# 1986 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 1986 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Cairo, Egypt. A total of 38 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 16 for women. Algeria, a regional power in the sport, did not send a team.
Tunisia topped the medal table with twelve gold medals, most of them from the women's section. Morocco and Saudi Arabia each won seven gold medals and were closely followed by Egypt, which took six. Four top world-level athletes emerged at this competition, all of them Moroccan. In the men's 5000 metres, Brahim Boutayeb beat his compatriot Khalid Skah to the title – both went on to win gold medals in the 10,000 metres at the Olympics. In the women's 3000 metres, Zahra Ouaziz was only third in Cairo but as a senior she won two medals at the World Championships in Athletics. Nezha Bidouane was the Arab junior women's champion in the 100 metres hurdles and the runner-up in the 400 metres hurdles and later was a two-time world champion in the latter event.
The most successful athlete was Tunisia's Selma Khardani, who won the women's 800, 1500 and 3000 m titles. She won senior honours at national level, but not internationally. Hanan Ahmed Khaled was the second most successful athlete at the competition, winning the shot put and discus throw events, and also a javelin throw bronze medal; she became one of Egypt's most successful sportswomen, with four gold medals at the African Championships in Athletics to her name.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Mohammed Husawi (KSA) | 10.78 | Mohammed Al-Beshi (KSA) | 10.85 | Mohamed El Kandoussi (MAR) | 10.92 |
| 200 metres | Mohammed Al-Beshi (KSA) | 21.79 CR | Mohammed Husawi (KSA) | 21.91 | Mohamed El Kandoussi (MAR) | 22.04 |
| 400 metres | Sultan Saad (KSA) | 49.16 | Yacoub Ishak (KUW) | 49.19 | Slim Ben Brahim (TUN) | 49.41 |
| 800 metres | Brahim El-Ghazali (MAR) | 1:54.21 | Omar Ibrahim Mohamed (EGY) | 1:54.77 | Shawki Abdullah (QAT) | 1:55.23 |
| 1500 metres | Brahim El-Ghazali (MAR) | 3:51.59 | Mohammed Khamis (QAT) | 3:51.72 | Abdelmalek Amanallah (MAR) | 3:53.77 |
| 5000 metres | Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 14:13.75 CR | Khalid Skah (MAR) | 15:01.85 | Noureddine Kamoun (TUN) | 15:07.35 |
| 110 m hurdles | Khalid Salem Hassan (BHR) | 14.85 CR | Ziad Enazi Abdulrazak (KUW) | 15.04 | Adnan Ali (KUW) | 15.67 |
| 400 m hurdles | Khalid Salem Hassan (BHR) | 52.84 | Saleh Zayed (BHR) | 54.93 | Hassan El Fergui (MAR) | 55.25 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Abdelmalek Amanallah (MAR) | 5:49.29 | Tawfik Boukroma (TUN) | 5:51.82 | Habib Boujlel (TUN) | 5:57.20 |
| 4×100 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 42.22 CR | Bahrain (BHR) | 42.99 | Morocco (MAR) | 43.97 |
| 4×400 m relay | Egypt (EGY) | 3:20.88 | Oman (OMN) | 3:23.16 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3:24.69 |
| 30 km road race | Saleh Alawi (QAT) | 2:01:44 | Mohammed Sarsour (JOR) | 2:04:22 | Othman Ali (QAT) | 2:10:52 |
| 15 km walk | Ahmed Abdel Hamid (EGY) | 1:25:12 | Salah Abdallah (EGY) | 1:29:54 | Walid Okasha (PLE) | 1:35:13 |
| High jump | Wahid Ahmed Abu Agala (EGY) | 1.96 m | Mashal Douihi (KUW) | 1.93 m | Omran Al-Maarouf (PLE) | 1.90 m |
| Pole vault | Nasser Al-Wahibi (KSA) | 4.30 m | Walid Zaid (QAT) | 4.00 m | Mashal Abdullah (KUW) | 4.00 m |
| Long jump | Talal Al-Sowailem (KUW) | 6.76 m | Youssef Sayed Mohamed Awad (EGY) | 6.67 m | Only two finishers | Only two finishers |
| Triple jump | Larbi Fezzani (TUN) | 14.34 m | Youssef Sayed Mohamed Awad (EGY) | 14.28 m | Hassan Ghazala (MAR) | 14.15 m |
| Shot put | Khalid Salman Al-Khalidi (KSA) | 15.65 m CR | Hussain Ali Al-Saeed (KUW) | 15.08 m | Mahmoud Saeed Jala (KUW) | 14.83 m |
| Discus throw | Mahmoud Mustafa (KUW) | 41.04 m | Badr Abdulwahid (KUW) | 40.68 m | Sherif Mohamed Abderrahim (EGY) | 40.22 m |
| Hammer throw | Abdul Hakim Ali (QAT) | 59.64 m CR | Badr Ali Al-Rashoud (KUW) | 54.08 m | Riyad Rashid (BHR) | 49.40 m |
| Javelin throw | Abdul Azim Al-Ewat (KSA) | 59.30 m | Hussain Abbas (KUW) | 56.44 m | Saeed Hamed (OMN) | 56.42 m |
| Decathlon | Anis Driss (TUN) | 5830 pts | Mashal Douihi (KUW) | 5499 pts | Ahmed Hosni Abu Zid (EGY) | 5229 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Méryem Oumezdi (MAR) | 12.23 CR | Lamia Makni (TUN) | 12.42 | Ilham Saïdi (MAR) | 13.01 |
| 200 metres | Lamia Makni (TUN) | 25.15 CR | Méryem Oumezdi (MAR) | 25.69 | Intisar Othman (JOR) | 26.79 |
| 400 metres | Lamia Makni (TUN) | 57.06 CR | Hend Kebaoui (TUN) | 59.41 | Intisar Othman (JOR) | 60.29 |
| 800 metres | Selma Khardani (TUN) | 2:18.00 | Nadia Belattar (MAR) | 2:21.27 | Rahma Zouggar (MAR) | 2:22.67 |
| 1500 metres | Selma Khardani (TUN) | 4:39.08 | Bouchra Belmoudden (MAR) | 4:45.59 | Nadia Belattar (MAR) | 4:49.78 |
| 3000 metres | Selma Khardani (TUN) | 10:35.39 | Amin Ismail (JOR) | 10:51.10 | Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) | 11:02.22 |
| 100 m hurdles | Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 15.20 | Selma Triki (TUN) | 16.67 | Ilham Saïdi (MAR) | 18.25 |
| 400 m hurdles | Hend Kebaoui (TUN) | 64.35 | Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 65.50 | Samia Sassi (TUN) | 67.36 |
| 4×100 m relay | Tunisia (TUN) | 49.32 | Morocco (MAR) | 50.39 | Egypt (EGY) | 52.14 |
| 4×400 m relay | Tunisia (TUN) | 4:01.68 | Morocco (MAR) | 4:11.76 | Jordan (JOR) | 4:16.78 |
| High jump | Touria Aboudi (MAR) | 1.58 m CR | Ilham Touati (MAR) | 1.56 m | Rym Fatma Guizani (TUN) | 1.54 m |
| Long jump | Nagwa Abd El Hay Riad (EGY) | 5.52 m | Basma Fkih (TUN) | 5.41 m | Hend Kebaoui (TUN) | 5.36 m |
| Shot put | Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) | 11.74 m CR | Nadia Messadi (TUN) | 10.06 m | Méryem Benamar (MAR) | 9.87 m |
| Discus throw | Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) | 38.72 m | Nevin Idris (EGY) | 28.70 m | Abir Mahmoud (PLE) | 19.18 m |
| Javelin throw | Nadia Messadi (TUN) | 30.04 m | Azza El Omari (EGY) | 28.98 m | Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) | 26.96 m |
| Heptathlon | Nadia Messadi (TUN) | 2608 pts | Hédia Zalila (TUN) | 2510 pts | Ilham Touati (MAR) | 2478 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Tunisia (TUN) | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | Morocco (MAR) | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Egypt (EGY) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Oman (OMN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 38 | 38 | 36 | 112 |