Arab U23 Athletics Championships

The Arab U23 Athletics Championships (French: Championnats Arabes des Espoirs) is an international athletics competition between U23 athletes (under-23) from Arabic countries.

It was first held in 2023, building upon the long-running senior Arab Athletics Championships (created 1977), its corresponding Arab Junior Championships (begun in 1984), and the Arab Youth Championships (created 2004).[1][2][3]

Editions

Ed. Year City Country Dates No. of
events 		No. of
nations 		No. of
athletes
1st 2023 Radès Tunisia 20–24 May 43 14 181
2nd 2024 Ismailia Egypt 5–9 July

All-time medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Morocco (MAR)30211162
2 Egypt (EGY)22191657
3 Algeria (ALG)1491740
4 Tunisia (TUN)711826
5 Saudi Arabia (KSA)45716
6 Oman (OMA)3227
7 Lebanon (LBN)25411
8 Kuwait (KUW)2046
9 Qatar (QAT)1326
10 Djibouti (DJI)1113
11 Brunei (BRN)1001
12 Iraq (IRQ)010616
Totals (12 entries)878678251

Championships records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Championships Place Ref
100 m 10.22 (+1.4 m/s) Ali Anwar Al-Balushi  Oman 5 July 2024 2024 Ismailia, Egypt [4]
200 m 20.68 (+1.2 m/s) Ali Anwar Al-Balushi  Oman 8 July 2024 2024 Ismailia, Egypt [5]
400 m 46.34 Hamza Dair  Morocco 6 July 2024 2024 Ismailia, Egypt [6]
800 m 1:47.16 Mohamed Ali Gouaned  Algeria 24 May 2023 2023 Radès, Tunisia [7]
1500 m 3:49.39 Ayanleh Abdi Abdillahi  Djibouti 21 May 2023 2023 Radès, Tunisia [8]
5000 m 13:40.55 Taha Er Raouy  Morocco 24 May 2023 2023 Radès, Tunisia [9]
10000 m 29:28.02 Taha Er Raouy  Morocco 6 July 2024 2024 Ismailia, Egypt [10]

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Championships Place Ref
100 m 11.97 (+1.0 m/s) Maram Mahmoud Ahmed  Egypt 21 May 2023 2023 Radès, Tunisia [11]
200 m 23.87 (+1.9 m/s) Salma Lehlali  Morocco 8 July 2024 2024 Ismailia, Egypt [12]
400 m 54.73 Salma Lehlali  Morocco 6 July 2024 2024 Ismailia, Egypt [13]
800 m 2:14.82 Salma Elbadra  Morocco 8 July 2024 2024 Ismailia, Egypt [14]
1500 m 4:18.77 Rihab Dhahri  Tunisia 24 May 2023 2023 Radès, Tunisia [15]
5000 m 16:35.20 Fatima Aafir  Morocco 5 July 2024 2024 Ismailia, Egypt [16]

References

  1. ^ "Aspire Academy Official Website - ASPIRE ACADEMY'S SEIF HEMEIDA WINS GOLD AT ARAB U23 ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TUNISIA". www.aspire.qa. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  2. ^ Balushi, Adil Al (2023-05-18). "Oman set for Arab U23 Athletics in Tunisia". Oman Observer. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  3. ^ "Athletics - 1st Arab U23 Championship: Nearly 216 athletes from 17 countries expected in Tunis". tap.info.tn.
  4. ^ "100m Round 1 Heat 1 Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  5. ^ "200m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  6. ^ "400m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  7. ^ "800m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  8. ^ "1500m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  9. ^ "5000m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  10. ^ "10000m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  11. ^ "100m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  12. ^ "200m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  13. ^ "400m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  14. ^ "800m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  15. ^ "1500m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  16. ^ "5000m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Arab_Athletics_U23_Championships