Italy at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
# Italy at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

Italy competed at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia.

## Medals

### Athletics

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 13 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| Totals (1 entries) | 13 | 12 | 8 | 33 |

**Men**

| Event | | | |
| - | - | - | - |
| 100 metres | Pietro Mennea | Gianfranco Lazzer | |
| 200 metres | Luciano Caravani | | |
| 5000 metres | Luigi Zarcone | | |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Mariano Scartezzini | | |
| High jump | Massimo Di Giorgio | Oscar Raise | |
| Discus throw | Armando De Vincentiis | | |
| Hammer throw | Giampaolo Urlando | Edoardo Podberscek | Silvano Simeon |
| 4x100 metres relay | Gianfranco Lazzer Luciano Caravani Giovanni Grazioli Pietro Mennea | | |
| 10000 metres | | Luigi Zarcone | |
| Marathon | | Marco Marchei | |
| 110 metres hurdlers | | Giuseppe Buttari | |
| 400 metres hurdlers | | | Fulvio Zorn |
| 20 km walk | | | Carlo Mattioli |
| 4x400 metres relay | | | Alfonso Di Guida Flavio Borghi Stefano Malinverni Roberto Tozzi |
| | 8 | 6 | 4 |

**Women**

| Event | | | |
| - | - | - | - |
| 200 metres | Marisa Masullo | | |
| 800 metres | Gabriella Dorio | Agnese Possamai | |
| 1500 metres | Margherita Gargano | Gabriella Dorio | |
| High jump | Sara Simeoni | Donatella Bulfoni | |
| Discus throw | Renata Scaglia | | |
| 100 metres | | Marisa Masullo | Laura Miano |
| Javelin throw | | Fausta Quintavalla | |
| 4×100 metres relay | | Irma Galli Patrizia Lombardo Marisa Masullo Laura Miano | |
| 100 metres hurdles | | | Patrizia Lombardo |
| Shot put | | | Cinzia Petrucci |
| Pentathlon | | | Barbara Bachlechner |
| | 5 | 6 | 4 |
