2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

17th Arab Junior Athletics Championships
Dates5–8 May
Host cityTlemcen, Algeria
VenueLalla-Setti Athletics Stadium
Events44

The 2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the seventeenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 5–8 May at the Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium in Tlemcen, Algeria. It was the first time that Algeria hosted the event. A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.

Around 800 athletes from 20 countries were expected to appear at the competition,[1] though only 232 athletes from 15 nations ultimately did so.[2]

Bahrain took the most gold medals with 16 while Tunisia won the next highest with 9. The host nation Algeria took the most medals with a total of 39, seven of them gold.[3]

  1. ^ Tlemcen to host 17th Arab Athletics Championships on 5 - 8 May . Algeria Press Service (2016-02-26). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
  2. ^ Arab Junior Athletics Championships: 15 countries compete in Tlemcen. Algeria Press Service (2016-05-04). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.
  3. ^ 17th Arab Junior Championships Results Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic). riyadapress. Retrieved on 2016-07-04.