Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
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|Host city = {{flagicon|LBN}} Beirut
|Dates = 19–23 October
|Stadium = Camille Chamoun Stadium
|Nations participating = 9
|Athletes participating = 131
|Events = 23
|Records set =
|Previous = 1955 Barcelona
|Next = 1963 Naples
|Games = 1959 Mediterranean Games
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Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games were held in Beirut, Lebanon.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm|title=Mediterranean Games – Past Medallists|publisher=sports-gbrathletics.com|accessdate=19 December 2012}}
Results
{{main|Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games – Results}}
=Track=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2|width=260|fontsize=90}} | |||
| 100 metres
| {{flagathlete|Abdoulaye Seye|FRA}} | 10.3 GR
| {{flagathlete|Paul Genevay|FRA}} | 10.6
| {{flagathlete|Alain David|FRA}} | 10.6 |
| 200 metres
| {{flagathlete|Paul Genevay|FRA}} | 20.9 GR
| {{flagathlete|Nikolaos Georgopoulos|GRE|old}} | 21.5
| {{flagathlete|Bernard Cahen|FRA}} | 21.8 |
| 400 metres
| {{flagathlete|Viktor Šnajder|YUG}} | 47.1 GR
| {{flagicon|variant=(1958–1971)|UAR}}Hassan El Din Ahmed Ragab | 48.3
| {{flagathlete|Vassilios Sillis|GRE|old}} | 48.7 |
| 800 metres
| {{flagathlete|Pierre-Yvon Lenoir|FRA}} | 1:55.4
| {{flagathlete|Tomás Barris|ESP|1945}} | 1:55.8
| {{flagathlete|Evangelos Depastas|GRE|old}} | 1:56.1 |
| 1500 metres
| {{flagathlete|Tomás Barris|ESP|1945}} | 3:50.6
| {{flagathlete|Jean Clausse|FRA}} | 3:51.8
| {{flagathlete|Evangelos Depastas|GRE|old}} | 3:52.6 |
| 5000 metres
| {{flagathlete|Robert Bogey|FRA}} | 14:31.0
| {{flagathlete|Luis García|ESP|1945}} | 14:32.6
| {{flagathlete|Carlos Perez|ESP|1945}} | 14:45.0 |
| 10,000 metres
| {{flagathlete|Hamoud Ameur|FRA}} | 30:19.2 GR
| {{flagathlete|Mohamed Saïd|MAR}} | 30:22.4
| {{flagathlete|Luis García|ESP|1945}} | 30:24.2 |
| Marathon
| {{flagathlete|Bakir Benaïssa|MAR}} | 2:24:14.8 GR
| {{flagathlete|Miguel Navarro|ESP|1945}} | 2:27:27.8
| {{flagathlete|Mahmoud Abdelkrim|UAR}} | 2:35:03.4 |
| 110 metres hurdles
| {{flagathlete|Georgios Marsellos|GRE|old}} | 14.5 GR
| {{flagathlete|Marcel Duriez|FRA}} | 14.5
| {{flagathlete|Emilio Campra|ESP|1945}} | 15.4 |
| 400 metres hurdles
| {{flagathlete|Fahir Özgüden|TUR}} | 53.4
| {{flagathlete|Mongi Zarrouki|TUN}} | 54.1
| {{flagathlete|Abdel Mohamed Abdallah|EGY|1958}} | 54.4 |
| 3000 m steeplechase
| {{flagathlete|Georgios Papavasileiou|GRE|old}} | 9:04.0 GR
| {{flagathlete|Manuel Alonso|ESP|1945}} | 9:06.2
| {{flagathlete|Franc Hafner|YUG}} | 9:09.6 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | 41.5
| {{Flagcountry|GRE|old}} | 41.7
| {{Flagcountry|ESP|1945}} | 42.2 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay
| {{Flagcountry|GRE|old}} | 3:15.0
| {{FRA}} | 3:15.4
| {{UAR}} | 3:17.6 |
| 20 km walk
| {{flagathlete|Pierre Attane|FRA}} | 1:43:16.6
| {{flagathlete|Stavros Hatzilaios|GRE|old}} | 1:50:18.6
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= Field =
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2|width=260|fontsize=90}} | |||
| High jump
| {{flagathlete|Maurice Fournier|FRA}} | 1.99 m
| {{flagathlete|Çetin Şahiner|TUR}} | 1.96 m
| {{flagathlete|Michel Hermann|FRA}} | 1.90 m |
| Long jump
| {{flagathlete|Ali Brakchi|FRA}} | 7.59 m GR
| {{flagathlete|Dimos Manglaras|GRE|old}} | 7.44 m
| {{flagathlete|Manuel González|ESP|1945}} | 7.24 m |
| Pole vault
| {{flagathlete|Rigas Efstathiadis|GRE|old}} | 4.10 m
| {{flagathlete|Fernando Adarraga|ESP|1945}} | 3.80 m
| {{flagathlete|Farid Hanna|UAR}} | 3.80 m |
| Triple jump
| {{flagathlete|Éric Battista|FRA}} | 15.82 m GR
| {{flagathlete|Marc Rabémila|FRA}} | 15.47 m
| {{flagathlete|Mahmoud Atef Abdel Fattah|UAR}} | 15.04 m |
| Shot put
| {{flagathlete|Georgios Tsakanikas|GRE|old}} | 16.97 m GR
| {{flagathlete|Antonios Kounadis|GRE|old}} | 15.12 m
| {{flagathlete|Chebel Hassan Farag|UAR}} | 14.95 m |
| Discus throw
| {{flagathlete|Antonios Kounadis|GRE|old}} | 55.02 m GR
| {{flagathlete|Dako Radošević|YUG}} | 54.01 m
| {{flagathlete|Georgios Tsakanikas|GRE|old}} | 47.88 m |
| Hammer throw
| {{flagathlete|Krešimir Račić|YUG}} | 62.26 m GR
| {{flagathlete|Frangiskos Politis|GRE|old}} | 55.44 m
| {{flagathlete|Andreas Kouvelogiannis|GRE|old}} | 53.31 m |
| Javelin throw
| {{flagathlete|Léon Syrovatski|FRA}} | 74.10 m GR
| {{flagathlete|Božidar Miletić|YUG}} | 73.80 m
| {{flagathlete|Myron Anyfantakis|GRE|old}} | 68.80 m |
| Decathlon
| {{flagathlete|Jože Brodnik|YUG}} | 6581 pts GR
| {{flagathlete|Georgios Marsellos|GRE|old}} | 5908 pts
| {{flagathlete|Mohamed Saïd Zaki|UAR}} | 5816 pts |
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
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| event = at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
| team =
| gold_FRA = 11 | silver_FRA = 5 | bronze_FRA = 3
| gold_GRE = 6 | silver_GRE = 7 | bronze_GRE = 6 | name_GRE = {{flaglink|GRE|at the 1959 Mediterranean Games|old}}
| gold_YUG = 3 | silver_YUG = 2 | bronze_YUG = 1
| gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 5 | bronze_ESP = 5 | name_ESP = {{flaglink|ESP|at the 1959 Mediterranean Games|1945}}
| gold_MAR = 1 | silver_MAR = 1 | bronze_MAR = 0
| gold_TUR = 1 | silver_TUR = 1 | bronze_TUR = 0
| gold_UAR = 0 | silver_UAR = 1 | bronze_UAR = 7
| gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 1 | bronze_TUN = 0
}}
Participating nations
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
- {{FRA}} (20)
- {{flag|Greece|old}} (24)
- {{LIB}} (21)
- {{MAR}} (6)
- {{flag|Spain|1945}} (13)
- {{flag|Tunisia|1959}} (5)
- {{TUR}} (8)
- {{UAR}} (28)
- {{YUG}} (6)
}}
References
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