 Emblem of the 2013 Mediterranean Games | |
| Host city | Mersin |
|---|---|
| Country | Turkey |
| Edition | 17th |
| Nations | 24 |
| Athletes | 3,064 |
| Sport | 27 |
| Events | 264 |
| Opening | 20 June 2013 |
| Closing | 30 June 2013 |
| Opened by | Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Main venue | Mersin Arena |
| Website | mersin2013.gov.tr |
The2013 Mediterranean Games (Turkish:2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as theXVII Mediterranean Games (Turkish:XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known asMersin 2013, was an internationalmulti-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 inMersin, Turkey. Mersin was announced as the host city at the General Assembly of theInternational Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM) on 23 February 2011. Mersin is the second city in Turkey afterİzmir to host the Mediterranean Games. All 24 memberNational Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the ICMG participated in the Games. The official programme for the Games is featuring events in 27 different sports.
The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event, much like theSummer Olympics (albeit on a much smaller scale), with participation exclusively from countries around theMediterranean Sea where Europe, Africa and Asia meet. The Games started in 1951 and are held every four years. The idea of holding the Mediterranean Games originated withMuhammed Taher Pasha, who was the chairman of theEgyptian Olympic Committee and the vice-president of theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC), at a meeting during the1948 London Olympics. The Games "were designed specifically to bring together the Muslim and European countries surrounding the Mediterranean basin" to promote understanding through sporting competition.[1][2]
The first edition of the Mediterranean Games was held in the Egyptian city ofAlexandria in 1951 and attracted 734 competitors from 10 nations. Initially the female athletes were not allowed to compete. Beginning by the fifth (1976) game in Tunis female athletes were also allowed. Turkey hosted the Games for the first time in1971 in Izmir—the sixth edition of the Games.[3]
Cities from three countries submitted their bids to host the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Two Greek cities,Volos andLarisa, made a combined bid. This was the fourth attempt by the Croatian city ofRijeka to host the Mediterranean Games. Rijeka had lost its bids in 1995 for the1997 games, in 1999 for the2001 games and in 2003 for the2009 Mediterranean Games.[4] The voting for the selection of the host of the 2013 Games was held inPescara, Italy, host of the2009 Mediterranean Games, on 27 October 2007. The election was conducted by the Mediterranean Games Bid Committee. At the end of the first round of voting, only Volos-Larisa and Rijeka remained; Mersin was eliminated after having received only thirteen votes. In the first round, Volos-Larisa and Rijeka received 31 and 24 votes, respectively. In the second round, the Greek bid of Volos-Larisa received enough votes to be elected as the host. The final round was comparatively more competitive, which was demonstrated by a three-vote difference between the final two bids.[5]
| City | NOC | Round 1 | Round 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volos-Larisa |  Greece | 31 | 37 |
| Rijeka |  Croatia | 24 | 34 |
| Mersin |  Turkey | 13 | — |
Greece was stripped of the hosting rights on 28 January 2011 because of itsfinancial crisis.[6] The ICMG cited Greece's inability to conform the organisational requirements as a reason for this action.Culture and Tourism Minister of GreecePavlos Geroulanos said that the initially proposed budget "would have wasted money on a big, spendthrift party, [and that] [t]here are much better things [they] could spend that money on in the current situation".[6] ICMG conducted an on-line poll on 23 February to decide the new host. Three cities—Tarragona,Tripoli and Mersin—offered to host the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Citizens of the 21 member nations of the ICMG cast their votes to select the host. Mersin was selected after it received more than half of the total votes, and on 4 March, ICMG president Amar Addad officially handed over the hosting rights of the 2013 Games to Mersin.[7][8]
The organising committee of the 2013 Mediterranean Games consisted of eight members: president of the committee is Minister of Youth and SportsSuat Kılıç, Hakan Hakyemez, Governor of MersinHasan Basri Güzeloğlu, Mehmet Baykan, Mersin Metropolitan Municipality MayorMacit Özcan,rector of theMersin University K. Aydin Süha, Hasan Albayrak and president of theTurkish Olympic CommitteeUğur Erdener. It was in charge of "organising and controlling the essential preparations".[9]
After the success of the bid in February 2011, the Ministry of Youth and Sports spent₺ 215 million on building the venues and infrastructure up to 31 December 2012. The Ministry has allocated a budget of₺ 400 million to cover building the venues and infrastructure for the Games; at least₺ 100 million was spent on the development of the Games village and the main stadium, and₺ 200 million was assigned for other venues.[10]
The official logo of this edition of the Mediterranean Games featured aloggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) getting out of sea, with water underneath it. An orange is shown above its back, which represents the dry summer subtropicalclimate of Mediterranean.[11]
Karetta was the official mascot of the Mersin Games. The organisers of the 2013 Games have taken steps to promote the Games through its mascot. It was used in various events like the 34thIstanbul Marathon, Third Citrus Festival and others.[12][13][14]
The main stadium of the 2013 Mediterranean Games isMersin Olympic Stadium inYenişehir district of Mersin. The stadium hosted both the opening and closing ceremonies.[15] A total of 38 venues were used to host the events during the Games, 13 of them for training purposes only. The events took place in several venues at different districts of Mersin and neighboring city ofAdana.[16]
There were significant changes in the programme for the Mersin Games in comparison to that of the 2009 Mediterranean Games held in Pescara. Three new sports,archery,badminton andtaekwondo, were the special additions. The programme for the Games featured a total of 27 different sports. Twodisabled sports—athletics and swimming—were contested by the athletes withphysical disabilities. Even though it was planned, equestrian competitions were not held.
Archery (details)
Badminton (details)
Basketball (details)
Bocce (details)
Boxing (details)
Canoeing (details)
Cycling (details)
Fencing (details)
Football (details)
Handball (details)
Judo (details)
Karate (details)
Rowing (details)
Sailing (details)
Shooting (details)
Table tennis (details)
Taekwondo (details)
Tennis (details)
Water skiing (details)
Weightlifting (details)
Wrestling (details)| ● | Opening ceremony | ● | Competitions | ● | Event finals | ● | Closing ceremony |
| June | |||||||||||||
| Sport | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ceremonies | ● | ● | |||||||||||
| Archery | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
 Artistic gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
 Athletics | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||
| Badminton | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Basketball | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ||||||||
 Beach volleyball | ● | ● | ● | 2 | |||||||||
| Bocce | ● | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Boxing | ● | ● | ● | ● | 10 | ||||||||
 Canoeing | ● | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Fencing | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Football | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | |||||||
| Handball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Judo | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Karate | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||
 Rhythmic gymnastics | ● | 1 | |||||||||||
| Rowing | ● | ● | 7 | ||||||||||
| Sailing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 4 | |||||||
| Shooting | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
 Swimming | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
| Table tennis | ● | ● | 2 | ● | 2 | ||||||||
| Taekwondo | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tennis | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||||||
 Volleyball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||
 Water polo | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ||||||||
| Water skiing | ● | 2 | |||||||||||
| Weightlifting | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| Wrestling | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
All 24 member countries of the ICMG participated in the Games.[25][26] This was the highest number of nations in any edition of the Mediterranean Games.Macedonia (FYROM) made its debut in the Games.[27]
| Order | Country | Flag bearer | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Albania | ||
| 2 |  Algeria | ||
| 3 |  Andorra | ||
| 4 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Amel Mekić | Judo |
| 5 | Croatia | Giovanni Cernogoraz | Shooting |
| 6 |  Cyprus | Herodotos Giorgallas | Gymnastics |
| 7 |  Egypt | Alaaeldin Abouelkassem | Fencing |
| 8 |  France | Steeve Guénot | Wrestling |
| 9 | Greece | ||
| 10 |  Italy | Jessica Rossi | Shooting |
| 11 |  Lebanon | ||
| 12 |  Libya | ||
| 13 |  Macedonia | Darko Sokolov | Basketball |
| 14 |  Malta | ||
| 15 |  Monaco | ||
| 16 |  Montenegro | Milena Knežević | Handball |
| 17 |  Morocco | ||
| 18 |  San Marino | Karim Gharbi | Judo |
| 19 |  Serbia | Ivana Maksimović | Shooting |
| 20 |  Slovenia | Lucija Polavder | Judo |
| 21 |  Spain | Nicolás García | Taekwondo |
| 22 |  Syria | ||
| 23 |  Tunisia | ||
| 24 | Turkey | Rıza Kayaalp | Wrestling |
* Host nation (Turkey)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 70 | 52 | 64 | 186 |
| 2 | Turkey* | 47 | 43 | 36 | 126 |
| 3 | France | 25 | 26 | 45 | 96 |
| 4 | Spain | 21 | 32 | 29 | 82 |
| 5 | Egypt | 21 | 22 | 24 | 67 |
| 6 | Greece | 15 | 18 | 26 | 59 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 13 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 8 | Serbia | 12 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 9 | Croatia | 11 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 10 | Tunisia | 9 | 17 | 22 | 48 |
| 11–24 | Remaining | 23 | 24 | 49 | 96 |
| Totals (24 entries) | 267 | 263 | 326 | 856 | |
Mersin'de, 20–30 Haziran tarihlerinde düzenlenecek Akdeniz Oyunları için tesisler 13 ayda test kullanıma hazır hale gelecek
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