1959 Mediterranean Games

3rd edition of the Mediterranean Games III Mediterranean GamesBeirut 1959 1959 MG (logo).png 200 Beirut, Lebanon 11 792 106 in 16 sports 11 October 1959 23 October 1959 Fuad Chehab Camille Chamoun Stadium Barcelona 1955 Naples 1963 The 1959 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the III Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Beirut 1959, were the 3rd Mediterranean Games.Beirut 1959 https://www.70yearsmg.com/games/beirut-1959/ 2024-06-12 70 Years Mediterranean Games en-USMediterranean Games 1959 (Beirut, Lebanon) https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/medgames59.html 2024-06-12 www.rsssf.org After visiting Africa and Europe, the Mediterranean Games were for the first time held in Asia in Beirut, Lebanon, thus completing the trio of continents belonging to the Mediterranean Sea. The Games took place over 12 days, from 11 to 23 October 1959. There were 792 athletes (all men) from 11 countries participating. There were a total of 106 medal events from 17 different sports. At the end of the competition, France was on top again. The United Arab Republic (UAR), participating for the first time, came in second, and Turkey came third. Participating nations The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1959 Mediterranean Games: 18em FRA at the 1959 Mediterranean Games (66) GRE at the 1959 Mediterranean Games old (69) ITA at the 1959 Mediterranean Games (55) LIB at the 1959 Mediterranean Games (180) MLT at the 1959 Mediterranean Games 1943 (2) MAR at the 1959 Mediterranean Games (14) ESP at the 1959 Mediterranean Games 1945 (83) TUN at the 1959 Mediterranean Games 1959 (28) TUR at the 1959 Mediterranean Games (91) UAR at the 1959 Mediterranean Games (162) YUG at the 1959 Mediterranean Games (42) Sports The 1959 Mediterranean Games sports program featured 106 men-only events in 16 sports. The number in parentheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport. Three sports from the 1955 games – field hockey, roller hockey and rugby – were all dropped from the program. Rowing competition also was not held. In wrestling, 8 Freestyle events returned having skipped 1955, and in sailing only one event was held (down from three in 1955). 18em Athletics (23) Basketball (1) Boxing (10) Cycling (6) Diving (2) Equestrian (6) Fencing (6) Football (1) Gymnastics (8) Sailing (1) Shooting (9) Swimming (8) Volleyball (1) Water polo (1) Weightlifting (7) Wrestling (16) Medal table LIB flaglink at the 1959 Mediterranean Games 26 27 16 23 21 30 13 8 1 12 5 4 11 9 8 8 9 13 GRE at the 1959 Mediterranean Games old 5 12 12 ESP at the 1959 Mediterranean Games 1945 3 10 17 yes 3 2 1 TUN at the 1959 Mediterranean Games 1959 2 3 2 References External links 1959 – BEYROUTH (LIB) at International Committee of Mediterranean Games official web site Mediterranean Games Athletic results at gbrathletics website Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games M Category:Multi-sport events in Lebanon Mediterranean Games, 1959 Category:Mediterranean Games by year Mediterranean Games, 1959 Mediterranean Games