Weightlifting at the 2011 Arab Games
At the 2011 Pan Arab Games, the weightlifting events were held at Al Dana Hall in Doha, Qatar from 13–17 December. A total of 11 events were contested.[1]
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| -56kg |  Suhail Al Kulaibi (OMA)
|
 Mansour Al Saleem (KSA)
|
 Yasir Al-Hamadani (IRQ)
|
| -62kg | Karrar Kadhum (IRQ)
|
 Ahmed Saad (EGY)
|
Mohammed Ali (IRQ)
|
| -69kg | Mohamed Abdelbaki (EGY)
|
 Hamza Jomni (TUN)
|
Ali Al Eduhailib (KSA)
|
| -77kg | Ibrahim Abdelbaki (EGY)
|
 Amir Belhout (ALG)
|
 Marwan Abdussalam (LBA)
|
| -85kg | Ragab Abdalla (EGY)
|
Tarek Abdelazim (EGY)
|
Safaa Al-Jumaili (IRQ)
|
| -94kg | Gaber Mohamed (EGY)
|
Mohamed Doghmane (TUN)
|
Riyadh Al-Tameemi (IRQ)
|
| -105kg | Ibrahim Moursi (EGY)
|
 Husam Hamada (PLE)
|
Mohamed Ben Said (LBA)
|
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| -53kg | Soumaya Fatnassi (TUN)
|
Kenza Filali (ALG)
|
 Asmahan Elayyan (JOR)
|
| -58kg | Nadia Hosni (TUN)
|
 Alya Agalain (SUD)
|
Vacant |
| -75kg | Abir Khalil (EGY)
|
Mohasin Mohamed (SUD)
|
 Abbas Yasmin (UAE)
|
| +75kg | Nahla Mohamed (EGY)
|
Touria Kendouci (ALG)
|
Rola Ali (JOR)
|
Doping
One athlete from Weightlifting was caught using performance enhancing drugs.[2] Silver medalist Ayecha Albalooshi from United Arab Emirates who participated in Women's -58kg was caught and stripped of her medal. The bronze medalist has since been upgraded to silver, however as all of the other participants weren't able to finish the event no one has been upgraded to bronze.[3]
Medal table
- Key
The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
| 1 | Egypt |
7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Tunisia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Iraq |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Oman |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Algeria |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Sudan |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Palestine |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Jordan |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| - | Libya |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 10 | 32 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
References
- ^ Weightlifting. ArabGames2011. Retrieved on 2011-12-18.
- ^ Athletes Test Posivtive for Doping at Arab Games The Daily Star. Retrieved on 2011-12-23.
- ^ Weightlifting. ArabGames2011. Retrieved on 2011-12-23.