| Italy at the 1979 Mediterranean Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | ITA |
| NOC | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| in Split | |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
|
| Mediterranean Games appearances (overview) | |
Italy competed at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
| Italy at the 1979 Mediterranean Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| IOC code | ITA |
| NOC | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| in Split | |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
|
| Mediterranean Games appearances (overview) | |
Italy competed at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Athletics [1] | 13 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| Totals (1 sports) | 13 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| Event |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Pietro Mennea | Gianfranco Lazzer | |
| 200 metres | Luciano Caravani | ||
| 5000 metres | Luigi Zarcone | ||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Mariano Scartezzini | ||
| High jump | Massimo Di Giorgio | Oscar Raise | |
| Discus throw | Armando De Vincentiis | ||
| Hammer throw | Giampaolo Urlando | Edoardo Podberscek | Silvano Simeon |
| 4x100 metres relay | Gianfranco Lazzer Luciano Caravani Giovanni Grazioli Pietro Mennea | ||
| 10000 metres | Luigi Zarcone | ||
| Marathon | Marco Marchei | ||
| 110 metres hurdlers | Giuseppe Buttari | ||
| 400 metres hurdlers | Fulvio Zorn | ||
| 20 km walk | Carlo Mattioli | ||
| 4x400 metres relay | Alfonso Di Guida Flavio Borghi Stefano Malinverni Roberto Tozzi | ||
| 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Event | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 metres | Marisa Masullo | ||
| 800 metres | Gabriella Dorio | Agnese Possamai | |
| 1500 metres | Margherita Gargano | Gabriella Dorio | |
| High jump | Sara Simeoni | Donatella Bulfoni | |
| Discus throw | Renata Scaglia | ||
| 100 metres | Marisa Masullo | Laura Miano | |
| Javelin throw | Fausta Quintavalla | ||
| 4×100 metres relay | Irma Galli Patrizia Lombardo Marisa Masullo Laura Miano | ||
| 100 metres hurdles | Patrizia Lombardo | ||
| Shot put | Cinzia Petrucci | ||
| Pentathlon | Barbara Bachlechner | ||
| 5 | 6 | 4 |
The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The first Mediterranean Games were held in 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt, while the following games are scheduled to be held in 2022 in Oran, Algeria.
Boro Primorac is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Croatian First Football League club Hajduk Split.
Gripe Sports Center is a sports complex located in the Gripe city district of Split, Croatia. It features four indoor halls, and is used to host many sports, as well as concerts. The seating capacity of the small indoor hall is 3,500, and of the biggest one is 6,000.
The VIII Mediterranean Games – Split 1979, commonly known as the 1979 Mediterranean Games, were the 8th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia, from 15 to 29 September 1979, where 2,408 athletes from 14 countries participated. There were a total of 192 medal events from 26 different sports.
Nagui Asaad Youssef ناجى أسعد,, is a retired Egyptian athlete who represented Egypt in international athletics events in the 1970s and early 1980s in shot put and discus throw.
Fenerbahçe Athletics is the men's and women's athletics section of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major Turkish multi-sport club in Istanbul, Turkey. Fenerbahçe Athletics' homeground are the Dereağzı Facilities in Kadıköy, belonging to the club.
Ali "Alilou" Bencheikh is a former Algerian international footballer.
Joško Vlašić is a Croatian athletics coach and a former decathlete who represented Yugoslavia. Vlašić's greatest competitive success was winning the decathlon gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games, but he is best known for coaching his daughter Blanka Vlašić, a world champion high jumper.
Syria (SYR) competed at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, Yugoslavia. The medal tally was 1.
Mehdi Cerbah is an Algerian retired international football player.
Stadion Park Mladeži is a football stadium in Split, Croatia. It is the second largest football stadium in Split and is home to the RNK Split football club.
The 1979 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 8th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Split, Yugoslavia between 21 and 29 September 1979 as part of the 1979 Mediterranean Games and was contested by 8 teams.
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia participated at ten Mediterranean Games since 1951 to 1991, except 1955. Yugoslavia was the host of Mediterranean Games in 1979 in Split, when it finished first on the medal table.
Athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia.
Tunisia (TUN) competed at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, Yugoslavia.
Tennis has been contested at every Mediterranean Games since its introduction to the program at the 1963 Mediterranean Games. The 1975 Mediterranean Games were the last games with tennis as a male only event — beginning with the 1979 Mediterranean Games, women's tennis is included in the program.
The basketball tournament at the 1979 Mediterranean Games was held in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
Algeria (ALG) competed at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, Yugoslavia.
Below are the squads for the Football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, hosted in Split, Yugoslavia, and took place between 21 and 29 September 1979.
The swimming competition at the 1979 Mediterranean Games was held in Split, Yugoslavia.