Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games explained

Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Size:	300
Host City:	Almeria, Spain
Dates:	29 June to 2 July 2005
Stadium:	Mediterraneo Stadium
Nations Participating:	20
Athletes Participating:	432
Events:	47
Records Set:	9
Previous:	2001 Radès
Next:	2009 Pescara
Games:	2005 Mediterranean Games

The athletics competition at the 2005 Mediterranean Games was held in the Mediterraneo Stadium in Almería, Spain from 29 June to 2 July 2005. France topped the medal tally with 10 golds and 30 medals overall, with host nation Italy coming in second with 9 golds and 26 medals overall.

A total of 47 events were contested, with 24 contested by male athletes and 23 contested by female athletes. The 3000 metres steeplechase and 1500 metres wheelchair (males only), and the 800 metres wheelchair (females only) were the only events that were not held for both genders. The 2005 Games also marked the replacement of the marathon event with the half marathon.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres		10.35		10.40		10.46
200 metres		20.75		20.97		21.02
400 metres		45.60		45.90		45.95
800 metres		1:47.03		1:47.36		1:47.58
1500 metres		3:45.61		3:45.78		3:45.88
5000 metres		13:29.94		13:30.35		13:30.54
10000 metres		29:13.05		29:13.91		29:15.86
Half Marathon		1:05:01		1:05:05		1:05:12
3000 m steeplechase		8:15.15 GR		8:24.47		8:25.82
110 m hurdles		13.53 GR		13.69		13.73
400 m hurdles		49.32		49.41		49.99
4 × 100 m relay	Luca Verdecchia Alessandro Attene Massimiliano Donati Marco Torrieri	39.13	Frédéric Krantz Ydrissa M'Barke Christophe Cheval Jimmy Melfort	39.49	Matjaž Borovina Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Jan Žumer	39.57
4 × 400 m relay	David Canal David Testa Eugenio Barrios Antonio Reina	3:03.65	Abderrahim El Haouzy Ahmed Douhou Remi Wallard Richard Maunier	3:04.84	Ridha Ghali Laroussi Titi Kamel Tabbal Sofiane Labidi	3:06.13
20 km walk		1:22:45 GR		1:24:11		1:26:06
High jump		2.24 m		2.21 m		2.21 m
Pole vault		5.60 m		5.55 m		5.55 m
Long jump		8.05 m		7.92 m		7.91 m
Triple jump		17.09 m		17.00 m		16.73 m
Shot put		20.26 m		19.97 m		19.49 m
Discus		63.96 m		59.27 m		54.90 m
Hammer		77.88 m		75.57 m		75.30 m
Javelin		75.20 m		74.51 m		73.49 m
Decathlon		8127 pts		7886 pts		7847 pts
1500 m wheelchair		3:23.71		3:24.16		3:27.28

Women's events

100 metres		11.44		11.46		11.63
200 metres		23.65		23.75		23.78
400 metres		52.67		52.70		53.23 NR
800 metres		2:01:71		2:02:47		2:02:68
1500 metres		4:10.77		4:10:92		4:11:20
5000 metres		15:22.59		15:23.30		15:28.50
10000 metres		32:55.48		32:59.24		33:30.4
Half Marathon		1:13:50		1:15:40		1:16:32
100 m hurdles		12.90		12.99		13.16
400 m hurdles		55.76		55.85		56.39
4 × 100 m relay	Véronique Mang Lina Jacques-Sébastien Fabé Dia Carima Louami	43.75	Carme Blay Belén Recio Cristina Sanz Glory Alozie	44.47	Elena Sordelli Daniela Bellanova Manuela Grillo Doris Tomasini	45.18
4 × 400 m relay	Julia Alba Belén Recio Cora Olivero Mayte Martínez	3:31.45	Phara Anacharsis Laetitia Valdonado Olivia Abderrhamanne Élisabeth Grousselle	3:31.86	Özge Gürler Birsen Bekgöz Binnaz Uslu Pınar Saka	3:40.75
20 km walk		1:32:44 GR		1:34:28		1:36:27
High jump		1.95 m		1.95 m		1.89 m
Pole vault		4.40 m GR		4.25 m		4.15 m
Long jump		6.64 m		6.55 m		6.49 m
Triple jump		14.98 m GR		14.60 m		14.33 m
Shot put		18.59 m GR		17.47 m		17.34 m
Discus		62.10 m		57.98 m		56.53 m
Hammer		71.17 m GR		69.24 m		67.13 m
Javelin		62.61 m GR		62.36 m		57.69 m
Heptathlon		6017 pts		5943 pts		5870 pts
800 m wheelchair		2:00.16		2:02.58		2:07.42

Medal table

width=50	Place	width=200	Nation	width=50		width=50	width=50	width=50	Total
1		10	13	7	30
2		9	11	6	26
3		7	8	8	23
4		4	2	6	12
5		4	1	2	7
6		3	6	1	10
7		3	1	3	7
8		3	1	2	6
9		1	2	0	3
10		1	1	3	5
11		1	1	2	4
12		1	0	4	5
13		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
Total		47	47	47	141

Participating nations

(1)
(17)
(3)
(18)
(9)
(6)
(66)
(37)
(64)
(2)
Libya (3)
(5)
(2)
(34)
(10)
(19)
(102)
(2)
(20)
(12)