The 2012 Arab Junior Athletics Championships was the fifteenth edition of the international athletics competition for under-20 athletes from Arab countries. It took place between 16 and 19 May at Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan. It was the first time that Jordan hosted the event. A total of 42 athletics events were contested, 21 for men and 21 for women. The men's 10,000 metres and women's 5000 metres were dropped from the programme for this edition.
Egypt topped the medal table with nine gold medals, narrowly edging Tunisia which had eight golds and the same total of 23 overall. Saudi Arabia won eight gold medals and Algeria had the third highest tally at sixteen medals (six gold). The host nation Jordan did not win any events but managed three silvers and a bronze. A total of fifteen nations reached the medal table.
Medal summary
Men 100 metres10.5810.6210.70200 metres21.2021.3421.47400 metres46.9347.4647.53800 metres1:49.471:50.291:51.511500 metres3:47.583:52.633:58.085000 metres15:05.2815:18.3815:19.89100 m hurdles13.71 CR13.7213.90400 m hurdles51.7151.9852.153000 m steeplechase9:18.049:19.479:26.414 × 100 m relay41.5241.7742.894 × 400 m relay3:16.983:18.293:21.9410 km walk44:44.4545:13.0647:25.73High jump2.14 m2.06 m2.06 mPole vault4.70 m4.40 m4.20 mLong jump7.25 m7.18 m6.99 mTriple jump15.74 m14.80 m14.47 mShot put18.35 m17.99 m17.28 mDiscus throw52.14 m50.69 m49.10mHammer throw78.62 m CR64.01 m61.98 mJavelin throw63.19 m62.07 m59.97 mDecathlon6223 pts5966 pts5795 pts
Women 100 metres12.1112.1212.46200 metres24.9525.0225.75400 metres56.1257.9057.96800 metres2:11.022:11.042:26.331500 metres4:47.205:08.925:17.383000 metres10:06.6310:55.2512:00.62100 m hurdles14.4315.04 15.18400 m hurdles1:00.961:02.341:02.90 3000 m steeplechase11:15.1611:25.2912:08.434 × 100 m relay49.5050.9352.204 × 400 m relay3:57.104:01.174:04.1410 km walk47:30.28 CR49:09.7150:18.22High jump1.70 m 1.64 m 1.64 mPole vault3.55 m CR2.90 m2.80 mLong jump5.64 m5.57 m5.24 mTriple jump13.01 m12.65 m12.47 mShot put14.48 m CR12.05 m11.60 mDiscus throw46.80 m42.27 m40.79 mJavelin throw42.38 m40.35 m36.59 mHammer throw52.70 m52.02 m50.38 mHeptathlon4519 pts4330 pts4135 pts
Medal table
References
Results 15th Pan Arab Junior Championships in Athletics. Tunis Athle (archived). Retrieved on 2016-07-04.