The 1986 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place in Cairo, Egypt. A total of 38 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 16 for women. Algeria, a regional power in the sport, did not send a team.Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
Tunisia topped the medal table with twelve gold medals, most of them from the women's section. Morocco and Saudi Arabia each won seven gold medals and were closely followed by Egypt, which took six. Four top world-level athletes emerged at this competition, all of them Moroccan. In the men's 5000 metres, Brahim Boutayeb beat his compatriot Khalid Skah to the title – both went on to win gold medals in the 10,000 metres at the Olympics.Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. In the women's 3000 metres, Zahra Ouaziz was only third in Cairo but as a senior she won two medals at the World Championships in Athletics.Zahra Ouaziz. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Nezha Bidouane was the Arab junior women's champion in the 100 metres hurdles and the runner-up in the 400 metres hurdles and later was a two-time world champion in the latter event.Nezha Bidouane. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
The most successful athlete was Tunisia's Selma Khardani, who won the women's 800, 1500 and 3000 m titles. She won senior honours at national level, but not internationally.Tunisian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. Hanan Ahmed Khaled was the second most successful athlete at the competition, winning the shot put and discus throw events, and also a javelin throw bronze medal; she became one of Egypt's most successful sportswomen, with four gold medals at the African Championships in Athletics to her name.African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22.
Medal summary
Men 100 metres 10.78 10.85 10.92200 metres 21.79 CR 21.91 22.04400 metres 49.16 49.19 49.41800 metres 1:54.21 1:54.77 1:55.231500 metres 3:51.59 3:51.72 3:53.775000 metres 14:13.75 CR 15:01.85 15:07.35110 m hurdles 14.85 CR 15.04 15.67400 m hurdles 52.84 54.93 55.252000 metres steeplechase 5:49.29 5:51.82 5:57.204×100 m relay 42.22 CR 42.99 43.974×400 m relay 3:20.88 3:23.16 3:24.6930 km road race 2:01:44 2:04:22 2:10:5215 km walk 1:25:12 1:29:54 1:35:13High jump 1.96 m 1.93 m 1.90 mPole vault 4.30 m 4.00 m 4.00 mLong jump 6.76 m 6.67 mOnly two finishersTriple jump 14.34 m 14.28 m 14.15 mShot put 15.65 m CR 15.08 m 14.83 mDiscus throw 41.04 m 40.68 m 40.22 mHammer throw 59.64 m CR 54.08 m 49.40 mJavelin throw 59.30 m 56.44 m 56.42 mDecathlon 5830 pts 5499 pts 5229 pts
Women 100 metres 12.23 CR 12.42 13.01200 metres 25.15 CR 25.69 26.79400 metres 57.06 CR 59.41 60.29800 metres 2:18.00 2:21.27 2:22.671500 metres 4:39.08 4:45.59 4:49.783000 metres 10:35.39 10:51.10 11:02.22100 m hurdles 15.20 16.67 18.25400 m hurdles 64.35 65.50 67.364×100 m relay 49.32 50.39 52.144×400 m relay 4:01.68 4:11.76 4:16.78High jump 1.58 m CR 1.56 m 1.54 mLong jump 5.52 m 5.41 m 5.36 mShot put 11.74 m CR 10.06 m 9.87 mDiscus throw 38.72 m 28.70 m 19.18 mJavelin throw 30.04 m 28.98 m 26.96 mHeptathlon 2608 pts 2510 pts 2478 pts
Medal table
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