| Athletics at the XI Pan Arab Games | |
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| Host City: | Cairo, Egypt |
| Dates: | 21– 24 November |
| Stadium: | Military Academy Stadium |
| Nations Participating: | 20 |
| Athletes Participating: | c. 268 |
| Events: | 46 |
| Records Set: | 7 Games records |
| Previous: | 2004 Algiers |
| Next: | 2011 Doha |
| Games: | 2007 Pan Arab Games |
At the 2007 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the Military Academy Stadium in Cairo, Egypt from 21 to 24 November. A total of 46 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 23 by female athletes. Morocco was the most successful nation in the competition, taking ten gold medals in a 23-medal haul. Sudan and Tunisia won the second and third greatest number of golds with 8 and 7. The host country, Egypt, achieved six gold medals but also shared the joint highest total medal count with Morocco. Seven Games records were beaten at the 2007 edition of the event.
Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud of Egypt and Gretta Taslakian of Lebanon achieved the 100/200 metres double on the men's and women's sides, respectively. Sudan's Abubaker Kaki Khamis won both the men's 800 metres and 1500 metres, setting a Games record in the latter, and Abdelkader Hachlaf went unbeaten in both the 5000 metres and 3000 m steeplechase. Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed won the heptathlon and 400 m hurdles titles and also won a gold and a silver with Sudan in the women's relays. Her relay team-mate Nawal El Jack also won four medals, having taken the women's 400 metres race and the silver in the 200 m. Fadwa Al Bouza showed multiple talents by winning the women's triple jump and finishing third in the 100 m hurdles.
In addition to the records set by medalling athletes at the 2007 Games, the following records were set by others competing in Cairo:
| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.94 | NR | ||||
| 40.17 | NR | ||||
| ? | 40.38 | NR | |||
| Key:WR — World record AR — Area record GR — Games record NR — National record | |||||
| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.97 | NR | ||||
| 13.32 | NR | ||||
| 24.83 | NR | ||||
| 27.53 | NR | ||||
| 1:48:54 | NR | ||||
| 1.25 m | NR | ||||
| 12.24 m | NR= | ||||
| 35.53 m | NR | ||||
| Key:WR — World record AR — Area record GR — Games record NR — National record | |||||
See main article: Athletics at the 2007 Pan Arab Games – Results.
| 100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s) | 10.38 NR | 10.40 | 10.53 | ||||
| 200 metres (wind: +2.0 m/s) | 20.69 | 20.81 NR | 20.92 | ||||
| 400 metres | 46.16 | 46.50 | 46.77 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:43.90 NR/GR | 1:46.64 | 1:48.33 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 3:47.92 | 3:48.49 | 3:48.97 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 13:39.75 | 13:39.79 | 13:39.93 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 29:29.48 | 29:29.65 | 29:29.74 | ||||
| 110 m hurdles | 14.03 | 14.60 | 14.60 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | 50.77 | 51.15 | 51.66 | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 8:39.84 | 8:42.57 | 8:43.02 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | Moussa Al-Housaoui Yahya Al-Gahes Salem Mubarak Al-Yami Yahya Hassan Habeeb | 39.99 | Yousuf Darwish Awlad Thani Juma Mubarak Al-Jabri Abdullah Said Al-Sooli Musabeh Al-Masoudi | 40.12 | Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed Areef Ibrahim Sulaiman Hamid Aosman Hamad Kefah Al-Dosari | 40.14 | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi Mohammed Al-Salhi Ismail Al-Sabani | 3:04.74 | Awadelkarim Makki Abubaker Kaki Salih Dar Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | 3:06.52 NR | Sofiane Labidi Ridha Ghali Mohamed Amin Guezmil Chouaieb Chelbi | 3:06.83 | |
| Half marathon | 1:02:30 GR | 1:02:32 | 1:03:26 | ||||
| 20,000 m track walk | 1:36:00.2 | 1:36:00.2 | 1:43:35.8 | ||||
| High jump | 2.20 m NR= | 2.17 m | 2.14 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 5.00 m | 4.90 m | 4.80 m | ||||
| Long jump | 8.19 m GR | 8.10 m | 7.98 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 16.46 m | 16.22 m | 16.03 m | ||||
| Shot put | 19.56 m GR | 19.53 m | 19.42 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 58.63 m | 57.76 m | 57.74 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 74.22 m GR | 74.02 m | 68.68 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 71.41 m | 71.15 m | 69.67 m | ||||
| Decathlon | 7383 pts | 7180 pts | 6995 pts |
| 100 metres | 12.07 | 12.20 | 12.28 | ||||
| 200 metres | 23.56 NR/GR | 24.25 | 24.73 | ||||
| 400 metres | 54.15 | 55.36 | 56.90 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:07.95 | 2:08.85 | 2:09.50 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:23.54 | 4:24.74 | 4:24.94 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 19:13.96 | 19:14.50 | 19:14.96 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 32:29.53 GR | 34:39.80 | 37:44.72 | ||||
| 100 m hurdles | 14.21 | 14.38 NR | 14.53 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | 56.07 | 57.31 | 58.17 | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 10:30.33 | 10:49.34 | 12:02.18 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | Fadoua Adili Lamiae Lhabze Hanane Skhyi Fatima Zahra Dkouk | 47.42 | Amina Bakhit Gubara Asmal Nawal El Jack Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed | 47.43 NR | Dana Abdul Razak Rasha Abed Yaseen Alaa Hekmat Khazaal Al-Sudani Inam | 48.20 | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Fayza Omer Jomaa Nawal El Jack Mona Jabir Adam Ahmed Amina Bakhit | 3:38.56 | Lamiae Lhabze Amina Aït Hammou Seltana Aït Hammou Hanane Skhyi | 3:44.85 | Dana Abdul Razak Rasha Abed Yaseen Alaa Hekmat Khazaal Al-Sudani Inam | 3:54.96 | |
| Half marathon | 1:15:15 | 1:15:37 | 1:18:57 | ||||
| 10,000 m track walk | 53:52.0 | 55:14.6 | 56:51.3 | ||||
| High jump | 1.77 m | 1.77 m | 1.68 m | ||||
| Pole vault | 3.80 m | 3.80 m | 3.70 m NR | ||||
| Long jump (No wind info) | 6.16 m | 6.05 m | 5.93 m | ||||
| Triple jump | 12.61 m | 12.60 m | 12.57 m | ||||
| Shot put | 15.29 m | 14.60 m | 14.02 m | ||||
| Discus throw | 52.79 m | 49.73 m | 45.26 m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 62.83 m | 57.36 m | 55.40 m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 48.28 m | 45.91 m | 41.43 m | ||||
| Heptathlon | 4594 pts | 4232 pts | 3637 pts |
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