1979 Mediterranean Games

VIII Mediterranean Games
Split 1979
Host city	Split, Yugoslavia
Nations	14
Athletes	2,408
Events	192 in 26 sports
Opening	15 September 1979
Closing	29 September 1979
Opened by	Josip Broz Tito
Main venue	Gradski stadion u Poljudu

The 1979 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VIII Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Split 1979, were the 8th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia, from 15 to 29 September 1979, where 2,408 athletes (2,009 men and 399 women) from 14 countries participated. There were a total of 192 medal events from 26 different sports.

The games' mascot was a Mediterranean monk seal named Adrijana.

Sports

The sports program featured 192 events. The number in parentheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport.

Archery () (2)
Athletics () (37)
Basketball () (1)
Boxing () (11)
Canoeing () (13)
Cycling () (2)
Diving () (4)
Equestrian () (2)
Fencing () (4)
Field hockey () (1)
Football () (1)
Gymnastics () (14)
Handball () (2)
Judo () (8)
Rowing () (8)
Rugby union () (1)
Sailing () (3)
Shooting () (8)
Swimming () (26)
Table tennis () (7)
Tennis () (4)
Volleyball () (2)
Water polo () (1)
Weightlifting () (10)
Wrestling () (20)

Medal table

* Host nation (Yugoslavia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Yugoslavia*	56	38	33	127
2	France	55	40	34	129
3	Italy	49	63	47	159
4	Spain	16	20	32	68
5	Greece	7	10	13	30
6	Turkey	5	5	14	24
7	Egypt	3	9	10	22
8	Algeria	1	5	10	16
9	Tunisia	1	2	9	12
10	Lebanon	1	1	0	2
11	Syria	1	0	0	1
12	Morocco	0	2	3	5
Totals (12 entries)		195	195	205	595

Participating nations

The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1979 Mediterranean Games:

Algeria (136)
Egypt (205)
France (287)
Greece (195)
Italy (368)
Lebanon (13)
Malta (68)
Monaco (5)
Morocco (106)
Spain (263)
Syria (11)
Tunisia (154)
Turkey (188)
Yugoslavia (409)