# 2001 Arab Athletics Championships

The 2001 Arab Athletics Championships was the twelfth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries which took place in Damascus, Syria from 2–5 October. A total of 44 events were contested. The women's heptathlon and half marathon events were not held, although one new women's event was held for the first time: the pole vault. The electronic timing system at the event failed during the competition and as a result some of the races were hand-timed. Results for all such hand timed events were recorded to the tenth of a second, rather than the hundredth of a second typically used in electronic times. The distance for the men's half marathon race was also mis-measured, falling short of the 21.1 km (13.1-mile) requirement.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Salem Al-Yami (KSA) | 10.2 | Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA) | 10.2 | Khaled Youssef Al-Obaidli (QAT) | 10.3 |
| 200 metres | Hamoud Al-Dalhami (OMN) | 20.7 | Mohamed Al-Houti (OMN) | 20.8 | Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA) | 20.9 |
| 400 metres | Salaheddine Safi Bakar (QAT) | 45.9 | Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA) | 46.3 | Amin Badany Goma'a (EGY) | 46.7 |
| 800 metres | Ibrahim Abdou Youssef (QAT) | 1:47.3 | Adam Abdu Adam Ali (QAT) | 1:47.6 | Hilal Al-Khosaibi (OMN) | 1:48.0 |
| 1500 metres | Jamal Yusuf Noor (QAT) | 3:52.72 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD) | 3:53.15 | Abdulrahman Suleiman (QAT) | 3:54.73 |
| 5000 metres | Mohammed Yagoub (SUD) | 14:45.89 | Nasser Suleiman (QAT) | 14:46.50 | Hussein Ibrahim Hussein (SUD) | 14:56.54 |
| 10,000 metres | Mohammed Yagoub (SUD) | 29:30.2 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) | 29:34.5 | Hamada Mohamed (QAT) | 29:59.7 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Mubarak Ata Mubarak (KSA) | 13.6 | Mubarak Khasif (QAT) | 13.8 | Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi (QAT) | 14.1 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) | 50.07 | Bader Aman Abdulrahman (KUW) | 50.32 | Zahr-Edin Al Najem (SYR) | 51.02 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT) | 8:14.38 | Saad Al-Asmari (KSA) | 8:15.01 | Hassan Ali Al-Asmari (KSA) | 8:39.78 |
| 4×100 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 39.69 | Oman (OMN) | 39.86 | Qatar (QAT) | 40.24 |
| 4×400 m relay | Kuwait (KUW) | 3:07.88 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3:14.06 | Egypt (EGY) | 3:14.58 |
| Half marathon (short course) | Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) | 1:01:4 | El-Fouly Mostafa Salem Soliman (EGY) | 1:01:5 | Jumah Omar Al-Noor (QAT) | 1:02:1 |
| 20 km walk | Yasser Abboud (SYR) | 1:36:2 | Hamed Farag Abd El Jalil (EGY) | 1:37:5 | Mabrook Saleh Mohamed (QAT) | 1:42:3 |
| High jump | Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB) | 2.07 m | Salem Nasser Bakheet (BHR) | 2.04 m | Omar Moussa Al-Masrahi (KSA) | 2.04 m |
| Pole vault | Fahid Bader Al-Mershad (KUW) | 4.90 m | Abdulla Ghanim Saeed (QAT) | 4.80 m | Ali Youssef Al-Shawareb (KUW) | 4.80 m |
| Long jump | Said Mansour Al-Bekheet (QAT) | 7.94 m | Abdulrahman Faraj Al-Nubi (QAT) | 7.92 m | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) | 7.86 m |
| Triple jump | Mohamed Abdulaziz Hamdi Awadh (QAT) | 16.51 m | Salem Al-Ahmedi (KSA) | 16.50 m | Khaled Farham Al-Bekheet (KUW) | 16.01 m |
| Shot put | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) | 18.90 m | Ahmad Hassan Gholoum (KUW) | 18.92 m | Ibrahim Al-Manai (QAT) | 17.72 m |
| Discus throw | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) | 62.43 m | Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi (KSA) | 54.74 m | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) | 54.46 m |
| Hammer throw | Naser Abdullah Al-Jarallah (KUW) | 70.19 m | Yamine Hussein Abdel Moneim (EGY) | 70.03 m | Ahmed Mohamed Abd El Raouf (EGY) | 65.85 m |
| Javelin throw | Firas Al Mahamid (SYR) | 77.55 m | Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) | 71.35 m | Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Khalifa (QAT) | 69.70 m |
| Decathlon | Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) | 7372 pts | Assem Mohamed Ali (KSA) | 6824 pts | Mohamed El Morsi (EGY) | 6580pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Awatef Hamrouni (TUN) | 12.1 | Nathalie Saykali (LIB) | 12.5 | Sarah Fawzi El Shami (EGY) | 12.9 |
| 200 metres | Awatef Hamrouni (TUN) | 24.98 | Ines Abul Ala Mohamed (EGY) | 25.16 | Gretta Taslakian (LIB) | 26.17 |
| 400 metres | Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) | 54.7 | Ines Abul Ala Mohamed (EGY) | 57.9 | Gretta Taslakian (LIB) | 59.5 |
| 800 metres | Abir Nakhli (TUN) | 2:8.4 | Nadia Hamdi (EGY) | 2:12.7 | Hind Musa (SUD) | 2:14.9 |
| 1500 metres | Abir Nakhli (TUN) | 4:36.66 | Hind Musa (SUD) | 4:40.37 | Nadia Hamdi (EGY) | 4:45.04 |
| 5000 metres | Soulef Bouguerra (TUN) | 17:4.1 | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 17:21.9 | Amal Al Matari (JOR) | 17:59.4 |
| 10,000 metres | Soulef Bouguerra (TUN) | 35:32.48 | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 36:23.88 | Sara Ahmed Mohamed Hassan (EGY) | 39:37.41 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Alaa Abdulhadi (JOR) | 15.2 | Rasha Sharifa (SYR) | 15.6 | Haniya Al-Gameel (EGY) | 16.6 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) | 64.4 | Mounira Saoud (SYR) | 66.5 | Haniya Al-Gameel (EGY) | 67.9 |
| 4×100 m relay | Egypt (EGY) | 49.10 | Lebanon (LIB) | 50.31 | Jordan (JOR) | 51.74 |
| 4×400 m relay | Egypt (EGY) | 3:55.69 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3:58.97 | Syria (SYR) | 4:6.22 |
| 10,000 m walk | Najwa Ibrahim Ali (EGY) | 51:21.2 | Hanaa Sayed Higaz (EGY) | 54:1 | Thouraya Hamrouni (TUN) | 55:17.2 |
| High jump | Alaa Abdulhadi (JOR) | 1.63 m | Haniya Al-Gameel (EGY) | 1.60 m | Rasha Sharifa (SYR) | 1.45 m |
| Pole vault | Nesrine Ahmed Imam (EGY) | 3.20 m | Haniya Al-Gameel (EGY) | 2.60 m | Falak Allou (SYR) | 2.30 m |
| Long jump | Mona Sabry (EGY) | 5.78 m | Ghada Ismail Mustapha (EGY) | 5.68 m | Rania Estefan (LIB) | 5.60 m |
| Triple jump | Ghada Ismail Mustapha (EGY) | 12.40 m | Alaa Abdulhadi (JOR) | 11.68 m | Souad Zeghib (SYR) | 11.55 m |
| Shot put | Amel Ben Khaled (TUN) | 15.80 m | Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) | 15.71 m | Heba Zaghary (EGY) | 14.07 m |
| Discus throw | Heba Zaghary (EGY) | 48.76 m | Faten Gafsi (TUN) | 44.62 m | Noureen Ahmed Al Gharabawy (EGY) | 44.00 m |
| Hammer throw | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 61.48 m | Rawdh Eïd Hessine (EGY) | 52.12 m | Fatma Ibrahim (BHR) | 29.22 m |
| Javelin throw | Aïda Sallem (TUN) | 52.00 m | Muna Mustafa Youssef (EGY) | 47.01 m | Hana'a Ramadhan Omar (EGY) | 46.49 m |

## Medal table
### Overall

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Qatar (QAT) | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 9 | 13 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Kuwait (KUW) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Sudan (SUD) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Jordan (JOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | Lebanon (LIB) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Libya (LBA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 43 | 43 | 44 | 130 |

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Qatar (QAT) | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Kuwait (KUW) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Sudan (SUD) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Lebanon (LIB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Libya (LBA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 23 | 23 | 24 | 70 |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Tunisia (TUN) | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Egypt (EGY) | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Jordan (JOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |