# Athletics at the 1999 Arab Games

At the 1999 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the Prince Hasan Youth City Stadium in the Al Hasan Sport City Complex in Irbid, Jordan from 11 to 14 August.
The athletics events were held before the official opening ceremony of the games on 18 August due to their proximity to the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, also held that month.
A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes (the men's programme featured a steeplechase event). The women's road events were shorter than the men's, having a half marathon compared to the men's marathon and a 10 km walk compared to a 20 km walk.
The competition was affected by the highest profile doping incident of the games. Siham Hanafi originally won three sprinting gold medals for Morocco, taking the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay titles. She lost all three after testing positive for nandrolone (a banned steroid) and the Moroccan relay team was entirely disqualified. Discus throw bronze medallist Karima Shaheen, also of Morocco, was another athlete whose result was annulled due to a drug test failure, again for nandrolone.
The electronic timing system at the event failed during the competition and as a result some of the races were hand-timed. In the men's 110 metres hurdles fifteen-year-old Nassim Qarbani Ibrahim of Qatar ran a hand-timed 13.9 in the preliminary round before running an electronic 14.17 seconds as runner-up in the final – these were the best ever times for the event by an athlete his age.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA) | 10.39 | Saad Muftah Al-Kuwari (QAT) | 10.43 | Sultan Mohamed Al-Sheib (QAT) | 10.47 |
| 200 metres | Hamoud Al-Dalhami (OMN) | 20.65 w | Mohamed Al-Houti (OMN) | 20:81 w | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) | 21:01 |
| 400 metres (Hand-timed) | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) | 45.7 | Sofiane Labidi (TUN) | 45.9 | Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA) | 46.4 |
| 800 metres | Ali Hakimi (TUN) | 1:49.76 | Rachid Khoua (MAR) | 1:50.16 | Mouhssin Chehibi (MAR) | 1:50.40 |
| 1500 metres | Ali Hakimi (TUN) | 3:43.43 | Youssef Baba (MAR) | 3:43.91 | Mohammed Amyn (MAR) | 3:47.19 |
| 5000 metres | Adil Kaouch (MAR) | 14:05.71 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) | 14:05.99 | Said Al-Brewei (MAR) | 14:19.71 |
| 10,000 metres | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) | 30:13.3 | Lahcen Benyoussef (MAR) | ? | ? | ? |
| 110 metres hurdles | Mubarak Khasif (QAT) | 14.05 | Nassim Qarbani Ibrahim (QAT) | 14.17 | Mohamed Samy (EGY) | 14.33 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 50.02 | Zahr-Edin Al Najem (SYR) | 50.38 | El Hefeny Ibrahim (EGY) | 51.58 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Ridha Chikhaoui (TUN) | 8:52.52 | Hassan Al-Asmari (KSA) | 8:56.24 | Zouhair Ouerdi (MAR) | 8:58.84 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 39.62 | Qatar (QAT) | 39.63 | Oman (OMN) | 39.78 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3:06.72 | Morocco (MAR) Mehdi El Ghazouani Nabil Jabir Hicham Mihrjane Jamal Ait Faraj | 3:07.17 | Egypt (EGY) | 3:09.25 |
| Marathon | Ahmed Abdelmogoud (EGY) | 2:31:16 | Tahar Mansouri (TUN) | 2:33:46 | Adel El-Deli (LBA) | 2:34:15 |
| 20 km walk | Hatem Ghoula (TUN) | 1:40:01 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| High jump | Fakhredin Fouad (JOR) | 2.19 m | Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB) | 2.16 m | Ali Mohamed Fadaak (QAT) | 2.13 m |
| Pole vault | Mohamed Bedioui (TUN) | 5.00 m | Abdulla Ghanim Saeed (QAT) | 4.80 m | Moulay Rachid Alaoui (MAR) | 3.80 m |
| Long jump | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) | 7.93 m | Mehdi El Ghazouani (MAR) | 7.76 m | Abdulrahman Al-Nubi (QAT) | 7.72 m |
| Triple jump | Mohamed Abdulaziz Hamdi (QAT) | 16.44 m | Salem Al-Ahmedi (KSA) | 16.35 m | Majed Abdulsadah (IRQ) | 16.23 m |
| Shot put | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) | 18.83 m | ? | ? m | ? | ? m |
| Discus throw | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) | 59.51 m | Abdullah Al-Shammari (KSA) | 55.23 m | Khalid Al-Khalidi (KSA) | 54.94 m |
| Hammer throw | Samir Haouam (ALG) | 68.75 m | Yamine Abdelmoneim (EGY) | 65.02 m | Hamad Al-Khodhairi (QAT) | 58.52 m |
| Javelin throw | Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) | 77.85 m | Firas Al-Mahamid (SYR) | 72.91 m | Maher Ridane (TUN) | 71.47 m |
| Decathlon | Anis Riahi (TUN) | 7341 pts | Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) | 7307 pts | Rédouane Youcef (ALG) | 7171 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) | 11.72 w | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 11.80 w | Awatef Hamrouni (TUN) | 11.96 w |
| 200 metres | Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) | 24.58 | Awatef Hamrouni (TUN) | 24.94 | Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) | 27.42 |
| 400 metres | Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) | 55.46 | Karima Meskin Saad (EGY) | 56.14 | Bouchra Zabord (MAR) | 56.58 |
| 800 metres | Nahida Touhami (ALG) | 2:06.17 | Saadid Saadi (MAR) | 2:06.21 | Abir Nakhli (TUN) | 2:07.37 |
| 1500 metres | Fatma Lanouar (TUN) | 4:19.29 | Samira Raif (MAR) | 4:20.29 | Seloua Ouaziz (MAR) | 4:21.69 |
| 5000 metres | Saliha Khaldoun (MAR) | 16:46.1 | Fatma Lanouar (TUN) | 17:05.04 | Bouchra Benthami (MAR) | 17:11.68 |
| 10,000 metres | Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) | 32:56.76 | Malika Asahssah (MAR) | 35:46.00 | Soulef Bouguerra (TUN) | 35:48.12 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Saida Rouchdi (MAR) | 15.01 | Zine-Bahi Othmani (TUN) | 15.37 | Rola Hambersmian (SYR) | 15.49 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Zahra Lachguer (MAR) | 60.62 | Houreya Al-Mohandess (MAR) | 61.70 | Hala Ahmed Abderrahim (EGY) | 63.38 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Tunisia (TUN) | 48.49 | Egypt (EGY) | 49.49 | Jordan (JOR) | 51.21 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Morocco (MAR) Bouchra Zboured Najia Bouaati Zahra Lachgar Houria El Mohandis | 3:43.50 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3:44.70 | Egypt (EGY) | 4:06.94 |
| Half marathon | Nadia Ejjafini (MAR) | 1:16:36 | Nasria Azaïdj (ALG) | 1:16:59 | Zainab Bakkour (SYR) | 1:18:11 |
| 10 km walk | Nagwa Ibrahim (EGY) | 51:06 | Bahia Boussad (ALG) | 53:39 | Wafaa Mohamed (TUN) | 1:00:01 |
| High jump | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 1.78 m | Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) | 1.75 m | Rim Salma Achour (TUN) | 1.75 m |
| Pole vault | Syrine Balti (TUN) | 3.60 m | Aida Mohsni (TUN) | 3.20 m | Racha Karam Mohamed (EGY) | 3.00 m |
| Long jump | Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) | 6.50 m | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 6.19 m | Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG) | 5.70 m |
| Triple jump | Ilham Bensalah (TUN) | 12.97 m | Fatima Zahra Dkouk (MAR) | 12.66 m | Monia Jelassi (TUN) | 12.57 m |
| Shot put | Nada Kawar (JOR) | 17.33 m | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 16.25 m | Wafaa Ismail Baghdadi (EGY) | 15.57 m |
| Discus throw | Nada Kawar (JOR) | 57.52 m | Monia Kari (TUN) | 57.43 m | Walaa Khalil Ibrahim (EGY) | 43.52 m |
| Hammer throw | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 58.97 m | Djida Nawel Ialloulene (ALG) | 50.31 m | Monia Kari (TUN) | 49.91 m |
| Javelin throw (old javelin model) | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 55.14 m | Aïda Sellam (TUN) | 48.69 m | Many Mostafa (EGY) | 41.98 m |
| Heptathlon | Hanen Dhouibi (TUN) | 4853 pts | Rola Hambersmian (SYR) | 4592 pts | Manal Baki (TUN) | 4537 pts |
* $^a$ Morocco's Siham Hanafi was the initial winner in 11.48 seconds, before her disqualification for doping
* $^b$ Morocco's Hanafi was the initial winner in 24.34 seconds, before her disqualification for doping
* $^c$ Morocco was the initial winner in 46.89 seconds, before Hanafi's disqualification for doping
* $^d$ Morocco's Karima Shaheen was the initial bronze medallist with 49.91 metres, before her disqualification for doping

## Medal table

* Host nation (Jordan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Tunisia | 12 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Morocco | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Qatar | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Egypt | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 6 | Jordan* | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Algeria | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Syria | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Oman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 |