| Athletics at the X Pan Arab Games | |
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| Host City: | Algiers, Algeria  |
| Dates: | 4 – 8 October |
| Stadium: | Stade 5 Juillet 1962 |
| Nations Participating: | 20 |
| Athletes Participating: | ? |
| Events: | 45 |
| Records Set: | 11 Games records |
| Previous: | 1999 Amman |
| Next: | 2007 Cairo |
| Games: | 2004 Pan Arab Games |
At the 2004 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria from 4 to 8 October. A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes. The host country topped the medal table having won a 16 gold medals and 34 medals overall. Second placed Morocco, with seven golds, had the greatest number of medals overall with a total of 35. Tunisia was third with sixteen medals in total, seven of which were gold. Eleven new Games records were set over the course of the five-day competition.
Baya Rahouli—an Algiers native and 2004 Summer Olympics finalist—was the most successful athlete of the Games, winning four golds (100 metres, 100 metres hurdles, long jump and triple jump) and setting two Games records.[1] Seventeen-year-old Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed of Sudan won the 400 metres in personal best time, and also won a 200 metres silver.[2] Todd Matthews-Jouda, a former American athlete, appeared to break the African record in the 110 metres hurdles, but this was later revised to 13.45 seconds – a Games record regardless.[3] Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi set a personal best for the 200 m Pan Arab title and went on to help both the Saudi Arabian relay teams to gold medals.
Algerian Nahida Touhami won two golds in the women's 800 metres and 1500 metres while long-distance compatriot Souad Aït Salem went one further, doing a 5000/10,000 metres double before taking a third gold in the half marathon. Amina Aït Hammou of Morocco won two silver medals in the women's 400 m and 800 m events. The women on the heptathlon podium all repeated their combined events medals in the individual disciplines. The event winner—Sarah Bouaoudia—set a Games record to win the high jump, runner-up Imen Chatbri took another silver in the javelin, while bronze medallist Zahra Lachguer was also third in the 400 metres hurdles.
In addition to the records set by medalling athletes at the 2004 Games, the following records were set by others competing in Algiers:
| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.81 | NR | ||||
| 17.48 m | NR | ||||
| Key:WR — World record AR — Area record GR — Games record NR — National record | |||||
| 100 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s) | 10.31 GR | 10.39 | 10.42 | ||||
| 200 metres | 20.81 | 20.84 | 21.00 | ||||
| 400 metres | 45.04 | 45.84 | 46.11 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:46.12 | 1:46.24 | 1:46.86 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:46.32 | 3:46.36 | 3:46.70 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 13:24.73 | 13:25.53 | 13:32.41 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 29:51.47 | 29:52.81 | 29:58.73 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: 2.0 m/s) | 13.45 GR, NR | 13.71 | 13.98 NR= | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 48.77 | 49.31 | 50.55 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:25.62 | 8:38.68 | 8:40.20 | ||||
| 4×100 metres relay | Salem Mubarak Al-Yami Mubarak Ata Mubarak Yahya Al-Gahes Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi | 39.40 GR | 40.52 | 40.94 | |||
| 4×400 metres relay | Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi | 3:03.03 | Hamid Ben Hammou Ismael Daif Abdellatif El Ghazaoui Amine Laalou | 3:06.90 | 3:07.84 | ||
| Half marathon | 1:05:33 | 1:05:45 | 1:06:57 | ||||
| 20,000 metres walk | 1:28:34.19 GR | 1:29:39.31 | 1:34:04.56 | ||||
| High jump | 2.24 m | 2.16 m | 2.11 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 5.20 m | 5.00 m | 4.90 m | ||||
| Long jump | 7.81 m | 7.79 m | 7.77 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 16.58 m | 16.40 m | 16.24 m | ||||
| Shot put | 18.98 m | 18.65 m | 18.20 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 61.06 m | 56.55 m | 52.19 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 72,22 m | 71.65 m | 71.41 m NR | ||||
| Javelin throw | 75.84 m | 70.47 m | 64.61 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 7595 pts | 7205 pts | 7098 pts |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) | 11.84 | 11.97 NR | 12.11 | ||||
| 200 metres | 24.35 GR | 24.36 | 24.59 | ||||
| 400 metres | 53.34 | 53.54 | 54.37 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:34.48 | 2:34.49 | 2:34.95 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:35.85 | 4:35.97 | 4:36.07 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 16:02.14 | 16:19.56 NJR | 16'21"17 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 33:27.58 | 34:01.08 | 34:41.38 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +2.0 m/s) | 13.49 GR | 14.12 | 14.14 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 55.98 GR | 57.51 | 58.20 | ||||
| 4×100 metres relay | ? Nezha Bidouane ? ? | 46.32 | 48.32 | 50.70 | |||
| 4×400 metres relay | ? ? Nezha Bidouane ? | 3:38.24 AR † | 3:39.53 | 3:50.25 | |||
| Half marathon | 1:16:32 | 1:17:23 | 1:18:08 | ||||
| 10,000 metres walk | 53:39.9 | 53:56.0 | 1:22:58.3 | ||||
| High jump | 1.80 m GR | 1.72 m | 1.64 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 3.90 m GR | 3.50 m | 3.40 m | ||||
| Long jump | 6.19 m | 6.03 m | 5.88 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 14.49 m GR | 14.31 m | 13.59 m | ||||
| Shot put | 15.52 m | 14.98 m | 12.92 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 54.68 m | 52.64 m | 51.09 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 52.76 m | 56.96 m | 53.75 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 58.64 m | 49.30 m | 44.45 m | ||||
| Heptathlon | 5534 pts GR | 5084 pts NR | 4965 pts |
A total of 20 countries were represented in the athletics competition. Of the countries which had previously competed at the Pan Arab Games, Somalia and Comoros were the two nations which were not represented in the competition.
Iraq
Libya
Mauritania