2013 Mediterranean Games

XVII Mediterranean Games
Nations participating 24
Athletes participating 260 in 27 sports
Opening ceremony 24 June
Closing ceremony 3 July
Main Stadium Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium

The XVIIth Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 2013 Mediterranean Games will be the 17th Mediterranean Games. The Games will be held in Mersin, Turkey over 10 days from June 24 to July 3, 2013.

Initially, The Games were scheduled to be held in Volos and Larissa, Greece, [1] but they were stripped of the hosting rights on 28 January 2011. [2] Mersin was decided by the voters in an online poll on the 2nd of March, 2011. (Other candidates were Tripoli, Libya and Tarragona, Spain) It is expected that more than 4,000 athletes from 24 countries will participate. There will be a total of 260 medal events from 27 different sports.

Contents

Sports

The official event categories are listed below.

Nations

References

  1. ^ "Greece to host 2013 Mediterranean Games". ANA-MPA (www.ana.gr). 2007-10-28. http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=5829736&maindocimg=2023297&service=100. Retrieved 2007-10-28. 
  2. ^ http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite5_21301_28/01/2011_375752

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