| Arab Junior Athletics Championships البطولة العربية للشباب والشابات لألعاب القوى | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date | midyear |
| Frequency | biennial |
| Inaugurated | 1984 |
| Organised by | Arab Athletic Association |
The Arab Junior Athletics Championships (Arabic: البطولة العربية للشباب والشابات لألعاب القوى), also known as the Arab U20 Athletics Championships, is a biennial international athletics competition between athletes under the age of 20 (juniors) from Arabic countries.[1] It is organised by the Arab Athletic Association.
If was first held in 1984 – seven years after the inauguration of the senior Arab Athletics Championships.[2] An Arab Youth Athletics Championships was launched twenty years after the junior competition.[3]
Editions
| Ed. | Year | City | Country | Dates | Venue | No. of events |
No. of nations |
No. of athletes | Winning Nation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | Total | |||||||||
| 1st | 1984 | Casablanca | 20–23 July | 38 | 10 | ||||||
| 2nd | 1986 | Cairo | 8–11 July | 38 | 13 | ||||||
| 3rd | 1988 | Damascus | 22–25 August | 41 | 13 | ||||||
| 4th | 1990 | Latakia | 5–6 September | 18 | 3 | x | |||||
| 4th | 1991 | Latakia | 1–4 October | 14 | x | ||||||
| 5th | 1992 | Latakia | 17–19 August | 40 | 8 | ||||||
| 6th | 1994 | Tunis | 9–12 August | 42 | 10 | ||||||
| 7th | 1996 | Latakia | 13–16 September | 41 | 14 | ||||||
| 8th | 1998 | Damascus | 26–29 August | 41 | 13 | ||||||
| 9th | 2000 | Damascus | 3–5 November | 42 | 11 | ||||||
| 10th | 2002 | Cairo | 16–18 September | Cairo International Stadium | 43 | 17 | 400 | ||||
| 11th | 2004 | Damascus | 10–13 September | Tishreen Stadium | 43 | 17 | |||||
| 12th | 2006 | Cairo | 24–27 July[4] | Cairo Military Academy Stadium | 44 | 14 | 500 | ||||
| 13th | 2008 | Rades | 20–23 June[5] | Radès Olympic Athletics Stadium | 44 | 13 | |||||
| 14th | 2010 | Cairo | 5–8 May[6] | Cairo Military Academy Stadium | 44 | 19 | |||||
| 15th | 2012 | Amman | 16–19 May[7] | Amman International Stadium | 42 | 16 | |||||
| 16th | 2014 | Cairo | 23–26 April[8][9] | Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Stadium | 44 | 16 | |||||
| 17th | 2016 | Tlemcen | 5–8 May[10] | Lalla Setti Stadium | 44 | 11 | 800 | ||||
| 18th | 2018 | Amman | 19–22 April | Amman Baccalaureat School | 44 | 14 | 423 | ||||
| 19th | 2022 | Radès | 22–26 May[11] | Radès Olympic Athletics Stadium | 39 | 15 | 147 | ||||
| 20th | 2024 | Ismailia | 8–11 May | 13 | |||||||
| 21st[12] | 2026 | Rades | 26–30 April[13] | Radès Olympic Athletics Stadium | 14 | ||||||
Statistics
Wins by country
Until 2024
| Country | Winners | Second | Third | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
All-time medal table 1984–2026
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 164 | 160 | 114 | 438 | |
| 2 | 134 | 119 | 118 | 371 | |
| 3 | 104 | 120 | 115 | 339 | |
| 4 | 87 | 94 | 93 | 274 | |
| 5 | 72 | 72 | 44 | 188 | |
| 6 | 67 | 43 | 39 | 149 | |
| 7 | 67 | 38 | 28 | 133 | |
| 8 | 39 | 38 | 26 | 103 | |
| 9 | 38 | 70 | 88 | 196 | |
| 10 | 32 | 37 | 42 | 111 | |
| 11 | 17 | 22 | 41 | 80 | |
| 12 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 43 | |
| 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |
| 14 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 40 | |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 858 | 855 | 841 | 2,554 | |
Championships records
Key: Defunct event
Men
Women
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Championships | Place | Ref. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 11.55 (+0.1 m/s) | Raihanah Garoubah | 27 April 2026 | 2026 Championships | Radès, Tunisia | [17] | ||||||||||||||
| 200 m | 23.21 | Edwilge Ova Naim | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | |||||||||||||||
| 400 m | 53.42 | Zenab Moussa Ali Mahamat | 23 May 2022 | 2022 Championships | Radès, Tunisia | [18] | ||||||||||||||
| 800 m | 2:08.51 | Alawia Maki | May 2010 | 2010 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||
| 1500 m | 4:16.24 | Dalila Abdelkader | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | |||||||||||||||
| 3000 m | 9:14.07 | Tejitu Daba | May 2010 | 2010 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||
| 5000 m | 16:36.61 | Hanane Agoujdad | 29 April 2026 | 2026 Championships | Radès, Tunisia | [19] | ||||||||||||||
| 10,000 m | 37:46.76 | Fatiha Killech | 1994 | 1994 Championships | Tunis, Tunisia | |||||||||||||||
| 100 m hurdles | 14.02 | Nour Nadi | 20 April 2018 | 2018 Championships | Amman, Jordan | |||||||||||||||
| 400 m hurdles | 58.25 | Aminat Yusuf Jamal | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | |||||||||||||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:55.38 | Ruth Jebet | April 2014 | 2014 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||
| High jump | 1.76 m | Basant Musaad Mohammad | May 2010 | 2010 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||
| Pole vault | 3.60 m | Nour Slimane | April 2018 | 2018 Championships | Amman, Jordan | |||||||||||||||
| Long jump | 6.00 m | Rima Ferid Mohamed Taha | 1 November 2006 | 2006 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||
| Triple jump | 13.84 m | Baya Rahouli | 1996 | 1996 Championships | Latakia, Syria | |||||||||||||||
| Shot put | 14.74 m | Hebat-Allah Mustafa Mohamed | April 2014 | 2014 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||
| Discus throw | 51.58 m | Ritaj Salem Essayah | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | |||||||||||||||
| Hammer throw | 59.46 m | Esraa Mohamed Mustfa | April 2014 | 2014 Championships | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||
| Javelin throw | 48.54 m | Shirine Chaabene | 20 April 2018 | 2018 Championships | Amman, Jordan | |||||||||||||||
| Heptathlon | 4742 pts h NWI | Noura Ennadi | 19–20 April 2018 | 2018 Championships | Amman, Jordan | |||||||||||||||
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| 5000 m walk (track) | 24:33.27 | Olfa Hamdi | June 2008 | 2008 Championships | Radès, Tunisia | |||||||||||||||
| 10,000 m walk (track) | 50:50.80 | Oumayma Hsouna | 23 May 2022 | 2022 Championships | Radès, Tunisia | [20] | ||||||||||||||
| 10 km (road) | 47:30.28 | Chahinez Al Nasri | May 2012 | 2012 Championships | Amman, Jordan | |||||||||||||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 46.60 | May 2016 | 2016 Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:44.84 | 2004 | 2004 Championships | Damascus, Syria | ||||||||||||||||
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