Mediterranean Games Marathon

Medalists/Dates/Venues (14 runnings, 13 runnings as a marathon)

02 Jul 2005, Almeria ESP (half marathon)

G	1:05:01	Said Belhout (ALG)	1:13:50	Zhor El Kamch (MAR)
S	1:05:05	Abdeljebir Lamachi (MAR)	1:15:40	Rosaria Console (ITA)
B	1:05:12	Jose Manuel Martinez (ESP)	1:16:32	Olivera Jevtic (SER)

11 Sep 2001, Tunis TUN

G	2:21:07	Sergio Chiesa (ITA)	2:40:49	Mehtap Sizmaz (TUR)
S	2:22:25	El Mostafa Damaoui (MAR)	2:43:18	Serap Aktas (TUR)
B	2:22:56	Ali El Zaidi (LBA)	2:46:03	Sonia Agoun (TUN)

15 Jun 1997, Bari ITA

G	2:20:40	Azzedine Sakhri (ALG)	2:39:22	Serap Aktas (TUR)
S	2:21:08	Giovanni Ruggiero (ITA)	2:43:53	Carol Galea (MLT)
B	2:21:32	El Mostafa Damaoui (MAR)	2:46:56	Lale Ozturk (TUR)

20 Jun 1993, Narbonne FRA

G	2:18:42	Davide Milesi (ITA)	2:42:58	Helena Javornik (SLO)
S	2:18:43	Demirel Cihangir (TUR)	2:43:26	Marie-Helene Ohier (FRA)
B	2:18:59	Marco Toini (ITA)	2:43:40	Sylviane Levesque (FRA)

09 Jul 1991, Athens GRE

G	2:20:26	Salah Qoquaiche (MAR)
S	2:20:54	Gianluigi Curreli (ITA)
B	2:24:52	nfn Sotiropoulos (GRE)

24 Sep 1987, Latakia SYR

G	2:24:13	Enrico Badessi (ITA)
S	2:25:23	Georgios Afordakos (GRE)
B	2:25:29	Ahmet Altun (TUR)

16 Sep 1983, Casablanca MAR

G	2:22:33	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)
S	2:22:51	Ahmet Altun (TUR)
B	2:23:15	Honorato Hernandez (ESP)

28 Sep 1979, Split CRO

G	2:06:53	Mikhail Koussis (GRE)
S	2:07:15	Marco Marchei (ITA)
B	2:10:11	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)

Note: Altho this course was reported as 899 m short, it was probably more like 2 km short.

30 Aug 1975, Algers ALG

G	2:24:12.8	Antonio Baños (ESP)
S	2:25:47.8	Paolo Accaputo (ITA)
B	2:29:52.4	Vassilos Himonis (GRE)

17 Oct 1971, Izmir TUR

G	2:23:33	Gianbattista Bassi (ITA)
S	2:24:14.4	Hussein Aktas (TUR)
B	2:28:35	Ismail Akcay (TUR)

16 Sep 1967, Tunis TUN

G	2:21:33	Antonio Ambu (ITA)
S	2:21:46	Ismail Akcay (TUR)
B	2:23:06	Carlos Perez (ESP)

28 Sep 1963, Naples ITA

G	2:26:50	Bakir benAissa (MAR)
S	2:36:27	Francesco Putti (ITA)
B	2:41:02.4	Hussein Aktas (TUR)

17 Oct 1959, Beirut LIB

G	2:24:14.8	Bakir benAissa (MAR)
S	2:27:27.8	Miguel Navarro (ESP)
B	2:35:03.4	Abdul Kerim (EGY)

18 Jul 1955, Barcelona ESP

G	2:50:35	Abdul Kerim (EGY)
S	2:53:57	Ali Hamed (EGY)
B	2:58:07	Haydar Erturan (TUR)

12 Oct 1951, Alexandria EGY

G	3:07:25	Ahmet Aytar (TUR)
S	3:21:32	Athanasios Ragazos (GRE)
B	3:29:34	Mohamed Omran (EGY)

Medal Count by Country

Men
       G   S   B   Score
ITA    5   5   1     31
TUR    2   4   5     27
MAR    3   2   1     22
GRE    1   2   2     13
ESP    1   1   3     11
ALG    2   0   0     10
EGY    1   1   2     10
LBA    0   0   1      1

Women
       G   S   B   Score
TUR    2   1   1     14
MAR    1   0   0      5
SLO    1   0   0      5
FRA    0   1   1      4
ITA    0   1   0      3
MLT    0   1   0      3
SER    0   0   1      1
TUN    0   0   1      1

scoring is G = 5, S = 3, B = 1

Multiple Medal Winners

Men 
10  Bakir benAissa (MAR)        G (1959) G (1963)
 6  Mehmet Terzi (TUR)          B (1979) G (1983)
 4  Hussein Aktas (TUR)         B (1963) S (1971)
 4  Ahmet Altun (TUR)           S (1983) B (1987)
 4  El Mostafa Damaoui (MAR)    B (1997) S (2001)

Women 
 8  Serap Aktas (TUR)           G (1997) S (2001)

Prize Money (ADR qualified runners only)
Prize money has not been awarded in these games.

Race Time Bias (sec/km)
Insufficient data to calculate the race time bias.

Competitive Level (1990-date)

Year     Men   Women
2001     204     n/c

Quality Performances

Men
<2:18       3
<2:19       5

Women
<2:40       1
<2:42       2
<2:44       7
<2:46       7
<2:48       9
<2:50      11

Last Updated on 24 Oct 2009

Contributors: Franco Civai (50), Roger Gynn (32)