The 1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya were the competing nations. Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (Union of Athletics Federations of the United Maghreb), it took place in Casablanca, Morocco from 15 to 17 July.QUARANTE ANS D'HISTOIRE DE L'ATHLETISME ALGERIEN. Algeriathle. Retrieved on 2015-02-20. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women.Maghreb Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-20.
Morocco and Algeria each won fifteen gold medals at the competition, with Morocco edging the top spot through its haul of 16 silver medals. Tunisia was a comfortable third, while Libya won two gold medals in the men's horizontal jumps. It was the third and last time that Libya attended the Maghreb Championships. The competition was staged one month prior to the wider regional 1983 Arab Athletics Championships.Al Batal Al Arabi (N°:12) . Arab Athletics Union. Retrieved on 2015-02-14.
The event was part of a flourish of athletics championships in the mid-1980s in Casablanca, Morocco's largest city. The Mediterranean Games was held two months after the Maghreb event.Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-21. This was followed by the 1984 Arab Junior Athletics Championships, and finally the 1985 Pan Arab Games.Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-21.Pan Arab Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-21.
Medal summary
Men 100 metres 10.3 10.4 10.5200 metres 21.2 21.6 21.9400 metres 47.0 47.3 47.3800 metres 1:49.1 1:49.9 1:50.01500 metres 3:35.6 3:40.1 3:41.05000 metres 14:29.7 14:30.4 14:31.910,000 metres 29:55.5 30:00.9 30:07.3110 m hurdles 14.1 14.4 14.6400 m hurdles 52.2 52.8 53.33000 metres steeplechase 8:34.1 8:36.8 8:48.5 relay 42.0Ahmed Mohamed Sallouma 42.3 42.4 relay 3:09.7 3:09.7 3:10.2Marathon 2:23:43 2:27:52 2:36:4220,000 m walk 1:32:38.0 1:32:38.1 1:44:45.0High jump 2.18 m 2.13 m 2.13 mPole vault 4.50 m 4.50 m 4.40 mLong jump 7.55 m 7.21 m 7.15 mTriple jump 15.78 m 15.68 m 15.21 mShot put 18.02 m 15.11 m 14.99 mDiscus throw 53.74 m 50.50 m 50.12 mHammer throw 67.84 m 54.18 m 50.42 mJavelin throw 73.02 m 72.68 m 69.48 mDecathlon 7180 pts 6735 pts 6708 pts
Women 100 metres 12.3 12.4 12.4200 metres 24.0 25.3 25.9400 metres 54.8 55.5 56.7800 metres 2:08.9 2:09.4 2:10.41500 metres 4:31.7 4:34.4 4:35.93000 metres 9:50.2 9:53.8 9:57.0100 m hurdles 13.4 14.5 14.5400 m hurdles 58.5 60.5 62.5 relay 47.2 47.9 48.4 relay 3:45.9 3:51.2 3:53.0High jump 1.78 m 1.68 m 1.65 mLong jump 5.98 m 5.87 m 5.72 mShot put 14.41 m 14.15 m 13.58 mDiscus throw 50.92 m 47.16 m 40.56 mJavelin throw 48.20 m 44.46 m 43.20 mHeptathlon 5555 pts 4927 pts 4887 pts
References
Champions Les championnats maghrebins d athletisme. Union Sportive Oudja. Retrieved on 2015-02-20.