# 2013 Arab Athletics Championships

The 2013 Arab Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries that took place in Doha, Qatar from 21–24 May 2013.
Syria was excluded from the event because of the ongoing civil war and Libya did not send a team. Morocco topped the medals table with eleven gold medals in its total of 22, which it won mainly in the women's section of the competition. Algeria placed second with eight golds among its 19 medals. Bahrain had the greatest medal count overall with 22, and ranked third as it only claimed five golds. Egypt, Qatar and Tunisia each took four gold medals at the competition.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s) | Samuel Francis (QAT) | 10.31 | Aziz Ouhadi (MAR) | 10.38 | Barakat Al-Harthi (OMN) | 10.45 |
| 200 metres | Aziz Ouhadi (MAR) | 20.46 | Fahhad Mohammed Al Subaie (KSA) | 20.55 | Ayman Mohamed Ahmed Said (EGY) | 20.81 |
| 400 metres | Yousef Masrahi (KSA) | 44.72 | Ismail Al-Sabiani (KSA) | 46.08 | Ali Khamis Abbas (BHR) | 46.25 |
| 800 metres | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) | 1:45.90 | Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich (BHR) | 1:46.52 | Abdulaziz Ladan Mohammed (KSA) | 1:46.70 |
| 1500 metres | Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) | 3:39.44 | Benson Seurei (BHR) | 3:40.07 | Seddik Mikou (MAR) | 3:40.81 |
| 5000 metres | Albert Rop (BHR) | 13:52.54 | Zelalem Bacha (BHR) | 13:57.17 | Mumin Gala (DJI) | 14:08.62 |
| 10,000 metres | Alemu Bekele (BHR) | 29:43.45 | Isaac Korir Kedikou (BHR) | 29:48.59 | Mumin Gala (DJI) | 29:54.20 |
| Half marathon | Bilal Mohamed (MAR) | 1:07:02 | Billisuma Shugi (BHR) | 1:08:22 | Methkal Abu Drais (JOR) | 1:09:57 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Ilyes Mekdal (ALG) | 13.63 CR | Abdulaziz Al Mandil (KUW) | 13.72 | Othman Hadj Laâzib (ALG) | 13.94 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Miloud Rahmani (ALG) | 50.52 | Mohamed Sghaier (TUN) | 50.94 | Gamal Abdelnasir Abubaker (QAT) | 51.12 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Abdelmajid Touil (ALG) | 8:57.09 | Tareq Mubarak Taher (BHR) | 8:59.50 | Hamid Ezzine (MAR) | 9:1.69 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Oman (OMN) Fahad Khamis Said Al Jabri Barakat Al-Harthi Abdullah Al-Sooli Ahmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi | 39.83 | Iraq (IRQ) Dhafer Soadi Jassem Jassem Al-Ayman N Mohamed Taleb Mohamed Hassan Juma | 41.35 | Bahrain (BHR) Ahmad Mohamed Matar Ali Omar Abdulla Al Doseri Salman Dawood Albalooshi Faisal Jasim Mohamed | 41.72 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Yousef Masrahi Mohammed Al-Salhi Mohamed Ali Al-Bishi Ismail M.H Alsabani | 3:06.23 | Qatar (QAT) Hassan Aman Salmeen Jamal Abdul Nasser Jamal Hairane Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | 3:09.55 | Algeria (ALG) Sagyan Bohoda Khalid Benmehdi Milood Laraj Miloud Rahmani | 3:11.02 |
| 20 km walk | Hassanine Sebei (TUN) | 1:30:30 | Mohamed Ameur (ALG) | 1:41:30 | Hichem Medjeber (ALG) | 1:52:22 |
| High jump | Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) | 2.30 m | Ali Mohd Younes Idriss (SUD) | 2.24 m | Nawaf Ahmed Al-Yami (KSA) | 2.18 m |
| Pole vault | Mouhcine Cheaouri (MAR) | 5.00 m | Hussein Assem Al-Hizam (KSA) | 4.90 m | Sami Belrhaiem (TUN) | 4.80 m |
| Long jump | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) | 7.99 m | Mohamed Fathalla Difallah (EGY) | 7.85 m | Ahmed Faiz (KSA) | 7.82 m |
| Triple jump | Issam Nima (ALG) | 17.01 m (w) | Rashid Al-Mannai (QAT) | 16.40 m | Mohamed Yusuf Salman (BHR) | 16.17 m |
| Shot put | Meshari Suroor Saad (KUW) | 19.37 m | Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) | 18.84 m | Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA) | 18.77 m |
| Discus throw | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) | 61.91 m | Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb (QAT) | 60.46 m | Musab Ibrahim Al-Momani (JOR) | 60.13 m |
| Hammer throw | Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) | 74.28 m | Ashraf Amgad Elseify (QAT) | 73.17 m | Alaa El-Din El-Ashry (EGY) | 72.92 m |
| Javelin throw | Ihab El-Sayed (EGY) | 79.17 m | Mohamad Mohd Kaida (QAT) | 71.05 m | Abdullah Al-Ameeri (KUW) | 68.16 m |
| Decathlon | Mourad Souissi (ALG) | 7317 pts | Hashim Nizar Al-Sharfa (KSA) | 7093 pts | Ahmed Saber Ahmed (EGY) | 6939 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Souheir Bouali (ALG) | 11.95 | Dana Hussain (IRQ) | 12.11 | Yamina Hjaji (MAR) | 12.15 |
| 200 metres | Dana Hussain (IRQ) | 23.83 | Souheir Bouali (ALG) | 23.91 | Gretta Taslakian (LIB) | 24.21 |
| 400 metres | Gretta Taslakian (LIB) | 53.63 | Nawal El Jack (SUD) | 54.45 | Hasna Ghrioui (MAR) | 54.86 |
| 800 metres | Genzeb Shumi (BHR) | 2:09.30 | Amina Bakhit (SUD) | 2:09.77 | Alawia Maki (SUD) | 2:10.79 |
| 1500 metres | Rababe Arafi (MAR) | 4:53.92 | Mimi Belete (BHR) | 4:55.19 | Betlhem Desalegn (UAE) | 4:55.23 |
| 5000 metres | Betlhem Desalegn (UAE) | 15:48.59 CR | Tejitu Daba (BHR) | 15:53.17 | Shitaye Eshete (BHR) | 15:54.95 |
| 10,000 metres | Shitaye Eshete (BHR) | 34:25.82 | Kenza Dahmani (ALG) | 35:13.86 | Kareema Saleh Jasim (BHR) | 35:50.95 |
| Half marathon | Lishan Dula (BHR) | 1:21:53 | Kenza Dahmani (ALG) | 1:22:17 | Aster Tesfaye (BHR) | 1:25:95 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Yamina Hjaji (MAR) | 13.62 | Selma Imam Abulhassan (EGY) | 14.44 | Buthaina Al-Yaqoubi (OMN) | 14.55 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hayat Lambarki (MAR) | 57.59 | Lamiae Lhabze (MAR) | 59.83 | Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed (SUD) | 1:2.26 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Salima El Ouali Alami (MAR) | 9:47.33 CR | Ruth Chebet (BHR) | 9:52.47 | Amina Bettiche (ALG) | 9:54.49 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Morocco (MAR) Jamaa Chnaik Hayat Lambarki Lamiae Lhabze Yamina Hjaji | 46.59 | Tunisia (TUN) Aya Lakhal Abir Barkaoui Rabaa Rezgui Selma Abdelhamid | 48.22 | Oman (OMN) Mazoon Al-Alaoui Shinoona Salah Al-Habsi Rasha Al-Lamki Buthaina Al-Yaqoubi | 48.42 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Morocco (MAR) Hasna Grioui Lamiae Lhabze Rabab Arafi Hayat Lambarki | 3:42.10 | Sudan (SUD) Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed Alawia Maki Hajir Saeed Nawal El Jack | 3:45.30 | Iraq (IRQ) Hadeel Rahim Zina Hamid Shamam Samad Dana Hussain | 4:02.62 |
| 10 km walk | Olfa Lafi (TUN) | 50:34 | Bariza Ghezelani (ALG) | 57:41 | Lahna Khasrani (ALG) | 1:01:34 |
| High jump | Rhizlane Siba (MAR) | 1.76 m | Besnet Moussad Mohamed (EGY) | 1.73 m | Maryam Al-Ansari (BHR) | 1.65 m |
| Pole vault | Syrine Balti (TUN) | 4.10 m CR | Nisrine Dinar (MAR) | 3.90 m | Dora Mahfoudhi (TUN) | 3.60 m |
| Long jump | Yamina Hjaji (MAR) | 6.05 m | Jihad Bakhechi (MAR) | 5.93 m | Enas Gharib (EGY) | 5.91 m |
| Triple jump | Baya Rahouli (ALG) | 14.29 m | Jamaa Chnaik (MAR) | 13.63 m | Jihad Bakhechi (MAR) | 13.23 m |
| Shot put | Fadia Ibrahim (EGY) | 14.05 m | Noora Salem Jasim (BHR) | 13.80 m | Elham El Sayed Wahaba (EGY) | 13.35 m |
| Discus throw | Elham El Sayed Wahaba (EGY) | 49.44 m | Sarah Sayed Haseeb (EGY) | 48.31 m | Asrar Al-Mannai (QAT) | 33.89 m |
| Hammer throw | Sarra Ben Saïd (TUN) | 60.96 m | Zouina Bouzebra (ALG) | 58.04 m | Rana Taha Ibrahim (EGY) | 56.77 m |
| Javelin throw | Reda Adel Ahmed (EGY) | 47.49 m | Sabah Bassim (EGY) | 41.68 m | Zaina Arkan Hamed (IRQ) | 37.15 m |
| Heptathlon | Yasmina Omrani (ALG) | 5573 pts | Nada Chroudi (TUN) | 5395 pts | Wedian Mokhtar (EGY) | 4779 pts |

## Medal tables
### Men

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Qatar (QAT) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Morocco (MAR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Brunei (BRN) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Djibouti (DJI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Oman (OMA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Morocco (MAR) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Algeria (ALG) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Brunei (BRN) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Oman (OMA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 22 | 23 | 23 | 68 |

### Total

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Morocco (MAR) | 11 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | Algeria (ALG) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Brunei (BRN) | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Qatar (QAT) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Tunisia (TUN) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Oman (OMA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Djibouti (DJI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Lebanon (LIB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 46 | 46 | 46 | 138 |