| 17th Arab Junior Athletics Championships | |
| Host City: | Tlemcen, Algeria |
| Dates: | 5–8 May |
| Stadium: | Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium |
| Events: | 44 |
| Previous: | 2014 Cairo |
| Next: | 2018 Amman |
The 2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the seventeenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 5–8 May at the Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium in Tlemcen, Algeria. It was the first time that Algeria hosted the event. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.
Around 800 athletes from 20 countries were expected to appear at the competition,[1] though only 232 athletes from 15 nations ultimately did so.[2]
Bahrain took the most gold medals with 16 while Tunisia won the next highest with 9. The host nation Algeria took the most medals with a total of 39, seven of them gold.[3]
| 100 metres | 10.52 | 10.62 | 10.76 | ||||
| 200 metres | 21.44 | 21.60 | 21.77 | ||||
| 400 metres | 46.95 | 47.14 | 48.38 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:50.62 | 1:51.31 | 1:51.97 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:53.09 | 3:53.17 | 3:55.72 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 14:26.11 | 14:30.11 | 14:38.39 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 30:07.47 | 30:32.18 | 31:15.04 | ||||
| 100 m hurdles | 13.96 | 14.12 | 14.21 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | 52.11 | 52.97 | 53.05 | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:10.03 | 9:11.27 | 9:15.82 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 41.59 | 42.30 | 42.33 | ||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.35 | 3:13.36 | 3:13.89 | ||||
| 10 km walk | 45:48.08 | 47:17.76 | 47:58.48 | ||||
| High jump | 2.05 m | 2.00 m | Not awarded | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pole vault | 4.90 m | 4.30 m | 4.20 m | ||||
| Long jump | 7.43 m | 7.19 m | 7.02 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 16.01 m CR | 14.90 m | 14.57 m | ||||
| Shot put | 17.00 m | 16.24 m | 15.08 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 60.13 m CR | 50.32 m | 44.72m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 66.00 m | 60.84 m | 58.93 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 61.37 m | 57.71 m | 57.57 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 6052 pts | 5982 pts | 5783 pts | ||||
| 100 metres | 11.66 CR | 11.68 | 12.17 | ||||
| 200 metres | 23.21 CR | 23.91 | 25.67 | ||||
| 400 metres | 55.44 | 59.74 | 1:01.82 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:10.77 | 2:12.67 | 2:16.52 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:16.24 CR | 4:33.81 | 4:34.81 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 9:20.46 | 9:24.30 | 11:7.40 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 16:57.46 | 17:00.42 | 19:36.68 | ||||
| 100 m hurdles | 14.53 | 14.66 | 15.01 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | 58.25 CR | 1:03.25 | 1:04.05 | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 10:02.68 | 10:46.91 | 12:32.79 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 46.60 CR | 48.72 | 1:00.53 | ||||
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:46.90 | 3:58.11 | 4:07.37 | ||||
| 10 km walk | 52:38 | 53:10 | 54:48 | ||||
| High jump | 1.63 m | Not awarded | 1.53 m | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pole vault | 3.00 m | 2.60 m | 2.60 m | ||||
| Long jump | 5.60 m | 5.54 m | 5.45 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 12.46 m | 12.18 m | 11.38 m | ||||
| Shot put | 11.97 m | 11.70 m | 9.99 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 51.58 m CR | 39.37 m | 37.17 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 36.11 m | 29.44 m | 28.38 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 50.92 m | 43.48 m | 42.80 m | ||||
| Heptathlon | 4060 pts | 3613 pts | 1739 pts | ||||