# 1975 Mediterranean Games > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1975_Mediterranean_Games > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1975_Mediterranean_Games.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Mediterranean_Games > Source revision: 1303726382 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 7th edition of the Mediterranean Games VII Mediterranean Games Algiers 1975 Host city Algiers, Algeria Nations 15 Athletes 2,444 Events 160 in 19 sports Opening 23 August 1975 Closing 6 September 1975 Opened by Houari Boumediene Main venue Stade 5 Juillet 1962 ← İzmir 1971 Split 1979 → The **1975 Mediterranean Games**, officially known as the **VII Mediterranean Games**, and commonly known as **Algiers 1975**, were the 7th [Mediterranean Games](/source/Mediterranean_Games). The Games were held in [Algiers](/source/Algiers), [Algeria](/source/Algeria), from 23 August to 6 September 1975, where 2,444 athletes (2,095 men and 349 women) from 15 [countries](/source/Country) participated. There were a total of 160 medal events from 19 different [sports](/source/Sport).[1] ## Participating nations The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1975 Mediterranean Games: - [Algeria](/source/Algeria_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games) (314) - [Egypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egypt_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1) (124) - [France](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=France_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1) (164) - [Greece](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greece_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1) (169) - [Italy](/source/Italy_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games) (269) - [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games) (91) - [Libya](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Libya_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1) (40) - [Malta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malta_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1) (29) - [Monaco](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monaco_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1) (4) - [Morocco](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morocco_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1) (198) - [Spain](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spain_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1) (238) - [Syria](/source/Syria_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games) (177) - [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games) (123) - [Turkey](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turkey_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1) (204) - [Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games) (300) ## Sports [Stade du 5 Juillet](/source/Stade_du_5_Juillet) host the Games - [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics) (31) ([details](/source/Athletics_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games)) - [Basketball](/source/Basketball) (1) ([details](/source/Basketball_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games)) - [Boxing](/source/Boxing) (11) ([details](/source/Boxing_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games)) - [Cycling](/source/Cycle_sport) (6) ([details](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cycling_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1)) - [Fencing](/source/Fencing) (4) ([details](/source/Fencing_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games)) - [Football](/source/Association_football) (1) ([details](/source/Football_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games)) - [Gymnastics](/source/Gymnastics) (14) ([details](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gymnastics_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1)) - [Handball](/source/Handball) (1) ([details](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1)) - [Judo](/source/Judo) (6) ([details](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judo_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1)) - [Sailing](/source/Sailing_(sport)) (3) ([details](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sailing_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1)) - [Shooting](/source/Shooting_sports) (6) ([details](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shooting_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1)) - [Swimming](/source/Swimming_(sport)) (24) ([details](/source/Swimming_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games)) - [Table tennis](/source/Table_tennis) ([details](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Table_tennis_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1)) - [Tennis](/source/Tennis) (2) ([details](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tennis_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1)) - [Volleyball](/source/Volleyball) (2) ([details](/source/Volleyball_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games)) - [Water polo](/source/Water_polo) (1) ([details](/source/Water_polo_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games)) - [Weightlifting](/source/Olympic_weightlifting) (18) ([details](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weightlifting_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games&action=edit&redlink=1)) - [Wrestling](/source/Wrestling) (20) ([details](/source/Wrestling_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games)) ## Medal table * Host nation ([Algeria](/source/Algeria_at_the_1975_Mediterranean_Games)) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Italy 51 40 36 127 2 France 31 25 23 79 3 Yugoslavia 24 17 23 64 4 Spain 14 27 29 70 5 Turkey 12 11 8 31 6 Greece 9 12 16 37 7 Egypt 6 12 15 33 8 Algeria* 4 7 9 20 9 Syria 3 2 11 16 10 Tunisia 3 2 2 7 11 Lebanon 3 0 1 4 12 Morocco 0 4 4 8 13 Libya 0 1 2 3 Totals (13 entries) 160 160 179 499 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["1975 Mediterranean Games"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203523/http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/JM1975.pdf) (PDF) (in French). [CIJM](/source/Comit%C3%A9_international_des_Jeux_m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9ens). Archived from [the original](http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/JM1975.pdf) (PDF) on 2015-09-23. ## External links - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20120815223111/http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/home) – *[CIJM](/source/Comit%C3%A9_international_des_Jeux_m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9ens)* - [Mediterranean Games Athletic results](https://web.archive.org/web/20090412042511/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm) – *GBR Athletics website* v t e Mediterranean Games 1951 Alexandria 1955 Barcelona 1959 Beirut 1963 Naples 1967 Tunis 1971 İzmir 1975 Algiers 1979 Split 1983 Casablanca 1987 Latakia 1991 Athens 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon 1997 Bari 2001 Tunis 2005 Almería 2009 Pescara 2013 Mersin 2018 Tarragona 2022 Oran 2026 Taranto 2030 Pristina --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1975 Mediterranean Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Mediterranean_Games) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Mediterranean_Games?action=history)). 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