| 10th Arab Athletics Championships | |
| Host City: | Ta'if, Saudi Arabia and Damascus, Syria |
| Dates: | 10–12 September 1997 and 25–27 June 1998 |
| Events: | 42 |
| Previous: | 1995 Cairo |
| Next: | 1999 Beirut |
The 1997 Arab Athletics Championships was the tenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. The tournament occurred in two parts in two different years, with the sexes competing in different locations for the first and so far only time. A total of 42 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 20 for women.
The scheduled 1997 championships was held from 10 to 12 September in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia and featured only men's events. Regional powers Morocco and Tunisia were absent from this meeting. The men's marathon and racewalking events were dropped from the programme, with the half marathon remaining as the only road event.[1]
A corresponding women's tournament was belatedly staged between 25 and 27 June 1998 in Damascus, Syria. Only five nations participated in the women's events: Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine
| 100 metres (wind: +2.7 m/s) | 10.22 | 10.27 | 10.38 | ||||
| 200 metres | 20.81 | 20.86 | 20.91 | ||||
| 400 metres | 45.44 | 46.51 | 47.77 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:51.07 | 1:51.24 | 1:52.02 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:44.18 | 3:47.83 | 3:48.10 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 14:25.08 | 14:43.04 | 14:47.08 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 30:41.02 | 30:43.86 | 31:37.57 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:53.08 | 8:56.78 | 8:57.90 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles | 13.87 | 14.92 | 14.25 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 49.63 | 51.06 | 51.44 | ||||
| relay | 39.94 | 40.26 | 40.86 | ||||
| relay | 3:09.20 | 3:13.79 | 3:15.87 | ||||
| Half marathon | 1:06:17 | 1:06:19 | 1:07:02 | ||||
| High jump | 2.17 m | 2.17 m | 2.11 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 5.05 m | 5.05 m | 4.70 m | ||||
| Long jump | 8.01 m | 7.92 m | 7.62 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 17 m | 16.11 m | 16.03 m | ||||
| Shot put | 19.65 m | 17.56 m | 16.57 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 54.68 m | 52.80 m | 51.52 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 71.28 m | 70.48 m | 67.84 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 74.74 m | 74.10 m | 71.92 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 6788 pts | 6725 pts | 6648 pts |
| 100 metres | 11.78 | 11.93 | 11.95 | ||||
| 200 metres | 24.1 | 25.0 | 25.4 | ||||
| 400 metres | 55.5 | 57.2 | 58.8 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:10.8 | 2:17.6 | 2:20.4 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:48.9 | 4:56.3 | 5:03.3 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 17:52.9 | 19:2.9 | 19:53.3 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 37:21.1 | 40:56.5 | 41:54.2 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles | 15.0 | 17.31 | 19.3 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 63.5 | 65.0 | 67.3 | ||||
| relay | 49.3 | 54.5 | Only two teams competed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| relay | 3:59.7 | 4:07.5 | 4:21.5 | ||||
| Half marathon | 1:27:1 | 1:45:5 | 1:47:05 | ||||
| 10 km road walk | 52:19 | 57:51 | 1:04:19 | ||||
| High jump | 1.55 m | 1.50 m | 1.50 m | ||||
| Long jump | 5.74 m | 5.41 m | 5.33 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 12.42 m | 11.50 m | 11.11 m | ||||
| Shot put | 14.78 m | 14.64 m | 13.64 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 48.87 m | 43.60 m | 15.12 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 39.49 m | 39.16 m | 38.00 m | ||||
| Heptathlon | 4306 | 3977 pts | 3890 pts | ||||