| Swimming at the 1959 Mediterranean Games | |
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| Location | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Dates | 11–23 October 1959 |
The swimming competition at the 1959 Mediterranean Games was held in Beirut, Lebanon.
| Swimming at the 1959 Mediterranean Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Location | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Dates | 11–23 October 1959 |
The swimming competition at the 1959 Mediterranean Games was held in Beirut, Lebanon.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | Paolo Pucci  Italy | 57.2 | Janez Kocmur  Yugoslavia | 58.2 | Giorgio Perondini Italy | 58.4 |
| 400 m freestyle | Vlado Brinovec Yugoslavia | 4:44.5 | Milan Jeger Yugoslavia | 4:44.9 | Guy Montserret  France | 4:47.8 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Guy Montserret France | 19:05.4 | Vlado Brinovec Yugoslavia | 19:48.6 | Zein Yahia Ahmed  United Arab Republic | 20:03.6 |
| 100 m backstroke | Robert Christophe France | 1:04.8 | Mihovil Dorčić Yugoslavia | 1:06.4 | Christian Schollmeier Italy | 1:08.1 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Roberto Lazzari Italy | 2:48.7 | Guillermo Alsina  Spain | 2:51.8 | Zakaropoulos  Greece | 2:55.6 |
| 200 m butterfly | Federico Dennerlein Italy | 2:26.7 | René Pirolley France | 2:30.3 | José Vicente León Spain | 2:36.1 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Italy | 8:50.6 | Yugoslavia | 9:00.7 | France | 9:09.7 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Italy | 4:27.1 | France | 4:31.0 | Yugoslavia | 4:35.7 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | France | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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