The 2018 Mediterranean Games (, ), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games (, ) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 June to 1 July 2018 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Tarragona was announced as the host city at the ICMG General Assembly in Mersin, Turkey, on 15 October 2011.
Bidding process The host city was announced during the ICMG General Assembly scheduled which took place in Mersin, Turkey (host of the 2013 Mediterranean Games) on 15 October 2011. The final candidates were Alexandria and Tarragona, where Tarragona won the vote 36–34.
Alexandria, Egypt Alexandria hosted the first Mediterranean Games and planned to build a new Olympic Village for the 2017 Mediterranean Games in the iconic South Mediterranean city.
Tarragona, Spain Under the motto "History making history", Tarragona planned to take the Games to Spain for the third time after the 1955 Mediterranean Games in Barcelona and the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería. 2018 Mediterranean Games bidding results City NOCRound 1 Tarragona 36 Alexandria 34
Development and preparation
The International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG) announced in November 2016 that Tarragona was postponing its hosting of the Mediterranean Games from 2017 to 2018 due to funding problems caused by Spanish political and economical instability.
Some doubts were expressed in 2017 about the holding of the games due to the 2017 Spanish constitutional crisis after the Catalan government unilaterally declared independence on 27 October.
Marketing Tarracus, a humanoid character wearing a Roman helmet, was unveiled as the mascot for 2018 Mediterranean Games in May 2016. The pattern on the helmet plume is based on the flag of Tarragona.
The Games Sports The 2018 Mediterranean Games sports program featured 28 sports encompassing 244 events. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses. Triathlon was the only new sport added to the Mediterranean Games program. Equestrian and Golf came back after being absent in Mersin. Disabled events were held in swimming and athletics. Basketball tournament was held in the 3x3 format. Boxing and football were only men's events, while Rhythmic Gymnastics was women's only. The number in paratheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport.
2018 Mediterranean Games sports programme Aquatics
Paralympic swimming ()
Athletics Paralympic athletics
Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics () Rhythmic gymnastics ()
Volleyball
Volleyball ()
Participating nations The 2018 Mediterranean Games were the first Games in which Kosovo was eligible to participate. Participating National Committees Albania (59) Algeria (233) Andorra (34) Bosnia and Herzegovina (70) Croatia (99) Cyprus (123) Egypt (177) France (310) Greece (299) Italy (419) (top) Kosovo (40) Lebanon (21) Libya (30) Macedonia (72) Malta (11) Monaco (22) Montenegro (57) Morocco (114) Portugal (233) San Marino (16) Serbia (140) Slovenia (174) Spain (396) (host) Syria (33) Tunisia (132) Turkey (349)
Calendar ● Opening ceremony ● Competitions ● Event finals ● Closing ceremony June / July Sport 22ndFri 23rdSat 24thSun 25thMon 26thTue 27thWed 28thThu 29thFri 30thSat 1stSun Ceremonies● ● Archery●●4 Artistic gymnastics ●2210 Athletics 571112 Badminton●●22 Basketball ●●2 Beach volleyball ●●2 Bowls ●45 Boxing ●●●●●9 Canoeing●5 Cycling 2 2 Equestrian 1 1 Fencing 22 Football● ● ● ●●1 Golf ●●●4 Handball●●●●●●●11 Judo 554 Karate 73 Rhythmic gymnastics ●1 Rowing ●●6 Sailing ●●●●●●4 Shooting24 Swimming 131314 Table tennis ●●2●2 Taekwondo 332 Tennis ●●●22 Triathlon2 Volleyball●●●●●●●●●2 Water polo ●●●11 Water skiing●2 Weightlifting 46464 Wrestling ●545 Total 028412922222131464 Cumulative Total0286998120142163194240244June / July Sport 22ndFri 23rdSat 24thSun 25thMon 26thTue 27thWed 28thThu 29thFri 30thSat 1stSun
Medal table
Source: Medal Standings
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