1951 Mediterranean Games
Host city | Alexandria, Egypt |
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Nations | 10 |
Athletes | 734 |
Events | 13 sports |
Opening | 5 October 1951 |
Closing | 20 October 1951 |
Opened by | Farouk of Egypt |
Main venue | Alexandria Stadium |
The 1951 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the I Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Alexandria 1951, were the 1st Mediterranean Games. The Games were held for 15 days from 5 to 20 October 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt, where 734 athletes (all men) from 10 countries participated. There were a total of 13 different sports.
Participating nations
The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1951 Mediterranean Games:
Sports
The inaugural Mediterranean Games sports program featured 13 sports encompassing 91 men-only events. The number in parentheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport.
- Athletics ( ) (23)
- Basketball ( ) (1)
- Boxing ( ) (9)
- Diving ( ) (2)
- Fencing ( ) (6)
- Football ( ) (1)
- Gymnastics ( ) (8)
- Rowing ( ) (5)
- Shooting ( ) (5)
- Swimming ( ) (7)
- details) (1)
- Weightlifting ( ) (7)
- Wrestling ( ) (16)
Medal table
The rankings sort by the number of
IAAF and BBC
.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy | 27 | 22 | 12 | 61 |
2 | France | 26 | 13 | 5 | 44 |
3 | Egypt | 20 | 26 | 19 | 65 |
4 | Turkey | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
5 | Greece | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
6 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
7 | Spain | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
8 | Lebanon | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
9 | Syria | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
Totals (9 entries) | 92 | 90 | 86 | 268 |
External links
- Complete 1951 Mediterranean Games Standings
- Mediterranean Games Athletic results at Gbrathletics.com