Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games

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Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
Dates19–23 October
Host city Flag of Lebanon.svg Beirut
Venue Camille Chamoun Stadium
Events23
Participation131 athletes from
9 nations


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

Contents

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France 115319
2Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 67619
3Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 3216
4Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 15511
5Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1102
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1102
7Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 0178
8Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0101
Totals (8 entries)23232268

Medal summary

Track

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of France.svg  Abdoulaye Seye  (FRA)10.3 GRFlag of France.svg  Paul Genevay  (FRA)10.6Flag of France.svg  Alain David  (FRA)10.6
200 metresFlag of France.svg  Paul Genevay  (FRA)20.9 GRFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Nikolaos Georgopoulos  (GRE)21.5Flag of France.svg  Bernard Cahen  (FRA)21.8
400 metresFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Viktor Šnajder  (YUG)47.1 GR Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg Hassan El Din Ahmed Ragab 48.3Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Vassilios Sillis  (GRE)48.7
800 metresFlag of France.svg  Pierre-Yvon Lenoir  (FRA)1:55.4Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Tomás Barris  (ESP)1:55.8Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Evangelos Depastas  (GRE)1:56.1
1500 metresFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Tomás Barris  (ESP)3:50.6Flag of France.svg  Jean Clausse  (FRA)3:51.8Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Evangelos Depastas  (GRE)3:52.6
5000 metresFlag of France.svg  Robert Bogey  (FRA)14:31.0Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Luis García  (ESP)14:32.6Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Carlos Perez  (ESP)14:45.0
10,000 metresFlag of France.svg  Hamoud Ameur  (FRA)30:19.2 GRFlag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Saïd  (MAR)30:22.4Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Luis García  (ESP)30:24.2
MarathonFlag of Morocco.svg  Bakir Benaïssa  (MAR)2:24:14.8 GRFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Miguel Navarro  (ESP)2:27:27.8Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Mahmoud Abdelkrim  (UAR)2:35:03.4
110 metres hurdlesFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Georgios Marsellos  (GRE)14.5 GRFlag of France.svg  Marcel Duriez  (FRA)14.5Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Emilio Campra  (ESP)15.4
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Turkey.svg  Fahir Özgüden  (TUR)53.4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Mongi Zarrouki  (TUN)54.1Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Abdel Mohamed Abdallah  (EGY)54.4
3000 m steeplechaseFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Georgios Papavasileiou  (GRE)9:04.0 GRFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Manuel Alonso  (ESP)9:06.2Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Franc Hafner  (YUG)9:09.6
4 x 100 metres relayFlag of France.svg  France
Bernard Cahen
Alain David
Paul Genevay
Ali Brakchi
41.5Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Ioannis Komitoudis
Constantin Lolos
Leonidas Kormalis
Nikolaos Georgopoulos
41.7Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Emilio Campra
José Luis Martínez
Jesús Rancaño
José Luis Albarran
42.2
4 x 400 metres relayFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Leonidas Kormalis
Konstantinos Moragiemos
Nikolaos Georgopoulos
Vassilios Sillis
3:15.0Flag of France.svg  France
Paul Genevay
Jean-Pierre Goudeau
Jean Bertozzi
Pierre-Yvon Lenoir
3:15.4Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic
Farouk Tadros
Rachoui
Abdel Moneim Abdallah
Hassan Ahmed Ragab
3:17.6
20 km walkFlag of France.svg  Pierre Attane  (FRA)1:43:16.6Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Stavros Hatzilaios  (GRE)1:50:18.6not assigned

Field

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jumpFlag of France.svg  Maurice Fournier  (FRA)1.99 mFlag of Turkey.svg  Çetin Şahiner  (TUR)1.96 mFlag of France.svg  Michel Hermann  (FRA)1.90 m
Long jumpFlag of France.svg  Ali Brakchi  (FRA)7.59 m GRFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Dimos Manglaras  (GRE)7.44 mFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Manuel González  (ESP)7.24 m
Pole vaultFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Rigas Efstathiadis  (GRE)4.10 mFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Fernando Adarraga  (ESP)3.80 mFlag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Farid Hanna  (UAR)3.80 m
Triple jumpFlag of France.svg  Éric Battista  (FRA)15.82 m GRFlag of France.svg  Marc Rabémila  (FRA)15.47 mFlag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Mahmoud Atef Abdel Fattah  (UAR)15.04 m
Shot putFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Georgios Tsakanikas  (GRE)16.97 m GRFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Antonios Kounadis  (GRE)15.12 mFlag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Chebel Hassan Farag  (UAR)14.95 m
Discus throwFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Antonios Kounadis  (GRE)55.02 m GRFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Dako Radošević  (YUG)54.01 mFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Georgios Tsakanikas  (GRE)47.88 m
Hammer throwFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Krešimir Račić  (YUG)62.26 m GRFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Frangiskos Politis  (GRE)55.44 mFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Andreas Kouvelogiannis  (GRE)53.31 m
Javelin throwFlag of France.svg  Léon Syrovatski  (FRA)74.10 m GRFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Božidar Miletić  (YUG)73.80 mFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Myron Anyfantakis  (GRE)68.80 m
DecathlonFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Jože Brodnik  (YUG)6581 pts GRFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Georgios Marsellos  (GRE)5908 ptsFlag of the United Arab Republic.svg  Mohamed Saïd Zaki  (UAR)5816 pts

Participating nations

Results

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters

800 meters

1500 meters

22 October

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tomás Barris Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain 3:50.6
Silver medal icon.svg Jean Clausse Flag of France.svg  France 3:51.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Evangelos Depastas Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 3:52.6
4 Muharrem Dalkılıç Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:53.4
5Abdeslem DargouthFlag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg Tunisia 3:59.2
6 Mohamed Abdul Magd Omar Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 4:00.1
7 Samir Nassar Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon ?:??.?

5000 meters

21 October [6]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Robert Bogey Flag of France.svg  France 14:31.0
Silver medal icon.svg Luis García Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain 14:32.6
Bronze medal icon.svg Carlos Pérez Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain 14:45.0
4 Salah Beddiaf Flag of France.svg  France 14:47.6
5 Said Ben Mohamed Gerouani Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 15:05.2
6 Ahmed Ben Salem Boughalem Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg Tunisia 15:12.0
7 Mahmoud Saleh Al-Rachidi Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 15:12.8
8 Fathi Atta Khalifa Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 15:13.2
9 Şükrü Şaban Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 15:23.2
10 Fevzi Pakel Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 15:35.4
11 Spyros Kontos Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 15:37.8
12 Ahmed Dali Labibi Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg Tunisia 16:01.4
13 Moussa Aly El Hajje Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 16:21.6

10,000 meters

19 October

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Hamoud Ameur Flag of France.svg  France 30:19.2
Silver medal icon.svg Saïd Ben Mohamed Gerouani Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 30:22.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Luis García Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain 30:24.2
4 Carlos Pérez Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain 30:41.4
5 Salah Beddiaf Flag of France.svg  France 30:42.6
6 Bachir Benaïssa Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 31:18.4
7 Georgios Papavasileiou Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 31:24.0 [7]
8 Fathi Atta Khalifa Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 31:34.6
9 Ahmed Ben Salem Boughalem Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg Tunisia 31:57.4
10 Şükrü Şaban Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 32:02.0
11 Mahmoud Saleh Al-Rachidi Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 32:02.2
12 Spyros Kontos Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 32:02.2
13 Ahmed Dali Labibi Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg Tunisia 32:24.2
14 Moussa Aly El Hajje Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 35:02.0

Marathon

22 October [8]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Bakir Benaïssa Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:24:15GR
Silver medal icon.svg Miguel Navarro Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain 2:27:28 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Mahmoud Abdelkrim Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 2:35:04
4 Farag Salem Farag Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 2:35:25
5 Ahmet Aytar Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:39:18
6 Ali Hamed Ahmed Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 2:40:15
7 Aydar Erturan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:40:15
8 Mohamed El Outa Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 3:25:00

110 meters hurdles

400 meters hurdles

3000 meters steeplechase

22 October

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Georgios Papavasileiou Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 9:04.0GR
Silver medal icon.svg Manuel Alonso Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain 9:06.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Franc Hafner Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 9:09.6
4 Hamoud Ameur Flag of France.svg  France 9:11.6

4 × 100 meters relay

21 October [9]

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Bernard Cahen, Alain David, Paul Genevay, Ali Brakchi 41.5
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece Ioannis Komitoudis, Constantin Lolos, Leonidas Kormalis, Nikolaos Georgopoulos 41.7
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain Emilio Campra, José Luis Martínez, Jesús Rancaño, José Luis Albarran 42.2 NR
4Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic Mohamed Saïd Zaki, Hassan El Din Ahmed Ragab, Zein El Abdin Youssef, Taissir Abdulai Suleiman 43.4
5Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon M. Nasrallah, Fouad Nasrallah, Abdul Halim Karakallah, Mounir Zeitoun 45.5

4 × 400 meters relay

22 October

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece Leonidas Kormalis, Konstantinos Moragiemos, Nikolaos Georgopoulos, Vassilios Sillis 3:15.0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Paul Genevay, Jean-Pierre Goudeau, Jean Bertozzi, Pierre-Yvon Lenoir 3:15.4
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic Farouk Tadros, Rachoui, Abdel Moneim Abdallah, Hassan El Din Ahmed Ragab 3:17.6
4Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain Bernardino Lombao, José Luis Martínez, Jesús Rancaño, Elias Requero 3:17.6
5Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Ben Taber, Bougaib M'Rak, Mohamed Reguib, Said3:25.1

20 kilometers walk

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Pierre Attane Flag of France.svg  France 1:43:17
Silver medal icon.svg Stavros Hatzilaios Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 1:50:19

High jump

20 October

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Maurice Fournier Flag of France.svg  France 1.99
Silver medal icon.svg Çetin Şahiner Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1.96
Bronze medal icon.svg Michel Hermann Flag of France.svg  France 1.90
4 Marc Rabémila Flag of France.svg  France 1.90
5 Sylvain Bitan Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg Tunisia 1.90
6 Ioannis Koinis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 1.85
7 Sami El Ahmar Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1.85
8 Hassan Nassif Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 1.80

Pole vault

22 October

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Rigas Efstathiadis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 4.10
Silver medal icon.svg Fernando Adarraga Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain 3.80
Bronze medal icon.svg Farid Hanna Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 3.80
4 Mohamed Saïd Zaki Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 3.70
5 Ahmed Adam Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 3.50
6 Abdul Halim Karakallah Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 3.40

Long jump

21 October

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ali Brakchi Flag of France.svg  France 7.59
Silver medal icon.svg Dimosthenis Magglaras Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 7.44
Bronze medal icon.svg Manuel González Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain 7.24
4 Teymurlenk Shukri Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 7.06
5 Aristidis Kazantzidis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 7.02
6 Éric Battista Flag of France.svg  France 6.80
7 Michel Hermann Flag of France.svg  France 6.33
8 Fouad Nasrallah Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 6.09

Triple jump

19 October

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Éric Battista Flag of France.svg  France 15.82
Silver medal icon.svg Marc Rabémila Flag of France.svg  France 15.47
Bronze medal icon.svg Mahmoud Atef Abdel Fattah Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 15.04
4 Konstantinos Sfikas Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 14.69
5 Hassan Mohamed Sourour Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 14.43
6 Abbas El Masri Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 12.76

Shot put

21 October

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Georgios Tsakanikas Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 16.97
Silver medal icon.svg Antonios Kounadis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 15.12
Bronze medal icon.svg Chebel Hassan Farag Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 14.95
4 Salem El Djirs Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 14.36
5 Mohamed Ali Abdul Oneim Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 13.91

Discus throw

20 October

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Antonios Kounadis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 55.02
Silver medal icon.svg Dako Radošević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 54.01
Bronze medal icon.svg Giorgios Tsakanikas Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 47.88
4 Dimitrios Karaflas Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 45.88
5 Chebel Hassan Farag Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 45.71
6 Afif Boutros Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 42.04
7 Abadallah Haffez Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 40.24
8 Iskandar Saker Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 39.53

Hammer throw

19 October

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Krešimir Račić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 62.26
Silver medal icon.svg Frangiskos Politis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 55.44
Bronze medal icon.svg Andreas Kouvelogiannis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 53.31
4 Michel Skaff Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 40.42
5 Fabel El Hadji Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 36.98

Javelin throw

22 October

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Léon Syrovatski Flag of France.svg  France 74.10
Silver medal icon.svg Božidar Miletić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 73.80
Bronze medal icon.svg Myron Anifantakis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 68.80
4 Mahmod Mohamed Mahmoud Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 63.53
5 Mohamed Atef Ismail Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 58.00
6 Afif Boutros Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 52.97
7 Elie Makhoul Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 50.88

Decathlon

17–18 October

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jože Brodnik Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 11.56.4313.191.7052.015.639.003.9564.084:46.86581 [10]
Silver medal icon.svg Georgios Marsellos Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 11.36.7911.421.8754.814.735.073.2046.085:11.15908 [7]
Bronze medal icon.svg Mohamed Saïd Zaki Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 11.16.6811.471.6550.416.636.653.7045.505:04.65816
4 Aydin Onur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 10.96.6511.501.6053.618.632.663.8040.254:47.05357
Abdallah Habrachi Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg  United Arab Republic 12.26.399.181.6554.8?DNF


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