# 1971 Maghreb Athletics Championships

The 1971 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the fifth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (Union of Athletics Federations of the United Maghreb), it took place on 27 February in Casablanca, Morocco. It was the second Moroccan city to host the event, after the capital Rabat in 1967. A total of 36 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 14 for women.
It was the last time that the competition was held on a yearly schedule, with the event becoming a biennial one instead. Morocco topped the medal table courtesy of its complete sweep of the women's titles. Tunisia took second with twelve golds in the men's section, followed by Algeria with five men's golds. Tunisia's performance was led by Mansour Guettaya and Mohamed Gammoudi, who won a middle-distance running and long-distance running double, respectively. In the women's events, Chérifa Meskaoui was the most successful with four individual gold medals, in hurdles, shot put, discus throw, and pentathlon.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +2.5 m/s) | Hamouda El Fray (TUN) | 10.5w | Omar Chokhman (MAR) | 10.5w | Mohamed El Kheir (MAR) | 10.7w |
| 200 metres | Omar Chokhman (MAR) | 21.2 | Omar Ghizlat (MAR) | 21.7 | Salah Gadri (TUN) | 21.9 |
| 400 metres | Moulay Ahmed Hasnaoui (MAR) | 47.5 | Hassen Bergaoui (TUN) | 48.3 | Omar Ghizlat (MAR) | 48.8 |
| 800 metres | Mansour Guettaya (TUN) | 1:49.2 | Amakdouf Mohamed Ayachi (MAR) | 1:49.8 | Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG) | 1:50.1 |
| 1500 metres | Mansour Guettaya (TUN) | 3:45.4 | Amakdouf Mohamed Ayachi (MAR) | 3:45.8 | Mohamed Kacemi (ALG) | 3:47.9 |
| 5000 metres | Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN) | 14:20.2 | Mohamed Gouasmi (ALG) | 14:22.6 | Jadour Haddou (MAR) | 14:27.6 |
| 10,000 metres | Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN) | 30:16.8 | Haddou Ou Moumouh (MAR) | 30:25.4 | Chérif Hannachi (TUN) | 30:48.2 |
| 110 m hurdles | Abdelkader Boudjemaa (ALG) | 14.4 | Jilali Sekouri (MAR) | 14.8 | Ahmed Boukria (MAR) | 15.0 |
| 400 m hurdles | Hassen Bergaoui (TUN) | 52.5 | Moulay Ahmed Hasnaoui (MAR) | 53.4 | Abdelkader Boudjemaa (ALG) | 53.6 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Miloud Chenna (MAR) | 8:56.0 | Benassou El Ghazi (MAR) | 8:56.8 | Boualem Rahoui (ALG) | 8:59.0 |
| 4×100 m relay | Tunisia (TUN) | 42.1 | Algeria (ALG) | 42.8 | Unknown | ??? |
| 4×400 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 3:15.2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3:16.0 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:20.8 |
| 20 km walk | Chédli Ben Ali (TUN) | 1:35:17 | Jouini (TUN) | 1:38:24 | Kikou (MAR) | 1:41:33 |
| High jump | Tawfik Chaouch (TUN) | 1.95 m | Mohamed Rijali (MAR) | 1.90 m | Douiri (MAR) | 1.90 m |
| Pole vault | Djamel Bouzerar (ALG) | 3.61 m | Jaidane (MAR) | 3.61 m | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Long jump | Hocine Boudiffa (ALG) | 7.30w m | Houcine Abdelwahid (TUN) | 7.26w m | Youssef Khémiri (TUN) | 7.25w m |
| Triple jump | Slim Kilani (TUN) | 14.34 m | Lakhdar Merouane (ALG) | 14.32 m | Daouda (MAR) | 13.95 m |
| Shot put | Jean-Marie Djebaili (ALG) | 16.84 m | Ahmed Bendifallah (ALG) | 16.02 m | Ahmed Zone (TUN) | 13.30 m |
| Discus throw | Ahmed Bendifallah (ALG) | 48.44 m | Jean-Marie Djebaili (ALG) | 45.23 m | Abdelkader Tiouali (MAR) | 40.60 m |
| Hammer throw | Ahmed Chahine (MAR) | 43.30 m | Larbi Saïdi (TUN) | 42.50 m | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Javelin throw | Ali Memmi (TUN) | 63.74 m | Hanifer (TUN) | 57.95 m | Youssef Gouider (TUN) | 57.20 m |
| Decathlon | Abdesslem Taaba (TUN) | 6215 pts | Youssef Gouider (TUN) | 5772 pts | Youcef Boulfelfel (ALG) | 5655 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Malika Hadky (MAR) | 12.3 | Safia Ben Youssef (TUN) | 12.6 | Fatima El Faquir (MAR) | 12.7 |
| 200 metres | Fatima El Faquir (MAR) | 25.6 | Malika Hadky (MAR) | 25.8 | Safia Ben Youssef (TUN) | 26.7 |
| 400 metres | Malika Hadky (MAR) | 58.0 | Fatima El Faquir (MAR) | 59.1 | Lamdjadani (ALG) | 60.7 |
| 800 metres | Hadhoum Kadiri (MAR) | 2:15.4 | Amina Bourir (MAR) | 2:16.7 | Souad Dérouiche (TUN) | 2:19.2 |
| 1500 metres | Hadhoum Kadiri (MAR) | 4:48.6 | Khaddouj Hanine (MAR) | 4:50.8 | Jalila Douira (TUN) | 4:52.1 |
| 100 m hurdles (wind: 3.0 m/s) | Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) | 14.9w | Fatima El Faquir (MAR) | 15.2w | Lilia Attia (TUN) | 16.1w |
| 4×100 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 50.3 | Tunisia (TUN) | 50.7 | Algeria (ALG) | 51.5 |
| 4×400 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 4:00.5 | Tunisia (TUN) | 4:06.5 | Algeria (ALG) | 4:08.3 |
| High jump | Mina Jebli (MAR) | 1.48 m | Lamia Belamlih (MAR) | 1.48 m | Messaouda Ouchérif (ALG) | 1.45 m |
| Long jump | Naïma Benboubker (MAR) | 5.56 m | Istitene (ALG) | 5.46 m | Najia Méziane (MAR) | 5.39 m |
| Shot put | Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) | 11.76 m | Beya Bouabdallah (TUN) | 11.04 m | Leïla Chamine (TUN) | 10.46 m |
| Discus throw | Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) | 38.98 m | Beya Bouabdallah (TUN) | 31.90 m | Unknown | ??? m |
| Javelin throw | Fatima Aderbach (MAR) | 35.16 m | Chedlia Ben Mrad (TUN) | 34.26 m | Zaidane (MAR) | 32.20 m |
| Pentathlon | Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) | 4007 pts | Lamia Belamlih (MAR) | 3485 pts | Beya Bouabdallah (TUN) | 3296 pts |