At the 1999 Pan Arab Games, the athletics events were held at the Prince Hasan Youth City Stadium in the Al Hasan Sport City Complex in Irbid, Jordan from 11 to 14 August.

The athletics events were held before the official opening ceremony of the games on 18 August due to their proximity to the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, also held that month.Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. .

A total of 45 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 22 by female athletes (the men's programme featured a steeplechase event). The women's road events were shorter than the men's, having a half marathon compared to the men's marathon and a 10 km walk compared to a 20 km walk.

The competition was affected by the highest profile doping incident of the games. Siham Hanafi originally won three sprinting gold medals for Morocco, taking the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay titles. She lost all three after testing positive for nandrolone (a banned steroid) and the Moroccan relay team was entirely disqualified. Discus throw bronze medallist Karima Shaheen, also of Morocco, was another athlete whose result was annulled due to a drug test failure, again for nandrolone.

The electronic timing system at the event failed during the competition and as a result some of the races were hand-timed.IAAF 1999 Top Lists . IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-09. In the men's 110 metres hurdles fifteen-year-old Nassim Qarbani Ibrahim of Qatar ran a hand-timed 13.9 in the preliminary round before running an electronic 14.17 seconds as runner-up in the final – these were the best ever times for the event by an athlete his age.Daegu 2011 Statistics Book Part 4 of 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-09.

Medal summary

Men 100 metres 10.39 10.43 10.47200 metres 20.65 w 20:81 w 21:01400 metres(Hand-timed) 45.7 45.9 46.4800 metres 1:49.76 1:50.16 1:50.401500 metres 3:43.43 3:43.91 3:47.195000 metres 14:05.71 14:05.99 14:19.7110,000 metres 30:13.3 ?? ?110 metres hurdles 14.05 14.17 14.33400 metres hurdles 50.02 50.38 51.583000 metres steeplechase 8:52.52 8:56.24 8:58.844×100 metres relay 39.62 39.63 39.784×400 metres relay 3:06.72 Mehdi El GhazouaniNabil JabirHicham MihrjaneJamal Ait Faraj3:07.17 3:09.25 Marathon 2:31:16 2:33:46 2:34:1520 km walk 1:40:01? ?? ? High jump 2.19 m 2.16 m 2.13 m Pole vault 5.00 m 4.80 m 3.80 m Long jump 7.93 m 7.76 m 7.72 m Triple jump 16.44 m 16.35 m 16.23 m Shot put 18.83 m? ? m? ? m Discus throw 59.51 m 55.23 m 54.94 m Hammer throw 68.75 m 65.02 m 58.52 m Javelin throw 77.85 m 72.91 m 71.47 m Decathlon 7341 pts 7307 pts 7171 pts

Women 100 metres 11.72 w 11.80 w 11.96 w200 metres 24.58 24.94 27.42400 metres 55.46 56.14 56.58800 metres 2:06.17 2:06.21 2:07.371500 metres 4:19.29 4:20.29 4:21.695000 metres 16:46.1 17:05.04 17:11.6810,000 metres 32:56.76 35:46.00 35:48.12100 metres hurdles 15.01 15.37 15.49400 metres hurdles 60.62 61.70 63.384×100 metres relay 48.49 49.49 51.214×400 metres relay Bouchra ZbouredNajia BouaatiZahra LachgarHouria El Mohandis3:43.50 3:44.70 4:06.94 Half marathon 1:16:36 1:16:59 1:18:1110 km walk 51:06 53:39 1:00:01 High jump 1.78 m 1.75 m 1.75 m Pole vault 3.60 m 3.20 m 3.00 m Long jump 6.50 m 6.19 m 5.70 m Triple jump 12.97 m 12.66 m 12.57 m Shot put 17.33 m 16.25 m 15.57 m Discus throw 57.52 m 57.43 m 43.52 m Hammer throw 58.97 m 50.31 m 49.91 m Javelin throw(old javelin model) 55.14 m 48.69 m 41.98 m Heptathlon 4853 pts 4592 pts 4537 pts

Morocco's Siham Hanafi was the initial winner in 11.48 seconds, before her disqualification for doping Morocco's Hanafi was the initial winner in 24.34 seconds, before her disqualification for doping Morocco was the initial winner in 46.89 seconds, before Hanafi's disqualification for doping Morocco's Karima Shaheen was the initial bronze medallist with 49.91 metres, before her disqualification for doping

Medal table

See also 1999 Arab Athletics Championships

References

Results Pan Arab Games champions. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-11-09. Résultats des Jeux panarabes d'Amman . Al-Ahram. Retrieved on 2013-11-09. IAAF 1999 Top Lists. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-09.