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Multi-sport event of the Mediterranean countries

For the most recent games, see2022 Mediterranean Games. For the upcoming games, see2026 Mediterranean Games.

Mediterranean Games
Official logo of the Games
First event	1951 Mediterranean Games inAlexandria,Egypt
Occur every	Four years
Last event	2022 Mediterranean Games inOran, Algeria
Next event	2026 Mediterranean Games inTaranto, Italy
Purpose	Multi-sport event for nations on theMediterranean Sea
President	Davide Tizzano
Website	www.cijm.org.gr

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TheMediterranean Games is amulti-sport event organised by theInternational Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years amongathletes from countries bordering theMediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The first Mediterranean Games were held in1951 inAlexandria, Egypt, while the most recent games were held in2022 inOran, Algeria.

History

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The idea was proposed at the1948 Summer Olympics byMuhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of theEgyptian Olympic Committee and vice-president of theInternational Olympic Committee (I.O.C.), assisted by the Greek member of the I.O.C.Ioannis Ketseas.^[1] Separate Mediterranean sports events preceded the games. From 1947 to 1949, theMediterranean Athletics Championships were contested,^[2]^[3] and theMediterranean Cup football competition was held in 1949 and 1950.^[4] The first official Mediterranean Games were held inEgypt in 1951.

The Games were inaugurated in October 1951, inAlexandria,Egypt, in honour ofMuhammed Taher Pasha, with contests being held in 13 sports along with the participation of 734 athletes from 10 countries. In 1955, inBarcelona, during the II Games, the set up was decided of a Supervisory and Controlling Body for the Games, a kind of Executive Committee. The decisions were finally materialized on 16 June 1961, and the said Body was named, upon a Greek notion, ICMG (International Committee for the Mediterranean Games). Twelve countries have hosted the Mediterranean Games: four from Africa:Egypt (1951),Tunisia (1967, 2001),Algeria (1975, 2022) andMorocco (1983); six from Europe:Spain (1955, 2005, 2018),Italy (1963, 1997, 2009),Turkey (1971, 2013),Yugoslavia (1979),Greece (1991) andFrance (1993) and two from Asia:Lebanon (1959) andSyria (1987).

The first eleven games took place one year before theSummer Olympic Games. Since 1993, games have been held the year after the Olympic Games. This transition means that the only time the Mediterranean Games were not held four years after the previous Games was in 1993, whenLanguedoc-Roussillon in France hosted the Games just two years afterAthens. In 2018, the Mediterranean Games calendar was reset again when Tarragona hosted the Games in the mid-even year between the Summer Olympic Games (and the same year as the FIFA Men's World Cup).

Description

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The Mediterranean Games, in terms of the preparation and composition of the National Delegation, are held under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee and theHellenic Olympic Committee (HOC).

Athens is the permanent seat of the ICMG (regardless of who the President might be) and the committee's General Secretary is Greek. This comes as a further tribute to Greece, highlighting its leading role with regard to the function and strengthening of the institution. Except that Greece bailed out of its 2013 Mediterranean Games commitment when the two cities ofVolos andLarissa were supposed to host the 2013 edition of the Games. But because of Greece's financial troubles, they had to give that up and the 2013 honors went instead to Turkey, with the city of Mersin rescuing the 2013 edition of the Games instead.

Participating countries

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At present, 26 countries participate in the games:^[5]

Africa:Algeria,Egypt,Libya,Morocco andTunisia
Asia:Lebanon andSyria.
Europe:Albania,Andorra,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,Cyprus,France,Greece,Italy,Kosovo,Malta,Monaco,Montenegro,North Macedonia,Portugal,San Marino,Serbia,Slovenia,Spain andTurkey.

Kosovo was accepted as a member of the International Committee of Mediterranean Games in October 2015 and participated for the first time in the2018 Mediterranean Games inTarragona, Spain.^[6] One athlete representing theVatican City participated in an unofficial ("non-scoring") manner in the women's half marathon event at the2022 Mediterranean Games inOran, Algeria.^[7]

Of all theNational Olympic Committees within the Olympic Movement bordering the Mediterranean Sea,Israel andPalestine have not participated in the games, nor hasGreat Britain who represents theBritish Overseas Territory ofGibraltar andAkrotiri and Dhekelia.

In the case ofIsrael, Allen Guttman inThe Games Must Go On argued that Israel's exclusion is bothantisemitic and politically motivated due to antagonism towards Israel by the participatingMuslim andArab nations. The IOC'sAvery Brundage was not supportive of Israel's desire to compete, saying: "I cannot understand why anyone wants to go where he is not wanted". TheInternational Amateur Athletics Federation pushed the issue at the1959 Mediterranean Games inBeirut by refusing to grant permission to hold anathletics competition unless Israel were allowed to compete.Lebanese games organizer Gabriel Gemayel conceded to this, but sidestepped the ruling by holding a parallelLebanese Games comprising athletics events between the present nations alongside the official Mediterranean Games competitions.^[8] In September 2023,European Olympic Committees presidentSpyros Capralos called on theInternational Committee of Mediterranean Games to open a discussion about admitting bothIsrael andPalestine as members.^[9]

There are countries not bordering the Mediterranean Sea which nonetheless participate:Portugal,Andorra,Kosovo,San Marino,Serbia andNorth Macedonia. Serbia, Kosovo and North Macedonia were all formerly part of Yugoslavia, which competed until its breakup and dissolution.^{[citation needed]}

TheHellenic Olympic Committee has suggested that nine more countries that do not satisfy geographic criteria could be allowed to participate, such asBulgaria andJordan.^{[citation needed]}Portugal competed in the2018 Mediterranean Games after a decision which approved Portugal as effective National Olympic Committee.^[10]^[11]

Flag

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The symbol of the Mediterranean Games consists of three rings representing Asia, Africa and Europe, the three continents involved in this competition.^[12] The rings dissolve in a wavy line in their lower part, as if they were immersed in the Mediterranean Sea. During the closing ceremony, the flag is transferred to the country of the city chosen to host the next Mediterranean Games.^[12]

Editions

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All host cities have been coastal and all but one on the Mediterranean coast (Casablanca is on the Atlantic coast).

No	Year	Host City	Dates	Opened by	Nations	Competitors			Sports	Events	Top Country On Medal Table
No	Year	Host City	Dates	Opened by	Nations	Men	Women	Total	Sports	Events	Top Country On Medal Table
1	1951	Alexandria	5 - 20 October	Farouk I	10	734	---	734	14	91	Italy
2	1955	Barcelona	15 - 25 July	Francisco Franco	10	1135	---	1135	20	102	France
3	1959	Beirut	11 - 23 October	Fuad Chehab	11	792	---	792	17	106	France
4	1963	Naples	21 - 29 September	Antonio Segni	13	1057	---	1057	17	93	Italy
5	1967	Tunis	8 - 17 September	Habib Bourguiba	12	1211	38	1249	14	93	Italy
6	1971	İzmir	6 - 17 October	Cevdet Sunay	14	1235	127	1362	18	137	Italy
7	1975	Algiers	23 August - 6 September	Houari Boumédiène	15	2095	349	2444	19	160	Italy
8	1979	Split	15 - 29 September	Josip Broz Tito	14	2009	399	2408	26	192	Yugoslavia
9	1983	Casablanca	3 - 17 September	Hassan II	16	1845	335	2180	20	162	Italy
10	1987	Latakia	11 - 25 September	Hafez al-Assad	18	1529	467	1996	19	162	Italy
11	1991	Athens	28 June - 12 July	Konstantinos Karamanlis	18	2176	586	2762	24	217	Italy
12	1993	Languedoc-Roussillon	16 - 27 June	François Mitterrand	19	1994	604	2598	24	217	France
13	1997	Bari	13 - 25 June	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro	21	2166	790	2956	27	234	Italy
14	2001	Tunis	2 - 15 September	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali	23^[13]	1972	1019	2991	23	230	France
15	2005	Almería	24 June - 3 July	Juan Carlos I	21	2126	1077	3203	27	258	Italy
16	2009	Pescara	25 June - 5 July	Renato Schifani	23	2183	1185	3368	28	244	Italy
17	2013	Mersin	20 - 30 June	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	24	1994	1070	3064	27	264	Italy
18	2018	Tarragona	22 June - 1 July	Felipe VI	26	2180	1468	3648	28	246	Italy
19	2022	Oran	25 June - 6 July	Abdelmadjid Tebboune	26	2014	1284	3298	24	244	Italy
20	2026	Taranto	23 August - 3 September	President of Italy(expected)	Future Event
21	2030	Pristina	24 July - 4 August	President of Kosovo(expected)	Future Event

Notes

All-time medal table

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Medal Table 1951–2022

Rank	Team	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	19	924	791	747	2462^[14]
2	France	19	652	600	569	1821^[14]
3	Turkey	19	386	269	315	970^[14]
4	Spain	19	345	474	569	1388^[14]
5	Greece	19	200	257	349	806^[14]
6	Yugoslavia*	12	199	177	182	558^[14]
7	Egypt	17	156	209	255	620^[14]
8	Tunisia	17	89	101	159	349^[14]
9	Algeria	15	86	76	131	293^[14]
10	Morocco	17	72	90	116	278^[14]
11	Croatia	8	57	69	79	205^[14]
12	Slovenia	8	55	64	99	218^[14]
13	Serbia	5	54	51	58	163^[14]
14	Syria	17	32	42	76	150^[14]
15	United Arab Republic**	1	23	21	30	74^[14]
16	Cyprus	11	19	21	25	65^[14]
17	Albania	10	11	19	18	48^[14]
18	Lebanon	18	10	23	42	75^[14]
19	Portugal	2	10	18	21	49^[14]
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	6	8	25	39^[14]
21	Kosovo	2	6	1	3	10^[14]
22	San Marino	10	5	10	8	23^[14]
23	Montenegro	4	4	8	10	22^[14]
24	North Macedonia	3	3	2	9	14^[14]
25	Libya	13	2	1	14	17^[14]
26	Malta	19	1	4	4	9^[14]
27	Monaco	15	1	3	1	5^[14]
28	Andorra	5	0	0	0	0^[14]
29	Jordan***	1	0	0	0	0^[14]
Total		19	3408	3409	3914	10731

-Yugoslavia competed in1997 and2001 asFR Yugoslavia.^[15]

-Serbia competed in2005 asSerbia and Montenegro.

(*) Yugoslavia participated in the Games before its breakup and the establishment of the constituent republics
(**) The UAR included at the time Egypt and Syria
(***) Honorary participation in the MG Tunis 2001

Doping

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Changes by Doping:

Nurcan Taylan -Weightlifting at the 2009 Mediterranean Games - 53 kg Women - 2 Gold
Gülcan Mıngır -Athletics at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Results - 3000m Steeplechase Women - 1 Bronze

Competitions

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Throughout the history of the Mediterranean Games, 34 different sports have been presented.

Sport	Years
3x3 basketball	Since 2018
Archery	Since 1971
Athletics	Since 1951
Badminton	Since 2013
Basketball	Since 1951
Beach volleyball	Since 2005
Bocce	Since 1997
Boxing	Since 1951
Canoeing	Since 1979
Cycling	Since 1955
Diving	Since 1951
Equestrian	Since 1955

Sport	Years
Fencing	Since 1951
Field hockey	Since 1955
Football	Since 1951
Golf	Since 1983
Gymnastics	Since 1951
Handball	Since 1967
Judo	Since 1971
Karate	Since 1993
Roller hockey	Since 1955
Rowing	Since 1951
Rugby union	Since 1955
Sailing	Since 1955

Sport	Years
Shooting	Since 1951
Swimming	Since 1951
Table tennis	Since 1971
Taekwondo	Since 2013
Tennis	Since 1963
Volleyball	Since 1959
Water polo	Since 1951
Waterskiing	Since 2009
Weightlifting	Since 1951
Wrestling	Since 1951

Mediterranean Sports Federations

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19 Federations in 2018:^[16]

Confédération Méditerranéenne d'Escrime (COMES)
Confédération Méditerranéenne d'Haltérophilie (MWC)
Confédération Méditerranéenne de Handball (MHC)
Mediterranean Committee of Associated Wrestling Styles (CMLA)
Union Européenne et Méditerranéenne de Tir a l'arc (EMAU)
Confederation of Mediterranean Badminton (COMEBA)
Confédération Méditerranéenne de Wakeboard et Ski Nautique (MWWC)
Ligue Méditerranéenne de Football
Mediterranean Karate Federations Union
Union Méditerranéenne de Voile
Conféderation Méditerranéenne de Natation (C.O.ME.N.)
Union Méditerranéenne de Tennis de Table (UMTT)
Union méditerranéenne de Taekwondo
Confédération Méditerranéenne de Gymnastique
Fédération Méditerranéenne de WUSHU
Union de la Méditerranée des sports de Boules
Union Méditerranéenne d'Athlétisme
Union des Fédérations Méditerranéennes des Activités Subaquatiques
Confederation of Mediterranean Orienteering Federations (COMOF)

References

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^"History of the Mediterranean Games".International Committee of Mediterranean Games. CIJM. Retrieved21 June 2015.
^εφ. "Αθλητική Ημέρα", Μάιος 1935.
^"Mediterranean Games". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved21 December 2012.The Mediterranean Games were first held in 1951, although an unofficial Games was previously held in 1949.
^Mediterranean Cup and Games. RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
^"Participating countries".pescara2009.it. Retrieved15 March 2018.
^Kosovo accepted as member of International Committee of the Mediterranean Games.
^"Vatican City primed for debut at Mediterranean Games". July 2022.
^The games must go on: Avery Brundage and the Olympic movement, Allen Guttmann,page 225.
^"Capralos calls on ICMG to open discussion on membership of Israel and Palestine". 13 September 2023.
^"Participation of Portugal in the MG Tarragona 2017".cijm.org.gr. Retrieved20 August 2016.
^"Portugal new member of the ICMG".cijm.org.gr. Retrieved1 February 2018.
^^a ^b"Mediterranean Games History". Mediterranean Games Site. 2008. Retrieved2008-10-02.
^"L'édition de Tunis 2001 est aussi la commémoration du 50ème anniversaire des Jeux Méditerranéens"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2013-07-28. Retrieved2013-06-15.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac"Medals table per country and per Games".
^"International Committee of the Mediterranean Games".
^"Confédérations et unions sportives méditerranéenes"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2018-07-13.

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