# Athletics at the Mediterranean Games

Athletics is one of the sports at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games competition. It has been one of the sports competed at the event since the inaugural edition in 1951.

## Editions

| Games | Year | Host city | Host country | Main venue | Events | Events | Best nation |
| Games | Year | Host city | Host country | Main venue | Men | Women | Best nation |
| I | 1951 | Alexandria | Egypt | Stade Fouad 1er | 23 | — | France (FRA) |
| II | 1955 | Barcelona | Spain | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 24 | — | France (FRA) |
| III | 1959 | Beirut | Lebanon | Cité sportive Camille-Chamoun | 23 | — | France (FRA) |
| IV | 1963 | Naples | Italy | Stadio San Paolo | 21 | — | Italy (ITA) |
| V | 1967 | Tunis | Tunisia | Stade El Menzah | 22 | 6 | Italy (ITA) |
| VI | 1971 | İzmir | Turkey | Atatürk Stadium | 24 | 8 | Italy (ITA) |
| VII | 1975 | Algiers | Algeria | Stade 5 Juillet 1962 | 23 | 8 | Italy (ITA) |
| VIII | 1979 | Split | Yugoslavia | Stadion Poljud | 23 | 14 | Italy (ITA) |
| IX | 1983 | Casablanca | Morocco | Stade Mohammed V | 23 | 16 | France (FRA) |
| X | 1987 | Latakia | Syria | Al-Assad Stadium | 23 | 16 | Italy (ITA) |
| XI | 1991 | Athens | Greece | Olympic Stadium | 22 | 16 | Italy (ITA) |
| XII | 1993 | Narbonne | France | Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié | 20 | 16 | France (FRA) |
| XIII | 1997 | Bari | Italy | Stadio San Nicola | 23 | 20 | Italy (ITA) |
| XIV | 2001 | Tunis | Tunisia | Stade 7 Novembre | 23 | 23 | Italy (ITA) |
| XV | 2005 | Almería | Spain | Estadio Mediterraneo | 24 | 23 | France (FRA) |
| XVI | 2009 | Pescara | Italy | Stadio Adriatico | 21 | 19 | Italy (ITA) |
| XVII | 2013 | Mersin | Turkey | Yanıt Athletics Complex | 22 | 22 | Italy (ITA) |
| XVIII | 2018 | Tarragona | Spain | Campclar Athletics Stadium | 17 | 17 | Morocco (MAR) |
| XIX | 2022 | Oran | Algeria | Miloud Hadefi Stadium | 20 | 18 | Turkey (TUR) |

## Events

As of the most recent 2018 edition, the athletics program features 17 men's and 17 women's events. These include a total of 22 track events, 2 road events, and 10 field events.

### Men's events

| Event | 51 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 79 | 83 | 87 | 91 | 93 | 97 | 01 | 05 | 09 | 13 | 18 | 22 |
| Current program ||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 400 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 800 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 1500 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 5000 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 110 m hurdles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 400 m hurdles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 3000 m steeplechase | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 4 × 100 m relay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 4 × 400 m relay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Half marathon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | X | X | X | X |
| High jump | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Pole vault | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | X |
| Long jump | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Triple jump | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X |
| Shot put | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Discus throw | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Hammer throw | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | | X |
| Javelin throw | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Past events ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10,000 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | |
| Marathon | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | | |
| 10 km walk | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 km walk | | | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | | | |
| 50 km walk | | X | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Decathlon | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | | | |
| Events | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 20 |

## All-time medal table

Updated after the 2022 Mediterranean Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 179 | 161 | 127 | 467 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 151 | 124 | 100 | 375 |
| 3 | Greece (GRE) | 63 | 69 | 78 | 210 |
| 4 | Morocco (MAR) | 51 | 53 | 35 | 139 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 46 | 50 | 48 | 144 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 39 | 74 | 95 | 208 |
| 7 | Algeria (ALG) | 33 | 19 | 35 | 87 |
| 8 | Turkey (TUR) | 31 | 36 | 42 | 109 |
| 9 | Tunisia (TUN) | 18 | 21 | 26 | 65 |
| 10 | Cyprus (CYP) | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 11 | Slovenia (SLO) | 10 | 13 | 13 | 36 |
| 12 | Croatia (CRO) | 10 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 13 | Egypt (EGY) | 6 | 14 | 20 | 40 |
| 14 | Serbia (SRB) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 15 | Portugal (POR) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 16 | Syria (SYR) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | Albania (ALB) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 19 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Libya (LBA) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 21 | Montenegro (MNE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Malta (MLT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 666 | 667 | 661 | 1,994 |