2016 Arab Junior Athletics Championships

It took place between 5–8 May at the Lalla-Setti Athletics Stadium in Tlemcen, Algeria.

It was the first time that Algeria hosted the event.

A total of 44 athletics events were contested, 22 for men and 22 for women.

[2] Bahrain took the most gold medals with 16 while Tunisia won the next highest with 9.

The host nation Algeria took the most medals with a total of 39, seven of them gold.