Athletics at the 1955 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1955 Mediterranean Games
Dates18–24 July
Host citySpain Barcelona
VenueEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Events24
Participation175 athletes from
7 nations


Athletics at the 1955 Mediterranean Games were held in Barcelona, Spain[1] and took place between 18 July and 24 July.[2][3]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Spain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France1010828
2 Italy93517
3 Turkey2226
4 Greece1449
5 Egypt1427
6 Spain*1135
Totals (6 entries)24242472

Medal summary

Track

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Luigi Gnocchi (ITA) 10.9 =GR  Alain David (FRA) 11.0  Sergio D'Asnasch (ITA) 11.0
200 metres  Luigi Gnocchi (ITA) 21.6 GR  Vincenzo Lombardo (ITA) 21.7  Wolfango Montanari (ITA) 21.7
400 metres  Jacques Degats (FRA) 47.3 GR  Pierre Haarhoff (FRA) 47.5  Vincenzo Lombardo (ITA) 47.8
800 metres  Ekrem Koçak (TUR) 1:50.0 GR  René Djian (FRA) 1:51.1  Evangelos Depastas (GRE) 1:52.4
1500 metres  Ekrem Koçak (TUR) 3:50.2 GR  Cahit Önel (TUR) 3:52.2  Antoine Vincendon (FRA) 3:53.2
5000 metres  Alain Mimoun (FRA) 14:27.6 GR  Osman Coşgül (TUR) 14:39.0  Jean Carron (FRA) 14:40.4
10,000 metres  Alain Mimoun (FRA) 30:23.6 GR  Luis García (ESP) 31:32.8  Raymond Mahaut (FRA) 31:48.2
Marathon  Abdul Herin (EGY) 2:50:35 GR  Ali Hamid (EGY) 2:53.57  Erturan Haydar (TUR) 2:58.07
110 metres hurdles  Philippe Candau (FRA) 14.9 GR  Jacques Dohen (FRA) 15.2  Jean-Claude Bernard (FRA) 15.4
400 metres hurdles  Guy Cury (FRA) 52.4 GR  Robert Bart (FRA) 52.8  Armando Filiput (ITA) 53.4
3000 m steeplechase  Georgios Papavasileiou (GRE) 9:20.6 GR  Julien Soucours (FRA) 9:23.6  José Teixeira (ESP) 9:26.8
4 x 100 metres relay  Italy
Giovanni Ghiselli
Sergio D'Asnasch
Wolfango Montanari
Luigi Gnocchi
41.0 GR  Greece
Nikolaos Georgopoulos
Dimitrios Kipouros
Stefanos Petrakis
Konstantinos Tsalamanios
42.6  Egypt
Mustafa Marhoum
Emad El-Din Shafei
Fawzi Chaaban
Yussef Zein El Abdin
42.8
4 x 400 metres relay  France
Jacques Degats
Pierre Haarhoff
René Galland
Jean-Paul Martin du Gard
3:12.8 GR  Italy
Luigi Grossi
Mario Paoletti
Vincenzo Lombardo
Baldassare Porto
3:14.4  Egypt
Hassan Ahmed Ragab
Fadl El Sayed
Nashat El Kholi
Farouk Tadros
3:16.2
10 km walk  Pino Dordoni (ITA) 48:21.8 GR  Roland Griset (FRA) 48:44.2  Louis Chevalier (FRA) 49:47.4
50 km walk  Abdon Pamich (ITA) 5:03:33  Roger Chaylat (FRA) 5:20:07  Francisco Villoldo (ESP) 5:36:07

Field

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump  Maurice Fournier (FRA) 1.98 m  Papagallo Thiam (FRA) 1.98 m  Çetin Şahiner (TUR) 1.90 m
Pole vault  Giulio Chiesa (ITA) 4.28 m GR  Georgios Roubanis (GRE) 4.25 m  Victor Sillon (FRA) 4.20 m
Long jump  Luigi Ulivelli (ITA) 7.17 m  Emad El Din Shafei (EGY) 7.11 m  René Cucuat (FRA) 7.10 m
Triple jump  Éric Battista (FRA) 14.93 m GR  Fawzi Chaaban (EGY) 14.59 m  Konstantinos Sfikas (GRE) 14.58 m
Shot put  Raymond Thomas (FRA) 15.70 m GR  Georgios Tsakanikas (GRE) 15.49 m  Silvano Meconi (ITA) 15.35 m
Discus throw  Adolfo Consolini (ITA) 52.81 m GR  Antonios Kounadis (GRE) 47.23 m  Konstantinos Giataganas (GRE) 45.63 m
Hammer throw  Teseo Taddia (ITA) 55.14 m GR  Guy Husson (FRA) 54.31 m  Dimitrios Boulboutzis (GRE) 48.23 m
Javelin throw  Michel Macquet (FRA) 69.00 m GR  Francesco Ziggiotti (ITA) 66.22 m  Pedro Apellániz (ESP) 62.64 m
Decathlon  Bernardino Adarraga (ESP) 5693 pts GR  Mohamed Saïd Zaki (EGY) 5633 pts  Robert Vaussenat (FRA) 5262 pts

Participating nations

Results

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1500 meters

21 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ekrem Koçak  Turkey 3:50.2 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cahit Önel  Turkey 3:52.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antoine Vincendon  France 3:53.2
4 Tomás Barris Spain 3:53.8 NR
5 Jean Vaillant  France 3:55.0
6 Georgios Papavasileiou Greece 3:55.2
7 Gianfranco Baraldi  Italy 3:55.6
8 Bernard Rohée  France 3:56.6
9 José María Giménez Spain 3:58.8
10 Turhan Göker  Turkey ?:??.?
11 Manuel Macías Spain ?:??.?

5000 meters

22 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alain Mimoun  France 14:27.6 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Osman Coşgül  Turkey 14:39.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean Carron  France 14:40.4
4 Georgios Papavasileiou Greece 14:41.2
5 Luis García Spain 14:49.6
6 Maurice Simonet  France 15:00.8
7 José Molíns Spain 15:03.0
8 Mahmoud El Rashidi Egypt 15:24.0

10,000 meters

24 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alain Mimoun  France 30:23.6 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Luis García Spain 31:32.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Raymond Mahaut  France 31:48.2
4 Mustafa Özcan  Turkey 31:53.2
5 Mahmoud Saleh El Rashidi Egypt 32:05.6
6 Jesús Hurtado Spain 33:16.4

Marathon

18 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdul Herin Egypt 2:50:35 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ali Hamid Egypt 2:53.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erturan Haydar  Turkey 2:58.07
Jean Barthélémy  France DNF
André Bouder  France DNF
Jaime Guixa Spain DNF
Tomás Ostariz Spain DNF
Jaime Castro Spain DNF

110 meters hurdles

400 meters hurdles

3000 meters steeplechase

23 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Georgios Papavasileiou Greece 9:20.6 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julien Soucours  France 9:23.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) José Teixeira Spain 9:26.8
4 Mustafa Özcan  Turkey 9:38.8
5 Alonzo Cerezo Spain 9:39.8
6 Félix Bidegui Spain 9:44.6
7 Belkacem Chikhane  France 9:48.2
8 Robert Boutard  France 9:49.6

4 × 100 meters relay

24 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy Giovanni Ghiselli, Sergio D'Asnasch, Wolfango Montanari, Luigi Gnocchi 41.0 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greece Nikolaos Georgopoulos, Dimitrios Kipouros, Stefanos Petrakis, Konstantinos Tsalamanios 42.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Egypt Mustafa Marhoum, Emad El-Din Shafei, Fawzi Chaaban, Yussef Zein El Abdin 42.8
4 Spain Melanio Asensio, Marcelino Hosta, José María Alonso, Juan Miguel López 44.00
 France Jacques Derderian, ?, ?, ? DNF

4 × 400 meters relay

24 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France Jacques Degats, Pierre Haarhoff, René Galland, Jean-Paul Martin du Gard 3:12.8 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy Luigi Grossi, Mario Paoletti, Vincenzo Lombardo, Baldassare Porto 3:14.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Egypt Hassan Ahmed Ragab, Fadl El Sayed, Nashat El Kholi, Farouk Tadros 3:16.2
4 Greece Leonidas Kormalis, Konstantinos Moragemos, Vassilios Syllis, Evangelos Depastas 3:19.4
5 Spain Fernando Bremón, Juan Cruz Echeandia, Francisco Ruf, Manuel García 3:20.0 NR

10 kilometers walk

21 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pino Dordoni  Italy 48:21.8 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roland Griset  France 48:44.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Louis Chevalier  France 49:47.4
4 Alberto Gurt Spain 50:39.4
5 Ioannis Skamangas Greece 51:22.0
6 José Planas Spain 51:46.0
7 Manuel Gracia Spain 52:50.0

50 kilometers walk

23 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdon Pamich  Italy 5:03:33
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roger Chaylat  France 5:20:07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Francisco Villoldo Spain 5:36:07
4 Antonio Farres Spain 6:06:45
Raymond Leborgne  France DNF

High jump

22 July

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maurice Fournier  France 1.98
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Papagallo Thiam  France 1.98
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Çetin Şahiner  Turkey 1.90
4 Georges Damitio  France 1.85
5 Ioannis Koinis Greece 1.85
6 Juan Ignacio Ariño Spain 1.85
7 Erdal Ekkan  Turkey 1.85
8 Georgios Marsellos Greece 1.85
9 Salvador Morales Spain 1.75

Pole vault

24 July

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giulio Chiesa  Italy 4.28 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georgios Roubanis Greece 4.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Victor Sillon  France 4.20
4 Rigas Efstathiadis Greece 4.00
5 Roland Gras  France 4.00
6 Gamal El Shibiny Egypt 3.70
7 Fernando Adarraga Spain 3.60
8 Salvador Vadillo Spain 3.50

Long jump

23 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Luigi Ulivelli  Italy x x 7.11 x 7.17 6.90 7.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Emad El Din Shafei Egypt 6.69 7.11 7.05 x 6.95 7.05 7.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) René Cucuat  France 7.10 7.00 x 6.82 7.10 x 7.10
4 Dimitrios Kipouros Greece 6.70 6.99 7.10 6.98 6.95 7.00 7.10
5 Antoine Bernal  France x 6.94 x 7.00 x 7.05 7.05
6 Ernest Wanko  France 6.77 6.29 6.93 6.83 x 6.93
7 José María Alonso Spain 6.91
8 Luis Pérez Spain 6.86
9 Yarwant Bervekzyan Egypt 6.61
10 Ural Suphi  Turkey 6.58
11 Fawzi Chaaban Egypt 6.52

Triple jump

20 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Éric Battista  France 14.93 14.56 14.72 14.42 x 14.57 14.93 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fawzi Chaaban Egypt 14.59 14.54 x 14.07 x 14.22 14.59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Konstantinos Sfikas Greece 14.58 14.25 14.45 x 13.91 x 14.58
4 Serge Gaiddon  France 14.37 14.25 14.35 12.66 13.07 14.05 14.37
5 Manuel Surroca Spain 13.81 12.73 13.61 13.21 x 13.13 13.81
6 José Parellada Spain 13.34 x x x 13.15 12.60 13.34
7 Leandro García Spain 13.81 12.73 13.61 13.21 x 13.13 13.21
8 Pierre Thiolon  France 13.34 x x x 13.15 12.60 13.15

Shot put

22 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Raymond Thomas  France 15.00 15.48 15.34 14.60 15.19 15.70 15.70 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georgios Tsakanikas Greece 13.85 15.13 15.49 15.49 15.04 15.41 15.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silvano Meconi  Italy 14.89 14.86 14.86 14.64 15.24 15.35 15.35
4 Gérard Ernst  France 13.34 14.00 13.89 14.27 14.44 14.65 14.65
5 Jean Darot  France 13.94 x x x 13.99 13.86 13.99
6 Alfonso Vidal Spain 12.76 12.81 12.62 12.33 12.91 12.71 12.91
7 José del Pino Spain 12.76

Discus throw

23 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adolfo Consolini  Italy 48.10 49.23 50.98 50.53 52.81 44.95 52.81 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antonios Kounadis Greece x 43.74 34.80 46.75 47.23 44.58 47.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Konstantinos Giataganas Greece 45.31 x 45.63 45.00 x x 45.63
4 Jean Guesdon  France 39.94 42.73 42.58 42.24 45.25 43.63 45.25
5 Jean Darot  France 43.73 44.93 43.20 45.08 45.06 42.83 45.08
6 Jean Maissant  France 44.69 44.26 44.79 42.25 43.30 43.45 44.79
7 Turan Nuri  Turkey 42.38
8 Alfonso Vidal Spain 41.69
9 José Luis Torres Spain 40.84

Hammer throw

21 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Teseo Taddia  Italy 54.32 x x 55.09 x 55.14 55.14 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guy Husson  France 48.78 50.27 x 54.31 47.87 52.38 54.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dimitrios Boulboutzis Greece 45.59 x 48.23 47.65 44.09 47.23 48.23
4 Salvador Bosch Spain x 43.26 46.00 47.23 43.49 45.27 47.23

Javelin throw

24 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michel Macquet  France 56.39 64.18 63.34 68.13 69.00 67.45 69.00 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Francesco Ziggiotti  Italy 64.88 61.04 66.22 57.11 63.62 63.55 66.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pedro Apellániz Spain 48.38 62.64 x 54.54 x x 62.64
4 Oleg Syrovatski  France 55.07 61.92 61.83 61.60 62.60 59.78 62.60
5 Jacques Guénard  France 55.32 49.49 60.98 56.52 58.54 59.66 60.98
6 Mohamed Atef Ismail Egypt 60.54 x 53.93 55.43 54.79 59.94 60.54

Decathlon

20–21 July

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernardino Adarraga Spain 12.0 6.22 12.65 1.65 53.0 17.0 38.97 3.50 53.59 4:30.4 5693 GR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mohamed Saïd Zaki Egypt 11.4 6.88 11.95 1.60 50.8 18.1 35.50 3.70 43.10 4:41.0 5633
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Vaussenat  France 11.5 6.22 11.29 1.60 52.1 15.7 30.58 3.05 43.75 4:44.2 5262
4 Fotios Kosmas Greece 11.8 6.12 10.65 1.50 51.1 16.8 31.60 3.05 43.85 ? 4529
Manuel González Spain 11.6 6.67 11.63 1.65 51.5 19.4 36.53 DNF DNF

References

  1. ^ "Mediterranean Games – Past Medallists". sports-gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  3. ^ "Full results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2020-11-02.