The XIV Mediterranean Games (), commonly known as the 2001 Mediterranean Games, were the 14th Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 2–15 September 2001, where 2,991 athletes (1,972 men and 1,019 women) from 23 countries participated. There were a total of 230 medal events from 23 different sports.
France won the most gold medals in the competition (40) while Italy had the greatest medal haul overall with 136 in total. Turkey, Spain and Greece rounded out the top five, shortly followed by the host country in sixth place. Two disability events were incorporated into the athletics programme – there was a 1500 m wheelchair race for men and an 800 m for women."Updates on Mediterranean Games" (2008-04-24) Tunisia Online. Archived from the original. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
The Tunisian organisers of the Games decided not to hold the closing ceremony because of the September 11 attacks.ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΑΚΟΙ ΑΓΩΝΕΣ: Ξεχώρισαν οι ρίπτες
Participating nations The following is a list of nations that participated in the 2001 Mediterranean Games:
Sports
Medal table The rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. Equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically if after the above, countries are still tied. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.
Place Nation Total 1 40 32 50 122 2 38 59 39 136 3 33 16 12 61 4 31 26 41 98 5 28 33 26 87 6 19 12 25 56 7 10 10 12 32 8 7 13 17 37 9 6 6 6 18 10 6 4 5 15 11 5 5 10 20 12 3 5 14 22 13 1 1 3 5 14 0 5 4 9 15 0 1 1 2 16 0 1 0 1 17 0 0 3 3 18 0 0 1 1 Total 227 229 269725
References
External links International Mediterranean Games Committee Results