Athletics at the 2002 West Asian Games
| Athletics at the II West Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Kuwait City. Kuwait |
| Date(s) | ? – 12 April 2002 |
| Participation | 12 nations |
| Events | 17 |
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← 1997 Tehran | |
At the 2002 West Asian Games. the athletics events were held in Kuwait City, Kuwait in April 2002. It had a men's only programme containing seventeen track and field events. Several athletics events usually held at multi-sport events were excluded from the schedule: the steeplechase, 10,000 metres, javelin and discus throws, marathon and race walking events were all absent.
All of the twelve countries present at the games sent athletes to compete in the athletics and eight of them reached the medal table. Qatar finished with the most medals, taking seven gold medals in a haul of sixteen. Saudi Arabia were the next best with five golds and fourteen overall, while the hosts Kuwait took third in the table through their four golds from eleven medals in total. These three countries dominated the events, with Jean-Claude Rabbath's gold for Lebanon and Ahmad Faizi's silver for Iran being the only top two placings among the rest of the nations.
Some of the best results came from the sprinting events: Salem Al-Yami won the 100 metres in a Saudi Arabian record time of 10.13 seconds, while Fawzi Al-Shammari did a 200/400 metres double, breaking the Kuwaiti national record with a run of 45.25 seconds in the latter.[1] Qatari athletes won six of the nine medals on offer in the middle- and long-distance running events. Qatar also won both of the throwing events, including Bilal Saad Mubarak's shot put victory in 19.10 metres. Saudi Arabia swept the hurdles through Mubarak Ata Mubarak and Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily with times of 13.60 and 49.04 seconds, respectively – a good standard for the region.
A number of West Asian Games champions went on to win at the 2002 Asian Games later that year: Fawzi Al-Shammari won the 400 m, Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily won the 400 m hurdles, Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin won the 3000 m steeplechase and Salem Al-Ahmedi won the triple jump. Further to this, West Asian silver medallists Jamal Al-Saffar and Mukhlid Al-Otaibi topped the podium at the Asian Games and Hussein Al-Sabee (third in the long jump here) was another Asian Games champion.[2] Many athletes were also medallists at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships held in August later that year.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Salem Al-Yami (KSA) | 10.13 NR | Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA) | 10.19 |  Khaled Yousef (QAT) | 10.39 |
| 200 metres |  Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) | 20.44 | Salem Al-Yami (KSA) | 20.81 |  Mohammed Al-Hooti (OMN) | 21.02 |
| 400 metres | Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) | 45.25 NR | Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA) | 46.34 | Moh'd Salem Al Mawlid (KSA) | 48.13 |
| 800 metres | Adam Abdu Adam (QAT) | 1:48.66 | Salem Amer Al-Badri (QAT) | 1:49.70 |  Jelia Kommee (IRI) | 1:49.81 |
| 1500 metres | Abubaker Ali Kamal (QAT) | 3:51.50 | Abdulrahman Suleiman (QAT) | 3:51.76 | Faisal Rabee Al-Nahdi (KSA) | 3:52.63 |
| 5000 metres | Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT) | 13:57.58 | Mukhlid Al-Otaibi (KSA) | 14:08.84 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT) | 14:25.67 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Mubarak Ata Mubarak (KSA) | 13.60 | Nasim Mezyan (QAT) | 14.02 | Mubarak Ali (QAT) | 14.17 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 49.04 | Bader Abdul Rahman (KUW) | 49.58 |  Zahreddin Najem (SYR) | 51.15 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 39.02 | Qatar (QAT) | 39.10 | Kuwait (KUW) | 41.10 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Kuwait (KUW) | 3:00.76 † | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3:06.57 | Syria (SYR) | 3:11.75 |
| High jump |  Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB) | 2.10 m | Omar Moussa Al-Masrahi (KSA) | 2.07 m | Salem Sayyar Ibrahim (KUW) | 2.07 m |
| Pole vault | Fahad Bader Al-Mershad (KUW) | 4.90 m | Abdullah Ghanim (QAT) | 4.80 m | Babdar Mahmoud (IRI) | 4.50 m |
| Long jump | Said Mansour Al-Bekheet (QAT) | 7.61 m | Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Waleed (QAT) | 7.57 m | Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA) | 7.55 m |
| Triple jump | Salem Al-Ahmedi (KSA) | 16.50 m | Khaled Farham Al-Bekheet (KUW) | 16.36 m | Fayez Al-Kheirat (SYR) | 15.96 m |
| Shot put | Bilal Saad Mubarak (QAT) | 19.10 m | Ahmad Hassan Gholoum (KUW) | 18.04 m | Ali Rahmani (IRI) | 17.58 m |
| Hammer throw | Mohamed Faraj Al-Kaabi (QAT) | 66.34 m | Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) | 66.01 m | Naser Abdullah Al-Jarallah (KUW) | 64.54 m |
| Decathlon | Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) | 7262 pts | Ahmad Faizi (IRI) | 6838 pts |  Khalifa Abdullah (BHR) | 5682 pts |
- † This timing is doubtful as it would have been a significant Saudi Arabian record and the fifth fastest in the world that year, but it is not listed in the 2002 yearly rankings by the IAAF.[3]
Medal table
- Key
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Oman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
- Palestine, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen participated but did not reach the medal table.
References
- ↑ Big-time athletics comes to Sri Lanka – Asian Championships Preview. IAAF (2002-08-06). Retrieved on 2013-04-07.
- ↑ 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Pages 112–172. Asian Games. Retrieved on 2013-04-07.
- ↑ 4x400 Metres Relay - men - senior - outdoor - 2002. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-04-07.