SELECt * FROM ( SELECt @row := @row +1 AS rownum, [column name] FROM ( SELECT @row :=0) r, [table name] ) ranked WHERe rownum % [n] = 1

SELECt * FROM ( SELECt @row := @row +1 AS rownum, [column name] FROM ( SELECT @row :=0) r, [table name] ) ranked WHERe rownum % [n] = 1