# 1989 Arab Athletics Championships

The 1989 Arab Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Cairo, Egypt from 2–5 October. A total of 43 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 19 for women. It was the first time that the Egyptian capital had hosted the event, bringing the championship to the largest Arab nation.
Due to technological restrictions, track events were timed to the tenth of a second, while road events were timed into hundredths. Women's full long-distance running events were added to the programme in the form of the 10,000 metres and the marathon (an Olympic women's 10,000 m had been introduced the previous year). The marathon was not the only new road event here, as a women's 10 km race walk was also initiated. It was the first Arab women's walk championship, as same event only started at the Pan Arab Games in 1992.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Khalid Jouma Ibrahim (BHR) | 10.2 | Abdullah Salem Al Khalidi (OMN) | 10.3 | Jassem Mahboob (QAT) | 10.4 |
| 200 metres | Khalid Jouma Ibrahim (BHR) | 20.7 | Abdullah Salem Al Khalidi (OMN) | 21.0 | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) | 21.0 |
| 400 metres | Mohammed Al-Malki (OMN) | 45.56 | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) | 46.61 | Abdelali Kasbane (MAR) | 46.67 |
| 800 metres | Ahmed Belkessam (ALG) | 1:52.8 | Rachid El Basir (MAR) | 1:53.1 | Bouazza Nouala (ALG) | 1:53.2 |
| 1500 metres | Mustapha Lachaal (MAR) | 3:41.0 | Abdelaziz Sahere (MAR) | 3:41.5 | Mahmoud Kalboussi (TUN) | 3:41.7 |
| 5000 metres | Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 14:05.7 | Khalid Skah (MAR) | 14:07. | Habib Romdhani (TUN) | 14:10.7 |
| 10,000 metres | Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 29:42.5 | Hammou Boutayeb (MAR) | 29:43.7 | Abderrazak Gtari (TUN) | 29:57.3 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Noureddine Tadjine (ALG) | 13.7 | Ziad Abdulrazak Al-Kheder (KUW) | 14.0 | Khalid Abdallah (BHR) | 14.0 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Ahmed Abdel Halim Ghanem (EGY) | 50.3 | Said Aberkan (MAR) | 50.8 | Abdelhak Touhami (MAR) | 50.8 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Azzedine Brahmi (ALG) | 8:54.4 | Hassan Ouhrouch (MAR) | 8:54.4 | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 8:54.4 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Algeria (ALG) | 40.8 | Egypt (EGY) | 41.2 | Bahrain (BHR) | 41.3 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 3:08.8 | Oman (OMN) | 3:09.5 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:09.6 |
| Marathon | Mohamed El Amine (ALG) | 2:21:57 | Moussa Al-Hariri (SYR) | 2:32:12 | Abdelkarim Abbes (IRQ) | 2:35:32 |
| 20 km walk | Mohamed Bouhalla (ALG) | 1:48:42 | Abdelouaheb Ferguène (ALG) | 1:51:52 | Ahmed Abdelhamid (EGY) | 1:56:53 |
| 50 km walk | H'Mimed Rahouli (ALG) | 4:58:32 | Mustapha Boulal (MAR) | 5:10:15 | Arezki Boumerar (ALG) | 5:31:14 |
| High jump | Othmane Belfaa (ALG) | 2.16 m | Abdulla Al-Sheib (QAT) | 2.16 m | Karim Abdennour (ALG) | 2.06 m |
| Pole vault | Walid Zayed (QAT) | 4.80 m | Ahmed Kassem (QAT) | 4.80 m | Choukri Abahnini (TUN) | 4.70 m |
| Long jump | Youssef Sayed Mohamed Awad (EGY) | 7.59 m | Ahmed Hassan (EGY) | 7.44 m | Abdulla Al-Sheib (QAT) | 7.36 m |
| Triple jump | Marzouk Abdallah Al-Yoha (KUW) | 16.68 m | Abdelkader Kellouch (ALG) | 16.03 m | Sameh Farhan (KUW) | 15.41 m |
| Shot put | Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush (EGY) | 18.29 m | Khaled Wajih (IRQ) | 17.47 m | Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi (KSA) | 17.16 m |
| Discus throw | Mohamed Naguib Hamed (EGY) | 55.44 m | Hassan Ahmed Hamad (EGY) | 53.59 m | Ibrahim El-Ouairan (KSA) | 49.76 m |
| Hammer throw | Hakim Toumi (ALG) | 69.64 m | Waleed Al-Bekheet (KUW) | 67.80 m | Hassan Chahine (MAR) | 67.30 m |
| Javelin throw | Ghanem Jaouhar (KUW) | 70.02 m | Ahmed Houri (SYR) | 62.54 m | Abdeladhim Aliouat (KSA) | 58.44 m |
| Decathlon | Abdennacer Moumen (MAR) | 7215 pts | Mourad Mahour Bacha (ALG) | 7168 pts | Mashal Douihi (KUW) | 6701 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) | 11.8 | Méryem Oumezdi (MAR) | 11.9 | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 12.0 |
| 200 metres | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 23.8 | Wafa Bashir Asr (EGY) | 24.5 | Latifa Lahcen (MAR) | 24.8 |
| 400 metres | Dina Saadoun (IRQ) | 54.7 | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 54.8 | Hend Kebaoui (TUN) | 56.2 |
| 800 metres | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 2:08.19 | Fatima Maama (MAR) | 2:10.5 | Najat Ouali (MAR) | 2:15.3 |
| 1500 metres | Fatima Aouam (MAR) | 4:21.9 | Fatima Maama (MAR) | 4:26.9 | Mebarka Hadj Abdellah (ALG) | 4:30.4 |
| 3000 metres | Fatima Aouam (MAR) | 9:23.9 | Mebarka Hadj Abdellah (ALG) | 9:26.8 | Souad Nakour (MAR) | 9:41.8 |
| 10,000 metres | Hassania Drami (MAR) | 34:55.6 | Souad Nakour (MAR) | 35:32.7 | Mebarka Hadj Abdellah (ALG) | 36:23.6 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) | 13.4 | Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 14.0 | Fatima Najjam (MAR) | 14.0 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Dina Saadoun (IRQ) | 58.8 | Hend Kabaoui (TUN) | 59.0 | Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 60.3 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 47.0 | Egypt (EGY) | 47.3 | Algeria (ALG) | 47.7 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 3:44.3 | Egypt (EGY) | 3:51.5 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3:54.9 |
| Marathon | Zahra Akrachi (MAR) | 4:23:01 | Asma Larbi (TUN) | 4:28:48 | Only two finishers | Only two finishers |
| 10 km walk | Amani Adel (EGY) | 1:03:13 | Méryem Kouch (MAR) | 1:06:30 | Messaouda Fridji (ALG) | 1:09:43 |
| High jump | Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) | 1.73 m | Nacera Zaaboub-Achir (ALG) | 1.67 m | Nadia Htitou (MAR) | 1.67 m |
| Long jump | Hend Kabaoui (TUN) | 5.62 m | Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) | 5.61 m | Nagwa Abd El Hay Riad (EGY) | 5.60 m |
| Shot put | Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) | 15.00 m | Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) | 14.08 m | Latifa Nefzaoui (TUN) | 13.75 m |
| Discus throw | Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) | 53.46 m | Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) | 52.12 m | Nabila Mouelhi (TUN) | 47.08 m |
| Javelin throw | Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) | 51.08 m | Hayet Ben Slama (TUN) | 47.40 m | Rkia Ramoudi (MAR) | 47.24 m |
| Heptathlon | Nacera Zaaboub-Achir (ALG) | 5553 pts | Huda Hashem Ismail (EGY) | 4478 pts | Hédia Zalila (TUN) | 4421 pts |

## Medal table
### Overall

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 15 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Morocco (MAR) | 11 | 14 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Iraq (IRQ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 8 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 43 | 43 | 42 | 128 |

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Morocco (MAR) | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Morocco (MAR) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Algeria (ALG) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Iraq (IRQ) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 19 | 19 | 18 | 56 |