# Swimming at the 2001 Mediterranean Games

The Swimming competition at the 2001 Mediterranean Games occurred September 3–7 in Tunis, Tunisia.

## Participating countries

19 countries had swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games were:
* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* France
* Greece
* Italy
* Jordan
* Lebanon
* Morocco
* San Marino
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Syria
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

## Event schedule

| Date | Monday September 3, 2001 | Tuesday September 4, 2001 | Wednesday September 5, 2001 | Thursday September 6, 2001 | Friday September 7, 2001 |
| E v e n t s | 200 free (m) 100 free (f) 100 fly (m) 200 fly (f) 100 Handisport (m) 100 Handisport (f) 4x200 Free Relay (f) | 200 back (m) 100 back (f) 400 free (m) 200 free (f) 200 breast (m) 100 breast (f) 4x200 Free Relay (m) | 50 free (f) 400 IM (m) 400 IM (f) 100 fly (w) 200 fly (m) 800 free (f) 4x100 Free Relay (f) | 400 free (f) 100 free (m) 200 breast (f) 100 breast (m) 4x100 Medley Relay (f) 4x100 Medley Relay (m) | 50 free (m) 200 IM (f) 200 IM (m) 200 back (f) 100 back (m) 1500 free (m) 4x100 Free Relay (m) |

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle | Salim Iles Algeria | 22.86 GR | Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou Cyprus and Julien Sicot France | 23.06 | not awarded | |
| 100m freestyle | Salim Iles Algeria | 49.91 GR | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 50.16 | Mauro Gallo Italy | 50.31 |
| 200m freestyle | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | 1:48.61 GR | Matteo Pelliciari Italy | 1:49.78 | Thanasis Oikonomou Greece | 1:51.31 |
| 400m freestyle | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | 3:49.27 GR | Spyridon Gianniotis Greece | 3:53.90 | Thanasis Oikonomou Greece | 3:55.46 |
| 1500m freestyle | Spyridon Gianniotis Greece | 15:26.98 | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | 15:31.67 | Javier Núñez Spain | 15:33.07 |
| 100m backstroke | Aluis Alberto Laera Italy | 56.00 GR | Blaž Medvešek Slovenia | 56.28 | David Ortega Spain | 56.49 |
| 200m backstroke | Marko Strahija Croatia | 1:59.87 GR | Simon Dufour France | 2:01.16 | Jorge Sánchez Spain | 2:01.83 |
| 100m breaststroke | Vanja Rogulj Croatia | 1:02.31 | Hugues Duboscq France | 1:02.81 | Davide Cassol Italy | 1:03.09 |
| 200m breaststroke | Michele Vancini Italy | 2:13.08 GR | Davide Rummolo Italy | 2:13.29 | Alfonso Uruburu Spain | 2:16.97 |
| 100m butterfly | Franck Esposito France | 53.66 GR | Mattia Nalesso Italy | 53.86 | Vladan Marković Yugoslavia | 54.51 |
| 200m butterfly | Franck Esposito France | 1:58.97 GR | Jordi Pau Spain | 1:59.67 | Christian Galenda Italy | 2:00.95 |
| 200m I.M. | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 2:03.62 | Simone Giancarini Italy | 2:03.91 | Ioannis Kokkodis Greece | 2:04.25 |
| 400m I.M. | Nicolas Rostoucher France | 4:24.16 | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 4:25.20 | Raouf Benabid Algeria | 4:27.50 |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | Italy Mauro Gallo, Matteo Pelliciari, Michele Scarica, Simone Cercato | 3:21.25 GR | France Sebastien Lequeux, Hugo Viart, Frédérick Bousquet, Nicolas Kintz | 3:21.65 | Croatia Marijan Kanjer, Igor Čerenšek, Lovrenco Franičević, Ivan Mladina | 3:23.00 |
| 4×200m freestyle relay | Greece Dimitrios Manganas, Nikos Xylouris, Thanasis Oikonomou, Spyridon Gianniotis | 7:23.33 GR | Italy David Berbotto, Simone Cercato, Matteo Pelliciari, Emiliano Brembilla | 7:23.38 | France Emmanuel Devreau, Simon Dufour, Hugo Viart, Nicolas Kintz | 7:24.16 |
| 4×100m medley relay | Italy Luis Alberto Laera, Davide Rummolo, Mattia Nalesso, Simone Cercato | 3:42.49 GR | Croatia Marko Strahija, Vanja Rogulj, Miloš Milošević, Ivan Mladina | 3:44.22 | France Simon Dufour, Hugues Duboscq, Franck Esposito, Nicolas Kintz | 3:44.30 |
| 100m freestyle Handisports | Santiago Flores Spain | 59.14 | David Levecq Spain | 1:00.17 | Stefanos Ioannidis Greece | 1:01.78 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle | Ana Belén Palomo Spain | 25.98 | Cristina Chiuso Italy | 26.28 | Cecilia Vianini Italy | 26.50 |
| 100m freestyle | Laura Roca Spain | 57.23 | Nery Mantey Niangkouara Greece | 57.41 | Sanja Jovanović Croatia | 57.65 |
| 200m freestyle | Zoi Dimoschaki Greece | 2:02.09 GR | Laura Roca Spain | 2:02.29 | Cecilia Vianini Italy | 2:02.30 |
| 400m freestyle | Anja Čarman Slovenia | 4:13.89 GR | Alicia Bozon France | 4:17.51 | Marianna Lymperta Greece | 4:17.96 |
| 800m freestyle | Erika Villaécija Spain | 8:50.36 | Marion Perrotin France | 8:52.52 | Melissa Pasquali Italy | 8:53.02 |
| 100m backstroke | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | 1:02.34 GR | Aikaterini Bliamou Greece | 1:03.89 | Sanja Jovanović Croatia | 1:04.40 |
| 200m backstroke | Nina Zhivanevskaya Spain | 2:12.95 GR | Roxana Mărăcineanu France | 2:14.19 | Anja Čarman Slovenia | 2:16.12 |
| 100m breaststroke | Roberta Crescentini Italy | 1:11.00 | İlkay Dikmen Turkey | 1:11.17 | Roberta Panara Italy | 1:11.39 |
| 200m breaststroke | Chiara Boggiatto Italy | 2:31.00 GR | İlkay Dikmen Turkey | 2:32.34 | Judith Llach Spain | 2:33.58 |
| 100m butterfly | Malia Metella France | 1:01.31 | Mireia García Spain | 1:01.33 | Maria Papadopoulou Cyprus | 1:01.67 |
| 200m butterfly | Mireia García Spain | 2:11.28 GR | Paola Cavallino Italy | 2:13.85 | María Peláez Spain | 2:14.65 |
| 200m I.M. | Paula Carballido Spain | 2:17.80 GR | Tatiana Rouba Spain | 2:18.64 | Sophie de Ronchi France | 2:18.98 |
| 400m I.M. | Paula Carballido Spain | 4:46.64 GR | Federica Biscia Italy | 4:50.57 | Veronica Massari Italy | 4:53.45 |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | Spain Nina Zhivanevskaya, Lidia Elizalde, Ana Belén Palomo, Laura Roca | 3:48.26 GR | Greece Nery Mantey Niangkouara, Antonia Machaira, Zampia Melachroinou, Zoi Dimoschaki | 3:48.74 | Italy Luisa Striani, Cristina Chiuso, Roberta Panara, Cecilia Vianini | 3:48.96 |
| 4×200m freestyle relay | Spain Lidia Elizalde, Tatiana Rouba, Paula Carballido, Laura Roca | 8:13.30 | Greece Marianna Lymperta, Zampia Melachroinou, Evangelia Tsagka, Zoi Dimoschaki | 8:16.14 | Italy Luisa Striani, Sara Goffi, Veronica Massari, Cecilia Vianini | 8:17.17 |
| 4×100m medley relay | Spain Nina Zhivanevskaya, Judith Llach, Mireia García, Laura Roca | 4:12.12 GR | Italy Valentina De Nardi, Roberta Crescentini, Luisa Striani, Cecilia Vianini | 4:15.55 | Greece Aikaterini Bliamou, Vasiliki Kavarnou, Eirini Kavarnou, Nery Mantey Niangkouara | 4:17.70 |
| 100m free handisports | Esther Morales Spain | 1:07.80 | Ana Sršen Croatia | 1:12.21 | Almudena de la Osa Spain | 1:12.31 |

### Medal tables

* Host nation (Tunisia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Spain | 13 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Italy | 8 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | France | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 32 | 32 | 30 | 94 |