Medal Table
Athletes from 21 countries won medals, leaving two countries without a medal, and 18 of them won at least one gold medal. Andorra and Lebanon did not win any medal. Athens Olympics silver medallist in 200 metre freestyle, Federica Pellegrini of Italy made a new world record in the 400 metres freestyle event. Spanish swimmer Aschwin Wildeboer Faber set a new world record in 100 metres backstroke.
Five NOCs—Greece, Tunisia, Morocco, Cyprus and San Marino—improved their position in the general medal table compared to the 2005 Mediterranean Games. Host nation Italy topped the medal table for the eleventh time in the history of the Games, with 64 gold medals. Athletes from Italy won the most bronze medals (63) and the most medals overall (176). Competitors from the France led the silver medal count with 53. France also won 48 gold medals, 39 bronze medals and a total of 140 medals, finishing second on the medal table. Spanish athletes claimed 83 medals in total (including 28 gold), earning third spot on the table.
The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, followed by the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given; they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 64 | 49 | 63 | 176 |
| 2 | France | 48 | 53 | 39 | 140 |
| 3 | Spain | 28 | 21 | 34 | 83 |
| 4 | Turkey | 20 | 19 | 26 | 65 |
| 5 | Greece | 19 | 14 | 31 | 64 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 13 | 11 | 13 | 37 |
| 7 | Egypt | 11 | 10 | 13 | 34 |
| 8 | Serbia | 9 | 13 | 13 | 35 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 10 | Morocco | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 11 | Croatia | 5 | 12 | 11 | 28 |
| 12 | Cyprus | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Albania | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Algeria | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 15 | Syria | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 16 | Montenegro | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | San Marino | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | Libya | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 20 | Malta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Monaco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 243 | 244 | 295 | 782 | |
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