Monaco first appeared in the quadrennial Mediterranean Games event in 1955 in Barcelona. After missing two editions in 1967 and 1971, the country has consistently appeared at every event since 1975. As of 2018, Monegasque athletes have won a total of four medals.
Overview
Monaco's first medal came in 1963 in Naples, a bronze won by sailors Gérard Battaglia and Jean-Pierre Crovetto in the Snipe category. Along with Jules Soccal, they had competed three years earlier in the Dragon event as part of the 1960 Rome Olympics which also took place in the Gulf of Naples, where they finished 23rd.[1]
This was the first major sporting medal won by any Monegasque competitor since architect Julien Médécin had been awarded a bronze medal in art competition at the 1924 Olympics in Paris.[1]
Monaco's second medal came 46 years later, in the 2009 Mediterranean Games at Pescara, with judoka Yann Siccardi winning silver in the 60 kg event. In 2018 in Tarragona Lucas Catarina won silver in the men's tennis tournament, and the Chinese-born table tennis player Xiaoxin Yang added another silver in the women's singles tournament.
At the 2022 Mediterranean Games Xiaoxin Yang won a gold medal in women's singles, making it the first gold for Monaco in any international sporting event in history.
By event
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 Alexandria | Did not participate | |||||
| 1955 Barcelona | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1959 Beirut | Did not participate | |||||
| 1963 Naples | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11th |
| 1967 Tunis | Did not participate | |||||
| 1971 İzmir | ||||||
| 1975 Algiers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1979 Split | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1983 Casablanca | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1987 Latakia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1991 Athens | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1997 Bari | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 Tunis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 Almería | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 Pescara | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20th |
| 2013 Mersin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 2018 Tarragona | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21st |
| 2022 Oran | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22nd |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 27th | |
By sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
See also
- Monaco at the Olympics
- Monaco at the Paralympics
References
- ^ a b "Naples 63". Monegasque Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
External links
- Medals table per country and per Games at the official International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM) website
This page was last edited on 14 September 2022, at 10:54