| Athletics at the XI Mediterranean Games | |
|---|---|
 The host stadium later held the 2004 Olympic Games | |
| Dates | 6–11 July |
| Host city | Athens, Greece |
| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
| Events | 38 |
| Participation | 15 nations |
| Records set | 22 Games records |
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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]
Contents
- Medal table
- Medal summary
- Men
- Women
- Participation
- Men's results
- 100 meters
- 200 meters
- 400 meters
- 800 meters
- 1500 meters
- 5000 meters
- 10,000 meters
- Marathon
- 110 meters hurdles
- 400 meters hurdles
- 3000 meters steeplechase
- 4 x 100 meters relay
- 4 x 400 meters relay
- 20 kilometers walk
- High jump
- Pole vault
- Long jump
- Triple jump
- Shot put
- Discus throw
- Hammer throw
- Javelin throw
- Decathlon
- Women's results
- 100 meters 2
- 200 meters 2
- 400 meters 2
- 800 meters 2
- 1500 meters 2
- 3000 meters
- 100 meters hurdles
- 400 meters hurdles 2
- 4 x 100 meters relay 2
- 4 x 400 meters relay 2
- High jump 2
- Long jump 2
- Shot put 2
- Discus throw 2
- Javelin throw 2
- Heptathlon (exhibition)
- References
- External links
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.
