1973 Maghreb Athletics Championships

The 1973 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb. Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco 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 from 27–29 July in Agadir, Morocco.[1] It was the third Moroccan city to host the event, after Rabat in 1967 and Casablanca in 1971. A total of 36 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 14 for women.[2]

6th Maghreb Athletics Championships
Dates27–29 July
Host cityAgadir, Morocco
Events36
Participation3 nations

The event winners were distributed fairly evenly between the teams, with Morocco and Tunisia each taking thirteen gold medals and Algeria having the remaining ten. Tunisia topped the table by merit of having more silver medals. Track events were only officially timed to the tenth of a second.[2]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Toufik Chaouch (ALG)10.7  Omar Ghizlat (MAR)10.8  El Hadi Sayah (ALG)10.9
200 metres  Omar Ghizlat (MAR)22.0  Toufik Chaouch (ALG)22.2  Salah Gadri (TUN)22.7
400 metres  Mohamed Sid Ali Djouadi (ALG)48.8  Mokhtar Herzi (TUN)49.4  Salah Gadri (TUN)49.6
800 metres  Amakdouf Mohamed Ayachi (MAR)1:53.4  Mohamed Sid Ali Djouadi (ALG)1:53.6  Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG)1:54.0
1500 metres  Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG)3:50.1  Amakdouf Mohamed Ayachi (MAR)3:50.7  Kamel Guemmar (ALG)3:52.4
5000 metres  Abdelkader Zaddem (TUN)14:36.4  Mohamed Kacemi (ALG)14:40.4  Djelloul Rezig (ALG)14:41.4
10,000 metres  Abdelkader Zaddem (TUN)29:14.4  Boualem Rahoui (ALG)29:32.2  Chérif Benali (ALG)30:15.4
110 m hurdles  Abdelkader Boudjemaa (ALG)14.8  Moncef Belkacem (TUN)15.2  Naoui (MAR)15.4
400 m hurdles  Abdallah Rouine (TUN)53.5  Moncef Belkacem (TUN)53.7  Abouam (MAR)55.4
3000 metres steeplechase  Boualem Rahoui (ALG)9:01.8  Abdelaziz Bouguerra (TUN)9:18.8  Mohamed Benbaraka (MAR)9:20.4
4×100 m relay  Tunisia (TUN)42.1  Morocco (MAR)42.5 Unknown ???
4×400 m relay  Tunisia (TUN)3:22.3  Morocco (MAR)3:22.4 Unknown ???
20 km walk  Bouralass (TUN)1:41:12 Unknown athlete ??? Unknown athlete ???
High jump  Douiri (MAR)1.86 m  Kanouni (MAR)1.80 m  Ben Salma (TUN)1.80 m
Pole vault  Lakhdar Rahal (ALG)4.32 m  Ahmed Rezki (ALG)4.11 m  Alouini (TUN)3.70 m
Long jump  Youssef Khémiri (TUN)7.28 m  Slim Kilani (TUN)6.81 m  Hocine Boudiffa (ALG)6.79 m
Triple jump  Lakhdar Merouane (ALG)14.89 m  Saïda Sassi (TUN)14.22 m  Youssef Khémiri (TUN)14.14 m
Shot put  Jean-Marie Djebaili (ALG)16.77 m  Mohamed Bahri (TUN)14.54 m  Noureddine Bendifallah (ALG)13.95 m
Discus throw  Jean-Marie Djebaili (ALG)51.08 m  Abdeljaouad Bedira (TUN)44.71 m  Jacques Zazoui (ALG)42.98 m
Hammer throw  Youssef Ben Abid (TUN)48.92 m  Jean-Marie Djebaili (ALG)47.44 m  Noureddine Bendifallah (ALG)46.14 m
Javelin throw  Ali Memmi (TUN)63.10 m  Maamar Boubekeur (ALG)57.36 m Not awarded
Decathlon  Mohamed Kissi (MAR)5972 pts  Mohamed Bensaad (ALG)5825 pts  Alain Smaïl (ALG)5821 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Oujaa (MAR)12.6  Malika Hadky (MAR)12.9 Unknown athlete ???
200 metres  Oujaa (MAR)26.7  Fatma Ben Hdar (TUN)26.8 Unknown athlete ???
400 metres  Malika Hadky (MAR)58.7  Oujaa (MAR)59.1 Unknown athlete ???
800 metres  Souad Dérouiche (TUN)2:19.2  Zeineb Dérouiche (TUN)2:20.0  Fatima Ennai (MAR)2:21.0
1500 metres  Souad Dérouiche (TUN)4:39.2  Khaddouj Hanine (MAR)4:46.2  Jalila Douira (TUN)4:50.5
100 m hurdles  Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR)15.5  Naïma Benboubker (MAR)15.7 Unknown athlete ???
4×100 m relay  Morocco (MAR)50.1  Tunisia (TUN)51.4 Unknown ???
4×400 m relay  Tunisia (TUN)4:08.4  Morocco (MAR)4:11.3 Unknown ???
High jump  Tigmi (MAR)1.51 m  Messaouda Ouchérif (ALG)1.48 m Unknown athlete ??? m
Long jump  Naïma Benboubker (MAR)5.21 m  Naciri (MAR)5.01 m Unknown athlete ??? m
Shot put  Leïla Chamine (TUN)12.14 m  Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR)12.10 m Unknown athlete ??? m
Discus throw  Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR)37.89 m  Jeli (TUN)34.37 m Unknown athlete ??? m
Javelin throw  Bellabas (ALG)33.94 m  Zohra Ouertani (TUN)29.44 m Unknown athlete ??? m
Pentathlon  Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR)3150 pts  Saïda Sassi (TUN)2503 pts Unknown athlete ???? pts

References

  1. QUARANTE ANS D'HISTOIRE DE L'ATHLETISME ALGERIEN. Algeriathle. Retrieved on 2015-02-20.
  2. Maghreb Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-20.
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