# 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games

The 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games (MBG) (Greek: Μεσογειακοί Παράκτιοι Αγώνες 2023) is the third edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games. It will be held from 9 to 16 September 2023 in Heraklion, Greece. The MBG are celebrated every four years bringing together the athletes of the Mediterranean Olympic Committees, members of the ICMG, from three continents: Africa, Asia and Europe.

## Host city selection

The Greek city of Heraklion was elected as host city of the third edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games (2023) during the ordinary General Assembly of the ICMG which was held in 2021 via Zoom Video Communications meeting.

## Mascots

There are 2 mascots of the games: Ariadne and Minotaur. Four different versions of Ariadne and four different versions of the Minotaur were created and put to a vote. More than 7.700 people participated in the online voting, choosing the final Mascots, between the following four versions of each character:

### Ariadne

She is a princess of the Cretan Mythology, daughter of King Minos and Pasiphae and the mother goddess in the Minoan pantheon, worshipped as goddess of fertility. She remains still a symbol of the womens’ independence, strongly represented in many archeological findings.

### Minotaur

The mythical creature with the human body and the head of a bull, is the most iconic symbol of the Minoan Era and the Cretan Mythology. Together with the famous “Horns of Consecration” found in Knossos Palace, they form a global figure of strength and prosperity.The different sports editions

## Nations

https://heraklion23.microplustimingservices.com/#/nations-selection
* Participating National Committees
* Albania (5)
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Egypt
* France
* Greece
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Malta
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* North Macedonia
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Syria
* Tunisia
* Turkey

## Medal table

* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 13 | 16 | 13 | 42 |
| 2 | Greece* | 13 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 3 | Spain | 12 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | France | 7 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Egypt | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Croatia | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Portugal | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Algeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 54 | 54 | 56 | 164 |

## Sports

* 3x3 basketball (2)
* Beach handball (2)
* Beach soccer (1) (details)
* Beach tennis (3)
* Beach volleyball (2)
* Beach wrestling (7)
* Canoeing (2)
* Finswimming (21)
* Karate (2)
* Kiteboarding (2)
* Open water swimming (2)
* Rowing (5)
* Triathle (3)

## Medalists
### 3×3 basketball

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Greece Dimitrios Barmpas Ilias Petridis Georgios Kalianiotis Vasileios Zarkadoulas | Croatia Luka Jurički Borna Antolić Roko Sedlar Jakov Jacović | Slovenia Martin Gerbec Matevž Žižmond Elmir Haskič Jaka Oberlajt |
| Women | Greece Ioanna Chatzivasileiou Zoi Korre Eleftheria Mangina Christina Anastasopoulou | Slovenia Tiana Meglič Šteharnik Eliza Pintar Zala Pavlič Yeisy Alexandra Perez | Croatia Ivana Ujević Nina Prnjak Nikolina Dujić Marija Soldo |

### Beach handball

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Croatia Jan Terihaj Tomislav Lauš Antonio Fabek Ivan Jurić Filip Mlinarić Fran Cvjetičanin Noa Klarić Matej Jakeljić Sebastian Lučić Stjepan Babić | Italy Ivan Ilic Thomas Postogna Luigi Arena Nicolas Balogh Sedda Alessio D'Attis Gregorio Mazzanti Nicolas Dieguez Davide Notarangelo Marco Beltrami Christian Mitterrutzner | Spain Carlos Donderis Vegas Elhji Touré Jabby Antoine Miranda Sirvent Pablo Martín Ruiz Sergio Venegas Rodríguez Adriá Ortolá López Carlos González Cobo Adrián Hidalgo Torrecilla Javier Delgado Sánchez |
| Women | Spain Mónica Cámara Heras Asunción Batista Portero Remei Prat Riera Míriam Sempere Agulló Sara Hernández Torrico Alba Díaz González Paula Quiles Vera Violeta González Poudereux Malena Díaz Coppens Gemma Sánchez Florentino | Greece Magdalini Kepesidou Eleni Poimenidou Agni Papadopoulou Anna Kaloidi Eleni Mournou Melpomeni Nikolaou Eleftheria Trochidou Magdalini Koukmisi Nikolina Kepesidou Elisavet Mastaka | Portugal Sofia Goncalves Joana Delgado Helena Corro Daniela Mendes Maria Marques Catarina Oliveira Sofia Alexandra Rego Sara Inês Pinho Catarina Teixeira Maria Antunes |

### Beach tennis

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's doubles | France Nicolas Gianotti Mathieu Guegano | Spain Antonio Ramos Gerard Rodríguez | Italy Doriano Beccaccioli Tommaso Giovannini |
| Women's doubles | Italy Flaminia Daina Nicole Nobile | France Claude Hoarau Mathilde Hoarau | Spain Ariadna Costa Eva Fernández |
| Mixed doubles | Italy Giulia Gasparri Doriano Beccaccioli | Italy Nicole Nobile Diego Bollettinari | Spain Eva Fernández Antonio Ramos |

### Beach volleyball

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | France Quincy Ayé Calvin Ayé | Italy Davide Benzi Carlo Bonifazi | Portugal João Pedrosa Hugo Campos |
| Women | Italy Reka Orsi Toth Giada Bianchi | Italy Margherita Bianchin Claudia Scampoli | France Clémence Vieira Aline Chamereau |

### Beach wrestling

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 70 kg | Quentin Sticker France | Niko Arouzmanidis Greece | Khaier Eddine Ben Tlil Tunisia |
| Men's 80 kg | Christos Christoforidis Greece | Chawki Doulache Algeria | Gabriele Doro Italy |
| Men's 90 kg | Christos Samartsidis Greece | Angelos Kouklaris Greece | Tomislav Hader Croatia |
| Men's +90 kg | Omar Sarem Syria | Apostolos Panagiotis Tsiovolos Greece | Achilleas Chrysidis Greece |
| Women's 60 kg | Francesca Indelicato Italy | Chaimaa Aouissi Algeria | Victoria Baez Spain |
| Women's 70 kg | Lydia Pérez Touriño Spain | Manon Kury France | Lygeri Athanasia Voulgari Greece |
| Women's +70 kg | Stefania Zacheila Greece | Aikaterini Eirini Pitsiava Greece | Angélique Gonzalez France |

### Canoe ocean racing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 10 km | Walter Bouzán Spain | Bernardo Pereira Portugal | Hector Hénot France |
| Women's 10 km | Judit Vergés Spain | Thaïs Delrieux France | Amaia Osaba Spain |

### Finswimming
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m apnea | Georgios Panagiotidis Greece | Ömer Faruk Saydam Turkey | Georgios Kaltsoukalas Greece |
| 50 m bi-fins | Patrick Martin Italy | Riccardo Romano Italy | Youssef Neffati Tunisia |
| 100 m bi-fins | Youssef Neffati Tunisia | Riccardo Romano Italy | Patrick Martin Italy |
| 200 m bi-fins | Ognjen Marić Croatia | Sébastien Chédru France | Ahmed Radwan Egypt |
| 100 m surface | Georgios Panagiotidis Greece | Georgios Kaltsoukalas Greece | Seifeldin Abdelrahman Egypt |
| 200 m surface | Derin Toparlak Turkey | Colas Zugmeyer France | Lorenzo Caronno Italy |
| 400 m surface | Ilias Kalfidis Greece | Derin Toparlak Turkey | Lorenzo Caronno Italy |
| Open water 2 km bi-fins | Marwan El-Amrawy Egypt | Ahmed Radwan Egypt | Georgios Mantzakos Greece |
| Open water 4 km surface | Marios Armoutsis Greece | Ilias Kalfidis Greece | Davide De Ceglie Italy |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m apnea | Vasileia Tsigkoia Greece | Dora Bassi Croatia | Anaïs Verger France |
| 50 m bi-fins | Viola Magoga Italy | Georgia Peraki Greece | Lydia Panteloglou Greece |
| 100 m bi-fins | Georgia Peraki Greece | Login Aboulrous Egypt | Viola Magoga Italy |
| 200 m bi-fins | Login Aboulrous Egypt | Silvia Belli Italy | Giolanda Kaperda Greece |
| 100 m surface | Vasileia Tsigkoia Greece | Giorgia Destefani Italy | Dora Bassi Croatia |
| 200 m surface | Silvia Sevignani Italy | Giorgia Destefani Italy | Ifigeneia Teliousi Greece |
| 400 m surface | Silvia Sevignani Italy | Athanasia Karatsivi Greece | Adasu Ramazanoğlu Turkey |
| Open water 2 km bi-fins | Silvia Belli Italy | Sonia Fargas Spain | Sarra Ben Ahmed Tunisia |
| Open water 4 km surface | Gamila Hassan Egypt | Mara Zaghet Italy | Sofia Anastasia Tsianou Greece |

#### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 4 × 50 m bi-fins | Italy Riccardo Romano Giorgia Destefani Patrick Martin Viola Magoga | France Théo De Zaldivar Émilie Fatras Charles Salsano Anaïs Verger Sébastien Chédru Oriane Robisson Vincent Prudhomme Pauline Gérard | Croatia Filip Strikinac Dora Bassi Ognjen Marić Gloria Galić Nikola Đurđević |
| 4 × 100 m surface | Greece Georgios Panagiotidis Ifigeneia Teliousi Georgios Kaltsoukalas Vasileia Tsigkoia | France Colas Zugmeyer Oriane Robisson Hugo Meyer Anaïs Verger | Italy Guglielmo Alicicco Valentina Crivello Stefano Figini Giorgia Destefani |
| Open water 4 × 2 km surface | Egypt Mahmoud Ali Nada Hagrass Ibrahim Youssef Gamila Hassan | Greece Marios Armoutsis Athanasia Karatsivi Ilias Kalfidis Sofia Anastasia Tsianou | Italy Davide De Ceglie Silvia Sevignani Lorenzo Caronno Mara Zaghet |

### Karate beach kata

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's individual | Raúl Martín Spain | Salah Eddine El Mansoury Morocco | Guido Polsinelli Italy |
| Men's individual | Raúl Martín Spain | Salah Eddine El Mansoury Morocco | Damián Quintero Spain |
| Women's individual | Paola García Spain | Orsola D'Onofrio Italy | Sanae Agalmam Morocco |
| Women's individual | Paola García Spain | Orsola D'Onofrio Italy | Georgia Archontia Xenou Greece |

### Kiteboarding

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Formula Kite | Maxime Nocher France | Axel Mazella France | Denis Taradin Cyprus |
| Women's Formula Kite | Poema Newland France | Lauriane Nolot France | Tiana Laporte Italy |

### Open water swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 5 km | Marcello Guidi Italy | Dario Verani Italy | Tiago Campos Portugal |
| Women's 5 km | Arianna Bridi Italy | Mafalda Rosa Portugal | Silvia Ciccarella Italy |

### Rowing beach sprint

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's single sculls | Miguel Salas Spain | Giovanni Ficarra Italy | Vincent Noirot France |
| Men's double sculls | Spain Ander Martín Adrian Miramon | France Ivan Bové Ludovic Dubuis | Croatia Nickol Udovičić Nino Varat |
| Women's single sculls | Celia de Miguel Spain | Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino France | Khadija Krimi Tunisia |
| Women's double sculls | Spain Ainhoa Casanova Nadia Felipe | Croatia Paola Girotto Martina Kaić | Italy Silvia Tripi Viola Patrignani |
| Mixed relay | Spain Ander Martín Adrian Miramon María Ángeles Purcarea Celia de Miguel Nadia Felipe Carlos González | Italy Angelo D'Amico Mario Pietro Zerilli Annalisa Cozzarini Silvia Tripi Viola Patrignani Giovanni Ficarra | Croatia Nino Varat Nickol Udovičić Sara Žuvanić Martina Kaić Paola Girotto Lovre Puh |

### Triathle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's individual | Emanuele Tromboni Italy | Duarte Taleigo Portugal | Nikolas Papadimitriou Greece |
| Women's individual | Clémence Reboisson France | Alice Rinaudo Italy | Léa Fernandez France |
| Mixed relay | France Léa Fernandez Ugo Fleurot | Italy Alice Rinaudo Emanuele Tromboni | Egypt Habiba Ramadan Youssef Amer |

## Results

* https://heraklion23.microplustimingservices.com/#/general-schedule
* https://heraklion23.microplustimingservices.com/#/results-books

## Results Books

* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/BK3/ResultBook/MBG2023_BK3_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/HBB/ResultBook/MBG2023_HBB_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/BCS/ResultBook/MBG2023_BCS_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/VBV/ResultBook/MBG2023_VBV_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/WRB/ResultBook/MBG2023_WRB_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/COR/ResultBook/MBG2023_COR_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/KTE/ResultBook/MBG2023_KTE_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/KBD/ResultBook/MBG2023_KBD_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/OWS/ResultBook/MBG2023_OWS_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/ROB/ResultBook/MBG2023_ROB_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/TRA/ResultBook/MBG2023_TRA_v1.0.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/BTE/ResultBook/MBG2023_BTE_v1.1.pdf
* https://heraklion23-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/MBG2023/FSW/ResultBook/MBG2023_FSW_v1.0.pdf