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	Spain
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	France
XII	1993	Mende, Lozère	France	16	15	France
XIII	1997	Bari	Italy	17	16	Italy
XIV	2001	Tunis	Tunisia	16	16	Spain
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
XIX	2022	Oran	Algeria	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	97	01	05	09	13	18	22	Games
Freestyle
50 m											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
100 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
200 m						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
400 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
800 m freestyle															X					1
1500 m	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
4 × 100 m						X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
4 × 200 m freestyle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	₁₉
Backstroke
50 m															X	X	X	X	X	5
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	X	X	15
Breaststroke
50 m															X	X	X	X	X	5
100 m					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
200 m	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	19
Butterfly
50 m															X	X	X	X	X	5
100 m					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
200 m		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17
Medley
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	14
4 × 100 m		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
3 × 100 m	X																			1
Open Water
15 km open water													X							1
Events	7	8	8	8	8	15	15	13	15	15	16	16	17	16	20	19	19	19	19

Women's events

Event	51	55	59	63	67	71	75	79	83	87	91	93	97	01	05	09	13	18	22	Games
Current program
50 m freestyle											X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
100 m freestyle					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
200 m freestyle								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
400 m freestyle						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
800 m freestyle								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
50 m backstroke															X	X	X	X	X	5
100 m backstroke					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
200 m backstroke								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
50 m breaststroke															X	X	X	X	X	5
100 m breaststroke					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
200 m breaststroke								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
50 m butterfly															X	X	X	X	X	5
100 m butterfly						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
200 m butterfly								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
200 m individual medley						X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
400 m individual medley								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
4 × 100 m freestyle relay						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
4 × 200 m freestyle relay														X	X	X	X	X	X	6
4 × 100 m medley relay								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
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	19

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2022 Mediterranean Games


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	216	166	143	525
2	France (FRA)	116	96	74	286
3	Spain (ESP)	64	114	121	299
4	Greece (GRE)	22	35	48	105
5	Serbia (SRB)	21	21	25	67
6	Slovenia (SLO)	14	20	14	48
7	Tunisia (TUN)	12	7	6	25
8	Algeria (ALG)	7	3	6	16
9	Turkey (TUR)	6	11	27	44
10	Croatia (CRO)	5	9	9	23
11	Egypt (EGY)	5	7	10	22
12	Portugal (POR)	3	5	5	13
13	Cyprus (CYP)	2	2	4	8
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	2	0	0	2
15	Syria (SYR)	1	0	0	1
Totals (15 entries)		496	496	492	1,484

Games records

References

External links

International Mediterranean Games Committee