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Mediterranean Games

Alexandria Mediterranean Games 1951
NameMediterranean Games
CaptionAlexandria Mediterranean Games 1951
Image2Mediterranean games logo.gif
Caption2Flag of the games
Formation1951, in Alexandria, Egypt
Recurrencefour years
Last2009, Pescara, Italy
PurposeSports for the Mediterranean
Leader TitlePresident
Leader NameMr. Amar Addadi (ALG)

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The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet. The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first held in 1951. The first 10 games took place always one year preceding the Olympics. However, from 1993 on, they were held the year following the Olympic games.

The Games were inaugurated on October 1951, in Alexandria, Egypt, in honour of Muhammed Taher Pasha, the man to whom their inspiration is owed, with contests being held in 13 sports along with the participation of 734 athletes from 10 countries. Ever since, they take place every 4 years without any interruption. In 1955, in Barcelona, 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 June 16, 1961, and the said Body was named, upon a Greek notion, ICMG (International Committee for the Mediterranean Games).

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City Country Male Female
I 1951 Alexandria EG (Egypt) 10 14 91 734
734
II 1955 Barcelona ES (Spain) 10 20 102 1.135
1.135
III 1959 Beirut LB (Lebanon) 11 17 106 792
792
IV 1963 Naples IT (Italy) 13 17 93 1.057
1.057
V 1967 Tunis TN (Tunisia) 12 14 93 1.211 38 1.249
VI 1971 İzmir TR (Turkey) 14 18 137 1.235 127 1.362
VII 1975 Algiers DZ (Algeria) 15 19 160 2.095 349 2.444
VIII 1979 Split YUG (Yugoslavia)HR now Croatia 14 26 192 2.009 399 2.408
IX 1983 Casablanca MA (Morocco) 16 20 162 1.845 335 2.180
X 1987 Latakia SY (Syria) 18 19 162 1.845 335 2.180
XI 1991 Athens GR (Greece) 18 24 217 2.176 586 2.762
XII 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon FR (France) 20 24 217 1.994 604 2.598
XIII 1997 Bari IT (Italy) 21 27 234 2.999 804 3.803
XIV 2001 Tunis TN (Tunisia) 23  23 230 2.002 1.039 3.041
XV 2005 Almería ES (Spain) 21 27 258 2,134 1,080 3,214
XVI 2009 Pescara IT (Italy) 23 28
XVII 2013 Volos and Larissa GR (Greece)

1 Italy 751 633 578 1962
2 France 577 520 448 1545
3 Spain 269 377 470 1116
4 Turkey 263 174 216 653
5 Yugoslavia 191 168 155 514
6 Greece 165 215 291 671
7 Egypt 103 161 191 455
8 Tunisia 70 61 110 241
9 Algeria 55 53 93 201
10 Morocco 52 60 83 193
11 Croatia 31 50 57 138
12 Slovenia 32 36 55 123
13 Syria 26 35 73 134
14 Serbia* 25 31 55 111
15 United Arab Republic 23 21 30 74
16 Lebanon 10 22 40 72
17 Cyprus 8 15 13 36
18 Albania 5 15 13 32
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 6 13 22
20 Libya 2 1 13 16
21 San Marino 1 7 2 10
22 Montenegro 2 2 3 7
23 Malta 0 2 3 5
24 Monaco 0 1 1 2
   
Total 2421 2422 2697 7540

Mediterranean Games

1951 Alexandria * 1955 Barcelona * 1959 Beirut * 1963 Naples * 1967 Tunis * 1971 Izmir * 1975 Algiers * 1979 Split * 1983 Casablanca * 1987 Latakia * 1991 Athens * 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon * 1997 Bari * 2001 Tunis * 2005 Almeria * 2009 Pescara * 2013 Volos-Larissa

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