The Pan Arab Games is a multi-sport event first held in 1953. Although intended to be held every four years financial and political problems have led to the frequent cancellation/postponement of the event plus numerous boycotts. Women's events were first included in 1985.
Venues: 1953 Alexandria (EGY), 1957 Beirut (LIB), 1961 Casablanca (MAR), 1965 Cairo (EGY), 1976 Damascus (SYR), 1985 Casablanca (MAR), 1992 Latakia (SYR), 1997 Beirut (LIB), 1999 Irbid (JOR), 2004 Algiers (ALG)
100 Metres | 200 Metres | 400 Metres | ||||
1953 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Emad El Shafei EGY Miskal Abou Kalal IRQ Bouchaïb El Maachi MAR Mohamed Ahmed El Guindi EGY Mohammed Sehli KSA Faraj Marzouk QAT Talal Mansour QAT Saad Muftah Mubarak QAT Jamal Al-Saffar KSA Yahya Saeed Al-Gahes KSA |
11.1 11.1 10.5 10.9 10.88 10.52 10.53 10.40 10.39 10.31 |
Farouk Tadros EGY Ghazi Ketmetto LIB Bouchaïb El Maachi MAR Mohamed Rihan EGY Omar Ghizlat MAR Omar Ghizlat MAR Talal Mansour QAT Ibrahim Ismail QAT Hamoud Al-Dalhami OMN Hamdan Obah Al-Bishi KSA |
22.6 22.4 21.2 22.1 22.05 21.15 20.62 20.95 20.65w 20.81 |
Farouk Tadros EGY Mohammed Mahdi IRQ Hassan Ahmed Ragab EGY Mohamed El Sayed EGY El Kashief Hassan SUD Aouf Abdulrahman Yousef IRQ Ibrahim Ismail QAT Ibrahim Ismail QAT Ibrahim Ismail QAT Hamdan Obah Al-Bishi KSA |
50.5 51.0 49.3 49.2 46.95 46.29 44.89 45.51 45.7 45.04 |
800 Metres | 1500 Metres | 5000 Metres | ||||
1953 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Fadl El Sayed EGY Ahmed Lazreg MAR Nabil Hassan EGY Mohamed Abdel Rahman EGY Omer Khalifa SUD Omer Khalifa SUD Mahjoub Haïda MAR Djabir Saïd Guerni ALG Ali Hakimi TUN Yousef Saad Kamal BRN |
1:59.5 2:00.8 1:52.9 1:52.3 1:49.30 1:47.06 1:46.71 1:46.84 1:49.76 1:46.12 |
William Fahmi EGY Ahmed Lazreg MAR Mohamed Benhammadi MAR Ahmed El Naggar EGY Omer Khalifa SUD Saïd Aouita MAR Mohammed Sulaiman QAT Azzedine Sediki MAR Ali Hakimi TUN Youssef Baba MAR |
4:07.5 4:00.4 4:02.8 4:05.5 3:47.84 3:35.63 3:40.1 3:36.95 3:43.43 3:46.32 |
Mahmoud El Rashidi EGY Saïd Gerouani Benmoha MAR Saïd Gerouani Benmoha MAR Benassou El Ghazi MAR Mohamed Benbaraka MAR Féthi Baccouche TUN Mohammed Sulaiman QAT Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama QAT Adil Kaouch MAR Khoudir Aggoune ALG |
15:41.1 14:58.5 14:53.2 15:02.4 14:30.02 14:09.50 13:53.13 13:35.73 14:05.71 13:24.73 |
10000 Metres | Marathon | 3000 Metres Steeplechase | ||||
1953 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Mahmoud El Rashidi EGY Bakir Benaïssa MAR Allal Benlahcen MAR Saïd Gerouani Benmoha MAR Moussa Medani SUD Abderrazak Gtari TUN Salah Hissou MAR Mustapha Bamouh MAR Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama QAT Khalid Elamri MAR |
33:05.2 32:51.1 31:31.2 30:58.0 29:25.65 29:07.7 29:23.0 29:22.69 30:13.3 29:51.47 |
Hassan Abdel Fattah EGY Aziz Ben Omar TUN Hassan Benmohamed MAR Allal Benlahcen MAR Moussa Medani SUD Lahbib Ouhbib MAR Tahar Mansouri TUN Tahar Mansouri TUN Ahmed Abdel Magoud Ahmed EGY Abdelatif Meftah MAR |
2:31:50 2:54:23 2:44:44 2:53:24 2:28:18 2:19:59 2:21:52 2:28:19 2:31:16 1:05:33* |
- - Abdeslam Bouchta MAR Benassou El Ghazi MAR Mohamed Benbaraka MAR Féthi Baccouche TUN Mohammed Barak Al-Dosari KSA Saad Shadad Al-Asmari KSA Ridha Chikhaoui TUN Brahim Boulami MAR |
- - 9:24.7 9:21.0 9:05.23 8:34.80 8:40.7 8:21.40 8:52.52 8:25.62 |
* - half marathon
110 Metres Hurdles | 400 Metres Hurdles | High Jump | ||||
1953 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Mohamed Suleiman EGY Mongi Zarrouki Soussi TUN Abdel Moneim Abdallah EGY Abdel Nabi El Moghazi EGY Ahmed Chiboub MAR Ahmed Hamada BRN Noureddine Tadjine ALG Khassif Mubarak QAT Khassif Mubarak QAT Todd Matthews Jouda SUD |
15.3 16.5 14.9 15.1 15.10 14.29 13.89 14.17 14.05 13.45 |
Nashat El Kholi EGY Rehaiem Assi IRQ Zouaki Bentahar MAR Abdel Gabbar EGY Abdelmoula Aziz MAR Ahmed Hamada BRN Zid Abou Hamed SYR Mubarak Al-Nubi QAT Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily KSA Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily KSA |
56.5 57.0 53.8 55.0 54.94 50.13 49.39 48.95 50.02 48.77 |
Emad El Shafei EGY Nayef Kassab IRQ Hassan Nassif EGY ?. Magoun SUD Joseph Ding Rajo SUD Mohamed Aghlal MAR Othmane Belfaa ALG Fakhredin Fouad JOR Fakhredin Fouad JOR Abderrahmane Hammad ALG |
1.88 1.80 1.89 1.85 2.02 2.16 2.18 2.17 2.19 2.24 |
Pole Vault | Long Jump | Triple Jump | ||||
1953 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Hamdi El Kafrawi EGY Farid Hanna SYR Farid Hanna SYR Mohammed Abdullah IRQ Rihan Ali Rihan Obeid KSA Mohamed Bouihiri MAR Walid Zaid QAT Ahmed Abdul Karim QAT Mohamed Bédoui TUN Béchir Zaghouani TUN |
3.40 3.75 3.75 4.20 4.30 4.70 5.15 5.22 5.00 5.20 |
Berg Dedeyan EGY Abdel Aziz Alame LIB Teymourlenk Shoukri EGY Ezzedin Yacoub Hamed EGY Ziad Kat SYR Mohamed Abdusalam Bishti LBA Lotfi Khaïda ALG Younès Moudrik MAR Hussain Taher Al-Sabee KSA Issam Nima ALG |
7.05 6.55 7.20 7.01 7.17 7.68 7.97 8.11 7.93 7.81 |
Fawzi Shaban EGY Abdul Sattar Al-Razzak IRQ Teymourlenk Shoukri EGY Mohamed El Sayed Abdel Aziz EGY Nader Jarrah SYR Fethi Khelid Aboud LBA Marzouk Abdullah Al-Yoha KUW Mouled Salem Al-Ahmadi KSA Mohammed Hamdi Awadh QAT Mohammed Hazouri SYR |
14.12 14.62 15.15 13.90 14.90 16.13 16.44 15.86 16.44 16.58 |
Shot | Discus | Hammer | ||||
1953 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Gouda Attia EGY Salem Jisr LIB Shebel Hassan Farag EGY Hassan Mahrous EGY Abdulrahman Houri SYR Mohamed Fatihi MAR Bilal Saad Mubarak QAT Bilal Saad Mubarak QAT Bilal Saad Mubarak QAT Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi QAT |
13.07 13.45 15.00 15.06 15.35 17.28 17.68 18.97 18.83 18.98 |
Ibrahim Abdallah EGY Afif Boutros LIB Shebel Hassan Farag EGY Nayef Mohammed Hamid IRQ Wadaa Shourbaji SYR Abderrazak Ben Hassine TUN Khalid Salman Al-Khalidi KSA Sameh Mohamed Hassan El Hattab EGY Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari QAT Omar Ahmed El Ghazali EGY |
38.89 40.70 44.67 47.79 49.14 54.76 53.30 51.80 59.51 61.06 |
?. Al-Hag LIB Michel Skaff LIB Merouane Bitar SYR Merouane Bitar SYR Mohammed Ayoubi SYR Hakim Toumi ALG Hakim Toumi ALG Sherif Farouk El Hennawi EGY Samir Haouam ALG Ali Mohammed Al-Zinkawi KUW |
29.29 39.55 47.84 48.37 48.20 66.32 68.52 69.42 68.75 72.22 |
Javelin | Decathlon | 20 Kilometres Road Walk | ||||
1953 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Abdallah El Mardi EGY Mohammed Jamal Moussa JOR Hani Latouf LIB Mohamed Mahmoud EGY Abdulrahman Houri SYR Ahmed Mahour Bacha ALG Ghanem Mabrouk Zaid Johar KUW Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed SYR Ali Saleh Al-Jadani KSA Firas Zaal Al-Mohammed SYR |
52.08* 50.44* 58.98* 58.81* 65.02* 76.88* 70.42 72.56 77.85 75.84 |
Mohamed Sayed Zaki EGY Afif Boutros LIB Mahmoud Atif EGY Hassan Nassif EGY Fouad Douwayer SYR Ahmed Mahour Bacha ALG Sid Ali Sabour ALG Anis Riahi TUN Anis Riahi TUN Hamdi Dhouibi TUN |
4763 4389 5413 6178 5768 7577 6820 7506 7341 7595 |
- - Mohamed El Sayed EGY Abdel Hamed EGY not held Abdelwahab Ferguène ALG Abdelwahab Ferguène ALG not held Hatem Ghoula TUN Hatem Ghoula TUN |
- - 1:56:48 1:49:43 1:32:31 1:35:26 1:40:01? 1:28:35 |
* - original model javelin
50 Kilometres Road Walk | 4 x 100 Metres Relay | 4 x 400 Metres Relay | ||||
1953 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
- - Kamoun Benbadaoui MAR Mohamed El Sayed EGY - - - - - - |
- - 6:22:12 5:27:47 - - - - - - |
Egypt Lebanon Morocco "United Arab Republic" (Egypt) Sudan Qatar Qatar Oman Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia |
43.8 ??? 42.4 42.3† 42.15 40.17 39.60 40.36 39.62 39.40 |
Egypt Morocco Egypt "United Arab Republic" (Egypt) Sudan Morocco Morocco Algeria Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia |
3:27.7 3:32.3 3:19.9 3:25.6 3:16.18 3:08.21 3:05.01 3:05.59 3:06.72 3:03.03 |
† - the event was won by Indonesia 41.8 running as guests
100 Metres | 200 Metres | 400 Metres | ||||
1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Nawal El Moutawakil MAR Nezha Bidouane MAR Baya Rahouli ALG Fatima Zahra Dkouk MAR Baya Rahouli ALG |
11.85 12.27 11.98 11.72w 11.84 |
Nawal El Moutawakil MAR Nezha Bidouane MAR Siham El Hanifi MAR Fatima Zahra Dkouk MAR Houria Moussa ALG |
23.67 24.26 24.64 24.58 24.35 |
Nawal El Moutawakil MAR Nezha Bidouane MAR Nadia Zétouani MAR Awatef Ben Hassine TUN Mona Jabir Ahmed SUD |
53.23 54.32 54.98 55.46 53.34 |
800 Metres | 1500 Metres | 3000 Metres | ||||
1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Fatima Aouam MAR Najat Ouali MAR Hasna Benhassi MAR Nahida Touhami ALG Nahida Touhami ALG |
2:04.39 2:09.14 2:06.29 2:06.17 2:34.48 |
Fatima Aouam MAR Hassiba Boulmerka ALG Samira Raïf MAR Fatma Lanouar TUN Nahida Touhami ALG |
4:17.43 4:17.8 4:15.15 4:19.29 4:35.85 |
Hassania Darami MAR Zahra Ouaziz MAR - - - |
9:18.98 9:39.57 - - - |
5000 Metres | 10000 Metres | Half Marathon | ||||
1992 1997 1999 2004 |
- Zahra Ouaziz MAR Saliha Khaldoun MAR Souad Aït Salem ALG |
- 16:01.68 16:46.1 16:02.14 |
Zahra Ouaziz MAR Fatiha Killech MAR Asmae Leghzaoui MAR Souad Aït Salem ALG |
37:58.07 35:29.31 32:56.76 33:27.58 |
- Dalila Mial ALG Nadia Ejjafini MAR Souad Aït Salem ALG |
- 1:26:40 1:16:36 1:16:32 |
100 Metres Hurdles | 400 Metres Hurdles | High Jump | ||||
1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Nacèra Achir ALG Nezha Bidouane MAR Baya Rahouli ALG Saïda Rochdi MAR Baya Rahouli ALG |
14.18 14.97 14.11 15.01 13.49 |
Nawal El Moutawakil MAR Nezha Bidouane MAR Nadia Zétouani MAR Zahra Lachgar MAR Nezha Bidouane MAR |
58.47 57.2 58.58 60.62 55.98 |
Kawther Akrémi TUN Souad Haddad JOR Hamida Benhocine ALG Ghada Shouaa SYR Sarah Bouaoudia ALG |
1.73 1.69 1.63 1.78 1.80 |
Pole Vault | Long Jump | Triple Jump | ||||
1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
- - - Syrine Balti TUN Syrine Balti TUN |
- - - 3.60 3.90 |
Basma Gharbi TUN Ghada Shouaa SYR Baya Rahouli ALG Fatima Zahra Dkouk MAR Baya Rahouli ALG |
6.03 6.22 6.09 6.50 6.19 |
- - Baya Rahouli ALG Ilhem Ben Salah TUN Baya Rahouli ALG |
- - 13.51w 12.97 14.49 |
Shot | Discus | Hammer | ||||
1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Souad Malloussi MAR Fouzia Fatihi MAR Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi EGY Nada Kawar JOR Amel Ben Khaled TUN |
15.23 15.59 15.70 17.33 15.52 |
Zoubida Laayouni MAR Zoubida Laayouni MAR Nada Kawar JOR Nada Kawar JOR Monia Kari TUN |
52.54 54.34 51.18 57.52 54.68 |
- - - Marwa Ahmed Hussein EGY Marwa Ahmed Hussein EGY |
- - - 58.97 62.78 |
Javelin | Heptathlon | 10 Kilometres Road Walk | ||||
1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Samia Djémaa ALG Ghada Shouaa SYR Saoud Al-Hariss LIB Ghada Shouaa SYR Aïda Sellam TUN |
52.40 53.24* 40.22* 55.14* 58.64* |
Chérifa Meskaoui MAR Ghada Shouaa SYR Shirin Mohamed Kheiri El Atrabi EGY Hanène Dhouibi TUN Sarah Bouaoudia ALG |
5305 5508 4268 4853 5534 |
- Dounia Kara ALG not held Nagwa Ibrahim Ali EGY Bahia Boussad ALG |
- 55:29 51:06 53:40 |
* - original model javelin, p - pentathlon
4 x 100 Metres Relay | 4 x 400 Metres Relay | |||
1985 1992 1997 1999 2004 |
Morocco Morocco Morocco Tunisia Morocco |
46.21 46.30 47.07 48.49 46.32 |
Morocco Morocco Morocco Morocco Morocco |
3:40.54 3:45.47 3:43.84 3:43.50 3:38.24 |
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