Mediterranean Games

Flag of the Mediterranean Games

The Mediterranean Games are a major sporting event in which the nations bordering the Mediterranean take part. The Comité international des Jeux méditerranéens is responsible for the games .

The event goes back to an idea of ​​the Egyptian Muhammed Taher Pascha . The then President of the National Olympic Committee of Egypt proposed it to be held at the Olympic Games in 1948 .

The first Mediterranean Games were held in 1951 and always took place in the year before the Olympic Games . Since 1993 they have been held in the following year. The 17th Mediterranean Games were held in Turkey from June 20-30, 2013 , and the 18th edition was held in Spain in 2018.

Venues

Poster for the first games in 1951

year	place	country
1951	Alexandria	Egypt
1955	Barcelona	Spain
1959	Beirut	Lebanon
1963	Naples	Italy
1967	Tunis	Tunisia
1971	İzmir	Turkey
1975	Algiers	Algeria
1979	Split	Yugoslavia
1983	Casablanca	Morocco
1987	Latakia	Syria
1991	Athens	Greece
1993	Languedoc-Roussillon	France
1997	Bari	Italy
2001	Tunis	Tunisia
2005	Almeria	Spain
2009	Pescara	Italy
2013	Mersin	Turkey
2018	Tarragona	Spain
2021	Oran	Algeria

Participating Nations

the participating nations

• Africa : Egypt , Algeria , Libya , Morocco , Tunisia
• Asia : Lebanon , Syria , Turkey
• Europe : Albania , Andorra , Bosnia and Herzegovina , France , Greece , Italy , Kosovo , Croatia , Malta , Monaco , Montenegro , North Macedonia , Portugal , San Marino , Serbia , Slovenia , Spain , Cyprus
• Although Israel is located on the Mediterranean Sea, it is not allowed to participate in the games; the Arab participants threatened to boycott the event for political reasons.
• Countries that do not have a Mediterranean coast and still participate are Portugal , Andorra , San Marino , North Macedonia , Kosovo and Serbia .

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Italy	820	686	647	2153
2	France	604	549	492	1645
3	Turkey	310	214	239	763
4th	Spain	295	413	500	1208
5	Yugoslavia	199	177	182	558
6th	Greece	180	233	318	731
7th	Egypt	124	183	215	522
8th	Tunisia	77	80	134	291
9	Algeria	65	55	108	228
10	Morocco	59	74	94	227
11	Croatia	41	58	66	165
12	Slovenia	40	39	57	136
13	Serbia	29	33	38	100
14th	Syria	26th	37	73	136
15th	United Arab Republic	23	21st	30th	74
16	Lebanon	13	22nd	44	79
17th	Cyprus	10	14th	12	36
18th	Albania	8th	17th	18th	43
19th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	6th	16	25th
20th	Montenegro	3	3	6th	12
21st	Libya	2	1	12	15th
22nd	Malta	2	4th	3	9
23	San Marino	1	9	5	15th
25th	North Macedonia	0	1	4th	5
25th	Monaco	0	1	1	2
Total		2934	2930	3314	9178

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interview with Minister Frattini: “The last Games without the Israelis”, accessed June 28, 2009

Web links

Commons : Mediterranean Games  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• International Committee of Mediterranean Games
• Information on the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara