# 1983 Arab Athletics Championships

The 1983 Arab Athletics Championships was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Amman, Jordan from 19–22 August. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women. The men's 20 kilometres walk was dropped from the programme, having been initiated at the 1981 edition. Although the majority of the races were measured using fully automatic time systems, four track finals were only timed to the tenth of a second due to technical issues.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +2.5 m/s) | Jamal Sulaiman (QAT) | 10.33w | Haytham Yagoub (IRQ) | 10.44w | Ali Bakhta (ALG) | 10.55w |
| 200 metres | Ali Bakhta (ALG) | 21.11 | Jamal Sulaiman (QAT) | 21.16 | Hassen Ali Lafta (IRQ) | 21.74 |
| 400 metres | Aouf Abdulrahman Yousef (IRQ) | 47.29 | Mohamed Aïssaoui (ALG) | 47.51 | Habib Dhouibi (TUN) | 48.16 |
| 800 metres | Mohamed Alouini (TUN) | 1:51.68 | Omer Khalifa (SUD) | 1:51.72 | Saïd Ouakli (ALG) | 1:51.88 |
| 1500 metres | Mohamed Néji Henchiri (TUN) | 3:52.91 | Omer Khalifa (SUD) | 3:52.95 | Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG) | 3:53.66 |
| 5000 metres | Féthi Baccouche (TUN) | 14:20.83 | Abderrazak Bounour (ALG) | 14:22.55 | Mohamed Néji Henchiri (TUN) | 14:23.23 |
| 10,000 metres | Féthi Baccouche (TUN) | 29:58.4 | Ahmed Musa Jouda (SUD) | 29:59.3 | Mohamed Ali Chouri (TUN) | 30:03.5 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Ahmed Hamada Jassim (BHR) | 14.2 | Riad Benhaddad (ALG) | 14.5 | Mansour Salem (KSA) | 14.6 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Ahmed Hamada Jassim (BHR) | 51.68 | Hassen El Assadi (IRQ) | 52.24 | Khalifa Khémiri (TUN) | 52.63 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Féthi Baccouche (TUN) | 8:54.9 | Mohamed Ali Chouri (TUN) | 8:55.9 | Rabah Aboura (ALG) | 9:27.7 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Qatar (QAT) | 40.67 | Iraq (IRQ) | 41.01 | Kuwait (KUW) | 41.08 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Iraq (IRQ) | 3:11.44 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:12.75 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3:17.22 |
| Marathon | Saadoun Nasir (IRQ) | 2:38:15 | Omar Moussa Bouh (DJI) | 2:44:39 | Abdelaziz Bouguerra (TUN) | 2:44:52 |
| 20 km walk | Abdelmajid Messifi (ALG) | 1:48:16 | Mohamed Bouhalla (ALG) | 1:51:39 | Amjad Taoualba (LBA) | 2:02:16 |
| High jump | Othmane Belfaa (ALG) | 2.28 m | Mohamed Aghlal (MAR) | 2.16 m | Abdulla Al-Sheib (QAT) | 2.10 m |
| Pole vault | Mohamed Bensaad (ALG) | 4.60 m | Choukri Abahnini (TUN) | 4.50 m | Mohamed Bouihiri (MAR) | 4.40 m |
| Long jump | Walid Turki (IRQ) | 7.36 m | Bachir Messikh (ALG) | 7.35 m | Ahmed Benazoug (ALG) | 7.25 m |
| Triple jump | Fethi Khelid Aboud (LBA) | 15.89 m | Saïd Saad (ALG) | 15.72 m | Moujhed Fahd Khalifa (IRQ) | 15.51 m |
| Shot put | Mohammed Al-Zinkawi (KUW) | 17.36 m | Mohamed Fatihi (MAR) | 16.73 m | Mahmoud Abel (KUW) | 16.34 m |
| Discus throw | Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) | 53.36 m | Shawki Hajji (IRQ) | 48.90 m | Adnan Houry (SYR) | 48.40 m |
| Hammer throw | Hakim Toumi (ALG) | 66.34 m | Yacine Louail (ALG) | 64.94 m | Khaled Ghalloum (KUW) | 53.48 m |
| Javelin throw | Tarek Chaabani (TUN) | 70.30 m | Mohamed Karakhi (MAR) | 68.58 m | Malong Garang (SUD) | 64.82 m |
| Decathlon | Mourad Mahour Bacha (ALG) | 6893 pts | Adel El-Charida (BHR) | 6857 pts | Abdessatar Mouelhi (TUN) | 6695 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Rachida Ferdjaoui (ALG) | 12.16 | Fatima Mefti (ALG) | 12.52 | Intissar El Khaffaji (IRQ) | 12.65 |
| 200 metres | Rachida Ferdjaoui (ALG) | 25.14 | Selma Anane (TUN) | 25.74 | Souad Chouider (ALG) | 25.79 |
| 400 metres | Sarra Touibi (TUN) | 56.3 | Dalila Harek (ALG) | 57.6 | Wissal Mahmoud (IRQ) | 1:00.1 |
| 800 metres | Sarra Touibi (TUN) | 2:09.5 | Dalila Harek (ALG) | 2:11.41 | Sabah Ben Nasr (TUN) | 2:12.24 |
| 1500 metres | Sabah Ben Nasr (TUN) | 4:34.92 | Salima Djelloul (ALG) | 4:40.37 | Hala El-Moughrabi (SYR) | 4:45.74 |
| 3000 metres | Sabah Ben Nasr (TUN) | 10:31.51 | Hala El-Moughrabi (SYR) | 10:40.64 | Emna Aouda (JOR) | 10:46.19 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Karima Henni (ALG) | 15.01 | Basma Gharbi (TUN) | 15.19 | Kawther Akrémi (TUN) | 15.58 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Basma Gharbi (TUN) | 1:03.63 | Karima Henni (ALG) | 1:06.84 | Rana Fodha (JOR) | 1:14.68 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Algeria (ALG) | 47.65 | Tunisia (TUN) | 48.89 | Iraq (IRQ) | 49.02 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 3:49.66 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3:49.76 | Iraq (IRQ) | 4:04.32 |
| High jump | Kawther Akrémi (TUN) | 1.71 m | Nacera Zaaboub-Achir (ALG) | 1.65 m | Mbarka Ahnitou (MAR) | 1.60 m |
| Long jump | Dalila Tayebi (ALG) | 5.92 m | Kawther Akrémi (TUN) | 5.81 m | Basma Gharbi (TUN) | 5.62 m |
| Shot put | Souad Malloussi (MAR) | 15.47 m | Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) | 13.65 m | Fatiha Larab (ALG) | 13.22 m |
| Discus throw | Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) | 47.84 m | Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) | 42.84 m | Djamila Aït Dib (ALG) | 41.16 m |
| Javelin throw | Fatiha Belamghar (MAR) | 46.04 m | Samia Djémaa (ALG) | 44.03 m | Nouria Kédideh (ALG) | 42.18 m |
| Heptathlon | Nacera Zaaboub-Achir (ALG) | 5075 pts | Zeina Mina (LIB) | 4577 pts | Rana Fodha (JOR) | 2887 pts |

## Medal table
### Overall

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 13 | 17 | 9 | 39 |
| 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 13 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Iraq (IRQ) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Morocco (MAR) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Libya (LBA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Djibouti (DJI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Oman (OMN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | South Yemen (YMD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 39 | 39 | 39 | 117 |

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Tunisia (TUN) | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Algeria (ALG) | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Iraq (IRQ) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Libya (LBA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Djibouti (DJI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Oman (OMN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | South Yemen (YMD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Morocco (MAR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |