The 2004 Arab Youth Athletics Championships was the inaugural edition of the international athletics competition for under-18 athletes from Arab countries. Organised by the Arab Athletic Federation, it took place in Rabat, Morocco from 31 July to 2 August. A total of thirty-nine events were contested, of which 20 by male and 19 by female athletes, identically matching the programme of the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics.Pan Arab Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-05-25.World Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-05-25. The girls' programme did not have a steeplechase event.

Five athletes completed individual doubles at the tournament. On the boys' side, Omani Abdullah Al-Sooli won a 100 metres/200 metres short sprint double and Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco took both middle-distance titles. On the girls' side, Nawal El Jack of Sudan won both the 400 metres flat and 400 metres hurdles, Jordan's Rima Taha won both horizontal jumps, and Egypt's Sara Es Sayed Hassib Dardiri won the shot put and discus throw.

The host nation Morocco easily topped the table with a total of fourteen golds among its 42 medals. The Next most successful nations were Egypt, with six gold medals, and Sudan, with five gold medals from its haul of 17. Saudi Arabia and Algeria were the other stand-out nations, having each won thirteen medals. A total of twelve nations reached the medal table.

The competition was held in the same year as the 2004 Arab Junior Athletics Championships. The youth event subsequently became a biennial event held in odd-numbered years, in order to avoid the schedule clash. Three champions from the youth championships also won an Arab junior title that year, all from the throw events: Mostafa Abdul El-Moaty won the shot put titles, Yasser Mohamed Ali Hassan had a javelin throw double, and Iman Mohamed El Ashri was twice hammer throw winner.Pan Arab Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-05-25.Evenements. Tunisie Athletisme. Retrieved on 2015-05-25. Four of the medallists here went on to win individual medals at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics: Adam El-Nour turned his Arab youth 400 m to a world gold, Nawal El Jack won the girls' 400 m world title, while Arab boy's 400 m hurdles medallists Abdulagadir Idriss and Mohammed Daak were first and second at the global event.

Medal summary

Men 100 metres 11.07 11.10 11.12200 metres 22.00 22.05 22.18400 metres 48.13 48.90 49.30800 metres 1:49.93 1:51.07 1:51.571500 metres 3:49.14 3:54.22 3:55.093000 metres 8:12.16 8:14.11 8:14.86110 metres hurdles 14.24 14.42 14.56400 metres hurdles 51.53 51.91 52.982000 metres steeplechase 5:40.94 5:49.68 6:00.141000 metres medley relay 1:54.74 1:55.51 1:56.3210,000 m track walk 48:35.77 49:23.43 51:01.67 High jump 2.01 m 1.98 m 1.98 m Pole vault 4.20 m 4.00 m 3.80 m Long jump 7.27 m 7.08 m 7.01 m Triple jump 15.15 m 14.95 m 14.69 m Shot put 19.17 m 18.52 m 16.36 m Discus throw 56.06 m 52.33 m 50.97 m Hammer throw 66.58 m 63.70 m 62.12 m Javelin throw 65.11 m 64.55 m 61.06 m Octathlon 5700 pts 5333 pts 5215 pts

Women 100 metres 12.67 13.11 13.27200 metres 25.16 26.34 29.02400 metres 55.30 56.29 56.74800 metres 2:08.84 2:10.31 2:10.801500 metres 4:26.70 4:27.26 4:28.583000 metres 9:38.24 9:38.90 9:39.15100 metres hurdles 15.12 15.41 15.73400 metres hurdles 62.07 63.59 65.361000 metres medley relay 2:20.26 2:21.59 2:22.865000 m track walk 26:28.37 28:58.78 31:56.20 High jump 1.55 m 1.50 m 1.30 m Pole vault 3.70 m 3.50 m 2.60 m Long jump 5.72 m 5.39 m 4.94 m Triple jump 11.90 m 11.62 m 11.56 m Shot put 11.59 m 10.93 m 10.81 m Discus throw 42.00 m 34.85 m 31.02 m Hammer throw 52.48 m 50.35 m 42.50 m Javelin throw 34.58 m 29.28 m 11.19 m Heptathlon 3265 pts 3051 pts 1149 pts

Medal table

References

Results Pan Arab Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-05-25.