2001 Mediterranean Games

XIV Mediterranean Games

Host city	Tunis, Tunisia
Nations	23
Athletes	2,991
Events	230 in 23 sports
Opening	2 September 2001
Closing	15 September 2001
Opened by	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Main venue	Stade 7 November

The XIV Mediterranean Games (Arabic: ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2001), commonly known as the 2001 Mediterranean Games, were the 14th Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 2–15 September 2001, where 2,991 athletes (1,972 men and 1,019 women) from 23 countries participated. There were a total of 230 medal events from 23 different sports.

France won the most gold medals in the competition (40) while Italy had the greatest medal haul overall with 136 in total. Turkey, Spain and Greece rounded out the top five, shortly followed by the host country in sixth place. Two disability events were incorporated into the athletics programme – there was a 1500 m wheelchair race for men and an 800 m for women.

The Tunisian organisers of the Games decided not to hold the closing ceremony because of the September 11 attacks.

Participating nations

The following is a list of nations that participated in the 2001 Mediterranean Games:

•  Albania (42)
•  Algeria (155)
•  Andorra (9)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (26)
•  Croatia (134)
•  Cyprus (66)
•  Egypt (69)
•  France (303)
•  Greece (338)
•  Italy (329)
•  Jordan (20)
•  Lebanon (59)
•  Libya (33)
•  Malta (16)
•  Monaco (7)
•  Morocco (117)
•  San Marino (51)
•  Slovenia (133)
•  Spain (301)
•  Syria (76)
•  Tunisia (303)
•  Turkey (261)
•  FR Yugoslavia (143)

Sports

•  Athletics ()
•  Basketball ()
•  Boxing ()
•  Bowls ()
•  Cycling ()
•  Fencing ()
•  Football ()
•  Golf ()
•  Gymnastics ()
•  Handball ()
•  Judo ()
•  Karate ()
•  Rowing ()
•  Sailing ()
•  Shooting ()
•  Swimming ()
•  Tennis ()
•  Table tennis ()
•  Volleyball ()
•  Water polo ()
•  Weightlifting ()
•  Wrestling ()

Medal table

The rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. Equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically if after the above, countries are still tied. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

Place	Nation				Total
1	France	40	32	50	122
2	Italy	38	59	39	136
3	Turkey	33	16	12	61
4	Spain	31	26	41	98
5	Greece	28	33	26	87
6	Tunisia	19	12	25	56
7	Algeria	10	10	12	32
8	Egypt	7	13	17	37
9	Croatia	6	6	6	18
10	Morocco	6	4	5	15
11	Slovenia	5	5	10	20
12	Yugoslavia	3	5	14	22
13	Cyprus	1	1	3	5
14	Syria	0	5	4	9
15	Lebanon	0	1	1	2
16	Albania	0	1	0	1
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	3	3
18	Libya	0	0	1	1
Total		227	229	269	725

External links

• International Mediterranean Games Committee
• Results