# 2003 Arab Athletics Championships

The 2003 Arab Athletics Championships was the thirteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries which took place in Amman, Jordan from 5–9 September.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (Wind: +2.7 m/s) | Salem Al-Yami (KSA) | 10.18 | Mohammed Farhan Khalifa (BHR) | 10.20 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh (JOR) | 10.24 |
| 200 metres | Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) | 20.41 | Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA) | 20.69 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) | 20.93 |
| 400 metres | Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) | 44.93 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) | 45.43 | Adem Hecini (ALG) | 45.63 |
| 800 metres | Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD) | 1:46.76 | Adam Abdu Adam Ali (QAT) | 1:47.52 | Rashid Ramzi (BHR) | 1:47.56 |
| 1500 metres | Rashid Ramzi (BHR) | 3:53.18 | Tarek Boukensa (ALG) | 3:53.24 | Abubaker Ali Kamal (QAT) | 3:54.68 |
| 5000 metres | Khoudir Aggoune (ALG) | 13:59.02 | Abdulaziz Abdelrahman Al-Ameeri (QAT) | 13:59.04 | Abdelhak Zakaria (BHR) | 14:04.07 |
| 10,000 metres | Dawood Saadoun (QAT) | 31:07.10 | Abdelhak Zakaria (BHR) | 31:07.82 | Saud Al Thubaiti (KSA) | 31:15.34 |
| 110 metres hurdles (Wind: +2.9 m/s) | Mubarak Ata Mubarak (KSA) | 13.71 | Mubarak Al-Mabadi (KSA) | 13.99 | Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi (QAT) | 14.11 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) | 49.66 | Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi (KSA) | 50.05 | Zahr-el-Din El-Najem (SYR) | 51.21 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT) | 8:40.90 | Abel Yakut Juhar (BHR) | 8:42.59 | Abdelhakim Maazouz (ALG) | 8:47.10 |
| 4×100 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Kalifa Al-Saker Hamed Al-Bishi Yahya Al-Ghahes Salem Al-Yami | 39.06 | Qatar (QAT) Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib Khaled Youssef Al-Obaidli Abdullah Khamis Al-Hamad Saad Salem Al-Sofyani | 40.10 | Oman (OMN) Hamoud Al-Dalhami Juma Mubarak Al-Jabri Fahad Khamis Said Al Jabri Mohamed Al-Shikeili | 40.42 |
| 4×400 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi Hamed Al-Bishi Mohammed Al-Salhi Hamdan Al-Bishi | 3:06.67 | Qatar (QAT) Omar Yasser Al-Haj Salaheddine Safi Bakar M. Y. Al-Haj Masoud Khamis Rahman | 3:06.09 | Sudan (SUD) Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Adam Anouar Mohamed Gamal Biro Ismail Ahmed Ismail | 3:08.86 |
| Half marathon | Abdul Hamed Mohamed (QAT) | 1:05:48 | Al Mustafa Riyadh (BHR) | 1:05:50 | Ahmed Jumah Jaber (QAT) | 1:06:14 |
| 20 km walk | Waleed Ahmed Al-Sabahy (QAT) | 1:31:7 | Mabrook Saleh Mohamed (QAT) | 1:31:52 | Yasser Abboud (SYR) | 1:33:5 |
| High jump | Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB) | 2.21 m | Salem Nasser Bakheet (BHR) | 2.18 m | Mohamed Benhadia (ALG) | 2.12 m |
| Pole vault | Rafik Fethi (ALG) | 4.95 m | Abdulla Ghanim Saeed (QAT) | 4.90 m | Hamad Al-Shehabi (QAT) | 4.00 m |
| Long jump | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) | 8.30 m (w) | Nabil Adamou (ALG) | 8.07 m (w) | Abdulrahman Faraj Al-Nubi (QAT) | 8.02 m |
| Triple jump | Mohamed Abdulaziz Hamdi Awadh (QAT) | 16.55 m | Mohammad Hazzory (SYR) | 16.50 m | Marzouk Abdallah Al-Yoha (KUW) | 15.99 m (w) |
| Shot put | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) | 18.73 m | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) | 18.44 m | Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA) | 18.15 m |
| Discus throw | Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY) | 58.30 m | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) | 57.56 m | Sultan Al-Dawoodi (QAT) | 52.88 m |
| Hammer throw | Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) | 72.70 m | Mohammad Al-Jawhar (KUW) | 71.00 m | Samir Haouam (ALG) | 70.85 m |
| Javelin throw | Walid Abderrazak Mohamed (EGY) | 77.03 m | Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Khalifa (QAT) | 73.33 m | Firas Al Mahamid (SYR) | 71.88 m |
| Decathlon | Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) | 7377 pts | Mustafatah Hussein (EGY) | 7276 pts | Mohammed Belmatroud (KSA) | 6889 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (Wind: +3.3 m/s) | Ruqaya Al-Ghasra (BHR) | 11.61 | Baya Rahouli (ALG) | 11.69 | Houria Moussa (ALG) | 12.01 |
| 200 metres (Wind: +3.5 m/s) | Ruqaya Al-Ghasra (BHR) | 24.09 | Gretta Taslakian (LIB) | 24.13 | Muna Jabir Adam (SUD) | 24.45 |
| 400 metres | Muna Jabir Adam (SUD) | 54.34 | Gretta Taslakian (LIB) | 56.16 | Sara Arrous (ALG) | 57.04 |
| 800 metres | Nahida Touhami (ALG) | 2:05.83 | Hind Musa (SUD) | 2:10.96 | Mashaer Ali (SUD) | 2:12.96 |
| 1500 metres | Nahida Touhami (ALG) | 4:25.6 | Hind Musa (SUD) | 4:34.3 | Iman Al-Jallad (SYR) | 4:48.9 |
| 5000 metres | Souad Aït Salem (ALG) | 16:08.80 | Nadia Ejjafini (BHR) | 16:50.06 | Nour Al-Bakour (JOR) | 17:46.09 |
| 10,000 metres | Souad Aït Salem (ALG) | 34:47.73 | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 36:39.2 | Mashaer Ali (SUD) | 37:3.94 |
| 100 metres hurdles (Wind: +3.8 m/s) | Naïma Bentahar (ALG) | 14.25 | Samira Harrouchi (ALG) | 14.79 | Basma Al-Eshosh (JOR) | 15.64 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Diala El Chab (LIB) | 62.81 | Samira Harrouchi (ALG) | 62.85 | Ghadir Makhadmeh (JOR) | 69.60 |
| 4×100 m relay | Algeria (ALG) Baya Rahouli Sara Arrous Sarah Bouaoudia Naïma Bentahar | 48.18 | Sudan (SUD) Amal Jabara Sedou M. A. Jabo Nawal El Jack Muna Jabir Adam | 48.68 | Lebanon (LIB) Gretta Taslakian Nathalie Saykali Reine Bejjani Diala El Chab | 48.76 |
| 4×400 m relay | Algeria (ALG) Nahida Touhami Sara Arrous Houria Moussa Naïma Bentahar | 3:50.42 | Sudan (SUD) Hind Musa M. A. Jabo Nawal El Jack Muna Jabir Adam | 3:51.28 | Syria (SYR) H. Mashadani Munira Saleh W. Al-Bashiti Fadwa Al-Bouza | 4:00.10 |
| Half marathon | Nadia Ejjafini (BHR) | 1:19:40 | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 1:24:58 | Durka Mana (SUD) | 1:40:43 |
| 10,000 m walk | Bahia Boussad (ALG) | 51:01.1 | Ghania Amzal (ALG) | 53:24.3 | Hanaa Sayed Higaz (EGY) | 55:21.6 |
| High jump | Amina Lemgherbi (ALG) | 1.66 m | Karin Buchakjian (LIB) | 1.63 m | Amira Abou El Ata (EGY) | 1.55 m |
| Pole vault | Nesrin Emam (EGY) | 2.70 m | Basma Al-Eshosh (JOR) | 2.50 m | Only two athletes cleared a height | Only two athletes cleared a height |
| Long jump | Baya Rahouli (ALG) | 6.18 m | Mona Sabry (EGY) | 6.00 m (w) | Souad Zeghib (SYR) | 5.77 m (w) |
| Triple jump | Baya Rahouli (ALG) | 14.02 m | Mona Sabry (EGY) | 12.56 m | Noura Dallaty (SYR) | 11.94 m |
| Shot put | Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) | 15.17 m | Heba Zachary (EGY) | 14.19 m | Fatma Al-Zahraa (JOR) | 8.09 m |
| Discus throw | Heba Zachary (EGY) | 51.94 m | Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) | 34.93 m | Fatma Al-Zahraa (JOR) | 30.67 m |
| Hammer throw | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 61.74 m | Rawdh Eïd Hessine (EGY) | 53.80 m | Fatin Al-Bakhit (JOR) | 18.83 m |
| Javelin throw | Hana'a Ramadhan Omar (EGY) | 54.03 m | Ghofran Shamak (SYR) | 39.76 m | Heba Zachary (EGY) | 36.16 m |
| Heptathlon | Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) | 5107 pts | Diala El Chab (LIB) | 4208 pts | Arwa Abu-Shabab (JOR) | 3094 pts |

## Medal table
### Overall

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 14 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 2 | Qatar (QAT) | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Bahrain (BHR) | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Kuwait (KUW) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Sudan (SUD) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Lebanon (LIB) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 10 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 11 | Oman (OMN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Libya (LBA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 45 | 45 | 44 | 134 |

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Qatar (QAT) | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Kuwait (KUW) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Bahrain (BHR) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Sudan (SUD) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Lebanon (LIB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Oman (OMN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Libya (LBA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | Egypt (EGY) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Bahrain (BHR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Sudan (SUD) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Lebanon (LIB) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 22 | 22 | 21 | 65 |