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{{short description|Multi-sport event of the Mediterranean countries}}
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{{Infobox Sporting Event Organization
| name         =
| image        = Mediterranean Games rings.svg
| caption      = Official logo of the Games
| abbreviation =
| motto        = 
| formation    = [[1951 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]]
| recurrence   = Four years
| last         = [[2022 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Oran]], Algeria
| next         = [[2026 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Taranto]], Italy
| purpose      = [[Multi-sport event]] for nations on the [[Mediterranean Sea]]
| headquarters =
| leader_title = President
| leader_name  = [[Davide Tizzano]]
| website      = {{official URL}}
| remarks      =
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{{Olympic Games infobox}}
{{Season sidebar
| title = Games
| list =
* [[1951 Mediterranean Games|1951]]
* [[1955 Mediterranean Games|1955]]
* [[1959 Mediterranean Games|1959]]
* [[1963 Mediterranean Games|1963]]
* [[1967 Mediterranean Games|1967]]
* [[1971 Mediterranean Games|1971]]
* [[1975 Mediterranean Games|1975]]
* [[1979 Mediterranean Games|1979]]
* [[1983 Mediterranean Games|1983]]
* [[1987 Mediterranean Games|1987]]
* [[1991 Mediterranean Games|1991]]
* [[1993 Mediterranean Games|1993]]
* [[1997 Mediterranean Games|1997]]
* [[2001 Mediterranean Games|2001]]
* [[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005]]
* [[2009 Mediterranean Games|2009]]
* [[2013 Mediterranean Games|2013]]
* [[2018 Mediterranean Games|2018]]
* [[2022 Mediterranean Games|2022]]
* ''[[2026 Mediterranean Games|2026]]''
* ''[[2030 Mediterranean Games|2030]]''
}}
The '''Mediterranean Games''' is a [[multi-sport event]] organised by the [[International Committee of Mediterranean Games]] (CIJM). It is held every four years among [[athlete]]s from countries bordering the [[Mediterranean Sea]] in Africa, Asia and Europe. The first Mediterranean Games were held in [[1951 Mediterranean Games|1951]] in [[Alexandria]], Egypt, while the most recent games were held in [[2022 Mediterranean Games|2022]] in [[Oran]], Algeria.

== History ==

The idea was proposed at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] by [[Muhammed Taher Pasha]], chairman of the [[Egyptian Olympic Committee]] and vice-president of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (I.O.C.), assisted by the Greek member of the I.O.C. [[Ioannis Ketseas]].<ref name=History>{{cite web|title=History of the Mediterranean Games|url=http://www.cijm.org.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=27&lang=en|website=International Committee of Mediterranean Games|publisher=CIJM|access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> Separate Mediterranean sports events preceded the games. From 1947 to 1949, the [[Mediterranean Athletics Championships]] were contested,<ref>[http://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp?item=44100&seg= εφ. "Αθλητική Ημέρα", Μάιος 1935.]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm|title=Mediterranean Games|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=21 December 2012|quote=The Mediterranean Games were first held in 1951, although an unofficial Games was previously held in 1949.}}</ref> and the [[Mediterranean Cup (men's football)|Mediterranean Cup]] football competition was held in 1949 and 1950.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/medgames.html Mediterranean Cup and Games]. RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-08-16.</ref> The first official Mediterranean Games were held in [[Egypt]] in 1951.

The Games were inaugurated in October 1951, in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]], in honour of [[Muhammed Taher Pasha]], with contests being held in 13 sports along with the participation of 734 athletes from 10 countries. 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 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) and [[Morocco]] (1983); six from Europe: [[Spain]] (1955, 2005, 2018), [[Italy]] (1963, 1997, 2009), [[Turkey]] (1971, 2013), [[Yugoslavia]] (1979), [[Greece]] (1991) and [[France]] (1993) and two from Asia: [[Lebanon]] (1959) and [[Syria]] (1987).

The first eleven games took place one year before the [[Summer 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, when [[Languedoc-Roussillon]] in France hosted the Games just two years after [[Athens]]. 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 ==
{{unreferenced section|date=August 2016}}

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 the [[Hellenic 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 of [[Volos]] and [[Larissa]] 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 ==

[[File:Partecipanti GdM.png|thumb|right|300px|Participating countries]]

At present, 26 countries participate in the games:<ref name="www.pescara2009.it">{{cite web|url=http://www.pescara2009.it/content.php?tipo=19&editing=Mod|title=Participating countries|website=pescara2009.it|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>

*'''[[Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa|Africa]]''': [[Algeria]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Morocco]] and [[Tunisia]]
*'''[[Olympic Council of Asia|Asia]]''': [[Lebanon]] and [[Syria]].
*'''[[European Olympic Committees|Europe]]''':  [[Albania]], [[Andorra]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Cyprus]], [[France]], [[Greece]], [[Italy]], [[Kosovo]], [[Malta]], [[Monaco]], [[Montenegro]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Portugal]], [[San Marino]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Spain]] and [[Turkey]].

[[Kosovo]] was accepted as a member of the International Committee of Mediterranean Games in October 2015 and participated for the first time in the [[2018 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Tarragona]], Spain.<ref>[http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1031327/exclusive-kosovo-accepted-as-member-of-international-committee-of-the-mediterranean-games Kosovo accepted as member of International Committee of the Mediterranean Games].</ref> One athlete representing the [[Vatican City]] participated in an unofficial ("non-scoring") manner in the women's half marathon event at the [[2022 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Oran]], Algeria.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/articles/2022/07/01/vatican-city-primed-for-debut-at-mediterranean-games/ | title=Vatican City primed for debut at Mediterranean Games | date=July 2022 }}</ref>

Of all the [[National Olympic Committee]]s within the Olympic Movement bordering the Mediterranean Sea, [[Olympic Committee of Israel|Israel]] and [[Palestine Olympic Committee|Palestine]] have not participated in the games, nor has [[British Olympic Association|Great Britain]] who represents the [[British Overseas Territory]] of [[Gibraltar]] and [[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]].

In the case of [[Israel]], Allen Guttman in ''The Games Must Go On'' argued that Israel's exclusion is both [[antisemitic]] and politically motivated due to antagonism towards Israel by the participating [[Muslim nations|Muslim]] and [[Arab nations]]. The IOC's [[Avery Brundage]] was not supportive of Israel's desire to compete, saying: "I cannot understand why anyone wants to go where he is not wanted". The [[International Amateur Athletics Federation]] pushed the issue at the [[1959 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Beirut]] by refusing to grant permission to hold an [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] competition unless Israel were allowed to compete. [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] games organizer Gabriel Gemayel conceded to this, but sidestepped the ruling by holding a parallel ''Lebanese Games'' comprising athletics events between the present nations alongside the official Mediterranean Games competitions.<ref>The games must go on: Avery Brundage and the Olympic movement, Allen Guttmann, [https://books.google.com/books?id=nA3g4BDCVrUC&dq=anti+israel+Mediterranean+Games&pg=RA1-PA224 page 225].</ref> In September 2023, [[European Olympic Committees]] president [[Spyros Capralos]] called on the [[International Committee of Mediterranean Games]] to open a discussion about admitting both [[Israel]] and [[Palestine]] as members.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140765/capralos-call-icmg-open-israel-palestine | title=Capralos calls on ICMG to open discussion on membership of Israel and Palestine | date=13 September 2023 }}</ref>

There are countries not bordering the Mediterranean Sea which nonetheless participate: [[Portugal]], [[Andorra]], [[Kosovo]], [[San Marino]], [[Serbia]] and [[North Macedonia]]. Serbia, Kosovo and North Macedonia were all formerly part of Yugoslavia, which competed until its breakup and dissolution.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

The [[Hellenic Olympic Committee]] has suggested that nine more countries that do not satisfy geographic criteria could be allowed to participate, such as [[Bulgaria]] and [[Jordan]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} [[Portugal]] competed in the [[2018 Mediterranean Games]] after a decision which approved Portugal as effective National Olympic Committee.<ref>{{cite news|title=Participation of Portugal in the MG Tarragona 2017|url=http://www.cijm.org.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=241%3Aparticipation-du-potrugal-aux-jm-tarragone-2017&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=79&lang=en|access-date=20 August 2016|work=cijm.org.gr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Portugal new member of the ICMG|url=http://cijm.org.gr/portugal-new-member-of-the-icmg/|access-date=1 February 2018|work=cijm.org.gr}}</ref>

== Flag ==
[[File:Mediterranean games logo.gif|thumb|right|Flag of the Mediterranean Games]]
The symbol of the Mediterranean Games consists of three rings representing Asia, Africa and Europe, the three continents involved in this competition.<ref name="medgames">{{cite web |year=2008 |url = http://www.medgames.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=26|title = Mediterranean Games History|publisher = Mediterranean Games Site| access-date = 2008-10-02 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="medgames"/>

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

[[File:Edizioni gdm.png|thumb|right|600px|Cities that have hosted the Games]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 85%"
!rowspan=2| No
!rowspan=2| Year
!rowspan=2| Host City
!rowspan=2| Dates
!rowspan=2| Opened by
!rowspan=2| Nations
!colspan=3| Competitors
!rowspan=2| Sports
!rowspan=2| Events
!rowspan=2| Top Country On<br />Medal Table
|-
! Men
! Women
! Total
|-
| [[1951 Mediterranean Games|1]]
| 1951
|align=left|{{flagicon|Egypt|1922}} [[Alexandria]] 
|5 - 20 October
|align=left|[[Farouk of Egypt|Farouk I]]
| 10
| 734 
| --- 
| 734
| 14 
| 91
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 1951 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-
| [[1955 Mediterranean Games|2]]
| 1955
|align=left|{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[Barcelona]]
|15 - 25 July
|align=left|[[Francisco Franco]]
| 10
| 1135
| ---
| 1135 
| 20
| 102
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France at the 1955 Mediterranean Games|France]]
|-
| [[1959 Mediterranean Games|3]]
| 1959
|align=left|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Beirut]]
|11 - 23 October
|align=left|[[Fuad Chehab]]
| 11
| 792
| --- 
| 792
| 17
| 106
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France at the 1959 Mediterranean Games|France]]
|- 
| [[1963 Mediterranean Games|4]]
| 1963
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Naples]]
|21 - 29 September
|align=left|[[Antonio Segni]]
| 13
| 1057
| ---
| 1057 
| 17
| 93
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 1963 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-
| [[1967 Mediterranean Games|5]]
| 1967
|align=left|{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Tunis]] 
|8 - 17 September
|align=left|[[Habib Bourguiba]]
|12 
|1211 
|38 
|1249 
|14 
|93 
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 1967 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-
| [[1971 Mediterranean Games|6]]
|1971
|align=left|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[İzmir]] 
|6 - 17 October
|align=left|[[Cevdet Sunay]]
|14 
|1235
|127 
|1362
|18 
|137
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 1971 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-
| [[1975 Mediterranean Games|7]]
| 1975
|align=left|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Algiers]]
|23 August - 6 September
|align=left|[[Houari Boumédiène]]
| 15
| 2095
| 349
| 2444
| 19
| 160
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 1975 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-   
| [[1979 Mediterranean Games|8]]
| 1979
|align=left|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Split (city)|Split]]
|15 - 29 September
|align=left|[[Josip Broz Tito]]
| 14
| 2009
| 399
| 2408 
| 26
| 192
|align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Yugoslavia at the 1979 Mediterranean Games|Yugoslavia]]
|-  
| [[1983 Mediterranean Games|9]]
| 1983
|align=left|{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Casablanca]]
|3 - 17 September
|align=left|[[Hassan II]]
| 16
| 1845
| 335
| 2180
| 20
| 162
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 1983 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-  
| [[1987 Mediterranean Games|10]]
| 1987
|align=left|{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Latakia]]
|11 - 25 September
|align=left|[[Hafez al-Assad]]
| 18
| 1529
| 467
| 1996
| 19
| 162
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 1987 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-  
| [[1991 Mediterranean Games|11]]
| 1991
|align=left|{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Athens]]
|28 June - 12 July
|align=left|[[Konstantinos Karamanlis]]
| 18
| 2176
| 586
| 2762
| 24
| 217
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 1991 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-  
| [[1993 Mediterranean Games|12]]
| 1993
|align=left|{{flagicon|France}} [[Languedoc-Roussillon]]
|16 - 27 June
|align=left|[[François Mitterrand]]
| 19
| 1994
| 604 
| 2598
| 24
| 217
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France at the 1993 Mediterranean Games|France]]
|-  
| [[1997 Mediterranean Games|13]]
| 1997
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Bari]]
|13 - 25 June
|align=left|[[Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]]
| 21
| 2166
| 790
| 2956
| 27
| 234
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 1997 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-  
| [[2001 Mediterranean Games|14]]
| 2001
|align=left|{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Tunis]]
|2 - 15 September
|align=left|[[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]]
| 23<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/JM2001.pdf | title=L'édition de Tunis 2001 est aussi la commémoration du 50ème anniversaire des Jeux Méditerranéens | access-date=2013-06-15 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728092531/http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/JM2001.pdf | archive-date=2013-07-28}}</ref>
| 1972
| 1019
| 2991
| 23
| 230
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France at the 2001 Mediterranean Games|France]]
|-  
| [[2005 Mediterranean Games|15]]
| 2005
|align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Almería]]
|24 June - 3 July
|align=left|[[Juan Carlos I]]
| 21
| 2126
| 1077
| 3203
| 27
| 258
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-  
| [[2009 Mediterranean Games|16]]
| 2009
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Pescara]]
|25 June - 5 July
|align=left|[[Renato Schifani]]
| 23 
| 2183
| 1185
| 3368
| 28
| 244
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-  
| [[2013 Mediterranean Games|17]]
| 2013
|align=left|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Mersin]]
|20 - 30 June
|align=left|[[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]
| 24
| 1994
| 1070
| 3064
| 27
| 264
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 2013 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-  
| [[2018 Mediterranean Games|18]]
| 2018
|align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Tarragona]]
|22 June - 1 July
|align=left|[[Felipe VI]]
| 26
| 2180
| 1468
| 3648
| 28
| 246
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 2018 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-  
| [[2022 Mediterranean Games|19]]
| 2022
|align=left|{{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Oran]]
|25 June - 6 July
|align=left|[[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]]
| 26
| 2014
| 1284
| 3298
| 24
| 244
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy at the 2022 Mediterranean Games|Italy]]
|-  
| [[2026 Mediterranean Games|20]]
| 2026
|align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Taranto]]
|23 August - 3 September
|align=left|[[President of Italy]] ''(expected)''
|colspan=8|''Future Event''
|-  
| [[2030 Mediterranean Games|21]]
| 2030
|align=left|{{flagicon|Kosovo}} [[Pristina]] 
|24 July - 4 August
|align=left|[[President of Kosovo]] ''(expected)''
|colspan=8|''Future Event''
|}

;Notes
{{notelist-ua}}

== All-time medal table ==
''[https://cijm.org.gr/medal-tables/ Medal Table 1951–2022]''

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-top:0em; text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Rank 
! Team
! Games
! style="background-color:gold; width:4em;" | Gold
! style="background-color:silver; width:4em;" | Silver
! style="background-color:#cc9966; width:4em;" | Bronze
! style="width:5em;"|Total
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''1''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|ITA|Mediterranean Games}} || 19 || 924 || 791 || 747 || '''2462'''<ref name="Medals">{{cite web|url=http://cijm.org.gr/medals-table-per-country-and-per-games/|title=Medals table per country and per Games}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''2''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|FRA|Mediterranean Games}} || 19 || 652 || 600 || 569 || '''1821'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''3''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|TUR|Mediterranean Games}} || 19 || 386 || 269 || 315 || '''970'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''4''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|ESP|Mediterranean Games}} || 19 || 345 || 474 || 569 || '''1388'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''5''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|GRE|Mediterranean Games}} || 19 || 200 || 257 || 349 || '''806'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''6''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|YUG|Mediterranean Games}}*|| 12 || 199 || 177 || 182 || '''558'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''7''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|EGY|Mediterranean Games}} || 17 || 156 || 209 || 255 || '''620'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''8''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|TUN|Mediterranean Games}} || 17 || 89 || 101 || 159 || '''349'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''9''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|ALG|Mediterranean Games}} || 15 || 86 || 76 || 131 || '''293'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''10''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|MAR|Mediterranean Games}} || 17 || 72 || 90 || 116 || '''278'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''11''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|CRO|Mediterranean Games}} || 8 || 57 || 69 || 79 || '''205'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''12''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|SLO|Mediterranean Games}} || 8 || 55 || 64  || 99 || '''218'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''13''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|SRB|Mediterranean Games}} || 5 || 54 || 51 || 58 || '''163'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''14''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|SYR|Mediterranean Games}} || 17 || 32 || 42 || 76 || '''150'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''15''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|UAR|Mediterranean Games}}** || 1 || 23 || 21 || 30 || '''74'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''16''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|CYP|Mediterranean Games}} || 11 || 19 || 21 || 25 || '''65'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''17''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|ALB|Mediterranean Games}} || 10 || 11 || 19 || 18 || '''48'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''18''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|LIB|Mediterranean Games}} || 18 || 10 || 23 || 42 || '''75'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''19''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|POR|Mediterranean Games}} || 2 || 10 || 18 || 21 || '''49'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''20''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|BIH|Mediterranean Games}} || 8 || 6 || 8 || 25 || '''39'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''21''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|KOS|Mediterranean Games}} || 2 || 6 || 1 || 3 || '''10'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''22''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|SMR|Mediterranean Games}} || 10 || 5 || 10 || 8 || '''23'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''23''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|MNE|Mediterranean Games}} || 4 || 4 || 8 || 10 || '''22'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''24''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|MKD|name=North Macedonia|Mediterranean Games}} || 3 || 3 || 2 || 9 || '''14'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''25''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|LBA|Mediterranean Games}} || 13 || 2 || 1 || 14 || '''17'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''26''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|MLT|Mediterranean Games}} || 19 || 1 || 4 || 4 || '''9'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''27''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|MON|Mediterranean Games}} || 15 || 1 || 3 || 1 || '''5'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''28''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|AND|Mediterranean Games}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
|rowspan="1"| '''29''' ||align=left| {{flagIOC2|JOR|Mediterranean Games}}*** || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0'''<ref name="Medals"/>
|-
!colspan="2"| Total|| 19 || 3408 || 3409 || 3914 || 10731
|}
- [[Yugoslavia]] competed in [[1997 Mediterranean Games|1997]] and [[2001 Mediterranean Games|2001]] as [[FR Yugoslavia]].<ref name="cijm.org.gr">{{cite web|url=http://cijm.org.gr/|title=International Committee of the Mediterranean Games}}</ref>

- [[Serbia]] competed in [[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005]] as [[Serbia 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===
Changes by Doping:

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

==Competitions==

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

{| style="margin:auto"|left
!valign=top|
{| class=wikitable
!Sport
!Years
|-
|[[Image:3x3 basketball pictogram.svg|25px]] [[3x3 basketball at the Mediterranean Games|3x3 basketball]]
|Since 2018
|-
|[[Image:Archery pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Archery at the Mediterranean Games|Archery]]
|Since 1971
|-
|[[Image:Athletics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Athletics at the Mediterranean Games|Athletics]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Badminton pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Badminton at the Mediterranean Games|Badminton]]
|Since 2013
|-
|[[Image:Basketball pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Basketball at the Mediterranean Games|Basketball]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Beach volleyball at the Mediterranean Games|Beach volleyball]]
|Since 2005
|-
|[[Image:Bocce pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Bocce at the Mediterranean Games|Bocce]]
|Since 1997
|-
|[[Image:Boxing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Boxing at the Mediterranean Games|Boxing]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Canoeing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Canoeing at the Mediterranean|Canoeing]]
|Since 1979
|-
|[[Image:Cycling pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Cycling at the Mediterranean Games|Cycling]]
|Since 1955
|-
|[[Image:Diving pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Diving at the Mediterranean Games|Diving]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Equestrian pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Equestrian at the Mediterranean Games|Equestrian]]
|Since 1955
|}
!valign=top|
{| class=wikitable
!Sport
!Years
|-
|[[Image:Fencing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Fencing at the Mediterranean Games|Fencing]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Field hockey pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Field hockey at the Mediterranean Games|Field hockey]]
|Since 1955
|-
|[[Image:Football pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Football at the Mediterranean Games|Football]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Golf pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Golf at the Mediterranean Games|Golf]]
|Since 1983
|-
|[[Image:Gymnastics pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Gymnastics at the Mediterranean Games|Gymnastics]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Handball pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Handball at the Mediterranean Games|Handball]]
|Since 1967
|-
|[[Image:Judo pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Judo at the Mediterranean Games|Judo]]
|Since 1971
|-
|[[Image:Karate pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Karate at the Mediterranean Games|Karate]]
|Since 1993
|-
|[[Image:Roller hockey pictogram.svg|25px]][[Roller hockey at the Mediterranean Games|Roller hockey]]
|Since 1955
|-
|[[Image:Rowing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Rowing at the Mediterranean Games|Rowing]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Rugby pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Rugby union at the Mediterranean Games|Rugby union]]
|Since 1955
|-
|[[Image:Sailing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Sailing at the Mediterranean Games|Sailing]]
|Since 1955
|}
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{| class=wikitable
!Sport
!Years
|-
|[[Image:Shooting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Shooting at the Mediterranean Games|Shooting]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Swimming pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Swimming at the Mediterranean Games|Swimming]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Table tennis pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Table tennis at the Mediterranean Games|Table tennis]]
|Since 1971
|-
|[[Image:Taekwondo pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Taekwondo at the Mediterranean Games|Taekwondo]]
|Since 2013
|-
|[[Image:Tennis pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Tennis at the Mediterranean Games|Tennis]]
|Since 1963
|-
|[[Image:Volleyball pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Volleyball at the Mediterranean Games|Volleyball]]
|Since 1959
|-
|[[Image:Water polo pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Water polo at the Mediterranean Games|Water polo]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[File:Water skiing pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Waterskiing at the Mediterranean Games|Waterskiing]]
|Since 2009
|-
|[[Image:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Weightlifting at the Mediterranean Games|Weightlifting]]
|Since 1951
|-
|[[Image:Wrestling pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Wrestling at the Mediterranean Games|Wrestling]]
|Since 1951
|}
|}

==Mediterranean Sports Federations==
19 Federations in 2018:<ref>{{Cite web| title=Confédérations et unions sportives méditerranéenes | url=https://cijm.org.gr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/confederations-mediterraneennes_2018.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713220146/http://cijm.org.gr:80/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/confederations-mediterraneennes_2018.pdf | archive-date=2018-07-13}}</ref>

# 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)

== See also ==
*[[Mediterranean Beach Games]]

== References==
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== External links ==
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*{{official website|http://cijm.org.gr/}} – International Mediterranean Games Committee

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