The Mediterranean Games
The first Mediterranean Games took place in 1951 in Alexandria, in Egypt.The founder of the Games and a cousin of King Farouk was Mr. Mohammed Taher, who at these first games, organised a competition between 743 athletes representing ten countries. The games are organised every four years under the aegis of the International Olympic Committee.
To date, the Principality has been represented eleven times:
Barcelona | 1955 |
Naples | 1963 |
Algier | 1975 |
Split | 1979 |
Casablanca | 1983 |
Latakia | 1987 |
Athens | 1991 |
Agde | 1993 |
Bari | 1997 |
Tunis | 2001 |
Almería | 2005 |
Pescara | 2009 |
The Games of the Small States of Europe
A new sports event saw the light of day in May 1985 - biennial games in which eight small states from Europe competed : Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino. It was the capital of the latter, San Marino, that had the honour of organising the 1st Games.
THE GAMES OF THE SMALL STATES OF EUROPE
Achievements by Monegasque Athletes at the Games of the Small States of Europe:
Country | Year | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
San-Marino | 1985 | 17 | 2 | 2 | ||
Monaco | 1987 | 80 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
Cyprus | 1989 | 152 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
Andorra | 1991 | 140 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
Malta | 1993 | 120 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 |
Luxembourg | 1995 | 105 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 24 |
Iceland | 1997 | 60 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
Liechtenstein | 1999 | 52 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
San-Marino | 2001 | 65 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 |
Malta | 2003 | 87 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
Andorra | 2005 | 70 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 37 |
Monaco | 2007 | 139 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 52 |
Cyprus | 2009 | 90 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 42 |
Liechtenstein | 2011 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 29 | |
Luxembourg | 2013 | 90 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Island | 2015 | 103 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 33 |
San Marino | 2017 | 98 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 |