{{Short description|16th edition of the Mediterranean Games}} {{good article}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox games | name = XVI Mediterranean Games<br>Pescara 2009 | logo = Pescara2009JPG.jpg | size = | caption = | host_city = [[Pescara]], [[Italy]] | motto = The Mediterranean – One Sea – One Dream | nations = 23 | athletes = 3,368 (2,183 men and 1,185 women) | events = 28 sports | opening = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|06|25}} | closing = {{End date|df=yes|2009|07|05}} | opened_by = [[Renato Schifani]], President of the Italian Senate | athlete_oath = | judge_oath = | stadium = [[Stadio Adriatico]] | next = [[2013 Mediterranean Games|Mersin 2013]] | previous = [[2005 Mediterranean Games|Almería 2005]] }} The '''2009 [[Mediterranean Games]]''', officially the '''XVI Mediterranean Games''' ({{langx|it|XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo}}) and commonly known as '''Pescara 2009''', was a [[multi-sport event]] held in [[Pescara]], Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the [[International Committee of Mediterranean Games]] (ICMG) ({{langx|fr|Comité international des Jeux méditerranéens}}). A total of 3,368 athletes (2,183 men and 1,185 women) from 23 [[National Olympic Committee]]s (NOCs) participated in the Games. [[Montenegro at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Montenegro]] participated for the first time at the Mediterranean Games, after their independence in [[Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006|2006]]. The program included competitions in 24 different sports, including three non-Olympic sports – [[bocce]], [[karate]], and [[water skiing]] – and [[golf]], which was reinstated as an official [[Olympic sport]] in [[2016 Summer Olympics]]. [[Water skiing]] was introduced as a demonstration sport. Two disabled sports, athletics and swimming, were also contested in the Games. Italy became the first nation to host the Mediterranean Games three times, having previously hosted them in [[Naples]] ([[1963 Mediterranean Games|1963]]) and [[Bari]] ([[1997 Mediterranean Games|1997]]).
Pescara was awarded the Games on 18 October 2003 in [[Almeria]], [[Spain]], which was the host of [[2005 Mediterranean Games]], defeating bids from [[Rijeka]] and [[Patras]]. The organising committee of the Games, Comitato Organizzatore dei XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo (COJM), was created in 2006 to oversee the staging of the Games. A total of 33 venues were used to host the events, including [[Stadio Adriatico]] — main stadium of the Pescara Games, hosted both the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the [[Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|athletics competition]] and [[Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|football final]]. Many events took place in several different cities. The official logo of the 2009 Mediterranean Games featured simple graphical illustrations of mountains and sea of the [[Abruzzo]] [[Regions of Italy|region]], and the [[Marsican brown bear]] was chosen as the mascot of the Games.
Athletes from 21 countries won medals, leaving two countries without a medal; 18 of them won at least one gold medal. A total of 782 medals – 243 gold, 244 silver and 295 bronze – were awarded. Competitors from the host nation, Italy, led the medal table for the eleventh time in the history of the Games, with 64 gold medals. Italian swimmer [[Federica Pellegrini]] and Spanish swimmer [[Aschwin Wildeboer]] set new world records in their respective events.
==Background== The [[Mediterranean Games]] is a multi-sport event, much like the [[Summer Olympics]] (albeit on a much smaller scale), with participation exclusively from countries around the [[Mediterranean Sea]] where Europe, Africa, and Asia meet. The Games started in 1951 and are held every four years. The idea of holding the Mediterranean Games originated with [[Muhammed Taher Pasha]], who was the chairman of the [[Egyptian Olympic Committee]] and the vice-president of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC), at a meeting during the [[1948 London Olympics]]. The Games "were designed specifically to bring together the Muslim and European countries surrounding the Mediterranean basin" to promote understanding through sporting competition.<ref name="Background">{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133501226.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415103615/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133501226.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 April 2016 | title=Where Muslim, European nations compete; The 21-nation Mediterranean Games open Friday night in Spain | work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] | author=Abend, Lisa | author2=Pingree, Geoff | date=24 June 2005 | access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="History">{{cite web | url=http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/history | title=History – Les Jeux Mediterraneens | publisher=Cijm.org.gr. International Committee of Mediterranean Games | access-date=4 January 2013 | language=fr | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130070405/http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/history | archive-date=30 January 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
The first edition of the Mediterranean Games was held in the Egyptian city of [[Alexandria]] in 1951, attracting 734 competitors from 10 nations. Female athletes were not allowed to compete. Italy hosted the Games for the first time in [[1963 Mediterranean Games|1963]] in [[Naples]], the fourth edition of the Games. Naples was the second in Europe (following [[Barcelona]] in [[1955 Mediterranean Games|1955]]) to host the Games. Thirty-four years later, another Italian city, [[Bari]], hosted the Games.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cijm.org.gr./en/mediteranean-games | title=Mediterranean Games | publisher=Cijm.org.gr. International Committee of Mediterranean Games | access-date=4 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130103619/http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/mediteranean-games | archive-date=30 November 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Organisation== ===Selection of host city=== {{Location map|Italy|label=Pescara|mark=Green_pog.svg|lat=42.463889|long=14.214167|width=180|float=right|thumb|alt=A map of Italy with Pescara marked in the east of the country.|caption=Location of Pescara in Italy}} [[File:Mascot of the 2009 Mediterranean Games.jpg|left|thumb|180px|Games mascot]] Pescara was elected as the host city for the 2009 Mediterranean Games on 18 October 2003 in [[Almeria]], [[Spain]], defeating bids from [[Rijeka]] and [[Patras]]. The decision for the host city was made after the voting by members of the International Committee of Mediterranean Games, held in Almeria, host of the [[2005 Mediterranean Games]]. [[Croatia]]'s bidding city, Rijeka, was the first city to be eliminated, followed by Patras, [[Greece]]'s bidding city. This was the third time that any Italian city hosted this multi-sport event.<ref name="APW2">{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-85892733.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309125827/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-85892733.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 March 2016 | title=Italy to host 2009 Mediterranean Games | publisher=Associated Press Worldstream | date=18 October 2003 | access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="APW1">{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-85892752.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512190736/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-85892752.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 May 2014 | title=Disappointment in Croatia as it loses 2009 Med Games bid | publisher=Associated Press Worldstream | date=18 October 2003 | access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref>
Croatian delegates were outraged by the final decision, particularly as this was their third bid in recent years; Croatia made bids in 1995 and 1999 for the [[1997 Mediterranean Games|1997]] and [[2001 Mediterranean Games]], respectively. Former [[Prime Minister of Croatia]] and the president of the [[Croatian Olympic Committee]] [[Zlatko Mateša]] expressed his disappointment: "It just shows, once again, that small countries have no chance of competing with the big ones". The Croatian bid was supported by the president and CEO of [[Formula One Management]] and [[Formula One Administration]] [[Bernie Ecclestone]], [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] [[List of Olympic medalists in tennis|Olympic bronze medallist in tennis]] [[Goran Ivanišević]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] [[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot|Golden Shoe Award]] winner [[Davor Šuker]].<ref name="APW1" />
===Organising committee=== The Comitato Organizzatore dei XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo – Pescara 2009 (English: Organizing Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games – Pescara 2009; abbreviated as COJM) was created in 2006 to oversee the staging of the Games. The committee was in charge of implementing and staging the Games, and to maintain the infrastructure and provide other services.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/attachment/GARE/Avviso_pubblico_edicola.pdf | title=Comitato Organizzatore dei XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo Pescara 2009 – Fondazione di Diritto Privato | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | date=13 June 2009 | access-date=15 January 2013 | language=it}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The committee's board of directors consisted of politicians, IOC members from Italy, and presidents of the various Italian [[sports governing body|sports governing bodies]].<ref name="COJM">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/cda.html | title=Il Comitato Organizzatore Consiglio Di Amministrazione | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | access-date=15 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713111137/http://www.pescara2009.it/cda.html | archive-date=13 July 2007 | language=it}}</ref> Mario Pescante was appointed as the Commissioner Extraordinary of the Games in 2008 by the [[Italian Government]]. He had held the same office during the [[2006 Winter Olympic]], held in [[Turin]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-221226226.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222205534/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-221226226.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 February 2016 | title=New Permanent Observer of International Olympic Committee Presents Appointment Letter | agency=States News Service | date=15 March 2010 | access-date=15 January 2013 | location=New York City}}</ref>
A few weeks before the Games on 18 May, Sabatino Aracu resigned from his post of the president of the organising committee in order to allow its dissolution, which according to him was "incapable of taking urgent measures". Aracu's decision was reportedly motivated by the bureaucratic reasons.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.repubblica.it/ultimora/cronaca/PESCARA-2009-SI-DIMETTE-IL-PRESIDENTE-ARACU/news-dettaglio/3664650 | title=Pescara 2009: Si Dimette Il Presidente Aracu | work=[[la Repubblica]] | date=15 May 2009 | access-date=15 January 2013 | location=Pescara | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065637/http://www.repubblica.it/ultimora/cronaca/PESCARA-2009-SI-DIMETTE-IL-PRESIDENTE-ARACU/news-dettaglio/3664650 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ilpescara.it/sport/sabatino-aracu-si-e-dimesso-dalla-carica-di-presidente-dei-giochi-del-mediterrano.html# | title=Sabatino Aracu si è dimesso dalla carica di Presidente dei Giochi del Mediterrano | work=Il Pescara | date=17 May 2009 | access-date=15 January 2013 | location=Pescara | archive-date=3 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103210506/http://www.ilpescara.it/sport/sabatino-aracu-si-e-dimesso-dalla-carica-di-presidente-dei-giochi-del-mediterrano.html | url-status=live}}</ref> He was later appointed Honorary President of the Games.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ilpescara.it/sport/pescara-2009-aracu-presidente-onorario-4-mila-volontari-a-pescara.html | title=Giochi: Aracu Presidente onorario, quattromila volontari in città | date=4 June 2009 | access-date=24 June 2013 | publisher=ilpescara.it | archive-date=2 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502154056/http://www.ilpescara.it/sport/pescara-2009-aracu-presidente-onorario-4-mila-volontari-a-pescara.html | url-status=live}}</ref>
===Logo and mascot=== [[File:2009 Mediterranean Games mascot.png|right|thumb|200px|Mascot]] The official logo of this edition of the Mediterranean Games featured simple graphical illustrations of mountains and sea of the [[Abruzzo]] [[Regions of Italy|region]]. Pescara is the capital of [[Province of Pescara]] which is situated in the Abruzzo region. The official mascot was a [[Marsican brown bear]], called Aua', wearing a [[diving mask]] and [[flip-flops]] with [[swimfins]] in his hands.<ref name="Mascot">{{cite news | url=http://www.eurolympic.org/en/news/75-eoc/718-The-Mascot-for-the-Pescara-2009-Mediterranean-Games-is-a-bear-in-a-swimsuit..html | title=The Mascot for the Pescara 2009 Mediterranean Games is a bear in a swimsuit | date=31 March 2008 | access-date=28 December 2012 | publisher=[[European Olympic Committee]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815174404/http://www.eurolympic.org/en/news/75-eoc/718-The-Mascot-for-the-Pescara-2009-Mediterranean-Games-is-a-bear-in-a-swimsuit..html | archive-date=15 August 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> The Marsican brown bear is a highly threatened, unrecognised subspecies of the [[Brown bear]], with a range restricted to the [[Abruzzo National Park]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/abruzzo/marsican-bear-found-dead-abruzzo | title=Marsican bear found dead in Abruzzo | publisher=Italy Magazine | date=12 May 2008 | access-date=28 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229091016/http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/abruzzo/marsican-bear-found-dead-abruzzo | archive-date=29 December 2008 | url-status=dead}}</ref> The mascot was unveiled by the Mediterranean Games Executive Committee during their meeting in Pescara from 24 to 28 March 2008.<ref name="Mascot" />
===Medals=== The medals of the Games were designed and produced by the Italian company, Coinart, specialising in the manufacture of medals, jewellery, badges, plaques, and trophies. The medals were made up of brass, bronze, and gold. The obverse features the Games logo, stylised shape of an athlete posed to plunge into the waves, with the inscription "Pescara 2009" and ''XVI Jeux méditerranéens'' in French and the ICMG logo at bottom—three interlocking rings, representing Africa, Asia and Europe. The reverse features the [[Warrior of Capestrano]] (Italian: ''Guerriero di Capestrano''), a fourth-century BC statue, measures more than two metres in height. The statue was discovered in 1934 in [[Capestrano]], [[Province of L'Aquila]], Abruzzo region. It is widely considered to be an archaeological evidence of the pre-Roman settlements in Abruzzo.<ref name="Medals of Pescara Games">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/images/comunicato_stampa_medagliegiochidelmediterraneo.doc.doc | title=Il Guerriero di Capestrano simbolo della medaglia ufficiale dei Giochi | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | access-date=8 January 2013 | language=it | format=DOC | quote=I XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo sottolineati da un’icona dell’Abruzzo. Una immagine che rappresenta la stratificazione della storia abruzzese, da sempre una miscela tra pulsioni di progresso e radicamento nelle tradizioni}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
===Venues=== [[File:Games village of the 2009 Mediterranean Games03.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Games village under development.]] [[File:Games village of the 2009 Mediterranean Games04.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Completed blocks of the village.]] The main stadium of the 2009 Mediterranean Games was [[Stadio Adriatico]]. The stadium received major renovations and upgrades at a cost of about €10 million.<ref name="StadiumRenovation">{{cite news | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8577%3Ainaugurato-lo-stadio-adriatico-di-pescara-struttura-completamente-ristrutturata-allinterno-il-main-press-center-la-casa-dei-giornalisti-durante-i-giochi-del-mediterraneo&catid=3%3Acomunicati-stampa&Itemid=73&lang=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002221643/http://www.pescara2009.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8577%3Ainaugurato-lo-stadio-adriatico-di-pescara-struttura-completamente-ristrutturata-allinterno-il-main-press-center-la-casa-dei-giornalisti-durante-i-giochi-del-mediterraneo&catid=3%3Acomunicati-stampa&Itemid=73&lang=it | archive-date=2 October 2009 | title=Inaugurato lo Stadio Adriatico di Pescara, struttura completamente ristrutturata. All'interno, il Main Press Center, la "casa" dei giornalisti durante i Giochi del Mediterraneo | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | date=10 May 2009 | access-date=25 June 2013 | language=it}}</ref> It hosted the opening ceremonies as well as the [[Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|athletics competition]] and [[Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|football final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pescara2009.it/results/pdf/FB/FB_C73_FB040060100001ENG.pdf | title=Results – Match Report | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | date=4 July 2009 | access-date=28 December 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215081712/http://www.pescara2009.it/results/pdf/FB/FB_C73_FB040060100001ENG.pdf |archive-date=15 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="Programme">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/programma.html | title=The Sports Programme | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | access-date=28 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911172757/http://www.pescara2009.it/programma.html | archive-date=11 September 2007 | url-status=dead | language=it}}</ref> A total of 33 venues were used to host the events during the Games. Many events took place in several different cities.<ref name="TotalEvents">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=42 | title=Come raggiungere gli impianti | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=15 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224200427/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=42 | archive-date=24 December 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Mediterranean Village provided accommodation and training for athletes of the Games. It was designed by the Italian architect Paolo Desideri, and the total cost of the project was €150 million. It was located in the municipality of [[Chieti]] and was spread over an area of {{convert|18|acre|ha sqmi|lk=on}}, including a {{convert|7|acre|ha sqmi}} public park. More than 450 apartments accommodated athletes and team officials.<ref name="Villaggio Mediterraneo">{{cite web | url=http://www.urbanfile.org/it/2008/04/Pescara-2009-Il-Villaggio-Mediterraneo/ | title=Pescara 2009 – Il Villaggio Mediterraneo | publisher=Urbanfile.org | date=29 April 2008 | access-date=7 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709235655/http://www.urbanfile.org/it/2008/04/Pescara-2009-Il-Villaggio-Mediterraneo/ | archive-date=9 July 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Village">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/images/comunicatostampa_villaggiodelmediterraneo.doc.doc | title=Il Villaggio Mediterraneo di Chieti, cittadella dello Sport di Pescara 2009 | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | access-date=7 January 2013 | language=it | format=DOC}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 | bot=InternetArchiveBot | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
The village was designed according to modern architecture and was said to have adopted green features like [[solar water heating]]. Key facilities such as a restaurant, medical centre, and a conference hall with a seating capacity of 800 people were hosted there. [[Rhythmic gymnast]] [[Fabrizia D'Ottavio]] was appointed the mayor of the village.<ref name="Villaggio Mediterraneo" /><ref name="Village" />
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[[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719003730/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=1&cHash=ffc302f8cd | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Stadio Adriatico]] | [[Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Football]] | 22,000 | <ref name="Stadio Adriatico" /> |- | [[Chieti]] | [[Stadio Guido Angelini]] | [[Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Football]] | 12,750 | <ref name="Stadio Angelini">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=4&cHash=8fb34d983a | title=Stadio Angelini | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719003458/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=4&cHash=8fb34d983a | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Lanciano]] | [[Stadio Guido Biondi]] | [[Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Football]] | 6,500 | <ref name="Stadio Biondi">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=5&cHash=763e179b4f | title=Stadio Biondi | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719003904/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=5&cHash=763e179b4f | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[L'Aquila]] | [[Stadio Tommaso Fattori]] | [[Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Football]] | 5,000 |<ref name="Impianto Comunale di Avezzano">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=8&cHash=d95a66794f | title=Impianto Comunale di Avezzano | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719005649/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=8&cHash=d95a66794f | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Francavilla al mare]] | [[Stadio Valle Anzuca]] | [[Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Football]] | 1,500 | <ref name="Stadio Comunale di Francavilla">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=7&cHash=d245054d8c | title=Stadio Comunale di Francavilla | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719005708/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=7&cHash=d245054d8c | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Teramo]] | [[Stadio Comunale (Teramo)|Stadio Comunale]] | [[Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Football]] | 8,000 | <ref name="Stadio Comunale di Teramo">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=6&cHash=69f7f6b94d | title=Stadio Comunale di Teramo | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719005909/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=6&cHash=69f7f6b94d | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Stadio del mare]] | [[Beach volleyball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Beach volleyball]] | 2,000 | <ref name="Stadio del Mare">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=2&cHash=26544df7f9 | title=Stadio del Mare | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719005412/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=2&cHash=26544df7f9 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Stadio Adriano Flacco]] | [[Bocce at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Bocce]] | 800–1,000 | <ref name="Centro Sportivo A. 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[[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719004356/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=10&cHash=4362c4fa22 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Chieti]] | [[PalaTricalle]] | [[Artistic gymnastics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Artistic gymnastics]] | 2,400 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport Tricalle" /> |- | [[Silvi, Abruzzo|Silvi]] | [[Pala Universo]] | [[Artistic gymnastics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Artistic gymnastics]] | 2,000 | <ref name="Pala Universo">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=11&cHash=2a5e5e087a | title=Pala Universo | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719003910/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=11&cHash=2a5e5e087a | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Miglianico]] | Golf Club Miglianico | [[Golf at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Golf]] | | <ref name="Golf Club Miglianico">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=13&cHash=9aedcf93f8 | title=Golf Club Miglianico | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719005426/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=13&cHash=9aedcf93f8 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Stadio Adriatico]] | [[Disabled sports at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Disabled athletics]] | 22,000 | <ref name="Stadio Adriatico" /> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Piscine Le Naiadi]] | [[Disabled sports at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Disabled swimming]] | 4,000 | <ref name="Piscine Le Naiadi">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=14&cHash=7514ef1ff7 | title=Piscine Le Naiadi | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312203402/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=14&cHash=7514ef1ff7 | archive-date=12 March 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Centro Sportivo Febo]] | [[Judo at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Judo]] | 800–1,500 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport R. Febo" /> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Centro Sportivo Febo]] | [[Wrestling at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Wrestling]] | 800–1500 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport R. Febo" /> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Piscine Le Naiadi]] | [[Swimming at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Swimming]] | 4,000 | <ref name="Piscine Le Naiadi" /> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Centro Sportivo Febo]] | [[Karate at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Karate]] | 800–1,500 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport R. 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[[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719003804/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=15&cHash=75887f6490 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[PalaElettra]] | [[Basketball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Basketball]] | 2,000 | <ref name="PalaElettra">{{cite web | url=http://www.comune.pescara.it/UserFiles/utenti/File/Impiantisport/Pala_Elettra/body_pala_elettra.html | title=Pala Elettra | publisher=Comune.pescara.it | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103113924/http://www.comune.pescara.it/UserFiles/utenti/File/Impiantisport/Pala_Elettra/body_pala_elettra.html | archive-date=3 January 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[PalaElettra II]] | [[Basketball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Basketball]] | 555 | <ref name="PalaElettra2">{{cite web | url=http://www.comune.pescara.it/UserFiles/utenti/File/Impiantisport/Pala_Elettra_2/body_pala_elettra_2.html | title=Pala Elettra 2 | publisher=Comune.pescara.it | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503070447/http://www.comune.pescara.it/UserFiles/utenti/File/Impiantisport/Pala_Elettra_2/body_pala_elettra_2.html | archive-date=3 May 2015 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Teramo]] | [[PalaScapriano]] | [[Basketball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Basketball]] | 3,500 | <ref name="Pala Scapriano Teramo">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=17&cHash=8c22fca053 | title=Pala Scapriano Teramo | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719004621/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=17&cHash=8c22fca053 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Roseto degli Abruzzi]] | PalaMaggetti | [[Basketball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Basketball]] | 4,000 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport Roseto">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=16&cHash=0810a05f98 | title=Palazzetto dello Sport Roseto | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719003754/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=16&cHash=0810a05f98 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Ortona]] | Palasport | [[Basketball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Basketball]] | 1,450 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport Pescara">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=18&cHash=f22a848ae5 | title=Palazzetto dello Sport Pescara | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719003448/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=18&cHash=f22a848ae5 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Palasport Giovanni Paolo II]] | [[Handball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Handball]] | 2,000 | <ref name="Palazzetto ">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=19&cHash=1ea104f3a3 | title=Palazzetto dello Sport "Giovanni Paolo II" | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719005343/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=19&cHash=1ea104f3a3 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Chieti]] | [[Palasport Santa Filomena]] | [[Handball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Women's handball]] | 1,500 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport S. Filomena">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=20&cHash=5c80986b56 | title=Palazzetto dello Sport "S. Filomena" | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719004640/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=20&cHash=5c80986b56 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[Piscine Le Naiadi]] | [[Water polo at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Water polo]] | 4,000 | <ref name="Piscine Le Naiadi" /> |- | [[Chieti]] | [[PalaTricalle]] | [[Volleyball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Volleyball]] | 2,400 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport Tricalle">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=12&cHash=06614bea65 | title=Palazzetto dello Sport Tricalle | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312204129/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=12&cHash=06614bea65 | archive-date=12 March 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Montesilvano]] | PalaRoma Montesilvano | [[Volleyball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Volleyball]] | 1,500 | <ref name="PalaRoma Montesilvano">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=21&cHash=c8e9934491 | title=PalaRoma Montesilvano | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719005633/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=21&cHash=c8e9934491 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Vasto]] | Sports Hall of Vasto | [[Volleyball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Volleyball]] | 1,700 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport di Vasto">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=22&cHash=41f222db05 | title=Palazzetto dello Sport di Vasto | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719004610/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=22&cHash=41f222db05 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Avezzano]] | Palaghiaccio | [[Boxing at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Boxing]] | 2,000 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport di Avezzano">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=24&cHash=d72608c7af | title=Palazzetto dello Sport di Avezzano | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312223559/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=24&cHash=d72608c7af | archive-date=12 March 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pineto]] | [[PalaVolley S. Maria]] | [[Fencing at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Fencing]] | 1,000 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport S. Maria">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=25&cHash=de94acfdf1 | title=Palazzetto dello Sport "S. Maria" | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719003745/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=25&cHash=de94acfdf1 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | Arena del Mare | [[Water skiing at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Water skiing]] | 2,000 | <ref name="Arena del Mare">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=26&cHash=939afd2a35 | title=Arena del Mare | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719004335/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=26&cHash=939afd2a35 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Pescara]] | [[PalaRigopiano]] | [[Weightlifting at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Weightlifting]] | 1,200 | <ref name="Palazzetto dello Sport Rigopiano">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=23&cHash=784467108a | title=Palazzetto dello Sport "Rigopiano" | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date=11 January 2013 | language=it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719004106/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=23&cHash=784467108a | archive-date=19 July 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Chieti]] | Centro ippico "Teaterno" | [[Equestrian at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Equestrian]] | 1,000 | <ref name="Maneggio Teaterno">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=192&impianto=27&cHash=82c48d4fa3 | title=Maneggio Teaterno | publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. 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==Calendar== [[File:Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou ai XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo - 4.JPG|right|thumb|Greek athlete [[Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou]] during the women's pole vault event.]] [[File:PE09CA-ITAESP 01.jpg|right|thumb|Football final in between Italy and Spain.]]
In the following calendar for the 2009 Mediterranean Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. On the left the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader.<ref name="Calendar">{{cite web |url = http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=47 |title = Programma gare |publisher = Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] |access-date = 10 January 2012 |language = it |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131224200053/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=47 |archive-date = 24 December 2013 |url-status = dead}}</ref>
Although the Games officially began on 26 June 2009, the first football games were held on 25 June.<ref name="Football25June">{{cite web| url=http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/FB/FBS158A_FBXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_date=2009-06-25.htm| title=Football – Daily Competition Schedule – 25 June| publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games| access-date=10 January 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206230923/http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/FB/FBS158A_FBXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_date=2009-06-25.htm| archive-date=6 December 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref> Opening ceremony was held on 26 June, and on the same day [[People of Tunisia|Tunisian]] weightlifter [[Khalil El-Maaoui]] won the first gold medal of the Games in the men's 56 kg event.<ref name="Weightlifting56">{{cite web| url=http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/WL/WLS158A_WLXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_date=2009-06-26.htm| title=Weightlifting – Daily Competition Schedule – 26 June| publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games| access-date=10 January 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426130448/http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/WL/WLS158A_WLXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_date=2009-06-26.htm| archive-date=26 April 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ScheduleWeightlifting26June">{{cite web |url=http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=68&giorno=26&sport=22&cHash=ae1879d655 |title=Dettaglio gare – Pesi |publisher=Pescara2009.coni.it. Italian National Olympic Committee |access-date=10 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719033909/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=68&giorno=26&sport=22&cHash=ae1879d655 |archive-date=19 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%;position:relative;width:75%;" |- |bgcolor=#00cc33| ● ||Opening ceremony|| bgcolor=#3399ff| ● || Competitions ||bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● ||Event finals||bgcolor=#ee3333| ● ||Closing ceremony |- |}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em;width:75%;" |- ! | colspan=11 bgcolor=#3194C6 align=center|<span style="color:white">June/July</span> |- ! Sport ! <small>25</small> ! <small>26</small> ! <small>27</small> ! <small>28</small> ! <small>29</small> ! <small>30</small> ! <small>01</small> ! <small>02</small> ! <small>03</small> ! <small>04</small> ! <small>05</small> |- | Ceremonies | | bgcolor=#00cc33| ● | | | | | | | | | bgcolor=#ee3333| ● |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Athletics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Athletics]] | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | | |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Basketball pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Basketball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Basketball]] | | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Beach volley at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Beach volley]] | | | | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | | |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Bocce pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Bocce at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Bocce]] | | | | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | | |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Boxing at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Boxing]] | | | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | | | |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Canoeing pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Canoeing at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Canoeing]] | | | | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Cycling at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Cycling]] | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | | |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Athletics - Paralympic pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Disabled sports at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Disabled sports]] | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | | | |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Equestrian pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Equestrian at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Equestrian]] | | | | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | | |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Fencing pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Fencing at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Fencing]] | | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● | | | | | |- align="center" | align="left"|[[File:Football pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Football]] | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● | | bgcolor=#3399ff| ● 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==Games== ===Opening ceremony=== The opening ceremony officially began at 9:00 pm [[Central European Summer Time]] ([[UTC+02:00]]) on 26 June in the [[Stadio Adriatico]].<ref name="OCTime">{{cite web | url = http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=68&giorno=26&sport=30&cHash=eef0e26dec | title = Programma gare – Cerimonia del 26 giugno 2009 | publisher = Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date = 12 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090701041430/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=68&giorno=26&sport=30&cHash=eef0e26dec | archive-date = 1 July 2009 | url-status = dead}}</ref> Italian entrepreneur Marco Balich, who coordinated the opening ceremony of the [[2006 Winter Olympics]], held in Turin, was its producer and director, with "music moments and stage actions" were developed by the choreography director Doug Jack.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/novembre/29/Torino_olimpica_ora_scintille_co_9_051129136.shtml | title=Torino olimpica ora fa scintille | access-date=12 January 2012 | work=[[Corriere della Sera]] | location=[[Milan]] | date=29 November 2005 | author=Serra, Elvira | archive-date=1 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101174750/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2005/novembre/29/Torino_olimpica_ora_scintille_co_9_051129136.shtml | url-status=live}}</ref> K-events (now Filmmaster Events), subsidiary of the Italian [[holding company]] Filmmaster Group, was responsible for the organisation of the opening and closing ceremonies.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filmmaster.com/en/about | title=About | publisher=Filmmaster.com | access-date=12 January 2012 | archive-date=6 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006030503/http://www.filmmaster.com/en/about | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guests">{{cite news | url=http://www.tuttoabruzzo.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12537&Itemid=711 | title=Jacques Rogge alla cerimonia dei Giochi | access-date=12 January 2012 | date=28 January 2009 | publisher=Tuttoabruzzo.it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706022433/http://www.tuttoabruzzo.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12537&Itemid=711 | archive-date=6 July 2009 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
The ceremony, among other dignitaries and guests, included the president of the International Olympic Committee [[Jacques Rogge]], president of the ICMG Amar Addadi, [[Italian Prime Minister]] [[Silvio Berlusconi]], [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]], Commissioner Extraordinary of the Games [[Mario Pescante]], president of the Pescara Games organising committee Sabatino Aracu, [[European Olympic Committee]] (EOC) president Patrick Hickey, president of the [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] (Italian: ''Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano'' (CONI)) [[Gianni Petrucci]] and the EOC and CONI secretary general Raffaele Pagnozzi.<ref name="OCatEOC">{{cite news | url=http://www.eurolympic.org/en/news/75-eoc/882-XVI-Mediterranean-Games-kick-off-in-Pescara-(ITA).html | title=XVI Mediterranean Games kick off in Pescara (ITA) | date=26 June 2009 | access-date=12 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815171820/http://www.eurolympic.org/en/news/75-eoc/882-XVI-Mediterranean-Games-kick-off-in-Pescara-(ITA).html | archive-date=15 August 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="OCatIWSF">{{cite web | url=http://www.iwsf.com/dbheadlines/showarticle.php?id=319 | title=Skiers And Riders Excel at Pescara Mediterranean Games | publisher=International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation | date=1 July 2009 | access-date=12 January 2013 | archive-date=9 July 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709114825/http://www.iwsf.com/dbheadlines/showarticle.php?id=319 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="OCatCOC1">{{cite news | url=http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2009-06-09/1811445.html | title=The 16th Mediterranean games kick off in three weeks time | date=9 June 2009 | access-date=12 January 2013 | publisher=[[Chinese Olympic Committee]] | archive-date=19 August 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819191509/http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2009-06-09/1811445.html | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="OCatCOC2">{{cite news | url=http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2009-06-29/1829417.html | title=The Games of records and challenges | date=29 June 2009 | agency=Association Internationale De La Presse Sportive | access-date=13 January 2013 | publisher=[[Chinese Olympic Committee]] | archive-date=19 August 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819191515/http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2009-06-29/1829417.html | url-status=live}}</ref>
The cultures of Abruzzi Region and [[Mediterranean culture|Mediterranean]] were highlighted in the two-and-a-half hours long opening ceremony.<ref name="OCatTTP">{{cite news | url=http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=3316 | title=Libyans Participate in Opening Ceremony of 16th Mediterranean Games in Pescara | work=[[The Tripoli Post]] | date=27 June 2009 | access-date=13 January 2013 | location=[[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906154742/http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=3316 | archive-date=6 September 2014 | url-status=dead}}</ref> The stadium was full to its 25,000 capacity.<ref name="OCatMarweb">{{cite news | url=http://news.marweb.com/algeria/sports/th-mediterranean-games-opening-ceremony-a-typically-medite.html | title=16th Mediterranean Games Opening Ceremony: A typically Mediterranean show in Pescara | date=28 June 2009 | access-date=13 January 2013 | publisher=News.marweb.com/algeria | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216102320/http://news.marweb.com/algeria/sports/th-mediterranean-games-opening-ceremony-a-typically-medite.html | archive-date=16 February 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref> A special tribute was presented to the victims of the [[2009 L'Aquila earthquake]], occurred in the region of [[Abruzzo]] on 6 April;<ref name="OCatTTP" /><ref name="OCatMarweb" /> [[Italian flag]] was carried by the [[Italian special forces|Italian Special Forces]], "who were the first to arrive in L’Aquila".<ref name="OCatCOC2" /> The ceremony featured a special performance by the [[Italian Air Force]].<ref name="OCatIWSF" /> Italian musician and singer-songwriter [[Eros Ramazzotti]] sang "L'orizzonte" from his 2009 studio album ''[[Ali e radici]]''.<ref name="OCatCOC2" /><ref name="Spettacolo">{{cite news | url=http://www.newspettacolo.com/news/view/4363-ramazzotti_domani_a_pescara_per_i_giochi_del_mediterraneo | title=Storico RAMAZZOTTI domani a Pescara per i Giochi del Mediterraneo | work=News Spettacolo | date=25 June 2009 | access-date=14 January 2013 | archive-date=6 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906160759/http://www.newspettacolo.com/news/view/4363-ramazzotti_domani_a_pescara_per_i_giochi_del_mediterraneo | url-status=live}}</ref> The main attraction of the ceremony was the "Water Ceremony". The "water journey" took place through the villages most stricken by the earthquake and ended at the stadium.<ref name="Spettacolo" />
===Sports=== The programme for the Pescara Games included 24 sports and 245 events. Two [[disabled sports]] – athletics and swimming – were also held, each comprising two events. Three sports were open only to men – [[Boxing at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|boxing]], [[Football at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|football]] and [[Water polo at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|water polo]] – while [[Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|rhythmic gymnastics]] and two events of [[Fencing at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|fencing]] (foil and sabre) were open only to women. [[Equestrian at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Equestrian]] was the only sport in which men and women competed together.<ref name="EquestrianIndividual">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/EQ/EQE132C_EQ2002XXXXXXXXENG.htm | title=All Sports – Equestrian – Individual Jumping | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | access-date=14 April 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615173221/http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/EQ/EQE132C_EQ2002XXXXXXXXENG.htm | archive-date=15 June 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="EquestrianTeam">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/EQ/EQE132C_EQ2402XXXXXXXXENG.htm | title=All Sports – Equestrian – Team Jumping | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | access-date=14 April 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615193032/http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/EQ/EQE132C_EQ2402XXXXXXXXENG.htm | archive-date=15 June 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="EquestrianMedalTable">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/ZZ/ZZM195A_EQXXXXXXXXXXXXENG.htm | title=Equestrian – Medal Standings | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | access-date=14 April 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707020255/http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/ZZ/ZZM195A_EQXXXXXXXXXXXXENG.htm | archive-date=7 July 2009 | url-status=dead}}</ref> Water skiing was added as a demonstration sport.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/news/149-constitution-de-la-confederation-mediterraneenne-de-water-ski-a-wake-board- | title=Creation of the Mediterranean Waterski and Wakeboard Confederation | access-date=10 January 2013 | publisher=Cijm.org.gr. International Committee of Mediterranean Games | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701012525/http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/news/149-constitution-de-la-confederation-mediterraneenne-de-water-ski-a-wake-board- | archive-date=1 July 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/news/130-proposition-pour-admission-de-deux-sports-au-programme-des-jeux-de-2013 | title=Proposition for inclusion of two sports in the program of the 2013 Games | access-date=10 January 2013 | publisher=Cijm.org.gr. International Committee of Mediterranean Games | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023072907/http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/news/130-proposition-pour-admission-de-deux-sports-au-programme-des-jeux-de-2013 | archive-date=23 October 2011 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
''Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport''.
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===Closing ceremony=== [[File:PE09-CerChius02.jpg|right|thumb|Young ladies carrying signs with the participating country's name in Italian during the closing ceremony.]] [[File:Majorettes during the closing ceremony of the 2009 Mediterranean Games.jpg|left|thumb|[[Majorette (dancer)|Majorette]]s during the closing ceremony.]] The 2009 Mediterranean Games closing ceremony concluded the Pescara Games on 5 July. It began at 9:00 pm Central European Summer Time (UTC+2:00), and took place on the streets of the city.<ref name="CCTime">{{cite web | url =http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=68 | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130218113410/http://www.pescara2009.coni.it/index.php?id=68 | url-status =dead | archive-date =18 February 2013 | title =Programma gare – Cerimonia del 5 luglio 2009 | publisher =Pescara2009.coni.it. [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] | access-date =14 January 2012}}</ref> The "main element" of the ceremony was white, and spectators were asked by the organisers to wear white clothing.<ref name="CCatCOC">{{cite news | url=http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2009-07-05/1833744.html | title=Pescara 2009 – a sea of white planned for closing ceremony | date=4 July 2009 | agency=Association Internationale De La Presse Sportive | access-date=14 January 2013 | publisher=Chinese Olympic Committee | archive-date=17 August 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817204252/http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2009-07-05/1833744.html | url-status=live}}</ref> The event was directed by Marco Balich and organised by K-events.
The ceremony included the handover of the Games from Pescara to [[Volos]], co-host of the [[2013 Mediterranean Games]] with [[Larissa]]. The Italian army's [[brass band]] played the Italian [[national anthem]], [[Il Canto degli Italiani]]. The Mayor of Pescara, [[Luigi Albore Mascia]], then handed the Mediterranean Games flag to the president of the International Committee for the Mediterranean Games, Amar Addadi, who in turn passed it to Aleksandros Voulgaris, the Mayor of Volos.<ref name="CCatCOC" /> The closing act of the ceremony was the [[Romance (music)|romanza]] of Mario Cavaradossi "[[E lucevan le stelle]]", performed by local pop singer Piero Mazzocchetti, who was specially chosen for this purpose by the president of the organising committee Sabatino Aracu.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tuttoabruzzo.it/diario-dabruzzo/piero-mazzocchetti-canta-per-l-unicef-2.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218225514/http://www.tuttoabruzzo.it/diario-dabruzzo/piero-mazzocchetti-canta-per-l-unicef-2.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 February 2013 | title=Piero Mazzocchetti canta per l'Unicef | publisher=tuttoabruzzo.it | date=24 December 2008 | access-date=18 June 2013 | language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.abruzzo24ore.tv/news/La-chiusura-dei-Giochi-del-Mediterraneo/23372.htm | title=La chiusura dei Giochi del Mediterraneo | date=6 July 2009 | access-date=14 January 2013 | language=it | publisher=Abruzzo24ore.tv | archive-date=23 February 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223091330/http://abruzzo24ore.tv/news/La-chiusura-dei-Giochi-del-Mediterraneo/23372.htm | url-status=live}}</ref>
==Medal count== {{Main|2009 Mediterranean Games medal table}} Athletes from 21 countries won medals, leaving two countries without a medal, and 18 of them won at least one gold medal.<ref name="Medals" /> [[Andorra at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Andorra]] and [[Lebanon at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Lebanon]] did not win any medal. Athens Olympics silver medallist in 200 metre freestyle, [[Federica Pellegrini]] of Italy made a [[World record progression 400 metres freestyle|new world record in the 400 metres freestyle event]]. Spanish swimmer [[Aschwin Wildeboer]] set a [[World record progression 100 metres backstroke|new world record in 100 metres backstroke]].<ref name="TOM">{{cite news | url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090706/sport/hosts-italy-top-medals-table-at-successful-med-games.263888 | title=Hosts Italy top medals table at successful Med. Games | work=[[The Times]] | date=6 July 2009 | access-date=29 December 2012 | publisher=Times of Malta | archive-date=7 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091950/http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090706/sport/hosts-italy-top-medals-table-at-successful-med-games.263888 | url-status=live}}</ref> {{:2009 Mediterranean Games medal table}}
==Participating nations== [[File:2009 Mediterranean Games participating countries.png|right|thumb|350px|Participating countries]] A total of 3,368 athletes (2,183 men and 1,185 women) from 23 member nations of the International Committee of Mediterranean Games participated (ICMG) in the Games. The number of participating countries was the greatest in Mediterranean Games history (equivalent to [[2001 Mediterranean Games|Tunis 2005]]). The total number of female athletes was an all-time high. Women took part in the Games for the first time in [[1967 Mediterranean Games|1967]].<ref name="Games">{{cite web|url=http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/mediteranean-games?format=pdf |title=Mediterranean Games |publisher=Cijm.org.gr. International Committee of Mediterranean Games |access-date=29 December 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Italy and Greece had the largest teams, with 452 athletes for Italy and 391 for Greece. Andorra sent the smallest delegation of 13 members.
All but one of the 24 [[National Olympic Committees]] that were member of the ICMG, as of 2009, participated in the Pescara Games, the exception being [[Republic of Macedonia]].<ref name="NOC">{{cite web | url=http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/noc?format=pdf | title=National Olympic Committees | publisher=Cijm.org.gr. International Committee of Mediterranean Games | access-date=29 December 2012 | archive-date=30 April 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430114903/http://www.cijm.org.gr/en/noc?format=pdf | url-status=live}}</ref> [[Montenegro at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Montenegro]], after their independence in [[Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006|2006]], participated for the first time at the Mediterranean Games. The states of [[Serbia at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Serbia]] and [[Montenegro at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Montenegro]], which participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games jointly as [[Serbia and Montenegro]], competed separately.<ref name="Medals">{{cite web|url=http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/Tableau_des_medailles_par_pays_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203558/http://www.cijm.org.gr/images/stories/pdf/Tableau_des_medailles_par_pays_en.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 September 2015 |title=Medals table per country and per Games |publisher=Cijm.org.gr. International Committee of Mediterranean Games |access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref> The [[Montenegrin Olympic Committee]] was accepted as a new National Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee in 2007.<ref name="New NOCs accepted">{{cite news | url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2237 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112130845/http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2237 | archive-date=12 November 2007 |title=Two new National Olympic Committees on board! |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] | date=6 July 2007 | access-date=7 January 2013}}</ref>
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Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | access-date=10 January 2013}}</ref> * {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Syria at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Syria]] (60)<ref name="Syria">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/ZZ/ZZE130B_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_country=SYR.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218224238/http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/ZZ/ZZE130B_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_country=SYR.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 February 2013 | title=Syria – Number of Entries by Sport | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | access-date=10 January 2013}}</ref> * {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Tunisia at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Tunisia]] (129)<ref name="Tunisia">{{cite web | url=http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/ZZ/ZZE130B_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_country=TUN.htm | title=Tunisia – Number of Entries by Sport | publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games | access-date=10 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701052350/http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/ZZ/ZZE130B_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_country=TUN.htm | archive-date=1 July 2009 | url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Turkey at the 2009 Mediterranean Games|Turkey]] (332)<ref name="Turkey">{{cite web|url=http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/ZZ/ZZE130B_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_country=TUR.htm |title=Turkey – Number of Entries by Sport |publisher=Pescara2009.it. Organising Committee of the XVI Mediterranean Games |access-date=10 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627052153/http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ENG/ZZ/ZZE130B_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXENG_country%3DTUR.htm |archive-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> {{div col end}}
==See also== * [[Mediterranean Games]] * [[2009 Mediterranean Games medal table]] * [[European Olympic Committees]]
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==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051229061931/http://www.pescara2009.it/ Official website of the 2009 Mediterranean Games] ([[Wayback Machine]] archive) *[http://www.cijm.org.gr/ International Mediterranean Games Committee] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101231092220/http://villaggiomediterraneo.net/ Villaggio Mediterraneo]
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