Athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Dates	23–28 September
Host city	Split
Venue	Gradski stadion u Poljudu
Events	23 + 14
Participation	14 nations
	← 1975 Algiers 1983 Casablanca → ; 1979 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia and took place from 23 September to the 28.

Medal table

* Host nation (Yugoslavia)

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.6)	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	10.24	Gianfranco Lazzer (ITA)	10.47	Philippe Lejoncour (FRA)	10.56
200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Luciano Caravani (ITA)	20.74	Bernard Petitbois (FRA)	21.02	Georgios Tzouvaras (GRE)	21.14
400 metres	Francis Demarthon (FRA)	45.89 GR	Didier Dubois (FRA)	46.11	Josip Alebić (YUG)	46.24
800 metres	Dragan Životić (YUG)	1:45.20 GR	Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG)	1:46.38	Sotirios Moutsanas (GRE)	1:46.66
1500 metres	José Marajo (FRA)	3:41.00 GR	Dragan Zdravković (YUG)	3:41.22	Abderrahmane Morceli (ALG)	3:41.40
5000 metres	Luigi Zarcone (ITA)	13:45.11	Rachid Habchaoui (ALG)	13:47.24	El Hachemi Abdenouz (ALG)	13:57.55
10,000 metres	Abdelmadjid Mada (ALG)	28:33.08	Luigi Zarcone (ITA)	28:39.06	Rachid Habchaoui (ALG)	28:59.72
Marathon	Michalis Kousis (GRE)	2:06:53 GR	Marco Marchei (ITA)	2:07:15	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)	2:10:11
3000 m steeplechase	Mariano Scartezzini (ITA)	8:24.19	Domingo Ramón (ESP)	8:25.75	Philippe Gauthier (FRA)	8:27.26
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Borisav Pisić (YUG)	13.85	Giuseppe Buttari (ITA)	13.88	Javier Moracho (ESP)	13.92
400 metres hurdles	Rok Kopitar (YUG)	49.70 GR	Claude Anicet (FRA)	50.85	Fulvio Zorn (ITA)	50.90
High jump	Massimo Di Giorgio (ITA)	2.26 m GR	Oscar Raise (ITA)	2.24 m	Danial Temim (YUG)	2.20 m
Pole vault	Philippe Houvion (FRA)	5.30 m GR	Jean-Michel Bellot (FRA)	5.30 m	Roger Oriol (ESP)	5.10 m
Long jump	Nenad Stekić (YUG)	8.21 m GR	Philippe Deroche (FRA)	8.04 m	Miljenko Rak (YUG)	7.62 m
Triple jump	Bernard Lamitié (FRA)	16.90 m GR	Miloš Srejović (YUG)	16.55 m	Milan Spasojević (YUG)	16.55 m
Shot put	Vladimir Milić (YUG)	20.58 m GR	Nagui Asaad (EGY)	19.70 m	Ivan Ivančić (YUG)	19.13 m
Discus throw	Armando De Vincentiis (ITA)	57.96 m	Hassan Ahmed Hamad (EGY)	56.06 m	Silvano Simeon (ITA)	55.06 m
Hammer throw	Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)	69.92 m GR	Edoardo Podberscek (ITA)	69.42 m	Srećko Štiglić (YUG)	68.56 m
Javelin throw	Penisio Lutui (FRA)	81.08 m GR	Tarek Chaabani (TUN)	78.42 m	Neđo Đurović (YUG)	76.72 m
Decathlon	Eric Motti (FRA)	7744 pts GR	Darko Cujnik (YUG)	7345 pt	Joško Vlašić (YUG)	7327 pt
20 km walk	Gérard Lelièvre (FRA)	1:23:51 GR	José Marín (ESP)	1:24:18	Carlo Mattioli (ITA)	1:24:56
4×100 metres relay	Italy Gianfranco Lazzer Luciano Caravani Giovanni Grazioli Pietro Mennea	39.27 GR	France Philippe Lejoncour Bernard Petitbois Lucien Sainte-Rose Antoine Richard	39.98	Yugoslavia Janez Sagadin Dragan Zarić Aleksandar Popović Borisav Pisić	40.53
4×400 metres relay	France Jacques Fellice Robert Froissart Didier Dubois Francis Demarthon	3:03.67 GR	Yugoslavia Željko Knapić Dragan Životić Rok Kopitar Josip Alebić	3:04.33	Italy Alfonso Di Guida Flavio Borghi Stefano Malinverni Roberto Tozzi	3:04.61

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Chantal Réga (FRA)	11.48 GR	Marisa Masullo (ITA)	11.66	Laura Miano (ITA)	11.67
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Marisa Masullo (ITA)	23.26 GR	Annie Alizé (FRA)	23.37	Claudine Mas (FRA)	24.03
400 metres	Jelica Štefančić (YUG)	52.96	Ana Guštin (YUG)	54.57	Georgia Troumbouki (GRE)	54.93
800 metres	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	2:01.78 GR	Agnese Possamai (ITA)	2:03.73	Nađa Avdibašić (YUG)	2:04.03
1500 metres	Margherita Gargano (ITA)	4:06.71 GR	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	4:07.07	Sakina Boutamine (ALG)	4:10.60
100 metres hurdles (wind: -3.0 m/s)	Laurence Elloy (FRA)	13.87	Elissavet Pantazi (GRE)	14.33	Patrizia Lombardo (ITA)	14.65
High jump	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	1.98 m GR	Donatella Bulfoni (ITA)	1.81 m	Lidija Benedetič (YUG)	1.75 m
Long jump	Maria Lambrou (GRE)	6.32 m GR	Snežana Dančetović (YUG)	6.20 m	Amanda Naval (ESP)	6.06 m
Shot put	Léone Bertimon (FRA)	16.80 m GR	Soultana Saroudi (GRE)	16.69 m	Cinzia Petrucci (ITA)	16.17 m
Discus throw	Renata Scaglia (ITA)	52.92 m GR	Fathia Jerbi (TUN)	49.24 m	Kosa Stojković (YUG)	48.82 m
Javelin throw	Sofia Sakorafa (GRE)	57.96 m GR	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	57.06 m	Borbala Menyhart (YUG)	54.50 m
Pentathlon	Florence Picaut (FRA)	4424 pt	Breda Lorenci (YUG)	4180 pt	Barbara Bachlechner (ITA)	3994 pt
4×100 metres relay	France Annie Alizé Emma Sulter Claudine Mas Chantal Réga	44.58 GR	Italy Irma Galli Patrizia Lombardo Marisa Masullo Laura Miano	45.32	Greece Irini Pagdati Alexandra Siulis Elisavet Pantazi Maroula Lambrou	46.17
4×400 metres relay	Yugoslavia Jelica Pavličić Nađa Avdibašić Elizabeta Božinovska Ana Guštin	3:38.91	France Annie Alizé Florence Picaut Véronique Renties Claudine Mas	3:56.84	–

Men's results

100 meters

Heats – 23 September^[1]
Wind:
Heat 1: +3.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Pietro Mennea	Italy	10.15	Q, GR^[2]
2	1	Gianfranco Lazzer	Italy	10.33	Q^[3]
3	1	Philippe Lejoncour	France	10.52	Q
4	1	Omar Ghizlat	Morocco	10.53	Q
5	1	Dragan Zarić	Yugoslavia	10.59	Q
6	2	Stratos Kosmas	Greece	10.62	Q
7	2	Antoine Richard	France	10.64	Q
8	2	Aleksandar Popović	Yugoslavia	10.66	Q
9	1	José Javier Arqués	Spain	10.74	^[4]
10	1	Nikos Hadjnicolaou	Greece	10.77
11	2	Nabil Nahry	Syria	10.82
12	2	Ángel Heras	Spain	10.93	^[4]
13	1	Alan Zammit	Malta	11.18

Final – 24 September
Wind:
-0.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	3	Pietro Mennea	Italy	10.24
	4	Gianfranco Lazzer	Italy	10.47
	2	Philippe Lejoncour	France	10.56
4	5	Antoine Richard	France	10.70
5	7	Omar Ghizlat	Morocco	10.73
6	8	Aleksandar Popović	Yugoslavia	10.74
7	1	Kosmas Stratos	Greece	10.79
8	6	Dragan Zarić	Yugoslavia	10.90

200 meters

Heats – 25 September^[5]
Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +1.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Bernard Petitbois	France	20.85	Q
2	1	Aleksandar Popović	Yugoslavia	21.04	Q
3	1	Omar Ghizlat	Morocco	21.25	Q
4	1	Georgios Tzouvaras	Greece	21.26	Q
1	2	Luciano Caravani	Italy	21.08	Q^[3]
2	2	Nabil Nahry	Syria	21.64	Q
3	2	Ángel Heras	Spain	21.76	Q^[4]
4	2	Theodoros Gatzios	Greece	22.82	Q

Final – 27 September

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Luciano Caravani	Italy	20.74
	3	Bernard Petitbois	France	21.02
	7	Georgios Tzouvaras	Greece	21.14
4	1	Omar Ghizlat	Morocco	21.14
5	6	Aleksandar Popović	Yugoslavia	21.25
6	8	Nabil Nahry	Syria	21.52
7	5	Ángel Heras	Spain	21.63
	2	Theodoros Gatzios	Greece	DNS

400 meters

Heats – 23 September^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Josip Alebić	Yugoslavia	46.68	Q^[6]
2	1	Didier Dubois	France	46.81	Q
3	1	Roberto Tozzi	Italy	47.02	Q^[3]
4	1	Nafe Mersaal	Egypt	47.09	Q
5	1	Benjamín González	Spain	47.29	^[4]
6	2	Stefano Malinverni	Italy	50.19	Q^[3]
7	2	Panagiotis Stefanopoulos	Greece	50.51	Q
8	2	Željko Knapić	Yugoslavia	50.57	Q
9	1	Darmanin	Morocco	52.25
10	2	Francis Demarthon	France	53.09	Q

Final – 25 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Francis Demarthon	France	45.89
	Didier Dubois	France	46.11
	Josip Alebić	Yugoslavia	46.24
4	Željko Knapić	Yugoslavia	46.42
5	Roberto Tozzi	Italy	46.80
6	Nafe Mersaal	Egypt	46.87
7	Stefano Malinverni	Italy	47.00
8	Panagiotis Stefanopoulos	Greece	47.59

800 meters

Heats – 23 September

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sotirios Moutsanas	Greece	1:48.9	Q^[6]
2	1	Sermet Timurlenk	Turkey	1:49.3	Q
3	1	Milovan Savić	Yugoslavia	1:49.6	Q
4	1	Roqui Sanchez	France	1:49.7	Q
5	1	Mehdi Aidet	Algeria	1:50.0
6	1	Adorno Corradini	Italy	1:50.38	^[3]
1	2	Dragan Životić	Yugoslavia	1:51.60	Q^[7]
2	2	Abderrahmane Morceli	Algeria	1:51.8	Q
3	2	Mohamed Alouini	Tunisia	1:52.1	Q
4	2	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:52.17	Q^[4]
5	2	Stavros Mermingis	Greece	1:52.3	^[7]

Final – 25 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dragan Životić	Yugoslavia	1:45.20	GR
	Abderrahmane Morceli	Algeria	1:46.38
	Sotirios Moutsanas	Greece	1:46.66
4	Milovan Savić	Yugoslavia	1.46.8
5	Colomán Trabado	Spain	1:47.37
6	Sermet Timurlenk	Turkey	1:47.79
7	Mohamed Alouini	Tunisia	1:48.2
8	Roqui Sanchez	France	1:50.3

1500 meters

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	José Marajo	France	3:41.00	GR
	Dragan Zdravković	Yugoslavia	3:41.22
	Abderrahmane Morceli	Algeria	3:41.40
4	Vittorio Fontanella	Italy	3:42.08
5	Christos Papachristos	Greece	3:42.3
6	Mehdi Aidet	Algeria	3:42.7
7	Boško Božinović	Yugoslavia	3:43.0
8	Sermet Timurlenk	Turkey	3:44.0
9	Alexandre Gonzalez	France	3:44.3	^[8]
10	Fotios Kourtis	Greece	3:45.1
11	Fulvio Costa	Italy	3:50.41	^[3]
12	Nabil Chouéry	Lebanon	3:50.9

5000 meters

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Luigi Zarcone	Italy	13:45.11
	Rachid Habchaoui	Algeria	13:47.24
	El Hachemi Abdenouz	Algeria	13:57.55
4	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	14:06.6
5	Piero Selvaggio	Italy	14:07.19
6	Stanko Lisec	Yugoslavia	14:10.6
7	Necdet Ayaz	Turkey	14:16.0
8	Vojko Arzenšek	Yugoslavia	14:23.6

10,000 meters

23 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Abdelmadjid Mada	Algeria	28:33.08
	Luigi Zarcone	Italy	28:39.06
	Rachid Habchaoui	Algeria	28:59.72
4	Dušan Janićijević	Yugoslavia	29:17.3
5	Jean-Paul Gomez	France	29:38.7
6	Slavko Kuzmanović	Yugoslavia	29:55.4
7	Spyridon Nakos	Greece	29:56.6
	Necdet Ayaz	Turkey	DNF

Marathon

28 September
The results are unofficial as the distance was 41.3 km, thus shorter than the required 42.195 kilometres.^[9]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michael Koussis	Greece	2:06:53*
	Marco Marchei	Italy	2:07:15*
	Mehmet Terzi	Turkey	2:10:11*
4	Numan Ukić	Yugoslavia	2:11:18*
5	Orlando Pizzolato	Italy	2:12:33*
6	Anastasios Psathas	Greece	2:13:56*
7	Abel Perau	Spain	2:14:15*
8	Pero Budija	Yugoslavia	2:14:15*
9	Veli Balli	Turkey	2:14:50*
10	Mahni Houcin	Tunisia	?:??:??*
	Guy Connan	France	DNF	^[8]
	Fernand Kolbeck	France	DNF	^[8]
	Abdelmajid Mada	Algeria	DNF

110 meters hurdles

28 September
Wind: -1.2 m/s^[10]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Borisav Pisić	Yugoslavia	13.85
	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	13.88
	Javier Moracho	Spain	13.92
4	Emile Raybois	France	14.05
5	Petros Evripidou	Greece	14.09
6	Petar Vukićević	Yugoslavia	14.14
7	Carlos Sala	Spain	14.33
8	Ilhan Agibas	Turkey	15.05

400 meters hurdles

24 September

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Rok Kopitar	Yugoslavia	49.70	GR
	6	Claude Anicet	France	50.85
	1	Fulvio Zorn	Italy	50.90
4	5	Giorgio Ballati	Italy	51.18
5	3	Georgios Rambotas	Greece	51.40
6	8	Antonio Rivero	Spain	51.41
7	7	Janez Penka	Yugoslavia	52.98

3000 meters steeplechase

27 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Mariano Scartezzini	Italy	8:24.19
	Domingo Ramón	Spain	8:25.75
	Philippe Gauthier	France	8:27.26
4	Bilko Kačar	Yugoslavia	8:32.59
5	Nikolaos Chalatsis	Greece	8:33.97
6	Lahcene Babaci	Algeria	8:39.9
7	Michele Cinà	Italy	8:40.6
8	Petar Svet	Yugoslavia	8:55.9
9	Abderrazak Bounour	Algeria	8:59.9

4 × 100 meters relay

28 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Italy	Gianfranco Lazzer, Luciano Caravani, Giovanni Grazioli, Pietro Mennea	39.27	GR
	France	Philippe Lejoncour, Antoine Richard, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Bernard Petitbois	39.98
	Yugoslavia	Janez Sagadin, Dragan Zarić, Aleksandar Popović, Borisav Pisić	40.53
4	Greece		41.12
5	Spain	Javier Moracho, Carlos Sala, José Javier Arqués, Ángel Heras	41.33	^[4]

4 × 400 meters relay

28 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	France	Jacques Fellice, Robert Froissart, Didier Dubois, Francis Demarthon	3:03.67	GR
	Yugoslavia	Željko Knapić, Dragan Životić, Rok Kopitar, Josip Alebić	3:04.33
	Italy	Alfonso Di Guida, Flavio Borghi, Stefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi	3:04.61
4	Spain	Antonio Rivero, Ángel Heras, Benjamín González, Colomán Trabado	3:11.2	^[4]

20 kilometers walk

24 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gérard Lelièvre	France	1:23:51	GR
	José Marín	Spain	1:24:18
	Carlo Mattioli	Italy	1:24:56
4	Giorgio Damilano	Italy	1:25:31
5	Jorge Llopart	Spain	1:28:59
6	Dominique Guebey	France	1:30:09
7	Vinko Galušić	Yugoslavia	1:34:56
8	Lazo Pejčić	Yugoslavia	1:37:05

High jump

28 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Massimo Di Giorgio	Italy	2.26	GR
	Oscar Raise	Italy	2.26
	Danial Temim	Yugoslavia	2.20
4	Francis Agbo	France	2.20
5	Dimitrios Patronis	Greece	2.17
6	Frank Bonnet	France	2.17
7	Abdelhamid Sahil	Algeria	2.17
8	Ekrem Özdamar	Turkey	2.14
9	Vaso Komnenić	Yugoslavia	2.14

Pole vault

27 September^[11]

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.80	5.00	5.10	5.20	5.30	5.45	5.50	Result	Notes
	Philippe Houvion	France					o	xxx		5.30	GR
	Jean-Michel Bellot	France	–	–	xxo	–	xxo	–	xxx	5.30
	Roger Oriol	Spain	o	o	o	xxx				5.10	^[4]
4	Dimitrios Kyteas	Greece								5.00
5	Vincenzo Bellone	Italy								4.80
	Miran Bizjak	Yugoslavia								NM
	Želimir Šarcevic	Yugoslavia								NM

Long jump

27 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Nenad Stekić	Yugoslavia	8.09	8.01	8.04	7.89	8.21	8.10	8.21	GR^[11]
	Philippe Deroche	France	7.63	8.04	7.68	7.77	x	x	8.04	^[11]
	Miljenko Rak	Yugoslavia							7.62
4	Gilbert Zante	France							7.59
5	Carlo Arrighi	Italy							7.51
6	Evangelos Tsoulias	Greece							7.29
7	Temel Erbek	Turkey							7.10

Triple jump

27 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Bernard Lamitié	France							16.90	GR
	Miloš Srejović	Yugoslavia							16.55
	Milan Spasojević	Yugoslavia							16.55
4	Christian Valétudie	France							16.50
5	Roberto Mazzucato	Italy							16.37
6	José Luis Rodríguez	Spain	x	15.77	15.44	16.18	16.16	16.35	16.35	^[4]
7	Temel Erbek	Turkey							15.65
8	Paolo Piapan	Italy							15.44

Shot put

24 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Vladimir Milić	Yugoslavia	20.58	GR
	Nagui Yusuf Assad	Egypt	19.70
	Ivan Ivančić	Yugoslavia	19.13
4	Luc Viudès	France	18.93
5	Angelo Groppelli	Italy	18.46
6	Luigi De Santis	Italy	17.91
7	Ali Fayez Emad	Egypt	17.20
8	Mohmed Fahiti	Morocco	15.00

Discus throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Armando De Vincentiis	Italy	57.96
	Hassan Ahmed Hamad	Egypt	56.06
	Silvano Simeon	Italy	55.06
4	Abderrazak Benhassine	Tunisia	54.84
5	Dimitar Marčeta	Yugoslavia	53.38
6	Vladimir Milić	Yugoslavia	52.90
7	Mohmed Fahiti	Morocco	46.12

Hammer throw

25 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Giampaolo Urlando	Italy	69.92	GR
	Edoardo Podberscek	Italy	69.42
	Srećko Štiglić	Yugoslavia	68.56
4	Vassilios Magganas	Greece	63.56
5	Dražen Goijć	Yugoslavia	61.94

Javelin throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Penisio Lutui	France	81.08	GR
	Tarek Chaabani	Tunisia	78.42
	Neđo Đurović	Yugoslavia	76.72
4	Ioannis Peristeris	Greece	74.44
5	Miran Globevnik	Yugoslavia	65.52
	Vincenzo Marchetti	Italy	DNS

Decathlon

24–25 September^[12]

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
	Eric Motti	France	11.35	7.30	14.17	2.09	49.85	15.46	41.32	4.15	63.30	4:44.2	7744	GR
	Darko Cujnik	Yugoslavia	11.30	6.90	13.39	1.86	49.50	16.08	41.58	3.70	64.06	4:33.7	7345
	Joško Vlašić	Yugoslavia	11.56	7.30	13.44	1.97	51.30	15.36	41.60	3.30	57.30	4:24.3	7327
4	Hubert Indra	Italy	11.72	6.64	13.52	1.89	52.31	15.76	39.60	4.30	57.62	4:40.2	7135
5	Elie Sfeir	Lebanon	11.81	6.55	12.92	1.86	53.17	16.60	34.22	3.40	55.18	4:39.00	6548
6	Stefanos Simeonidis	Greece	11.52	7.19	11.07	1.89	52.64	17.32	33.82	4.00	44.34	4:54.8	6522
	Konstantinos Kostis	Greece	11.29	7.26	13.56	2.01	53.03	15.34	39.84	?	DNS	–	DNF

Women's results

100 meters

Heats – 24 September
Wind:
Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Chantal Réga	France	11.79	Q
1	1	Marisa Masullo	Italy	11.80	Q^[3]
2	2	Laura Miano	Italy	11.92	Q^[3]
4	1	Dolores Vives	Spain	12.22	q^[4]

Final – 24 September
Wind:
-1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Chantal Réga	France	11.48	GR
	Marisa Masullo	Italy	11.66
	Laura Miano	Italy	11.67
4	Annie Alizé	France	11.71
5	Dejana Sokač	Yugoslavia	11.97
6	Nawal El Moutawakel	Morocco	12.13
7	Dolores Vives	Spain	12.23
8	Verica Petrović	Yugoslavia	12.26

200 meters

27 September
Wind:
+1.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	2	Marisa Masullo	Italy	23.26
	4	Annie Alizé	France	23.37
	1	Claudine Mas	France	24.03
4	3	Verica Petrović	Yugoslavia	24.64
5	8	Nawal El Moutawakel	Morocco	24.64
6	7	Dolores Vives	Spain	24.97
	6	Dejana Sokač	Yugoslavia	DNF

400 meters

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Jelica Pavličić	Yugoslavia	52.96
	Ana Guštin	Yugoslavia	54.57
	Georgia Troumbouki	Greece	54.93
4	Sarra Touibi	Tunisia	56.75

800 meters

25 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	2:01.78	GR
	Agnese Possamai	Italy	2:03.73
	Nađa Avdibašić	Yugoslavia	2:04.03
4	Rosa Ochandiano	Spain	2:07.2
5	Zora Tomecić	Yugoslavia	2:08.6
6	Hassania Darami	Morocco	2:09.4
7	Neşe Çetin	Turkey	2:11.7

1500 meters

28 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Margherita Gargano	Italy	4:06.71	GR
	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:07.07
	Sakina Boutamine	Algeria	4:10.60
4	Mercedes Calleja	Spain	4:15.4
5	Véronique Renties	France	4:16.5
6	Breda Pergar	Yugoslavia	4:16.8
7	Rosa Ochandiamo	Spain	4:17.5
8	Hassania Darami	Morocco	4:18.3

100 meters hurdles

Wind: -3.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Laurence Elloy	France	13.87
	Elizavet Pantazi	Greece	14.33
	Patrizia Lombardo	Italy	14.65
4	Margita Papić	Yugoslavia	14.73
5	Irina Pagdati	Greece	14.81
6	Breda Lorenci	Yugoslavia	14.97

4 × 100 meters relay

28 September

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	3	France	Annie Alizé, Emma Sulter, Claudine Mas, Chantal Réga	44.58	GR
	1	Italy	Irma Galli, Patrizia Lombardo, Marisa Masullo, Laura Miano	45.32
	2	Greece	Irini Pagdati, Alexandra Siulis, Elisavet Pantazi, Maroula Lambrou	46.17
4	4	Yugoslavia		46.23

4 × 400 meters relay

28 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Yugoslavia	Jelica Pavličić, Nađa Avdibašić, Elizabeta Božinovska, Ana Guštin	3:38.91
	France	Annie Alizé, Florence Picaut, Véronique Renties, Claudine Mas	3:56.84

High jump

25 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.60	1.70	1.75	1.81	1.84	1.90	1.95	1.98	2.02	Result	Notes
	Sara Simeoni	Italy	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx	1.98	GR^[13]
	Donatella Bulfoni	Italy										1.81
	Lidija Benedetič	Yugoslavia										1.75
4	Biljana Bojović	Yugoslavia										1.75
5	Panteli Panagiotou	Greece										1.70
6	Kaouther Akremi	Tunisia										1.70
7	Afitap Sahin	Turkey										1.60

Long jump

24 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Maroula Lambrou	Greece							6.32	GR
	Snežana Dančetović	Yugoslavia							6.20
	Amanda Naval	Spain	5.85	5.77	x	6.06	5.74	6.03	6.06	^[4]
4	Marcella Iacovelli	Italy							6.04
5	Barbara Norello	Italy							5.89
6	Kaouther Akremi	Tunisia							5.72
7	Luciana Vinazza	Yugoslavia							5.69

Shot put

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Léone Bertimon	France	16.80	GR
	Soultana Saroudi	Greece	16.69
	Cinzia Petrucci	Italy	16.17
4	Mirjana Tufegdžić	Yugoslavia	15.34
5	Marta Gozo	Yugoslavia	15.07

Discus throw

23 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Renata Scaglia	Italy	44.56	49.06	52.92	x	51.12	51.46	52.92	GR^[7]
	Fethia Jerbi	Tunisia							49.24
	Kosa Stojković	Yugoslavia							48.82
4	Zoubida Laayouni	Morocco							45.88
5	Encarnación Gambus	Spain	40.34	43.26	43.04	x	x	41.36	43.26	^[4]
6	Soultana Saroudi	Greece							42.54
7	Nevenka Mrinjek	Yugoslavia							42.34

Javelin throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Sofia Sakorafa	Greece	57.96	GR
	Fausta Quintavalla	Italy	57.06
	Borbala Menjhart	Yugoslavia	54.50
4	Giuliana Amici	Italy	52.00
5	Anna Verouli	Greece	50.92
6	Aljana Kovač	Yugoslavia	45.62

Pentathlon

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The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	SP	HJ	LJ	800m	Points	Notes
	Florence Picaut	France	13.69	13.13	1.78	6.10	2:20.0	4424	^[15]
	Breda Lorenci	Yugoslavia	14.39	13.68	1.72	5.58	2:21.1	4180
	Barbara Bachlechner	Italy	14.44	10.54	1.72	5.91	2:26.0	3994
4	Lidija Benedetič	Yugoslavia	15.10	9.50	1.80	5.75	2:28.6	3862
5	Ana Pérez	Spain	15.14	8.38	1.74	5.76	2:17.8	3852	NR^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Day 1 results" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 September 1979. p. 37. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ 100 m year list
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Annuario dell'ATLETICA 2010" (PDF). 2010-05-01. p. 484. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Spanish results
^ "Day 2 results" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 September 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Mennea continua a volare: 10"15" (in Italian). La Stampa. 24 September 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Aburrimiento enla apertura del atletismo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 September 1979. p. 13. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "French results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
^ "ARRS results". Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^ 110 m hurdles year list
^ ^a ^b ^c "Medalla de plata para Ramón y de bronce para Oriol" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 September 1979. p. 21. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ Decathlon results (p27)
^ "Poca gloria aporto la segunda sesión atletica" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 September 1979. p. 21. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "Spanish combined events records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-28. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
^ French combined events results

External links

Complete 1979 Mediterranean Games Standings.
Mediterranean Games – Past Medallists. GBR Athletics.

[Mundo1-1] "Day 1 results" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 September 1979. p. 37. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

[2] 100 m year list

[ITA-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Annuario dell'ATLETICA 2010" (PDF). 2010-05-01. p. 484. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2020-10-31.

[ESP-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Spanish results

[Mundo2-5] "Day 2 results" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 September 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

[Stampa1-6] "Mennea continua a volare: 10"15" (in Italian). La Stampa. 24 September 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[Mundo-7] "Aburrimiento enla apertura del atletismo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 September 1979. p. 13. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

[FRA-8] "French results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-27.

[9] "ARRS results". Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[10] 110 m hurdles year list

[Mundo4-11] "Medalla de plata para Ramón y de bronce para Oriol" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 September 1979. p. 21. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

[12] Decathlon results (p27)

[Mundo3-13] "Poca gloria aporto la segunda sesión atletica" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 September 1979. p. 21. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

[14] "Spanish combined events records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-28. Retrieved 2020-12-10.

[15] French combined events results

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