1997 Arab Athletics Championships

Host City Ta'if
Country KSA
Held 10 – 12 September 1997
Competitors 53
Countries 10

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
Half Marathon Men — Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 2
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 0 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 0 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Qatar QAT 10 6 5 21
2 Saudi Arabia KSA 5 7 4 16
3 Sudan SUD 2 1 0 3
4 Algeria ALG 1 5 5 11
5 Egypt EGY 1 3 2 6
6 Jordan JOR 1 0 1 2
= Oman OMA 1 0 1 2
8 Syria SYR 1 0 0 1
9 Kuwait KUW 0 0 3 3
10 Djibouti DJI 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Mohd Sultan Al-Sheeb QAT Sayed Mubarak Al-Kuwari QAT Mohamed Al-Yami KSA
200 m, Men Mohamed Al-Houti OMA Ibrahim Ismail QAT Malik Louahla ALG
400 m, Men Ibrahim Ismail QAT Hamdan Al-Bishi KSA Sami Al-Abdullah QAT
800 m, Men Mohamed Babiker Yagoub SUD Djabir Saïd-Guerni ALG Mohamed Osman KSA
1,500 m, Men Mohamed Babiker Yagoub SUD Mohamed Suleiman QAT Ahmed Krama ALG
5,000 m, Men Alyan Al-Qahtani KSA Jamal Abdi Hassan QAT Kamel Kohil ALG
10,000 m, Men Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama QAT Kamel Kohil ALG Abdullah Youssef QAT
Half Marathon, Men Abdullah Youssef QAT Ahmed Adam Salah SUD Abidi Saïd Yabeh DJI
110 m Hurdles, Men Khasif Mubarak QAT Hamad Al-Dosari QAT Bader Abbas KUW
400 m Hurdles, Men Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj QAT El-Hafni Abdel Maksoud Ibrahim EGY Ali Ismail Doka QAT
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Saad Al-Asmari KSA Jamal Abdi Hassan QAT Laïd Bessou ALG
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Qatar QAT Algeria ALG Oman OMA
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Qatar QAT Saudi Arabia KSA Algeria ALG
High Jump, Men Fakhredin Fouad Al-Dien Gor JOR Abderrahmane Hammad ALG Majed Sultan El-Manaa KSA
Pole Vault, Men Ahmad Youssef Abdelkarim QAT Rafik Mefti ALG Walid Zayed Al-Shamali QAT
Long Jump, Men Hussain Taher Al-Sabee KSA Hatem Mersal EGY Salem Al-Ahmadi KSA
Triple Jump, Men Salem Al-Ahmadi KSA Mohamed Adam Mohamed KSA Ibrahim Aboubaker QAT
Shot Put, Men Bilal Saad Mubarak QAT Khaled Al-Khalidi KSA Abdallah Soursour KUW
Discus Throw, Men Khaled Al-Khalidi KSA Abdullah Al-Shammari KSA Tarek Al-Najjar JOR
Hammer Throw, Men Hakim Toumi ALG Sherif Farouk El-Hennawi EGY Naser Abdullah Al-Jarallah KUW
Javelin Throw, Men Firass Zaal Al-Mohamed SYR Ali Saleh Al-Jadani KSA Walid Ibrahim Abderrazak Mohamed EGY
Decathlon, Men Hassan Farouk Sayed EGY Abdul Marzouk Al-Sharani KSA Issam Abdelatif Saber EGY