1983 Arab Athletics Championships Explained

4th Arab Athletics Championships
Host City:Amman, Jordan
Dates:19–22 August
Events:39
Previous:1981 Tunis
Next:1987 Algiers

The 1983 Arab Athletics Championships was the fourth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Amman, Jordan from 19–22 August. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women. The men's 20 kilometres walk was dropped from the programme, having been initiated at the 1981 edition. Although the majority of the races were measured using fully automatic time systems, four track finals were only timed to the tenth of a second due to technical issues.[1]

Medal summary

Men

100 metres (wind: +2.5 m/s)10.33w10.44w10.55w
200 metres21.1121.1621.74
400 metres47.2947.5148.16
800 metres1:51.681:51.721:51.88
1500 metres3:52.913:52.953:53.66
5000 metres14:20.8314:22.5514:23.23
10,000 metres29:58.429:59.330:03.5
110 metres hurdles14.214.514.6
400 metres hurdles51.6852.2452.63
3000 metres steeplechase8:54.98:55.99:27.7
4 × 100 m relay40.6741.0141.08
4 × 400 m relay3:11.443:12.753:17.22
Marathon2:38:152:44:392:44:52
20 km walk1:48:161:51:392:02:16
High jump2.28 m2.16 m2.10 m
Pole vault4.60 m4.50 m4.40 m
Long jump7.36 m7.35 m7.25 m
Triple jump15.89 m15.72 m15.51 m
Shot put17.36 m16.73 m16.34 m
Discus throw53.36 m48.90 m48.40 m
Hammer throw66.34 m64.94 m53.48 m
Javelin throw70.30 m68.58 m64.82 m
Decathlon6893 pts6857 pts6695 pts

Women

100 metres12.1612.5212.65
200 metres25.1425.7425.79
400 metres56.357.61:00.1
800 metres2:09.52:11.412:12.24
1500 metres4:34.924:40.374:45.74
3000 metres10:31.5110:40.6410:46.19
100 metres hurdles15.0115.19 15.58
400 metres hurdles1:03.631:06.84 1:14.68
4 × 100 m relay47.6548.8949.02
4 × 400 m relay3:49.663:49.764:04.32
High jump1.71 m1.65 m1.60 m
Long jump5.92 m5.81 m5.62 m
Shot put15.47 m13.65 m13.22 m
Discus throw47.84 m42.84 m41.16 m
Javelin throw46.04 m44.03 m42.18 m
Heptathlon5075 pts4577 pts2887 pts

Medal table

Women

References

Results

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/arc.htm Pan Arab Championships