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.

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

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	–

  *   Host nation (Yugoslavia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	13	12	8	33
2	France	13	8	3	24
3	Yugoslavia*	7	7	13	27
4	Greece	3	2	4	9
5	Algeria	1	2	4	7
6	Spain	0	2	3	5
7	Egypt	0	2	0	2
	Tunisia	0	2	0	2
9	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		37	37	36	110

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