Turkey, Spain and Greece rounded out the top five, shortly followed by the host country in sixth place.

Two disability events were incorporated into the athletics programme – there was a 1500 m wheelchair race for men and an 800 m for women.

[1] The Tunisian organisers of the Games decided not to hold the closing ceremony because of the September 11 attacks.

[2] The following is a list of nations that participated in the 2001 Mediterranean Games: The rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country.

Equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically if after the above, countries are still tied.