1979 Mediterranean Games

The VIII Mediterranean Games – Split 1979, commonly known as the 1979 Mediterranean Games, were the 8th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia, from 15 to 29 September 1979, where 2,408 athletes (2,009 men and 399 women) from 14 countries participated. There were a total of 192 medal events from 26 different sports.

The games' mascot was a Mediterranean monk seal named Adrijana.

Participating nations[]

The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1979 Mediterranean Games:

Sports[]

The sports program featured 192 events. The number in parentheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport.

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Yugoslavia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Yugoslavia*	56	38	33	127
2		55	40	34	129
3	Italy	49	63	47	159
4		16	20	32	68
5		7	10	13	30
6		5	5	14	24
7		3	9	10	22
8	Algeria	1	5	10	16
9	Tunisia	1	2	9	12
10		1	1	0	2
11	Syria	1	0	0	1
12		0	2	3	5
Totals (12 nations)		195	195	205	595

References[]

• Serbian Olympic Committee

External links[]

• International Mediterranean Games Committee
• Mediterranean Games Athletic results at gbrathletics website