# 1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships

The 1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya were the competing nations. Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (Union of Athletics Federations of the United Maghreb), it took place in Casablanca, Morocco from 15–17 July. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women.
Morocco and Algeria each won fifteen gold medals at the competition, with Morocco edging the top spot through its haul of 16 silver medals. Tunisia was a comfortable third, while Libya won two gold medals in the men's horizontal jumps. It was the third and last time that Libya attended the Maghreb Championships. The competition was staged one month prior to the wider regional 1983 Arab Athletics Championships.
The event was part of a flourish of athletics championships in the mid-1980s in Casablanca, Morocco's largest city. The Mediterranean Games was held two months after the Maghreb event. This was followed by the 1984 Arab Junior Athletics Championships, and finally the 1985 Pan Arab Games.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Ali Bakhta (ALG) | 10.3 | Omar Ghizlat (MAR) | 10.4 | Abdelali Kasbane (MAR) | 10.5 |
| 200 metres | Ali Bakhta (ALG) | 21.2 | Brahim Amour (ALG) | 21.6 | Habib Dhouibi (TUN) | 21.9 |
| 400 metres | Habib Dhouibi (TUN) | 47.0 | Brahim Amour (ALG) | 47.3 | Saïd M'Hand (MAR) | 47.3 |
| 800 metres | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 1:49.1 | Mohamed Alouini (TUN) | 1:49.9 | Mohamed Zahafi (MAR) | 1:50.0 |
| 1500 metres | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 3:35.6 | Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG) | 3:40.1 | Mohamed Zahafi (MAR) | 3:41.0 |
| 5000 metres | Féthi Baccouche (TUN) | 14:29.7 | Abderrazak Bounour (ALG) | 14:30.4 | El Hachemi Abdenouz (ALG) | 14:31.9 |
| 10,000 metres | Boualem Rahoui (ALG) | 29:55.5 | Larbi El Mouadden (MAR) | 30:00.9 | Rachid Habchaoui (ALG) | 30:07.3 |
| 110 m hurdles | Noureddine Tadjine (ALG) | 14.1 | Saïd Kahia (MAR) | 14.4 | Ahmed Chiboub (MAR) | 14.6 |
| 400 m hurdles | Khalid Regoug (MAR) | 52.2 | Abdelmoula Aziz (MAR) | 52.8 | Khalifa Khémiri (TUN) | 53.3 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Féthi Baccouche (TUN) | 8:34.1 | Hamid Hommada (MAR) | 8:36.8 | Rabah Aboura (ALG) | 8:48.5 |
| 4×100 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 42.0 | Libya (LBA) | 42.3 | Tunisia (TUN) | 42.4 |
| 4×400 m relay | Algeria (ALG) | 3:09.7 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3:09.7 | Morocco (MAR) | 3:10.2 |
| Marathon | Abdelaziz Bouguerra (TUN) | 2:23:43 | Mohamed Abaidia (ALG) | 2:27:52 | Houcine El Mekni (TUN) | 2:36:42 |
| 20,000 m walk | Benamar Kachkouche (ALG) | 1:32:38.0 | Abdelwahab Ferguène (ALG) | 1:32:38.1 | Mohamed Kouchaoui (MAR) | 1:44:45.0 |
| High jump | Othmane Belfaa (ALG) | 2.18 m | Mohamed Aghlal (MAR) | 2.13 m | Abdenour Krim (ALG) | 2.13 m |
| Pole vault | Djamel Bouzerar (ALG) | 4.50 m | Choukri Abahnini (TUN) | 4.50 m | Mohamed Bouihiri (MAR) | 4.40 m |
| Long jump | Mohamed Abdusalam Bishti (LBA) | 7.55 m | Ahmed Benazoug (ALG) | 7.21 m | Bachir Messikh (ALG) | 7.15 m |
| Triple jump | Fethi Khelid Aboud (LBA) | 15.78 m | Saïd Saad (ALG) | 15.68 m | El Mustapha Aouchar (MAR) | 15.21 m |
| Shot put | Mohamed Fatihi (MAR) | 18.02 m | Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) | 15.11 m | Néjib Dimassi (TUN) | 14.99 m |
| Discus throw | Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) | 53.74 m | Mohamed Fatihi (MAR) | 50.50 m | Yacine Louail (ALG) | 50.12 m |
| Hammer throw | Hakim Toumi (ALG) | 67.84 m | Youssef Ben Abid (TUN) | 54.18 m | Hassan Chahine (MAR) | 50.42 m |
| Javelin throw | Tarek Chaabani (TUN) | 73.02 m | Mohamed Karakhi (MAR) | 72.68 m | Mongi Alimi (TUN) | 69.48 m |
| Decathlon | Mohamed Bensaad (ALG) | 7180 pts | Abdennacer Moumen (MAR) | 6735 pts | Mourad Mahour Bacha (ALG) | 6708 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Naïma Baraiz (MAR) | 12.3 | Zeineb Ben Sma (TUN) | 12.4 | Fatima Mefti (ALG) | 12.4 |
| 200 metres | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 24.0 | Rachida Ferdjaoui (ALG) | 25.3 | Selma Anane (TUN) | 25.9 |
| 400 metres | Fatiha Salahi (MAR) | 54.8 | Chaïbia Bilali (MAR) | 55.5 | Sarra Touibi (TUN) | 56.7 |
| 800 metres | Chaïbia Bilali (MAR) | 2:08.9 | Fatima Aouam (MAR) | 2:09.4 | Sarra Touibi (TUN) | 2:10.4 |
| 1500 metres | Hassania Darami (MAR) | 4:31.7 | Dalila Méhira (ALG) | 4:34.4 | Leïla M'Hamdi (MAR) | 4:35.9 |
| 3000 metres | Dalila Méhira (ALG) | 9:50.2 | Hassania Darami (MAR) | 9:53.8 | Leila Bendahmane (ALG) | 9:57.0 |
| 100 m hurdles | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 13.4 | Basma Gharbi (TUN) | 14.5 | Karima Henni (ALG) | 14.5 |
| 400 m hurdles | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 58.5 | Fatiha Salahi (MAR) | 60.5 | Rachida Ferdjaoui (ALG) | 62.5 |
| 4×100 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 47.2 | Algeria (ALG) | 47.9 | Tunisia (TUN) | 48.4 |
| 4×400 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 3:45.9 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3:51.2 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:53.0 |
| High jump | Kawther Akrémi (TUN) | 1.78 m | Nacèra Achir (ALG) | 1.68 m | Lamia Ben Ali (TUN) | 1.65 m |
| Long jump | Dalila Tayebi (ALG) | 5.98 m | Basma Gharbi (TUN) | 5.87 m | Kawther Akrémi (TUN) | 5.72 m |
| Shot put | Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) | 14.41 m | Souad Malloussi (MAR) | 14.15 m | Fatiha Larab (ALG) | 13.58 m |
| Discus throw | Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) | 50.92 m | Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) | 47.16 m | Latifa Nefzaoui (TUN) | 40.56 m |
| Javelin throw | Nouria Kédideh (ALG) | 48.20 m | Fatiha Belamghar (MAR) | 44.46 m | Samia Djemaa (ALG) | 43.20 m |
| Heptathlon | Dalila Tayebi (ALG) | 5555 pts | Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) | 4927 pts | Nacèra Achir (ALG) | 4887 pts |