Rababe Arafi completed the middle distance double in Tarragona ©Getty Images

Yahya Berabah of Morocco won the men's long jump after a tremendous Mediterranean Games contest here that will live long in the memory. 

Yasser Triki of Algeria lept into the lead with 8.01 metres on his third jump, but Berabah found something extra in the fifth round and his jump of 8.02 won him the Tarragona 2018 title by a margin of only one centimetre. 

Triki took silver just as he did at last year's Universiade and Yann Randrianasolo of France was third.

It was a typically balmy Mediterranean night that was perfect for athletics and there was more delight for the Moroccan contingent.

Rababe Arafi completed the middle distance double with victory in the women's 1,500m, coming home to win in 4min 12:83sec.

Compatriot Malika Akkaoui was second and Marta Perez of Spain was third.

Lorenzo Perini of Italy clocked a personal best 13.49sec to win the men's 110m hurdles, as Yidiel Islay Contreras of Spain came second and Konstantinos Douvaldis Riks of Greece finished third.

Alvaro Lopez gave the home Spanish crowd their middle distance moment. 

He came home in 1:47.43 to win the men's 800m.

It was an echo of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when Spain also cheered a 1,500m triumph from Fermin Cacho.

Nicolas Quijera brought Spain further gold when he threw 75.13m in the fourth round to claim the men's javelin title from Roberto Bertolini of Italy. 

Dejan Mileusnic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ended in bronze medal position.

Yadisleidy Pedroso led an Italian one-two in the women's 400m hurdles.

Her time of 55.40 was a season's best.

But her compatriot Ayomide Folorunso pushed her all the way in second, clocking 55.44 as Aurelie Chaboudez of France came third. 

The last night of athletics means relays and Italy won the men's 4x100m in 38.49.  

But Turkey, including 100m champion Jak Ali Harvey and Emre Zafer Barnes, pushed them hard in 38.50.

It needed a photograph in third and Portugal got up at the finish for bronze.

The Italian men, including 400m individual champion David Re, also won the 4x400m relay.

Italy's women also won gold in the women's 4x400m in 3:28:08

France were second and Spain third.

The home crowd had thought they were in for Spanish gold in the women's 4x100. 

There was another tremendous finish but it was the French who showed the speed when it mattered to take gold in 43.29.

Alexandra Agiurgiuculese won the all-round rhythmic title ©Getty Images
Alexandra Agiurgiuculese won the all-round rhythmic title ©Getty Images

Spain clung on to silver with the fast finishing Italians in bronze.

A few metres away from the track in the velodrome, the Croatians won both golds in the boules Lyonnaise, precision shots, whilst France won the men's petanque doubles and Tunisia took the women's title.

In Valls, Slovenia won the men's table tennis team title and Spain won gold in the women's competition.

It has been a rewarding day for the Italians.

They celebrated double gold in the cycling. 

Eduoardo Affini won the men's time trial from Portugal's Domingos Concalves with Izidor Penko of Slovenia in bronze.

It was a 1-2 for the Italians in the women's race with Elena Cecchini leading the way from Lisa Morzenti, with Antri Christoforou of Cyprus in third.

In rhythmic gymnastics, Alexandra Agiurgiuculese took the all around title and there was plenty of Italian gold in the rowing at Casteldefells, where Valentin Rodini won the women's lightweight single sculls.

Stefano Oppo and Pietro Willy Ruta won gold in the men's lightweight doubles after being part of the Italian four at Rio 2016.

Luca Rambaldi won the men's single sculls.

Greece also had rowing success. 

Aikateri Nikolaidou won the women's single sculls and in the men's doubles Stefanos Ntouskos and Christos Stergiakas also took home a gold.

Luka Radonic won the lightweight single sculls for Croatia and were the only other nation to win gold on the water.

In the boxing hall, Raffaele Di Serio kept the theme of Italian success going when he won bantamweight gold, outpointing Krena Zeneli of Albania.

Syria's Ahmad Ghousun claimed his country's second gold medal of these Games in less than 24 hours when he beat Italy's Salvatore Cavallaro to win gold in the under-75 kilograms.

In the men's taekwondo, Javier Perez of Spain beat Konstantinos Chamalidis of Greece to win the men's under-68kg. 

Victory in the women's under-67kg competition went to Serbia's Bajic Ana BAJIC who defeated Mari Paule of France in the gold medal contest.

At the Tarragona Tennis Club, Turkey's Basak Eyradin came from behind to beat Fiona Ferro of France and claim the women's singles 6-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Lamine Ouahab of Morocco beat Lucas Catarina of Monaco in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, to win gold in the men's competition.

In beach volleyball, the Spanish pairing Maria Belen Carro and Paula Soria beat Aline Chamereau and Alexandra Johanna Jupiter of France 2-1. 

Murat Ginginoglu and Volgan Gogtepe of Turkey defeated Enrico Rossi and Marco Caminati of Italy 2-0 in the men's final.

In boules, there was joy for San Marino's Enrico Dallolmo who won his country's second gold of the Games when he beat Italy's Alfonso Nanni to win the men's raffa volo.