| Tunisia at the Mediterranean Games | |
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| IOC code | TUN |
| NOC | Tunisian Olympic Committee |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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| Mediterranean Games appearances (overview) | |
Tunisia has competed at every celebration of the Mediterranean Games since the 1959 Mediterranean Games. As of 2022 Mediterranean Games, Tunisian athletes have won a total of 349 medals.
Host nation
Below the table representing all Tunisian medals around the games. Till now, Tunisia won 349 medals where 89 of them are gold. [1]
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 Alexandria | The country was under the French Occupation and thus they Did not participate | |||||
| 1955 Barcelona | ||||||
| 1959 Beirut | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 1963 Naples | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 1967 Tunis | 5 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 6 | |
| 1971 İzmir | 83 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| 1975 Algiers | 123 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 1979 Split | 154 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| 1983 Casablanca | 99 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 1987 Latakia | 47 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 |
| 1991 Athens | 82 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon | 60 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| 1997 Bari | 74 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 12 |
| 2001 Tunis | 303 | 19 | 12 | 25 | 56 | 6 |
| 2005 Almería | 124 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 7 |
| 2009 Pescara [2] | 131 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 6 |
| 2013 Mersin [3] | 74 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 48 | 10 |
| 2018 Tarragona [4] | 132 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 10 |
| 2022 Oran [5] | 175 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 10 |
| Total | 89 | 101 | 159 | 349 | 8 | |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Athletics | 17 | 17 | 21 | 55 |
 Boxing | 17 | 16 | 30 | 63 |
 Swimming | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
 Football | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Handball | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bocce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Cycling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Fencing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Gymnastics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Judo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Karate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Tennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (15 entries) | 45 | 40 | 61 | 146 |
The Tunisian athlete who won the most medals in the history of the Mediterranean Games, by swimmer Oussama Mellouli.
| Athlete | Sport | Games |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oussama Mellouli | Swimming | 2001–2005–2009–2013 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Mouna Beji |  Boules | 2009–2013–2018–2022 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mohammed Gammoudi | Athletics | 1963–1967 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
| # | Venue and Year | Men | Women | Total | |||||||||
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 |  |  | Tot. | | | | Tot. | | | | Tot. | ||
| 1 |  Alexandria 1951 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 2 |  Barcelona 1955 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 3 |  Beirut 1959 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 4 |  Naples 1963 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 5 |  Tunis 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  İzmir 1971 | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  Algiers 1975 | ||||||||||||
| 8 |  Split 1979 | ||||||||||||
| 9 |  Casablanca 1983 | ||||||||||||
| 10 |  Latakia 1987 | ||||||||||||
| 11 |  Athens 1991 | ||||||||||||
| 12 |  Narbonne 1993 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Bari 1997 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Tunis 2001 | ||||||||||||
| 15 |  Almeria 2005 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Pescara 2009 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Mersin 2013 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Tarragona 2018 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Oran 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||
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