The XIV Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2001), commonly known as the 2001 Mediterranean Games, were the 14th
Mediterranean Games held in
Tunis
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, 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
sport
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
won the most
gold medals in the competition (40) while
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
had the greatest medal haul overall with 136 in total.
Turkey
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Greece
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rounded out the top five, shortly followed by the host country in sixth place.
Two
disability events were incorporated into the
athletics
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Sports
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** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
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programme – there was a 1500 m
wheelchair race
Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, amputees, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy and partially sighted (when combined with another ...
for men and an 800 m for women.
"Updates on Mediterranean Games"
(2008-04-24) ''Tunisia Online''. Archived fro
the original
Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
Participating nations
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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
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