Athletics at the 1959 Mediterranean Games – Results explained

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] ^[2]

Results

100 meters

Heats – 19 October

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	10.9	Q
2	1	10.9	Q
3	1	11.2	Q^[3]
4	1	11.5	Q
5	1	11.7
1	2	10.5	Q^[4]
2	2	10.7	Q
3	2	10.9	Q
4	2	11.2	Q
5	2	11.8
1	3	10.6	Q
2	3	10.9	Q
3	3	11.2	Q
4	3	11.5	Q

Semifinals – 19 October

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	10.5	Q
2	1	10.8	Q
3	1	10.9	Q
4	1	11.0
5	1	11.3
6	1
1	2	10.5	Q
2	2	10.6	Q
3	2	10.6	Q
4	2	11.2
5	2	11.3
6	2

Final – 20 October

Rank	Time	Notes
	10.3	GR
	10.6
	10.8
4	11.0
5	11.0
6	11.0

200 meters

Heats – 21 October^[5]

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	21.6	Q
2	1	22.2	Q
3	1	22.4	Q
4	1	22.6
5	1	23.1
	1
1	2	20.8	Q, GR, =
2	2	21.1	Q
3	2	22.3	Q
4	2	22.6
5	2	22.9
6	2	23.6

Final – 22 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			20.9
			21.5
			21.8
4			22.1
5			22.1
6			22.4

400 meters

Heats – 20 October

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	48.8	Q
2	1	49.2	Q
3	1	49.9
4	1	50.0
5	1	55.0
1	2	49.5	Q
2	2	49.7	Q
3	2	50.4
4	2	54.3
1	3	49.1	Q
2	3	50.2	Q
3	3	51.7
4	3	54.0

Final – 21 October

Rank	Time	Notes
	47.1	GR
	48.3
	48.7
4	49.1
5	49.2
6	49.5

800 meters

Heats – 19 October

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	1:54.1	Q
2	1	1:54.9	Q
3	1	1:54.9	Q
4	1	1:55.5
5	1	1:58.5
1	2	1:54.5	Q
2	2	1:54.5	Q
3	2	1:55.2	Q
4	2	1:56.0
5	2	2:05.0

Final – 20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:55.4
			1:55.8
			1:56.1
4			1:56.7
5			1:57.5

1500 meters

22 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:50.6
			3:51.8
			3:52.6
4			3:53.4
5			3:59.2
6			4:00.1
7

5000 meters

21 October^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			14:31.0
			14:32.6
			14:45.0
			14:47.6
			15:05.2
			15:12.0
			15:12.8
			15:13.2
			15:23.2
10			15:35.4
11			15:37.8
12			16:01.4
13			16:21.6

10,000 meters

19 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			30:19.2
			30:22.4
			30:24.2
			30:41.4
			30:42.6
			31:18.4
			31:24.0
			31:34.6
			31:57.4
10			32:02.0
11			32:02.2
12			32:02.2
13			32:24.2
14			35:02.0

Marathon

22 October^[6]

Rank	Time	Notes
	2:24:15	GR
	2:27:28	NR
	2:35:04
4	2:35:25
5	2:39:18
6	2:40:15
7	2:40:15
8	3:25:00

110 meters hurdles

Heats – 21 October^[5]

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	14.8	Q
2	1	14.9	Q
3	1	15.6	Q
4	1	16.2
1	2	14.4	Q
2	2	14.9	Q
3	2	15.4	Q
4	2	15.4

Final – 22 October

Rank	Time	Notes
	14.5	GR
	14.5
	15.4
4	15.4
5	15.5
6	15.8

400 meters hurdles

Heats – 19 October

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	55.0	Q
2	1	55.4	Q
3	1	55.4	Q
4	1	55.6
5	1	58.7
1	2	55.4	Q
2	2	55.5	Q
3	2	55.6	Q
4	2	57.9
5	2

Final – 20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			53.4
			54.1
			54.4
4			54.9
5			55.0
6			58.8

3000 meters steeplechase

22 October

Rank	Time	Notes
	9:04.0	GR
	9:06.2
	9:09.6
4	9:11.6

4 × 100 meters relay

21 October^[7]

Rank	Time	Notes
	41.5
	41.7
	42.2	NR
4	43.4
5	45.5

4 × 400 meters relay

22 October

Rank	Competitors	Time
		3:15.0
		3:15.4
		3:17.6
4		3:17.6
5	Ben Taber, Bougaib M'Rak, Mohamed Reguib, Said	3:25.1

20 kilometers walk

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:43:17
			1:50:19

High jump

20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
			1.99
			1.96
			1.90
4			1.90
5			1.90
6			1.85
7			1.85
8			1.80

Pole vault

22 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
			4.10
			3.80
			3.80
4			3.70
5			3.50
6			3.40

Long jump

21 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
			7.59
			7.44
			7.24
4			7.06
5			7.02
6			6.80
7			6.33
8			6.09

Triple jump

19 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
			15.82
			15.47
			15.04
4			14.69
5			14.43
6			12.76

Shot put

21 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
			16.97
			15.12
			14.95
4			14.36
5			13.91

Discus throw

20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
			55.02
			54.01
			47.88
4			45.88
5			45.71
6			42.04
7			40.24
8			39.53

Hammer throw

19 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
			62.26
			55.44
			53.31
4			40.42
5			36.98

Javelin throw

22 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
			74.10
			73.80
			68.80
4			63.53
5			58.00
6			52.97
7			50.88

Decathlon

17–18 October

Rank	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	11.5	6.43	13.19	1.70	52.0	15.6	39.00	3.95	64.08	4:46.8	6581	^[8]
	11.3	6.79	11.42	1.87	54.8	14.7	35.07	3.20	46.08	5:11.1	5908	^[9]
	11.1	6.68	11.47	1.65	50.4	16.6	36.65	3.70	45.50	5:04.6	5816
4	10.9	6.65	11.50	1.60	53.6	18.6	32.66	3.80	40.25	4:47.0	5357
	12.2	6.39	9.18	1.65	54.8

References

Notes and References

Web site: Results . 2020-08-23 . 2020-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200623131942/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/jeux%20mediterraneens/annee26092018.pdf . dead .
F.. Castelló . Los Juegos del Líbano (III Juegos Mediterráneos) . Atletismo . December 1959 . 14–18 . 4 March 2021 . Spanish.
https://www.rfea.es/historia/seleccion/al_mediterraneo_actuaciones.pdf Spanish results
Web site: French results . 2020-08-23 . 2020-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200623131942/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/jeux%20mediterraneens/annee26092018.pdf . dead .
News: Νικαι των αθλητων μας εις τουν Μεσογειακους (Victory of our athletes in the Mediterranean) . 12 February 2021 . Eleftheria . 22 October 1959 . 5 . Greek.
https://www.rfea.es/records/libro_recordsESP_AL/05_hombres_fondo.pdf Spanish long-distance records
https://www.rfea.es/records/libro_recordsESP_AL/10_hombres_relevos.pdf Spanish 4x100m records chronology
https://www.decathlon2000.com/upload/file/pdf/rpt10M1959.pdf 1959 decathlon results
News: Αιελληνικαι επιτυχιαι και αποτυχιαι εις Βηρυττον (Greek success and failure in Beirut) . 12 February 2021 . . 24 October 1959 . 13 . Greek.