# 1999 Arab Athletics Championships

The 1999 Arab Athletics Championships was the eleventh edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Beirut, Lebanon from 21–24 October. A total of 41 events were contested, 22 for men and 19 for women. The men's and women's racewalk events were not held due to lack or participation, as was the women's heptathlon. Only Egypt, Lebanon and Syria participated in the women's events.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +1.4 m/s) | Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA) | 10.33 | Saad Muftah Mubarak (QAT) | 10.45 | Hamoud Al-Dalhami (OMN) | 10.47 |
| 200 metres | Hamoud Al-Dalhami (OMN) | 20.94 | Salem Al-Yami (KSA) | 21.28 | Mohamed Al-Houti (OMN) | 21.47 |
| 400 metres | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) | 46.15 | Salaheddine Safi Bakar (QAT) | 46.57 | Amin Badany Goma'a (EGY) | 47.33 |
| 800 metres | Saleh Taib Fadallah (KSA) | 1:50.47 | Abdulrahman Suleiman (QAT) | 1:50.13 | Ahmad Al Bulawi (KSA) | 1:51.18 |
| 1500 metres | Ibrahim Mohammed Adam (SOM) | 3:49.27 | Abubaker Ali Kamal (QAT) | 3:49.66 | Othman Mohamed Othman (KSA) | 3:50.72 |
| 5000 metres | Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT) | 14:21.73 | Saad Al-Asmari (KSA) | 14:24.10 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) | 14:33.24 |
| 10,000 metres | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) | 31:10.68 | Mukhlid Al-Otaibi (KSA) | 31:10.76 | Kamal Kohil (ALG) | 31:17.49 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Mubarak Khasif (QAT) | 14.16 | Nassim Qarbani Ibrahim (QAT) | 14.27 | Nader Hosny (EGY) | 14.48 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 49.14 | Zahr-Edin Al Najem (SYR) | 50.66 | Bader Aman Abdulrahman (KUW) | 51.06 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Saad Al-Asmari (KSA) | 8:22.28 | Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT) | 8:22.54 | Hassan Ali Al-Asmari (KSA) | 8:59.70 |
| 4×100 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 39.45 | Qatar (QAT) | 39.61 | Oman (OMN) | 40.35 |
| 4×400 m relay | Qatar (QAT) | 3:06.63 | Kuwait (KUW) | 3:07.64 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3:08.47 |
| Half marathon | Ali Awad (LIB) | 1:10:37 | Samer El Hariri (SYR) | 1:15:47 | Mahmoud Ayach (LIB) | 1:17:43 |
| High jump | Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB) | 2.20 m | Ali Mohamed Fadaak (QAT) | 2.13 m | Omar Moussa Al-Masrahi (KSA) | 2.13 m |
| Pole vault | Abdulla Ghanim Saeed (QAT) | 4.85 m | Walid Abdellatif (EGY) | 4.20 m | Yahya Saleh Al-Hashmi (OMN) | 4.10 m |
| Long jump | Hatem Mersal (EGY) | 8.15 m | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) | 7.81 m | Khaled Farham Al-Bekheet (KUW) | 7.49 m |
| Triple jump | Mohamed Abdulaziz Hamdi Awadh (QAT) | 16.35 m | Salem Al-Ahmedi (KSA) | 16.06 m | Mohamed Mohamed Adam (KSA) | 16.02 m |
| Shot put | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) | 18.71 m | Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi (KSA) | 18.29 m | Ahmad Hassan Gholoum (KUW) | 17.91 m |
| Discus throw | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) | 56.93 m | Saber Salem Saeed Baiaha (UAE) | 56.26 m | Khaled Suliman Al-Khalidi (KSA) | 56.02 m |
| Hammer throw | Naser Abdullah Al-Jarallah (KUW) | 61.97 m | Yamine Hussein Abdel Moneim (EGY) | 61.43 m | Anwar Abdallah El-Fallah (KUW) | 57.10 m |
| Javelin throw | Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) | 70.11 m | Firas Al Mahamid (SYR) | 69.34 m | Ghanem Jaouhar (KUW) | 67.92 m |
| Decathlon | Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) | 7482 pts | Mustafatah Hussein (EGY) | 7007pts | Ali Mohamed Al-Dahan (SYR) | 6742 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Wafa Mubarak (EGY) | 12.57 | Lina Bejjani (LIB) | 12.76 | Hala Ahmed Abderrahim (EGY) | 13.12 |
| 200 metres | Wafa Mubarak (EGY) | 25.69 | Diala El Chab (LIB) | 26.21 | Samar Danoun (SYR) | 26.68 |
| 400 metres | Diala El Chab (LIB) | 56.99 | Samar Danoun (SYR) | 58.90 | Hala Ahmed Abderrahim (EGY) | 59.05 |
| 800 metres | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 2:15.67 | Ahlem El Wardi (SYR) | 2:22.00 | Mirvat Hamze (LIB) | 2:22.28 |
| 1500 metres (hand-timed) | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 4:45.1 | Mirvat Hamze (LIB) | 4:57.3 | Liliana Al-Ayubi (SYR) | 5:01.1 |
| 5000 metres | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 17:37.85 | Liliana Al-Ayubi (SYR) | 18:51.98 | Hoda Ahmad El-Awadi (LIB) | 19:30.58 |
| 10,000 metres | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 38:29.03 | Liliana Al-Ayubi (SYR) | 39:16.69 | Hoda Ahmad El-Awadi (LIB) | 42:33.65 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Hagar Mohamed Galal (EGY) | 14.97 | Manar Mohamed (EGY) | 15.12 | Rola Hambersmian (SYR) | 15.86 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Diala El Chab (LIB) | 61.65 | Hala Ahmed Abderrahim (EGY) | 61.85 | Samar Danoun (SYR) | 64.23 |
| 4×100 m relay | Egypt (EGY) | 50.19 | Lebanon (LIB) | 51.16 | Syria (SYR) | 53.50 |
| 4×400 m relay | Egypt (EGY) | 4:04.85 | Syria (SYR) | 4:07.90 | Lebanon (LIB) | 4:44.27 |
| Half marathon | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 1:31:46 | Liliana Al-Ayubi (SYR) | 1:43:50 | Hoda Ahmad El-Awadi (LIB) | 1:44:00 |
| High jump | Manar Mohamed (EGY) | 1.69 m | Rola Hambersmian (SYR) | 1.69 m | Karin Buchakjian (LIB) | 1.63 m |
| Long jump | Mona Sabry (EGY) | 5.90 m | Ghada Ismail Mustapha (EGY) | 5.49 m | Rola Hambersmian (SYR) | 5.39 m |
| Triple jump | Ghada Ismail Mustapha (EGY) | 12.13 m | Mona Sabry (EGY) | 12.08 m | Rola Hambersmian (SYR) | 11.01 m |
| Shot put | Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) | 15.26 m | Hanaa El Melegi (EGY) | 12.27 m | Rola Hambersmian (SYR) | 10.20 m |
| Discus throw | Jeannette Ayoub (LIB) | 40.04 m | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 37.43 m | Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) | 34.59 m |
| Hammer throw | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 56.60 m | Jeannette Ayoub (LIB) | 32.22 m | Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) | 29.47 m |
| Javelin throw | Muna Mustafa Youssef (EGY) | 45.84 m | Salam Saïd (SYR) | 43.73 m | Ghofran Eshamak (SYR) | 34.69 m |

## Medal table
### Overall

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Egypt (EGY) | 12 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | Qatar (QAT) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Syria (SYR) | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Lebanon (LIB) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Somalia (SOM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Qatar (QAT) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Lebanon (LIB) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Somalia (SOM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Egypt (EGY) | 11 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Syria (SYR) | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Lebanon (LIB) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |