# 2016 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships

The 2016 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships was an athletics competition which was held in Tunis (Stadium in Radès), Tunisia, from 4 to 5 June 2016. A total of 42 events were contested, of which 21 were contested by male and 21 by female athletes. A total of 27 nations participated in the championships.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind +2,3) | Stuart Dutamby France | 10,23 | Marvin René France | 10,35 | Lorenzo Bilotti Italy | 10,48 |
| 200 metres (vind +0,1) | Mickael-Meba Zeze France | 20,49 | Simone Tanzilli Italy | 20,90 | Gautier Dautremer France | 21,03 |
| 400 metres | Giuseppe Leonardi Italy | 46,66 | Batuhan Altıntaş Turkey | 47,36 | Ali Seayed Tunisia | 48,81 |
| 800 metres | Abdessalem Ayouni Tunisia | 1:47,79 | Riadh Chenenni Tunisia | 1:48,04 | Saul Ordonez Spain | 1:48,12 |
| 1500 metres | Abdessalem Ayouni Tunisia | 4:09,39 | Bekmezci Suleyman Turkey | 4:09,56 | Jesus Ramos Spain | 4:09,66 |
| 5000 metres | Bekmezci Suleyman Turkey | 14:41,03 | Artur Bossy Spain | 14:41,42 | Nadir Gouasmia Algeria | 14:42,45 |
| 10,000 metres | Mohamed Ali Jelloul Spain | 29:49,60 | Alessandro Giacobazzi Italy | 29:50,01 | Ismael Quinones Spain | 30:07,84 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Wilhem Belocian France | 13,70 | Benjamin Sedecias France | 13,87 | Javier Colomo Spain | 13,93 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Javier Delgado Spain | 50,73 | Mattia Contini Italy | 51,29 | Unsal Enes Turkey | 51,63 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Ali Messaoudi Algeria | 8:49,96 | MLTek Ben Amor Tunisia | 8:53,53 | Ibrahim Chakir Spain | 8:56,08 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | France Gautier Dautremer Marvin René Stuart Dutamby Mickael-Meba Zeze | 39,12 | Italy Simone Pettenati Lorenzo Bilotti Pietro Pivotto Simone Tanzilli | 39,69 | Spain Mauro Triana Daniel Cerdan Juan Ignacio Lopez Javier Colomo | 42,00 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Tunisia Ali Said Riadh Chenenni Fakhreddine Selliti Abdessalem Ayouni | 3:13,44 | Spain Ryan Wallis Saul Ordonez Daniel Cerdan Javier Delgado | 3:13,73 | not assigned | N/A |
| 10,000 metres race walk | Francesco Fortunato Italy | 39:46,25 | Jean Blancheteau France | 40:23,25 | Diego García Spain | 41:13,98 |
| High jump | Eugenio Meloni Italy | 2,18 | Carlos Rojas Spain | 2,08 | Alperen Acet Turkey | 2,08 |
| Pole vault | Mathieu Collet France | 5,51 | Axel Chapelle France | 5,41 | Alessandro Sinno Italy | 5,26 |
| Long jump | Marcell Jacobs Italy | 7,95 | Mohcin Lakhoua Morocco | 7,86 | Filippo Randazzo Italy | 7,75 |
| Triple jump | Melvin Raffin France | 16,47 | Jean-Noel Cretinoir France | 16,22 | Marouane Aissaoui Morocco | 16,17 |
| Shot put | Mohamed Magdi Hamza Khalif Egypt | 19,42 | Sebastiano Bianchetti Italy | 18,77 | Tomas Durovic Montenegro | 18,07 |
| Discus throw | Martin Pilato Italy | 54,92 | Antoniou Rafail Cyprus | 54,41 | Moaaz Elsergany Egypt | 51,05 |
| Hammer throw | Mihail Anastasakis Greece | 77,08 | Baltaci Ozhan Turkey | 71,27 | Islam Ibrahim Egypt | 70,33 |
| Javelin throw | Nicolas Quijera Spain | 75,30 | Paraskevas Batzavalis Greece | 74,50 | Oncel Emin Turkey | 73,90 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind +1,1) | Carolle Zahi France | 11,28 | Floriane Gnafoua France | 11,38 | Charlotte Wingfield Malta | 11,70 |
| 200 metres (wind +1,3) | Maroussia Pare France | 23,51 | Bassant Hemida Egypt | 23,64 | Assia Raziki Morocco | 23,77 |
| 400 metres | Déborah Sananes France | 53,04 | Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo Italy | 53,47 | Ilenia Vitale Italy | 53,94 |
| 800 metres | Eleonora Vandi Italy | 2:07,51 | Joyce Mattagliano Italy | 2:08,15 | Arik Asli Turkey | 2:08,59 |
| 1500 metres | Johanna Geyer Carles France | 4:15,61 | Oumaima Saoud Morocco | 4:18,25 | Arik Asli Turkey | 4:24,15 |
| 10,000 metres | Sonia Ferreira Portugal | 36:30,37 | Tuna Emine Hatun Turkey | 36:34,81 | Soumaya Dhahri Tunisia | 37:10,10 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +2,0) | Lina Ahmed Egypt | 13,89 | Houda Hagras Egypt | 14,40 | Christelle El Saneh Lebanon | 15,48 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Alena Hrusoci Croatia | 58,65 | Valentina Cavalleri Italy | 58,68 | Yildirim Derya Turkey | 1:00,70 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Ryma Chenah Algeria | 10:06,96 | Marwa Bouzayani Tunisia | 10:21,63 | Isabel Mattuzzi Italy | 10:25,65 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | France Floriane Gnafoua Carolle Zahi Maroussia Pare Caroline Chaillou | 45,69 | Tunisia Chalbiya Ben Salem Eya Roumthani Hmad Semeh Jihene Laabidi | 49,54 | not assigned | N/A |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Italy Ilenia Vitale Irene Morelli Virginia Trolani Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo | 3:38,62 | Turkey Berfe Sancak Kaya Ruya Yildirim Busra Yildirim Derya | 3:48,95 | Tunisia Oumaima Jamai Hala Hamdi Soumaya Dhahri Chiraz Goumni | 4:15,71 |
| 10 000 metres race walk | Laura García-Caro Spain | 44:45,51 | Chahinez Nasri Tunisia | 45:54,90 | Lidia Sánchez-Puebla Spain | 46:18,67 |
| High jump | Desiree Rossit Italy | 1,92 | Erica Furlani Italy | 1,90 | Nawal Meniker France | 1,85 |
| Pole vault | Ninon Guillon-Romarin France | 4,16 | Parlak Demet Turkey | 4,16 | Helen Falda Italy | 4,01 |
| Long jump | Rougui Sow France | 6,58 | Neja Filipič Slovenia | 6,20 | Ottavia Cestonaro Italy | 6,08 |
| Triple jump | Rouguy Diallo France | 13,63 | Ottavia Cestonaro Italy | 12,99 | Benedetta Cuneo Italy | 12,81 |
| Shot put | Maria Belen Toimil Spain | 16,30 | Rose Sharon Pierre Louis France | 15,98 | Claudia Bertoletti Italy | 15,08 |
| Discus throw | Andrea Alarcon Spain | 54,18 | Retag Asaiah Libya | 52,04 | Paula Ferrandiz Spain | 51,29 |
| Hammer throw | Iliana Korosidou Greece | 64,96 | Camille Sainte-Luce France | 64,07 | Maria Barbaño Acededo Spain | 59,75 |
| Javelin throw | Tugsuz Eda Turkey | 56,88 | Margaux Nicollin France | 56,21 | Paola Padovan Italy | 54,99 |

## Medal table

Host
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 14 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 2 | Italy | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Tunisia* | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Turkey | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | Egypt | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Algeria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Morocco | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Libya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Malta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 41 | 41 | 39 | 121 |