Athletics at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
Athletics at the XI Mediterranean Games | |
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2004 Olympic Games | |
Dates | 6–11 July |
Host city | Athens, Greece |
Venue | Olympic Stadium |
Events | 38 |
Participation | 15 nations |
Records set | 22 Games records |
← 1987 1993 → |
At the
Nine nations reached the medal table, with eight of them having an athlete top the podium. Italy was dominant, taking eleven gold medals and 38 overall. France was a clear second with nine golds from a haul of 25 medals. Algeria won the next highest number of golds (five), while Spain had the third largest overall medals with thirteen. Morocco also performed well (four golds and twelve in total) as did the host nation Greece (three golds and eleven overall).[1] A total of 22 games records were broken in Athens – this was over half of the event programme and only five field event records were unbeaten by the end of the tournament.[2]
Three former Olympic champions featured in Italy's team (
The games proved a launching point for many less-established athletes: the
Medal summary
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
Ezio Madonia (ITA) | 10.27 | Yiannis Zisimides (CYP) | 10.41 | Cengiz Kavaklıoğlu (TUR) | 10.44 |
200 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) |
Stefano Tilli (ITA) | 20.73 | Miguel Ángel Gómez (ESP) | 20.76 | Sandro Floris (ITA) | 20.96 |
400 metres | Olivier Noirot (FRA) | 45.41 | Fabio Grossi (ITA) | 45.93 | Abdelali Kasbane (MAR) | 45.9 |
800 metres | Réda Abdenouz (ALG) | 1:47.62 | Luis Javier González (ESP) | 1:47.84 | Tonino Viali (ITA) | 1:47.86 |
1500 metres | Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA) | 3:42.80 | Rachid El Basir (MAR) | 3:43.06 | Zeki Öztürk (TUR) | 3:43.22 |
5000 metres | Brahim Boutayeb (MAR) | 13:29.64 GR | Khalid Skah (MAR) | 13:30.00 | Antonio Martins (FRA) |
13:38.08 |
10,000 metres | Hammou Boutayeb (MAR) | 28:24.19 GR | Francesco Bennici (ITA) | 28:38.19 | Khalid Boulami (MAR) | 28:52.84 |
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
Dan Philibert (FRA) | 13.56 GR | Carlos Sala (ESP) | 13.64 | Fausto Frigerio (ITA) | 13.72 |
400 metres hurdles | Stéphane Caristan (FRA) | 49.27 GR | Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | 49.85 | Mauro Maurizi (ITA) | 50.05 |
3000 metres steeplechase | Azzedine Brahmi (ALG) | 8:21.58 | Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA) | 8:22.95 | Abdelaziz Sahere (MAR) | 8:24.15 |
4×100 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Mario Longo Carlo Simionato Sandro Floris Ezio Madonia |
39.12 | Spain (ESP) Juan Trapero Enrique Talavera Miguel Ángel Gómez Luis Turón |
39.39 | France (FRA) Antoine Richard Éric Perrot Olivier Théophile Pascal Théophile |
39.99 |
4×400 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Marco Vaccari Alessandro Aimar Fabio Grossi Andrea Nuti |
3:03.20 GR | Yugoslavia (YUG) Dejan Jovković Nenad Đurović Ismail Mačev Slobodan Branković |
3:03.74 | Morocco (MAR) Abdelali Kasbane Ali Dahane Bouchaib Belkaid Benyounés Lahlou |
3:03.75 |
Marathon | Salah Qoqaiche (MAR) | 2:20:26 | Gianluigi Curreli (ITA) | 2:20:54 | Christos Sotiropoulos (GRE) | 2:24:54 |
20 km walk | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:22:48 GR | Daniel Plaza (ESP) | 1:23:51 | Olegario Regidor (ESP) | 1:26:45 |
High jump | Othmane Belfaa (ALG) | 2.28 m GR | Luca Toso (ITA) | 2.26 m | Fabrizio Borellini (ITA) | 2.26 m |
Pole vault | Philippe d'Encausse (FRA) | 5.60 m GR | Jean-Marc Tailhardat (FRA) | 5.60 m | Marco Andreini (ITA) | 5.50 m |
Long jump | Konstandinos Koukodimos (GRE) | 8.26 m GR | Fausto Frigerio (ITA) | 8.15 m (w) | Giovanni Evangelisti (ITA) | 7.89 m |
Triple jump | Marios Hadjiandreou (CYP) | 17.13 m GR | Alex Norca (FRA) | 16.74 m | Lotfi Khaïda (ALG) | 16.64 m |
Shot put | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 19.38 m | Luciano Zerbini (ITA) | 19.25 m | Luc Viudès (FRA) | 19.05 m |
Discus throw | Luciano Zerbini (ITA) | 60.10 m | Marco Martino (ITA) | 59.82 m | David Martinez (ESP) |
59.16 m |
Hammer throw | Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) | 75.10 m GR | Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) | 74.78 m | Savvas Saritzoglou (GRE) | 70.06 m |
Javelin throw ( new model )
|
Julián Sotelo (ESP) | 76.04 m GR | Fabio De Gaspari (ITA) | 73.10 m | Charlus Bertimon (FRA) | 72.52 m |
Decathlon | Saša Karan (YUG) | 7771 pts GR | Alper Kasapoğlu (TUR) | 7650 pts | Efthimios Andreoglou (GRE) | 7513 pts |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +0.3 m/s) |
Voula Patoulidou (GRE) | 11.48 | Maguy Nestoret (FRA) | 11.50 | Magali Simioneck (FRA) | 11.53 |
200 metres (wind: +0.2 m/s) |
Marisa Masullo (ITA) | 23.21 GR | Fabienne Ficher (FRA) | 23.40 | Valérie Jean-Charles (FRA) | 23.52 |
400 metres | Julia Merino (ESP) | 51.88 GR | Véronique Poulain (FRA) | 52.85 | Francine Landre (FRA) | 53.43 |
800 metres | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 2:01.27 | Frédérique Quentin (FRA) | 2:01.51 | Nadia Falvo (ITA) | 2:02.58 |
1500 metres | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 4:08.17 | Irini Theodoridou (GRE) | 4:10.30 | Gabriella Dorio (ITA) | 4:10.63 |
3000 metres | Roberta Brunet (ITA) | 8:45.68 GR | Nadia Dandolo (ITA) | 8:46.94 | Amina Maanaoui (MAR) | 9:22.94 |
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.2 m/s) |
Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 12.88 GR | Voula Patoulidou (GRE) | 12.96 | María José Mardomingo (ESP) | 13.34 |
400 metres hurdles | Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 55.13 GR | Irmgard Trojer (ITA) | 55.42 | Nadia Zatouani (MAR) | 57.57 |
4×100 metres relay | France (FRA) Magali Simioneck Maguy Nestoret Fabienne Ficher Valérie Jean-Charles |
43.66 | Italy (ITA) Marisa Masullo Donatella Dal Bianco Daniela Ferrian Rossella Tarolo |
43.67 | Greece (GRE) Kanelidou Ekaterini Koffa Marina Vasarmidou Voula Patoulidou |
44.77 |
4×400 metres relay | France (FRA) Elsa Devassoigne Véronique Poulain Francine Landre Fabienne Ficher |
3:31.00 GR | Italy (ITA) Roberta Rabaioli Johanna Zuddas Barbara Martinelli Cosetta Campana |
3:33.68 | Spain (ESP) Idoia Granda Gregoria Ferrer Amaia Andrés Esther Lahoz |
3:34.21 |
High jump | Isabelle Chevallier (FRA) | 1.90 m | Niki Gavera (GRE) | 1.87 m | Niki Bakoyianni (GRE) | 1.87 m |
Long jump | Tamara Malešev (YUG) | 6.60 m GR | Valentina Uccheddu (ITA) | 6.52 m | Isabel López (ESP) | 6.14 m |
Shot put | Margarita Ramos (ESP) | 17.71 m | Agnese Maffeis (ITA) | 17.46 m | Mara Rosolen (ITA) | 15.95 m |
Discus throw | Agnese Maffeis (ITA) | 59.46 m GR | Isabelle Devaluez (FRA) | 56.14 m | Agnès Teppe (FRA) | 55.80 m |
Javelin throw ( old model )
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Anna Verouli (GRE) | 60.34 m | Nadine Auzeil (FRA) | 54.82 m | Aysel Taş (TUR) | 54.34 m |
Heptathlon (exhibition event) |
Yasmina Azzizi (ALG) | 6114 pts GR | Only one participant |
Medal table
* Host nation (Italy)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy* | 11 | 17 | 10 | 38 |
2 | France | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
3 | Algeria† | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Morocco | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
5 | Spain | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
6 | Greece | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
7 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Cyprus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Totals (9 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |
- † Excludes Yasmina Azzizi's gold in the heptathlon, as this was an exhibition event only.
Participation
Fifteen of the eighteen nations present at the 1991 edition of the games entered athletes into the athletics competition. Lebanon, Libya and Malta did not send any track and field athletes.[1]
References
- ^ a b Affiche officielle des JM d’Athènes 1991 Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine. CIJM (1991). Retrieved on 2013-07-28.
- ^ a b Mediterranean Games. GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-07-28.
- Results
- Affiche officielle des JM d’Athènes 1991. CIJM (1991). Retrieved on 2013-07-28.
- Mediterranean Games. GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-07-28.