1979 Mediterranean Games

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VIII Mediterranean Games
Split 1979
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Host city Split, Yugoslavia
Nations14
Athletes2,408
Events192 in 26 sports
Opening15 September 1979
Closing29 September 1979
Opened by Josip Broz Tito
Main venue Gradski stadion u Poljudu

The 1979 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VIII Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Split 1979, were the 8th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia, from 15 to 29 September 1979, where 2,408 athletes (2,009 men and 399 women) from 14 countries participated. There were a total of 192 medal events from 26 different sports.

Contents

The games' mascot was a Mediterranean monk seal named Adrijana.

Sports

The sports program featured 192 events. The number in parentheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Yugoslavia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia*563833127
2Flag of France.svg  France 554034129
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 496347159
4Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 16203268
5Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7101330
6Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 551424
7Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 391022
8Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 151016
9Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia 12912
10Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1102
11Flag of Syria (1972-1980).svg  Syria 1001
12Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 0235
Totals (12 entries)195195205595

Participating nations

The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1979 Mediterranean Games:

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