# 2018 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 2018 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 19–22 April at the Baccalaureat School in Amman, Jordan. It was the second time that Jordan hosted the event after Amman in 2012. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Mohamed Mehdi zakraoui (ALG) | 10.701 | Ammar Essifi (OMN) | 10.706 | Ali Khalid Mas (KSA) | 10:72 |
| 200 metres | Ahmed Omar Adem (KSA) | 21.41 | Mohamed Mehdi zakraoui (ALG) | 21.65 | Jabr Hilal Rached (QAT) | 21.74 |
| 400 metres | Slimane Moula (ALG) | 46.73 | Anouar El Oufi (MAR) | 47.71 | Mounir Hzel (MAR) | 48.05 |
| 800 metres | Mohanned Seifeddine (QAT) | 1:53.85 | Abdallah Maadhalib (MAR) | 1:54.14 | Zaher Chraf (MAR) | 1:55.65 |
| 1500 metres | Soltane El Hemdaoui (MAR) | 3:48.49 | Cherif ElAtaouna (JOR) | 3:56.19 | Peter Khouri (LIB) | 4:00.87 |
| 5000 metres | Cherif ElAtaouna (JOR) | 14:43.20 | Mohamed Rachdi (MAR) | 14:45.35 | Hichem Boulkhil (MAR) | 15:23.01 |
| 10,000 metres | Anouar Ouzine (MAR) | 31:25 | Noureddine Mouhamed (YEM) | 32:01 | Youssef Hasaballah Ramadhane (SUD) | 32:30 |
| 110 m hurdles | Momahed EL Anzi (KUW) | 14.02 | Saoud El Hamidi (QAT) | 14.06 | Oussema Hammi (MAR) | 14.24 |
| 400 m hurdles | Ismael Menyeni (MAR) | 53.09 | Oussema Hammi (MAR) | 53.22 | Fahd Ben Ammar (TUN) | 55.00 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Mouhanned Khamis (QAT) | 9:13.16 | Mouhamed Rachdi (MAR) | 9:15.12 | Abdelrahim Louktam (MAR) | 9:17.02 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 41.16 | Algeria (ALG) | 41.43 | Oman (OMN) | 41.52 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 3:16.60 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3:22.09 | Oman (OMN) | 3:22.32 |
| 10 km walk | Hamza Hmidi (TUN) | 44:41 | Mehdi Abidi (ALG) | 45:23 | Othman Chibaoui (ALG) | 45:55 |
| High jump | Mohamed El behiri (JOR) | 2.05 m | Hussein Nasser (KSA) | 2.00 m | Yassine Hajjaji (MAR) | 2.00 m |
| Pole vault | AbdelHamid Essaied (EGY) | 4.60 m | Ahmed Yassin (KSA) | 4.20 m | Salah Talal Ibrahim (KUW) | 3.80 m |
| Long jump | Yassine Hajjaji (MAR) | 7.24 m | Amir Moussaoui (ALG) | 7.17 m | Rached Abdallah Rached (QAT) | 7.15 m |
| Triple jump | Houssem Choumane (EGY) | 15.42 m | Sofiane Zakour (MAR) | 15.33 m | Amazigh HAddadi (ALG) | 15.09 m |
| Shot put | Mouadh Saber (QAT) | 19.80 m | Mohammed Chachi (MAR) | 17.88 m | Moatez Mohammed (EGY) | 17.86 m |
| Discus throw | Mouadh Saber (QAT) | 58.44 m | Mohammed Chachi (MAR) | 53.16 m | Mostafa Hasan Abou Chahine (EGY) | 51.37 m |
| Hammer throw | Ali Hachem (EGY) | 60.81 m | Saied Ali Abboudi (ALG) | 60.39 m | Youssef Hichem Mohamed (EGY) | 59.88 m |
| Javelin throw | Yassine Khalfaoui (TUN) | 59.06 m | Abdelmajid El Sbii (KSA) | 56.67 m | Abdelaziz El Hemdani (KUW) | 56.50 m |
| Decathlon | Ahmed Yassin (KSA) | 6718 Pts | Issa Jarrah (KSA) | 5378 Pts | Yakoub El Bather (KUW) | 4743 Pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Lea Obeid (LIB) | 12.51 | Maram Issa (EGY) | 12.52 | Hedil Abboud (LBY) | 12.60 |
| 200 metres | Alia Bouchnak (JOR) | 24.64 | Hajer Dhaou (MAR) | 24.88 | Chaima Ayachi (TUN) | 25.43 |
| 400 metres | Sarra Hechmi (MAR) | 54.54 | Fatma Rzig (TUN) | 57.11 | Alia Bouchnak (JOR) | 57.23 |
| 800 metres | imen Abdeldeim (MAR) | 2:11.22 | Chaima Ismaili (MAR) | 2:17.54 | Haya Elyaakiba (JOR) | 2:33.88 |
| 1500 metres | Meriem Azrour (MAR) | 4:30.94 | imen Abdeldeim (MAR) | 4:34.41 | Sirine Kadri (TUN) | 4:38.22 |
| 3000 metres | Kaouther Abida (MAR) | 9:54.72 | Khadija Hebbeche (ALG) | 10:10.66 | Souheila Bahtar (MAR) | 10:19.42 |
| 5000 metres | Kaouther Abida (MAR) | 17:00 | Lamia Hini (MAR) | 17:21 | Hanene El Achouche (JOR) | 19:14 |
| 100 m hurdles | Nour Nadi (MAR) | 14.02 CR | Imen Nakhili (MAR) | 14.63 | Yara El Khatib (JOR) | 19.26 |
| 400 m hurdles | Sarra Hechmi (MAR) | 1:01.04 | Lobna Ben Haja (ALG) | 1:01.24 | Raghd El Hayyari (JOR) | 1:19.40 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Ikram Ouaziz (MAR) | ?:??.?? | Houda Ahtitou (MAR) | ??:??.?? | Marwa Boughanem (TUN) | ??:??.?? |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 49.84 | Jordan (JOR) | 49.93 | Algeria (ALG) | 51.41 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 3:53.89 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:57.28 | Jordan (JOR) | 4:31.59 |
| 10 km walk | Souad Izzi (ALG) | 50:12 | Rihem Bouzid (TUN) | 50:49 | Meriem Amel Zoubiri (ALG) | 54:04 |
| High jump | Khadija Manel Ameur (ALG) | 1.66 m | Imen El Atouhini (MAR) | 1.63 m | Nour El Kadhi (JOR) | 1.60 m |
| Pole vault | Nour Slimane (EGY) | 3.60 m CR | Imen Rhouma (TUN) | 3.55 m | Yassmine Mostafa (EGY) | 3.40 m |
| Long jump | Oumeima Helal (MAR) | 5.92 m | Nesrine Jomrani (MAR) | 5.72 m | Hedil Abboud (LBY) | 5.47 m |
| Triple jump | Dhekra Aoun (TUN) | 11.97 m | Marwa Hechmi (ALG) | 11.74 m | Nesrine Jomrani (MAR) | 11.61 m |
| Shot put | Zeineb Zaroul (MAR) | 13.77 m | Rana Ahmed (EGY) | 11.94 m | Wydad Bisli (ALG) | 11.74 m |
| Discus throw | Rana Khaled (EGY) | 47.00 m | Saida Hamidi (MAR) | 46.79 m | Katia Hamoumraoui (ALG) | 40.26 m |
| Javelin throw | Shirine Chaabene (EGY) | 48.54 m CR | Gabi Majdi (EGY) | 48.23 m | Saida Hamidi (MAR) | 34.63 m |
| Hammer throw | Rania Naji (QAT) | 47.16 m | Chahrazed Khalloufi (ALG) | 44.28 m | Katia Bouchen (ALG) | 43.73 m |
| Heptathlon | Noura Nadi (MAR) | 4742 pts CR | Widad Yasli (ALG) | 4387 Pts | Afef Ben Haja (ALG) | 4100 Pts |

## Medal table

Host nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Morocco (MAR) | 18 | 17 | 9 | 44 |
| 2 | Egypt (EGY) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Qatar (QAT) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Algeria (ALG) | 4 | 11 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Jordan (JOR)* | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Lebanon (LIB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Oman (OMN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Libya (LBY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |