The 17th FINA World Championships is underway in Budapest with the swimming competition kicking off on Sunday July 23 and lasting for a week.
Almost all Arab countries – barring Saudi Arabia and Kuwait – will be represented in the pool in the Hungarian capital with Egypt’s Farida Osman and Ahmed Akram leading the pack as two of the medal contenders.
The UAE’s Yaaqoub Al Saadi will feature in the backstroke events while 11 Arab swimmers will line-up for the men’s 100m freestyle preliminaries.
Tunisian star Oussama Mellouli, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, announced his withdrawal from the Championships earlier this month due to an injury sustained during training.
Here’s the full provisional schedule of events for all Arab athletes taking part in Budapest next week.
Results will be updated as competition progresses.
Khader Baqlah – Jordan (placed 32nd overall, won his heat, clocked 3:54.13)
Marwan El Kamash – Egypt (placed ninth overall, fifth in his heat, clocked national record 3:46.36)
Abdalla Aboughazala – Qatar (placed 51st overall, third in his heat, clocked 4:20.64)
Farida Osman – Egypt (placed 17th overall, seventh in her heat, clocked 58.67)
Yusra Mardini – Syrian refugee swimming under FINA flag (41st overall, third in her heat, clocked 1:07.99)
Lara Aklouk – Jordan (placed 44th overall, fifth in her heat, clocked 1:09.37)
Hania Moro – Egypt (placed 28th overall, ninth in her heat, clocked 4:21.67)
Gabriella Doueihy – Lebanon (placed 30th overall, first in her heat, clocked 4:25.34)
Nazim Belkhodja – Algeria (placed 55th overall, 10th in his heat, clocked 25.43)
Omar Eissa – Egypt (placed 35th overall, fourth in his heat, clocked 24.43)
Abdullah Al-Doori – Iraq (placed 60th overall, first in his heat, clocked 26.28)
Anthony Barbar – Lebanon (placed 50th overall, eighth in his heat, clocked 25.17)
Yaaqoub Al Saadi – UAE (did not start)
Egypt (placed 15th overall, eighth in heat, clocked 3:18.23)
Nooran Ba Matraf – Yemen (placed 36th overall, sixth in her heat, clocked 2:37.21)
Youssef El Kamash – Egypt (placed 33rd overall, fourth in his heat, clocked 1:01.81)
Amro Al Wir – Jordan (placed 61st overall, second in his heat, clocked 1:05.70)
Abdulmalik ben Musa – Libya (71st overall, seventh in his heat, clocked 1:12.00)
Azad Al Barazi – Syria (placed 42nd overall, ninth in his heat, clocked 1:02.26)
Wassim Elloumi – Tunisia (Did not start)
Souad Cherouati – Algeria (placed 22nd overall among 22 swimmers, last in her heat, clocked 17:25.00)
Marwan El Kamash – Egypt (tied 16th overall, first in his heat, clocked new national record 1:47.40, wins swim-off and reaches semi-finals)
Khader Baqlah – Jordan (19th overall, second in his heat, clocked 1:47.68)
Mokhtar Al Yamani – Yemen (placed 40th overall, fourth in his heat, clocked 1:49.87)
Mohamed Mehdi Lagili – Tunisia (placed 45th overall, fifth in his heat, clocked 1:50.33)
Yacob Al-Khulaifi – Qatar (placed 66th overall, second in his heat, clocked 1:58.32)
Marwan El Kamash – (placed 16th overall, eighth in his semi, clocked 1:47.41)
Honia Ibrahim – Iraq (placed 44th overall, second in her heat, clocked 1:17.48)
Jennifer Rizkallah – Lebanon (52nd overall, third in her heat, clocked 1:10.36)
Hiba Fahzi – Morocco (46th overall, sixth in her heat, clocked 1:06.08)
Nooran Ba Matraf – Yemen (54th overall, fifth in her heat, clocked 1:12.38)
Mehdi Benbara – Algeria (37th overall, first in his heat, clocked 57.59)
Youssef Abdalla – Egypt (24th overall, eighth in his heat, clocked 55.60)
Adel Elfakir – Libya (38th overall, second in his heat, clocked 58.48)
Driss Lahrichi – Morocco (36th overall, sixth in his heat, clocked 57.46)
Yaaqoub Al Saadi – UAE (did not start)
Youssef El Kamash – Egypt (27th overall, ninth in his heat, clocked 27.79)
Abdulmalik ben Musa – Libya (72nd overall, second in his heat, clocked 32.92)
Anthony Souaiby – Lebanon (65th overall, third in his heat, clocked 30.84)
Azad Al Barazi – Syria (36th overall, sixth in his heat, clocked 28.13)
Wassim Elloumi – Tunisia (did not start)
Ebrahim Al-Maleki – Yemen (80th overall, seventh in his heat, clocked 38.98)
Ayman Kelzi – Syria (32nd overall, fourth in his heat, 2:01.44)
Rami Anis – Syrian refugee, competing under FINA flag (40th overall, second in his heat, clocked 2:06.02)
Ahmed Akram – Egypt (ninth overall, fifth in his heat, 7:51.41)
Oussama Sahnoune – Algeria (14th overall, second in his heat, qualified to semi-finals, clocked 48.75)
Mohamed Samy – Egypt (32nd overall, first in his heat, clocked 49.42)
Mokhtar Al Yamani – Yemen (61st overall, fourth in his heat, clocked 51.19)
Mohammed Bedour – Jordan (71st overall, 10th in his heat, clocked 52.68)
Farhan Farhan – Bahrain (73rd overall, second in his heat, clocked 52.83)
Adel Elfakir – Libya (74th overall, 10th in his heat, clocked 53.00)
Bakr Al-Dulaimi – Iraq (75th overall, fourth in his heat, clocked 53.12)
Souhail Hamouchane – Morocco (77th overall, fifth in his heat, clocked 53.52)
Anthony Souaiby – Lebanon (78th overall, first in his heat, clocked 53.62)
Abdalla Aboughazala – Qatar (88th overall, first in his heat, clocked 55.67)
Nabeel Hatoum – Palestine (92nd overall, fourth in his heat, clocked 56.08)
Oussama Sahnoune – Algeria (ninth overall, fifth in his heat, clocked 48.33)
Lara Aklouk – Jordan (34th overall, fourth in her heat, clocked 2:32.35)
Mohamed Khaled Hussein – Egypt (17th overall, fifth in his heat, clocked 2:00.68)
Abdul Rahman Al Kulaibi – Oman (43rd overall, third in his heat, clocked 2:19.06)
Hiba Fahsi – Morocco (48th overall, seventh in her heat, clocked 30.75)
Jennifer Rizkallah – Lebanon (54th overall, 10th in her heat, clocked 31.65)
Egypt (did not start)
Farida Osman – Egypt
Talita Baqlah – Jordan
Bayan Jumah – Syria
Youssef El Kamash – Egypt
Amro Al-Wir – Jordan
Wassim Elloumi – Tunisia
Honia Ibrahim – Iraq
Souad Cherouati – Algeria
Hania Moro – Egypt
Gabriella Doueihy – Lebanon
Oussama Sahnoune – Algeria
Farhan Farhan – Bahrain
Ali Khalafalla – Egypt
Bakr Al-Dulaimi – Iraq
Mohammed Bedour – Jordan
Anthony Barbar – Lebanon
Souhail Hamouchane – Morocco
Loiy Juwaihan – Palestine
Omar Eissa – Egypt
Abdullah Al-Doori – Iraq
Yacob Al-Khulaifi – Qatar
Ayman Kelzi – Syria
Ritaj Amin – Bahrain
Farida Osman – Egypt
Talita Baqlah – Jordan
Egypt
Tunisia
Ahmed Akram – Egypt
Ritaj Amin – Bahrain
Farida Osman – Egypt
Dara Al-Bakry – Jordan
Salie Al Atrash – Palestine
Bayan Jumah – Syria
Mehdi Benbara – Algeria
Mohamed Samy – Egypt
Driss Lahrichi – Morocco
Nabeel Hatoum – Palestine
Ebrahim Al-Maleki – Yemen
Algeria
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Ahmed Hamdy – Egypt
Egypt
Algeria