1994 Arab Junior Athletics Championships
# 1994 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

The 1994 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Tunis, Tunisia. Qatar, after a good performance in 1992, did not send a team to the competition. A total of 42 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 19 for women.

The women's 10,000 metres was restored to the programme after a break in 1992. A women's triple jump was contested for the first time. The men's 20 km road race made its third and final appearance at the championships, as junior road events were largely dropped from international competitions. The men's hurdles finals were only recorded to the tenth of a second due to technical limitations. Wind affected parts of the competition, particularly the 200 metres races and the horizontal jumps.

In line with increased participation, the standard of performers at this event improved. Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily won a men's hurdles double for Saudi Arabia and won multiple Asian titles as a senior. Ali Hakimi defended his 1500 metres title and added the 800 metres crown; he was an Olympic finalist two years later. Younès Moudrik took the men's long jump title – an event he would win twice at the African Championships in Athletics. Seventeen-year-old Abderrahmane Hammad was runner-up in the high jump but later became the first Arab to win a medal in the high jump at the Olympics.

On the women's side, Fatma Lanouar won the 800 metres in Tunis and was a two-time Mediterranean Games champion as a senior. The runner-up in that event, 16-year-old Hasna Benhassi of Morocco, had even greater success in her career, which included two Olympic and two World Championships medals. Future African champion Aïda Sellam of Tunisia won the javelin throw and a shot put bronze medal on home turf. The winner of the women's walk, Nagwa Ibrahim Ali, would become a prominent athlete in her discipline regionally, with three African titles to her name.

## Medal summary

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Yacine Djellil (ALG) | 10.88 | Mohammed Masoud Salem (KSA) | 11.10 | Wisam Bouaïcha (TUN) | 11.13 |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.8 m/s) | Yacine Djellil (ALG) | 21.33w | Mohammed Al-Beshi (KSA) | 21.58w | Talal Jataili (KUW) | 22.15w |
| 400 metres | Adem Hecini (ALG) | 47.22 | Mohammed Al-Beshi (KSA) | 47.44 | Machaal Harbi (KUW) | 48.80 |
| 800 metres | Ali Hakimi (TUN) | 1:52.4 | Lamine Alaoui (TUN) | 1:54.2 | Faraj Al-Shahrani (KSA) | 1:55.0 |
| 1500 metres | Ali Hakimi (TUN) | 4:06.16 | Yarba Lakhal (MAR) | 4:08.14 | Rachid Amor (TUN) | 4:08.33 |
| 5000 metres | Salah El Ghazi (MAR) | 14:14.21 | Mehdi Khelifi (TUN) | 14:16.96 | Mohammed Amyn (MAR) | 14:17.73 |
| 10,000 metres | Salah El Ghazi (MAR) | 30:15.0 CR | Abdellah Maarouf (MAR) | 30:23.2 | Mehdi Khelifi (TUN) | 30:30.1 |
| 110 m hurdles | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 14.1 =CR | Samir Bouabcha (ALG) | 14.8 | Nasser Abdulrazak (KUW) | 15.0 |
| 400 m hurdles | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 51.3 CR | Hassan Kirmasi (MAR) | 53.8 | Alawi El Kacimi (MAR) | 54.5 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Yarba Lakhal (MAR) | 8:43.08 CR | Hédi Khalfallah (TUN) | 8:57.67 | Hussain Ali Al-Asmari (KSA) | 9:07.99 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Algeria (ALG) | 41.27 CR | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 41.45 | Morocco (MAR) | 42.70 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3:12.6 | Algeria (ALG) | 3:16.6 | Morocco (MAR) | 3:20.8 |
| 20 km road race | Abdellah Maarouf (MAR) | 1:05:18 | Aziz Darwish (MAR) | 1:05:25 | Mohammed Al-Okadi (KSA) | 1:06:17 |
| 10,000 m walk | Lounès Méhadi (ALG) | 45:18.90 CR | Younès Aouanouk (ALG) | 48:31.91 | Hatab Latifi (TUN) | 49:39.70 |
| High jump | Hassan Darwish Mahmoud (EGY) | 2.10 m =CR | Abderrahmane Hammad (ALG) | 2.07 m | Ramzi Chebaane (TUN) | 2.01 m |
| Pole vault | Khalid Lachheb (MAR) | 5.05 m CR | Rafik Mefti (ALG) | 4.65 m | Mohamed Benyahia (ALG) | 4.20 m |
| Long jump | Younès Moudrik (MAR) | 7.55 m CR | Nabil Adamou (ALG) | 7.44 m w | Djamel Smichet (ALG) | 7.34 m w |
| Triple jump | Djamel Smichet (ALG) | 15.48 m | Khalid Al-Farhan (KUW) | 15.19 m | Nabil Adamou (ALG) | 15.03 m |
| Shot put | Walid Jamal Mustafa (EGY) | 15.47 m | Mohammed Tahnoun (KUW) | 14.19 m | Hisham Mohamed El Ashmawi (EGY) | 13.89 m |
| Discus throw | Walid Jamal Mustafa (EGY) | 46.74 m CR | Hisham Mohamed El Ashmawi (EGY) | 45.74 m | Abderrazak Yahiaoui (ALG) | 42.82 m |
| Hammer throw | Mohamed Karim Horchani (TUN) | 62.10 m | Zaki Bounab (ALG) | 54.96 m | Adel Maatouk (KUW) | 51.92 m |
| Javelin throw | Ali Saleh Al-Jadani (KSA) | 69.32 m | Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed (SYR) | 62.96 m | Chemseddine Belhadj Amor (TUN) | 62.88 m |
| Decathlon | Abdul Marzouk Al-Shahrani (KSA) | 6710 pts CR | Ali Dahan (SYR) | 6397 pts | Mohamed Halima Mansour (ALG) | 6166 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Saliha Hammadi (ALG) | 12.08 CR | Ahlem Allali (ALG) | 12.62 | Sihem Fellah (TUN) | 12.77 |
| 200 metres (wind: +3.2 m/s) | Amina Belkrouchi (MAR) | 24.76w | Ahlem Allali (ALG) | 25.04w | Sihem Fellah (TUN) | 25.32w |
| 400 metres | Amina Belkrouchi (MAR) | 57.45 | Nahida Touhami (ALG) | 58.54 | Hanène Bakr (TUN) | 59.38 |
| 800 metres | Fatma Lanouar (TUN) | 2:13.97 | Hasna Benhassi (MAR) | 2:14.67 | Kheïra Arfa (ALG) | 2:15.44 |
| 1500 metres | Hanène Abassi (TUN) | 4:38.46 | Sabah Safou (MAR) | 4:39.65 | Fatma Lanouar (TUN) | 4:39.76 |
| 3000 metres | Sabah Safou (MAR) | 10:00.83 | Hind Chahid (MAR) | 10:07.48 | Rim Dabou (TUN) | 10:11.27 |
| 10,000 metres | Fatiha Killech (MAR) | 37:46.76 CR | Soulef Bouguerra (TUN) | 39:16.56 | Samah Wamas (TUN) | 41:11.21 |
| 100 m hurdles | Sana Drid (TUN) | 15.30 | Hella Ezzaier (TUN) | 15.38 | Leïla Bougerra (ALG) | 16.12 |
| 400 m hurdles | Amina Belkrouchi (MAR) | 60.88 | Amani Abderrahim Belal (EGY) | 65.88 | Naïma Khafak (ALG) | 65.99 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Algeria (ALG) | 48.75 | Tunisia (TUN) | 49.32 | Egypt (EGY) | 51.71 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Tunisia (TUN) | 4:00.20 | Algeria (ALG) | 4:02.39 | Egypt (EGY) | 4:10.59 |
| 5000 m walk | Nagwa Ibrahim Ali (EGY) | 25:54.76 CR | Nadia El Aouni (MAR) | 27:18.01 | Sonia Farjaoui (TUN) | 28:23.98 |
| High jump | Rym Selma Achour (TUN) | 1.66 m CR | Souheir Ben Romdhane (TUN) | 1.60 m | Souad Bouchabka (ALG) | 1.55 m |
| Long jump | Sana Drid (TUN) | 5.56 m w | Mouna Hammami (TUN) | 5.53 m w | Rania Abdel Aziz Ahmed (EGY) | 4.83 m w |
| Triple jump | Mouna Hammami (TUN) | 11.71 m | Hella Ezzaier (TUN) | 11.55 m | Souad Chouikha (ALG) | 10.97 m |
| Shot put | Iman Hassan Mahrous (EGY) | 12.58 m CR | Malika Hammou (ALG) | 11.79 m | Aïda Sellam (TUN) | 11.36 m |
| Discus throw | Nasrine Dahman (TUN) | 39.14 m | Saadia Amloud (MAR) | 38.20 m | Malika Hammou (ALG) | 35.52 m |
| Javelin throw | Aïda Sellam (TUN) | 44.92 m CR | Malika Hammou (ALG) | 41.60 m | Nahed Ben Saïd (TUN) | 36.12 m |
| Heptathlon | Sana Drid (TUN) | 4406 pts CR | Hamida Rahouli (ALG) | 4388 pts | Saïda Ahmani (ALG) | 3997 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tunisia (TUN) | 13 | 9 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Morocco (MAR) | 11 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | Algeria (ALG) | 8 | 14 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Egypt (EGY) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |
