2026 Mediterranean Games: Updated Medal Count

The 2026 Mediterranean Games kicked off on Friday, August 21, with the official opening ceremony. This 20th edition is being held in Italy, with Taranto serving as the main host city and other locations in the province participating (Statte, Crispiano, Castellaneta, Massafra, Martina Franca, San Giorgio Jonico, Montemesola, Torricella, and Grottaglie), the Brindisi area (Brindisi itself, Fasano, and Francavilla Fontana), and the Murgia Barese region (Conversano), with events also scheduled in Lecce.

2026 MEDITERRANEAN GAMES, UPDATED MEDAL TALLY

The 2026 edition will be the fourth ever held in Italy: in 1963, Naples hosted the Mediterranean Games; in 1997, Bari; and in 2009, Pescara. Italy has topped the final medal count a total of fourteen times, most recently at the last edition in Oran (Algeria), where it won 48 gold, 50 silver, and 61 bronze medals. In the other five editions, France topped the medal count four times, and Yugoslavia did so once, when it hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1979 in Split, now part of Croatia.