1971 Mediterranean Games
Appearance
Host city | İzmir, Turkey |
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Nations | 15 |
Athletes | 1,362 |
Events | 137 in 17 sports |
Opening | 6 October 1971 |
Closing | 17 October 1971 |
Opened by | Cevdet Sunay |
Main venue | İzmir Atatürk Stadium |
The 1971 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VI Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Izmir 1971, were the 6th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in İzmir, Turkey, from 6 to 17 October 1971, where 1,362 athletes (1,235 men and 127 women) from 15 countries participated. There were a total of 137 medal events from 17 different sports.
Participating nations
[edit]Sports
[edit]- Athletics ( ) (32)
- Basketball ( ) (1)
- Boxing ( ) (11)
- Cycling ( ) (4)
- Diving ( ) (2)
- Fencing ( ) (4)
- Football ( ) (1)
- Gymnastics ( ) (14)
- Judo ( ) (5)
- Sailing ( ) (3)
- Shooting ( ) (5)
- Swimming ( ) (22)
- Tennis ( ) (2)
- Volleyball ( ) (1)
- Water polo ( ) (1)
- Weightlifting ( ) (9)
- Wrestling ( ) (20)
Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Turkey)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 51 | 38 | 30 | 119 |
2 | Yugoslavia | 27 | 25 | 26 | 78 |
3 | Spain | 18 | 25 | 24 | 67 |
4 | Turkey* | 18 | 12 | 15 | 45 |
5 | Greece | 8 | 8 | 24 | 40 |
6 | Egypt | 7 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
7 | France | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
8 | Tunisia | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
9 | Morocco | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Syria | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
11 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Libya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 139 | 137 | 154 | 430 |