2018 Mediterranean Games

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XVIII Mediterranean Games
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Emblem of the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Host city Tarragona
Country Spain
Nations participating 26
Debuting countries Kosovo
Athletes participating 4,541
Events 244
Opening ceremony 22 June
Closing ceremony 1 July
Officially opened by Felipe VI of Spain
Main venue Nou Estadi
<  2013 Mersin 2022 Oran  >

The 2018 Mediterranean Games (Spanish: Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games (Spanish: XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 June to 1 July 2018 in Tarragona, 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.[1] The final candidates were Alexandria and Tarragona, where Tarragona won the vote 36–34.[2]

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.

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 NOC Round 1
Tarragona  Spain 36
Alexandria  Egypt 34

Development and preparation

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Tarracus

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.[5]

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.[6][7][8]

Marketing

Tarracus, a humanoid character wearing a Roman helmet, was unveiled as the mascot for 2018 Mediterranean Games in May 2016.[9] 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

Participating nations

The 2018 Mediterranean Games were the first Games in which Kosovo was eligible to participate.

Participating National Committees
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Calendar

 ●  Opening ceremony  ●  Competitions  ●  Event finals  ●  Closing ceremony
June / July
Sport 22nd
Fri		 23rd
Sat		 24th
Sun		 25th
Mon		 26th
Tue		 27th
Wed		 28th
Thu		 29th
Fri		 30th
Sat		 1st
Sun
Ceremonies ● ●
Archery ● ● 4
Artistic gymnastics ● 2 2 10
Athletics 5 7 11 12
Badminton ● ● 2 2
Basketball ● ● 2
Beach volleyball ● ● 2
Bowls ● 4 5
Boxing ● ● ● ● ● 9
20px Canoeing ● 5
Cycling 2 2
Equestrian 1 1
Fencing 2 2
Football ● ● ● ● ● 1
Golf ● ● ● 4
Handball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Judo 5 5 4
Karate  7 3
Rhythmic gymnastics ● 1
Rowing ● ● 6
Sailing ● ● ● ● ● ● 4
Shooting 2 4
Swimming 13 13 14
Table tennis ● ● 2 ● 2
Taekwondo 3 3 2
Tennis ● ● ● 2 2
Triathlon 2
Volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2
Water polo ● ● ● 1 1
Water skiing ● 2
Weightlifting 4 6 4 6 4
Wrestling ● 5 4 5
Total 0 28 41 29 22 22 21 31 46 4
Cumulative Total 0 28 69 98 120 142 163 194 240 244
June / July
Sport 22nd
Fri		 23rd
Sat		 24th
Sun		 25th
Mon		 26th
Tue		 27th
Wed		 28th
Thu		 29th
Fri		 30th
Sat		 1st
Sun

Medal table

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Source: Medal Standings

Broadcasting

Territory Broadcaster Ref
 Albania RTSH
 Algeria EPTV
 Andorra and  Spain
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia HRT
 Cyprus CyBC
 France
 Greece ERT
 Italy RAI
 Macedonia MRT
 MENA
 Montenegro RTCG
 Morocco SNRT
 Portugal
 San Marino RAI
 Serbia RTS
 Slovenia RTV Slovenija
 Tunisia ERTT
 Turkey TRT

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Preceded by Mediterranean Games
Tarragona
2018		 Succeeded by
Oran

External links

Template:Nations at 2018 Mediterranean Games Template:Events at 2018 Mediterranean Games

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