The 2008

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was the thirteenth edition of the international

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competition for under-20 athletes from

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. It took place between 20–23 June in

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, Tunisia – the second time that the country hosted the tournament. A total of 44

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were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.Pan Arab Junior Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. The host nation Tunisia topped the medal table with thirteen gold medals among a haul of 45 medals – over a third of the total on offer. Sudan was comfortably the next most successful nation, having eleven gold medals and a total of twenty, and was followed by Egypt on seven golds and ten medals overall. Syria and Bahrain each took three golds, while Qatar was the only other nation to reach double digits with a total of ten medals. Twelve of the thirteen participating nations reached the medal table, with Palestine being the only nation to miss out. Morocco and Algeria, two of the foremost athletics nations of the region, were absent. Six athletes won multiple individual medals. Jomaa Fayza Omer of Sudan was the athlete of the tournament, as she won the

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, and

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titles, was runner-up in the

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, and won a further silver and a gold in the relays with Sudan. Her team mate

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swept the middle-distance events with an

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triple, and also shared in the relay medals. Another Sudanese,

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, claimed an 800/1500 m double on the men's side. There were doubles in both the men's and women's short

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s, with Emirati Omar Juma Al-Salfa and Syria's Ghofrane Mohammad taking doubles. Tunisia's

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claimed an unusual combination of events in the form of the women's

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and

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. Javelin thrower

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, who broke the championship record in Radès, went on to take a medal at the

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two weeks later. Another Egyptian thrower, hammer runner-up

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, was still a junior by the time of the

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and reached the podium there. Three Arab junior athletes were still in the youth category and went on to win a medal at the

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, Mohamed Ahmed Al Mannai and Hamid Mansoor.World Youth Championships 2009
World Junior Athletics History (2012-10-27). Retrieved on 2015-05-31.

Medal summary

Men

* There were four starters in the men's 10,000 m walk, but both Jebril Rahmet Khan and Maher Ben Halima were disqualified.

Women

* A third competitor in the women's hammer throw, Tunisia's Najet Ben Chikha, failed to record a valid mark.

Medal table

References

;Results
Championnats Arabes sur piste JuniorsRades, 20 au 23-06-2008
Tunis Athletisme. Retrieved on 2015-05-31.
''Al Batal Al Arabi'', Volume 66
(pp. 25–36).

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(2008). Retrieved on 2015-05-31. *Gomri, Slim (2008-06-24)
Arab Junior Championships
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2008 in youth sport