The Arab Athletics Federation ( ar, الاتحاد العربي لالعاب القوى) is an international governing body for the

sport of athletics Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing sports, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking ...

. It was founded on 15 March 1975 at a conference of Arab nations in

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, Morocco, with the aim of improving the quality of the sport in the Arab world and foster greater international co-operation within the region. The constitution of the federation ensures that there are a president and two vice-presidents – one from an Asian Arab country and the other from an African Arab country. It also recognises and works with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the Asian Athletics Association and the Confederation of African Athletics. Suleiman Awwad al-Zaidi of Saudi Arabia is the current president. The organisation's foremost event, the biennial

Arab Athletics Championships The Arab Athletics Championships is an event organized by the Arab Athletic Association. It traditionally occurred every two years. It was not held in 1985 due to the schedule clash with the Pan Arab Games. However, due to the erratic scheduling ...

, was held two years after the federation's formation. A year later, the Arab Cross Country Championships was established. The Arab Junior Athletics Championships followed in 1984, and the Arab Youth Athletics Championships was founded in 2004. The federation also supports a circuit of track and field meetings to promote qualification into its championships. The organisation also publishes an athletics periodical covering news of Arab athletes and competitions: ''Arab Hero Magazine'' ( ar, مجلة البطل العربي, ''Al Batal Al Arabi'').مجلة البطل العربي
. Arab Athletics Federation. Retrieved on 2015-05-25.

Member federations

*: Fédération Algérienne d'Athlétisme *:

Bahrain Athletics Association Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ad ...

*: Fédération Djiboutienne d'Athlétisme *:

Egyptian Athletic Federation The Egyptian Athletic Federation is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Egypt. It is a member of the Confederation of African Athletics and World Athletics. The Federation was founded in 1910 and currently based at the Sport Federati ...

Iraqi Athletics Federation Iraqi or Iraqis (in plural) means from Iraq, a country in the Middle East, and may refer to: * Iraqi people or Iraqis, people from Iraq or of Iraqi descent * A citizen of Iraq, see demographics of Iraq * Iraqi or Araghi ( fa, عراقی), someone o ...

*: Jordan Athletics Federation *:

Kuwait Athletics Federation Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nor ...

*: Fédération Libanaise d'Athlétisme *:

Libyan Athletics Federation Demographics of Libya is the demography of Libya, specifically covering population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, and religious affiliations, as well as other aspects of the Libyan population. The ...

Fédération Royale Marocaine d'Athlétisme The Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation (''Fédération Royale Marocaine d’Athlétisme'', FRMA) is Morocco's governing body for the sport of athletics. It was established in 1957 and has been affiliated to the International Association of Athlet ...

Oman Athletic Association Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

*: Palestine Athletic Federation *:

Qatar Athletics Federations Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sha ...

*: Saudi Arabian Athletics Federation *:

Sudan Athletic Association Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

Syrian Arab Athletic Federation Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...

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*: Yemen Athletics Federation

Competitions

– biennial athletics event for senior athletes * Arab Cross Country Championships – biennial cross country running event for senior and junior athletes * Arab Junior Athletics Championships – biennial athletics event for junior (under-20) athletes * Arab Youth Athletics Championships – biennial athletics event for youth (under-18) athletes

References

External links

Official website
{{International Sports Federations __NOTOC__ Athletics organizations Sports organizations established in 1975 Athletics in the Arab world