1983 Mediterranean Games
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The 9th edition of the Mediterranean Games
was held in Casablanca
, Morocco
from the 3rd to the 17th of September 1983. Sixteen nations competed in 20 different sporting events.
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 Casablanca
Casablanca
Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...
, Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
from the 3rd to the 17th of September 1983. Sixteen nations competed in 20 different sporting events.
Medal table
| 1 |  Italy |
53 | 43 | 46 | 142 |
| 2 |  Early Modern France |
32 | 39 | 26 | 97 |
| 3 |  Spain |
17 | 20 | 27 | 64 |
| 4 |  Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
16 | 18 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 |  Turkey |
12 | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 6 |  Greece |
11 | 10 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 |  Morocco |
8 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 8 |  Algeria |
4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 |  Tunisia |
4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 |  Egypt |
1 | 9 | 12 | 22 |
| 11 |  Lebanon |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 |  Syria |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 159 | 158 | 177 | 494 | |
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