1967 Mediterranean Games

V Mediterranean Games
Tunis 1967

Host city	Tunis, Tunisia
Nations	12
Athletes	1,249
Events	93 in 14 sports
Opening	8 September 1967
Closing	17 September 1967
Opened by	Habib Bourguiba
Main venue	Stade El Menzah
←  Naples 1963 İzmir 1971  →

The 1967 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the V Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Tunis 1967, were the 5th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Tunis, Tunisia over 9 days, from 8 to 17 September 1967, where 1,249 athletes (1,211 men and 38 women) from 11 countries participated. For the first time, women took part in the games. There were a total of 93 medal events from 14 different sports.

Participating nations

The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1967 Mediterranean Games:

•   Algeria
•   Spain
•   France
•   Greece
•   Italy
•   Lebanon
•   Libya
•   Morocco
•   Malta
•   Tunisia
•   Turkey
•   Yugoslavia

Sports

The second Mediterranean Games sports program featured 93 events in 14 sports. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of medal events per sport.

•   Athletics ( details ) (28)
•   Basketball ( details ) (1)
•   Boxing ( details ) (10)
•   Cycling ( details ) (3)
•   Fencing ( details ) (3)
•   Football ( details ) (1)
•   Gymnastics ( details ) (8)
•   Handball ( details ) (1)
•   Swimming ( details ) (11)
•   Tennis ( details ) (2)
•   Volleyball ( details ) (1)
•   Water polo ( details ) (1)
•   Weightlifting ( details ) (7)
•   Wrestling ( details ) (16)

Medals

  *   Host nation (Tunisia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	35	26	22	83
2	Yugoslavia	15	16	5	36
3	Spain	10	14	27	51
4	Turkey	9	9	6	24
5	France	7	4	4	15
6	Tunisia*	5	9	11	25
7	Greece	5	6	12	23
8	Morocco	1	1	3	5
9	Lebanon	0	1	2	3
10	Algeria	0	0	3	3
11	Libya	0	0	2	2
Totals (11 entries)		87	86	97	270

References

• Serbian Olympic Committee

See also

• International Mediterranean Games Committee
• Mediterranean Games Athletic results at gbrathletics website