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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = Athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
|Logo =Poljud panorama 2.jpg
|Size = 
|Colour = #F5D0A9
|Optional caption = 
|Host city = {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Split, Croatia|Split]]
|Dates =  23–28 September
|Stadium = [[Gradski stadion u Poljudu]]
|Nations participating = 14
|Athletes participating =
|Events = 23 + 14
|Records set = 
|Previous = [[Athletics at the 1975 Mediterranean Games|1975 Algiers]]
|Next = [[Athletics at the 1983 Mediterranean Games|1983 Casablanca]]
|Games = [[1979 Mediterranean Games]]
}}
'''Athletics at the [[1979 Mediterranean Games]]''' were held in [[Split, Croatia|Split]], [[Yugoslavia]].

==Results==
{{main|Athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games – Results}}

===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2|width=260|fontsize=90}}
|-
|100 metres<br><small>(wind: -0.6)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Pietro Mennea]]|ITA}}|| 10.24
|{{flagathlete|[[Gianfranco Lazzer]]|ITA}}|| 10.47
|{{flagathlete|[[Philippe Lejoncour]]|FRA}}|| 10.56
|-
|200 metres<br><small>(wind: +0.7 m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Luciano Caravani]]|ITA}}|| 20.74
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Petitbois]]|FRA}}|| 21.02
|{{flagathlete|[[Georgios Tzouvaras]]|GRE}}|| 21.14
|-
|400 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Francis Demarthon]]|FRA}}|| 45.89 '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Didier Dubois (athlete)|Didier Dubois]]|FRA}}|| 46.11
|{{flagathlete|[[Josip Alebić]]|YUG}}|| 46.24
|-
|800 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Dragan Životić]]|YUG}}|| 1:45.20 '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Abderrahmane Morceli]]|ALG}}|| 1:46.38
|{{flagathlete|[[Sotirios Moutsanas]]|GRE}}|| 1:46.66
|-
|1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[José Marajo]]|FRA}}|| 3:41.00 '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Dragan Zdravković]]|YUG}}|| 3:41.22
|{{flagathlete|[[Abderrahmane Morceli]]|ALG}}|| 3:41.40
|-
|5000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Luigi Zarcone]]|ITA}}|| 13:45.11
|{{flagathlete|[[Rachid Habchaoui]]|ALG}}|| 13:47.24
|{{flagathlete|[[El Hachemi Abdenouz]]|ALG}}|| 13:57.55
|-
|10,000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Abdelmadjid Mada]]|ALG}}|| 28:33.08
|{{flagathlete|[[Luigi Zarcone]]|ITA}}|| 28:39.06
|{{flagathlete|[[Rachid Habchaoui]]|ALG}}|| 28:59.72
|-
|Marathon
|{{flagathlete|[[Michalis Kousis]]|GRE}}|| 2:06:53 '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marco Marchei]]|ITA}}|| 2:07:15
|{{flagathlete|[[Mehmet Terzi]]|TUR}}|| 2:10:11
|-
|3000 m steeplechase
|{{flagathlete|[[Mariano Scartezzini]]|ITA}}||8:24.19
|{{flagathlete|[[Domingo Ramón]]|ESP|1977}}||8:25.75
|{{flagathlete|[[Philippe Gauthier]]|FRA}}||8:27.26
|-
|110 metres hurdles<br><small>(wind: -1.2 m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Borisav Pisić]]|YUG}}|| 13.85
|{{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Buttari]]|ITA}}|| 13.88
|{{flagathlete|[[Javier Moracho]]|ESP|1977}}|| 13.92
|-
|400 metres hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Rok Kopitar]]|YUG}}|| 49.70 '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Claude Anicet]]|FRA}}|| 50.85
|{{flagathlete|[[Fulvio Zorn]]|ITA}}|| 50.90
|-
|High jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Massimo Di Giorgio]]|ITA}}|| 2.26 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Oscar Raise]]|ITA}}|| 2.24 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Danial Temim]]|YUG}}|| 2.20 m
|-
|Pole vault
|{{flagathlete|[[Philippe Houvion]]|FRA}}|| 5.30 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Jean-Michel Bellot]]|FRA}}|| 5.30 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Roger Oriol]]|ESP|1977}}||5.10 m
|-
|Long jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Nenad Stekić]]|YUG}}|| 8.21 m '''GR''' 
|{{flagathlete|[[Philippe Deroche]]|FRA}}|| 8.04 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Miljenko Rak]]|YUG}}|| 7.62 m
|-
|Triple jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Lamitié]]|FRA}}|| 16.90 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Miloš Srejović]]|YUG}}|| 16.55 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Milan Spasojević]]|YUG}}|| 16.55 m
|-
|Shot put
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Milić]]|YUG}}|| 20.58 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Nagui Asaad]]|EGY}}|| 19.70 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Ivan Ivančić]]|YUG}}|| 19.13 m
|-
|Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Armando De Vincentiis]]|ITA}}|| 57.96 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Hassan Ahmed Hamad]]|EGY}}|| 56.06 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Silvano Simeon]]|ITA}}|| 55.06 m
|-
|Hammer throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Giampaolo Urlando]]|ITA}}|| 69.92 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Edoardo Podberscek]]|ITA}}|| 69.42 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Srećko Štiglić]]|YUG}}|| 68.56 m
|-
|Javelin throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Penisio Lutui]]|FRA}}|| 81.08 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarek Chaabani]]|TUN}}|| 78.42 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Neđo Đurović]]|YUG}}|| 76.72 m
|-
|Decathlon
|{{flagathlete|[[Eric Motti]]|FRA}}|| 7744 pts '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Darko Cujnik]]|YUG}}|| 7345 pt
|{{flagathlete|[[Joško Vlašić]]|YUG}}|| 7327 pt
|-
|20&nbsp;km walk
|{{flagathlete|[[Gérard Lelièvre]]|FRA}}|| 1:23:51 '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[José Marín (racewalker)|José Marín]]|ESP|1977}}|| 1:24:18
|{{flagathlete|[[Carlo Mattioli]]|ITA}}|| 1:24:56
|-
|4×100 metres relay
| {{ITA}}<br>[[Gianfranco Lazzer]]<br>[[Luciano Caravani]]<br>[[Giovanni Grazioli]]<br>[[Pietro Mennea]]|| 39.27 '''GR'''
| {{FRA}}<br>[[Philippe Lejoncour]]<br>[[Bernard Petitbois]]<br>[[Lucien Sainte-Rose]]<br>[[Antoine Richard]]|| 39.98
| {{YUG}}<br>[[Janez Sagadin]]<br>[[Dragan Zarić]]<br>[[Aleksandar Popović (athlete)|Aleksandar Popović]]<br>[[Borisav Pisić]]|| 40.53
|-
|4×400 metres relay
| {{FRA}}<br>[[Jacques Fellice]]<br>[[Robert Froissart]]<br>[[Didier Dubois (athlétisme)|Didier Dubois]]<br>[[Francis Demarthon]]|| 3:03.67 '''GR'''
| {{YUG}}<br>[[Željko Knapić]]<br>[[Dragan Životić]]<br>[[Rok Kopitar]]<br>[[Josip Alebić]]|| 3:04.33
| {{ITA}}<br>[[Alfonso Di Guida]]<br>[[Flavio Borghi]]<br>[[Stefano Malinverni]]<br>[[Roberto Tozzi]]|| 3:04.61
|}

===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2|width=260|fontsize=90}}
|-
|100 metres<br><small>(wind: -1.0 m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Chantal Réga]]|FRA}}|| 11.48 '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marisa Masullo]]|ITA}}|| 11.66
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Miano]]|ITA}}|| 11.67
|-
|200 metres<br><small>(wind: +1.2 m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Marisa Masullo]]|ITA}}|| 23.26 '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Annie Alizé]]|FRA}}|| 23.37
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudine Mas]]|FRA}}|| 24.03
|-
|400 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Jelica Pavličić|Jelica Štefančić]]|YUG}}|| 52.96
|{{flagathlete|[[Ana Guštin]]|YUG}}|| 54.57
|{{flagathlete|[[Georgia Troumbouki]]|GRE}}|| 54.93
|-
|800 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriella Dorio]]|ITA}}|| 2:01.78 '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Agnese Possamai]]|ITA}}|| 2:03.73
|{{flagathlete|[[Nađa Avdibašić]]|YUG}}|| 2:04.03
|-
|1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Margherita Gargano]]|ITA}}|| 4:06.71 '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriella Dorio]]|ITA}}|| 4:07.07
|{{flagathlete|[[Sakina Boutamine]]|ALG}}|| 4:10.60
|-
|100 metres hurdles<br><small>(wind: -3.0 m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Laurence Elloy]]|FRA}}|| 13.87
|{{flagathlete|[[Elissavet Pantazi]]|GRE}}|| 14.33
|{{flagathlete|[[Patrizia Lombardo]]|ITA}}|| 14.65
|-
|High jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Sara Simeoni]]|ITA}}|| 1.98 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Donatella Bulfoni]]|ITA}}|| 1.81 m 
|{{flagathlete|[[Lidija Benedetič-Lapajne|Lidija Benedetič]]|YUG}}|| 1.75 m
|-
|Long jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Lambrou]]|GRE}}|| 6.32 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Snežana Dančetović]]|YUG}}|| 6.20 m 
|{{flagathlete|[[Amanda Naval]]|ESP|1977}}|| 6.06 m
|-
|Shot put
|{{flagathlete|[[Léone Bertimon]]|FRA}}|| 16.80 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Soultana Saroudi]]|GRE}}|| 16.69 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Cinzia Petrucci]]|ITA}}|| 16.17 m
|-
|Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Renata Scaglia]]|ITA}}|| 52.92 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Fathia Jerbi]]|TUN}}|| 49.24 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Kosa Stojković]]|YUG}}|| 48.82 m
|-
|Javelin throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Sofia Sakorafa]]|GRE}}|| 57.96 m '''GR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Fausta Quintavalla]]|ITA}}|| 57.06 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Borbala Menyhart]]|YUG}}|| 54.50 m
|-
|Pentathlon
|{{flagathlete|[[Florence Picaut]]|FRA}}|| 4424 pt
|{{flagathlete|[[Breda Babošek|Breda Lorenci]]|YUG}}|| 4180 pt
|{{flagathlete|[[Barbara Bachlechner]]|ITA}}|| 3994 pt
|-
|4×100 metres relay
| {{FRA}}<br>[[Annie Alizé]]<br>[[Emma Sulter]]<br>[[Claudine Mas]]<br>[[Chantal Réga]]|| 44.58 '''GR'''
| {{ITA}}<br>[[Irma Galli]]<br>[[Patrizia Lombardo]]<br>[[Marisa Masullo]]<br>[[Laura Miano]]|| 45.32
| {{GRE}}<br>[[Irini Pagdati]]<br>[[Alexandra Siulis]]<br>[[Elisavet Pantazi]]<br>[[Maroula Lambrou]]|| 46.17
|-
|4×400 metres relay
| {{YUG}}<br>[[Jelica Pavličić]]<br>[[Nađa Avdibašić]]<br>[[Elizabeta Božinovska]]<br>[[Ana Guštin]]|| 3:38.91
| {{FRA}}<br>[[Annie Alizé]]<br>[[Florence Picaut]]<br>[[Véronique Renties]]<br>[[Claudine Mas]]|| 3:56.84
| –|| 
|}

==Medal table==

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = YUG
 | flag_template  = flaglink
 | event          = at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
 | team           = 
 | gold_ITA = 13 | silver_ITA = 12 | bronze_ITA = 8
 | gold_FRA = 13 | silver_FRA = 8 | bronze_FRA = 3
 | gold_YUG = 7 | silver_YUG = 7 | bronze_YUG = 13 | host_YUG = yes 
 | gold_GRE = 3 | silver_GRE = 2 | bronze_GRE = 4
 | gold_ALG = 1 | silver_ALG = 2 | bronze_ALG = 4
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 2 | bronze_ESP = 3 | name_ESP = {{flaglink|ESP|at the 1979 Mediterranean Games|1977}}
 | gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 2 | bronze_EGY = 0
 | gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 2 | bronze_TUN = 0
 | gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 0 | bronze_TUR = 1
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140624025511/http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/JM1979.pdf Complete 1979 Mediterranean Games Standings].
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm Mediterranean Games – Past Medallists]. GBR Athletics.

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