Athletics at the 2005 West Asian Games
Athletics at the 2005 West Asian Games | |
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Venue | Khalifa International Stadium |
Date | 7–9 December 2005 |
At the
The competition featured some high level performances by a handful of elite athletes: former
Host nation Qatar topped the medal table with eleven gold medals, ten silver medals and six bronze medal. Their tally was greatly buoyed by the performances of former Kenya distance runners, including event winners Gamal Belal Salem, Majed Saeed Sultan and Musa Amer Obaid. Kuwait had the second highest number of golds with five, while Iran had the second greatest overall haul (13 medals; four golds). Of the nations competing at the games, only Lebanon and Yemen did not win medals in the athletics.
It was later revealed that 3000 metres steeplechase bronze medalist Mohammed Khassaf of Iraq and 200 metres and women's relay gold medallist Munira Saleh failed drugs test at the event and were banned.[6]
Medalists
Men
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m | Ruqaya Al-Ghasra Bahrain |
12.28 | Ghofrane Mohammad Syria |
12.33 | 12.34 | |
200 m | Ghofrane Mohammad Syria |
24.66 GR |
Basma Al-Eshosh Jordan |
25.25 | 25.26 | |
4×100 m relay | Iran Padideh Bolourizadeh Melani Artoun Zahra Nabizadeh Nafiseh Mataei |
50.97 GR |
Oman Huda Al-Kharusi Abeer Al-Jabri Umaima Al-Hinai Hanan Al-Harrasi |
52.76 | Kuwait Hanan Al-Khamis Reem Al-Awadhi Danah Haidar Danah Al-Nasrallah |
1:00:78 |
High jump | Zahra Nabizadeh Iran |
1.70 GR |
Shifa Anabtawi Jordan |
1.35 | Rima Taha Jordan |
1.30 |
Long jump | Rima Taha Jordan |
5.82 GR |
Fadwa Al-Bouza Syria |
5.76 | Padideh Bolourizadeh Iran |
5.70 |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Qatar (QAT) | 11 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
2 | Kuwait (KUW) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Iran (IRI) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
4 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
5 | Syria (SYR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
6 | Bahrain (BRN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
8 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Oman (OMA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Totals (10 entries) | 28 | 28 | 27 | 83 |
Notes
- ^ held as West Asian Athletics Championships
References
- ^ 3rd West Asian Games Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
- ^ Athletics. WAG 2005. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
- ^ Doping spoils West Asian games
- Results
- West Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-03-13.
- Full results[permanent dead link]
External links
- Official website (archived)