2013 Arab Youth Athletics Championships

The girls' steeplechase was contested for the first time, making the programme match that of the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

The competition had reduced participation, with Sudan, Syria, Jordan and all absent and Saudi Arabia sending a smaller contingent as compared to the 2009 edition, although Bahrain and Palestine returned at this event.

Egypt's Mohamed Magdi Hamza claimed both the shot put and discus throw titles – a double Hamid Mansour had first completed in 2009.

[2] This included Hamza's shot put record of 21.22 m (69 ft 7+1⁄4 in), which improved the previous mark by over three metres and ranked him the fourth best youth athlete in the world that year.

[3] Qatar sent its first female athlete, Sara Al Manai Ahmed, to the competition and she was runner-up in the javelin.