# Athletics at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

The athletics competitions at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin took place between 26 June and 29 June at the Nevin Yanıt Athletics Complex while half marathons were held at the Adnan Menderes Boulevard.
Athletes competed in 43 events and 1 paralympic event. Men's 20 km walk, men's decathlon, women's shot put and women's 1500m T54 were cancelled.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Emmanuel Biron France | 10.22 | Ramil Guliyev Turkey | 10.23 | Michael Tumi Italy | 10.25 |
| 200 metres | Lykourgos Tsakonas Greece | 20.45 | Ramil Guliyev Turkey | 20.46 | Sergio Ruiz Serrano Spain | 20.74 |
| 400 metres | Matteo Galvan Italy | 45.59 | Anas Beshr Egypt | 45.79 | Mame-Ibra Anne France | 45.81 |
| 800 metres | İlham Tanui Özbilen Turkey | 1:44.00 GR | Samir Jamaa Morocco | 1:45.47 | Mohamed Ahmed Hamada Egypt | 1:45.71 |
| 1500 metres | İlham Tanui Özbilen Turkey | 3:35.09 | Yassine Bensghir Morocco | 3:36.49 | Imad Touil Algeria | 3:36.71 |
| 5000 metres | Rabah Aboud Algeria | 13:38.01 | Othmane El Goumri Morocco | 13:38.24 | Aziz Lahbabi Morocco | 13:40.33 |
| 10,000 metres | Polat Kemboi Arıkan Turkey | 28:17.26 | Aziz Lahbabi Morocco | 28:55.24 | Soufiyan Bouqantar Morocco | 28:57.22 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Konstadinos Douvalidis Greece | 13.45 GR | Thomas Martinot-Lagarde France | 13.48 | Othmane Hadj Lazib Algeria | 13.61 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Emir Bekrić Serbia | 48.83 GR | Miloud Rahmani Algeria | 49.34 | Hugo Grillas France | 49.92 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Amor Ben Yahia Tunisia | 8:14.05 | Tarık Langat Akdağ Turkey | 8:20.08 | Hamid Ezzine Morocco | 8:21.03 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Simone Collio Davide Manenti Jacques Riparelli Michael Tumi | 39.06 | Greece (GRE) Efthymios Stergioulis Christos Kalamaras Emmanouil Paterakis Panagiotis Andreadis | 40.22 | Turkey (TUR) Ismail Aslan Ferhat Altunkalem İzzet Safer Umutcan Emektas | 40.82 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Lorenzo Valentini Isalbet Juarez Michele Tricca Matteo Galvan | 3:04.61 | Turkey (TUR) Mehmet Guzel Bugrahan Kocebeyoglu Halit Kiliç Yavuz Can | 3:05.28 | Greece (GRE) Dimitrios Gravalos Petros Kyriakidis Periklis Iakovakis Konstantinos Nakopoulos | 3:07.36 |
| Half marathon | Ruggero Pertile Italy | 1:07:07 | Wissem Hosni Tunisia | 1:08:32 | Muzaffer Bayram Turkey | 1:09:40 |
| High jump | Konstadinos Baniotis Greece | 2.34 m GR | Silvano Chesani Italy | 2.28 m | Fabrice Saint-Jean France | 2.24 m |
| Pole vault | Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy | 5.70 m GR | Kévin Menaldo France | 5.60 m | Giorgio Piantella Italy | 5.50 m |
| Long jump | Louis Tsatoumas Greece | 8.14 m | Georgios Tsakonas Greece | 7.97 m | Emanuele Catania Italy | 7.92 m |
| Triple jump | Daniele Greco Italy | 17.13 m | Dimitrios Tsiamis Greece | 17.00 m | Fabrizio Schembri Italy | 16.62 m |
| Shot put | Borja Vivas Spain | 19.99 m | Marin Premeru Croatia | 19.72 m | Hamza Alić Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.69 m |
| Discus throw | Martin Marić Croatia | 61.46 m | Ercüment Olgundeniz Turkey | 61.46 m | Danijel Furtula Montenegro | 61.44 m |
| Hammer throw | Mostafa El Gamel Egypt | 76.68 m | Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud Egypt | 74.96 m | Nicola Vizzoni Italy | 74.86 m |
| Javelin throw | Fatih Avan Turkey | 83.84 m | Ihab Abdelrahman Egypt | 82.45 m | Spyridon Lebesis Greece | 78.53 m |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Ilenia Draisci Italy | 11.53 | Estela García Spain | 11.53 | Eleni Artymata Cyprus | 11.55 |
| 200 metres | Eleni Artymata Cyprus | 23.18 | Libania Grenot Italy | 23.20 | Nimet Karakuş Turkey | 23.40 |
| 400 metres | Chiara Bazzoni Italy | 52.06 | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Italy | 52.66 | Agnès Raharolahy France | 52.90 |
| 800 metres | Malika Akkaoui Morocco | 2:00.72 | Siham Hilali Morocco | 2:00.79 | Tuğba Karakaya Turkey | 2:01.74 |
| 1500 metres | Siham Hilali Morocco | 4:04.06 | Luiza Gega Albania | 4:05.63 | Tuğba Karakaya Turkey | 4:06.22 |
| 5000 metres | Christine Bardelle France | 15:39.64 | Silvia Weissteiner Italy | 15:44.53 | Elena Romagnolo Italy | 16:11.17 |
| 10,000 metres | Kenza Dahmani Algeria | 32:42.47 | Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey | 32:59.30 | Souad Aït Salem Algeria | 33:19.34 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Marzia Caravelli Italy | 12.92 | Veronica Borsi Italy | 13.05 | Marina Tomić Slovenia | 13.11 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Hayat Lambarki Morocco | 55.27 | Lamiae Lhabze Morocco | 55.51 | Manuela Gentili Italy | 55.89 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Amina Bettiche Algeria | 9:40.71 GR | Salima El Ouali Alami Morocco | 9:43.71 | [] Morocco | - |
| 4×100 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Audrey Alloh Ilenia Draisci Jessica Paoletta Micol Cattaneo | 44.66 | Cyprus (CYP) Paraskevi Andreou Ramona Papaioannou Dimitra Kyriakidou Eleni Artymata | 44.79 | Greece (GRE) Maria Gatou Agni Derveni Olympia Petsoudi Grigoria Keramida | 45.12 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Maria Enrica Spacca Elena Maria Bonfanti Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Chiara Bazzoni | 3:32.44 | Turkey (TUR) Saliha Ozyurt Birsen Engin Sema Apak Derya Yildirim | 3:43.61 | | |
| Half marathon | Valeria Straneo Italy | 1:11:00 GR | Souad Aït Salem Algeria | 1:13:54 | Ümmü Kiraz Turkey | 1:16:51 |
| 20 kilometres walk | Eleonora Giorgi Italy | 1:39:13 | Raquel González Campos Spain | 1:41:08 | Antigoni Drisbioti Greece | 1:41:53 |
| High jump | Ana Šimić Croatia Burcu Ayhan Yüksel Turkey | 1.92 m | | | Antonia Stergiou Greece | 1.90 m |
| Pole vault | Stella-Iro Ledaki Greece | 4.50 m =GR | Naroa Agirre Spain | 4.40 m | Marion Buisson France | 4.40 m |
| Long jump | Nektaria Panagi Cyprus | 6.51 m | Nina Kolarič Slovenia | 6.49 m | Tania Vicenzino Italy | 6.38 m |
| Triple jump | Athanasia Perra Greece | 14.48 m | Snežana Rodič Slovenia | 14.36 m | Baya Rahouli Algeria | 14.04 m |
| Discus throw | Sandra Perković Croatia | 66.21 m | Dragana Tomašević Serbia | 61.88 m | Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou Greece | 55.01 m |
| Hammer throw | Jessika Guehaseim France | 67.14 m | Berta Castells Spain | 66.16 m | Silvia Salis Italy | 62.52 m |
| Javelin throw | Martina Ratej Slovenia | 60.28 m | Tatjana Jelača Serbia | 57.88 m | Nora Aída Bicet Spain | 57.65 m |
| Heptathlon | Yasmina Omrani Algeria | 5802 pts | Sofia Yfantidou Greece | 5752 pts | Serpil Kocak Turkey | 5158 pts |

### Paralympic events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's 1500 metres T54 | Julien Casoli France | 3:26.66 | Roger Puigbò Spain | 3:26.70 | Yassine Gharbi Tunisia | 3:26.81 |

## Medal table

Italy, with 13 gold medals, finished first in the medal table.
* Host nation (Turkey)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 13 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Greece | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Turkey* | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | France | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Algeria | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Morocco | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Spain | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Egypt | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Serbia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Albania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 45 | 43 | 43 | 131 |

## Participating nations

* Albania (2)
* Algeria (17)
* Andorra (2)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (5)
* Croatia (4)
* Cyprus (12)
* Egypt (8)
* France (36)
* Greece (34)
* Italy (57)
* Lebanon (2)
* Libya (4)
* Macedonia (2)
* Monaco (1)
* Montenegro (2)
* Morocco (26)
* San Marino (1)
* Serbia (8)
* Slovenia (12)
* Spain (19)
* Syria (1)
* Tunisia (3)
* Turkey (60)

## Doping cases

On 6 March 2015 IAAF announced that Moroccan Ahmed Baday who originally won gold medal in half marathon event had been suspended for two years for a biological passport anti-doping rule violation. His results from 26 March 2010 and onwards were annulled and get back his gold medal.