# Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

The athletics competition at the 2005 Mediterranean Games was held in the Mediterraneo Stadium in Almería, Spain from 29 June to 2 July 2005. France topped the medal tally with 10 golds and 30 medals overall, with host nation Italy coming in second with 9 golds and 26 medals overall.
A total of 47 events were contested, with 24 contested by male athletes and 23 contested by female athletes. The 3000 metres steeplechase and 1500 metres wheelchair (males only), and the 800 metres wheelchair (females only) were the only events that were not held for both genders. The 2005 Games also marked the replacement of the marathon event with the half marathon.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Matic Osovnikar (SLO) | 10.35 | Lueyi Dovy (FRA) | 10.40 | Marco Torrieri (ITA) | 10.46 |
| 200 metres | Matic Osovnikar (SLO) | 20.75 | Alessandro Attene (ITA) | 20.97 | Josip Šoprek (CRO) | 21.02 |
| 400 metres | Sofiane Labidi (TUN) | 45.60 | Željko Vincek (CRO) | 45.90 | Ridha Ghali (TUN) | 45.95 |
| 800 metres | Antonio Reina (ESP) | 1:47.03 | Eugenio Barrios (ESP) | 1:47.36 | Amine Laâlou (MAR) | 1:47.58 |
| 1500 metres | Arturo Casado (ESP) | 3:45.61 | Adil Kaouch (MAR) | 3:45.78 | Christian Obrist (ITA) | 3:45.88 |
| 5000 metres | Ali Saïdi-Sief (ALG) | 13:29.94 | Hicham Bellani (MAR) | 13:30.35 | Khoudir Aggoune (ALG) | 13:30.54 |
| 10000 metres | Mohammed Amyn (MAR) | 29:13.05 | Carles Castillejo (ESP) | 29:13.91 | El Hassan Lahssini (FRA) | 29:15.86 |
| Half Marathon | Saïd Belhout (ALG) | 1:05:01 | Abdelkebir Lamachi (MAR) | 1:05:05 | José Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 1:05:12 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Brahim Boulami (MAR) | 8:15.15 GR | Antonio David Jiménez (ESP) | 8:24.47 | Gaël Pencreach (FRA) | 8:25.82 |
| 110 m hurdles | Felipe Vivancos (ESP) | 13.53 GR | Andrea Giaconi (ITA) | 13.69 | Jurica Grabušić (CRO) | 13.73 |
| 400 m hurdles | Gianni Carabelli (ITA) | 49.32 | Laurent Ottoz (ITA) | 49.41 | Platon Gavelas (GRE) | 49.99 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Italy Luca Verdecchia Alessandro Attene Massimiliano Donati Marco Torrieri | 39.13 | France Frédéric Krantz Ydrissa M'Barke Christophe Cheval Jimmy Melfort | 39.49 | Slovenia Matjaž Borovina Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Jan Žumer | 39.57 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Spain David Canal David Testa Eugenio Barrios Antonio Reina | 3:03.65 | France Abderrahim El Haouzy Ahmed Douhou Remi Wallard Richard Maunier | 3:04.84 | Tunisia Ridha Ghali Laroussi Titi Kamel Tabbal Sofiane Labidi | 3:06.13 |
| 20 km walk | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 1:22:45 GR | Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) | 1:24:11 | Michele Didoni (ITA) | 1:26:06 |
| High jump | Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP) | 2.24 m | Ioannis Constantinou (CYP) | 2.21 m | Grégory Gabella (FRA) | 2.21 m |
| Pole vault | Konstantinos Filippidis (GRE) | 5.60 m | Pierre-Charles Peuf (FRA) | 5.55 m | Jérôme Clavier (FRA) | 5.55 m |
| Long jump | Salim Sdiri (FRA) | 8.05 m | Issam Nima (ALG) | 7.92 m | Asterios Nousios (GRE) | 7.91 m |
| Triple jump | Hristos Meletoglou (GRE) | 17.09 m | Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR) | 17.00 m | Sébastien Pincemail (FRA) | 16.73 m |
| Shot put | Edis Elkasević (CRO) | 20.26 m | Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 19.97 m | Hamza Alić (BIH) | 19.49 m |
| Discus | Mario Pestano (ESP) | 63.96 m | Igor Primc (SLO) | 59.27 m | Ercüment Olgundeniz (TUR) | 54.90 m |
| Hammer | Eşref Apak (TUR) | 77.88 m | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 75.57 m | Nicolas Figère (FRA) | 75.30 m |
| Javelin | Vitolio Tipotio (FRA) | 75.20 m | Francesco Pignata (ITA) | 74.51 m | Firas Al-Mohammed (SYR) | 73.49 m |
| Decathlon | Romain Barras (FRA) | 8127 pts | Rudy Bourguignon (FRA) | 7886 pts | Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN) | 7847 pts |
| 1500 m wheelchair | Éric Teurnier (FRA) | 3:23.71 | Roger Puigbò (ESP) | 3:24.16 | Maamar Rachif (ALG) | 3:27.28 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Véronique Mang (FRA) | 11.44 | Sylviane Félix (FRA) | 11.46 | Kristina Žumer (SLO) | 11.63 |
| 200 metres | Alenka Bikar (SLO) | 23.65 | Lina Jacques-Sébastien (FRA) | 23.75 | Fabé Dia (FRA) | 23.78 |
| 400 metres | Dimitra Dova (GRE) | 52.67 | Phara Anacharsis (FRA) | 52.70 | Klodiana Shala (ALB) | 53.23 NR |
| 800 metres | Laetitia Valdonado (FRA) | 2:01:71 | Élisabeth Grousselle (FRA) | 2:02:47 | Binnaz Uslu (TUR) | 2:02:68 |
| 1500 metres | Fatma Lanouar (TUN) | 4:10.77 | Sonja Stolić (SCG) | 4:10:92 | Nuria Fernández (ESP) | 4:11:20 |
| 5000 metres | Margaret Maury (FRA) | 15:22.59 | Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) | 15:23.30 | Silvia Weissteiner (ITA) | 15:28.50 |
| 10000 metres | Souad Aït Salem (ALG) | 32:55.48 | Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) | 32:59.24 | Olivera Jevtić (SCG) | 33:30.4 |
| Half Marathon | Zhor El Kamch (MAR) | 1:13:50 | Rosaria Console (ITA) | 1:15:40 | Olivera Jevtić (SCG) | 1:16:32 |
| 100 m hurdles | Glory Alozie (ESP) | 12.90 | Adrianna Lamalle (FRA) | 12.99 | Flora Redoumi (GRE) | 13.16 |
| 400 m hurdles | Benedetta Ceccarelli (ITA) | 55.76 | Cora Olivero (ESP) | 55.85 | Monika Niederstätter (ITA) | 56.39 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | France Véronique Mang Lina Jacques-Sébastien Fabé Dia Carima Louami | 43.75 | Spain Carme Blay Belén Recio Cristina Sanz Glory Alozie | 44.47 | Italy Elena Sordelli Daniela Bellanova Manuela Grillo Doris Tomasini | 45.18 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Spain Julia Alba Belén Recio Cora Olivero Mayte Martínez | 3:31.45 | France Phara Anacharsis Laetitia Valdonado Olivia Abderrhamanne Élisabeth Grousselle | 3:31.86 | Turkey Özge Gürler Birsen Bekgöz Binnaz Uslu Pınar Saka | 3:40.75 |
| 20 km walk | Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | 1:32:44 GR | María Vasco (ESP) | 1:34:28 | Beatriz Pascual (ESP) | 1:36:27 |
| High jump | Ruth Beitia (ESP) | 1.95 m | Melanie Skotnik (FRA) | 1.95 m | Marta Mendía (ESP) | 1.89 m |
| Pole vault | Vanessa Boslak (FRA) | 4.40 m GR | Anna Fitídou (CYP) | 4.25 m | Afroditi Skafida (GRE) | 4.15 m |
| Long jump | Fiona May (ITA) | 6.64 m | Niurka Montalvo (ESP) | 6.55 m | Concepción Montaner (ESP) | 6.49 m |
| Triple jump | Baya Rahouli (ALG) | 14.98 m GR | Carlota Castrejana (ESP) | 14.60 m | Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE) | 14.33 m |
| Shot put | Cristiana Checchi (ITA) | 18.59 m GR | Laurence Manfredi (FRA) | 17.47 m | Chiara Rosa (ITA) | 17.34 m |
| Discus | Dragana Tomašević (SCG) | 62.10 m | Laura Bordignon (ITA) | 57.98 m | Vera Begić (CRO) | 56.53 m |
| Hammer | Ester Balassini (ITA) | 71.17 m GR | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | 69.24 m | Alexandra Papageorgiou (GRE) | 67.13 m |
| Javelin | Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE) | 62.61 m GR | Zahra Bani (ITA) | 62.36 m | Mercedes Chilla (ESP) | 57.69 m |
| Heptathlon | Marie Collonvillé (FRA) | 6017 pts | Argyro Strataki (GRE) | 5943 pts | Anzhela Atroshchenko (TUR) | 5870 pts |
| 800 m wheelchair | Samira Berri (TUN) | 2:00.16 | Messaouda Sifi (TUN) | 2:02.58 | Christina Sanna (ITA) | 2:07.42 |

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | France | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | Spain | 9 | 11 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Italy | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Greece | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Algeria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Morocco | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Cyprus | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Albania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 47 | 47 | 47 | 141 |

## Participating nations

* Albania (1)
* Algeria (17)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
* Croatia (18)
* Cyprus (9)
* Egypt (6)
* France (66)
* Greece (37)
* Italy (64)
* Lebanon (2)
* Libya (3)
* Malta (5)
* Monaco (2)
* Morocco (34)
* Serbia and Montenegro (10)
* Slovenia (19)
* Spain (102)
* Syria (2)
* Turkey (20)
* Tunisia (12)