Mediterranean Games - Host Cities

Host Cities

No inland city has ever hosted the games. All but one of the host cities to date have been situated on the Mediterranean coast. (Casablanca is located on the Atlantic coast.) Recently, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Kotor (Montenegro) signed an official Declaration for joint candidacy for hosting 2021 Mediterranean Games.

Below together the official numbers in sequence

No Year Host Nations Competitors Sports Events Top Country On Medal Table
Man Women Total
I 1951 Alexandria 10 734 --- 734 14 91 Italy
II 1955 Barcelona 10 1.135 --- 1.135 20 102 France
III 1959 Beirut 11 792 --- 792 17 106 France
IV 1963 Naples 13 1.057 --- 1.057 17 93 Italy
V 1967 Tunis 12 1.211 38 1.249 14 93 Italy
VI 1971 İzmir 14 1.235 127 1.362 18 137 Italy
VII 1975 Algiers 15 2.095 349 2.444 19 160 Italy
VIII 1979 Split 14 2.009 399 2.408 26 192 Yugoslavia
IX 1983 Casablanca 16 1.845 335 2.180 20 162 Italy
X 1987 Latakia 18 1.845 335 2.180 19 162 Italy
XI 1991 Athens 18 2.176 586 2.762 24 217 Italy
XII 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon 20 1.994 604 2.598 24 217 France
XIII 1997 Bari 21 2.999 804 3.803 27 234 Italy
XIV 2001 Tunis 23 2.002 1.039 3.041 23 230 France
XV 2005 Almería 21 2,134 1,080 3,214 27 258 Italy
XVI 2009 Pescara 23 4,180 28 244 Italy
XVII 2013 Mersin Future Event
XVIII 2017 Tarragona Future Event

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