Athletics at the 1991 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the XI Mediterranean Games
The host stadium later held the 2004 Olympic Games
Dates6–11 July
Host cityAthens, Greece
VenueOlympic Stadium
Events38
Participation15 nations
Records set22 Games records
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1991 Mediterranean Games

At the 1991 Mediterranean Games, the athletics events were held at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. A total of 38 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 15 by female athletes. An exhibition heptathlon also took place, with Algeria's Yasmina Azzizi being the only athlete to compete. Several hundred athletes from fourteen Mediterranean nations took part in the competition[1].

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).[2] 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.[3]

Hassiba Boulmerka won a middle-distance double and went on to win the 1500 metres at the World Championships a month later. Fabienne Ficher was runner-up in the 200 metres but she added two golds to her tally through victories in the relays with the French team. Ezio Madonia won the men's 100 metres and anchored the Italian team to a second gold in the 4×100 metres relay. Italy's Agnese Maffeis broke the games record in the discus throw and also won the shot put silver medal. Paraskevi Patoulidou played a role in three of Greece's medals, taking the women's 100 m gold, silver in the 100 metres hurdles and a bronze in the 4×100 m relay.[3]

Three former Olympic champions featured in Italy's team (Maurizio Damilano, Alessandro Andrei, and Gabriella Dorio). Damilano, who set a games record, won the men's 20 kilometres walk title at that year's world championships, while men's steeplechase winner Azzedine Brahmi became a world bronze medallist in his event. Brahim Boutayeb, the reigning Olympic champion in the 10,000 metres, took the world 5000 metres bronze after his games record performance in Athens.

The games proved a launching point for many less-established athletes: the 1992 Barcelona Olympics saw Mediterranean medallists Boulmerka, Patoulidou, Khalid Skah and Daniel Plaza win an Olympic gold medal. The 1500 m runner-up Rachid El Basir repeated his placing there. Women's 400 m hurdles winner Nezha Bidouane went on to become a two-time world champion and 1500 m champion Gennaro Di Napoli later had two wins at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Medal summary

Men's results

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1500 meters

11 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Gennaro Di Napoli  Italy 3:42.80
Rachid El Basir  Morocco 3:43.06
Zeki Öztürk  Turkey 3:43.22
4 Abdelaziz Sahere  Morocco 3:43.31
5 Davide Tirelli  Italy 3:43.37
6 Ángel Fariña  Spain 3:43.85
7 Mahmoud Kalboussi Tunisia 3:44.24
9 Víctor Rojas  Spain 3:45.44 [5]

5000 meters

10 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Brahim Boutayeb  Morocco 13:29.64 GR
Khalid Skah  Morocco 13:30.00
Antonio Martins  France 13:38.08
4 Zeki Öztürk  Turkey 13:51.79
5 Stefano Baldini  Italy 13:53.15
6 José Manuel García  Spain 13:54.24
7 Emmanuel Chatzos  Greece 13:59.88
8 Nihat Yaylalı  Turkey 14:07.30

10,000 meters

6 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Hammou Boutayeb  Morocco 28:24.19 GR
Francesco Bennici  Italy 28:38.19
Khalid Boulami  Morocco 28:52.84
4 Vincenzo Modica  Italy 28:70.09
5 Mohamed Selmi  Algeria 28:80.97
6 Emmanuel Chantzos  Greece 29:11.49
7 Nihat Yaylalı  Turkey 29:23.80
8 Savvas Koubaras  Greece 29:37.18
9 Santiago Chiscano  Spain 29:57.52 [5]

Marathon

9 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Salah Qoqaiche  Morocco 2:20:26
Gianluigi Curreli  Italy 2:20:54
Christos Sotiropoulos  Greece 2:24:54
4 Grigoris Georgitsas  Greece 2:25:43
5 Georgios Maliaris  Greece 2:25:55
6 Georgios Afordakos  Greece 2:27:02
7 Alberto Adamo  Italy 2:27:59
8 Allaoua Khellil  Algeria 2:29:41

110 meters hurdles

400 meters hurdles

3000 meters steeplechase

8 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Azzedine Brahmi  Algeria 8:21.58
Alessandro Lambruschini  Italy 8:22.95
Abdelaziz Sahere  Morocco 8:24.15
4 Thierry Brusseau  France 8:27.55
5 Benito Nogales  Spain 8:28.55
6 Antonio Peula  Spain 8:29.80
7 Féthi Baccouche Tunisia 8:30.36
8 Angelo Carosi  Italy 8:35.84

4 x 100 meters relay

11 July

Rank Lane Nation Competitors Time Notes
5  Italy Mario Longo, Carlo Simionato, Sandro Floris, Ezio Madonia 39.18
6  Spain Juan Jesús Trapero, Enrique Talavera, Miguel Ángel Gómez, Luis Turón 39.39
4  France Antoine Richard, Éric Perrot, Olivier Théophile, Pascal Théophile 39.99
4 8  Morocco Mohamed Moudamane, Driss Bensaddou, Mohamed El Kandoussi, Benyounés Lahlou 40.32
5 3  Greece Markianidis, Konstadinos Labropoulos, Alexios Alexopoulos, Alexandros Yenovelis 40.44
6 2  Cyprus Konstantinos Pochanis, Anninos Marcoullides, Andreas Constantinides, Yannis Zisimedes 41.21
7 7  San Marino Nicola Selva, Marco Tamagnini, Dominique Canti, Aldo Canti 41.86

4 x 400 meters relay

11 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 Italy Marco Vaccari, Alessandro Aimar, Fabio Grossi, Andrea Nuti 3:03.20 GR
 Yugoslavia Dejan Jovković, Nenad Đurović, Ismail Mačev, Slobodan Branković 3:03.74
 Morocco Abdelail Kasbane, Ali Dahane, Bouchaib Belkaid, Benyounés Lahlou 3:03.75
4  France Jacques Farraudière, Thierry Jean Charles, André Jaffory, Laurent Le Bras 3:03.81
5  Greece Kharalambos Rethymniotakis, Vasilios Kalipossis, Bizioglis, Ioannis Nafpliotis 3:09.78
6  San Marino Dominique Canti, Aldo Canti, Marco Tamagnini, Manlio Molinari 3:24.38

20 kilometers walk

10 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Maurizio Damilano  Italy 1:22:48 GR
Daniel Plaza  Spain 1:23:51
Olegario Regidor  Spain 1:26:45
4 Spiros Kastanis  Greece 1:27:50
5 Sergio Spagnolo  Italy 1:30:55
6 Dimitrios Tsiris  Greece 1:32:16
7 Abdelouahab Ferguene  Algeria 1:33:27
8 Andreas Paspaliaris  Greece 1:33:33

High jump

11 July

Rank Name Nationality 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.23 2.26 2.28 Result Notes
Othmane Belfaa  Algeria 2.28 GR, =AR
Luca Toso  Italy 2.26
Fabrizio Borellini  Italy 2.26
4 Panagiotis Kontaxakis  Greece 2.23
5 Labros Papakostas  Greece 2.20
6 Joël Vincent  France 2.20
7 Gustova Becquer  Spain o o xo xx– x 2.20
8 Jean-Charles Gicquel  France 2.15

Pole vault

7 July

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Philippe d'Encausse  France 5.60 GR
Jean-Marc Tailhardat  France 5.60 GR
Marco Andreini  Italy 5.50
4 Sazan Fisheku Albania 5.40
5 Stavros Tsitouras  Greece 5.30
6 Christos Pallakis  Greece 5.30
7 Gianni Iapichino  Italy 5.20
8 Ruhan Işım  Turkey 5.20

Long jump

8 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Kostas Koukodimos  Greece 7.77 x x 7.98 x 8.26 8.26 GR
Fausto Frigerio  Italy x 7.83 8.15w 8.15w
Giovanni Evangelisti  Italy 7.89
4 Murat Ayadin  Turkey 7.87 [7]
5 Lotfi Khaida  Algeria 7.84
6 Sinisa Ergotic  Yugoslavia 7.78
7 Jesús Oliván  Spain 7.56 7.66 7.73 7.68 7.63 7.63 7.73 [5]
8 Spyridon Vasdekis  Greece 7.58
9 Frédéric Iola  France 7.29 [6]

Triple jump

11 July

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Marios Hadjiandreou  Cyprus 17.13 GR
Alex Norca  France 16.74
Lofti Khaïda  Algeria 16.64
4 Theodoros Tantanozis  Greece 16.45
5 Dario Badinelli  Italy 16.39
6 Daniele Buttiglione  Italy 16.23
7 Spyros Kourmoussis  Greece 16.04
8 Murat Ayaydın  Turkey 15.62
Pierre Camara  France NM [6]

Shot put

6 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Alessandro Andrei  Italy 19.38
Luciano Zerbini  Italy 19.25
Luc Viudès  France 19.05
4 Dimitrios Koutsoukis  Greece 18.85
5 Michalis Louca  Cyprus 17.88
6 Elias Louca  Cyprus 16.80
7 Ekren Ay  Turkey 16.63
Víctor Roca  Spain x x x x x x NM [5]

Discus throw

10 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Luciano Zerbini  Italy 60.10
Marco Martino  Italy 59.82
David Martínez  Spain 55.82 x x 57.54 59.16 x 59.16 [5]
4 Jean Pons  France 57.12
5 Alexandros Georgakopoulos  Greece 55.68
6 Hassan Hamad  Egypt 54.32
7 Christos Papadopoulos  Greece 53.40
8 Dyia Kamel  Egypt 52.58
9 Nikos Erotokritou  Cyprus 49.92 [7]

Hammer throw

7 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Raphaël Piolanti  France 75.10
Enrico Sgrulletti  Italy 74.78
Savvas Saritzoglou  Greece 70.06
4 Frederick Kuhn  France 69.94
5 Lucio Serrani  Italy 69.62
6 Antón María Godall  Spain 66.00 67.46 65.70 x x 67.46 [5]
7 Alex Marfull  Spain 65.76 66.42 x 65.64 64.12 64.30 66.42 [5]
8 Cherif El Hennawi  Egypt 65.78

Javelin throw

8 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Julián Sotelo  Spain 70.62 71.08 76.04 x x x 76.04 GR, NR[5]
Fabio De Gaspari  Italy 73.10
Charlus Bertimon  France 72.52
4 Jean-Paul Lakafia  France 70.18
5 Fikret Özsoy  Turkey 69.16
6 Christakis Telonis  Greece 65.84
Athanasios Peristeris  Greece NM [7]

Decathlon

8–9 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
Saša Karan  Yugoslavia 11.12w 7.11 13.67 1.87 49.63 14.80 47.48 4.50 54.36 4:26.91 7771 GR
Alper Kasapoğlu  Turkey 11.00w 7.32 13.54 1.96 50.76 14.75 40.00 4.60 50.54 4:33.96 7650
Efthimios Andreoglou  Greece 11.28 7.21 11.21 2.20 52.37 14.98 33.04 4.70 55.86 4:34.15 7513
4 Patrick Gellens  France 11.21 7.29 12.79 1.93 50.92 15.79 41.66 4.50 55.72 4:34.33 7469
5 Fabrizio Rovini  Italy 11.37w 7.15w 12.31 2.11 50.73 16.46 38.22 4.60 50.40 4:45.22 7285
6 Francisco Aledo  Spain 11.54 6.87 13.59 1.93 51.26 15.61 39.16 4.20 55.22 4:29.83 7237
7 Mihalis Simitsis  Greece 11.32w 7.10 11.96 1.93 51.93 16.56 38.92 4.10 49.48 4:43.54 6899
8 Theofanis Georgiou  Cyprus 6565

Women's results

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

8 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 2:01.27
Frédérique Quentin  France 2:01.51
Nadia Falvo  Italy 2:02.58
4 Irini Theodoridou  Greece 2:02.69
5 Amaya Andrés  Spain 2:03.65
6 Najat Ouali  Morocco 2:06.25
7 Patrizia Cassard  Italy 2:06.80
8 Karolina Skourti  Greece 2:10.13
9 Chadia Moubtakir  Morocco 2:10.73 [7]

1500 meters

11 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 4:08.17
Irini Theodoridou  Greece 4:10.30
Gabriella Dorio  Italy 4:10.63
4 Elisa Rea  Italy 4:12.67
5 Najat Ouali  Morocco 4:17.07
6 Karolina Skourti  Greece 4:32.86
7 Marie-Cécile Rivetta  Monaco 5:23.92

3000 meters

8 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Roberta Brunet  Italy 8:45.68 GR
Nadia Dandolo  Italy 8:46.94
Mina Maanaoui  Morocco 9:22.94
4 Georgia Abatzidou  Greece 9:30.80
5 Dudu Yentür  Turkey 9:40.64
6 Dimitra Anagnostou  Greece 10:07.73
Fatima Aouam  Morocco DNF

100 meters hurdles

7 July
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Anne Piquereau  France 12.88 GR
Paraskevi Patoulidou  Greece 12.96
Maria José Mardomingo  Spain 13.34
4 Nezha Bidouane  Morocco 13.61
5 Ana Barrenechea  Spain 13.68

400 meters hurdles

4 x 100 meters relay

11 July

Rank Lane Nation Competitors Time Notes
2  France Magalie Simioneck, Maguy Nestoret, Valérie Jean-Charles, Fabienne Fisher 43.66
3  Italy Marisa Masullo, Donatella Dal Bianco, Daniela Ferrian, Rossela Tarolo 43.67
4  Greece Kanelidou, Ekaterini Koffa, Marina Vasarmidou, Paraskevi Patoulidou 44.77
4 6  Morocco Hasnae Atillah, Latifa Lahsen, Nadia Zatouani, Nezha Bidouane 46.05
5  Spain María Paz Minicozzi, Cristina Castro, Yolanda Díaz, María del Carmen García Campero DQ

4 x 400 meters relay

11 July

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 France Elsa Devassoigne, Véronique Poulain, Véronique Landre, Fabienne Fisher 3:31.00 GR
 Italy Roberta Rabaioli, Johanna Zuddas, Barbara Martinelli, Cosetta Campana 3:33.68
 Spain Idoia Granda, Gregoria Ferrer, Amaia Andrés, Esther Lahoz 3:34.21
4  Morocco Nadia Zatouani, Chadia Moubtakir, Latifa Lahseńs, Nezha Bidouane 3:39.46
5  Greece Maria Belehri, Podi, Chionati Kapetís, Eleftheria Papadopoulou 3:45.59

High jump

10 July

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Isabelle Chevalier  France 1.90
Niki Gavera  Greece 1.87
Niki Bakoyianni  Greece 1.87
4 Barbara Fiammenga  Italy 1.87
5 Antonella Bevilacqua  Italy 1.84
6 Klodeta Gjini Albania 1.84
6 Agni Charalambos  Cyprus 1.75

Long jump

6 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Tamara Malešev  Yugoslavia 6.60 GR
Valentina Ucchedu  Italy 6.52
Isabel López  Spain x 6.14 x 5.50 6.00w 5.99 6.14 [5]
4 Vera Bregu Albania 6.08
5 Panagiota Bisbiki  Greece 6.02
6 Christiana Philippou  Cyprus 5.63
7 Hasna El Atillah  Morocco 5.60

Shot put

10 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Margarita Ramos  Spain 16.86 17.15 17.71 x 16.95 x 17.71 NR[5]
Agnese Maffaeis  Italy 17.46
Mara Rosolen  Italy 15.95
4 Hana Khaled  Egypt 15.50
5 Elli Evangelidou  Cyprus 15.21
6 Fouzia Fatihi  Morocco 15.04
7 Eleni Tsedemidou  Greece 14.85

Discus throw

10 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Agnese Maffaeis  Italy 59.46 GR
Isabelle Devaluez  France 56.14
Agnès Teppe  France 55.80
4 Angeles Barreira  Spain 53.24 x 53.78 53.76 52.72 54.76 54.76 [5]
5 Maria Marello  Italy 53.82
6 Zoubida Laayouni  Morocco 53.22
7 Sonia Godall  Spain 52.30 x 52.20 x 52.70 x 52.70 [5]
8 Katerina Vogoli  Greece 51.26

Javelin throw

11 July

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Anna Verouli  Greece 60.34
Nadine Auzeil  France 54.82
Aysel Taş  Turkey 54.34
4 Chryso Georgiou  Cyprus 53.56
5 Veronica Becuzzi  Italy 52.02
6 Elena Teloni  Cyprus 49.20
7 Fausta Quintavalla  Italy 48.30
8 Belén Palacios  Spain 46.02 x x 43.48 42.96 42.42 46.02 [5]
9 Martine Bègue  France 44.32 [6]

Heptathlon (exhibition)

10/11 July

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Yasmina Azzizi  Algeria 6114 AR

References

  1. ^ Results Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Affiche officielle des JM d’Athènes 1991 Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine. CIJM (1991). Retrieved on 2013-07-28.
  3. ^ a b Mediterranean Games. GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-07-28.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Annuario dell'ATLETICA 2010" (PDF). 2010-05-01. pp. 484–485. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Spanish results
  6. ^ a b c d e "French results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  7. ^ a b c d "L'Athlétisme : Organe officiel de la Fédération française d'athlétisme". August 1991.
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