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XVIII Mediterranean Games
Tarragona 2018

Host city	Tarragona
Nations participating	26
Athletes participating	4,541
Events	244 in 28 sports
Opening ceremony	22 June
Closing ceremony	1 July
Officially opened by	King Felipe VI of Spain
Main venue	Nou Estadi
Website	Official website
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The XVIIIth Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 2018 Mediterranean Games, were an international multi-sport event held from June 22 to July 1, 2018 in Tarragona, Spain.

Candidate cities

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, Egypt^[3]

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^[4]

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

Change of year and other crisis

On 9 November 2016, it was announced by the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG) that Tarragona was postponing its hosting of the Mediterranean Games from 2017 to 2018 due to funding problems caused by the 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 2017.^[6][7][8]

Mascot

Tarracus

Tarracus, a humanoid character wearing a Roman helmet, was unveiled as the mascot for 2018 Mediterranean Games on May 2016.^[9] The pattern on the helmet plume is based on the flag of Tarragona.

Nations

Sports

Triathlon was the only new sport added to the Mediterranean Games program. Equestrian and Golf came back after being absent in Mersin. Disabled events will be held in swimming and athletics. Basketball tournament would be held in the 3x3 format. Boxing and football are going to hold only men's events, while Rhythmic Gymnastics would be women's only. The number in paratheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport.

Calendar

	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
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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	56	55	45	156
2	Spain	38	40	44	122
3	Turkey	31	25	39	95
4	France	28	31	40	99
5	Egypt	18	11	16	45
6	Greece	12	14	21	47
7	Serbia	12	11	9	32
8	Morocco	10	7	7	24
9	Croatia	9	5	3	17
10	Tunisia	6	13	13	32
11	Slovenia	4	9	23	36
12	Cyprus	4	2	2	8
13	Portugal	3	8	13	24
14	Kosovo	3	1	0	4
15	Algeria	2	4	7	13
16	Syria	2	2	3	7
17	Macedonia	2	1	3	6
18	San Marino	2	0	0	2
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	3	5
20	Albania	1	1	0	2
21	Montenegro	0	2	2	4
22	Monaco	0	2	0	2
23	Lebanon	0	1	0	1
24	Malta	0	0	1	1
25	Andorra	0	0	0	0
	Libya	0	0	0	0
	Total	244	246	294	784

Source: Medal Standings

Broadcasting

Territory	Broadcaster	Ref
Albania	RTSH
Algeria	EPTV
Andorra and  Spain	TV3 RTVE Movistar+	[10][11]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHRT RTRS FTV
Croatia	HRT
Cyprus	CyBC
France	France Télévisions Canal+
Greece	ERT
Italy	RAI
Macedonia	MRT
MENA	ASBU beIN Sports
Montenegro	RTCG
Morocco	SNRT
Portugal	RTP Sport TV
San Marino	RAI
Serbia	RTS
Slovenia	RTV Slovenija
Tunisia	ERTT
Turkey	TRT

See also

• International Mediterranean Games Committee

References

External links

• Tarragona 2018 Official Website


• Results


• Tarragona 2018 Official Facebook Website


• Tarragona 2018 Official Twitter