Athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia and took place from 23 September to the 28.

Medal table

Medal summary Men's events 100 metres(wind: -0.6) 10.24 10.47 10.56200 metres(wind: +0.7 m/s) 20.74 21.02 21.14400 metres 45.89 GR 46.11 46.24800 metres 1:45.20 GR 1:46.38 1:46.661500 metres 3:41.00 GR 3:41.22 3:41.405000 metres 13:45.11 13:47.24 13:57.5510,000 metres 28:33.08 28:39.06 28:59.72Marathon 2:06:53 GR 2:07:15 2:10:113000 m steeplechase8:24.198:25.758:27.26110 metres hurdles(wind: -1.2 m/s) 13.85 13.88 13.92400 metres hurdles 49.70 GR 50.85 50.90High jump 2.26 m GR 2.24 m 2.20 mPole vault 5.30 m GR 5.30 m5.10 mLong jump 8.21 m GR 8.04 m 7.62 mTriple jump 16.90 m GR 16.55 m 16.55 mShot put 20.58 m GR 19.70 m 19.13 mDiscus throw 57.96 m 56.06 m 55.06 mHammer throw 69.92 m GR 69.42 m 68.56 mJavelin throw 81.08 m GR 78.42 m 76.72 mDecathlon 7744 pts GR 7345 pt 7327 pt20 km walk 1:23:51 GR 1:24:18 1:24:564×100 metres relay Gianfranco LazzerLuciano CaravaniGiovanni GrazioliPietro Mennea 39.27 GR Philippe LejoncourBernard PetitboisLucien Sainte-RoseAntoine Richard 39.98 Janez SagadinDragan ZarićAleksandar PopovićBorisav Pisić 40.534×400 metres relay Jacques FelliceRobert FroissartDidier DuboisFrancis Demarthon 3:03.67 GR Željko KnapićDragan ŽivotićRok KopitarJosip Alebić 3:04.33 Alfonso Di GuidaFlavio BorghiStefano MalinverniRoberto Tozzi 3:04.61

Women's events 100 metres(wind: -1.0 m/s) 11.48 GR 11.66 11.67200 metres(wind: +1.2 m/s) 23.26 GR 23.37 24.03400 metres 52.96 54.57 54.93800 metres 2:01.78 GR 2:03.73 2:04.031500 metres 4:06.71 GR 4:07.07 4:10.60100 metres hurdles(wind: -3.0 m/s) 13.87 14.33 14.65High jump 1.98 m GR 1.81 m 1.75 mLong jump 6.32 m GR 6.20 m 6.06 mShot put 16.80 m GR 16.69 m 16.17 mDiscus throw 52.92 m GR 49.24 m 48.82 mJavelin throw 57.96 m GR 57.06 m 54.50 mPentathlon 4424 pt 4180 pt 3994 pt4×100 metres relay Annie AlizéEmma SulterClaudine MasChantal Réga 44.58 GR Irma GalliPatrizia LombardoMarisa MasulloLaura Miano 45.32 Irini PagdatiAlexandra SiulisElisavet PantaziMaroula Lambrou 46.174×400 metres relay Jelica PavličićNađa AvdibašićElizabeta BožinovskaAna Guštin 3:38.91 Annie AlizéFlorence PicautVéronique RentiesClaudine Mas 3:56.84 –

Men's results 100 meters Heats – 23 SeptemberWind:Heat 1: +3.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Pietro Mennea 10.15 Q, GR100 m year list 2 1 Gianfranco Lazzer 10.33 Q 3 1 Philippe Lejoncour 10.52 Q 4 1 Omar Ghizlat 10.53 Q 5 1 Dragan Zarić 10.59 Q 6 2 Stratos Kosmas 10.62 Q 7 2 Antoine Richard 10.64 Q 8 2 Aleksandar Popović 10.66 Q 9 1 José Javier Arqués 10.74 Spanish results 10 1 Nikos Hadjnicolaou 10.77 11 2 Nabil Nahry 10.82 12 2 Ángel Heras 10.93 13 1 Alan Zammit 11.18 Final – 24 SeptemberWind:-0.6 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Pietro Mennea 10.24 4 Gianfranco Lazzer 10.47 2 Philippe Lejoncour 10.56 4 5 Antoine Richard 10.70 5 7 Omar Ghizlat 10.73 6 8 Aleksandar Popović 10.74 7 1 Kosmas Stratos 10.79 8 6 Dragan Zarić 10.90

200 meters Heats – 25 SeptemberWind:Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +1.7 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Bernard Petitbois 20.85 Q 2 1 Aleksandar Popović 21.04 Q 3 1 Omar Ghizlat 21.25 Q 4 1 Georgios Tzouvaras 21.26 Q 1 2 Luciano Caravani 21.08 Q 2 2 Nabil Nahry 21.64 Q 3 2 Ángel Heras 21.76 Q 4 2 Theodoros Gatzios 22.82 Q Final – 27 September

Wind: +0.7 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Luciano Caravani 20.74 3 Bernard Petitbois 21.02 7 Georgios Tzouvaras 21.14 4 1 Omar Ghizlat 21.14 5 6 Aleksandar Popović 21.25 6 8 Nabil Nahry 21.52 7 5 Ángel Heras 21.63 2 Theodoros Gatzios

400 meters Heats – 23 September Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Josip Alebić 46.68 Q 2 1 Didier Dubois 46.81 Q 3 1 Roberto Tozzi 47.02 Q 4 1 Nafe Mersaal 47.09 Q 5 1 Benjamín González 47.29 6 2 Stefano Malinverni 50.19 Q 7 2 Panagiotis Stefanopoulos 50.51 Q 8 2 Željko Knapić 50.57 Q 9 1 Darmanin 52.25 10 2 Francis Demarthon 53.09 Q Final – 25 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Francis Demarthon 45.89 Didier Dubois 46.11 Josip Alebić 46.24 4 Željko Knapić 46.42 5 Roberto Tozzi 46.80 6 Nafe Mersaal 46.87 7 Stefano Malinverni 47.00 8 Panagiotis Stefanopoulos 47.59

800 meters Heats – 23 September Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Sotirios Moutsanas 1:48.9 Q 2 1 Sermet Timurlenk 1:49.3 Q 3 1 Milovan Savić 1:49.6 Q 4 1 Roqui Sanchez 1:49.7 Q 5 1 Mehdi Aidet 1:50.0 6 1 Adorno Corradini 1:50.38 1 2 Dragan Životić 1:51.60 Q 2 2 Abderrahmane Morceli 1:51.8 Q 3 2 Mohamed Alouini 1:52.1 Q 4 2 Colomán Trabado 1:52.17 Q 5 2 Stavros Mermingis 1:52.3 Final – 25 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Dragan Životić 1:45.20 GR Abderrahmane Morceli 1:46.38 Sotirios Moutsanas 1:46.66 4 Milovan Savić 1.46.8 5 Colomán Trabado 1:47.37 6 Sermet Timurlenk 1:47.79 7 Mohamed Alouini 1:48.2 8 Roqui Sanchez 1:50.3

1500 meters Rank Name Nationality Time Notes José Marajo 3:41.00 GR Dragan Zdravković 3:41.22 Abderrahmane Morceli 3:41.40 Vittorio Fontanella 3:42.08 Christos Papachristos 3:42.3 Mehdi Aidet 3:42.7 Boško Božinović 3:43.0 Sermet Timurlenk 3:44.0 Alexandre Gonzalez 3:44.3 10 Fotios Kourtis 3:45.1 11 Fulvio Costa 3:50.41 12 Nabil Chouéry 3:50.9

5000 meters Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Luigi Zarcone 13:45.11 Rachid Habchaoui 13:47.24 El Hachemi Abdenouz 13:57.55 4 Saïd Aouita 14:06.6 5 Piero Selvaggio 14:07.19 6 Stanko Lisec 14:10.6 7 Necdet Ayaz 14:16.0 8 Vojko Arzenšek 14:23.6

10,000 meters 23 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Abdelmadjid Mada 28:33.08 Luigi Zarcone 28:39.06 Rachid Habchaoui 28:59.72 4 Dušan Janićijević 29:17.3 5 Jean-Paul Gomez 29:38.7 6 Slavko Kuzmanović 29:55.4 7 Spyridon Nakos 29:56.6 Necdet Ayaz

Marathon 28 SeptemberThe results are unofficial as the distance was 41.3 km, thus shorter than the required 42.195 kilometres. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Michael Koussis 2:06:53* Marco Marchei 2:07:15* Mehmet Terzi 2:10:11* Numan Ukić 2:11:18* Orlando Pizzolato 2:12:33* Anastasios Psathas 2:13:56* Abel Perau 2:14:15* Pero Budija 2:14:15* Veli Balli 2:14:50* 10 Mahni Houcin * Guy Connan Fernand Kolbeck Abdelmajid Mada

110 meters hurdles 28 SeptemberWind: -1.2 m/s110 m hurdles year list Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Borisav Pisić 13.85 Giuseppe Buttari 13.88 Javier Moracho 13.92 4 Emile Raybois 14.05 5 Petros Evripidou 14.09 6 Petar Vukićević 14.14 7 Carlos Sala 14.33 8 Ilhan Agibas 15.05

400 meters hurdles 24 September Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Rok Kopitar 49.70 GR 6 Claude Anicet 50.85 1 Fulvio Zorn 50.90 4 5 Giorgio Ballati 51.18 5 3 Georgios Rambotas 51.40 6 8 Antonio Rivero 51.41 7 7 Janez Penka 52.98

3000 meters steeplechase 27 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mariano Scartezzini 8:24.19 Domingo Ramón 8:25.75 Philippe Gauthier 8:27.26 4 Bilko Kačar 8:32.59 5 Nikolaos Chalatsis 8:33.97 6 Lahcene Babaci 8:39.9 7 Michele Cinà 8:40.6 8 Petar Svet 8:55.9 9 Abderrazak Bounour 8:59.9

4 × 100 meters relay 28 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Gianfranco Lazzer, Luciano Caravani, Giovanni Grazioli, Pietro Mennea 39.27 GR Philippe Lejoncour, Antoine Richard, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Bernard Petitbois 39.98 Janez Sagadin, Dragan Zarić, Aleksandar Popović, Borisav Pisić 40.53 4 41.12 5 Javier Moracho, Carlos Sala, José Javier Arqués, Ángel Heras 41.33

4 × 400 meters relay 28 September Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Jacques Fellice, Robert Froissart, Didier Dubois, Francis Demarthon 3:03.67 GR Željko Knapić, Dragan Životić, Rok Kopitar, Josip Alebić 3:04.33 Alfonso Di Guida, Flavio Borghi, Stefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi 3:04.61 4 Antonio Rivero, Ángel Heras, Benjamín González, Colomán Trabado 3:11.2

20 kilometers walk 24 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Gérard Lelièvre 1:23:51 GR José Marín 1:24:18 Carlo Mattioli 1:24:56 4 Giorgio Damilano 1:25:31 5 Jorge Llopart 1:28:59 6 Dominique Guebey 1:30:09 7 Vinko Galušić 1:34:56 8 Lazo Pejčić 1:37:05

High jump 28 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Massimo Di Giorgio 2.26 GR Oscar Raise 2.26 Danial Temim 2.20 4 Francis Agbo 2.20 5 Dimitrios Patronis 2.17 6 Frank Bonnet 2.17 7 Abdelhamid Sahil 2.17 8 Ekrem Özdamar 2.14 9 Vaso Komnenić 2.14

Pole vault 27 September Rank Name Nationality 4.80 5.00 5.10 5.20 5.30 5.45 5.50 Result Notes Philippe Houvion o xxx 5.30 GR Jean-Michel Bellot – – xxo – xxo – xxx 5.30 Roger Oriol o o o xxx 5.10 4 Dimitrios Kyteas 5.00 5 Vincenzo Bellone 4.80 Miran Bizjak Želimir Šarcevic

Long jump 27 September Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Nenad Stekić 8.09 8.01 8.04 7.89 8.21 8.10 8.21 GR Philippe Deroche 7.63 8.04 7.68 7.77 x x 8.04 Miljenko Rak 7.62 4 Gilbert Zante 7.59 5 Carlo Arrighi 7.51 6 Evangelos Tsoulias 7.29 7 Temel Erbek 7.10

Triple jump 27 September Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Bernard Lamitié 16.90 GR Miloš Srejović 16.55 Milan Spasojević 16.55 4 Christian Valétudie 16.50 5 Roberto Mazzucato 16.37 6 José Luis Rodríguez x 15.77 15.44 16.18 16.16 16.35 16.35 7 Temel Erbek 15.65 8 Paolo Piapan 15.44

Shot put 24 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Vladimir Milić 20.58 GR Nagui Yusuf Assad 19.70 Ivan Ivančić 19.13 4 Luc Viudès 18.93 5 Angelo Groppelli 18.46 6 Luigi De Santis 17.91 7 Ali Fayez Emad 17.20 8 Mohmed Fahiti 15.00

Discus throw Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Armando De Vincentiis 57.96 Hassan Ahmed Hamad 56.06 Silvano Simeon 55.06 4 Abderrazak Benhassine 54.84 5 Dimitar Marčeta 53.38 6 Vladimir Milić 52.90 7 Mohmed Fahiti 46.12

Hammer throw 25 September Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Giampaolo Urlando 69.92 GR Edoardo Podberscek 69.42 Srećko Štiglić 68.56 4 Vassilios Magganas 63.56 5 Dražen Goijć 61.94

Javelin throw Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Penisio Lutui 81.08 GR Tarek Chaabani 78.42 Neđo Đurović 76.72 4 Ioannis Peristeris 74.44 5 Miran Globevnik 65.52 Vincenzo Marchetti

Decathlon 24–25 SeptemberDecathlon results (p27)

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes Eric Motti 11.35 7.30 14.17 2.09 49.85 15.46 41.32 4.15 63.30 4:44.2 7744 GR Darko Cujnik 11.30 6.90 13.39 1.86 49.50 16.08 41.58 3.70 64.06 4:33.7 7345 Joško Vlašić 11.56 7.30 13.44 1.97 51.30 15.36 41.60 3.30 57.30 4:24.3 7327 4 Hubert Indra 11.72 6.64 13.52 1.89 52.31 15.76 39.60 4.30 57.62 4:40.2 7135 5 Elie Sfeir 11.81 6.55 12.92 1.86 53.17 16.60 34.22 3.40 55.18 4:39.00 6548 6 Stefanos Simeonidis 11.52 7.19 11.07 1.89 52.64 17.32 33.82 4.00 44.34 4:54.8 6522 Konstantinos Kostis 11.29 7.26 13.56 2.01 53.03 15.34 39.84

Women's results 100 meters Heats – 24 SeptemberWind:Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Chantal Réga 11.79 Q 1 1 Marisa Masullo 11.80 Q 2 2 Laura Miano 11.92 Q 4 1 Dolores Vives 12.22 q Final – 24 SeptemberWind:-1.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Chantal Réga 11.48 GR Marisa Masullo 11.66 Laura Miano 11.67 4 Annie Alizé 11.71 5 Dejana Sokač 11.97 6 Nawal El Moutawakel 12.13 7 Dolores Vives 12.23 8 Verica Petrović 12.26

200 meters 27 SeptemberWind:+1.2 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Marisa Masullo 23.26 4 Annie Alizé 23.37 1 Claudine Mas 24.03 4 3 Verica Petrović 24.64 5 8 Nawal El Moutawakel 24.64 6 7 Dolores Vives 24.97 6 Dejana Sokač

400 meters Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jelica Pavličić 52.96 Ana Guštin 54.57 Georgia Troumbouki 54.93 4 Sarra Touibi 56.75

800 meters 25 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Gabriella Dorio 2:01.78 GR Agnese Possamai 2:03.73 Nađa Avdibašić 2:04.03 4 Rosa Ochandiano 2:07.2 5 Zora Tomecić 2:08.6 6 Hassania Darami 2:09.4 7 Neşe Çetin 2:11.7

1500 meters 28 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Margherita Gargano 4:06.71 GR Gabriella Dorio 4:07.07 Sakina Boutamine 4:10.60 4 Mercedes Calleja 4:15.4 5 Véronique Renties 4:16.5 6 Breda Pergar 4:16.8 7 Rosa Ochandiamo 4:17.5 8 Hassania Darami 4:18.3

100 meters hurdles Wind: -3.0 m/s