Qatari athletes managed to prove their high performance levels during the 11^th Arab Games held in Egypt during November 2007. In the shot-put event, Qatar’s Khalid Habash Al-Sweidi seized the gold medal recording 19.56m, while Saudi Arabia’s Alhabashi claimed the silver medal (19.53m), and the bronze medal went to Egypt (19.42m). 

In the 20km walk race, the silver medal was gained by Qatar’s Mabrook recording (1.40 .34.3), while the gold medal was seized by Tunis and the bronze one went to Algeria.

The 10000m event witnessed a Qatari achievement when Sultan Zaman claimed the silver medal despite the early expectations by experts that he was nominated for the gold medal. The fifth rank was also occupied by Qatar when Ahmed Hassan Abdullah reached fifth.

The women athletes represented Qatar could prove good performances during the heats and preliminaries, like Sheikha Saqar in the 100m event (13.48), and jamila Khamis as well as Fatima Almaliki in the shot-put event.

Mr. Khalifa Abdulmalik, head of Qatari athletics delegation, expressed his optimism in Qatari athletes and results during preliminaries. He emphasized that Qatari athletics champions proved the high reputation that their country bears in the world of athletics.

The champion Khalid Habash Al-Sweidi also expressed the impact of his victory on him and his performance level now and for future events. It is worth notice that Khalid Habash managed to retain his gold medal seizing as he did four years ago in the previous edition of the Arab Games in Algeria.