Athletics at the Mediterranean Games

Athletics is one of the sports at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games competition. It has been one of the sports competed at the event since the inaugural edition in 1951.

Editions

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Games Year Host city Host country Main venue Events Best nation
Men Women
I 1951 Alexandria   Egypt Stade Fouad 1er 23   France (FRA)
II 1955 Barcelona   Spain Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 24   France (FRA)
III 1959 Beirut   Lebanon Cité sportive Camille-Chamoun 23   France (FRA)
IV 1963 Naples   Italy Stadio San Paolo 21   Italy (ITA)
V 1967 Tunis   Tunisia Stade El Menzah 22 6   Italy (ITA)
VI 1971 İzmir   Turkey Atatürk Stadium 24 8   Italy (ITA)
VII 1975 Algiers   Algeria Stade 5 Juillet 1962 23 8   Italy (ITA)
VIII 1979 Split   Yugoslavia Stadion Poljud 23 14   Italy (ITA)
IX 1983 Casablanca   Morocco Stade Mohammed V 23 16   France (FRA)
X 1987 Latakia   Syria Al-Assad Stadium 23 16   Italy (ITA)
XI 1991 Athens   Greece Olympic Stadium 22 16   Italy (ITA)
XII 1993 Narbonne   France Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié 20 16   France (FRA)
XIII 1997 Bari   Italy Stadio San Nicola 23 20   Italy (ITA)
XIV 2001 Tunis   Tunisia Stade 7 Novembre 23 23   Italy (ITA)
XV 2005 Almería   Spain Estadio Mediterraneo 24 23   France (FRA)
XVI 2009 Pescara   Italy Stadio Adriatico 21 19   Italy (ITA)
XVII 2013 Mersin   Turkey Yanıt Athletics Complex 22 22   Italy (ITA)
XVIII 2018 Tarragona   Spain Campclar Athletics Stadium 17 17   Morocco (MAR)
XIX 2022 Oran   Algeria Miloud Hadefi Stadium 20 18   Turkey (TUR)

Events

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As of the most recent 2018 edition, the athletics program features 17 men's and 17 women's events. These include a total of 22 track events, 2 road events, and 10 field events.

Men's events

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Event 51 55 59 63 67 71 75 79 83 87 91 93 97 01 05 09 13 18 22
Current program
100 m X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
200 m X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
400 m X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
800 m X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
1500 m X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
5000 m X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
110 m hurdles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
400 m hurdles X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
3000 m steeplechase X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
4 × 100 m relay X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
4 × 400 m relay X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Half marathon X X X X X
High jump X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Pole vault X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Long jump X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Triple jump X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Shot put X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Discus throw X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Hammer throw X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Javelin throw X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Past events
10,000 m X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Marathon X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
10 km walk X X
20 km walk X X X X X X X X X X X X
50 km walk X X X X
Decathlon X X X X X X X X X X X X
Events 23 24 23 21 22 24 23 23 23 23 23 20 23 23 20 21 21 17 20

All-time medal table

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Updated after the 2022 Mediterranean Games

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy (ITA)179161127467
2  France (FRA)151124100375
3  Greece (GRE)636978210
4  Morocco (MAR)515335139
5  Yugoslavia (YUG)465048144
6  Spain (ESP)397495208
7  Algeria (ALG)33193587
8  Turkey (TUR)313642109
9  Tunisia (TUN)18212665
10  Cyprus (CYP)129728
11  Slovenia (SLO)10131336
12  Croatia (CRO)108927
13  Egypt (EGY)6142040
14  Serbia (SRB)55212
15  Portugal (POR)34411
16  Syria (SYR)3227
17  Albania (ALB)2237
18  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)1168
19  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)1124
20  Libya (LBA)1056
21  Montenegro (MNE)1023
22  Malta (MLT)0101
Totals (22 entries)6666676611,994

Games records

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