The 2016

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 seventeenth edition of the international

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competition for under-20 athletes from

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. It took place between 5–8 May at the Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium in

Tlemcen Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the por ...

, Algeria. It was the first time that Algeria hosted the event. A total of 44

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were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women. Around 800 athletes from 20 countries were expected to appear at the competition, though only 232 athletes from 15 nations ultimately did so. Bahrain took the most gold medals with 16 while Tunisia won the next highest with 9. The host nation Algeria took the most medals with a total of 39, seven of them gold.17th Arab Junior Championships Results
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Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

References

;Results
17th Arab Junior Championships Results
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2016 in youth sport