# 1991 Arab Athletics Championships

The 1991 Arab Athletics Championships was the seventh edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Latakia, Syria from 1–4 October. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women.
The marathon race was held on a short course in Latakia, and was ultimately dropped at the following edition. The men's 50 kilometres race walk (introduced in 1987) was removed from the programme, while the women's 100 metres hurdles was not held due to a lack of entries. The women's 10,000 metres and marathon, which were held in 1989, did not return on this occasion.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Talal Mansour (QAT) | 10.30 | Khalid Jouma Ibrahim (BHR) | 10.46 | Ahmad Ouda Yad (EGY) | 10.70 |
| 200 metres | Khalid Jouma Ibrahim (BHR) | 21.15 | Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari (QAT) | 21.30 | Ahmad Ouda Yad (EGY) | 21.50 |
| 400 metres | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) | 46.4 | Abdallah El-Eneizi (OMN) | 47.8 | Sami Suleiman Srour (QAT) | 48.1 |
| 800 metres | Mohamed Ismail Youssef (QAT) | 1:48.9 | Hassan Abu Najem (JOR) | 1:49.9 | Mahmoud Al-Kheirat (SYR) | 1:49.9 |
| 1500 metres | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) | 3:50.4 | Salah Moustafa Habib (SYR) | 3:55.6 | Mahmoud Al-Kheirat (SYR) | 3:55.7 |
| 5000 metres | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) | 15:8.1 | Awwad Sraiss (JOR) | 15:8.8 | Salah Moustafa Habib (SYR) | 15:11.1 |
| 10,000 metres | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) | 31:22.9 | Awwad Sraiss (JOR) | 31:23.8 | Mousa Al-Hariri (SYR) | 31:26.7 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Khaireddine Obeid (SYR) | 14.05 | Rashed Shibane (QAT) | 14.19 | Ziad Abdulrazak Al-Kheder (KUW) | 14.37 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Zid Abou Hamed (SYR) | 50.27 | Suleiman Houeila (SYR) | 50.51 | Nasser Mohamed (QAT) | 52.62 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Salah Moustafa Habib (SYR) | 8:43.94 | Mohammed al-Dosari (KSA) | 8:51.95 | Mohamed Saoud (SYR) | 9:15.06 |
| 4×100 m relay | Qatar (QAT) | 40.30 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 41.50 | Kuwait (KUW) | 42.20 |
| 4×400 m relay | Qatar (QAT) | 3:13.7 | Oman (OMN) | 3:18.2 | Syria (SYR) | 3:20.8 |
| Marathon | Moussa Al-Hariri (SYR) | 2:14:52 | Khalaf El Abd (SYR) | ? | Ahmed El Hamshari (JOR) | ? |
| 20 km walk | Magid Turki (SYR) | 1:52:23 | Haythem Assaf (SYR) | 1:54:27 | Aouad Essayar (JOR) | 2:)2:63 |
| High jump | Fakhredin Fouad (JOR) | 2.16 m | Abdulla Al-Sheib (QAT) | 2.13 m | Fahd Mansour (KUW) | 2.00 m |
| Pole vault | Walid Zayed (QAT) | 4.60 m | Ibrahim Nasser (UAE) | 4.40 m | Only two finishers | Only two finishers |
| Long jump | Musbah Ali Saeed (UAE) | 7.61 m | Mohamed Abdelkader (EGY) | 7.52 m | Abdulla Al-Sheib (QAT) | 7.33 m |
| Triple jump | Marzouk Abdallah Al-Yoha (KUW) | 16.06 m | Mohamed Abdelkader (EGY) | 16.01 m | Sameh Farhan (KUW) | 15.23 m |
| Shot put | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) | 16.92 m | Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi (KSA) | 16.78 m | Dhia Kamel Ahmed (EGY) | 15.90 m |
| Discus throw | Mohamed Naguib Hamed (EGY) | 55.54 m | Hassan Ahmed Hamad (EGY) | 52.83 m | Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi (KSA) | 47.20 m |
| Hammer throw | Cherif El Hennawi (EGY) | 67.08 m | Waleed Al-Bekheet (KUW) | 62.94 m | Magdi Zakaria Abdallah (EGY) | 60.08 m |
| Javelin throw | Ghanem Jaouhar (KUW) | 64.98 m | Abdeladhim Aliouat (KSA) | 63.96 m | Jaber Al-Shihabi (QAT) | 60.00 m |
| Decathlon | Walid Zayed (QAT) | 6503 pts | Issam El Azzazi (EGY) | 6430 pts | Hassan Abu Najem (JOR) | 6249 pts |
* $^{nb}$ The marathon course was not the official 42.195 km distance so times were not eligible for records. The medals were still distributed.

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 11.89 | Rasha El Helou (SYR) | 12.94 | Nawal Zayoud (SYR) | 13.01 |
| 200 metres | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 23.87 | Rola Sannoufi (SYR) | 26.65 | Nawal Zayoud (SYR) | 27.06 |
| 400 metres | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 54.5 | Rola Sannoufi (SYR) | 60.4 | Fadia Othman (EGY) | 63.4 |
| 800 metres | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 2:19.8 | Huda Hashem Ismail (EGY) | 2:27.2 | Ôulaa El Halabi (SYR) | 2:34.3 |
| 1500 metres | Mirvat Baas (SYR) | 5:12.1 | Njoud Etteer (SYR) | 5:17.2 | Salam Enneimat (JOR) | 5:36.7 |
| 3000 metres | Mirvat Baas (SYR) | 11:9.2 | Njoud Etteer (SYR) | 11:13.4 | Salam Enneimat (JOR) | 11:24.8 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Huda Hashem Ismail (EGY) | 63.72 | Samia Maâtouk (JOR) | 74.95 | Mona Ayash (SYR) | 75.02 |
| 4×100 m relay | Syria (SYR) | 50.41 | Egypt (EGY) | 54.24 | Jordan (JOR) | 54.40 |
| 4×400 m relay | Syria (SYR) | 4:07.5 | Jordan (JOR) | 4:43.5 | Palestine (PLE) | 4:59.5 |
| 10,000 m track walk | Amani Adel (EGY) | 54:56.6 | Nesrine Abdallah (PLE) | 1:02:11.9 | Ibtissem Zaouan (SYR) | 1:02:58.4 |
| High jump | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 1.60 m | Hala Al Saka (SYR) | 1.55 m | Samia Maâtouk (JOR) | 1.45 m |
| Long jump | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 5.50 m | Hala Al Saka (SYR) | 5.42 m | Samia Maâtouk (JOR) | 4.79 m |
| Shot put | Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) | 14.50 m | Hiba Meshili Abu Zaghari (EGY) | 11.71 m | Shahla Dermesh (SYR) | 11.52 m |
| Discus throw | Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) | 48.00 m | Hiba Meshili Abu Zaghari (EGY) | 40.88 m | Janette Ayoub (LIB) | 35.52 m |
| Javelin throw | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 41.92 m | Fidela Khoury (SYR) | 38.22 m | Hiba Meshili Abu Zaghari (EGY) | 33.44 m |
| Heptathlon | Huda Hashem Ismail (EGY) | 4810 pts | Hala Al Saka (SYR) | 4066 pts | Amina Dbeib (PLE) | 2154 pts |

## Medal table
### Overall

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Syria (SYR) | 12 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 2 | Egypt (EGY) | 11 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Qatar (QAT) | 11 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 6 | Bahrain (BHR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Oman (OMN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Libya (LBA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 39 | 39 | 38 | 116 |

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Qatar (QAT) | 11 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | Syria (SYR) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Bahrain (BHR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Oman (OMN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Libya (LBA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 23 | 23 | 22 | 68 |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Egypt (EGY) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Syria (SYR) | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |