# Arab U23 Athletics Championships

The Arab U23 Athletics Championships (French: Championnats Arabes des Espoirs) is an international athletics competition between U23 athletes (under-23) from Arabic countries.
If was first held in 2023, building upon the long-running senior Arab Athletics Championships (created 1977), its corresponding Arab Junior Championships (begun in 1984), and the Arab Youth Championships (created 2004).

## Editions

| Ed. | Year | City | Country | Dates | No. of events | No. of nations | No. of athletes |
| 1st | 2023 | Radès | Tunisia | 19-23 May | 43 | 14 | 181 |
| 2nd | 2024 | Ismailia | Egypt | 5-9 July | | | |

## 2023 medallists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100m | Nasser Mahmoud Mohammed Saudi Arabia | 10.19 | Ali Anwar Ali al-Balushi [de] Oman | 10.48 | Saif al Rammahi Iraq | 10.58 |
| 200m | Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi Saudi Arabia | 21.10 | Ali Anwar Ali al-Balushi [de] Oman | 21.35 | Adem Abdelkader Benyache Algeria | 21.39 |
| 400m | Rami Balti [de] Tunisia | 47.21 | Hamza Dair Morocco | 47.24 | Mouatez Abderrazek Sikiou Algeria | 47.55 |
| 800m | Mohamed Ali Gouaned Algeria | 1:47.16 | Heithem Chenitef Algeria | 1:47.74 | Ahmed Mohamed Abdillahi Djibouti | 1:48.00 |
| 1500m | Ayanleh Abdi Abdillahi Djibouti | 3:49.39 | Yazid Dalla Algeria | 3:49.53 | Oussema Alaoui Morocco | 3:50.17 |
| 5000m | Taha Er Raouy Morocco | 13:40.55 | Said Ameri [de] Algeria | 13:44.66 | Mohammed Aataati Morocco | 13:47.84 |
| 10,000m | Taha Er Raouy Morocco | 30:41.37 | Mohammed Aataati Morocco | 30:41.50 | Said Ameri [de] Algeria | 30:44.44 |
| 10,000m Race Walk | Oussama Farhat Tunisia | 40:28.64 | Aymen Bensaha Algeria | 41:39.22 | Abdennour Ameur Algeria | 41:57.18 |
| 110mH | Youssef Badwy Egypt | 13.71 | Bakr Ali Al-Jouma Saudi Arabia | 14.11 | Ayoub Bensabra Algeria | 14.24 |
| 400mH | Saad Hinti Morocco | 50.12 | Elmehdi Dimmokrati Morocco | 50.77 | Mohamed Dahim Almouaoui Saudi Arabia | 51.29 |
| 3000mSC | Salaheddine Ben Yazide [de] Morocco | 8:34.44 | Mohammed Msaad Morocco | 8:35.22 | Ebrahim Jridi Tunisia | 8:37.73 |
| 4x100m | Saudi Arabia U23 Saudi Arabia Ali Abdullah al Tawfeeq Saad Mohamed Al-Bakheet Hassan Al-Absi Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi | 40.93 | IRAQ U23 Iraq Noureddine Adel Merzeh Mohamed Najeh Zinelabidin Ali Hamid Saif al Rammahi | 41.40 |
| 4x400m | Algeria U23 Algeria Mouatez Abderrazek Sikiou Heithem Chenitef Adem Abdelkader Benyache Mohamed Ali Gouaned | 3:07.46 | Morocco U23 Morocco Yassine Hssine Elmehdi Dimmokrati Saad Hinti Hamza Dair | 3:08.23 | Qatar U23 Qatar Hussein Ibrahim Issaka [de] Ammar Abid Abdelmajid Abdul Majeed Mohamed Zakaria Ashrat Hussen Osman [de] | 3:10.60 |
| Decathlon | Badreddine Boudrah Algeria | 6098 | Ahmed Mahmoud Taher [de] Egypt | 6957 |
| Discus Throw | Gardam Abdelkader Morocco | 48.41 m | Ahmed Hamdi Mahmoud Egypt | 44.10 m |
| Hammer Throw | Basel Mohamed Ahmed Egypt | 62.06 m | Mortadha Bousaien Tunisia | 60.57 m | Mubeen Rashid Ibrahim al Kindi Oman | 59.70 m |
| High Jump | Bilel Afer [de; fr] Algeria | 2.09 m | Abderrahmane Djaber Algeria | 2.06 m | Ahmed Abdullah Altarouti Alsafa Saudi Arabia | 2.03 m |
| Javelin Throw | Mustafa Mahmoud Abdel Khaliq Egypt | 77.85 m | Ahmed Sameh Mohamed Hussein Egypt | 69.34 m | Abdulrahman al-Azemi [de] Kuwait | 69.10 m |
| Long Jump | Adem Boualbani Algeria | 7.36 m | Abdallah Jalel Kamar Iraq | 7.03 m | Yassin Esam Elsayed Egypt | 7.03 m |
| Pole Vault | Seif Heneida Qatar | 5.30 m | Ameer Falih Abdulwahid Iraq | 4.90 m | Amir Subeih Seihoud Iraq | 4.85 m |
| Shot Put | Abdelrahman Mahmoud Brunei | 19.90 m | Ali Mustafa al Mubarak Saudi Arabia | 15.75 m |
| Triple Jump | Adem Boualbani Algeria | 16.50 m | Abdallah Jalel Kamar Iraq | 14.96 m | Yassin Esam Elsayed Egypt | 14.83 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100m | Maram Mahmoud Ahmed Egypt | 11.97 | Iman Mekrazi Morocco | 12.22 | Mayssa Mouawad Lebanon | 12.27 |
| 200m | Salma Lehlali [de] Morocco | 24.53 | Iman Mekrazi Morocco | 24.81 | Maram Mahmoud Ahmed Egypt | 24.83 |
| 400m | Salma Lehlali [de] Morocco | 55.33 | Malak Fartouni Algeria | 57.72 | Ines Belkacem Tunisia | 59.60 |
| 800m | Sanae Hasnaoui Morocco | 2:17.19 | Lamyae Himi Morocco | 2:17.68 | Ghania Rezzik Algeria | 2:17.83 |
| 1500m | Rihab Dhahri Tunisia | 4:18.77 | Meryeme Azrour Morocco | 4:20.23 | Ghania Rezzik Algeria | 4:24.46 |
| 5000m | Khadija Ennasri Morocco | 16:44.96 | Habon Ahmed [de] Djibouti | 16:50.63 | Aicha Allabbaa Morocco | 17:28.67 |
| 10,000m Race Walk | Melissa Touloum Algeria | 49:00.73 | Jamila Zegni Tunisia | 49:11.12 | Oumayma Hsouna Tunisia | 50:12.35 |
| 100mH | Malak Ayman Rashwan Egypt | 14.23 | Kurdistan Jamal [de] Iraq | 14.30 | Dirin Khetiar Ali Iraq | 15.44 |
| 400mH | Razki Doha Morocco | 1:00.29 | Nour Rahou Algeria | 1:02.06 | Kurdistan Jamal [de] Iraq | 1:04.86 |
| 3000mSC | Khadija Ennasri Morocco | 10:58.28 | Rihab Dhahri Tunisia | 10:59.02 | Nassima Smail Algeria | 11:09.15 |
| 4x100m | EGYPT U23 Egypt Salma Abdulhamid Hamed Malak Ayman Rashwan Rim Abderrezk Abdelmoneim Maram Mahmoud Ahmed | 47.81 | IRAQ U23 Iraq Kurdistan Jamal [de] Dirin Khetiar Ali Mamdouh Barae Diyeh Nizar Rafik | 48.33 |
| 4x400m | Morocco U23 Morocco Razki Doha Sanae Hasnaoui Iman Mekrazi Salma Lehlali [de] | 3:45.94 |
| Discus Throw | Echaabia Belmaachi Morocco | 46.24 m | Chaima Chouikh [de] Tunisia | 44.79 m | Rana Khaled Mahmoud [de] Egypt | 42.72 m |
| Hammer Throw | Rawan Barakat [de] Egypt | 60.25 m | Senda Guerma Tunisia | 55.87 m | Nada Soliman Abdelnaby Egypt | 55.29 m |
| Heptathlon | Hania Abdallah Algeria | 4081 | Mariem Asmaali Tunisia | 4171 | Islam Kthiri Tunisia | 4367 |
| High Jump | Darina Hadil Rezik Algeria | 1.74 m | Aiten Ahmed Yehia [de] Egypt | 1.68 m | Assiya Elhafyan Morocco | 1.68 m |
| Javelin Throw | Nisreen Lachhab Tunisia | 40.41 m | Farah Tlik Tunisia | 39.12 m |
| Long Jump | Reem Abdelrazeq Abdelmoneam Egypt | 5.84 m | Wissal Harkas Algeria | 5.79 m | Aya el Aglaoui Morocco | 5.73 m |
| Pole Vault | Mariem Srasra Tunisia | 3.20 m | Sanar Ridha Qatar | 3.10 m | Zeina Yahia Ahmed Saad el-Din Egypt | NM |
| Shot Put | Zineb Zaroual Morocco | 13.47 m | Chaima Chouikh [de] Tunisia | 12.15 m | Echaabia Belmaachi Morocco | 11.85 m |
| Triple Jump | Wissal Harkas Algeria | 13.14 m | Aya el Aglaoui Morocco | 12.51 m | Ghada Hamdani Tunisia | 12.50 m |

## All-time medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Morocco (MAR) | 14 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 2 | Egypt (EGY) | 10 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Tunisia (TUN) | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Djibouti (DJI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Brunei (BRN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Oman (OMA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Lebanon (LBN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 43 | 42 | 35 | 120 |