1951 Mediterranean Games

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I Mediterranean Games
Alexandria 1951
Alexandria Mediterranean Games 1951 logo.jpg
Host city Alexandria, Egypt
Nations10
Athletes734
Events13 sports
Opening5 October 1951
Closing20 October 1951
Opened by Farouk of Egypt
Main venue Alexandria Stadium

The 1951 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the I Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Alexandria 1951, were the 1st Mediterranean Games. The Games were held for 15 days from 5 to 20 October 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt, where 734 athletes (all men) from 10 countries participated. There were a total of 13 different sports.

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Participating nations

The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1951 Mediterranean Games:

Sports

The inaugural Mediterranean Games sports program featured 13 sports encompassing 91 men-only events. The number in parentheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport.

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.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 27221261
2Flag of France.svg  France 2613544
3Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 20261965
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 103720
5Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 49821
6Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 35715
7Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 24410
8Flag of Lebanon (1943-1995).svg  Lebanon 051419
9Flag of Syria (1930-1958, 1961-1963).svg  Syria 031013
Totals (9 entries)929086268
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