1979 Mediterranean Games

Host City Split
Country YUG
Held 15 – 29 September 1979
Competitors 545
Countries 15

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Recurve individual Men — Medal 3 2
Recurve individual Women — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Men — Medal 3 1
Floor Exercise Men — Medal 3 2
Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Parallel Bars Men — Medal 3 2
Horizontal Bar Men — Medal 3 2
Rings Men — Medal 3 3
Pommelled Horse Men — Medal 4 3
Team All-Around Men — Medal 17 3
Individual All-Around Women — Medal 3 2
Floor Exercise Women — Medal 3 3
Vault Women — Medal 3 2
Uneven Bars Women — Medal 4 4
Balance Beam Women — Medal 3 3
Team All-Around Women — Medal 14 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 2
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
Marathon Men — Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 12 3
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Women — Medal 3 2
800 m Women — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 8 2
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Pentathlon Women — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Basketball Men — Medal 37 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men — Medal 3 3
10 m Platform Men — Medal 3 2
3 m Springboard Women — Medal 3 2
10 m Platform Women — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Hockey Men — Medal 28 6
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Handball Men — Medal 13 3
Handball Women — Medal 37 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-60 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-65 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-71 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-78 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-86 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-95 kg Men — Medal 4 4
+95 kg Men — Medal 4 4
Open Men — Medal 4 4
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Rugby union Men — Medal 68 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 2
400 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 15 3
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
800 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 12 3
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Individual Medley Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Singles Men — Medal 3 2
Doubles Men — Medal 6 2
Team Men — Medal 11 3
Singles Women — Medal 3 1
Doubles Women — Medal 6 2
Team Women — Medal 6 3
Doubles Mixed — Medal 6 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Volleyball Men — Medal 12 3
Volleyball Women — Medal 12 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men — Medal 34 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-52 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-100 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
+110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Italy ITA 38 37 29 104
2 France FRA 38 27 21 86
3 Yugoslavia YUG 26 25 22 73
4 Spain ESP 8 14 18 40
5 Greece GRE 6 5 6 17
6 Egypt EGY 1 5 6 12
7 Algeria ALG 1 3 5 9
8 Fiji FIJ 1 0 0 1
= Lebanon LBN 1 0 0 1
= Syria SYR 1 0 0 1
11 Tunisia TUN 0 2 4 6
12 Morocco MAR 0 1 1 2
13 Papua New Guinea PNG 0 1 0 1
14 Turkey TUR 0 0 6 6
15 Samoa SAM 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Recurve individual, Men Sante Spigarelli ITA Giancarlo Ferrari ITA Fernand Simon FRA
Recurve individual, Women Marie-Josée Bazin
Franca Capetta 		FRA
ITA 		Dominique Schraen FRA
Individual All-Around, Men Michel Boutard FRA Willy Moy FRA Henri Boërio FRA
Floor Exercise, Men Gabriel Calvo ESP Henri Boërio
Willy Moy 		FRA
FRA
Vault, Men Diego Lazzarich ITA José de la Casa ESP Michel Boutard FRA
Parallel Bars, Men Henri Boërio
Michel Boutard
Branislav Tripković 		FRA
FRA
YUG
Horizontal Bar, Men Joël Suty FRA Henri Boërio FRA Diego Lazzarich ITA
Rings, Men Willy Moy
Miroslav Kezunović 		FRA
YUG 		Luis Rodríguez ESP
Pommelled Horse, Men Michel Boutard FRA Willy Moy
Corrado Colombo
Branislav Tripković 		FRA
ITA
YUG
Team All-Around, Men France FRA Spain ESP Yugoslavia YUG
Individual All-Around, Women Aurora Morata ESP Laura Bortolaso ITA Irene Martínez ESP
Floor Exercise, Women Laura Bortolaso ITA Irene Martínez
Jasna Dokl 		ESP
YUG
Vault, Women Laura Bortolaso ITA Donatella Grossi
Alenka Zupančič 		ITA
YUG
Uneven Bars, Women Aurora Morata ESP Alenka Zupančič YUG Laura Bortolaso
Anne-Marie Tudesco 		ITA
FRA
Balance Beam, Women Jasna Dokl YUG Valérie Grandjean
Donatella Grossi 		FRA
ITA
Team All-Around, Women Italy ITA Spain ESP France FRA
100 m, Men Pietro Mennea ITA Gianfranco Lazzer ITA Philippe Le Joncour FRA
200 m, Men Luciano Caravani ITA Bernard Petitbois FRA Georgios Tzouvaras GRE
400 m, Men Francis Demarthon FRA Didier Dubois FRA Jozo Alebić YUG
800 m, Men Dragan Životić YUG Abderrahmane Morceli ALG Sotirios Moutsanas GRE
1,500 m, Men José Marajo FRA Dragan Zdravković YUG Abderrahmane Morceli ALG
5,000 m, Men Luigi Zarcone ITA Rachid Habchaoui ALG El-Hachemi Abdenouz ALG
10,000 m, Men Abdel Madjid Mada ALG Luigi Zarcone ITA Rachid Habchaoui ALG
Marathon, Men Mikhail Koussis GRE Marco Marchei ITA Mehmet Terzi TUR
110 m Hurdles, Men Borislav Pisić YUG Giuseppe Buttari ITA Javier Moracho ESP
400 m Hurdles, Men Rok Kopitar YUG Claude Anicet FRA Fulvio Zorn ITA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Mariano Scartezzini ITA Domingo Ramón ESP Philippe Gauthier FRA
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Italy ITA France FRA Yugoslavia YUG
4 x 400 m Relay, Men France FRA Yugoslavia YUG Italy ITA
20 km Walk, Men Gérard Lelièvre FRA José Marín ESP Carlo Mattioli ITA
High Jump, Men Massimo Di Giorgio ITA Oscar Raise ITA Danial Temim YUG
Pole Vault, Men Philippe Houvion FRA Jean-Michel Bellot FRA Roger Oriol ESP
Long Jump, Men Nenad Stekić YUG Philippe Deroche FRA Miljenko Rak YUG
Triple Jump, Men Bernard Lamitié FRA Miloš Srejović YUG Milan Spasojević YUG
Shot Put, Men Vladimir Milić YUG Nagui Asaad Youssef EGY Ivan Ivančić YUG
Discus Throw, Men Armando De Vincentis ITA Hassan Ahmed Hamad EGY Silvano Simeon ITA
Hammer Throw, Men Gian Paolo Urlando ITA Edoardo Podberschek ITA Strećko Štiglić YUG
Javelin Throw, Men Penisio Lutui FRA Tarek Chaabani TUN Neđo Đurović YUG
Decathlon, Men Éric Motti FRA Darko Cujnik YUG Joško Vlašić YUG
100 m, Women Chantal Réga FRA Marisa Masullo ITA Laura Miano ITA
200 m, Women Marisa Masullo ITA Annie Alizé FRA Claudine Mas FRA
400 m, Women Jelica Pavličić YUG Ana Guštin YUG Georgia Troumbouki GRE
800 m, Women Gabriella Dorio ITA Agnese Possamai ITA Nađa Avdibašić YUG
1,500 m, Women Margherita Gargano ITA Gabriella Dorio ITA Sakina Boutamine ALG
100 m Hurdles, Women Laurence Elloy-Machabey FRA Elissavet Pantazi GRE Patrizia Lombardo ITA
4 x 100 m Relay, Women France FRA Italy ITA Greece GRE
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Yugoslavia YUG France FRA
High Jump, Women Sara Simeoni ITA Donatella Bulfoni ITA Lidija Benedetič-Lapajne YUG
Long Jump, Women Maroula Lambrou-Teloni GRE Snežana Dančetović YUG Amanda Naval ESP
Shot Put, Women Léone Bertimon FRA Soultana Saroudi GRE Cinzia Petrucci ITA
Discus Throw, Women Renata Scaglia ITA Fethia Jerbi TUN Kosa Stojković YUG
Javelin Throw, Women Sofia Sakorafa GRE Fausta Quintavalla ITA Borbala Menyhart YUG
Pentathlon, Women Florence Picaut FRA Breda Babošek YUG Barbara Bachlechner ITA
Basketball, Men Greece GRE Yugoslavia YUG Egypt EGY
3 m Springboard, Men Franco Cagnotto ITA Ricardo Camacho ESP Ahmed Moustafa EGY
10 m Platform, Men Massimo Santilli ITA Claudio De Miro ITA Ahmed Moustafa EGY
3 m Springboard, Women Isabelle Arène FRA Carmen Belén Núñez ESP Sonia Fernández ESP
10 m Platform, Women Carolina Fusco ITA Selena Trajković YUG Carmen Belén Núñez ESP
Hockey, Men Yugoslavia
Fiji 		YUG
FIJ 		Spain
Papua New Guinea 		ESP
PNG 		Italy
Samoa 		ITA
SAM
Handball, Men Yugoslavia YUG Italy ITA Tunisia TUN
Handball, Women Yugoslavia YUG Spain ESP Italy ITA
-60 kg, Men Felice Mariani ITA Franc Očko YUG Ahmed Moussa
Ahmet Özdemir 		ALG
TUR
-65 kg, Men Guy Delvingt FRA Sergio Cardell ESP Davor Vukorepa
Mohamed Soubei 		YUG
EGY
-71 kg, Men Vojo Vujević YUG Ezio Gamba ITA Christian Dyot
Mouldi Ben Hamma 		FRA
TUN
-78 kg, Men Jean-Pierre Gibert FRA Marcello Landi ITA Ignacio Sanz
Süheyl Yeşilnur 		ESP
TUR
-86 kg, Men Slavko Obadov YUG Michel Sanchis FRA José Antonio Cecchini
Abdel Majid Senoussi 		ESP
TUN
-95 kg, Men Angelo Parisi FRA Ranko Miranović YUG Mario Daminelli
Abdessalem Besbès 		ITA
TUN
+95 kg, Men Radomir Kovačević YUG Mohamed Belattar MAR Jean-Luc Rougé
Kamil Korucu 		FRA
TUR
Open, Men Jean-Luc Rougé FRA Marino Beccacece ITA Goran Žuvela
Amr El-Shahabi 		YUG
EGY
Rugby union, Men France FRA Italy ITA Morocco MAR
100 m Freestyle, Men Marcello Guarducci ITA David López-Zubero ESP René Écuyer FRA
200 m Freestyle, Men David López-Zubero ESP Borut Petrič YUG Marcello Guarducci ITA
400 m Freestyle, Men Borut Petrič YUG Giorgio Quadri ITA Paolo Revelli ITA
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Borut Petrič YUG Giovanni Nagni ITA Rafael Escalas ESP
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Italy ITA France FRA Spain ESP
100 m Backstroke, Men Frédéric Delcourt FRA Stefano Bellon ITA Daniele Cerabino ITA
200 m Backstroke, Men Stefano Bellon ITA Frédéric Delcourt FRA Daniele Cerabino ITA
100 m Breaststroke, Men Olivier Borios FRA Davide Peloso ITA Sandro Vettore ITA
200 m Breaststroke, Men Cesare Fabbri ITA Olivier Borios FRA Massimo Trevisan ITA
100 m Butterfly, Men David López-Zubero ESP Fabrizio Rampazzo ITA Xavier Savin FRA
200 m Butterfly, Men Fabio Bracaglia ITA Borut Petrič YUG Massimo Armellini ITA
400 m Individual Medley, Men Borut Petrič YUG Giovanni Franceschi ITA Maurizio Divano ITA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Italy ITA France FRA Spain ESP
100 m Freestyle, Women Natalia Mas ESP Manuela Dalla Valle ITA Maria Cristina Ponteprimo ITA
200 m Freestyle, Women Natalia Mas ESP Roberta Felotti ITA Anne Vial FRA
400 m Freestyle, Women Roberta Felotti ITA Natalia Mas ESP Fulvia Cornella ITA
800 m Freestyle, Women Roberta Felotti ITA Sofia Dara GRE Eleonora Pandini ITA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women Italy ITA France FRA Spain ESP
100 m Backstroke, Women Michèle Ricaud FRA Manuela Carosi ITA Laura Foralosso ITA
200 m Backstroke, Women Michèle Ricaud FRA Daniela Ferrini ITA Manuela Carosi ITA
100 m Breaststroke, Women Carlotta Tagnin ITA Sabrina Seminatore ITA Annick de Susini FRA
200 m Breaststroke, Women Annick de Susini FRA Carlotta Tagnin ITA Catherine Poirot FRA
100 m Butterfly, Women Cinzia Savi Scarponi ITA Sophie Falandry FRA Cristina Quintarelli ITA
200 m Butterfly, Women Cinzia Savi Scarponi ITA Sophie Falandry FRA Cinzia Rampazzo ITA
400 m Individual Medley, Women Cinzia Savi Scarponi ITA Véronique Plat FRA Vesna Šeparović YUG
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Italy ITA France FRA Spain ESP
Singles, Men Dragutin Šurbek YUG Jacques Secrétin FRA Antun Stipančić YUG
Doubles, Men Jacques Secrétin / Patrick Birocheau FRA Dragutin Šurbek / Antun Stipančić YUG Zoran Kalinić / Zoran Kosanović YUG
Team, Men Yugoslavia YUG France FRA Turkey TUR
Doubles, Mixed Claude Bergeret / Jacques Secrétin FRA Eržebet Palatinuš / Antun Stipančić YUG Gordana Perkučin / Zoran Kalinić YUG
Singles, Women Eržebet Palatinuš YUG Dubravka Fabri YUG Branka Batinić YUG
Doubles, Women Eržebet Palatinuš / Gordana Perkučin YUG Claude Bergeret / Nadine Daviaud FRA Branka Batinić / Dubravka Fabri YUG
Team, Women France FRA Yugoslavia YUG Greece GRE
Volleyball, Men Yugoslavia YUG Greece GRE France FRA
Volleyball, Women Italy ITA Yugoslavia YUG France FRA
Water Polo, Men Yugoslavia YUG Italy ITA Spain ESP
-52 kg Total, Men Ioannis Katsaintonis GRE Moustafa Abdel Halim EGY Vicente Tevar ESP
-56 kg Total, Men Joaquín Valle ESP Marko Ostrogonac YUG Bruno Lebrun FRA
-60 kg Total, Men Jean-Claude Chavigny FRA Mohamed Gouni ALG José Casado ESP
-67.5 kg Total, Men Daniel Senet FRA Matias Fernández ESP Pavlos Lespouridis GRE
-75 kg Total, Men Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi LBN Dušan Mirković YUG Harun Akkaya TUR
-82.5 kg Total, Men Vladimir Zrnić YUG Giuseppe Lagrotteria ITA Miguel Castresana ESP
-90 kg Total, Men Yvon Coussin FRA Ibrahim Abo Kalila EGY Renzo Meneguzzo ITA
-100 kg Total, Men Christos Iakovou GRE Branko Tomljanović YUG Dominique Heinrich FRA
-110 kg Total, Men Bakr Bassam EGY Dimitrios Zarzavatsidis GRE Patrick Mahieux FRA
+110 kg Total, Men Talal Najjar SYR Abdel-Ra Ali EGY Gaber Hafez EGY