# 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games

The 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games was the first edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games. It was held from 28 August to 6 September 2015 in Pescara, Italy.

## Sports

* Aquathlon (details) (2)
* Beach handball (details) (2)
* Beach soccer (details) (1)
* Beach tennis (details) (3)
* Beach volleyball (details) (2)
* Beach wrestling (details) (7)
* Canoe ocean racing (details) (2)
* Finswimming (details) (18+5) (Pool+Open Water)
* Open water swimming (details) (3)
* Rowing beach sprint (details) (7)
* Water skiing (details) (6)

## Participating nations

All 24 member nations of the International Committee for the Mediterranean Games competed in this edition of Mediterranean Beach Games.
* Albania (8)
* Algeria (21)
* Andorra (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (9)
* Croatia (61)
* Cyprus (31)
* Egypt (111)
* France (121)
* Greece (87)
* Italy (199) (host country)
* Lebanon (21)
* Libya (17)
* North Macedonia (10)
* Malta (20)
* Monaco (42)
* Montenegro (33)
* Morocco (29)
* San Marino (10)
* Serbia (122)
* Slovenia (128)
* Spain (181)
* Syria (9)
* Tunisia (81)
* Turkey (162)

## Medal table

Final medal standings are shown below, information from official website of 2015 Mediterranean Beach Games for 58 events while one bronze sharing in beach wrestling.
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy* | 33 | 23 | 14 | 70 |
| 2 | France | 13 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Greece | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Algeria | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Egypt | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Spain | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | San Marino | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Albania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 58 | 58 | 59 | 175 |

## Results

https://web.archive.org/web/20190824190922/https://www.mbgpatras2019.gr/pescara2015

### Aquathlon

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Gianluca Pozzati Italy | Riccardo De Palma Italy | Dylan Magnien France |
| Women | Sara Papais Italy | Anna Godoy Contreras Spain | Elisa Marcon Italy |

### Beach handball

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Tunisia Mohamed Khalil Ben Mida Achraf Elabed Hassine Hamza Lakhdar Mohamed Maaouia Omar Saied Ahmed Sfar Marouane Soussi Aimen Touzi | Cyprus Christos Argyrou Julios Argyrou Theodotos Christou Christos Hadjiefrem Xenios Kyprianou Andreas Miltos Markides Yiannos Nikiforou Kyriacos Sophocleous Georgios Stylianou Themistoklis Tsivikos | Turkey Çetin Çelik Ozan Erdoğan Musa Günerler Cemal Kütahya Ramazan Mutlu Müjdat Özcan Gökhan Şanlı Yakup Yasar Simsar Ekrem Tüfekçidere Burak Turan |
| Women | Italy Angela Cappellaro Eleonora Costa Irene Fanton Cristina Gheorghe Valentina Landri Francesca Luchin Anika Niederwieser Monika Prünster Laura Celeste Rotondo Gaia Maria Zuin | Greece Ntafina Dimitri Sofia Dimitriou Anna Polyxeni Kaloidi Elisavet Mastaka Eleni Mournou Anastasia Papavasileiou Eleni Poimenidou Niki Ratsika Vasiliki Skara Athina Vasileiadou | Turkey Esma Adnar Neslihan Çalışkan Merve Durdu Serpil İskenderoğlu Sibel Karameke Reyhan Kaya Buket Keskin İrem Köseler Fetane Uzunlar Yeliz Yılmaz |

### Beach tennis

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's doubles | Italy Teo Casadei Gian Maria Pazzaglia | Italy Diego Bollettinari Dennis Valmori | San Marino Nicoló Bombini Alvise Galli |
| Women's doubles | Italy Veronica Casadei Greta Giusti | Italy Nicole Nobile Ninny Jannika Valentini | San Marino Alice Grandi Camilla Zafferani |
| Mixed doubles | Italy Nicole Nobile Diego Bollettinari | Italy Veronica Casadei Teo Casadei | Slovenia Marcela Cuderman Urban Cevka |

### Beach volleyball

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Turkey Murat Giginoğlu Volkan Gogtepe | Italy Marco Caminati Enrico Rossi | Croatia Filip Silić Ivan Zeljković |
| Women | Serbia Milena Matić Marija Milošević | Italy Laura Giombini Giulia Toti | France Melinda Adelin Zoé Cazalet |

### Beach wrestling

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 70 kg | Apostolos Taskoudis Greece | Mehdi Ait Amrane Algeria | Christos Navrozidis Greece |
| Men's 80 kg | Billel Hadri Algeria | Vincenzo Chiara Italy | Georgios Koulouchidis Greece |
| Men's 80 kg | Billel Hadri Algeria | Vincenzo Chiara Italy | Osman Hajdari Albania |
| Men's 90 kg | Salvatore Purpura Italy | Timofei Xenidis Greece | Aly Moustafa Egypt |
| Men's +90 kg | Raja Alkrad Syria | Micheil Tsikovani Greece | Juan Francisco Espino Spain |
| Women's 60 kg | Emilie Dufour France | Rabia Lamalsa Algeria | Amina Benabderrahmane Algeria |
| Women's 70 kg | Agoro Papavasileiou Greece | Aurora Fajardo Spain | Mariana Kolic France |
| Women's +70 kg | Samar Amer Egypt | Aikaterini Eirini Pitsiava Greece | Tassadit Amer Algeria |

### Canoe ocean racing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 10 km | Maximilian Benassi Italy | Esteban Medina Spain | Mattia Colombi Italy |
| Women's 10 km | Stefania Cicali Italy | Anna Alberti Italy | Abir Ben Ismaïl Tunisia |

### Finswimming
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m apnea | Alexandre Noir France | Cesare Fumarola Italy | Loukas Karetzopoulos Greece |
| 50 m bi-fins | Andrea Pegoraro Italy | Michele Russo Italy | Mohamed Elmozayen Egypt |
| 100 m bi-fins | Andrea Pegoraro Italy | Mohamed Elmozayen Egypt | Michele Russo Italy |
| 200 m bi-fins | Andrea Pegoraro Italy | Mohamed Elmozayen Egypt | Mohamed Benyahia Nedjar Algeria |
| 100 m surface | Alexandre Noir France | Cesare Fumarola Italy | Loukas Karetzopoulos Greece |
| 200 m surface | Christos Christoforidis Greece | Davide De Ceglie Italy | Stefano Figini Italy |
| 400 m surface | Christos Christoforidis Greece | Stefano Figini Italy | Davide De Ceglie Italy |
| 4 × 50 m bi-fins | Italy Davide De Ceglie Giona Cristofari Michele Russo Andrea Pegoraro | Turkey Berker Çakar Can Şerifoğlu Hamit Taha Tayfur Ozcan Esen | France Nicola Crisante Hugo Pellet Stanys Caron Alexandre Noir |
| 4 × 100 m surface | Italy Giona Cristofari Stefano Figini Davide De Ceglie Cesare Fumarola | Spain Jesus Caravaca Javier Lopez David Asin José Antonio Perez | France Alexandre Noir Stanys Caron Nicola Crisante Hugo Pellet |
| Open water 2 km bi-fins | Mohamed Benyahia Nedjar Algeria | Malek Zagrani Tunisia | Mohamed Saadani Tunisia |
| Open water 4 km surface | Davide De Ceglie Italy | Andrej Matic Serbia | Moustafa Nail Egypt |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m apnea | Sofia Ktena Greece | Camille Heitz France | Erica Barbon Italy |
| 50 m bi-fins | Elisa Mammi Italy | Silvia Baroncini Italy | Khouloud Saadani Tunisia |
| 100 m bi-fins | Giorgia Di Credico Italy | Isabella Brambilla Italy | Khouloud Saadani Tunisia |
| 200 m bi-fins | Giorgia Di Credico Italy | Isabella Brambilla Italy | Najla Mansour Tunisia |
| 100 m surface | Camille Heitz France | Sofia Ktena Greece | Erica Barbon Italy |
| 200 m surface | Camille Heitz France | Erica Barbon Italy | Alexandra Nisioti Greece |
| 400 m surface | Erica Barbon Italy | Alexandra Nisioti Greece | Serena Monduzzi Italy |
| 4 × 50 m bi-fins | Italy Elisa Mammi Silvia Baroncini Giorgia Di Credico Erica Barbon | France Colette Gelas Pauline Rivens Camille Heitz Nolwenn Patrie | Tunisia Najla Mansour Amira Trabelsi Meriem Ben Haj Khouloud Saadani |
| 4 × 100 m surface | Italy Erica Barbon Isabella Brambilla Giorgia Di Credico Silvia Baroncini | Turkey Zühre İşici Zeynep Ak Ecem Tekin Beste Tuğçem Akgün | France Oceane Hubaut Nolwenn Patrie Loren Baron Camille Heitz |
| Open water 2 km bi-fins | Elisa Mammi Italy | Najla Mansour Tunisia | Isabella Brambilla Italy |
| Open water 4 km surface | Serena Monduzzi Italy | Yassmin Amin Egypt | Alaa Mohamed Egypt |

#### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Open water 4 × 2 km | Italy Stefano Figini Silvia Baroncini Serena Monduzzi Davide De Ceglie | Egypt Abanob Meshrky Alaa Mohamed Yassmin Amin Moustafa Nail | France Antoine Fauveau Pauline Rivens Julien Guilbaut Loren Baron |

### Open water swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 5 km | Dario Verani Italy | Andrea Manzi Italy | Georgios Arniakos Greece |
| Women's 5 km | Arianna Bridi Italy | Giulia Gabbrielleschi Italy | Špela Perše Slovenia |
| Mixed 5 km team | Italy Andrea Bianchi Arianna Bridi Dario Verani | Italy Giulia Gabbrielleschi Andrea Manzi Barbara Pozzobon | Croatia Matija Luka Rafaj Ivan Šitić Karla Šitić |

### Rowing beach sprint

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's C1X | Simone Ranieri Italy | Mohamed Ben Sidhom Tunisia | Matej Grobelnik Slovenia |
| Men's C2X | France Benoit Bride Julien Gazaix | Slovenia Gasper Ostanek Vid Pugelj | Italy Tiziano Evangelisti Dino Pari |
| Men's C4X+1 | France Vincent Alligier Benjamin Bajard Guillaume Bec Olivier Duffet Remi Rouviere | Algeria Kamel Ait Daoud Mohamed Abderraouf Djouimai Chaouki Dries Mohamed Ryad Garidi Adlane Larbi | Italy Simone Ferrarese Stefano Gioia Jacopo Mancini Simone Martini Nicolò Pagani |
| Women's C1X | Carmela Pappalardo Italy | Jessica Berra France | Nawel Chiali Algeria |
| Women's C2X | Italy Veronica Paccagnella Benedetta Bellio | Algeria Nawel Chiali Narimane Harzallah | Tunisia Malek Ounis Ibtissem Trimèche |
| Women's C4X+1 | France Justine Billet Anne Jouy Charlène Malaboeuf Agathe Pichon Marie Tavernier | Greece Paraskevi Giannou Panagiota Gkeka Dimitra Kouklotidou Styliani Koumpli Maria Pergouli | Italy Ludovica Lucidi Fabiana Romito Elena Waiglein Serena Cicerchia Ludovica Serafini |
| Relay | France Benoit Bride Julien Gazaix Jessica Berra Lionel Picard Justine Billet Charlène Malaboeuf | Tunisia Abdallah Adouani Skander Cherni Sarra Boulares Mohamed Ben Sidhom Malek Ounis Ibtissem Trimèche | Italy Tiziano Evangelisti Dino Pari Carmela Pappalardo Simone Ranieri Benedetta Bellio Veronica Paccagnella |

### Water ski

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's slalom | Thibaut Daillant France | Davide Napolitano Italy | Lorenzo D'Alberto Italy |
| Men's trick | Thibaut Daillant France | Pierre Ballon France | Nikolas Plytas Greece |
| Women's slalom | Clementine Lucine France | Beatrice Ianni Italy | Claire Lise Welter France |
| Women's trick | Clementine Lucine France | Marialuisa Pajni Italy | Natalia Paschou Greece |
| Men's wakeboard | Nicolò Caimi Italy | Yann Calvez France | Lucas Langlois France |
| Women's wakeboard | Giorgia Gregorio Italy | Sina Luxor Egypt | Marie Vympranietsova Greece |