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
year | place | country |
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1951 | Alexandria |
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1955 | Barcelona |
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1959 | Beirut |
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1963 | Naples |
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1967 | Tunis |
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1971 | İzmir |
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1975 | Algiers |
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1979 | Split |
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1983 | Casablanca |
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1987 | Latakia |
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1991 | Athens |
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1993 | Languedoc-Roussillon |
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1997 | Bari |
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2001 | Tunis |
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2005 | Almeria |
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2009 | Pescara |
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2013 | Mersin |
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2018 | Tarragona |
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2021 | Oran |
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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 |
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1 |
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820 | 686 | 647 | 2153 |
2 |
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604 | 549 | 492 | 1645 |
3 |
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310 | 214 | 239 | 763 |
4th |
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295 | 413 | 500 | 1208 |
5 |
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199 | 177 | 182 | 558 |
6th |
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180 | 233 | 318 | 731 |
7th |
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124 | 183 | 215 | 522 |
8th |
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77 | 80 | 134 | 291 |
9 |
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65 | 55 | 108 | 228 |
10 |
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59 | 74 | 94 | 227 |
11 |
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41 | 58 | 66 | 165 |
12 |
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40 | 39 | 57 | 136 |
13 |
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29 | 33 | 38 | 100 |
14th |
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26th | 37 | 73 | 136 |
15th |
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23 | 21st | 30th | 74 |
16 |
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13 | 22nd | 44 | 79 |
17th |
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10 | 14th | 12 | 36 |
18th |
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8th | 17th | 18th | 43 |
19th |
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3 | 6th | 16 | 25th |
20th |
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3 | 3 | 6th | 12 |
21st |
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2 | 1 | 12 | 15th |
22nd |
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2 | 4th | 3 | 9 |
23 |
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1 | 9 | 5 | 15th |
25th |
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0 | 1 | 4th | 5 |
25th |
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 2934 | 2930 | 3314 | 9178 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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