Athletics at the Arab Games

Athletics is one of the sports at the quadrennial Arab Games competition. Athletics competitions have been held at every one of the eleven editions of the Pan Arab Games, which was inaugurated in 1953.^[1] Many of the region's top athletes have competed in the athletics at the Pan Arab Games, such as Saïd Aouita, Hassiba Boulmerka and Ghada Shouaa.^[2] Women's events were added to the programme at the 1985 Pan Arab Games and the 1984 Olympic champion Nawal El Moutawakel went on to win gold medals in four separate events.^[3]

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Events
I	1953 (details)	Alexandria	Egypt	21
II	1957 (details)	Beirut	Lebanon	21
III	1961 (details)	Casablanca	Morocco	24
IV	1965 (details)	Cairo	UAR	24
V	1976 (details)	Damascus	Syria	22
VI	1985 (details)	Rabat	Morocco	39
VII	1992 (details)	Damascus	Syria	41
VIII	1997 (details)	Beirut	Lebanon	41
IX	1999 (details)	Amman	Jordan	45
X	2004 (details)	Algiers	Algeria	45
XI	2007 (details)	Cairo	Egypt	46
XII	2011 (details)	Doha	Qatar	45 (+30 disability)
XIII	2023 (details)	Oran^a	Algeria	43

^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). Athletics tournament helds in Oran.

References

^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
^ Powell, David (2007-11-24). Morocco’s day – Pan Arab Games, Day Three. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
^ Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.

External links

Past champions from GBR Athletics

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[1] Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.

[2] Powell, David (2007-11-24). Morocco’s day – Pan Arab Games, Day Three. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.

[3] Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.

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