Athletics at the 1963 Mediterranean Games

Athletics at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
Dates	27–29 September
Host city	Naples
Venue	Stadio San Paolo
Events	21
Participation	13 nations
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Athletics at the 1963 Mediterranean Games were held in Naples, Italy.

Results

Main article: Athletics at the 1963 Mediterranean Games – Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Claude Piquemal (FRA)	10.5	Livio Berruti (ITA)	10.6	Lazar Benakoun (MAR)	11.0
200 metres	Livio Berruti (ITA)	21.1	Armando Sardi (ITA)	21.3	Sergio Ottolina (ITA)	21.6
400 metres	Michel Hiblot (FRA)	47.6	Nikolaos Regoukos (GRE)	48.0	Jean-Pierre Boccardo (FRA)	48.4
800 metres	Francesco Bianchi (ITA)	1:50.6	François Châtelet (FRA)	1:50.7	Jean Pellez (FRA)	1:51.3
1500 metres	Jean Wadoux (FRA)	3:54.4	Tomás Barris (ESP)	3:54.5	Brahim Chemmam (TUN)	3:55.7
5000 metres	Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN)	14:07.4 GR	Jean Fayolle (FRA)	14:09.3	Fernando Aguilar (ESP)	14:12.6
10,000 metres	Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN)	29:34.2 GR	Franc Červan (YUG)	29:44.8	Iluminado Corcuera (ESP)	29:54.6
Marathon	Bakir Benaïssa (MAR)	2:26:50	Francesco Putti (ITA)	2:36:27	Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)	2:41:03
110 metres hurdles	Michel Chardel (FRA)	13.9 GR	Marcel Duriez (FRA)	14.1	Giorgio Mazza (ITA)	14.1
400 metres hurdles	Roberto Frinolli (ITA)	51.4 GR	Eddy Van Praagh (FRA)	52.2	Robert Poirier (FRA)	52.4
4 x 100 metres relay	Italy Livio Berruti Pasquale Giannattasio Sergio Ottolina Armando Sardi	40.1 GR	France Jean-Louis Brugier Paul Genevay Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour	40.1	Morocco Lazar Benakoun Medkour Bouchaib El Maachi Anyamah	41.3
4 x 400 metres relay	France Eddy van Praagh Jean-Claude Leriche Jean-Pierre Boccardo Michel Hiblot	3:11.8 GR	Spain Juan Francisco Suárez Francisco Sainz Virgilio González Pablo Cano	3:13.7	Greece Nikolaos Georgopoulos Alexandros Froussios Nikolaos Regoukos Athanasios Vogiatzis	3:15.4
50 km walk	Abdon Pamich (ITA)	4:33:13 GR	Ahmed Naceur Ben Messaoud (TUN)	4:39:47	Gianni Corsaro (ITA)	4:44:38
High jump	Mauro Bogliatto (ITA)	2.03 m GR	Dragan Andjelković (YUG)	2.00 m	Raymond Dugarreau (FRA)	1.95 m
Pole vault	Roman Lešek (YUG)	4.75 m GR	Roland Gras (FRA)	4.55 m	Hervé d'Encausse (FRA)	4.55 m
Long jump	Luis Felipe Areta (ESP)	7.48 m	Jean Cochard (FRA)	7.44 m	Alain Lefèvre (FRA)	7.41 m
Triple jump	Luis Felipe Areta (ESP)	15.65 m	Giuseppe Gentile (ITA)	15.50 m	Vladimir Njaradi (YUG)	15.25 m
Shot put	Silvano Meconi (ITA)	17.82 m GR	Boško Tomasović (YUG)	17.73 m	Petar Barišić (YUG)	17.49 m
Discus throw	Dako Radošević (YUG)	53.96 m	Gaetano Dalla Pria (ITA)	52.95 m	Franco Grossi (ITA)	52.85 m
Hammer throw	Zvonko Bezjak (YUG)	63.59 m GR	Guy Husson (FRA)	63.20 m	Ennio Boschini (ITA)	59.70 m
Javelin throw	Carlo Lievore (ITA)	77.75 m GR	Christian Monneret (FRA)	76.03 m	Vanni Rodeghiero (ITA)	74.16 m

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy*	8	5	6	19
2	France	5	9	6	20
3	Yugoslavia	3	3	2	8
4	Spain	2	2	2	6
5	Tunisia	2	1	1	4
6	Morocco	1	0	2	3
7	Greece	0	1	1	2
8	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		21	21	21	63

External links

• Complete 1963 Mediterranean Games Standings
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