Qatar finished with seven medals – including two on the final day – at the 24th  Arab Athletics  Championships in Oran, Algeria .

The reigning Asian record‑holder Abderrahman  Samba stormed to the 400m hurdles title in 48.77 seconds. Ashraf El-Seify also claimed gold in hammer throw clearing a distance of 72.98m.

Hamdi Ali (high jump, 2.14 m) and Seifeldin Abdelsalam (pole vault, 5.62 m) won a gold medal each, sprint hurdler Omar Doudai  Abakar (110 m hurdles, 13.78 sec) and Ahmad  Jibrine  Adoum (shot put 17.88 m) earned silvers, while discus thrower Mohamed  Ibrahim  Moaaz secured bronze with a 58.67‑metre effort.