadi (TUN) | 12.89 m w |
| Shot put | Noora Salem Jasim (BHR) | 14.97 m | Walaa Khalil (EGY) | 14.77 m | Fadia Ibrahim (EGY) | 14.48 m |
| Discus throw | Amina Moudden (MAR) | 48.99 m | Sara Dardeeri (EGY) | 47.37 m | Noora Salem Jasim (BHR) | 47.05 m |
| Hammer throw | Zouina Bouzebra (ALG) | 60.06 m | Sarra Ben Saïd (TUN) | 58.96 m | Esraa Mohamed Habe (EGY) | 57.60 m |
| Javelin throw | Nourhan Mohammed (EGY) | 49.58 m | Reda Adel Ahmed (EGY) | 47.44 m | Nada Chroudi (TUN) | 43.17 m |
| Heptathlon | Huda Ahmed (EGY) | 5404 pts | Nada Chroudi (TUN) | 5211 pts | Wedian Mokhtar Abdelhamid (EGY) | 4898 pts |

## Medal table
### Key

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bahrain* | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 2 | Morocco | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Qatar | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Egypt | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Algeria | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Tunisia | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Sudan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Djibouti | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Oman | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | Comoros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Palestine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 46 | 47 | 42 | 135 |