Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
, Morocco from 31 July to 2 August. A total of thirty-nine events were contested, of which 20 by male and 19 by female athletes, identically matching the programme of the
2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics
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.Pan Arab Youth Championships GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-05-25. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-05-25. The girls' programme did not have a
steeplechase
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event.
Five athletes completed individual doubles at the tournament. On the boys' side, Omani
Abdullah Al-Sooli
Abdullah Al-Sooli (born 20 January 1988) is an Omani sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.100 metres
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/
200 metres
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short sprint double and
Abdalaati Iguider
Reda Abdalaati Iguider ( ar, عبد العاطي إيكدير; born 25 March 1987) is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. Over 1500 metres, he is the bronze medalist from the London Olympic Games and the 2012 World Indoor Champi ...
of Morocco took both middle-distance titles. On the girls' side,
Nawal El Jack
Malbas Jamous Nawal El Jack ( ar, ملبس جاموس نوال الجاك; born 17 October 1988 in Khartoum) is a Sudanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented her nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Ol ...
of Sudan won both the
400 metres
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flat and
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
shot put
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and discus throw.
The host nation Morocco easily topped the table with a total of fourteen golds among its 42 medals. The Next most successful nations were Egypt, with six gold medals, and Sudan, with five gold medals from its haul of 17. Saudi Arabia and Algeria were the other stand-out nations, having each won thirteen medals. A total of twelve nations reached the medal table.
The competition was held in the same year as the
2004 Arab Junior Athletics Championships
The 2004 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the eleventh edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Damascus, Syria – the fourth time that the city hosted the tournament. A ...
. The youth event subsequently became a biennial event held in odd-numbered years, in order to avoid the schedule clash. Three champions from the youth championships also won an Arab junior title that year, all from the throw events: Mostafa Abdul El-Moaty won the shot put titles, Yasser Mohamed Ali Hassan had a javelin throw double, and Iman Mohamed El Ashri was twice hammer throw winner.Evenements Tunisie Athletisme. Retrieved on 2015-05-25. Four of the medallists here went on to win individual medals at the
2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics
The 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics were held in Marrakesh, Morocco on July 13–July 17. The host stadium was Stade Sidi Youssef Ben Ali.
The boy's 400 metres hurdles event was initially won by Sudan's Abdulagadir Idriss in a time ...
: Adam El-Nour turned his Arab youth 400 m to a world gold, Nawal El Jack won the girls' 400 m world title, while Arab boy's 400 m hurdles medallists Abdulagadir Idriss and Mohammed Daak were first and second at the global event.