# Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

At the 2009 Mediterranean Games, the athletics events were held in Pescara, Italy from 30 June to 3 July.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Martial Mbandjock (FRA) | 10.15 | Emanuele Di Gregorio (ITA) | 10.21 | Fabio Cerutti (ITA) | 10.23 |
| 200 metres | Amr Ibrahim Seoud (EGY) | 20.78 | Matteo Galvan (ITA) | 20.92 | Khalid Zougari Idriss (MAR) | 20.95 |
| 400 metres | Mohamed Khouaja (LBA) | 45.77 | Teddy Venel (FRA) | 46.04 | Yannick Fonsat (FRA) | 46.07 PB |
| 800 metres | Amine Laâlou (MAR) | 1:46.76 | Jeff Lastennet (FRA) | 1:47.74 | Aboubaker Elghatruni (LBA) | 1:48.10 |
| 1500 metres | Antar Zerguelaïne (ALG) | 3:37.49 | Mohamed Moustaoui (MAR) | 3:37.97 | Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) | 3:38.66 |
| 5000 metres | Anis Selmouni (MAR) | 13:55.98 | Stefano La Rosa (ITA) | 14:04.44 | Kemal Koyuncu (TUR) | 14:04.99 |
| 10,000 metres | Hicham Bellani (MAR) | 29:33.51 | Mohammed Amyn (MAR) | 29:34.90 | Selim Bayrak (TUR) | 29:36.29 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Jackson Quiñónez (ESP) | 13.60 | Dimitri Bascou (FRA) | 13.75 | Jurica Grabušić (CRO) | 13.82 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Sébastien Maillard (FRA) | 49.80 | Salah-Eddine Ghaidi (FRA) | 50.10 | Hamza Deyaf (LBA) | 50.21PB |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Jamel Chatbi (MAR) | 8:13.11 GR | Chakir Boujattaoui (MAR) | 8:13.83 PB | Halil Akkaş (TUR) | 8:30.84 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Maurizio Checcucci Simone Collio Emanuele Di Gregorio Fabio Cerutti | 38.82 | France (FRA) Emmanuel Ngom Priso Ydrissa M'Barke Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Christophe Bonnet | 39.49 | Turkey (TUR) Emrah Altunkalem Ali Ekber Kayas Mustafa Delioglu Tuncay Ors | 40.73 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Spain (ESP) Aitor Martín Esteban Santiago Ezquerro Cordon Mark Ujakpor Marc Orozco Torres | 3:06.19 | France (FRA) Yannick Fonsat Akhenaton Silou Salah-Eddine Ghaidi Nicolas Fillon | 3:06.28 | Greece (GRE) Tilemachos Routas Dimitrios Gravalos Pantelis Melachroinoudis Petros Kyriakidis | 3:06.29 |
| Half Marathon | Ahmed Baday (MAR) | 1:04:06 | José Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 1:04:20 | Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) | 1:04:36 |
| 20 km walk | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 1:22:33 GR | Giorgio Rubino (ITA) | 1:22:34 | Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) | 1:23:02 |
| High jump | Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP) | 2.30 m GR | Konstadinos Baniotis (GRE) | 2.28 m | Dragutin Topić (SER) | 2.26 m |
| Long jump | Salim Sdiri (FRA) | 8.29 m GR | Yahya Berrabah (MAR) | 8.23 m | Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) | 8.20 m |
| Triple jump | Fabrizio Schembri (ITA) | 17.09 m | Dimitrios Tsiamis (GRE) | 16.98 m | Daniele Greco (ITA) | 16.64 m PB |
| Shot put | Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 20.30 m | Hamza Alić (BIH) | 20.05 m | Nedžad Mulabegović (CRO) | 19.85 m |
| Discus throw | Frank Casañas (ESP) | 65.58 m GR | Ercüment Olgundeniz (TUR) | 63.48 m | Yasser Farag (EGY) | 61.07 m |
| Hammer throw | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 75.92 m | Jérôme Bortoluzzi (FRA) | 73.73 m | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 73.69 m |
| Javelin throw | Fatih Avan (TUR) | 79.78 m PB | Spyridon Lebesis (GRE) | 78.66 m PB | Matija Kranjc (SLO) | 77.82 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Georgia Kokloni (GRE) | 11.41 | Myriam Soumaré (FRA) | 11.46 | Eleni Artymata (CYP) Ayodelé Ikuesan (FRA) | 11.55 |
| 200 metres | Eleni Artymata (CYP) | 23.16 PB | Sabina Veit (SLO) | 23.45 | Vincenza Calì (ITA) | 23.49 |
| 400 metres | Libania Grenot (ITA) | 50.30 GR | Daniela Reina (ITA) | 52.34 | Aurélie Kamga (FRA) | 53.26 PB |
| 800 metres | Elisa Cusma (ITA) | 1:59.87 GR | Halima Hachlaf (MAR) | 2:00.91 PB | Eleni Filandra (GRE) | 2:01.13 PB |
| 1500 metres | Elisa Cusma (ITA) | 4:11.88 | Btissam Lakhouad (MAR) | 4:12.07 | Habiba Ghribi (TUN) | 4:12.37 PB |
| 5000 metres | Hanane Ouhaddou (MAR) | 15:12.75 PB | Elena Romagnolo (ITA) | 15:13.19 PB | Silvia Weissteiner (ITA) | 15:15.95 |
| 10,000 metres | Olivera Jevtić (SRB) | 32:23.06 | Kenza Dahmani (ALG) | 32:48.44 | (none) | - |
| 100 metres hurdles | Nevin Yanıt (TUR) | 13.08 | Sandra Gomis (FRA) | 13.24 | Micol Cattaneo (ITA) | 13.39 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Phara Anacharsis (FRA) | 56.66 PB | Aurore Kassambara (FRA) | 56.89 | Nikolina Horvat (CRO) | 56.97 |
| 4×100 metres relay | France (FRA) Myriam Soumaré Ayodelé Ikuesan Nelly Banco Émilie Gaydu | 43.79 | Italy (ITA) Anita Pistone Maria Aurora Salvagno Giulia Arcioni Vincenza Calì | 43.86 | Greece (GRE) Maria Gatou Agni Derveni Andrianna Ferra Georgia Kokloni | 45.45 |
| Half marathon | Anna Incerti (ITA) | 1:12:25 | Rosaria Console (ITA) | 1:12:34 | Kenza Dahmani (ALG) | 1:12:39 |
| High jump | Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) | 1.97 m | Burcu Ayhan (TUR) | 1.89 m PB | Antonia Stergiou (GRE) | 1.89 m |
| Pole vault | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou (GRE) | 4.50 m GR | Marianna Zachariadi (CYP) | 4.45 m | Anna Giordano Bruno (ITA) | 4.35 m |
| Long jump | Tania Vicenzino (ITA) | 6.54 m PB | Karin Melis Mey (TUR) | 6.53 m | Nina Kolarič (SLO) | 6.50 m |
| Triple jump | Athanasia Perra (GRE) | 14.62 m PB | Teresa Nzola Meso Ba (FRA) | 14.16 m | Paraskevi Papachristou (GRE) | 14.12 m |
| Shot put | Jessica Cérival (FRA) | 17.77 m | Assunta Legnante (ITA) | 17.44 m | Chiara Rosa (ITA) | 17.24 m |
| Discus throw | Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) | 61.17 m | Vera Begić (CRO) | 60.29 m | Dragana Tomašević (SRB) | 58.73 m |
| Hammer throw | Silvia Salis (ITA) | 70.39 m | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | 69.35 m | Stiliani Papadopoulou (GRE) | 67.35 m |
| Javelin throw | Savva Lika (GRE) | 60.97 m | Zahra Bani (ITA) | 60.65 m | Martina Ratej (SLO) | 59.08 m |

### Disability athletics

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's 1500 metres T54 | Amhed Aouadi (TUN) | 3:17.07 | Julien Casoli (FRA) | 3:17.33 | Roger Puigbò Verdaguer (ESP) | 3:18.27 |
| Women's 800 metres T54 | Samira Berri (TUN) | 2:07.08 | Francesca Porcellato (ITA) | 2:07.67 | Masouda Siffi (TUN) | 2:17.12 |

## Games records

| Name | Event | Country | Record |
| Jamel Chatbi | 3000 metres steeplechase | Morocco | 8:13.11 |
| Ivano Brugnetti | 20 kilometres walk | Italy | 1:22:33 |
| Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Pole vault | Greece | 4.50 m |
| Kyriakos Ioannou | High jump | Cyprus | 2.30 m |
| Salim Sdiri | Long jump | France | 8.29 m |
| Frank Casañas | Discus throw | Spain | 65.58 m |
| Libania Grenot | 400 metres | Italy | 50.30 |
| Elisa Cusma Piccione | 800 metres | Italy | 1:59.87 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy* | 11 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | France | 7 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 3 | Morocco | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Greece | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Spain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Libya | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 42 | 42 | 43 | 127 |

## Participating nations

* Albania (2)
* Algeria (8)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (5)
* Croatia (11)
* Cyprus (20)
* Egypt (5)
* France (53)
* Greece (65)
* Italy (63)
* Libya (11)
* Malta (1)
* Monaco (2)
* Montenegro (4)
* Morocco (31)
* San Marino (2)
* Serbia (10)
* Slovenia (12)
* Spain (24)
* Syria (2)
* Tunisia (13)
* Turkey (28)