Late surge gives
Jimenez gold in men's 3000 steeplechase
AP
13 September 2001 - Tunis - Antonio Jimenez pulled away in the final two laps to lead a Spanish 1-2 in the men's 3000m steeplechase at the Mediterranean Games on Wednesday.
Elarbi Khattabi, the only Moroccan in the race after his more famous compatriot and world record holder Brahim Boulami failed to show, led from the start until Jimenez made his strong move. The Spaniard won in 8:31.31, ahead of teammate Jose Luis Blanco, who took the silver in 8:34.94. Laid Bessou of Algeria settled for bronze in 8:35.32. Khattabi dropped back to fifth.
Asmae Leghzaoui gave Morocco the first of two golds by powering home in the women's 10,000 past Olivera Jevtic of Yugoslavia, who had led for 7,000 meters. Leghzaoui beat the meet record, clocking a time of 31:16.94. Jevtic finished more than 16 seconds behind to take silver and Elvan Abeylesesse of Turkey won the bronze.
Leghzaoui's Moroccan countrywoman, Seltana Ait Hammou, triumphed in the 800 with a slow time of 2:04.28.
Patricia Girard set a new championship record of 12.77 in the heats for the women's 100 hurdles, then won the final with a slower time of 12.82. She was comfortably ahead of French countrywoman Haydy Aron, who clocked 13.04. Italian Margaret Macchiut won the bronze.
Marie Louise Bevis led a second French 1-2 finish in the 400. She took gold in 52.90, edging Francine Landre by six hundredths of a second. Tunisia's Awatef Ben Hassine finished third.
In the men's 110 hurdles Frenchman Vincent Clarico won gold in 13.62. Two Italian throwers won gold. Assunta Legnante took the women's shot put with a 17.23-metre effort. Diego Fortuna set a meet record of 64.40 metres to win the men's discus.
Algeria dominated the men's one-lap and two-lap races. Malik Kahled Ahmed Louahala won the 400, clocking in at 45.56. Fellow Algerian Adem Hecini took the 800 with a slow 1:49.21.
Croatia's Sinisa Ergotic leaped 8.08 meters to win the men's long jump and compatriot Blanka Vlasic took the women's high jump by clearing 1.90. Greek decathlete Prodromos Korkizoglou took gold with a score of 7,773.
Results
Men
110 Hurdles
1. Vincent Clarico, France, 13.62
2. Devis Favaro, Italy, 13.89
3. Nenad Loncar, Yugoslavia, 13.90
4. Dimitrios Pietris, Greece, 13.91
5. Cedric Lavanne, France, 13.95
6. Juraj Grabusic, Croatia, 13.97
7. Damjan Zlatnar, Slovenia, 13.99
400
1. Malik Louahala, Algeria, 45.56
2. Sofiane Labidi, Tunisia, 46.33
3. Amin Gomaa, Egypt, 46.87
4. Stylianos Dimotsios, Greece, 47.29
5. Salvador Rodriguez, Spain, 47.39
6. Franco Bakaric, Croatia, 47.50
7. Andrea Barberi, Italy, 47.65
8. Nino Habun, Croatia, 48.47
20-kilometer walk
1. Hatem Ghoula, Tunisia, 1:26:43
2. Jose Alejandro Cambil, Spain, 1:28:43
3.
Alessandro Gandellini, Italy, 1:29:18
4. Theodoros
Stamatopoulos, Greece, 1:29:52
5. Moussa Aouanouk, Algeria, 1:31:20
6. Eleftherios Thanopoulos, Greece, 1:31:36
7. Ivano Brugnetti, Italy, 1:33:03
3,000 Steeplechase
1. Antonio
Jimenez, Spain, 8:31.31
2. Jose Luis Blanco, Spain, 8:34.94
3. Laid Bessou, Algeria, 8:35.32
4. Mourad Benslimani, Algeria, 8:37.25
5. Elarbi Khattabi, Morocco, 8:38.36
6. Lotfi Turki, Tunisia, 8:41.87
7. Lyes Ramoul,
France, 8:47.08
8. Luciano Di Pardo, Italy, 8:49.25
Long Jump
1. Sinisa Ergotic, Croatia, 8.08
2. Younes Moudrik, Morocco, 8.07
3. Nicola Trentin, Italy, 7.93
4. Danial Jahic, Yugoslavia, 7.91
5. Kader Klouchi, France, 7.91
6. Cheikh-Tidian Toure, France, 7.76
7. Luka Aracic, Croatia, 7.70
8. Stergios Nousios, Greece, 7.67
Discus
1. Diego Fortuna, Italy, 64.40
2. David Martinez, Spain, 63.85
3. Mario Pestano, Spain, 63.71
4. Savvas Panavoglou, Greece, 61.49
5. Igor Primc, Slovenia, 61.26
6. Ercument Olgundeniz, Turkey, 59.63
7. Dragan Mustapic, Croatia, 58.45
8. Stephane Nativel, France, 56.41
800
1. Adem Hecini, Algeria, 1:49.21
2. Khalid Tirhazouine, Morocco, 1:49.42
3. Franck
Barre, France, 1:49.48
4. Juan Carlos Esteso, Spain, 1:49.64
5. Mohssin Chehibi, Morocco, 1:49.84
6. Nicolas Aissat, France, 1:50.51
7. Andrea Giocondi, Italy, 1:50.67
8. Radwan Jaddoueh,
Syria, 1:51.39
Decathlon
1. Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greece, 7,773 points
2. Hamdi Dhouibi, Tunisia, 7,530
3. Paolo Casarasa, Italy, 7,522
4. Marc Magrans, Spain, 7,459
5. Marcos Moreno, Spain, 7,384
6. Pavlos Kouromichalakis, Greece, 7,354
7. Georgios Andreu, Cyprus, 7,211
8. Mostafa Hassan, Egypt, 6,804
Women
100 Hurdles
1. Patricia Girard, France, 12.82
2. Haydy Aron, France, 13.04
3. Margaret Macchiut, Italy, 13.31
4. Christiana Tampaki, Greece, 13.36
5. Flora Rentoumi, Greece, 13.41
6. Esen Kizildag, Turkey, 14.10
7. Raquel Fraguas, Spain, 14.10
8. Esmeralda Arriscado, Spain, 14.37
400
1. Marie Louise Bevis, France, 52.90
2. Francine Landre, France, 52.96
3. Awatef Ben Hassine, Tunisia, 53.77
4. Danielle Perpoli, Italy, 54.04
5. Chrysoula Gkountenoudi, Greece, 55.19
6. Fabiola
Piroddi, Italy, 55.49
7. Yolanda Reyes,
Spain, 55.79
High Jump
1. Blanka Vlasic, Croatia, 1.90
2. Nevena Lendel, Croatia, 1.87
3. Anna Visigalli, Italy, 1.87
4. Ruth Beitia, Spain and Lea Cimperman, Slovenia, 1.83
6. Agni
Charalambous, Cyprus, 1.83
7. Ioulia Farmaka,
Cyprus, 1.79
8. Candeger Kilincer, Turkey 1.79
Shot Put
1. Assunta Legnante, Italy, 17.23
2. Eirini Chryso Terzoglou, Greece, 16.97
3. Martina
De La Puente, Spain, 16.55
4. Laurence Manfredi, France, 15.61
5. Amel Ben Khaled,
Tunisia, 15.37
6. Christina Strovolidou, Cyprus, 15.22
7. Olymbia
Menelaou, Cyprus, 15.11
10,000
1. Asmae Leghzaoui,
Morocco, 31:16.94
2. Oliver Jevtic, Yugoslavia, 31:33.08
3. Elvan Abeylesesse, Turkey, 32:29.20
4. Silvia
Sommaggio, Italy, 33:08.18
5. Soulef Bouguerra, Tunisia, 33:53.27
800
1. Seltana Ait Hammou, Morocco, 2:04.28
2. Brigita Langerholc, Slovenia, 2:04.91
3. Abir Nakhli, Tunisia, 2:04.98
4. Mina Ait Hammou, Morocco, 2:06.11
5. Miriam Bravo,
Spain, 2:06.51
6. Fatma Lanouar, Tunisia, 2:08.28
7. Tanya Blake, Malta, 2:29.29
