 | |
| Nations | 24 |
|---|---|
| Athletes | 900 |
| Events | 58 in 11 sports |
| Opening | 28 August 2015 |
| Closing | 6 September 2015 |
| Opened by | Massimo Cassano [1] Undersecretary at the Ministry of Social Policies |
| Ceremony venue | Marina of Pescara [2] |
| Website | pescara2015.it |
The 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games was the first edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games. It was held from 28 August to 6 September 2015 in Pescara, Italy.
Aquathlon () (2)
Beach handball () (2)
Beach soccer () (1)
Beach tennis () (3)
Beach volleyball () (2)
Beach wrestling () (7)
Finswimming () (18+5) (Pool+Open Water)
Open water swimming () (3)
Water skiing () (6)All 24 member nations of the International Committee for the Mediterranean Games competed in this edition of Mediterranean Beach Games. [3]
Final medal standings are shown below, information from official website of 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games for 58 events while one bronze sharing in beach wrestling. [4] [5] [6]
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy* | 33 | 23 | 14 | 70 |
| 2 |  France | 13 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 |  Greece | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 |  Algeria | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 |  Egypt | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 |  Tunisia | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 |  Turkey | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 |  Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Spain | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 |  Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 |  Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Croatia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 San Marino | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 |  Albania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Libya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 58 | 58 | 59 | 175 | |
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Gianluca Pozzati Italy | Riccardo De Palma Italy | Dylan Magnien France |
| Women | Sara Papais Italy | Anna Godoy Contreras Spain | Elisa Marcon Italy |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Tunisia Mohamed Khalil Ben Mida Achraf Elabed Hassine Hamza Lakhdar Mohamed Maaouia Omar Saied Ahmed Sfar Marouane Soussi Aimen Touzi | Cyprus Christos Argyrou Julios Argyrou Theodotos Christou Christos Hadjiefrem Xenios Kyprianou Andreas Miltos Markides Yiannos Nikiforou Kyriacos Sophocleous Georgios Stylianou Themistoklis Tsivikos | Turkey Çetin Çelik Ozan Erdoğan Musa Günerler Cemal Kütahya Ramazan Mutlu Müjdat Özcan Gökhan Şanlı Yakup Yasar Simsar Ekrem Tüfekçidere Burak Turan |
| Women | Italy Angela Cappellaro Eleonora Costa Irene Fanton Cristina Gheorghe Valentina Landri Francesca Luchin Anika Niederwieser Monika Prünster Laura Celeste Rotondo Gaia Maria Zuin | Greece Ntafina Dimitri Sofia Dimitriou Anna Polyxeni Kaloidi Elisavet Mastaka Eleni Mournou Anastasia Papavasileiou Eleni Poimenidou Niki Ratsika Vasiliki Skara Athina Vasileiadou | Turkey Esma Adnar Neslihan Çalışkan Merve Durdu Serpil İskenderoğlu Sibel Karameke Reyhan Kaya Buket Keskin İrem Köseler Fetane Uzunlar Yeliz Yılmaz |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | Italy Teo Casadei Gian Maria Pazzaglia | Italy Diego Bollettinari Dennis Valmori | San Marino Nicoló Bombini Alvise Galli |
| Women's doubles | Italy Veronica Casadei Greta Giusti | Italy Nicole Nobile Ninny Jannika Valentini | San Marino Alice Grandi Camilla Zafferani |
| Mixed doubles | Italy Nicole Nobile Diego Bollettinari | Italy Veronica Casadei Teo Casadei | Slovenia Marcela Cuderman Urban Cevka |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Turkey Murat Giginoğlu Volkan Gogtepe | Italy Marco Caminati Enrico Rossi | Croatia Filip Silić Ivan Zeljković |
| Women | Serbia Milena Matić Marija Milošević | Italy Laura Giombini Giulia Toti | France Melinda Adelin Zoé Cazalet |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 70 kg | Apostolos Taskoudis Greece | Mehdi Ait Amrane Algeria | Christos Navrozidis Greece |
| Men's 80 kg | Billel Hadri Algeria | Vincenzo Chiara Italy | Georgios Koulouchidis Greece |
| Osman Hajdari Albania | |||
| Men's 90 kg | Salvatore Purpura Italy | Timofei Xenidis Greece | Aly Moustafa Egypt |
| Men's +90 kg | Raja Alkrad Syria | Micheil Tsikovani Greece | Juan Francisco Espino Spain |
| Women's 60 kg | Emilie Dufour France | Rabia Lamalsa Algeria | Amina Benabderrahmane Algeria |
| Women's 70 kg | Agoro Papavasileiou Greece | Aurora Fajardo Spain | Mariana Kolic France |
| Women's +70 kg | Samar Amer Egypt | Aikaterini Eirini Pitsiava Greece | Tassadit Amer Algeria |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10 km | Maximilian Benassi Italy | Esteban Medina Spain | Mattia Colombi Italy |
| Women's 10 km | Stefania Cicali Italy | Anna Alberti Italy | Abir Ben Ismaïl Tunisia |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m apnea | Alexandre Noir France | Cesare Fumarola Italy | Loukas Karetzopoulos Greece |
| 50 m bi-fins | Andrea Pegoraro Italy | Michele Russo Italy | Mohamed Elmozayen Egypt |
| 100 m bi-fins | Andrea Pegoraro Italy | Mohamed Elmozayen Egypt | Michele Russo Italy |
| 200 m bi-fins | Andrea Pegoraro Italy | Mohamed Elmozayen Egypt | Mohamed Benyahia Nedjar Algeria |
| 100 m surface | Alexandre Noir France | Cesare Fumarola Italy | Loukas Karetzopoulos Greece |
| 200 m surface | Christos Christoforidis Greece | Davide De Ceglie Italy | Stefano Figini Italy |
| 400 m surface | Christos Christoforidis Greece | Stefano Figini Italy | Davide De Ceglie Italy |
| 4 × 50 m bi-fins | Italy Davide De Ceglie Giona Cristofari Michele Russo Andrea Pegoraro | Turkey Berker Çakar Can Şerifoğlu Hamit Taha Tayfur Ozcan Esen | France Nicola Crisante Hugo Pellet Stanys Caron Alexandre Noir |
| 4 × 100 m surface | Italy Giona Cristofari Stefano Figini Davide De Ceglie Cesare Fumarola | Spain Jesus Caravaca Javier Lopez David Asin José Antonio Perez | France Alexandre Noir Stanys Caron Nicola Crisante Hugo Pellet |
| Open water 2 km bi-fins | Mohamed Benyahia Nedjar Algeria | Malek Zagrani Tunisia | Mohamed Saadani Tunisia |
| Open water 4 km surface | Davide De Ceglie Italy | Andrej Matic Serbia | Moustafa Nail Egypt |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m apnea | Sofia Ktena Greece | Camille Heitz France | Erica Barbon Italy |
| 50 m bi-fins | Elisa Mammi Italy | Silvia Baroncini Italy | Khouloud Saadani Tunisia |
| 100 m bi-fins | Giorgia Di Credico Italy | Isabella Brambilla Italy | Khouloud Saadani Tunisia |
| 200 m bi-fins | Giorgia Di Credico Italy | Isabella Brambilla Italy | Najla Mansour Tunisia |
| 100 m surface | Camille Heitz France | Sofia Ktena Greece | Erica Barbon Italy |
| 200 m surface | Camille Heitz France | Erica Barbon Italy | Alexandra Nisioti Greece |
| 400 m surface | Erica Barbon Italy | Alexandra Nisioti Greece | Serena Monduzzi Italy |
| 4 × 50 m bi-fins | Italy Elisa Mammi Silvia Baroncini Giorgia Di Credico Erica Barbon | France Colette Gelas Pauline Rivens Camille Heitz Nolwenn Patrie | Tunisia Najla Mansour Amira Trabelsi Meriem Ben Haj Khouloud Saadani |
| 4 × 100 m surface | Italy Erica Barbon Isabella Brambilla Giorgia Di Credico Silvia Baroncini | Turkey Zühre İşici Zeynep Ak Ecem Tekin Beste Tuğçem Akgün | France Oceane Hubaut Nolwenn Patrie Loren Baron Camille Heitz |
| Open water 2 km bi-fins | Elisa Mammi Italy | Najla Mansour Tunisia | Isabella Brambilla Italy |
| Open water 4 km surface | Serena Monduzzi Italy | Yassmin Amin Egypt | Alaa Mohamed Egypt |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open water 4 × 2 km | Italy Stefano Figini Silvia Baroncini Serena Monduzzi Davide De Ceglie | Egypt Abanob Meshrky Alaa Mohamed Yassmin Amin Moustafa Nail | France Antoine Fauveau Pauline Rivens Julien Guilbaut Loren Baron |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5 km | Dario Verani Italy | Andrea Manzi Italy | Georgios Arniakos Greece |
| Women's 5 km | Arianna Bridi Italy | Giulia Gabbrielleschi Italy | Špela Perše Slovenia |
| Mixed 5 km team | Italy Andrea Bianchi Arianna Bridi Dario Verani | Italy Giulia Gabbrielleschi Andrea Manzi Barbara Pozzobon | Croatia Matija Luka Rafaj Ivan Šitić Karla Šitić |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's C1X | Simone Ranieri Italy | Mohamed Ben Sidhom Tunisia | Matej Grobelnik Slovenia |
| Men's C2X | France Benoit Bride Julien Gazaix | Slovenia Gasper Ostanek Vid Pugelj | Italy Tiziano Evangelisti Dino Pari |
| Men's C4X+1 | France Vincent Alligier Benjamin Bajard Guillaume Bec Olivier Duffet Remi Rouviere | Algeria Kamel Ait Daoud Mohamed Abderraouf Djouimai Chaouki Dries Mohamed Ryad Garidi Adlane Larbi | Italy Simone Ferrarese Stefano Gioia Jacopo Mancini Simone Martini Nicolò Pagani |
| Women's C1X | Carmela Pappalardo Italy | Jessica Berra France | Nawel Chiali Algeria |
| Women's C2X | Italy Veronica Paccagnella Benedetta Bellio | Algeria Nawel Chiali Narimane Harzallah | Tunisia Malek Ounis Ibtissem Trimèche |
| Women's C4X+1 | France Justine Billet Anne Jouy Charlène Malaboeuf Agathe Pichon Marie Tavernier | Greece Paraskevi Giannou Panagiota Gkeka Dimitra Kouklotidou Styliani Koumpli Maria Pergouli | Italy Ludovica Lucidi Fabiana Romito Elena Waiglein Serena Cicerchia Ludovica Serafini |
| Relay | France Benoit Bride Julien Gazaix Jessica Berra Lionel Picard Justine Billet Charlène Malaboeuf | Tunisia Abdallah Adouani Skander Cherni Sarra Boulares Mohamed Ben Sidhom Malek Ounis Ibtissem Trimèche | Italy Tiziano Evangelisti Dino Pari Carmela Pappalardo Simone Ranieri Benedetta Bellio Veronica Paccagnella |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's slalom | Thibaut Daillant France | Davide Napolitano Italy | Lorenzo D'Alberto Italy |
| Men's trick | Thibaut Daillant France | Pierre Ballon France | Nikolas Plytas Greece |
| Women's slalom | Clementine Lucine France | Beatrice Ianni Italy | Claire Lise Welter France |
| Women's trick | Clementine Lucine France | Marialuisa Pajni Italy | Natalia Paschou Greece |
| Men's wakeboard | Nicolò Caimi Italy | Yann Calvez France | Lucas Langlois France |
| Women's wakeboard | Giorgia Gregorio Italy | Sina Luxor Egypt | Marie Vympranietsova Greece |
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