1979 Mediterranean Games
Encyclopedia
The 8th edition of the Mediterranean Games
was held in Split
, Yugoslavia
(in present-day Croatia
) from 15 to 29 September 1979. Fourteen nations competed in 26 different sports.
The games' mascot was the Mediterranean Monk Seal
Adrijana.
Mediterranean Games
The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet. The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first...
was held in Split
Split (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
, Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
(in present-day Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
) from 15 to 29 September 1979. Fourteen nations competed in 26 different sports.
The games' mascot was the Mediterranean Monk Seal
Mediterranean Monk Seal
The Mediterranean monk seal is a pinniped belonging to the Phocidae family. At some 450-510 remaining individuals, it is believed to be the world's second-rarest pinniped , and one of the most endangered mammals in the world.It is present in parts of the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic...
Adrijana.
Medal table
| 1 |  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
56 | 38 | 33 | 127 |
| 2 |  Early Modern France |
55 | 40 | 34 | 129 |
| 3 |  Italy |
49 | 63 | 47 | 159 |
| 4 |  Spain |
16 | 20 | 32 | 68 |
| 5 |  Greece |
7 | 10 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 |  Turkey |
5 | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 7 |  Egypt |
3 | 9 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 |  Algeria |
1 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 9 |  Tunisia |
1 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 10 |  Lebanon |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Syria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Morocco |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 195 | 195 | 205 | 595 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|