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1979 Mediterranean Games

8th edition of the Mediterranean Games
Event multi_sport_event Q402437

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
multi-sport event, recurring sporting event edition[3]
Country
Croatia[2]
Location
Split[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 43.510°, 16.440°
Date of official closure
September 29, 1979[30]
Date of official opening
September 15, 1979[27]
Edition number
8[5]
End time
September 29, 1979[9]
Has part(s)
rowing at the 1979 Mediterranean Games[6]
Number of participants
+14[26]
Officially opened by
Josip Broz Tito[7]
Organizer
International Committee of the Mediterranean Games[25]
Point in time
September 1979[10]
Sport
athletics, volleyball, association football, table tennis, beach volleyball, basketball, badminton, water polo, handball, karate, judo, fencing, competitive swimming, boxing, taekwondo, wrestling, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, weightlifting, archery, rowing, shooting sports, bocce, equestrian sport, cycle sport, sailing, canoeing[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Sports season of league or competition
Mediterranean Games[29]
Start time
September 15, 1979[8]
Unveiled by
Josip Broz Tito[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en 1979 Mediterranean Games en VIII Mediterranean Games en Split 1979 ar ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 1979 cs Středomořské hry 1979 de Mittelmeerspiele 1979 el Μεσογειακοί Αγώνες 1979 es Juegos Mediterráneos de 1979 es Juegos Mediterraneos de 1979 es Juegos del Mediterráneo de 1979 fa بازی‌های مدیترانه ۱۹۷۹ fi Välimeren kilpailut 1979 fr Jeux méditerranéens de 1979 fr Jeux Méditerranéens 1979 it VIII Giochi del Mediterraneo ja 1979年地中海競技大会 ko 1979년 지중해 게임 nl Middellandse Zeespelen 1979 pl Igrzyska Śródziemnomorskie 1979 pt Jogos do Mediterrâneo de 1979
🔖 Identifiers · 3
BabelNet ID
03654417n
Freebase ID
/m/026c_6g
Topic's main category
Category:1979 Mediterranean Games

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🔗 Connections
← Participant in 23
Mirza Delibašić, Panagiotis Giannakis, Italy national handball team, Mihovil Nakić, Ratko Radovanović, Rajko Žižić, Sabit Hadžić, Jean-Michel Bellot +15 more
Has these parts 8
athletics at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, basketball at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, boxing at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, cycling at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, judo at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, rugby union at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, wrestling at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Belongs to 1
Mediterranean Games
Country 1
Croatia
Instance of 1
multi-sport event
Location 1
Split
Officially opened by 1
Josip Broz Tito
Organizer 1
International Committee of the Mediterranean Games
Preceded by (successor) 1
1975 Mediterranean Games
Sports season of league or competition 1
Mediterranean Games
Topic's main category 1
Category:1979 Mediterranean Games
Unveiled by 1
Josip Broz Tito
← Category's main topic 1
Category:1979 Mediterranean Games
← Competition won 1
France national rugby union team
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Summary

1979 Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event[1].

Related Entities

Croatia Josip Broz Tito Mirza Delibašić

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Class ancestry

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  1. 20w ago · Florentyna · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → athletics, volleyball, association football +24
    BabelNet ID → 03654417n
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ BabelNet ID: 03654417n"
  2. 21w ago · Saldanha-mareo · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → athletics, volleyball, association football +24
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sport: athletics, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259432|batch #259432]]"
  3. 24w ago · Saldanha-mareo · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
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    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: recurring sporting event edition"
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