Athletics at the Mediterranean Games

Athletics is one of the sports at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games competition. It has been one of the sports competed at the event since the inaugural edition in 1951.

## Editions

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Games  | Year  | Host city  | Host country  | Main venue  | Events  | Best nation

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I | 1951 | Alexandria |  Egypt | Stade Fouad 1er | 23 | — |  France (FRA)
II | 1955 | Barcelona |  Spain | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 24 | — |  France (FRA)
III | 1959 | Beirut |  Lebanon | Cité sportive Camille-Chamoun | 23 | — |  France (FRA)
IV | 1963 | Naples |  Italy | Stadio San Paolo | 21 | — |  Italy (ITA)
V | 1967 | Tunis |  Tunisia | Stade El Menzah | 22 | 6 |  Italy (ITA)
VI | 1971 | İzmir |  Turkey | Atatürk Stadium | 24 | 8 |  Italy (ITA)
VII | 1975 | Algiers |  Algeria | Stade 5 Juillet 1962 | 23 | 8 |  Italy (ITA)
VIII | 1979 | Split |  Yugoslavia | Stadion Poljud | 23 | 14 |  Italy (ITA)
IX | 1983 | Casablanca |  Morocco | Stade Mohammed V | 23 | 16 |  France (FRA)
X | 1987 | Latakia |  Syria | Al-Assad Stadium | 23 | 16 |  Italy (ITA)
XI | 1991 | Athens |  Greece | Olympic Stadium | 22 | 16 |  Italy (ITA)
XII | 1993 | Narbonne |  France | Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié | 20 | 16 |  France (FRA)
XIII | 1997 | Bari |  Italy | Stadio San Nicola | 23 | 20 |  Italy (ITA)
XIV | 2001 | Tunis |  Tunisia | Stade 7 Novembre | 23 | 23 |  Italy (ITA)
XV | 2005 | Almería |  Spain | Estadio Mediterraneo | 24 | 23 |  France (FRA)
XVI | 2009 | Pescara |  Italy | Stadio Adriatico | 21 | 19 |  Italy (ITA)
XVII | 2013 | Mersin |  Turkey | Yanıt Athletics Complex | 22 | 22 |  Italy (ITA)
XVIII | 2018 | Tarragona |  Spain | Campclar Athletics Stadium | 17 | 17 |  Morocco (MAR)
XIX | 2022 | Oran |  Algeria | Miloud Hadefi Stadium | 20 | 18 |  Turkey (TUR)

## Events

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As of the most recent 2018 edition, the athletics program features 17 men's and 17 women's events. These include a total of 22 track events, 2 road events, and 10 field events.

### Men's events

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Event | 51 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 79 | 83 | 87 | 91 | 93 | 97 | 01 | 05 | 09 | 13 | 18 | 22

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Current program
100 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
400 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
800 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
1500 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
5000 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
110 m hurdles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
400 m hurdles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
3000 m steeplechase | X | X | X |  | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
4 × 100 m relay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
4 × 400 m relay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
Half marathon |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X | X | X | X | X
High jump | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
Pole vault | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |  | X |  | X
Long jump | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
Triple jump | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |  | X
Shot put | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
Discus throw | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
Hammer throw | X | X | X | X |  | X | X | X | X | X | X |  | X | X | X | X | X |  | X
Javelin throw | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
Past events
10,000 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |  |
Marathon | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |  |  |  |  |
10 km walk | X | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
20 km walk |  |  | X |  | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |  | X | X | X | X |  |  |
50 km walk |  | X |  | X | X | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Decathlon | X | X | X |  |  | X | X | X | X | X | X |  | X | X | X |  |  |  |
Events | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 20

## All-time medal table

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Updated after the 2022 Mediterranean Games

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Italy (ITA)| 179| 161| 127| 467
2|  France (FRA)| 151| 124| 100| 375
3|  Greece (GRE)| 63| 69| 78| 210
4|  Morocco (MAR)| 51| 53| 35| 139
5|  Yugoslavia (YUG)| 46| 50| 48| 144
6|  Spain (ESP)| 39| 74| 95| 208
7|  Algeria (ALG)| 33| 19| 35| 87
8|  Turkey (TUR)| 31| 36| 42| 109
9|  Tunisia (TUN)| 18| 21| 26| 65
10|  Cyprus (CYP)| 12| 9| 7| 28
11|  Slovenia (SLO)| 10| 13| 13| 36
12|  Croatia (CRO)| 10| 8| 9| 27
13|  Egypt (EGY)| 6| 14| 20| 40
14|  Serbia (SRB)| 5| 5| 2| 12
15|  Portugal (POR)| 3| 4| 4| 11
16|  Syria (SYR)| 3| 2| 2| 7
17|  Albania (ALB)| 2| 2| 3| 7
18|  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)| 1| 1| 6| 8
19|  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)| 1| 1| 2| 4
20|  Libya (LBA)| 1| 0| 5| 6
21|  Montenegro (MNE)| 1| 0| 2| 3
22|  Malta (MLT)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (22 entries)| 666| 667| 661| 1,994

## Games records

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Main article: List of Mediterranean Games records in athletics

## External links

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* Past results 1951–2005 from GBR Athletics

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Athletics at the Mediterranean Games

* 1951 (Results)
* 1955 (Results)
* 1959 (Results)
* 1963 (Results)
* 1967 (Results)
* 1971 (Results)
* 1975 (Results)
* 1979 (Results)
* 1983 (Results)
* 1987 (Results)
* 1991 (Results)
* 1993 (Results)
* 1997 (Results)
* 2001 (Results)
* 2005 (Results)
* 2009 (Results)
* 2013 (Results)
* 2018 (Results)
* 2022 (Results)

List of Mediterranean Games records in athletics

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