Swimming at the Mediterranean Games

Swimming is one of the sports at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games competition, a regional multi-sports event open to athletes from countries located around the Mediterranean Sea. It has been one of the sports featured in every event since the inaugural edition in 1951.

Editions[]

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Swimming events		Top medallists
Games	Year	Host city	Host country	M	F	Top medallists
I	1951	Alexandria	Egypt	7	—	France
II	1955	Barcelona	Spain	8	—	France
III	1959	Beirut	Lebanon	8	—	Italy
IV	1963	Naples	Italy	8	—	Italy
V	1967	Tunis	Tunisia	8	3
VI	1971	İzmir	Turkey	15	7	Italy
VII	1975	Algiers	Algeria	15	6	Italy
VIII	1979	Split	Yugoslavia	13	13	Italy
IX	1983	Casablanca	Morocco	15	14	Italy
X	1987	Latakia	Syria	15	14	Italy
XI	1991	Athens	Greece	16	15
XII	1993	Mende, Lozère	France	16	15
XIII		Bari	Italy	17	16	Italy
XIV	2001	Tunis	Tunisia	16	16
XV	2005	Almería	Spain	20	20	France
XVI	2009	Pescara	Italy	19	19	Italy
XVII	2013	Mersin	Turkey	19	19	Italy
XVIII	2018	Tarragona	Spain	19	19	Italy

Events[]

As of the most recent 2018 edition, the swimming program features 19 men's and 19 women's events. Four men's events have been held every time since the inaugural 1951 edition (100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m breaststroke, and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay).

In the first four editions from 1951 to 1963 the swimming program only featured men's events. The program was expanded to include women for the 1967 edition, with only three events initially available to them (100 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke, 100 m breaststroke). New events were gradually added over the decades so that full parity was achieved by 2001.

All current events are contested by men and women, the sole exception being the longest-distance freestyle swimming race - the 1500 m event is men only and the 800 m event is women only.

Men's events[]

Event		51	55	59	63	67	71	75	79	83	87	91	93		01	05	09	13	18	Games
Current program
Freestyle	50 m											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
	100 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
	200 m						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
	400 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
	1500 m	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17
Backstroke	50 m															X	X	X	X	4
	100 m	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17
	200 m				X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
Breaststroke	50 m															X	X	X	X	4
	100 m					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
	200 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
Butterfly	50 m															X	X	X	X	4
	100 m					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
	200 m		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Individual medley	200 m						X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
Individual medley	400 m						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
Relays	4 × 100 m freestyle						X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
	4 × 200 m freestyle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
	4 × 100 m medley		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17
Past events
3 × 100 m medley relay		X																		1
15 km open water														X						1
800 m freestyle																X				1
Events		7	8	8	8	8	15	15	13	15	15	16	16	17	16	20	19	19	19

Women's events[]

Event	51	55	59	63	67	71	75	79	83	87	91	93		01	05	09	13	18	Games
Current program
50 m freestyle											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
100 m freestyle					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
200 m freestyle								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
400 m freestyle						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
800 m freestyle								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
50 m backstroke															X	X	X	X	4
100 m backstroke					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
200 m backstroke								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
50 m breaststroke															X	X	X	X	4
100 m breaststroke					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
200 m breaststroke								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
50 m butterfly															X	X	X	X	4
100 m butterfly						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
200 m butterfly								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
200 m individual medley						X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
400 m individual medley								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
4 × 100 m freestyle relay						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
4 × 200 m freestyle relay														X	X	X	X	X	5
4 × 100 m medley relay								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Past events
15 km open water													X						1
1500 m freestyle															X				1
Events	0	0	0	0	3	7	6	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	20	19	19	19

All-time medal table[]

Updated after the 2018 Mediterranean Games


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	201	159	129	489
2	France	115	92	71	278
3	Spain	63	109	117	289
4	Serbia	20	21	25	66
5	Greece	16	29	47	92
6	Tunisia	12	7	6	25
7	Slovenia	11	15	12	38
8	Algeria	6	2	4	12
9	Croatia	5	9	9	23
10	Egypt	5	7	10	22
11	Turkey	1	6	18	25
12	Cyprus	1	2	3	6
13		0	1	3	4
Totals (13 nations)		456	459	454	1369

Games records[]

References[]

External links[]

International Mediterranean Games Committee

v t International swimming
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v t Swimming at the Mediterranean Games
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