The 2007 Arab Youth Athletics Championships was the second edition of the international athletics competition for under-18 athletes from Arab countries. Organised by the Arab Athletic Federation, it took place in the Syrian capital of Damascus from 27–29 June. A total of thirty-nine events were contested, of which 20 by male and 19 by female athletes, matching the programme of the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics bar the exclusion of a girls' steeplechase event.Pan Arab Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-05-25.World Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-05-25.

Four athletes achieved individual doubles at the tournament. On the boys' side, Saudi athlete Hamada Al-Bishi achieved a novel 100 metres/400 metre hurdles double, Sudan's Awad El Karim Makki took both 200 metres and 400 metres titles, and Ismail Al Saffar of Kuwait took both gold medals in the horizontal jumps. The sole girl to win two individual titles was Souheir Bouali of Algeria, who won both short sprints.Championnats Arabes Des Cadets - Damas 27, 28 et 29-06-2007 . Tunis Athletisme. Retrieved on 2015-05-27. She went on to become a senior champion at the 2013 Arab Athletics Championships six years later.18th Arab Championships, Doha (Qatar) 21-24/05/2013 . Africa Athle (2013-05-21). Retrieved on 2015-05-27.

Morocco, which had dominated the inaugural edition in 2004, was absent from the competition. Egypt topped the medal table with eight golds among its haul of 21 medals. Sudan achieved the second highest tally of gold medals with six. The host nation Syria won the most overall medals with 22 and ranked joint-third on gold medals with five – a number also reached by both Algeria and Tunisia. Fourteen nations reached the medal table.

Unlike some of the athletes of the previous edition, no medallists in Damascus reached the podium at the following World Youth Championships. Sudan's sprint champion Makki and boys' discus throw winner Hamid Mansour went on to win medals at the 2009 World Youth Championships, however.Awadelkarim Makki. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-05-27.Hamid Manssour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-05-27.

Medal summary

Men 100 metres 10.94 11.02 11.10200 metres 22.14 22.15 22.47400 metres 48.55 48.58 49.33800 metres 1:54.62 1:55.65 1:58.071500 metres 4:04.02 4:06.99 4:12.083000 metres 9:07.86 9:09.79 9:14.56110 metres hurdles 13.79 14.64 14.72400 metres hurdles 52.57 52.64 53.542000 metres steeplechase 5:57.70 6:11.80 6:12.111000 metres medley relay Hamada Al-BishiD. SakiiAdel Al NasserFares Cherahili1:56.47 Nour SelkAwad El Karim MakkiMatoukel YounesChoul Nouaouiel1:56.73 Majid FathallahHayder HusseinAymen JassemCherif Arkane1:56.7810,000 m walk 45:51.9 50:18.5 51:16.3 High jump 2.07 m 2.04 m 2.01 m Pole vault 4.71 m 4.50 m 4.10 m Long jump 7.13 m 6.62 m 6.40 m Triple jump 15.11 m 14.52 m 14.38 m Shot put 17.45 m 17.00 m 15.88 m Discus throw 59.53 m 49.68 m 49.16 m Hammer throw 71.80 m 64.60 m 59.19 m Javelin throw 61.17 m 59.33 m 58.36 m Octathlon 5316 pts 5178 pts 5128 pts

Women 100 metres 11.84 12.56 12.85200 metres 23.96 25.82 26.03400 metres 57.75 59.72 60.72800 metres 2:15.20 2:16.24 2:23.531500 metres 4:32.77 4:48.69 5:16.633000 metres 11:05.99 12:12.28 12:17.76100 metres hurdles 13.84 13.92 15.98400 metres hurdles 64.1 67.7 71.71000 metres medley relay Mounassek YakoubSafa AbdelhamidEmna BaccarAlouia Klai2:18.59 Zineb OuzaniYousra RanaiHoucien BayoudiSouhir Bouali2:19.96 Minas SlimaneFadoua BoudhatMariem FadhelSoulefa Mohamed2:28.265000 m walk 26:30.8 26:35.9 27:54.8 High jump 1.55 m 1.52 m 1.49 m Pole vault 3.25 m 2.70 m 2.50 m Long jump 5.58 m 5.37 m 5.10 m Triple jump 12.70 m 11.80 m 11.45 m Shot put 13.00 m 12.77 m 11.54 m Discus throw 40.27 m 31.42 m 30.59 m Hammer throw 48.16 m 47.19 m 44.95 m Javelin throw 40.99 m 36.53 m 32.09 m Heptathlon 3588 pts 3525 pts 2920 pts The girls' hurdles event was only timed to the tenth of a second, rather than the standard hundredths, due to technical limitations.

Medal table

References

Results Championnats Arabes Des Cadets - Damas 27, 28 et 29-06-2007. Tunis Athletisme. Retrieved on 2015-05-27.