Boxing at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

The boxing competitions at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin took place between 21 June and 26 June at the Toroslar Sports Hall. Athletes competed in 10 weight categories. Even though women's boxing has been recently introduced to some multi-sports events, only men's boxing events were held.[1]

Boxing
at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
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LocationMersin, Turkey
Dates21–26 June 2013
Boxing at the
2013 Mediterranean Games
Light flyweightmen
Flyweightmen
Bantamweightmen
Lightweightmen
Light welterweightmen
Welterweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Heavyweightmen
Super heavyweightmen

80 boxers from eighteen countries participated. All countries won at least one medal except Albania, Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria. Algeria dominated the competition by winning five gold and one bronze medal. Macedonia's Fatlum Zhuta secured first medal for his country at the Mediterranean Games after winning his quarterfinal match on Day 3.

Medal summary

Events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
  Mohamed Flissi (ALG)  Ferhat Pehlivan (TUR)  Ramy Elawady (EGY)
 Manuel Cappai (ITA)
Flyweight
  José Kelvin de la Nieve (ESP)  Vincenzo Picardi (ITA)  Erdal İnanlı (TUR)
 Abdelali Daraa (MAR)
Bantamweight
  Reda Benbaziz (ALG)  Hesham Abdelaal (EGY)  Elias Friha (FRA)
 Mehmet Topçakan (TUR)
Lightweight
  Sofiane Oumiha (FRA)  Bünyamin Aydın (TUR)  Fabio Introvaia (ITA)
 Mohamed Amine Ouadahi (ALG)
Light welterweight
  Abdelkader Chadi (ALG)  Fatih Keleş (TUR)  Alexandros Tsanikidis (GRE)
 Eslam Mohamed (EGY)
Welterweight
  Ilyas Abbadi (ALG)  Youba Sissocko (ESP)  Alfonso Di Russo (ITA)
 Mohamed Amine Meskini (TUN)
Middleweight
  Adem Kılıççı (TUR)  Hosam Abdin (EGY)  Luca Capuano (ITA)
 Fatlum Zhuta (MKD)
Light heavyweight
  Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG)  Abdelkader Bouhenia (FRA)  Avni Yıldırım (TUR)
 Džemal Bošnjak (BIH)
Heavyweight
  Fabio Turchi (ITA)  Josip Bepo Filipi (CRO)  Nikola Milačić (MNE)
 Fotios Arapoglou (GRE)
Super heavyweight
  Roberto Cammarelle (ITA)  Ali Eren Demirezen (TUR)  Mohammed Arjaoui (MAR)
 Madian Ahmed (EGY)

Medal table

Key:

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Algeria5016
2 Italy2147
3 Turkey*1438
4 France1113
5 Spain1102
6 Egypt0235
7 Croatia0101
8 Greece0022
 Morocco0022
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina0011
 Macedonia0011
 Montenegro0011
 Tunisia0011
Totals (13 entries)10102040

Participating nations

Eighteen Mediterranean nations have registered for boxing competitions.

References
  1. Boxing Programme Archived June 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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