1988 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

[1] Several changes were made to the event programme, bringing it into line with the standard set by the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics.

[4] Noureddine Morceli of Algeria, winner of the 1500 metres, was the most important athlete to emerge from the tournament: we would later win three world titles and an Olympic gold in his specialism.

[5] Men's shot put winner Bilal Saad Mubarak of Qatar become one of the finest throwers of the region: he was in the top two at the Asian Athletics Championships from 1991 to 2003 and won three straight titles at the Pan Arab Games.

[2][6] Sherif Farouk El Hennawi of Egypt was a clear winner in the hammer throw and would win several African titles in his career.

Egypt's Huda Hashem Ismail won both the 100 metres hurdles and heptathlon titles (repeating the feat of Yasmina Azzizi from 1984).