# Athletics at the 1993 Mediterranean Games

At the 1993 Mediterranean Games, the athletics events were held in Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France from 17–24 June 1993. A total of 36 events were contested, of which 20 by male and 16 by female athletes.
The host nation France easily topped the medal table, taking 15 gold medals and 38 medals overall (over a third of the total). Italy was the next most successful nation, with six golds among its 16 medals. Greece and Morocco was third and fourth, respectively, each having won four gold medals. Of the thirteen nations who entered athletes into the tournament, only Albania and Cyprus did not reach the medal table.
The event programme was reduced for the 1993 games: the women's 4×400 metres relay and the men's hammer throw, decathlon and 20 kilometres walk competitions were not held that year. The women's marathon was contested for the first time, while the women's 3000 metres was held for the last time (later being replaced by the 5000 metres event).
Noureddine Morceli won the men's 1500 metres in a time of 3:29.20 minutes – the second fastest time at that point, after his own world record. He was one of eight athletes to break a Mediterranean Games record at the 1993 edition. Zid Abou Hamed set both a games and Syrian national record in the men's 400 metres hurdles. The marathon races saw Davide Milesi and Helena Javornik establish new bests. Greek runner Alexandros Terzian broke the men's 100 metres record, while a new best of 6256 points for the heptathlon was set by Nathalie Teppe (also the javelin throw gold medallist).
The competition was part of the buildup to the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. Morceli and Fermín Cacho repeated their Mediterranean 1–2 in the men's 1500 m, but reigning women's Olympic champion Hassiba Boulmerka (800 m winner and 1500 m runner-up in Narbonne) was relegated to the bronze medal in her final. The Mediterranean and Olympic champion in the 10,000 metres, Khalid Skah, was out of the medal in the world 5000 m final.
The event saw future Olympic champions Konstantinos Kenteris, Jean Galfione and Ghada Shouaa get their first senior outdoor medals. Brigita Bukovec went on to an Olympic silver in 1996 after her 100 metres hurdles win in Narbonne, while Nezha Bidouane defended her Mediterranean 400 m hurdles title and would later become a double world champion in the event.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +1.4 m/s) | Alexandros Terzian (GRE) | 10.20 | Jean-Charles Trouabal (FRA) | 10.24 | Daniel Sangouma (FRA) | 10.35 |
| 200 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s) | Daniel Sangouma (FRA) | 20.76 | Alexandros Terzian (GRE) | 20.87 | Mohamed El Kandoussi (MAR) | 21.04 |
| 400 metres | Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) | 45.70 | Jean-Louis Rapnouil (FRA) | 45.91 | Benyounés Lahlou (MAR) | 45.91 |
| 800 metres | Mahjoub Haïda (MAR) | 1:48.70 | Fotis Deligiannis (GRE) | 1:49.03 | Réda Abdenouz (ALG) | 1:49.45 |
| 1500 metres | Noureddine Morceli (ALG) | 3:29.20 GR | Fermín Cacho (ESP) | 3:32.43 | Rachid El Basir (MAR) | 3:37.30 |
| 5000 metres | Thierry Pantel (FRA) | 13:39.04 | Aïssa Belaout (ALG) | 13:41.65 | Mohammed Mourhit (MAR) | 13:50.12 |
| 10,000 metres | Khalid Skah (MAR) | 28:46.38 | Hammou Boutayeb (MAR) | 28:49.94 | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 28:55.97 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Dan Philibert (FRA) | 13.62 | Stelios Bisbas (GRE) | 13.67 | Mustapha Sdad (MAR) | 13.80 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Zid Abou Hamed (SYR) | 49.09 GR, NR | Giorgio Frinolli (ITA) | 49.51 | Fadhel Khayati (TUN) | 49.94 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Abdelaziz Sahere (MAR) | 8:25.74 | Azzedine Brahmi (ALG) | 8:28.87 | Thierry Brusseau (FRA) | 8:33.27 |
| 4×100 metres relay | France (FRA) Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose | 38.96 | Greece (GRE) Alexandros Yenovelis Georgios Panagiotopoulos Alexios Alexopoulos Alexandros Terzian | 39.26 | Spain (ESP) Luis Turón Pedro Pablo Nolet Jordi Mayoral José Rivas | 39.90 |
| 4×400 metres relay | France (FRA) André Jaffory Pierre-Marie Hilaire Stéphane Diagana Jean-Louis Rapnouil | 3:02.99 GR | Morocco (MAR) Ali Dahane Abdellah Boukraa Abdelkader El Boukhari Benyounés Lahlou | 3:04.79 | Italy (ITA) Maurizio Federici Vito Petrella Gianrico Boncompagni Alessandro Aimar | 3:05.11 |
| Marathon | Davide Milesi (ITA) | 2:18:42 GR | Cihangir Demirel (TUR) | 2:18:43 | Marco Toini (ITA) | 2:18:59 |
| High jump | Jean-Charles Gicquel (FRA) | 2.26 m | Gustavo Becker (ESP) | 2.23 m | Miha Prijon (SLO) | 2.23 m |
| Pole vault | Stavros Tsitouras (GRE) | 5.55 m | Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | 5.50 m | Jean Galfione (FRA) | 5.35 m |
| Long jump | Spyridon Vasdekis (GRE) | 8.03 m (w) | Georgios Zabetakis (GRE) | 7.91 m | Serge Hélan (FRA) | 7.89 m (w) |
| Triple jump | Pierre Camara (FRA) | 17.03 m | Georges Sainte-Rose (FRA) | 17.00 m (w) | Lotfi Khaïda (ALG) | 16.88 m (w) |
| Shot put | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | 20.22 m | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 19.37 m | Dimitrios Koutsoukis (GRE) | 18.83 m |
| Discus throw | Luciano Zerbini (ITA) | 60.90 m | Jean Pons (FRA) | 57.58 m | Jean-Claude Retel (FRA) | 57.22 m |
| Javelin throw | Ivan Mustapić (CRO) | 79.46 m GR | Fabio De Gaspari (ITA) | 77.18 m | Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE) | 77.00 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.8 m/s) | Magali Simioneck (FRA) | 11.39 | Odiah Sidibé (FRA) | 11.49 | Ekaterini Koffa (GRE) | 11.71 |
| 200 metres (wind: -1.3 m/s) | Maguy Nestoret (FRA) | 23.42 | Valérie Jean-Charles (FRA) | 23.45 | Donatella Dal Bianco (ITA) | 24.12 |
| 400 metres | Elsa Devassoigne (FRA) | 52.44 | Francine Landre (FRA) | 52.95 | Francesca Carbone (ITA) | 53.78 |
| 800 metres | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 2:03.86 | Fabia Trabaldo (ITA) | 2:04.05 | Amaia Andrés (ESP) | 2:05.16 |
| 1500 metres | Frédérique Quentin (FRA) | 4:11.09 | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | 4:11.09 | Farida Fatès (FRA) | 4:12.60 |
| 3000 metres | Valentina Tauceri (ITA) | 9:00.10 | Annette Sergent-Palluy (FRA) | 9:02.96 | Julia Vaquero (ESP) | 9:04.99 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.8 m/s) | Brigita Bukovec (SLO) | 13.10 | Cécile Cinélu (FRA) | 13.17 | Patricia Girard (FRA) | 13.19 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 56.09 | Nadia Zétouani (MAR) | 57.04 | Carole Nelson (FRA) | 57.45 |
| 4×100 metres relay | France (FRA) Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Maguy Nestoret Valérie Jean-Charles | 43.55 | Italy (ITA) Elisabetta Birolini Giuseppina Perlino Annarita Balzani Laura Ardissone | 45.62 | Spain (ESP) Ana Barrenechea Carmen García Patricia Morales Mireia Ruiz | 45.93 |
| Marathon | Helena Javornik (SLO) | 2:42:58 GR | Marie-Hélène Ohier (FRA) | 2:43:26 | Sylviane Geffray (FRA) | 2:43:40 |
| High jump | Britta Bilač (SLO) | 1.92 m | Nathalie Lefebvre (FRA) | 1.87 m | María Mar Martínez (ESP) | 1.84 m |
| Long jump | Corinne Hérigault (FRA) | 6.54 m (w) | Ksenija Predikaka (SLO) | 6.51 m (w) | Silvija Babić (CRO) | 6.45 m (w) |
| Shot put | Agnese Maffeis (ITA) | 17.04 m | Nataša Erjavec (SLO) | 16.88 m | Margarita Ramos (ESP) | 16.86 m |
| Discus throw | Agnese Maffeis (ITA) | 57.16 m | Ekaterini Voggoli (GRE) | 56.10 m | Monia Kari (TUN) | 55.38 m |
| Javelin throw | Nathalie Teppe (FRA) | 60.90 m | Nadine Auzeil (FRA) | 59.68 m | Renata Strašek (SLO) | 59.04 m |
| Heptathlon | Nathalie Teppe (FRA) | 6256 pts GR | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 6168 pts | Odile Lesage (FRA) | 5888 pts |

## Medal table

* Host nation (France)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France* | 15 | 13 | 10 | 38 |
| 2 | Italy | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Greece | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Morocco | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Algeria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Syria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |

## Participation

Thirteen of the nineteen nations participating at the games entered athletes into the athletics competition.
* Albania
* Algeria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* France
* Greece
* Italy
* Morocco
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Syria
* Tunisia
* Turkey