| 3rd Mediterranean Games | |
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| Host city |  Beirut |
| Member States | eleven |
| Number of athletes | 792 |
| Playing medals | |
| The opening ceremony | October 11, 1959 |
| Opened up | Fuad Shehab |
| Closing ceremony | October 23, 1959 |
| Closed | |
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The 3rd Mediterranean Games were held in Beirut from 11 to 23 October 1959. Competitions were held in 16 sports.
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Highlights
The official opening of the Games took place on October 11, 1959 in Beirut. Games opened the President of Lebanon Fuad Shehab .
792 athletes took part in the Games - all men from 11 countries.
In the medal standings, the first place was taken by athletes from France , winning 69 medals, of which 26 are gold, 27 are silver and 16 are bronze.
Sports
Competitions were held in 16 more sports:
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Medal Score
Of the 11 countries participating in the Games, athletes from 10 states won medals. Malta was left without medals. Morocco performed for the first time at the Mediterranean Games.
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| one | France | 26 | 27 | sixteen | 69 |
| 2 | United Arab Republic | 23 | 21 | thirty | 74 |
| 3 | Turkey | 13 | eight | one | 22 |
| four | Italy | 12 | five | four | 21 |
| five | Yugoslavia | eleven | 9 | eight | 28 |
| 6 | Greece | eight | 9 | 13 | thirty |
| 7 | Spain | five | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| eight | Lebanon | 3 | ten | 17 | thirty |
| 9 | Tunisia | 3 | 2 | one | 6 |
| ten | Morocco | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 106 | 106 | 104 | 316 | |