# 2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the seventeenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 5–8 May at the Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium in Tlemcen, Algeria. It was the first time that Algeria hosted the event. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.
Around 800 athletes from 20 countries were expected to appear at the competition, though only 232 athletes from 15 nations ultimately did so.
Bahrain took the most gold medals with 16 while Tunisia won the next highest with 9. The host nation Algeria took the most medals with a total of 39, seven of them gold.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Mohamed Farès Jelassi (TUN) | 10.52 | Ammar Essifi (OMN) | 10.62 | Saïd El Omayri (BHR) | 10.76 |
| 200 metres | Moussa Issa (BHR) | 21.44 | Amine Bouanani (ALG) | 21.60 | Taha Hussein Yacine (IRQ) | 21.77 |
| 400 metres | Moussa Issa (BHR) | 46.95 | Taha Hussein Yacine (IRQ) | 47.14 | Ahmad Saleh Mahda (KSA) | 48.38 |
| 800 metres | Riadh Chenini (TUN) | 1:50.62 | Adam Fadhl-Allah (SUD) | 1:51.31 | Mohamed Rahim Zaghir (IRQ) | 1:51.97 |
| 1500 metres | Riadh Chenini (TUN) | 3:53.09 | Ali Kaddachi (TUN) | 3:53.17 | Abdallah Abdelfatih (DJI) | 3:55.72 |
| 5000 metres | Djamel Abdi Direh (DJI) | 14:26.11 | Aden Arbah (DJI) | 14:30.11 | Hosni Ismail Aissa (SUD) | 14:38.39 |
| 10,000 metres | Djamel Abdi Direh (DJI) | 30:07.47 | Abdi Ibrahim Abdou (BHR) | 30:32.18 | Ali Djouder (ALG) | 31:15.04 |
| 100 m hurdles | Amine Bouanani (ALG) | 13.96 | Mohamed Saleh Nadhem (IRQ) | 14.12 | Salah Khade Salah (IRQ) | 14.21 |
| 400 m hurdles | Abderrahmane Youssef (KSA) | 52.11 | Mohamed Amine Touati (TUN) | 52.97 | Jassem Mohamed (IRQ) | 53.05 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Sofiane Cherni (TUN) | 9:10.03 | Kenzi Souadia (ALG) | 9:11.27 | Mohamed Amine Jhinaoui (TUN) | 9:15.82 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Oman (OMN) | 41.59 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 42.30 | Iraq (IRQ) | 42.33 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Algeria (ALG) | 3:13.35 | Sudan (SUD) | 3:13.36 | Egypt (EGY) | 3:13.89 |
| 10 km walk | Bahaeddine Gatri (TUN) | 45:48.08 | Mustafa Reza Alouani (IRQ) | 47:17.76 | Billal Djaafri (ALG) | 47:58.48 |
| High jump | Houssam Hussein (IRQ) | 2.05 m | Hicham Bouhanoun (ALG) Mohamed Hamdi (QAT) | 2.00 m | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Pole vault | Ali Mohsen (IRQ) | 4.90 m | Réda Boudchiche (ALG) | 4.30 m | Taoufik Ahmed (KSA) | 4.20 m |
| Long jump | Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG) | 7.43 m | Abdelhak Bouziziane (ALG) | 7.19 m | Ihab Fathi Abboud (LBA) | 7.02 m |
| Triple jump | Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (ALG) | 16.01 m CR | Ihab Fathi Abboud (LBA) | 14.90 m | Ahmed El Hani (TUN) | 14.57 m |
| Shot put | Moadh Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT) | 17.00 m | Alaeddine Chaalal (ALG) | 16.24 m | Akram Sassi (TUN) | 15.08 m |
| Discus throw | Moadh Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT) | 60.13 m CR | Aboubacar Mohamed Zakaria (KSA) | 50.32 m | Mustapha Hassen Abu Chahin (KSA) | 44.72m |
| Hammer throw | Hussein Thamer Abdelwahed (IRQ) | 66.00 m | Farès Ben Saïd (TUN) | 60.84 m | Amir Ali Hussein (IRQ) | 58.93 m |
| Javelin throw | Yacine Khalfaoui (TUN) | 61.37 m | Salah Younes Mouhcen (IRQ) | 57.71 m | Elhamad Mourtadha Aissa (KSA) | 57.57 m |
| Decathlon | Souheil Hemani (ALG) | 6052 pts | Ramzi Ayari (TUN) | 5982 pts | Abderrazak Slimani (ALG) | 5783 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Bashira Nasser (BHR) | 11.66 CR | Imène Issa Jassem (BHR) | 11.68 | Mazoun El Alaouia (OMN) | 12.17 |
| 200 metres | Edwilge Ova Naim (BHR) | 23.21 CR | Bashira Nasser (BHR) | 23.91 | Manel Bendebka (ALG) | 25.67 |
| 400 metres | Imène Issa Jassem (BHR) | 55.44 | Fatma Rezig (TUN) | 59.74 | Chaima Abdelaziz (ALG) | 1:01.82 |
| 800 metres | Marta Hibatou (BHR) | 2:10.77 | Hela Hamdi (TUN) | 2:12.67 | Sarra Houaouti (ALG) | 2:16.52 |
| 1500 metres | Dalila Abdelkader (BHR) | 4:16.24 CR | Hela Hamdi (TUN) | 4:33.81 | Sonia Farouk Hamdan (SUD) | 4:34.81 |
| 3000 metres | Ribitu Bouatiou Idao (BHR) | 9:20.46 | Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) | 9:24.30 | Yasmina Housseini (ALG) | 11:7.40 |
| 5000 metres | Ribitu Bouatiou Idao (BHR) | 16:57.46 | Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) | 17:00.42 | Katia Belbey (ALG) | 19:36.68 |
| 100 m hurdles | Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BHR) | 14.53 | Yousra Arar (ALG) | 14.66 | Mazoun El Alaouia (OMN) | 15.01 |
| 400 m hurdles | Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BHR) | 58.25 CR | Chaima Ounis (ALG) | 1:03.25 | Houda Cheikh (ALG) | 1:04.05 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Makonine Dissa Djissa (BHR) | 10:02.68 | Maroua Bouzaiani (TUN) | 10:46.91 | Katia Belbey (ALG) | 12:32.79 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Bahrain (BHR) | 46.60 CR | Algeria (ALG) | 48.72 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1:00.53 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Bahrain (BHR) | 3:46.90 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:58.11 | Tunisia (TUN) | 4:07.37 |
| 10 km walk | Rihab Mansouri (TUN) | 52:38 | Zina Bouhraoua (ALG) | 53:10 | Tinhinane Boumaaza (ALG) | 54:48 |
| High jump | Affaf Benhadja (ALG) Mariem Abdallah (IRQ) | 1.63 m | Not awarded | Not awarded | Zaineb Amer Karim (IRQ) | 1.53 m |
| Pole vault | Maryam Yasser Mohamed (EGY) | 3.00 m | Sherine Sharif Mahmoud (EGY) | 2.60 m | Zahra Jamal Sakran (IRQ) | 2.60 m |
| Long jump | Chelbia Ben Salem (TUN) | 5.60 m | Lidia Sahraoui (ALG) | 5.54 m | Insaf Zitouni (ALG) | 5.45 m |
| Triple jump | Chelbia Ben Salem (TUN) | 12.46 m | Leila Ben Si-Ali (ALG) | 12.18 m | Shahd Kassem (IRQ) | 11.38 m |
| Shot put | Sarah Ahmed Mannai (QAT) | 11.97 m | Imene Bounab (ALG) | 11.70 m | Folla Kermech (ALG) | 9.99 m |
| Discus throw | Ritaj Salem Essayah (LBA) | 51.58 m CR | Fatma Youcef Elhosni (UAE) | 39.37 m | Amina Mohammedi (ALG) | 37.17 m |
| Javelin throw | Sarah Ahmed Mannai (QAT) | 36.11 m | Lidya Outemzabet (ALG) | 29.44 m | Ikram Afrit (ALG) | 28.38 m |
| Hammer throw | Ritaj Salem Essayah (LBA) | 50.92 m | Azza Eddaif (TUN) | 43.48 m | Chahrazed Kheloufi (ALG) | 42.80 m |
| Heptathlon | Ania Ainouche (ALG) | 4060 pts | Yousra Baazizi (ALG) | 3613 pts | Moudhi Elbellouchi (OMN) | 1739 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bahrain (BHR) | 14 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) | 7 | 16 | 16 | 39 |
| 4 | Iraq (IRQ) | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | Qatar (QAT) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Djibouti (DJI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Libya (LBA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 45 | 44 | 43 | 132 |