Athletics at the 1971 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
Dates12 – 17 October
Host cityTurkey İzmir
VenueAtatürk Stadium
Events24 + 8
Participation12 nations


Athletics at the 1971 Mediterranean Games were held in İzmir, Turkey[1] and lasted from 12 to 17 October.[2]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy1211225
2 Greece63413
3 Yugoslavia55919
4 France4239
5 Spain25613
6 Tunisia2204
7 Egypt1102
8 Turkey*0246
9 Morocco0134
10 Algeria0011
Totals (10 entries)32323296

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)  Vasilis Papageorgopoulos (GRE) 10.4  Mohamed Belkhodja (TUN) 10.7  Ivica Karasi (YUG) 10.7
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 20.7 GR  Ivica Karasi (YUG) 21.2  Predrag Križan (YUG) 21.4
400 metres  Kyriakos Onisiforou (GRE) 46.9 GR  Giacomo Puosi (ITA) 47.1  Luciano Sušanj (YUG) 47.2
800 metres  Mansour Guettaya (TUN) 1:47.6 GR  Jože Međimurec (YUG) 1:48.1  Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG) 1:48.2
1500 metres  Mansour Guettaya (TUN) 3:46.5 GR  Franco Arese (ITA) 3:47.6  Mehmet Tümkan (TUR) 3:48.8
5000 metres  Javier Álvarez (ESP) 13:37.2 GR  Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN) 13:40.8  Jadour Haddou (MAR) 13:44.0
10,000 metres  Javier Álvarez (ESP) 28:52.2 GR  Mariano Haro (ESP) 28:54.4  Giuseppe Cindolo (ITA) 28:59.0
Marathon  Gian Battista Bassi (ITA) 2:23:33  Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR) 2:24.14  İsmail Akçay (TUR) 2:28.35
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +0.3 m/s)
 Guy Drut (FRA) 13.7 GR  Sergio Liani (ITA) 14.2  Efstratios Vassiliou (GRE) 14.2
400 metres hurdles  Stavros Tziortzis (GRE) 51.0 GR  Manuel Soriano (ESP) 51.2  Francisco Suárez (ESP) 51.4
3000 m steeplechase  Jean-Paul Villain (FRA) 8:30.0 GR  Spyridon Kondossoros (GRE) 8:35.4  Umberto Risi (ITA) 8:40.8
4x100 metres relay  Italy
Ennio Preatoni
Pasqualino Abeti
Vincenzo Guerini
Pietro Mennea
39.7 GR  Yugoslavia
Ivan Karasi
Predrag Križan
Miro Kocuvan
Luciano Sušanj
40.5  Morocco
Moulay Ahmed Hasnaoui
Omar Ghizlat
Omar Chokmane
Mohamed El Kheir
41.1
4x400 metres relay  Italy
Sergio Bello
Daniele Giovanardi
Lorenzo Cellerino
Giacomo Puosi
3:07.5 GR  Yugoslavia
Ivan Karasi
Miro Kocuvan
Jože Međimurec
Luciano Sušanj
3:08.1  Morocco
Moulay Ahmed Hasnaoui
Omar Ghizlat
Salah Fettouh
Omar Chokmane
3:08.4
20 km walk  Pasquale Busca (ITA) 1:36:55 GR  Victor Campos (ESP) 1:41:11  Agustin Jorba (ESP) 1:47:03
50 km walk  Abdon Pamich (ITA) 4:21:21 GR  Vittorio Visini (ITA) 4:29:19  Hasan Oz (TUR) 4:54:06
High jump  Gian Marco Schivo (ITA) 2.11 m  Ioannis Koussoulas (GRE) 2.11 m  Dimitrios Patronis (GRE) 2.08 m
Pole vault  Christos Papanikolaou (GRE) 5.20 m GR  Ignacio Sola (ESP) 4.70 m  Théodoros Tongas (GRE) 4.50 m
Long jump  Jack Pani (FRA) 7.90 m GR  Miljenko Rak (YUG) 7.78 m  Mariano Perez (ESP) 7.40 m
Triple jump  Milan Spasojević (YUG) 16.18 m  Apostolos Kathiniotis (GRE) 15.84 m  Jésus Bartholomé (ESP) 15.68 m
Shot put  Nagui Asaad (EGY) 20.19 m GR  Lahcen Samsam Akka (MAR) 18.85 m  Yves Brouzet (FRA) 18.69 m
Discus throw  Silvano Simeon (ITA) 57.64 m GR  Nagui Asaad (EGY) 54.72 m  Marian Gredelj (YUG) 54.32 m
Hammer throw  Georgios Georgiadis (GRE) 68.76 m GR  Mario Vecchiato (ITA) 67.64 m  Srećko Štiglić (YUG) 66.28 m
Javelin throw  Renzo Cramerotti (ITA) 78.04 m GR  Recep Kalender (TUR) 61.34 m  Ali Aydin (TUR) 59.80 m
Decathlon  Vassilios Sevastis (GRE) 7222 pts GR  Rafael Cano (ESP) 7072 pts  Pedro Pablo Fernandez (ESP) 6934 pts

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Cecilia Molinari (ITA) 11.9  Nicole Pani (FRA) 12.0  Michèle Beugnet (FRA) 12.1
400 metres  Colette Besson (FRA) 53.0  Donata Govoni (ITA) 54.4  Josefina Salgado (ESP) 56.0
800 metres  Vera Nikolić (YUG) 2:02.2  Donata Govoni (ITA) 2:04.9  Colette Besson (FRA) 2:07.2
1500 metres  Vera Nikolić (YUG) 4:20.3  Paola Pigni (ITA) 4:22.6  Đurđica Rajher (YUG) 4:23.0
100 metres hurdles  Milena Leskovac (YUG) 14.0  Ileana Ongar (ITA) 14.1  Đurđa Fočić (YUG) 14.5
4x100 metres relay  Italy
Maddalena Grassano
Laura Nappi
Ileana Ongar
Cecilia Molinari
45.6  France
Colette Besson
Michèle Beugnet
Nicole Pani
Odette Ducas
45.6  Yugoslavia
Đurđa Fočić
Milena Leskovac
Breda Babošek
Vera Nikolić
48.4
High jump  Snežana Hrepevnik (YUG) 1.77 m GR  Sara Simeoni (ITA) 1.74 m  Breda Babošek (YUG) 1.74 m
Discus throw  Roberta Grottini (ITA) 48.90 m  Maria Stella Masocco (ITA) 47.44 m  Despina Kafenidou (GRE) 46.06 m

Men's results

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1500 meters

5000 meters

10,000 meters

16 October[7]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Javier Álvarez Spain 28:52.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mariano Haro Spain 28:54.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giuseppe Cindolo  Italy 28:59.0
4 Abdelkader Zaddem Tunisia 29:18.4
5 Abdel Hamid Khamis Egypt 30:04.2
6 Ioannis Birbilis Greece 30:30.8
7 Mohamed Gouasmi  Algeria 30:33.8
8 Hamza Canavar  Turkey 30:38.0
9 A. Fitos  Turkey 31:41.6
Mohamed Gammoudi Tunisia DNF

Marathon

17 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gian Battista Bassi  Italy 2:23:33
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hüseyin Aktaş  Turkey 2:24:14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) İsmail Akçay  Turkey 2:28:35
4 Agustín Fernández Spain 2:34:02
5 Stamatios Milas Greece 2:36:43
6 Francesco Amante  Italy 2:40:17
7 Souleiman Tabet Syria 2:53:12
Mariano Haro Spain DNF [3]

110 meters hurdles

400 meters hurdles

3000 meters steeplechase

16 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Paul Villain  France 8:30.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spyridon Kondossoros Greece 8:35.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Umberto Risi  Italy 8:40.8
4 Boualem Rahoui  Algeria 8:47.8
5 Panagiotis Nakopoulos Greece 8:48.2
6 Vicente Egido Spain 8:56.0
7 Julio Gude Spain 8:56.2
8 Murat Tascioglu  Turkey 9:19.6
9 Mehmet Akgün  Turkey 9:23.8
10 Khalife Syria 9:26.6

4 × 100 meters relay

15 October

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy Ennio Preatoni, Pasqualino Abeti, Vincenzo Guerini, Pietro Mennea 39.7 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yugoslavia Ivan Karasi, Predrag Križan, Miro Kocuvan, Luciano Sušanj 40.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco Moulay Ahmed Hasnaoui, Omar Ghizlat, Omar Chokmane, Mohamed El Kheir 41.1 NR
4 Tunisia 41.1
5 Greece 41.1
6  Turkey 41.7

4 × 400 meters relay

16 October

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy Sergio Bello, Daniele Giovanardi, Gian Lorenzo Cellerino, Giacomo Puosi 3:07.5 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yugoslavia Ivan Karasi, Miro Kocuvan, Jože Međimurec, Luciano Sušanj 3:08.1 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Morocco Moulay Ahmed Hasnaoui, Omar Ghizlat, Salah Fettouh, Omar Chokmane 3:08.4 NR
4 Spain Alfonso Gabernet, Manuel Gayoso, Francisco Suárez, Manuel Soriano 3:08.7
5 Greece 3:12.4
6  Turkey 3:16.5
7 Libya 3:19.1

20 kilometers walk

12 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pascale Busca  Italy 1:36:55.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Victor Campos Spain 1:41:11.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Agustín Jorba Spain 1:47:03.2
4 Aynur Aynan  Turkey 1:50:43.6
Hasan Öz  Turkey DNF
Georgios Fakiolas Greece DNF
Abdon Pamich  Italy DNF

50 kilometers walk

14 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdon Pamich  Italy 4:21:21.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vittorio Visini  Italy 4:29:19.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hasan Öz  Turkey 4:54:06.6
4 Aynur Ayhan  Turkey 5:05:02.2
Georgios Fakiolas Greece DQ

High jump

16 October

Rank Name Nationality 1.85 1.95 2.00 2.05 2.08 2.11 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gian Marco Schivo  Italy 2.11
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ioannis Kousoulas Greece 2.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dimitrios Patronis Greece 2.08
4 Erminio Azzaro  Italy 2.05
5 Murat Ayata  Turkey 2.00
6 Luis María Garriga Spain xo xx 2.00
7 José Ocio Spain o o xo xxx 2.00
8 Nurullah Candan  Turkey 2.00
9 Chaouach Syria 1.90

Pole vault

15 October

Rank Name Nationality 3.90 4.40 4.50 4.70 4.90 5.20 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christos Papanikolaou Greece 5.20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ignacio Sola Spain xo xxx 4.70
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Theodoros Tongas Greece 4.50
4 Mohamed Alaa Gheyta Tunisia 4.40
5 Ömer Giraygil  Turkey 4.40
6 Mohamed Nasser  Lebanon 4.40
7 Tayfun Aygun  Turkey 3.90

Long jump

13 October

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jacques Pani  France 7.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Miljenko Rak  Yugoslavia 7.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mariano Pérez Spain x x 7.19 7.40 x x 7.40 [3]
4 Hamed Ezzedine Yacoub Egypt 7.32
5 Gürol Dinsel  Turkey 7.15
6 Sinan Şenulaş  Turkey 7.00
7 Abdul Majib Touraifi Syria 6.63

Triple jump

15 October

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Milan Spasojević  Yugoslavia 16.18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Apostolos Kathiniotis Greece 15.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jésus Bartholomé Spain 15.31 15.64 15.68 15.21 15.09 x 15.68 [3]
4 Luis Felipe Areta Spain 15.05 15.64 x 15.33 15.48 15.49 15.64 [3]
5 Aşkın Tuna  Turkey 15.53
6 Attila Sivri  Turkey 14.54
7 Slim Kilani Tunisia 14.22
8 Abdul Majib Touraifi Syria 13.84

Shot put

12 October

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yusuf Nagui Assad Egypt 20.19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lahcen Samsam Akka  Morocco 18.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yves Brouzet  France 18.69
4 Ivan Ivančić  Yugoslavia 18.38
5 Loukas Louka Greece 17.62
6 Milija Jocović  Yugoslavia 17.60
7 Georgios Lemonis Greece 17.21
8 Antonio Herreria Spain 16.89 x 16.46 x x 16.07 16.89 [3]

Discus throw

14 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Slivano Simeon  Italy 57.64 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yusuf Nagui Assad Egypt 54.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marian Gredelj  Yugoslavia 54.32
4 Stilianos Agloupas Greece 53.00
5 Omar Musa Mejbari  Lebanon 45.48
6 Ahmed Bendiffalah  Algeria 44.58
7 Abdul Moumen Tujarr Syria 43.42
8 Omer Casir  Turkey 43.08

Hammer throw

15 October

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Georgios Georgiadis Greece 68.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mario Vecchiato  Italy 67.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Srećko Štiglić  Yugoslavia 66.28
4 Stevan Gromilović  Yugoslavia 62.98
5 José Alcantara Spain x 59.20 x 59.44 58.94 57.14 59.44 [3]
6 Nurullah İvak  Turkey 53.96
7 Abdul Moumen Tujarr Syria 38.22

Javelin throw

16 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Renzo Cramerotti  Italy 78.04 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Recep Kalender  Turkey 61.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ali Aydın  Turkey 59.80
4 Ghazi Samkari Syria 57.30
5 Oussama Chami Syria 54.24

Decathlon

13–14 October[8][9]

  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) Vassilios Sevastis Greece 11.39 7.09 12.90 1.75 50.8 15.90 39.76 4.00 63.52 4:34.3 7222
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rafael Cano Spain 11.32 6.93 12.27 1.89 50.5 15.20 31.96 3.70 60.14 4:37.5 7072
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pedro Pablo Fernández Spain 11.07 7.23 13.33 1.83 50.1 16.11 43.26 3.00 40.14 4:30.4 6934
4 Zissis Kourellos Greece 11.12 7.09 11.83 1.86 50.0 15.58 32.04 3.80 53.00 4:55.8 6907
5 Mohammed Nasser  Lebanon 11.67 6.37 11.49 1.86 51.7 16.74 36.64 4.35 46.60 4:35.3 6702
6 Abdelsalam Tabaa Tunisia 11.48 6.20 11.23 1.75 51.4 16.57 34.14 3.20 45.40 4:23.4 6316

Women's results

100 meters

400 meters

16 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Colette Besson  France 53.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Donata Govoni  Italy 54.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Josephina Salgado Spain 56.0
4 Malika Hadky  Morocco 56.5
5 Alia Sorour Egypt 58.2
6 Suude Koçgil  Turkey 58.8
7 Bahriye Doğrulu  Turkey 1:00.3
8 Georgette Jamal Syria 1:03.1

800 meters

14 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:02.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Donata Govoni  Italy 2:04.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Colette Besson  France 2:07.2
4 Freixa Del Pilar Spain 2:12.5
5 Alia Sorour Egypt 2:14.6
6 Hadhoum Khadiri  Morocco 2:14.6
7 Nese Karatepe  Turkey 2:16.0
8 Ülker Atlı  Turkey 2:19.0

1500 meters

15 October[10]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 4:20.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paola Pigni  Italy 4:22.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Đurďica Rajher  Yugoslavia 4:23.0
4 Belén Azpeitia Spain 4:23.8 NR
5 Angela Ramello  Italy 4:26.6
6 Nese Karatepe  Turkey 4:32.4
7 Hadhoum Khadiri  Morocco 4:37.0
8 Consuelo Alonso Spain 4:37.6
9 Ülker Atlı  Turkey 4:41.1
10 Malak Nasser Syria 5:32.9

100 meters hurdles

4 × 100 meters relay

15 October

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy Maddalena Grassano, Laura Nappi, Ileana Ongar, Cecilia Molinari 45.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France Colette Besson, Michèle Beugnet, Nicole Pani, Odette Ducas 45.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Yugoslavia Đurđa Fočić, Milena Leskovac, Breda Babošek, Vera Nikolić 48.4
4  Turkey 49.6

High jump

15 October

Rank Name Nationality 1.45 1.50 1.53 1.56 1.59 1.65 1.74 1.77 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Snežana Hrepevnik  Yugoslavia 1.77
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sara Simeoni  Italy 1.74
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Breda Babošek  Yugoslavia 1.74
4 Teresa Roca Spain o o o o xo xxx 1.59 [3]
5 Carmen Palacios Spain o xxo xxo o xxx 1.56 [3]
6 Gülden Erdoǧan  Turkey 1.45

Discus throw

12 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roberta Grottini  Italy 48.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maria Stella Masocco  Italy 47.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Despina Kafenidou Greece 46.06
4 Chérifa Meskaoui  Morocco 38.60
5 Aynur Taşdemir  Turkey 36.14
6 Gülser Apaydın  Turkey 34.12
7 Iman Jalabi Syria 27.50

References

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  7. ^ a b c Results
  8. ^ Decathlon results (p18)
  9. ^ Spanish combined events records Archived 2021-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (p270)
  10. ^ Spanish middle-distance records (p394)
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