Turkey bags 3rd spot in Mediterranean Games

Last day of games in Spanish city of Tarragona sees 31 gold, 25 silver and 39 bronze medals for Turkey

By Sibel Ugurlu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey came third in the 18th Mediterranean Games in the Spanish city of Tarragona on Sunday with 31 gold, 25 silver and 39 bronze medals.

Host country Spain ranked second with 38 gold, 40 silver and 44 bronze medals.

Inaugurated in Egypt in 1951, the Mediterranean Games are held every four years between countries around or close to the Mediterranean Sea.

Turkey hosted the event twice; in 1971 in western Izmir province and in 2013 in southern Mersin province.

The medal rankings are:

	Country	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	Kosova	3	1	0	4
15	Algeria	2	4	7	13
16	Syrian Arab Republic	2	2	3	7
17	Republic of Northern 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
=25	Libya	0	0	0	0

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