Mediterranean Games Marathon

Medalists/Dates/Venues (17 runnings, 14 runnings as a marathon)

29 Jun 2013, Mersin TUR (half marathon)

G

1:07:07 Ruggero Pertile (ITA) 1:11:00 Valeria Straneo (ITA)

S

1:08:32 Wissam Hosni (TUN) 1:13:54 Souad ait-Salem (ALG)

B

1:09:40 Muzaffer Bayram (TUR) 1:18:01 Sultan Haydar (TUR)

Note: Ahmed-Ibrahim Baday (MAR) ran 1:06:54 for the gold medal but was disqualifed in 2015 on the basis of his biological passport.  Ummu Kiraz (TUR) ran 1:16:51 for the bronze medal but was disqualified for drug use.

03 Jul 2009, Pescara ITA (half marathon)

G

1:04:06 Ahmed Ibrahim Baday (MAR) 1:12:25 Anna Carmela Incerti (ITA)

S

1:04:20 Jose Manual Martinez (ESP) 1:12:34 Rosaria Console (ITA)

B

1:04:36 Ali El Zaidi Mabrouk (LBA) 1:12:39 Kenza Dahmani (ALG)

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

Christos 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.

31 Aug 1975, Algers ALG

G

2:24:12.8

Antonio Baños (ESP)

S

2:25:47.8

 Paolo Accaputo (ITA)

B

2:29:52.3

 Vassilos Himonis (CYP)

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

 Mahmoud Abdul Kerim (EGY)

18 Jul 1955, Barcelona ESP

G

2:50:35

Mahmoud 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    6   5   1     36
TUR    2   4   6     28
MAR    4   2   1     27
ESP    1   2   3     14
GRE    1   2   1     12
ALG    2   0   0     10
EGY    1   1   2     10
TUN    0   1   0      3
LBA    0   0   2      2
CYP    0   0   1      1


Women
       G   S   B   Score
ITA    2   2   0     16
TUR    2   1   2     15
MAR    1   0   0      5
SLO    1   0   0      5
ALG    0   1   1      4
FRA    0   1   1      4
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  Mahmoud Abdul Kerim (EGY)   G (1955) B (1959)
 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)
 4  Jose Manuel Martinez (ESP)  B (2005) S (2009)

Women 
 8  Serap Aktas (TUR)           G (1997) S (2001)
 6  Rosaria Console (ITA)       S (2005) S (2009)


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
2013     340     469
2009     589     561
2005     559     492
2001     204     n/c

Quality Performances

Men (half marathon)        
<1:04:30       2
<1:05:00       4
<1:05:30       8
<1:06:00       9
Women (half marathon)        
<1:12       1
<1:13       4
<1:14       6
<1:15       8
<1:16      10
<1:17      13
Men (marathon)
<2:18       3
<2:19       5

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


Last Updated on 27 Aug 2016

Contributors: Franco Civai (50), Roger Gynn (32), Thierry Lefeuvre (2), Yiannis Mamouzelos (2), Francois Lorange (5)