1997 Mediterranean Games
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The 13th edition of the Mediterranean Games
were held in Bari
, Italy
from the 13th to the 25th of June 1997. Twenty one nations competed in 27 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...
were held in Bari
Bari
Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
from the 13th to the 25th of June 1997. Twenty one nations competed in 27 different sporting events.
Medal table
| 1 |  Italy |
76 | 62 | 55 | 193 |
| 2 |  Early Modern France |
55 | 44 | 47 | 146 |
| 3 |  Turkey |
28 | 16 | 21 | 65 |
| 4 |  Spain |
18 | 30 | 47 | 95 |
| 5 |  Greece |
19 | 22 | 21 | 62 |
| 6 |  Algeria |
6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 7 |  Independent State of Croatia |
6 | 16 | 10 | 32 |
| 8 |  Slovenia |
5 | |8 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | align=left | |5 | |4 | 13 | 22 |
| 10 |  Morocco |
5 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 |  Egypt |
3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 12 |  Tunisia |
2 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 13 |  Syria |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 |  Cyprus |
0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Albania |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Malta |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 |  San Marino |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 230 | 231 | 269 | 730 | |
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