# Athletics at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

At the 2001 Mediterranean Games, the athletics events were held in Tunis and Radès in Tunisia from 11 to 14 September 2001. Italy topped the medal table with 9 gold medals and 30 medals in total, shortly followed by France which also had 9 golds but 23 medals overall. Greece had the next greatest medal haul and the hosts Tunisia won 9 medals, two of which were gold. A total of 10 new Games records were set during the competition.
A total of 46 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 23 by female athletes. This was the first time that the male and female event programmes had reached parity as a number of new events were introduced for women, including: 3000 metres steeplechase, pole vault and hammer throw. Two women's events were modified: the javelin model was changed and the 10 km racewalk was extended to a 20 kilometres racewalk. This was also the final time that marathon races were held at the Mediterranean Games as they were replaced by the half marathon from 2005 onwards.

## Records

| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
| Men's events |||||
| Manuel Martínez | Shot put | Spain | 21.03 m | GR |
| Diego Fortuna | Discus throw | Italy | 64.40 m | GR |
| Nicola Vizzoni | Hammer throw | Italy | 78.49 m | GR |
| Women's events |||||
| Asmae Leghzaoui | 10,000 metres | Morocco | 31:16.94 | GR |
| Élodie Olivarès | 3000 metres steeplechase† | France | 9:44.68 | GR |
| Patricia Girard | 100 metres hurdles | France | 12.82 | GR |
| Dana Cervantes | Pole vault† | Spain | 4.10 | GR |
| Florence Ezeh | Hammer throw† | France | 64.59 | GR |
| Claudia Coslovich | Javelin throw† | Italy | 62.02 | GR |
| Erica Alfridi | 20 kilometres race walk† | Italy | 1:36:47 | GR |
| Key:0000 WR — World record • AR — Area record • GR — Games record • NR — National record |||||
* † = New event or model

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres Wind: 2.5 m/s | Aristotelis Gavelas (GRE) | 10.14w | Maurizio Checcucci (ITA) | 10.15w | Anninos Marcoullides (CYP) | 10.21w |
| 200 metres | Anninos Marcoullides (CYP) | 20.60 | Andrea Colombo (ITA) | 20.60 | Panagiotis Sarris (GRE) | 20.72 |
| 400 metres | Malik Louahla (ALG) | 45.56 | Sofiane Labidi (TUN) | 46.33 | Amin Badany Goma'a (EGY) | 46.87 |
| 800 metres | Adem Hecini (ALG) | 1:49.21 | Khalid Tighazouine (MAR) | 1:49.42 | Franck Barré (FRA) | 1:49.48 |
| 1500 metres | Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR) | 3:46.45 | Mohamed Khaldi (ALG) | 3:47.55 | Fouad Chouki (FRA) | 3:47.97 |
| 5000 metres | Mohamed Khaldi (ALG) | 14:06.30 | Mohammed Amyn (MAR) | 14:06.73 | Ricardo Fernández (ESP) | 14:07.20 |
| 10,000 metres | Jaouad Gharib (MAR) | 28:58.97 | Kamel Kohil (ALG) | 29:00.47 | Ahmed Baday (MAR) | 29:13.36 |
| Marathon | Sergio Chiesa (ITA) | 2:21:07 | Mustapha Damaoui (MAR) | 2:22:25 | Ali Mohamed Zaïdi (LBA) | 2:22:56 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Vincent Clarico (FRA) | 13.62 | Devis Favaro (ITA) | 13.89 | Nenad Lončar (YUG) | 13.90 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Periklis Iakovakis (GRE) | 50.21 | Darko Juričić (CRO) | 50.35 | Laurent Ottoz (ITA) | 50.75 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Antonio Jiménez (ESP) | 8:31.31 | José Luis Blanco (ESP) | 8:34.94 | Laïd Bessou (ALG) | 8:35.32 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Maurizio Checcucci Marco Torrieri Francesco Scuderi Andrea Colombo | 39.14 | France (FRA) Yannick Urbino Thierry Lubin Alex Menal Needdy Guims | 39.73 | Spain (ESP) Cecilio Maestra Pedro Pablo Nolet Carlos Meléndez Carlos Berlanga | 40.00 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Greece (GRE) Stelios Dimotsios Ioannis Lessis Georgios Oikonomidis Periklis Iakovakis | 3:07.28 | Algeria (ALG) Malik Louahla Djamel Belaid Nabil Salmi Adem Hecini | 3:07.50 | France (FRA) Laurent Claudel Marc Foucan Philippe Bouche Bruno Wavelet | 3:07.87 |
| 20 km walk | Hatem Ghoula (TUN) | 1:26:43 | José Alejandro Cambil (ESP) | 1:28:43 | Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) | 1:29:18 |
| High jump | Abderrahmane Hammad (ALG) | 2.25 m | Giulio Ciotti (ITA) | 2.19 m | Elvir Krehmić (BIH) | 2.19 m |
| Pole vault | Andrea Giannini (ITA) | 5.45 m | Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA) | 5.40 m | Khalid Lachheb (FRA) | 5.40 m |
| Long jump | Siniša Ergotić (CRO) | 8.08 m | Younès Moudrik (MAR) | 8.07 m (w) | Nicola Trentin (ITA) | 7.93 m (w) |
| Triple jump | Fabrizio Donato (ITA) | 17.05 m | Sébastien Pincemail (FRA) | 16.58 m (w) | Raúl Chapado (ESP) | 16.41 m (w) |
| Shot put | Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 21.03 m GR | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | 20.60 m | Vaios Tigas (GRE) | 19.42 m |
| Discus throw | Diego Fortuna (ITA) | 64.40 m GR | David Martínez (ESP) | 63.85 m | Mario Pestano (ESP) | 63.71 m |
| Hammer throw | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 78.49 m GR | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 76.98 m | Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) | 71.52 m |
| Javelin throw | Laurent Dorique (FRA) | 80.88 m | Eleutherios Karasmanakis (GRE) | 77.58 m | Edi Ponoš (CRO) | 76.12 m |
| Decathlon | Prodromos Korkizoglou (GRE) | 7773 pts | Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN) | 7530 pts | Paolo Casarsa (ITA) | 7522 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Nora Güner (TUR) | 11.25 | Manuela Levorato (ITA) | 11.25 | Evfrosyni Patsou (GRE) | 11.45 |
| 200 metres Wind: 2.6 m/s | Nora Güner (TUR) | 22.86 w | Fabé Dia (FRA) | 23.18 w | Anita Mormand (FRA) | 23.50 w |
| 400 metres | Marie-Louise Bévis (FRA) | 52.90 | Francine Landre (FRA) | 52.96 | Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) | 53.77 |
| 800 metres | Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR) | 2:04.28 | Brigita Langerholc (SLO) | 2:04.91 | Abir Nakhli (TUN) | 2:04.98 |
| 1500 metres | Fatma Lanouar (TUN) | 4:10.33 | Süreyya Ayhan (TUR) | 4:10.69 | Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (TUR) | 4:12.03 |
| 5000 metres | Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (TUR) | 15:26.33 | Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) | 15:29.35 | Olivera Jevtić (YUG) | 15:40.61 |
| 10,000 metres | Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) | 31:16.94 GR | Olivera Jevtić (YUG) | 31:33.08 | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | 32:29.20 |
| Marathon | Mehtap Sizmaz (TUR) | 2:40:49 | Serap Aktaş (TUR) | 2:43:18 | Sonia Agoun (TUN) | 2:46:03 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Patricia Girard (FRA) | 12.82 GR | Haïdy Aron (FRA) | 13.04 | Margaret Macchiut (ITA) | 13.31 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Sylvanie Morandais (FRA) | 57.02 | Monika Niederstätter (ITA) | 57.22 | Meta Mačus (SLO) | 57.51 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Élodie Olivarès (FRA) | 9:44.68 GR | Laurence Duquénoy (FRA) | 10:05.90 | Hana Chaouach (TUN) | 10:18.31 |
| 4×100 metres relay | France (FRA) Haïdy Aron Céline Thelamon Fabé Dia Sylvie Mballa Éloundou | 44.40 | Italy (ITA) Anita Pistone Francesca Cola Manuela Grillo Danielle Perpoli | 44.89 | Greece (GRE) Athina Kopsia Evfrosyni Patsou Olga Kaidantzi Ioanna Kafetzi | 44.97 |
| 4×400 metres relay | France (FRA) Anita Mormand Viviane Dorsile Marie-Louise Bévis Francine Landre | 3:34.28 | Italy (ITA) Daniela Reina Fabiola Piroddi Francesca Carbone Danielle Perpoli | 3:38.90 | Greece (GRE) Georgia Koumnaki Hristina Hantzi-Neag Paraskevi Tsapara Chrysoula Goudenoudi | 3:42.22 |
| 20 km walk | Erica Alfridi (ITA) | 1:36:47 GR | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | 1:36:47 | Rocío Florido (ESP) | 1:37:14 |
| High jump | Blanka Vlašić (CRO) | 1.90 m | Nevena Lenđel (CRO) | 1.87 m | Anna Visigalli (ITA) | 1.87 m |
| Pole vault | Dana Cervantes (ESP) | 4.10 m GR | Thaila Iakovidou (GRE) | 4.00 m | Marie Poissonnier (FRA) | 3.90 m |
| Long jump | Concepción Montaner (ESP) | 6.48 m | Stiliani Pilatou (GRE) | 6.41 m | Silvia Favre (ITA) | 6.14 m |
| Triple jump | Baya Rahouli (ALG) | 14.30 m (w) | Marija Martinović (YUG) | 13.97 m (w) | Carlota Castrejana (ESP) | 13.72 m (w) |
| Shot put | Assunta Legnante (ITA) | 17.23 m | Irini Terzoglou (GRE) | 16.97 m | Martina de la Puente (ESP) | 16.55 m |
| Discus throw | Areti Abatzi (GRE) | 61.42 m | Agnese Maffeis (ITA) | 57.38 m | Monia Kari (TUN) | 56.44 m |
| Hammer throw | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | 64.59 m GR | Ester Balassini (ITA) | 64.13 m | Alexandra Papageorgiou (GRE) | 62.87 m |
| Javelin throw | Claudia Coslovich (ITA) | 62.02 m GR | Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE) | 58.16 m | Marta Míguez (ESP) | 55.19 m |
| Heptathlon | Anzhela Atroshchenko (TUR) | 5833 pts | Gertrud Bacher (ITA) | 5764 pts | Julie Mézerette (FRA) | 5670 pts |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Tunisia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 9 | 14 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | France | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Greece | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Algeria | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Turkey | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Morocco | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Spain | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | Tunisia* | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 46 | 46 | 46 | 138 |

## Participation

* Albania (2)
* Algeria (21)
* Andorra (3)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Croatia (16)
* Cyprus (25)
* Egypt (8)
* France (54)
* Greece (63)
* Italy (63)
* Jordan (3)
* Libya (5)
* Lebanon (6)
* Malta (7)
* Morocco (21)
* Monaco (1)
* San Marino (3)
* Slovenia (13)
* Spain (54)
* Syria (5)
* Tunisia (39)
* Turkey (16)
* Yugoslavia (8)