Volleyball has been played consistently at the Mediterranean Games since the year 1959 for men and since the year 1975 for women . The Italy men's national volleyball team are the most successful men's team and also the Italy women's national volleyball team is the most successful team for women.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 |  Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |  France | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  Spain | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 |  Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Turkey | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 |  Tunisia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Greece | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 |  Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold medalist | Score |  Silver medalist |  Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1975 Details |  Algiers |  Yugoslavia | 3–2 [4] |  Italy |  Turkey | 3–1 [6] |  Egypt | ||
| 1979 Details | Split | Italy | Yugoslavia |  France | Turkey | ||||
| 1983 Details |  Casablanca | Italy | France | Yugoslavia |  Morocco | ||||
| 1987 Details |  Latakia |  Albania | 3–0 [7] | Turkey | Italy |  Greece | |||
| 1991 Details | Athens | Italy | 3–0 [8] | Turkey | Greece | 3-0 [9] | Albania | ||
| 1993 Details | Languedoc-Roussillon |  Croatia | France | Turkey | Greece | ||||
| 1997 Details | Bari | Italy | Turkey | France |  Yugoslavia | ||||
| 2001 Details | Tunis | Italy | 3–0 | Turkey | France | 3–1 | Greece | ||
| 2005 Details | Almería | Turkey | 3–0 | Greece | Italy | 3–1 | Croatia | ||
| 2009 Details | Pescara | Italy | 3–2 | Turkey | Croatia | 3–0 | Greece | ||
| 2013 Details | Mersin | Italy | 3–1 | Turkey | Croatia | 3–2 |  Slovenia | ||
| 2018 Details | Tarragona | Croatia | 3–1 | Greece | Turkey | 3–1 | France | ||
| 2022 Details | Oran | Italy | 3–1 | Turkey |  Serbia | 3–2 |  Spain | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Turkey | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | France | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Greece | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 15 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 2 |  Yugoslavia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 |  Croatia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 |  France | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 |  Turkey | 1 | 11 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 |  Spain | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 |  Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Greece | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 |  Tunisia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 | |
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