Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
Dates19–23 October
Host cityLebanon 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]

Results

Main article: Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games – Results

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 United Arab RepublicHassan 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

Medal table

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

Participating nations

References

  1. ^ "Mediterranean Games – Past Medallists". sports-gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 19 December 2012.