Athletics at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

At the 2001 Mediterranean Games, the athletics events were held in Tunis and Radès in Tunisia from 11 to 14 September 2001.[1] Italy topped the medal table with 9 gold medals and 30 medals in total, shortly followed by France which also had 9 golds but 23 medals overall. Greece had the next greatest medal haul and the hosts Tunisia won 9 medals, two of which were gold. A total of 10 new Games records were set during the competition.

Athletics at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Radès National Stadium hosted some events
Dates11 – 14 September
Host cityRadès, Tunisia
VenueJune 14 Stadium
Events46
Participation438 athletes from
23 nations
Records set10


A total of 46 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 23 by female athletes. This was the first time that the male and female event programmes had reached parity as a number of new events were introduced for women, including: 3000 metres steeplechase, pole vault and hammer throw. Two women's events were modified: the javelin model was changed and the 10 km racewalk was extended to a 20 kilometres racewalk. This was also the final time that marathon races were held at the Mediterranean Games as they were replaced by the half marathon from 2005 onwards.

Records edit

Name Event Country Record Type
Men's events
Manuel Martínez Shot put   Spain 21.03 m GR
Diego Fortuna Discus throw   Italy 64.40 m GR
Nicola Vizzoni Hammer throw   Italy 78.49 m GR
Women's events
Asmae Leghzaoui 10,000 metres   Morocco 31:16.94 GR
Élodie Olivarès 3000 metres steeplechase   France 9:44.68 GR
Patricia Girard 100 metres hurdles   France 12.82 GR
Dana Cervantes Pole vault   Spain 4.10 GR
Florence Ezeh Hammer throw   France 64.59 GR
Claudia Coslovich Javelin throw   Italy 62.02 GR
Erica Alfridi 20 kilometres race walk   Italy 1:36:47 GR
Key:0000 WR — World record  • AR — Area record  • GR — Games record  • NR — National record
  • † = New event or model

Medal summary edit

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Wind: 2.5 m/s
  Aristotelis Gavelas (GRE) 10.14w   Maurizio Checcucci (ITA) 10.15w   Anninos Marcoullides (CYP) 10.21w
200 metres   Anninos Marcoullides (CYP) 20.60   Andrea Colombo (ITA) 20.60   Panagiotis Sarris (GRE) 20.72
400 metres   Malik Louahla (ALG) 45.56   Sofiane Labidi (TUN) 46.33   Amin Badany Goma'a (EGY) 46.87
800 metres   Adem Hecini (ALG) 1:49.21   Khalid Tighazouine (MAR) 1:49.42   Franck Barré (FRA) 1:49.48
1500 metres   Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR) 3:46.45   Mohamed Khaldi (ALG) 3:47.55   Fouad Chouki (FRA) 3:47.97
5000 metres   Mohamed Khaldi (ALG) 14:06.30   Mohammed Amyn (MAR) 14:06.73   Ricardo Fernández (ESP) 14:07.20
10,000 metres   Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 28:58.97   Kamel Kohil (ALG) 29:00.47   Ahmed Baday (MAR) 29:13.36
Marathon   Sergio Chiesa (ITA) 2:21:07   Mustapha Damaoui (MAR) 2:22:25   Ali Mohamed Zaïdi (LBA) 2:22:56
110 metres hurdles   Vincent Clarico (FRA) 13.62   Devis Favaro (ITA) 13.89   Nenad Lončar (YUG) 13.90
400 metres hurdles   Periklis Iakovakis (GRE) 50.21   Darko Juričić (CRO) 50.35   Laurent Ottoz (ITA) 50.75
3000 metres steeplechase   Antonio Jiménez (ESP) 8:31.31   José Luis Blanco (ESP) 8:34.94   Laïd Bessou (ALG) 8:35.32
4×100 metres relay   Italy (ITA)
Maurizio Checcucci
Marco Torrieri
Francesco Scuderi
Andrea Colombo
39.14   France (FRA)
Yannick Urbino
Thierry Lubin
Alex Menal
Needdy Guims
39.73   Spain (ESP)
Cecilio Maestra
Pedro Pablo Nolet
Carlos Meléndez
Carlos Berlanga
40.00
4×400 metres relay   Greece (GRE)
Stelios Dimotsios
Ioannis Lessis
Georgios Oikonomidis
Periklis Iakovakis
3:07.28   Algeria (ALG)
Malik Louahla
Djamel Belaid
Nabil Salmi
Adem Hecini
3:07.50   France (FRA)
Laurent Claudel
Marc Foucan
Philippe Bouche
Bruno Wavelet
3:07.87
20 km walk   Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:26:43   José Alejandro Cambil (ESP) 1:28:43   Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) 1:29:18
High jump   Abderrahmane Hammad (ALG) 2.25 m   Giulio Ciotti (ITA) 2.19 m   Elvir Krehmić (BIH) 2.19 m
Pole vault   Andrea Giannini (ITA) 5.45 m   Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA) 5.40 m   Khalid Lachheb (FRA) 5.40 m
Long jump   Siniša Ergotić (CRO) 8.08 m   Younès Moudrik (MAR) 8.07 m (w)   Nicola Trentin (ITA) 7.93 m (w)
Triple jump   Fabrizio Donato (ITA) 17.05 m   Sébastien Pincemail (FRA) 16.58 m (w)   Raúl Chapado (ESP) 16.41 m (w)
Shot put   Manuel Martínez (ESP) 21.03 m GR   Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) 20.60 m   Vaios Tigas (GRE) 19.42 m
Discus throw   Diego Fortuna (ITA) 64.40 m GR   David Martínez (ESP) 63.85 m   Mario Pestano (ESP) 63.71 m
Hammer throw   Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) 78.49 m GR   Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) 76.98 m   Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) 71.52 m
Javelin throw   Laurent Dorique (FRA) 80.88 m   Eleutherios Karasmanakis (GRE) 77.58 m   Edi Ponoš (CRO) 76.12 m
Decathlon   Prodromos Korkizoglou (GRE) 7773 pts   Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN) 7530 pts   Paolo Casarsa (ITA) 7522 pts

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Nora Güner (TUR) 11.25   Manuela Levorato (ITA) 11.25   Evfrosyni Patsou (GRE) 11.45
200 metres
Wind: 2.6 m/s
  Nora Güner (TUR) 22.86 w   Fabé Dia (FRA) 23.18 w   Anita Mormand (FRA) 23.50 w
400 metres   Marie-Louise Bévis (FRA) 52.90   Francine Landre (FRA) 52.96   Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) 53.77
800 metres   Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR) 2:04.28   Brigita Langerholc (SLO) 2:04.91   Abir Nakhli (TUN) 2:04.98
1500 metres   Fatma Lanouar (TUN) 4:10.33   Süreyya Ayhan (TUR) 4:10.69   Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (TUR) 4:12.03
5000 metres   Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (TUR) 15:26.33   Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) 15:29.35   Olivera Jevtić (YUG) 15:40.61
10,000 metres   Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) 31:16.94 GR   Olivera Jevtić (YUG) 31:33.08   Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 32:29.20
Marathon   Mehtap Sizmaz (TUR) 2:40:49   Serap Aktaş (TUR) 2:43:18   Sonia Agoun (TUN) 2:46:03
100 metres hurdles   Patricia Girard (FRA) 12.82 GR   Haïdy Aron (FRA) 13.04   Margaret Macchiut (ITA) 13.31
400 metres hurdles   Sylvanie Morandais (FRA) 57.02   Monika Niederstätter (ITA) 57.22   Meta Mačus (SLO) 57.51
3000 metres
steeplechase
  Élodie Olivarès (FRA) 9:44.68 GR   Laurence Duquénoy (FRA) 10:05.90   Hana Chaouach (TUN) 10:18.31
4×100 metres relay   France (FRA)
Haïdy Aron
Céline Thelamon
Fabé Dia
Sylvie Mballa Éloundou
44.40   Italy (ITA)
Anita Pistone
Francesca Cola
Manuela Grillo
Danielle Perpoli
44.89   Greece (GRE)
Athina Kopsia
Evfrosyni Patsou
Olga Kaidantzi
Ioanna Kafetzi
44.97
4×400 metres relay   France (FRA)
Anita Mormand
Viviane Dorsile
Marie-Louise Bévis
Francine Landre
3:34.28   Italy (ITA)
Daniela Reina
Fabiola Piroddi
Francesca Carbone
Danielle Perpoli
3:38.90   Greece (GRE)
Georgia Koumnaki
Hristina Hantzi-Neag
Paraskevi Tsapara
Chrysoula Goudenoudi
3:42.22
20 km walk   Erica Alfridi (ITA) 1:36:47 GR   Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) 1:36:47   Rocío Florido (ESP) 1:37:14
High jump   Blanka Vlašić (CRO) 1.90 m   Nevena Lenđel (CRO) 1.87 m   Anna Visigalli (ITA) 1.87 m
Pole vault   Dana Cervantes (ESP) 4.10 m GR   Thaila Iakovidou (GRE) 4.00 m   Marie Poissonnier (FRA) 3.90 m
Long jump   Concepción Montaner (ESP) 6.48 m   Stiliani Pilatou (GRE) 6.41 m   Silvia Favre (ITA) 6.14 m
Triple jump   Baya Rahouli (ALG) 14.30 m (w)   Marija Martinović (YUG) 13.97 m (w)   Carlota Castrejana (ESP) 13.72 m (w)
Shot put   Assunta Legnante (ITA) 17.23 m   Irini Terzoglou (GRE) 16.97 m   Martina de la Puente (ESP) 16.55 m
Discus throw   Areti Abatzi (GRE) 61.42 m   Agnese Maffeis (ITA) 57.38 m   Monia Kari (TUN) 56.44 m
Hammer throw   Florence Ezeh (FRA) 64.59 m GR   Ester Balassini (ITA) 64.13 m   Alexandra Papageorgiou (GRE) 62.87 m
Javelin throw   Claudia Coslovich (ITA) 62.02 m GR   Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE) 58.16 m   Marta Míguez (ESP) 55.19 m
Heptathlon   Anzhela Atroshchenko (TUR) 5833 pts   Gertrud Bacher (ITA) 5764 pts   Julie Mézerette (FRA) 5670 pts

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Tunisia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy914730
2  France96823
3  Greece56617
4  Algeria5319
5  Turkey5229
6  Morocco45110
7  Spain43815
8  Tunisia*2259
9  Croatia2215
10  Cyprus1012
11  Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia)0224
12  Slovenia0112
13  Bosnia and Herzegovina0011
  Egypt0011
  Libya0011
Totals (15 entries)464646138


Participation edit

References edit

  1. ^ World Calendar September – 2001 Archived June 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-01.
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