# Athletics at the 2005 West Asian Games

At the 2005 West Asian Games, the athletics events were held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Contested over three days, from 7 to 9 December, it was the first time that women were allowed to compete in athletics events at the Games. A total of 28 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 5 by female athletes. The event was seen as a test event for the Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games, which Doha hosted the following year.
The competition featured some high level performances by a handful of elite athletes: former World Youth champions Belal Mansoor Ali and Yahya Al-Ghahes won the 1500 metres and 100 metres, respectively, while world silver medallist Mubarak Hassan Shami claimed the half marathon title. On the women's side, 2004 Olympian Ruqaya Al-Ghasra won the women's 100 m. In spite of this, many events featured only a small number of athletes and the overall standard of competition was relatively low.
Host nation Qatar topped the medal table with eleven gold medals, ten silver medals and six bronze medal. Their tally was greatly buoyed by the performances of former Kenya distance runners, including event winners Gamal Belal Salem, Majed Saeed Sultan and Musa Amer Obaid. Kuwait had the second highest number of golds with five, while Iran had the second greatest overall haul (13 medals; four golds). Of the nations competing at the games, only Lebanon and Yemen did not win medals in the athletics.
It was later revealed that 3000 metres steeplechase bronze medalist Mohammed Khassaf of Iraq and 200 metres and women's relay gold medallist Munira Saleh failed drugs test at the event and were banned.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Yahya Al-Ghahes Saudi Arabia | 10.39 | Saad Al-Shahwani Qatar | 10.53 | Al-Waleed Abdulla Qatar | 10.53 |
| 200 m | Humoud Al-Saad Kuwait | 21.31 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh Jordan | 21.39 | Hamed Kefah Al-Dosari Qatar | 21.51 |
| 400 m | Fawzi Al-Shammari Kuwait | 47.58 | Mohammed Al-Rawahi Oman | 48.32 | Ali Shirook United Arab Emirates | 49.14 |
| 800 m | Majed Saeed Sultan Qatar | 1:46.86 GR | Belal Mansoor Ali Bahrain | 1:47.07 | Abdulrahman Suleiman Qatar | 1:48.22 |
| 1500 m | Belal Mansoor Ali Bahrain | 3:40.84 GR | Abubaker Ali Kamal Qatar | 3:41.45 | Nasser Shams Kareem Qatar | 3:43.08 |
| 5000 m | Essa Ismail Rashed Qatar | 13:33.07 GR | Gamal Belal Salem Qatar | 13:35.12 | Omid Mehrabi Iran | 14:39.17 |
| 10000 m | Gamal Belal Salem Qatar | 28:40.99 GR | Sultan Khamis Zaman Qatar | 28:44.57 | Omid Mehrabi Iran | 31:34.57 |
| 110 m hurdles | Bader Al-Buainain Saudi Arabia | 14.14 GR | Rouhollah Askari Iran | 14.42 | None awarded | |
| 400 m hurdles | Mubarak Al-Nubi Qatar | 50.37 | Bandar Sharahili Saudi Arabia | 51.96 | Mohammed Daak Saudi Arabia | 52.11 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Musa Amer Obaid Qatar | 8:19.46 GR | Thamer Kamal Ali Qatar | 8:33.03 | Ali Al-Amri Saudi Arabia | 8:59.44 |
| 4×100 m relay | Kuwait Mohammad Al-Anzi Humoud Al-Saad Eisa Al-Youhah Jarah Al-Khadher | 40.48 | Oman Fahad Al-Jabri Juma Al-Jabri Musabah Al-Masoudi Hamoud Al-Dalhami | 40.73 | Qatar Abdulla Al-Hamad Khalid Al-Obaidli Saad Al-Shahwani Al-Waleed Abdulla | 40.85 |
| 4×400 m relay | Qatar Mubarak Al-Nubi Yaser Omar El-Haj Hamed Kefah Al-Dosari Majed Saeed Sultan | 3:09.81 | Saudi Arabia Younes Hawsawi Mohammed Daak Mohammed Shaween Bandar Sharahili | 3:14.36 | United Arab Emirates Jasim Al-Junaibi Khalid Faraj Saud Abdelkarim Ali Shirook | 3:18.81 |
| Half marathon | Mubarak Hassan Shami Qatar | 1:02:21 GR | Ahmed Jumah Jaber Qatar | 1:03:00 | Noori Chkhior Iraq | 1:12:06 |
| 20 km walk | Mabrook Saleh Mohamed Qatar | 1:33:04 GR | Waleed Ahmed Al-Sabahy Qatar | 1:34:15 | Mohammad Jumaa Syria | 1:35:11 |
| High jump | Mohamed Abbas Darwish United Arab Emirates | 2.16 GR | Jamel Fakhari Saudi Arabia | 2.16 | Hashem Al-Oqaibi Saudi Arabia | 2.13 |
| Pole vault | Abdulla Ghanim Saeed Qatar | 5.00 GR | Eshagh Ghaffari Iran | 5.00 =GR | Mohsen Rabbani Iran | 4.80 |
| Long jump | Saleh Al-Haddad Kuwait | 7.50 | Ibrahim Mohamedin Qatar | 7.48 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh Jordan | 7.37 |
| Triple jump | Mohammad Hazzory Syria | 16.48 GR | Ibrahim Mohamedin Qatar | 16.30 | Alireza Habibi Iran | 15.90 |
| Shot put | Bilal Saad Mubarak Qatar | 17.54 | Mashari Suroor Kuwait | 17.25 | Saeed Al-Yami Saudi Arabia | 16.58 |
| Discus throw | Ehsan Haddadi Iran | 63.63 GR | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari Qatar | 60.11 | Sultan Al-Dawoodi Saudi Arabia | 57.93 |
| Hammer throw | Ali Al-Zenkawi Kuwait | 76.25 GR | Mohammad Al-Jawhar Kuwait | 65.07 | Mohamed Faraj Al-Kaabi Qatar | 63.27 |
| Javelin throw | Mohamed Al-Khulaifi Qatar | 71.73 GR | Ayoub Arokhi Iran | 70.29 | Firas Al-Mahamid Syria | 69.59 |
| Decathlon | Ali Feizi Iran | 6445 | Hadi Sepehrzad Iran | 5660 | Saad Al-Bishi Saudi Arabia | 4468 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Ruqaya Al-Ghasra Bahrain | 12.28 | Ghofrane Mohammad Syria | 12.33 | Dana Hussein Iraq | 12.34 |
| 200 m | Ghofrane Mohammad Syria | 24.66 GR | Basma Al-Eshosh Jordan | 25.25 | Dana Hussein Iraq | 25.26 |
| 4×100 m relay | Iran Padideh Bolourizadeh Melani Artoun Zahra Nabizadeh Nafiseh Mataei | 50.97 GR | Oman Huda Al-Kharusi Abeer Al-Jabri Umaima Al-Hinai Hanan Al-Harrasi | 52.76 | Kuwait Hanan Al-Khamis Reem Al-Awadhi Danah Haidar Danah Al-Nasrallah | 1:00:78 |
| High jump | Zahra Nabizadeh Iran | 1.70 GR | Shifa Anabtawi Jordan | 1.35 | Rima Taha Jordan | 1.30 |
| Long jump | Rima Taha Jordan | 5.82 GR | Fadwa Al-Bouza Syria | 5.76 | Padideh Bolourizadeh Iran | 5.70 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Qatar (QAT) | 11 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | Kuwait (KUW) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Syria (SYR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Bahrain (BRN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Oman (OMA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 28 | 28 | 27 | 83 |