Black Sea Games
Host city | Trabzon |
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Country | Turkey |
Opening ceremony | 2 July 2007 |
Closing ceremony | 8 July 2007 |
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The Black Sea Games was a multi-sport event intended to be held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Black Sea.
The first such event was held in Trabzon, Turkey July 2 to July 8, 2007. A total of 1,277 athletes (937 men and 340 women) from 11 countries participated, with 186 medals won in 13 different sports.
Subsequent games were originally scheduled for 2010 (Constanța, Romania) and 2014 (Samsun, Turkey), but were not held.
Participating countries[]
- Albania
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bulgaria
- Georgia
- Greece
- Moldova
- Romania
- Russia
- Turkey (Host Nation)
- Ukraine
Countries did not participated during the Games :
- Serbia
Sports[]
- Archery ( )
- Athletics ()
- Basketball ()
- Cycling ()
- Football ()
- Gymnastics ()
- Swimming ()
- Taekwondo ()
- Volleyball ()
- Wrestling ()
Paralympic events were contested in the archery, athletics, and swimming programmes.
Medal table[]
* Host nation (Turkey)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia | 86 | 57 | 31 | 174 |
2 | Turkey* | 39 | 40 | 41 | 120 |
3 | Ukraine | 21 | 23 | 12 | 56 |
4 | Greece | 15 | 23 | 51 | 89 |
5 | Romania | 10 | 15 | 29 | 54 |
6 | Azerbaijan | 9 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
7 | Georgia | 6 | 8 | 20 | 34 |
8 | Moldova | 0 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
9 | Armenia | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
10 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
11 | Albania | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Totals (11 nations) | 186 | 182 | 226 | 594 |
References[]
- Xinhua (3 July 2007). "First Black Sea Games Kicks off in Turkey", CRIENGLISH.com. Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
- "Black Sea Games wrap up, Turkey places second"[permanent dead link], Today's Zaman. Retrieved on 2008-08-30.
External links[]
Categories:
- Black Sea Games
- Black Sea
- Multi-sport events in Europe
- Multi-sport events in Asia
- Multi-sport events in Turkey
- 2007 in multi-sport events
- 2007 in Turkish sport
- July 2007 sports events in Europe
- July 2007 sports events in Asia
- Sport in Trabzon
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