Boxing at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

The boxing competitions at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin took place between 21 June and 26 June at the Toroslar Sports Hall. Athletes competed in 10 weight categories. Even though women's boxing has been recently introduced to some multi-sports events, only men's boxing events were held.[1]

Boxing
at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
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LocationMersin, Turkey
Dates21–26 June 2013
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80 boxers from eighteen countries participated. All countries won at least one medal except Albania, Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria. Algeria dominated the competition by winning five gold and one bronze medal. Macedonia's Fatlum Zhuta secured first medal for his country at the Mediterranean Games after winning his quarterfinal match on Day 3.

Medal summary edit

Events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
details
  Mohamed Flissi (ALG)   Ferhat Pehlivan (TUR)   Ramy Elawady (EGY)
  Manuel Cappai (ITA)
Flyweight
details
  José Kelvin de la Nieve (ESP)   Vincenzo Picardi (ITA)   Erdal İnanlı (TUR)
  Abdelali Daraa (MAR)
Bantamweight
details
  Reda Benbaziz (ALG)   Hesham Abdelaal (EGY)   Elias Friha (FRA)
  Mehmet Topçakan (TUR)
Lightweight
details
  Sofiane Oumiha (FRA)   Bünyamin Aydın (TUR)   Fabio Introvaia (ITA)
  Mohamed Amine Ouadahi (ALG)
Light welterweight
details
  Abdelkader Chadi (ALG)   Fatih Keleş (TUR)   Alexandros Tsanikidis (GRE)
  Eslam Mohamed (EGY)
Welterweight
details
  Ilyas Abbadi (ALG)   Youba Sissocko (ESP)   Alfonso Di Russo (ITA)
  Mohamed Amine Meskini (TUN)
Middleweight
details
  Adem Kılıççı (TUR)   Hosam Abdin (EGY)   Luca Capuano (ITA)
  Fatlum Zhuta (MKD)
Light heavyweight
details
  Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG)   Abdelkader Bouhenia (FRA)   Avni Yıldırım (TUR)
  Džemal Bošnjak (BIH)
Heavyweight
details
  Fabio Turchi (ITA)   Josip Bepo Filipi (CRO)   Nikola Milačić (MNE)
  Fotios Arapoglou (GRE)
Super heavyweight
details
  Roberto Cammarelle (ITA)   Ali Eren Demirezen (TUR)   Mohammed Arjaoui (MAR)
  Madian Ahmed (EGY)

Medal table edit

Key:

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Algeria5016
2  Italy2147
3  Turkey*1438
4  France1113
5  Spain1102
6  Egypt0235
7  Croatia0101
8  Greece0022
  Morocco0022
10  Bosnia and Herzegovina0011
  Macedonia0011
  Montenegro0011
  Tunisia0011
Totals (13 entries)10102040

Participating nations edit

Eighteen Mediterranean nations have registered for boxing competitions.

References edit

  1. ^ Boxing Programme Archived June 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine