Athletics at the 1971 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
Dates	12 – 17 October
Host city	Izmir
Venue	Atatürk Stadium
Events	24 + 8
Participation	12 nations
← 1967 Tunis 1975 Algiers → 1971 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1971 Mediterranean Games were held in Izmir, Turkey.^[1]

Results[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Vasilis Papageorgopoulos (GRE)	10.4	(TUN)	10.7	(YUG)	10.7
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	20.7 GR	(YUG)	21.2	(YUG)	21.4
400 metres	Kyriakos Onisiforou (GRE)	46.9 GR	Giacomo Puosi (ITA)	47.1	Luciano Sušanj (YUG)	47.2
800 metres	Mansour Guettaya (TUN)	1:47.6 GR	Jože Međimurec (YUG)	1:48.1	Azzedine Azzouzi (ALG)	1:48.2
1500 metres	Mansour Guettaya (TUN)	3:46.5 GR	Franco Arese (ITA)	3:47.6	Mehmet Tümkan (TUR)	3:48.8
5000 metres	Javier Álvarez (ESP)	13:37.2 GR	Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN)	13:40.8	Jadour Haddou (MAR)	13:44.0
10,000 metres	Javier Álvarez (ESP)	28:52.2 GR	Mariano Haro (ESP)	28:54.4	Giuseppe Cindolo (ITA)	28:59.0
Marathon	(ITA)	2:23:33	Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)	2:24.14	İsmail Akçay (TUR)	2:28.35
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.3 m/s)	Guy Drut (FRA)	13.7 GR	Sergio Liani (ITA)	14.2	(GRE)	14.2
400 metres hurdles	Stavros Tziortzis (GRE)	51.0 GR	Manuel Soriano (ESP)	51.2	(ESP)	51.4
3000 m steeplechase	Jean-Paul Villain (FRA)	8:30.0 GR	(GRE)	8:35.4	Umberto Risi (ITA)	8:40.8
4x100 metres relay	Italy Ennio Preatoni Pasqualino Abeti Vincenzo Guerini Pietro Mennea	39.7 GR	Yugoslavia Miro Kocuvan Luciano Sušanj	40.5	Morocco Omar Ghizlat	41.1
4x400 metres relay	Italy Sergio Bello Daniele Giovanardi Lorenzo Cellerino Giacomo Puosi	3:07.5 GR	Yugoslavia Miro Kocuvan Jože Međimurec Luciano Sušanj	3:08.1	Morocco Omar Ghizlat Salah Fettouh	3:08.4
20 km walk	Pasquale Busca (ITA)	1:36:55 GR	(ESP)	1:41:11	(ESP)	1:47:03
50 km walk	Abdon Pamich (ITA)	4:21:21 GR	Vittorio Visini (ITA)	4:29:19	(TUR)	4:54:06
High jump	Gian Marco Schivo (ITA)	2.11 m	Ioannis Koussoulas (GRE)	2.11 m	(GRE)	2.08 m
Pole vault	Christos Papanikolaou (GRE)	5.20 m GR	Ignacio Sola (ESP)	4.70 m	(GRE)	4.50 m
Long jump	Jack Pani (FRA)	7.90 m GR	Miljenko Rak (YUG)	7.78 m	(ESP)	7.40 m
Triple jump	Milan Spasojević (YUG)	16.18 m	Apostolos Kathiniotis (GRE)	15.84 m	(ESP)	15.68 m
Shot put	Nagui Asaad (EGY)	20.19 m GR	Lahcen Samsam Akka (MAR)	18.85 m	Yves Brouzet (FRA)	18.69 m
Discus throw	Silvano Simeon (ITA)	57.64 m GR	Nagui Asaad (EGY)	54.72 m	(YUG)	54.32 m
Hammer throw	Georgios Georgiadis (GRE)	68.76 m GR	Mario Vecchiato (ITA)	67.64 m	Srećko Štiglić (YUG)	66.28 m
Javelin throw	Renzo Cramerotti (ITA)	78.04 m GR	(TUR)	61.34 m	(TUR)	59.80 m
Decathlon	(GRE)	7222 pts GR	(ESP)	7072 pts	(ESP)	6934 pts

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Cecilia Molinari (ITA)	11.9	Nicole Pani (FRA)	12.0	Michèle Beugnet (FRA)	12.1
400 metres	Colette Besson (FRA)	53.0	Donata Govoni (ITA)	54.4	(ESP)	56.0
800 metres	Vera Nikolić (YUG)	2:02.2	Donata Govoni (ITA)	2:04.9	Colette Besson (FRA)	2:07.2
1500 metres	Vera Nikolić (YUG)	4:20.3	Paola Pigni (ITA)	4:22.6	(YUG)	4:23.0
100 metres hurdles	(YUG)	14.0	Ileana Ongar (ITA)	14.1	Đurđa Fočić (YUG)	14.5
4x100 metres relay	Italy Maddalena Grassano Laura Nappi Ileana Ongar Cecilia Molinari	45.6	France Colette Besson Michèle Beugnet Nicole Pani Odette Ducas	45.6	Yugoslavia Đurđa Fočić Breda Babošek Vera Nikolić	48.4
High jump	Snežana Hrepevnik (YUG)	1.77 m GR	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	1.74 m	Breda Babošek (YUG)	1.74 m
Discus throw	(ITA)	48.90 m	Maria Stella Masocco (ITA)	47.44 m	(GRE)	46.06 m

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation ()

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	12	11	2	25
2		6	3	4	13
3	Yugoslavia	5	5	9	19
4	France	4	2	3	9
5		2	5	6	13
6	Tunisia	2	2	0	4
7		1	1	0	2
8	*	0	2	4	6
9		0	1	3	4
10	Algeria	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		32	32	32	96

References[]

External links[]

• Complete 1971 Mediterranean Games Standings.
• Mediterranean Games – Past Medallists. GBR Athletics.