| 16th Arab Athletics Championships | |
| Host City: | Damascus, Syria |
| Dates: | 6 – 9 October |
| Nations Participating: | 17 |
| Events: | 46 |
| Previous: | 2007 Amman |
| Next: | 2011 Al-Ain |
The 2009 Arab Athletics Championships was the sixteenth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries which took place in Damascus, Syria from 6–9 October.
| 100 metres (Event was hand-timed) | 9.9h | 10.0h | 10.1h | ||||
| 200 metres | 20.84 | 20.86 | 20.92 | ||||
| 400 metres | 45.15 | 45.35 | 45.93 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:45.92 | 1:46.91 | 1:46.99 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:39.89 | 3:40.86 | 3:40.89 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 14:04.22 | 14:05.23 | 14:06.62 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 28:16.01 | 28:22.24 | 29:04.57 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles | 13.79 | 13.92 | 14.03 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 49.43 | 49.56 | 51.74 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:39.47 | 8:40.36 | 8:48.95 | ||||
| Half marathon | 1:07:09 | 1:07:14 | 1:07:18 | ||||
| 20 km walk | 1:29:56 | 1:31:16 | 1:31:30 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | Yahya Al-Ghahes Mohamed Ali Al-Fardan Yasser Al-Nassiri Ahmed Khader Al-Moualed | 40.09 | Omar Jouma Al-Salfa Bilal Jouma Al-Salfa Hussain Rustom Jassem Jouma Sayed | 40.19 | Barakat Al-Harthi Ahmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi Fahed Khamis Al-Jabri Juma Mubarak Al-Jabri | 40.37 | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Yousef Masrahi Hamed Al-Bishi Bandar Yahya Sharahili Idris Abdulkader Al-Housaoui | 3:06.90 | Jassem Jouma Sayed Bilal Jouma Al-Salfa Saoud Ali Abdulkarim Omar Juma Al-Salfa | 3:09.78 | Awadelkarim Makki Hussein Ismail Ahmed Ismail Rabah Yousif | 3:10.09 | |
| High jump | 2.16 m | 2.16 m | 2,00 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 5.25 m NR CR | 5.15 m | 5.00 m | ||||
| Long jump | 8.10 m | 8.09 m | 7.82 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 16.30 m | 16.15 m | 16.12 m | ||||
| Shot put | 19.12 m | 18.81 m | 18.29 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 61.73 m | 59.54 m | 59.31 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 76.46 m | 74.31 m | 69.20 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 75.49 m | 74.16 m NR | 69.44 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 7642 pts NR | 7413 pts | 6287 pts |
| 100 metres | 11.93 NR | 11.94 | 11.99 NR | ||||
| 200 metres | 24.25 | 24.49 NR | 25.05 | ||||
| 400 metres | 53.65 NR | 55.53 | 57.89 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:07.17 | 2:07.38 | 2:09.25 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:12.62 | 4:15.24 | 4:16.76 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 16:27.66 | 16:29.74 | 16:30.33 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 35:42.64 | 35:53.94 | 42:02.60 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles | 13.51 | 14.28 | 14.39 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 57.27 | 57.86 | 63.31 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 9:57.81 | 10:14.85 | 11:26.68 | ||||
| Half marathon | 1:16:36 | 1:24:23 | 1:44:48 | ||||
| 10 km walk | 49:09.7 | 49:45.6 | 50:24.5 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | Bahar Kasrou Alaa Hikmet Kassem Dana Hussain Gulustan Mahmood | 47.22 NR | Naima Ibrahimi Jamaa Chnaik Lamiae Lhabze Hayat Lambarki | 47.98 | Faten Abdelnabi Sabrine Youssef Amer Fatmata Fofanah | 48.77 NR | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Lamiae Lhabze Hayat Lambarki Naima Ibrahimi Halima Hachlaf | 3:40.58 | Gulustan Mahmood Dana Hussain Souha Khazal Alaa Hikmet Kassem | 3:47.39 | 3:51.90 | ||
| High jump | 1.65 m | 1.60 m | Not awarded | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pole vault | 3.80 m NR | 3.80 m | 2.90 m NR | ||||
| Long jump | 5.95 m | 5.90 m | 5.80 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 13.84 m | 13.38 m | 13.01 m NR | ||||
| Shot put | 14.89 m | 14.12 m | 12.70 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 43.67 m | 43.47 m | 28.51 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 60.48 m | 53.76 m | 52.98 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 56.09 m NR | 44.71 m | 41.98 m | ||||
| Heptathlon | 4081 pts | 4026 pts NR | 3895 pts | ||||