Athletics at the 2004 Pan Arab Games

At the 2004 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria from 4 to 8 October 2004. A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes. The host country topped the medal table having won a 16 gold medals and 34 medals overall. Second placed Morocco, with seven golds, had the greatest number of medals overall with a total of 35. Tunisia was third with sixteen medals in total, seven of which were gold. Eleven new Games records were set over the course of the five-day competition.

Athletics at the X Pan Arab Games
Dates4 – 8 October
Host cityAlgiers, Algeria
VenueStade 5 Juillet 1962
Events45
Participation? athletes from
20 nations
Records set11 Games records


Baya Rahouli—an Algiers native and 2004 Summer Olympics finalist—was the most successful athlete of the Games, winning four golds (100 metres, 100 metres hurdles, long jump and triple jump) and setting two Games records.[1] Seventeen-year-old Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed of Sudan won the 400 metres in personal best time, and also won a 200 metres silver.[2] Todd Matthews-Jouda, a former American athlete, appeared to break the African record in the 110 metres hurdles, but this was later revised to 13.45 seconds – a Games record regardless.[3] Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi set a personal best for the 200 m Pan Arab title and went on to help both the Saudi Arabian relay teams to gold medals.

Algerian Nahida Touhami won two golds in the women's 800 metres and 1500 metres while long-distance compatriot Souad Aït Salem went one further, doing a 5000/10,000 metres double before taking a third gold in the half marathon. Amina Aït Hammou of Morocco won two silver medals in the women's 400 m and 800 m events. The women on the heptathlon podium all repeated their combined events medals in the individual disciplines. The event winner—Sarah Bouaoudia—set a Games record to win the high jump, runner-up Imen Chatbri took another silver in the javelin, while bronze medallist Zahra Lachguer was also third in the 400 metres hurdles.

Records

In addition to the records set by medalling athletes at the 2004 Games, the following records were set by others competing in Algiers:

Name Event Country Record Type
Jalel Al-GhabshiMen's 110 metres hurdles Oman14.81NR
Wajdi BelliliMen's shot put Tunisia17.48 mNR
Key:0000WR — World record   AR — Area record   GR — Games record   NR — National record

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Yahya Al-Gahes (KSA)10.31 GR  Salem Mubarak Al-Yami (KSA)10.39  Khaled Youssef Al-Obaidli (QAT)10.42
200 metres  Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi (KSA)20.81  Malik Louahla (ALG)20.84  Soleiman Salem Ayed (EGY)21.00
400 metres  Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi (KSA)45.04  Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD)45.84  Ridha Ghali (TUN)46.11
800 metres  Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)1:46.12  Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD)1:46.24  Amine Laâlou (MAR)1:46.86
1500 metres  Youssef Baba (MAR)3:46.32  Kamel Boulahfane (ALG)3:46.36  Adil Kaouch (MAR)3:46.70
5000 metres  Khoudir Aggoune (ALG)13:24.73  Abderrahim Goumri (MAR)13:25.53  Hicham Bellani (MAR)13:32.41
10,000 metres  Khalid El Aamri (MAR)29:51.47  Samir Moussaoui (ALG)29:52.81  Mohammed Amyn (MAR)29:58.73
110 metres hurdles
(wind: 2.0 m/s)
 Todd Matthews-Jouda (SUD)13.45 GR, NR  Mubarak Ata Mubarak (KSA)13.71  Aymen Ben Ahmed (TUN)13.98 NR=
400 metres hurdles  Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA)48.77  Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi (KSA)49.31  Zahr-Edin Al Najem (SYR)50.55
3000 metres steeplechase  Brahim Boulami (MAR)8:25.62  Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT)8:38.68  Merzak Ould Bouchiba (ALG)8:40.20
4×100 metres relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Salem Mubarak Al-Yami
Mubarak Ata Mubarak
Yahya Al-Gahes
Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi
39.40 GR  Oman (OMN)40.52  Morocco (MAR)40.94
4×400 metres relay  Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi
Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily
Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi
Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi
3:03.03  Morocco (MAR)
Hamid Ben Hammou
Ismael Daif
Abdellatif El Ghazaoui
Amine Laalou
3:06.90  Algeria (ALG)3:07.84
Half marathon  Abdellatif Meftah (MAR)1:05:33  Saïd Belhout (ALG)1:05:45  Al Mustafa Riyadh (BHR)1:06:57
20,000 metres walk  Hatem Ghoula (TUN)1:28:34.19 GR  Moussa Aouanouk (ALG)1:29:39.31  Mabrook Saleh Nasser Mohamed (QAT)1:34:04.56
High jump  Abderrahmane Hammad (ALG)2.24 m  Salem Sayyar Ibrahim (KUW)2.16 m  Kamel Rabia (ALG)
 Salem Nasser Bakheet (BHR)
2.11 m
Pole vault  Béchir Zaghouani (TUN)5.20 m  Mohamed Karbib (MAR)5.00 m  Mohamed Ali Chehabi (QAT)4.90 m
Long jump  Issam Nima (ALG)7.81 m  Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi (KSA)7.79 m  Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR)7.77 m
Triple jump  Mohammad Hazzory (SYR)16.58 m  Mohammed Hamdi Awadh (QAT)16.40 m  Salem Al Ahmedi (KSA)16.24 m
Shot put  Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT)18.98 m  Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY)18.65 m  Ahmad Hassan Gholoum (KUW)18.20 m
Discus throw  Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (EGY)61.06 m  Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi (KSA)56.55 m  Jaber Salem Al Mhiri (UAE)52.19 m
Hammer throw  Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW)72,22 m  Mohsen El Anany (EGY)71.65 m  Saber Souid (TUN)71.41 m NR
Javelin throw  Firas Al Mahamid (SYR)75.84 m  Mohamed Ibrahim Al-Khalifa (QAT)70.47 m  Amar Muki (IRQ)64.61 m
Decathlon  Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN)7595 pts  Mohamed Ridha Al-Matroud (KSA)7205 pts  Moulay Rachid Alaoui Hakim (MAR)7098 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Baya Rahouli (ALG)11.84  Basma Al-Eshosh (JOR)11.97 NR  Sihem El Hanifi (MAR)12.11
200 metres  Houria Moussa (ALG)24.35 GR  Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed (SUD)24.36  Nawal El Jack (SUD)24.59
400 metres  Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed (SUD)53.34  Amina Aït Hammou (MAR)53.54  Nawal El Jack (SUD)54.37
800 metres  Nahida Touhami (ALG)2:34.48  Amina Aït Hammou (MAR)2:34.49  Abir Nakhli (TUN)2:34.95
1500 metres  Nahida Touhami (ALG)4:35.85  Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR)4:35.97  Saïda El Mehdi (MAR)4:36.07
5000 metres  Souad Aït Salem (ALG)16:02.14  Safa Issaoui (TUN)16:19.56 NJR  Bouchra Chaâbi (MAR)16'21"17
10,000 metres  Souad Aït Salem (ALG)33:27.58  Malika Asahssah (MAR)34:01.08  Fouzia Zoutat (ALG)34:41.38
100 metres hurdles  Baya Rahouli (ALG)13.49 GR  Houria El Mohandis (MAR)14.12  Naïma Bentahar (ALG)14.14
400 metres hurdles  Nezha Bidouane (MAR)55.98 GR  Houria Moussa (ALG)57.51  Zahra Lachguer (MAR)58.20
4×100 metres relay  Morocco (MAR)
?
Nezha Bidouane
?
?
46.32  Sudan (SUD)48.32  Iraq (IRQ)50.70
4×400 metres relay  Morocco (MAR)
?
?
Nezha Bidouane
?
3:38.24 AR  Sudan (SUD)3:39.53  Algeria (ALG)3:50.25
Half marathon  Souad Aït Salem (ALG)1:16:32  Fouzia Zoutat (ALG)1:17:23  Nadia Ejjafini (BHR)1:18:08
10,000 metres walk  Bahia Boussad (ALG)53:39.9  Dounia Kara-Hassoun (ALG)53:56.0  Michail Ali (SUD)1:22:58.3
High jump  Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG)1.80 m GR  Karima Ben Othmani (TUN)1.72 m  Hamida Benhocine (ALG)1.64 m
Pole vault  Syrine Balti (TUN)3.90 m GR  Nisrine Dinar (MAR)3.50 m  Ouahiba Hamreras (ALG)3.40 m
Long jump  Baya Rahouli (ALG)6.19 m  Latifa Ezziraoui (MAR)6.03 m  Amel Regib (MAR)5.88 m
Triple jump  Baya Rahouli (ALG)14.49 m GR  Yamilé Aldama (SUD)14.31 m  Latifa Ezziraoui (MAR)13.59 m
Shot put  Amel Ben Khaled (TUN)15.52 m  Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi (EGY)14.98 m  Saliha Zekiski (ALG)12.92 m
Discus throw  Monia Kari (TUN)54.68 m  Amina Moudden (MAR)52.64 m  Kalthoum Saadaoui (TUN)51.09 m
Hammer throw  Marwa Hussein (EGY)52.76 m  Hayat El Ghazi (MAR)56.96 m  Mouna Dani (MAR)53.75 m
Javelin throw  Aïda Sellam (TUN)58.64 m  Imen Chatbri (TUN)49.30 m  Lamia Hanouti (ALG)44.45 m
Heptathlon  Sarah Bouaoudia (ALG)5534 pts GR  Imen Chatbri (TUN)5084 pts NR  Zahra Lachguer (MAR)4965 pts
  • AR † = Arab record

Medal table

Hamdi Dhouibi won the decathlon gold for Tunisia.
Former Kenyan Yusuf Saad Kamel took the 800 m gold for Bahrain.

  *   Host nation (Algeria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Algeria*1681034
2 Morocco7121534
3 Tunisia74516
4 Saudi Arabia66113
5 Sudan26311
6 Egypt2316
7 Syria2013
8 Qatar1337
9 Kuwait1113
10 Bahrain1034
11 Jordan0101
 Oman0101
13 Iraq0022
14 United Arab Emirates0011
Totals (14 nations)454546136

Participation

A total of 20 countries were represented in the athletics competition. Of the countries which had previously competed at the Pan Arab Games, Somalia and Comoros were the two nations which were not represented in the competition.

References

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