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

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Main venue	Events		Best nation
					Men	Women
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

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

Event	51	55	59	63	67	71	75	79	83	87	91	93	97	01	05	09	13	18	22	Games
Current program
100 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
200 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
400 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
800 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
1500 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
5000 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
110 m hurdles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
400 m hurdles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
3000 m steeplechase	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
4 × 100 m relay	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
4 × 400 m relay	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Half marathon															X	X	X	X	X	5
High jump	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Pole vault	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	17
Long jump	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Triple jump	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	18
Shot put	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Discus throw	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Hammer throw	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	16
Javelin throw	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Past events
10,000 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			17
Marathon	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X						14
10 km walk	X	X																		2
20 km walk			X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X				12
50 km walk		X		X	X	X														4
Decathlon	X	X	X			X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X					12
Events	23	24	23	21	22	24	23	23	23	23	23	20	23	23	20	21	21	17	20

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2022 Mediterranean Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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	1994

Games records

Main article: List of Mediterranean Games records in athletics

External links

• Past results 1951–2005 from GBR Athletics