Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
Dates19–23 October
Host city Beirut
VenueCamille Chamoun Stadium
Events23
Participation131 athletes from
9 nations

1959 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games were held in Beirut, Lebanon[1] and took place from 19 to 23 October.[2][3]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France115319
2 Greece67619
3 Yugoslavia3216
4 Spain15511
5 Morocco1102
 Turkey1102
7 United Arab Republic0178
8 Tunisia0101
Totals (8 entries)23232268

Medal summary

Track

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Abdoulaye Seye (FRA) 10.3 GR  Paul Genevay (FRA) 10.6  Alain David (FRA) 10.6
200 metres  Paul Genevay (FRA) 20.9 GR  Nikolaos Georgopoulos (GRE) 21.5  Bernard Cahen (FRA) 21.8
400 metres  Viktor Šnajder (YUG) 47.1 GR Hassan El Din Ahmed Ragab 48.3  Vassilios Sillis (GRE) 48.7
800 metres  Pierre-Yvon Lenoir (FRA) 1:55.4  Tomás Barris (ESP) 1:55.8  Evangelos Depastas (GRE) 1:56.1
1500 metres  Tomás Barris (ESP) 3:50.6  Jean Clausse (FRA) 3:51.8  Evangelos Depastas (GRE) 3:52.6
5000 metres  Robert Bogey (FRA) 14:31.0  Luis García (ESP) 14:32.6  Carlos Perez (ESP) 14:45.0
10,000 metres  Hamoud Ameur (FRA) 30:19.2 GR  Mohamed Saïd (MAR) 30:22.4  Luis García (ESP) 30:24.2
Marathon  Bakir Benaïssa (MAR) 2:24:14.8 GR  Miguel Navarro (ESP) 2:27:27.8  Mahmoud Abdelkrim (UAR) 2:35:03.4
110 metres hurdles  Georgios Marsellos (GRE) 14.5 GR  Marcel Duriez (FRA) 14.5  Emilio Campra (ESP) 15.4
400 metres hurdles  Fahir Özgüden (TUR) 53.4  Mongi Zarrouki (TUN) 54.1  Abdel Mohamed Abdallah (EGY) 54.4
3000 m steeplechase  Georgios Papavasileiou (GRE) 9:04.0 GR  Manuel Alonso (ESP) 9:06.2  Franc Hafner (YUG) 9:09.6
4 x 100 metres relay  France
Bernard Cahen
Alain David
Paul Genevay
Ali Brakchi		 41.5  Greece
Ioannis Komitoudis
Constantin Lolos
Leonidas Kormalis
Nikolaos Georgopoulos		 41.7  Spain
Emilio Campra
José Luis Martínez
Jesús Rancaño
José Luis Albarran		 42.2
4 x 400 metres relay  Greece
Leonidas Kormalis
Konstantinos Moragiemos
Nikolaos Georgopoulos
Vassilios Sillis		 3:15.0  France
Paul Genevay
Jean-Pierre Goudeau
Jean Bertozzi
Pierre-Yvon Lenoir		 3:15.4  United Arab Republic
Farouk Tadros
Rachoui
Abdel Moneim Abdallah
Hassan Ahmed Ragab		 3:17.6
20 km walk  Pierre Attane (FRA) 1:43:16.6  Stavros Hatzilaios (GRE) 1:50:18.6 not assigned

Field

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump  Maurice Fournier (FRA) 1.99 m  Çetin Şahiner (TUR) 1.96 m  Michel Hermann (FRA) 1.90 m
Long jump  Ali Brakchi (FRA) 7.59 m GR  Dimos Manglaras (GRE) 7.44 m  Manuel González (ESP) 7.24 m
Pole vault  Rigas Efstathiadis (GRE) 4.10 m  Fernando Adarraga (ESP) 3.80 m  Farid Hanna (UAR) 3.80 m
Triple jump  Éric Battista (FRA) 15.82 m GR  Marc Rabémila (FRA) 15.47 m  Mahmoud Atef Abdel Fattah (UAR) 15.04 m
Shot put  Georgios Tsakanikas (GRE) 16.97 m GR  Antonios Kounadis (GRE) 15.12 m  Chebel Hassan Farag (UAR) 14.95 m
Discus throw  Antonios Kounadis (GRE) 55.02 m GR  Dako Radošević (YUG) 54.01 m  Georgios Tsakanikas (GRE) 47.88 m
Hammer throw  Krešimir Račić (YUG) 62.26 m GR  Frangiskos Politis (GRE) 55.44 m  Andreas Kouvelogiannis (GRE) 53.31 m
Javelin throw  Léon Syrovatski (FRA) 74.10 m GR  Božidar Miletić (YUG) 73.80 m  Myron Anyfantakis (GRE) 68.80 m
Decathlon  Jože Brodnik (YUG) 6581 pts GR  Georgios Marsellos (GRE) 5908 pts  Mohamed Saïd Zaki (UAR) 5816 pts

Participating nations

Results

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1500 meters

22 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Tomás Barris Spain 3:50.6
Jean Clausse  France 3:51.8
Evangelos Depastas Greece 3:52.6
4 Muharrem Dalkılıç  Turkey 3:53.4
5 Abdeslem Dargouth Tunisia 3:59.2
6 Mohamed Abdul Magd Omar  United Arab Republic 4:00.1
7 Samir Nassar  Lebanon ?:??.?

5000 meters

21 October[6]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Robert Bogey  France 14:31.0
Luis García Spain 14:32.6
Carlos Pérez Spain 14:45.0
4 Salah Beddiaf  France 14:47.6
5 Said Ben Mohamed Gerouani  Morocco 15:05.2
6 Ahmed Ben Salem Boughalem Tunisia 15:12.0
7 Mahmoud Saleh Al-Rachidi  United Arab Republic 15:12.8
8 Fathi Atta Khalifa  United Arab Republic 15:13.2
9 Şükrü Şaban  Turkey 15:23.2
10 Fevzi Pakel  Turkey 15:35.4
11 Spyros Kontos Greece 15:37.8
12 Ahmed Dali Labibi Tunisia 16:01.4
13 Moussa Aly El Hajje  Lebanon 16:21.6

10,000 meters

19 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Hamoud Ameur  France 30:19.2
Saïd Ben Mohamed Gerouani  Morocco 30:22.4
Luis García Spain 30:24.2
4 Carlos Pérez Spain 30:41.4
5 Salah Beddiaf  France 30:42.6
6 Bachir Benaïssa  Morocco 31:18.4
7 Georgios Papavasileiou Greece 31:24.0 [7]
8 Fathi Atta Khalifa  United Arab Republic 31:34.6
9 Ahmed Ben Salem Boughalem Tunisia 31:57.4
10 Şükrü Şaban  Turkey 32:02.0
11 Mahmoud Saleh Al-Rachidi  United Arab Republic 32:02.2
12 Spyros Kontos Greece 32:02.2
13 Ahmed Dali Labibi Tunisia 32:24.2
14 Moussa Aly El Hajje  Lebanon 35:02.0

Marathon

22 October[8]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Bakir Benaïssa  Morocco 2:24:15 GR
Miguel Navarro Spain 2:27:28 NR
Mahmoud Abdelkrim  United Arab Republic 2:35:04
4 Farag Salem Farag  United Arab Republic 2:35:25
5 Ahmet Aytar  Turkey 2:39:18
6 Ali Hamed Ahmed  United Arab Republic 2:40:15
7 Aydar Erturan  Turkey 2:40:15
8 Mohamed El Outa  Lebanon 3:25:00

110 meters hurdles

400 meters hurdles

3000 meters steeplechase

22 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Georgios Papavasileiou Greece 9:04.0 GR
Manuel Alonso Spain 9:06.2
Franc Hafner  Yugoslavia 9:09.6
4 Hamoud Ameur  France 9:11.6

4 × 100 meters relay

21 October[9]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 France Bernard Cahen, Alain David, Paul Genevay, Ali Brakchi 41.5
Greece Ioannis Komitoudis, Constantin Lolos, Leonidas Kormalis, Nikolaos Georgopoulos 41.7
Spain Emilio Campra, José Luis Martínez, Jesús Rancaño, José Luis Albarran 42.2 NR
4  United Arab Republic Mohamed Saïd Zaki, Hassan El Din Ahmed Ragab, Zein El Abdin Youssef, Taissir Abdulai Suleiman 43.4
5  Lebanon M. Nasrallah, Fouad Nasrallah, Abdul Halim Karakallah, Mounir Zeitoun 45.5

4 × 400 meters relay

22 October

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
Greece Leonidas Kormalis, Konstantinos Moragiemos, Nikolaos Georgopoulos, Vassilios Sillis 3:15.0
 France Paul Genevay, Jean-Pierre Goudeau, Jean Bertozzi, Pierre-Yvon Lenoir 3:15.4
 United Arab Republic Farouk Tadros, Rachoui, Abdel Moneim Abdallah, Hassan El Din Ahmed Ragab 3:17.6
4 Spain Bernardino Lombao, José Luis Martínez, Jesús Rancaño, Elias Requero 3:17.6
5  Morocco Ben Taber, Bougaib M'Rak, Mohamed Reguib, Said 3:25.1

20 kilometers walk

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Pierre Attane  France 1:43:17
Stavros Hatzilaios Greece 1:50:19

High jump

20 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Maurice Fournier  France 1.99
Çetin Şahiner  Turkey 1.96
Michel Hermann  France 1.90
4 Marc Rabémila  France 1.90
5 Sylvain Bitan Tunisia 1.90
6 Ioannis Koinis Greece 1.85
7 Sami El Ahmar  Lebanon 1.85
8 Hassan Nassif  United Arab Republic 1.80

Pole vault

22 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Rigas Efstathiadis Greece 4.10
Fernando Adarraga Spain 3.80
Farid Hanna  United Arab Republic 3.80
4 Mohamed Saïd Zaki  United Arab Republic 3.70
5 Ahmed Adam  Lebanon 3.50
6 Abdul Halim Karakallah  Lebanon 3.40

Long jump

21 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Ali Brakchi  France 7.59
Dimosthenis Magglaras Greece 7.44
Manuel González Spain 7.24
4 Teymurlenk Shukri  United Arab Republic 7.06
5 Aristidis Kazantzidis Greece 7.02
6 Éric Battista  France 6.80
7 Michel Hermann  France 6.33
8 Fouad Nasrallah  Lebanon 6.09

Triple jump

19 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Éric Battista  France 15.82
Marc Rabémila  France 15.47
Mahmoud Atef Abdel Fattah  United Arab Republic 15.04
4 Konstantinos Sfikas Greece 14.69
5 Hassan Mohamed Sourour  United Arab Republic 14.43
6 Abbas El Masri  Lebanon 12.76

Shot put

21 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Georgios Tsakanikas Greece 16.97
Antonios Kounadis Greece 15.12
Chebel Hassan Farag  United Arab Republic 14.95
4 Salem El Djirs  Lebanon 14.36
5 Mohamed Ali Abdul Oneim  United Arab Republic 13.91

Discus throw

20 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Antonios Kounadis Greece 55.02
Dako Radošević  Yugoslavia 54.01
Giorgios Tsakanikas Greece 47.88
4 Dimitrios Karaflas Greece 45.88
5 Chebel Hassan Farag  United Arab Republic 45.71
6 Afif Boutros  Lebanon 42.04
7 Abadallah Haffez  United Arab Republic 40.24
8 Iskandar Saker  Lebanon 39.53

Hammer throw

19 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Krešimir Račić  Yugoslavia 62.26
Frangiskos Politis Greece 55.44
Andreas Kouvelogiannis Greece 53.31
4 Michel Skaff  Lebanon 40.42
5 Fabel El Hadji  Lebanon 36.98

Javelin throw

22 October

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Léon Syrovatski  France 74.10
Božidar Miletić  Yugoslavia 73.80
Myron Anifantakis Greece 68.80
4 Mahmod Mohamed Mahmoud  United Arab Republic 63.53
5 Mohamed Atef Ismail  United Arab Republic 58.00
6 Afif Boutros  Lebanon 52.97
7 Elie Makhoul  Lebanon 50.88

Decathlon

17–18 October

  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
Jože Brodnik  Yugoslavia 11.5 6.43 13.19 1.70 52.0 15.6 39.00 3.95 64.08 4:46.8 6581 [10]
Georgios Marsellos Greece 11.3 6.79 11.42 1.87 54.8 14.7 35.07 3.20 46.08 5:11.1 5908 [7]
Mohamed Saïd Zaki  United Arab Republic 11.1 6.68 11.47 1.65 50.4 16.6 36.65 3.70 45.50 5:04.6 5816
4 Aydin Onur  Turkey 10.9 6.65 11.50 1.60 53.6 18.6 32.66 3.80 40.25 4:47.0 5357
Abdallah Habrachi  United Arab Republic 12.2 6.39 9.18 1.65 54.8 ? – – – – DNF


References

  1. ^ "Mediterranean Games – Past Medallists". sports-gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  3. ^ Castelló, F. "Los Juegos del Líbano (III Juegos Mediterráneos)" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). December 1959: 14–18. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Spanish results
  5. ^ a b c d e "French results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  6. ^ a b c "Νικαι των αθλητων μας εις τουν Μεσογειακους (Victory of our athletes in the Mediterranean)" (in Greek). Eleftheria. 22 October 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Αιελληνικαι επιτυχιαι και αποτυχιαι εις Βηρυττον (Greek success and failure in Beirut)" (in Greek). Empros. 24 October 1959. p. 13. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  8. ^ Spanish long-distance records (p128)
  9. ^ Spanish 4x100m records chronology
  10. ^ 1959 decathlon results
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