Swimming is one of the sports at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games competition, a regional multi-sports event open to athletes from countries located around the Mediterranean Sea. It has been one of the sports featured in every event since the inaugural edition in 1951.

Editions

Games Year Host city Host country Swimming events Top medallists
M F
I1951Alexandria Egypt7France France
II1955Barcelona Spain8France France
III1959Beirut Lebanon8Italy Italy
IV1963Naples Italy8Italy Italy
V1967Tunis Tunisia83Spain Spain
VI1971İzmir Turkey157Italy Italy
VII1975Algiers Algeria156Italy Italy
VIII1979Split Yugoslavia1313Italy Italy
IX1983Casablanca Morocco1514Italy Italy
X1987Latakia Syria1514Italy Italy
XI1991Athens Greece1615France France
XII1993Mende, Lozère France1615France France
XIII1997Bari Italy1716Italy Italy
XIV2001Tunis Tunisia1616Spain Spain
XV2005Almería Spain2020France France
XVI2009Pescara Italy1919Italy Italy
XVII2013Mersin Turkey1919Italy Italy
XVIII2018Tarragona Spain1919Italy Italy
XIX2022Oran Algeria1919Italy Italy

Events

As of the most recent 2018 edition, the swimming program features 19 men's and 19 women's events. Four men's events have been held every time since the inaugural 1951 edition (100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m breaststroke, and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay).

In the first four editions from 1951 to 1963 the swimming program only featured men's events. The program was expanded to include women for the 1967 edition, with only three events initially available to them (100 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke, 100 m breaststroke). New events were gradually added over the decades so that full parity was achieved by 2001.

All current events are contested by men and women, the sole exception being the longest-distance freestyle swimming race - the 1500 m event is men only and the 800 m event is women only.

Men's events

Event51555963677175798387919397010509131822Games
Current program
Freestyle 50 m XXXXXXXXX9
100 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX19
200 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXX14
400 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX19
1500 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX18
Backstroke 50 m XXXXX5
100 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX18
200 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX15
Breaststroke 50 m XXXXX5
100 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX15
200 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX19
Butterfly 50 m XXXXX5
100 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX15
200 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX17
Individual medley 200 m XXXXXXXXXXXXX13
400 m XXXXXXXXXXXXXX14
Relays 4 × 100 m freestyle XXXXXXXXXXXXX13
4 × 200 m freestyle XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX19
4 × 100 m medley XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX18
Past events
3 × 100 m medley relay X1
15 km open water X1
800 m freestyle X1
Events 788881515131515161617162019191919

Women's events

Event51555963677175798387919397010509131822Games
Current program
50 m freestyle XXXXXXXXX9
100 m freestyle XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX15
200 m freestyle XXXXXXXXXXXX12
400 m freestyle XXXXXXXXXXXXXX14
800 m freestyle XXXXXXXXXXXX12
50 m backstroke XXXXX5
100 m backstroke XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX15
200 m backstroke XXXXXXXXXXXX12
50 m breaststroke XXXXX5
100 m breaststroke XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX15
200 m breaststroke XXXXXXXXXXXX12
50 m butterfly XXXXX5
100 m butterfly XXXXXXXXXXXXXX14
200 m butterfly XXXXXXXXXXXX12
200 m individual medley XXXXXXXXXXXX12
400 m individual medley XXXXXXXXXXXX12
4 × 100 m freestyle relay XXXXXXXXXXXXXX14
4 × 200 m freestyle relay XXXXXX6
4 × 100 m medley relay XXXXXXXXXXXX12
Past events
15 km open water X1
1500 m freestyle X1
Events 0000376131414151516162019191919

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2022 Mediterranean Games

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)216166143525
2 France (FRA)1169674286
3 Spain (ESP)64114121299
4 Greece (GRE)223548105
5 Serbia (SRB)21212567
6 Slovenia (SLO)14201448
7 Tunisia (TUN)127625
8 Algeria (ALG)73616
9 Turkey (TUR)6112744
10 Croatia (CRO)59923
11 Egypt (EGY)571022
12 Portugal (POR)35513
13 Cyprus (CYP)2248
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2002
15 Syria (SYR)1001
Totals (15 entries)4964964921484

Games records

References

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