The 1986 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the tenth edition of the international

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

competition between the countries of the

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. Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia were the competing nations. Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (Union of Athletics Federations of the United Maghreb), it took place in

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, Tunisia from 7–9 August.QUARANTE ANS D'HISTOIRE DE L'ATHLETISME ALGERIEN
Algeriathle. Retrieved on 2015-02-20. A total of 39

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were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women. The Maghreb men's

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was held for the third and final time at the tournament.Maghreb Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-20. Algeria topped the table, winning more than half the events on offer. Tunisia was the runner-up with eleven gold medals. The competition was affected by strong winds and many of the marks in the sprints and horizontal jumps were wind-assisted. The men's

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race was not timed to international standards.

Medal summary

Men

Women

References

;Champions
Les championnats maghrebins d athletisme
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