Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games – Results

These are the partial results of the athletics competition at the 1959 Mediterranean Games taking place between 19 and 23 October in Beirut, Lebanon.^[1]

Results

100 meters

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
?	?	Paul Genevay	France	10.5	Q^[2]
?	?	Alain David	France	10.6	Q^[2]
3	1	José Luis Albarran	Spain	11.2	Q^[3]

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
4	1	José Luis Albarran	Spain	11.0	^[3]

Final – 20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abdoulaye Seye	France	10.3	GR
	Paul Genevay	France	10.6
	Alain David	France	10.8
4	Nikolaos Georgopoulos	Greece	11.0
5	Abdulai Soliman Taisir	United Arab Republic	11.0
6	Ioannis Komitoudis	Greece	11.0

200 meters

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
?	?	Paul Genevay	France	20.8	Q^[2]
?	?	Bernard Cahen	France	21.1	Q^[2]
3	2	José Luis Albarran	Spain	22.4	Q^[3]

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paul Genevay	France	20.9	GR
	Nikolaos Georgopoulos	Greece	21.5
	Bernard Cahen	France	21.8
4	Leonidas Kormalis	Greece	22.1
5	Ioannis Komitoudis	Greece	22.1
6	José Luis Albarran	Spain	22.4

400 meters

Heats – 20 October

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Viktor Šnajder	Yugoslavia	48.8	Q
2	1	Jean-Pierre Goudeau	France	49.2	Q
3	1	Jesús Rancaño	Spain	49.9	^[3]
1	2	Jean Bertozzi	France	49.5	Q
2	2	José Luis Martínez	Spain	49.7	Q^[3]
1	3	Hassan El Din Ahmed Ragab	United Arab Republic	49.1	Q
2	3	Vassilios Sillis	Greece	50.2	Q

Final – 21 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Viktor Šnajder	Yugoslavia	47.1	GR
	Hassan El Din Ahmed Ragab	United Arab Republic	48.3
	Vassilios Sillis	Greece	48.7
4	Jean-Pierre Goudeau	France	49.1
5	Jean Bertozzi	France	49.2
6	José Luis Martínez	Spain	49.5

800 meters

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Tomás Barris	Spain	1:54.5	Q^[3]
2	1	Elias Reguero	Spain	1:54.9	Q^[3]

Final – 20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Pierre-Yvon Lenoir	France	1:55.4
	Tomás Barris	Spain	1:55.8
	Evangelos Depastas	Greece	1:56.1
4	Konstantinos Moragiemos	Greece	1:56.7
5	Elias Reguero	Spain	1:57.5
	Muharrem Dalkılıç	Turkey	DNF

1500 meters

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Tomás Barris	Spain	3:50.6
	Jean Clausse	France	3:51.8
	Evangelos Depastas	Greece	3:52.6
4	Muharrem Dalkılıç	Turkey	3:53.4
5	Abdeslem Dargouth	Tunisia	3:59.2
6	Mohamed Abdul Omar	United Arab Republic	4:00.1

5000 meters

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Robert Bogey	France	14:31.0
	Luis García	Spain	14:32.6
	Carlos Pérez	Spain	14:45.0
4	Salah Beddiaf	France	14:47.6
5	Said Ben Mohamed Gerouani	Morocco	15:05.2
6	Ahmed Ben Salem Boughalem	Tunisia	15:12.0

10,000 meters

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Hamoud Ameur	France	30:19.2
	Saïd Ben Mohamed Gerouani	Morocco	30:22.4
	Luis García	Spain	30:24.2
4	Carlos Pérez	Spain	30:41.4
5	Salah Beddiaf	France	30:42.6
6	Bachir Benaïssa	Morocco	31:18.4

Marathon

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bakir Benaïssa	Morocco	2:24:15	GR
	Miguel Navarro	Spain	2:27:28	NR
	Mahmoud Abdelkrim	United Arab Republic	2:35:04
4	Farag Salem Farag	United Arab Republic	2:35:25
5	Ahmet Aytar	Turkey	2:39:18
6	Ali Hamed Ahmed	United Arab Republic	2:40:15
7	Aydar Erturan	Turkey	2:40:15
8	Mohamed El Outa	Lebanon	3:25:00

110 meters hurdles

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
?	?	Marcel Duriez	France	14.4	Q^[2]
2	2	Emilio Campra	Spain	14.9	Q^[3]

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Georgios Marsellos	Greece	14.5	GR
	Marcel Duriez	France	14.5
	Emilio Campra	Spain	15.4
4	Abdel Mohamed Abdallah	United Arab Republic	15.4
5	Maurice Fournier	France	15.5
6	Dimitrios Skourtis	Greece	15.8

400 meters hurdles

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
4	1	Bernardino Lombao	Spain	55.6	Q^[3]

Final – 20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Fahir Özgüden	Turkey	53.4
	Mongi Soussi Zarrouki	Tunisia	54.1
	Abdel Mohamed Abdallah	United Arab Republic	54.4
4	Mohamed Darwiche Zak	United Arab Republic	54.9
5	Dimitrios Skourtis	Greece	55.0
6	Alexandros Froussios	Greece	58.8

3000 meters steeplechase

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Georgios Papavasileiou	Greece	9:04.0	GR
	Manuel Alonso	Spain	9:06.2
	Franc Hafner	Yugoslavia	9:09.6
4	Hamoud Ameur	France	9:11.6

4 × 100 meters relay

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Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	France	Alain David, Ali Brakchi, Bernard Cahen, Paul Genevay	41.5
	Greece	Ioannis Komitoudis, Constantin Lolos, Leonidas Kormalis, Nikolaos Georgopoulos	41.7
	Spain	Emilio Campra, José Luis Martínez, Jesús Rancaño, José Luis Albarran	42.2	NR
4	United Arab Republic	Zaki Said, Houssam Ragab, Zein El Abdin, Taissir Abdulai Suleiman	43.4
5	Lebanon	M. Nasrallah, F. Nasrallah, Abdul Halim Karakallah, Zeitoun	45.5

4 × 400 meters relay

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Greece	Leonidas Kormalis, Konstantinos Moragiemos, Nikolaos Georgopoulos, Vassilios Sillis	3:15.0
	France	Paul Genevay, Jean-Pierre Goudeau, Jean Bertozzi, Pierre-Yvon Lenoir	3:15.4
	United Arab Republic	Farouk Tadros, Rachoui, Abdel Moneim Abdallah, Hassan Ahmed Ragab	3:17.6
4	Spain	Bernardino Lombao, José Luis Martínez, Jesús Rancaño, Elias Requero	3:17.6
5	Morocco		3:25.1

20 kilometers walk

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pierre Attane	France	1:43:17
	Stavros Hatzilaios	Greece	1:50:19

High jump

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Maurice Fournier	France	1.99
	Çetin Şahiner	Turkey	1.96
	Michel Hermann	France	1.90
4	Marc Rabémila	France	1.90
5	Sylvain Bitan	Tunisia	1.90
6	Ioannis Koinis	Greece	1.85

Pole vault

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Rigas Efstathiadis	Greece	4.10
	Fernando Adarraga	Spain	3.80
	Farid Hanna	United Arab Republic	3.80
4	Mohamed Saïd Zaki	United Arab Republic	3.70
5	Ahmed Adam	Lebanon	3.50
6	Abdul Halim Karakallah	Lebanon	3.40

Long jump

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Ali Brakchi	France	7.59
	Dimosthenis Magglaras	Greece	7.44
	Manuel González	Spain	7.24
4	Teymurlenk Shukri	United Arab Republic	7.06
5	Aristidis Kazantzidis	Greece	7.02
6	Éric Battista	France	6.80

Triple jump

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Éric Battista	France	15.82
	Marc Rabémila	France	15.47
	Mahmoud Atef Abdel Fattah	United Arab Republic	15.04
4	Konstantinos Sfikas	Greece	14.69
5	Hassan Mohamed Sourour	United Arab Republic	14.43
6	Abbas El Masri	Lebanon	12.76

Shot put

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Georgios Tsakanikas	Greece	16.97
	Antonios Kounadis	Greece	15.12
	Chebel Hassan Farag	United Arab Republic	14.95
4	Salem El Djirs	Lebanon	14.36
5	Mohamed Ali Abdul Oneim	United Arab Republic	13.91

Discus throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Antonios Kounadis	Greece	55.02
	Dako Radošević	Yugoslavia	54.01
	Giorgios Tsakanikas	Greece	47.88
4	Dimitrios Karaflas	Greece	45.88
5	Chebel Hassan Farag	United Arab Republic	45.71
6	Afif Boutros	Lebanon	42.04

Hammer throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Krešimir Račić	Yugoslavia	62.26
	Frangiskos Politis	Greece	55.44
	Andreas Kouvelogiannis	Greece	53.31
4	Michel Skaff	Lebanon	40.42
5	Fabel El Hadji	Lebanon	36.98

Javelin throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Léon Syrovatski	France	74.10
	Božidar Miletić	Yugoslavia	73.80
	Myron Anifantakis	Greece	68.80
4	Mahmod Mohamed Mahmoud	United Arab Republic	63.53
5	Mohamed Atef Ismail	United Arab Republic	58.00
6	Afif Boutros	Lebanon	52.97

Decathlon

17–18 October

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Jože Brodnik	Yugoslavia	11.5	6.43	13.19	1.70	5.20	1.56	39.00	3.95	64.08	4:46.8	6581	^[6]
	Georgios Marsellos	Greece	11.3	6.79	11.42	1.87	54.8	14.7	40.89	3.20		5:11.1	5908
	Mohamed Saïd Zaki	United Arab Republic											5816
4	Aydin Onur	Turkey											5357
5	Abdallah Habrachi	United Arab Republic											2665

References

^ "Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-08-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e French results
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Spanish results
^ Spanish long-distance records (p128)
^ Spanish 4x100m records chronology
^ 1959 decathlon results

[1] "Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-08-23.

[FRA-2] French results

[ESP-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Spanish results

[4] Spanish long-distance records (p128)

[5] Spanish 4x100m records chronology

[6] 1959 decathlon results

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