The 2012

Arab Junior Athletics Championships The Arab Junior Athletics Championships is an biennial international athletics competition between athletes under the age of 20 ( juniors) from Arabic countries. It is organised by the Arab Athletic Association. If was first held in 1984 – seven ...

was the fifteenth edition of the international

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competition for under-20 athletes from

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. It took place between 16–19 May at

Amman International Stadium The Amman International Stadium ( ar, ستاد عمان الدولي) is a stadium in Al-Hussein City, Amman, Jordan. It is the largest stadium in Jordan. The stadium was built in 1964 and opened in 1968. It is owned by the Government of Jordan ...

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

, Jordan. It was the first time that Jordan hosted the event. A total of 42

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were contested, 21 for men and 21 for women. The men's

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

and women's

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were dropped from the programme for this edition. Egypt topped the medal table with nine

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s, narrowly edging Tunisia which had eight golds and the same total of 23 overall. Saudi Arabia won eight gold medals and Algeria had the third highest tally at sixteen medals (six gold). The host nation Jordan did not win any events but managed three silvers and a bronze. A total of fifteen nations reached the medal table.

Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

References

;Results
15th Pan Arab Junior Championships in Athletics
Tunis Athle (archived). Retrieved on 2016-07-04. {{Arab athletics championships Arab Junior Athletics Championships International athletics competitions hosted by Jordan Sports competitions in Amman

2012 in youth sport