The 2010 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the fourteenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 5–8 May at Cairo Military Academy Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. It was the fourth time that the event was held in the Egyptian capital. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.
The host nation Egypt comfortably topped the medal table with sixteen gold medals in a haul of 40. Morocco has the next highest medal count with 18, though only three of them gold. Tunisia and Bahrain shared the honour of second highest number of gold medals at five, with Tunisia taking the runner-up spot with its tally of 12 medals. A total of fourteen nations reached the medal table (this included a rare medal for Yemen).14th Arab Junior Championship from 5-8/5/2010 the Military Academy Stadium. TunisAthle (archived). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
Among the participants was Mutaz Essa Barshim, who won the high jump in an Arab junior record and would win an Olympic medal just two years later.Mutaz Essa Barshim. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-07-04. Moroccan-born athlete Mohamad Al-Garni won the men's 800 metres and 1500 metres – events which he also won at the 2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships that same year.
Gulustan Mahmood, who later won medals for Iraq at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships (annulled due to doping). In Cairo she won the 400 metres and was 200 metres runner-upSilver for India in relay. The Hindu (2012-03-09). Retrieved on 2012-03-31.Su Bingtian takes Asian 100m title in Kobe - Asian champs, Day 2 . IAAF (2011-07-09). Retrieved on 2016-07-04. Another future Asian champion scored a double at the competition – Ethiopian-born Tejitu Daba won the long-distance double for Bahrain. Asma Oussam Yusuf Mohamed was another to win two golds, taking a short sprint double, and she also won the 4 × 100 metres relay with Egypt.
Medal summary
Men 100 metres10.7210.8910.93200 metres21.4221.5221.55400 metres46.9847.1947.23800 metres1:47.981:48.131:49.001500 metres3:39.74 CR3:43.233:43.465000 metres14:29.2414:31.6014:32.5910,000 metres31:55.5032:03.9633:09.39110 m hurdles14.0814.2214.45400 m hurdles51.8551.9052.983000 m steeplechase9:19.599:20.209:20.514 × 100 m relay40.941.041.64 × 400 m relay3:11.483:12.663:16.6610 km walk45:29.646:10.946:18.3High jump2.23 m CR2.14 m2.08 mPole vault4.70 m4.70 m4.50 mLong jump7.43 m7.21 m7.10 mTriple jump15.53 m15.42 m15.08 mShot put18.56 m17.74 m17.52 mDiscus throw57.30 m57.14 m48.03 mHammer throw75.51 m65.30 m59.43 mJavelin throw67.99 m64.96 m64.50 mDecathlon7216 pts CR6259 pts6133 pts
Women 100 metres12.2012.4012.49200 metres24.6024.6725.54400 metres54.3557.0458.33800 metres2:08.51 CR2:09.062:10.421500 metres4:18.26 CR4:24.264:24.693000 metres9:14.07 CR9:27.4610:00.245000 metres16:49.0417:54.5817:56.00100 m hurdles14.6815.36 15.90400 m hurdles60.58 62.3062.603000 m steeplechase11:20.0711:25.5811:25.854 × 100 m relay48.4749.3450.464 × 400 m relay3:50.02 3:51.923:56.2410 km walk50:32.0053:34.0653:37.02High jump1.76 m CR 1.63 m 1.56 mPole vault3.40 m =CR2.90 m2.80 mLong jump5.89 m5.69 m5.56 mTriple jump12.67 m12.44 m12.27 mShot put12.83 m12.12 m11.46 mDiscus throw44.12 m42.12 m39.01 mJavelin throw39.15 m39.06 m32.81 mHammer throw56.57 m CR55.39 m40.93 mHeptathlon4492 pts4414 pts4272 pts
Medal table
References
Results 14th Arab Junior Championship from 5-8/5/2010 the Military Academy Stadium. TunisAthle (archived). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.