# 1987 Arab Athletics Championships

The 1987 Arab Athletics Championships was the fifth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Algiers, Algeria from 6–9 July. A total of 40 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 16 for women. The men's 20 kilometres walk was restored to the programme, having been removed after 1981. A men's 50 kilometres walk was also held for the first time.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Talal Mansour (QAT) | 10.35 | Mustapha Kamel Selmi (ALG) | 10.49 | Abdullah Salem Al Khalidi (OMN) | 10.70 |
| 200 metres | Talal Mansour (QAT) | 20.83 | Mustapha Kamel Selmi (ALG) | 21.06 | Abdullah Salem Al Khalidi (OMN) | 21.36 |
| 400 metres | Mohammed Al-Malki (OMN) | 45.56 | Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem (EGY) | 46.61 | Thamer Younes (IRQ) | 46.67 |
| 800 metres | Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) | 1:46.72 | Saïd M'Hand (MAR) | 1:46.16 | Réda Abdenouz (ALG) | 1:47.67 |
| 1500 metres | Rachid Kram (ALG) | 3:43.10 | Mustapha Lachaa (MAR) | 3:44.58 | Abderrahman Youbi (ALG) | 3:45.91 |
| 5000 metres | Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 13:45.58 | Habib Romdhani (TUN) | 13:57.66 | Abderrazak Gtari (TUN) | 14:22.30 |
| 10,000 metres | Miloud Djellal (ALG) | 30:37.12 | Abderrazak Gtari (TUN) | 30:47.05 | Abdelhak Henane (ALG) | 30:54.83 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Naji Mohsin Ghazi (IRQ) | 13.90 | Noureddine Tadjine (ALG) | 14.25 | Ziad Abdulrazak Al-Kheder (KUW) | 14.30 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem (EGY) | 51.68 | Nasser Mohamed (QAT) | 52.24 | Jasem Goma'an Al-Duaillah (KUW) | 52.63 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Féthi Baccouche (TUN) | 8:31.09 | Rabah Aboura (ALG) | 8:39.13 | Brahim Ayachi (TUN) | 8:42.86 |
| 4×100 m relay | Qatar (QAT) | 39.71 | Algeria (ALG) | 40.46 | Morocco (MAR) | 41.12 |
| 4×400 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 3:09.46 | Iraq (IRQ) | 3:09.90 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:10.95 |
| Marathon | Sid Ali Sakhri (ALG) | 2:27:29 | Arezki Hamadache (ALG) | 2:28:36 | Farouk Khadour (SYR) | 2:38:49 |
| 20 km walk | Abdelwahab Ferguène (ALG) | 1:30:39 | Mohamed Bouhalla (ALG) | 1:33:54 | Saïd Megahed (EGY) | 1:42:21 |
| 50 km walk | H'Mimed Rahouli (ALG) | 4:32:32 | Arezki Boumerar (ALG) | 4:47:22 | Mohamed Abdelmetwalli (EGY) | 4:58:44 |
| High jump | Othmane Belfaa (ALG) | 2.20 m | Mohamed Aghlal (MAR) | 2.13 m | Khalid Koughbar (MAR) | 2.13 m |
| Pole vault | Sami Si Mohamed (ALG) | 4.75 m | Choukri Abahnini (TUN) | 4.70 m | Abdelatif Chekir (TUN) | 4.65 m |
| Long jump | Abdulla Al-Sheib (QAT) | 7.81 m | Mohamed El Aïd Zaghdoudi (TUN) | 7.58 m | Lotfi Khaïda (ALG) | 7.51 m |
| Triple jump | Hassan Badra (EGY) | 16.10 m | Lotfi Khaïda (ALG) | 15.71 m | Sameh Farhan (KUW) | 15.68 m |
| Shot put | Ahmed Mohamed Ashoush (EGY) | 17.99 m | Ahmed Kamel Shata (EGY) | 17.79 m | Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (KUW) | 17.03 m |
| Discus throw | Mohamed Naguib Hamed (EGY) | 53.84 m | Hassan Ahmed Hamad (EGY) | 53.36 m | Abderrazak Ben Hassine (TUN) | 52.12 m |
| Hammer throw | Hakim Toumi (ALG) | 70.18 m | Yacine Louail (ALG) | 62.50 m | Waleed Al-Bekheet (KUW) | 61.90 m |
| Javelin throw | Ghanem Jaouhar (KUW) | 70.58 m | Ahmed Mahour Bacha (ALG) | 69.04 m | Tarek Chaabani (TUN) | 67.92 m |
| Decathlon | Ahmed Mahour Bacha (ALG) | 7372 pts | Mahmoud Aït Ouhamou (ALG) | 6749 pts | Abed Omar (QAT) | 6682 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Rachida Ferdjaoui (ALG) | 12.05 | Latifa Lahcen (MAR) | 12.12 | Mahdjouba Bouhdiba (ALG) | 12.34 |
| 200 metres | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 24.33 | Latifa Lahcen (MAR) | 25.26 | Mahdjouba Bouhdiba (ALG) | 25.44 |
| 400 metres | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 54.28 | Dina Saadoun (IRQ) | 55.58 | Hassiba Hallilou (ALG) | 55.73 |
| 800 metres | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 2:10.19 | Mebarka Hadj Abdellah (ALG) | 2:10.56 | Hela Maghrabi (SYR) | 2:12.60 |
| 1500 metres | Mebarka Hadj Abdellah (ALG) | 4:30.25 | Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) | 4:31.71 | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 4:32.53 |
| 3000 metres | Nadia Ouaziz (MAR) | 9:30.28 | Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) | 9:31.26 | Malika Benhabylès (ALG) | 9:32.37 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) | 13.82 | Nacera Zaaboub-Achir (ALG) | 13.85 | Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 14.72 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 59.93 | Fatima Aouam (MAR) | 61.29 | Iman Abdulamir (IRQ) | 61.48 |
| 4×100 m relay | Algeria (ALG) | 46.62 | Morocco (MAR) | 47.65 | Tunisia (TUN) | 48.78 |
| 4×400 m relay | Morocco (MAR) | 3:47.51 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:48.00 | Iraq (IRQ) | 3:51.24 |
| High jump | Nacera Zaaboub-Achir (ALG) | 1.75 m | Kawther Akrémi (TUN) | 1.65 m | Touria Aboudi (MAR) | 1.60 m |
| Long jump | Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) | 5.86 m | Basma Gharbi (TUN) | 5.83 m | Najwa Abdelmoula (TUN) | 5.82 m |
| Shot put | Souad Malloussi (MAR) | 15.90 m | Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) | 13.86 m | Hanan Ahmed Khaled (EGY) | 13.31 m |
| Discus throw | Aïcha Dahmous (ALG) | 51.20 m | Zoubida Laayouni (MAR) | 49.79 m | Nabila Mouelhi (TUN) | 48.84 m |
| Javelin throw | Samia Djémaa (ALG) | 53.58 m | Hayet Ben Slama (TUN) | 42.80 m | Amel Hessine (EGY) | 38.66 m |
| Heptathlon | Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) | 5571 pts | Basma Gharbi (TUN) | 4360 pts | Huda Hashem Ismail (EGY) | 3822 pts |

## Medal table
### Overall

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 19 | 16 | 10 | 45 |
| 2 | Morocco (MAR) | 9 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Qatar (QAT) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 9 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 2 | Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Qatar (QAT) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Morocco (MAR) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Oman (OMN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Morocco (MAR) | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |