# Athletics at the 1983 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1983 Mediterranean Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco from 12 to 16 September.

## Results
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) | Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA) | 10.24 | Antoine Richard (FRA) | 10.26 | Stefano Tilli (ITA) | 10.29 |
| 200 metres (wind: +3.2 m/s) | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | 20.30 w | Jean-Jacques Boussemart (FRA) | 20.41 w | Carlo Simionato (ITA) | 20.63 w |
| 400 metres | Aldo Canti (FRA) | 45.29 GR | Hector Llatser (FRA) | 45.79 | Željko Knapić (YUG) | 45.95 |
| 800 metres | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 1:51.45 | Faouzi Lahbi (MAR) | 1:51.63 | Colomán Trabado (ESP) | 1:52.19 |
| 1500 metres | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 3:39.19 GR | José Luis González (ESP) | 3:39.59 | José Manuel Abascal (ESP) | 3:39.64 |
| 5000 metres | Alberto Cova (ITA) | 13:57.77 | Filippos Filippou (GRE) | 13:59.37 | Antonio Prieto (ESP) | 13:59.91 |
| 10,000 metres | Thierry Watrice (FRA) | 29:05.95 | Venanzio Ortis (ITA) | 29:12.89 | Luis Adsuara (ESP) | 29:19.25 |
| Marathon | Mehmet Terzi (TUR) | 2:22:33 | Ahmet Altun (TUR) | 2:22:52 | Honorato Hernández (ESP) | 2:23:15 |
| 110 metres hurdlers (wind: +5.2 m/s) | Javier Moracho (ESP) | 13.54 w | Carlos Sala (ESP) | 13.55 w | Daniele Fontecchio (ITA) | 13.64 w |
| 400 metres hurdlers | José Alonso (ESP) | 50.96 | Carlos Azulay (ESP) | 51.90 | Ahmed Abdel Halim Ghanem (EGY) | 51.99 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Joseph Mahmoud (FRA) | 8:19:29 GR | Domingo Ramón (ESP) | 8:19.60 | Francisco Sánchez (ESP) | 8:20.67 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Italy Pierfrancesco Pavoni Carlo Simionato Stefano Tilli Pietro Mennea | 38.76 GR | France Thierry François Marc Gasparoni Antoine Richard Jean-Jacques Boussemart | 39.54 | Greece Aggelos Angelidis Theodoros Gatzios Nikolaos Hatzinikolau Kosmas Stratos | 40.31 |
| 4×400 metres relay | France Jean-Jacques Février Hector Llatser Jean-Jacques Boussemart Aldo Canti | 3:04.38 | Italy Roberto Ribaud Donato Sabia Mauro Zuliani Daniele D'Amico | 3:04.54 | Spain Antonio Sánchez Benjamín González José Alonso Ángel Heras | 3:06.54 |
| 20 km walk | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:23:19 GR | Gérard Lelièvre (FRA) | 1:24:32 | Sergio Spagnulo (ITA) | 1:27:54 |
| High jump | Othmane Belfaa (ALG) | 2.26 m =GR | Bernard Bachorz (FRA) | 2.26 m | Franck Verzy (FRA) | 2.22 m |
| Pole vault | Patrick Abada (FRA) | 5.55 m GR | Serge Leveur (FRA) | 5.30 m | Mauro Barella & Viktor Drechsel (ITA) | 5.10 m |
| Long jump | Dimitrios Delifotis (GRE) | 7.77 m | Antonio Corgos (ESP) | 7.75 m | Marco Piochi (ITA) | 7.74 m w |
| Triple jump | Dimitrios Mikhas (GRE) | 16.70 m | Dario Badinelli (ITA) | 16.50 m | Christian Valétudié (FRA) | 16.33 m w |
| Shot put | Jovan Lazarević (YUG) | 20.05 m | Alessandro Andrei (ITA) | 19.61 m | Vladimir Milić (YUG) | 19.40 m |
| Discus throw | Kostas Georgakopoulos (GRE) | 62.58 m GR | Mohamed Naguib Hamed (EGY) | 61.24 m | Marco Martino (ITA) | 58.72 m |
| Hammer throw | Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) | 69.94 m GR | Orlando Bianchini (ITA) | 68.58 m | Raul Jimeno (ESP) | 67.16 m |
| Javelin throw | Agostino Ghesini (ITA) | 79.28 m | Michel Bertimon (FRA) | 78.12 m | Tarek Chaabani (TUN) | 73.28 m |
| Decathlon | Joško Vlašić (YUG) | 7440 pts | Hubert Indra (ITA) | 7314 pts | Mohamed Bensaad (ALG) | 7197 pts |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s) | Rose-Aimée Bacoul (FRA) | 11.19 GR | Marisa Masullo (ITA) | 11.47 | Marie-France Loval (FRA) | 11.62 |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.8 m/s) | Rose-Aimée Bacoul (FRA) | 22.67 w | Liliane Gaschet (FRA) | 22.97 w | Marisa Masullo (ITA) | 23.12 w |
| 400 metres | Raymonde Naigre (FRA) | 52.78 | Erica Rossi (ITA) | 53.83 | Cosetta Campana (ITA) | 54.52 |
| 800 metres | Nathalie Thoumas (FRA) | 2:07.06 | Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) | 2:07.34 | Mirela Šket (YUG) | 2:07.70 |
| 1500 metres | Agnese Possamai (ITA) | 4:13.58 | Marica Mršić (YUG) | 4:15.04 | Gloria Pallé (ESP) | 4:18.69 |
| 3000 metres | Agnese Possamai (ITA) | 9:15.64 | Marica Mršić (YUG) | 9:17.13 | Pilar Fernández (ESP) | 9:24.96 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.5 m/s) | Michèle Chardonnet (FRA) | 13.21 GR | Elissavet Pantazi (GRE) | 13.42 | Marie-Noëlle Savigny (FRA) | 13.44 |
| 400 metres hurdlers | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 56.59 GR | Giuseppina Cirulli (ITA) | 58.48 | Mojca Šavle (YUG) | 59.41 |
| 4×100 metres relay | France Rose-Aimée Bacoul Marie-France Loval Marie-Christine Cazier Liliane Gaschet | 43.36 GR | Italy Mary Busato Daniela Ferrian Marisa Masullo Gisella Trombin | 44.79 | Morocco Nawal El Moutawakel Fatima Salahi Fatima Braiz Naima Benboubker | 46.69 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Italy Cosetta Campana Giuseppina Cirulli Letizia Magenti Erica Rossi | 3:33.63 GR | France Liliane Gaschet Viviane Couédriau Raymonde Naigre Natalie Thoumas | 3:35.41 | Yugoslavia Katica Mataković Slobodanka Čolović Mirela Šket Elizabeta Božinovska | 3:37.87 |
| High jump | Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) | 1.89 m | Biljana Bojović (YUG) Lidija Lapajne (YUG) | 1.86 m | | |
| Long jump | Snežana Dančetović (YUG) | 6.30 m | Naïma Benboubker (MAR) | 5.95 m | Antonella Capriotti (ITA) | 5.94 m |
| Shot put | Soultana Saroudi (GRE) | 18.01 m GR | Simone Créantor (FRA) | 16.36 m | Souad Malloussi (MAR) | 15.30 m |
| Discus throw | Isabelle Accambray (FRA) | 53.70 m GR | Catherine Beauvais (FRA) | 53.62 m | Renata Scaglia (ITA) | 53.34 m |
| Javelin throw | Anna Verouli (GRE) | 61.62 m GR | Fausta Quintavalla (ITA) | 59.08 m | Nadine Schoellkopf (FRA) | 52.54 m |
| Heptathlon | Chérifa Meskaoui (MAR) | 5498 pts w | Dalila Tayebi (ALG) | 5456 pts GR | Esmeralda Pecchio (ITA) | 5379 pts |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Morocco)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 13 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 2 | Italy | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Greece | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Morocco* | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Spain | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 7 | Algeria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 39 | 40 | 39 | 118 |