# Athletics at the 2007 Arab Games

At the 2007 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the Military Academy Stadium in Cairo, Egypt from 21 to 24 November. A total of 46 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 23 by female athletes. Morocco was the most successful nation in the competition, taking ten gold medals in a 23-medal haul. Sudan and Tunisia won the second and third greatest number of golds with 8 and 7. The host country, Egypt, achieved six gold medals but also shared the joint highest total medal count with Morocco. Seven Games records were beaten at the 2007 edition of the event.
Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud of Egypt and Gretta Taslakian of Lebanon achieved the 100/200 metres double on the men's and women's sides, respectively. Sudan's Abubaker Kaki Khamis won both the men's 800 metres and 1500 metres, setting a Games record in the latter, and Abdelkader Hachlaf went unbeaten in both the 5000 metres and 3000 m steeplechase. Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed won the heptathlon and 400 m hurdles titles and also won a gold and a silver with Sudan in the women's relays. Her relay team-mate Nawal El Jack also won four medals, having taken the women's 400 metres race and the silver in the 200 m. Fadwa Al Bouza showed multiple talents by winning the women's triple jump and finishing third in the 100 m hurdles.

## Records

In addition to the records set by medalling athletes at the 2007 Games, the following records were set by others competing in Cairo:

### Men

| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
| Omar Juma Bilal Al-Salfa | 200 metres | United Arab Emirates | 20.94 | NR |
| Soleiman Salem Ayed Hatem Mersal M. Majdi Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | 4×100 metres relay | Egypt | 40.17 | NR |
| ? | 4×100 metres relay | Jordan | 40.38 | NR |
| Key:0000WR — World record • AR — Area record • GR — Games record • NR — National record |||||

### Women

| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
| Alaa Fadhel Al-Saffar | 100 metres | Kuwait | 12.97 | NR |
| Shaika Al-Dosari | 100 metres | Qatar | 13.32 | NR |
| Dana Abdul Razak | 200 metres | Iraq | 24.83 | NR |
| Fatima Abdullah Dahman | 200 metres | Yemen | 27.53 | NR |
| Fatima Al-Orafi | Half marathon | Yemen | 1:48:54 | NR |
| Mouzi Mohd Ali | High jump | Qatar | 1.25 m | NR |
| Rima Taha Farid | Triple jump | Jordan | 12.24 m | NR= |
| Ebtehal Fethi Khalifa Abbud | Javelin throw | Libya | 35.53 m | NR |
| Key:0000WR — World record • AR — Area record • GR — Games record • NR — National record |||||

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s) | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud (EGY) | 10.38 NR | Yahya Al-Gahes (KSA) | 10.40 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh (JOR) | 10.53 |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.0 m/s) | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud (EGY) | 20.69 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh (JOR) | 20.81 NR | Soleiman Salem Ayed (EGY) | 20.92 |
| 400 metres | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) | 46.16 | Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi (KSA) | 46.50 | Ridha Ghali (TUN) | 46.77 |
| 800 metres | Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD) | 1:43.90 NR/GR | Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA) | 1:46.64 | Saïd Doulal (MAR) | 1:48.33 |
| 1500 metres | Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD) | 3:47.92 | Mohammed Othman Shaween (KSA) | 3:48.49 | Abdalla Abdelgadir (SUD) | 3:48.97 |
| 5000 metres | Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR) | 13:39.75 | Sultan Khamis Zaman (QAT) | 13:39.79 | Hasan Mahboob (BHR) | 13:39.93 |
| 10,000 metres | Hasan Mahboob (BHR) | 29:29.48 | Sultan Khamis Zaman (QAT) | 29:29.65 | Moukheld Al-Outaibi (KSA) | 29:29.74 |
| 110 m hurdles | Othmane Hadj Lazib (ALG) | 14.03 | Ali Hussein Al-Zaki (KSA) | 14.60 | Sami Ahmed Al-Haydar (KSA) | 14.60 |
| 400 m hurdles | Abderahmane Hammadi (ALG) | 50.77 | Idriss Abdelaziz Al-Housaoui (KSA) | 51.15 | Ali Obaid Shirook (UAE) | 51.66 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR) | 8:39.84 | Hamid Ezzine (MAR) | 8:42.57 | Abubaker Ali Kamal (QAT) | 8:43.02 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Moussa Al-Housaoui Yahya Al-Gahes Salem Mubarak Al-Yami Yahya Hassan Habeeb | 39.99 | Oman (OMN) Yousuf Darwish Awlad Thani Juma Mubarak Al-Jabri Abdullah Said Al-Sooli Musabeh Al-Masoudi | 40.12 | Qatar (QAT) Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed Areef Ibrahim Sulaiman Hamid Aosman Hamad Kefah Al-Dosari | 40.14 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi Mohammed Al-Salhi Ismail Al-Sabani | 3:04.74 | Sudan (SUD) Awadelkarim Makki Abubaker Kaki Salih Dar Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | 3:06.52 NR | Tunisia (TUN) Sofiane Labidi Ridha Ghali Mohamed Amin Guezmil Chouaieb Chelbi | 3:06.83 |
| Half marathon | Brahim Beloua (MAR) | 1:02:30 GR | Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) | 1:02:32 | Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria (BHR) | 1:03:26 |
| 20,000 m track walk | Hassanine Sebei (TUN) | 1:36:00.2 | Mabrook Saleh Nasser Mohamed (QAT) | 1:36:00.2 | Mohamed Ameur (ALG) | 1:43:35.8 |
| High jump | Salem Al-Anezi (KUW) | 2.20 m NR= | Rashid Ahmed Al-Mannai (QAT) | 2.17 m | Majed Aldin Ghazal (SYR) Jamal Fakhri Al-Qasim (KSA) | 2.14 m |
| Pole vault | Karim El Mafhoum (MAR) | 5.00 m | Abderamane Tamada (TUN) | 4.90 m | Sifax Khiari (ALG) | 4.80 m |
| Long jump | Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi (KSA) | 8.19 m GR | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) | 8.10 m | Issam Nima (ALG) | 7.98 m |
| Triple jump | Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR) | 16.46 m | Mohammed Hamdi Awadh (QAT) | 16.22 m | Mohamed Youssef Al-Sahabi (BHR) | 16.03 m |
| Shot put | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) | 19.56 m GR | Sultan Al-Hebshi (KSA) | 19.53 m | Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) | 19.42 m |
| Discus throw | Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi (KSA) | 58.63 m | Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb (QAT) | 57.76 m | Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY) | 57.74 m |
| Hammer throw | Mohsen El Anany (EGY) | 74.22 m GR | Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) | 74.02 m | Hassan Mohamed Abdel Jawad (EGY) | 68.68 m |
| Javelin throw | Mohamed Ali Kebabou (TUN) | 71.41 m | Walid Abdelghani Sayed (EGY) | 71.15 m | Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Khalifa (QAT) | 69.67 m |
| Decathlon | Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) | 7383 pts | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed (EGY) | 7180 pts | Mohamed Ridha Al-Matroud (KSA) | 6995 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Gretta Taslakian (LIB) | 12.07 | Dana Abdul Razak (IRQ) | 12.20 | Faten Abdunnari Mahdi (BHR) | 12.28 |
| 200 metres | Gretta Taslakian (LIB) | 23.56 NR/GR | Nawal El Jack (SUD) | 24.25 | Faten Abdunnari Mahdi (BHR) | 24.73 |
| 400 metres | Nawal El Jack (SUD) | 54.15 | Hanane Skhyi (MAR) | 55.36 | Fayza Omer Jomaa (SUD) | 56.90 |
| 800 metres | Amina Bakhit (SUD) | 2:07.95 | Amina Ait Hammou (MAR) | 2:08.85 | Halima Hachlaf (MAR) | 2:09.50 |
| 1500 metres | Seltana Ait Hammou (MAR) | 4:23.54 | Amina Bakhit (SUD) | 4:24.74 | Sara Yusuf Yaqoob (BHR) | 4:24.94 |
| 5000 metres | Safa Issaoui (TUN) | 19:13.96 | Sara Yusuf Yaqoob (BHR) | 19:14.50 | Hanane Ouhaddou (MAR) | 19:14.96 |
| 10,000 metres | Nadia Ejjafini (BHR) | 32:29.53 GR | Maria Laghrissi (MAR) | 34:39.80 | Mashaer Ali Abdelradi (SUD) | 37:44.72 |
| 100 m hurdles | Lamiae Lhabze (MAR) | 14.21 | Salma Emam Abou El-Hassan (EGY) | 14.38 NR | Fadwa Al Bouza (SYR) | 14.53 |
| 400 m hurdles | Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed (SUD) | 56.07 | Hanane Skhyi (MAR) | 57.31 | Houria Moussa (ALG) | 58.17 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Hanane Ouhaddou (MAR) | 10:30.33 | Durka Mana (SUD) | 10:49.34 | Baraah Awadallah (JOR) | 12:02.18 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Morocco (MAR) Fadoua Adili Lamiae Lhabze Hanane Skhyi Fatima Zahra Dkouk | 47.42 | Sudan (SUD) Amina Bakhit Gubara Asmal Nawal El Jack Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed | 47.43 NR | Iraq (IRQ) Dana Abdul Razak Rasha Abed Yaseen Alaa Hekmat Khazaal Al-Sudani Inam | 48.20 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Sudan (SUD) Fayza Omer Jomaa Nawal El Jack Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed Amina Bakhit | 3:38.56 | Morocco (MAR) Lamiae Lhabze Amina Aït Hammou Seltana Aït Hammou Hanane Skhyi | 3:44.85 | Iraq (IRQ) Dana Abdul Razak Rasha Abed Yaseen Alaa Hekmat Khazaal Al-Sudani Inam | 3:54.96 |
| Half marathon | Kareema Jasim (BHR) | 1:15:15 | Kenza Dahmani (ALG) | 1:15:37 | Ouafae Frikech (MAR) | 1:18:57 |
| 10,000 m track walk | Chaima Trabelsi (TUN) | 53:52.0 | Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali (EGY) | 55:14.6 | Ghania Amzal (ALG) | 56:51.3 |
| High jump | Karima Ben Othmani (TUN) | 1.77 m | Yamilé Aldama (SUD) | 1.77 m | Rim Hussin Abdallah (EGY) | 1.68 m |
| Pole vault | Leila Ben Youssef (TUN) | 3.80 m | Nisrine Dinar (MAR) | 3.80 m | Nesrine Ahmed Hassen Emam (EGY) | 3.70 m NR |
| Long jump (No wind info) | Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) | 6.16 m | Yamilé Aldama (SUD) | 6.05 m | Inas Gharib (EGY) | 5.93 m |
| Triple jump | Fadwa Al Bouza (SYR) | 12.61 m | Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) | 12.60 m | Camélia Sahnoune (ALG) | 12.57 m |
| Shot put | Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi (EGY) | 15.29 m | Wala Mohamed Atia (EGY) | 14.60 m | Amel Ben Khaled (TUN) | 14.02 m |
| Discus throw | Monia Kari (TUN) | 52.79 m | Heba Abou Meselhi Zachary (EGY) | 49.73 m | Sara Sayed Hassib (EGY) | 45.26 m |
| Hammer throw | Marwa Ahmed Hussein (EGY) | 62.83 m | Mouna Dani (MAR) | 57.36 m | Imane Mohamed Abdelhakim (EGY) | 55.40 m |
| Javelin throw | Hana'a Ramadhan Omar (EGY) | 48.28 m | Safa Mohamed Mekkawi (EGY) | 45.91 m | Sabiha Mzoughi (TUN) | 41.43 m |
| Heptathlon | Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed (SUD) | 4594 pts | Chima Fethi Tehemar (EGY) | 4232 pts | Katia Amokrane (ALG) | 3637 pts |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Egypt)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Morocco | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 2 | Sudan | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Egypt* | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Qatar | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Algeria | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 9 | Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Syria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Libya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Oman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 46 | 46 | 47 | 139 |

## Participating nations

* Algeria (17)
* Bahrain (12)
* Comoros (1)
* Djibouti (2)
* Egypt (31)
* Iraq (6)
* Jordan (10)
* Kuwait (13)
* Lebanon (6)
* Libya (7)
* Mauritania (3)
* Morocco (36)
* Oman (10)
* Qatar (27)
* Saudi Arabia (29)
* Sudan (21)
* Syria (5)
* Tunisia (18)
* United Arab Emirates (11)
* Yemen (3)