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2009 Mediterranean Games

The2009Mediterranean Games,officially theXVI Mediterranean Games(Italian:XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo) and commonly known asPescara 2009,was amulti-sport eventheld inPescara,Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by theInternational Committee of Mediterranean Games(ICMG) (French:Comité international des Jeux méditerranéens). A total of 3,368 athletes (2,183 men and 1,185 women) from 23National Olympic Committees(NOCs) participated in the Games.Montenegroparticipated for the first time at the Mediterranean Games, after their independence in2006.The program included competitions in 24 different sports, including three non-Olympic sports –bocce,karate,andwater skiing– andgolf,which was reinstated as an officialOlympic sportin2016 Summer Olympics.Water skiingwas 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 inNaples(1963) andBari(1997).

XVI Mediterranean Games
Pescara 2009
Host cityPescara,Italy
MottoThe Mediterranean – One Sea – One Dream
Nations23
Athletes3,368 (2,183 men and 1,185 women)
Events28 sports
Opening25 June 2009(2009-06-25)
Closing5 July 2009(2009-07-05)
Opened byRenato Schifani,President of the Italian Senate
Main venueStadio Adriatico

Pescara was awarded the Games on 18 October 2003 inAlmeria,Spain,which was the host of2005 Mediterranean Games,defeating bids fromRijekaandPatras.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, includingStadio Adriatico— main stadium of the Pescara Games, hosted both the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as theathletics competitionandfootball 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 theAbruzzoregion,and theMarsican brown bearwas 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 swimmerFederica Pellegriniand Spanish swimmerAschwin Wildeboerset new world records in their respective events.

Background

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TheMediterranean Gamesis a multi-sport event, much like theSummer Olympics(albeit on a much smaller scale), with participation exclusively from countries around theMediterranean Seawhere Europe, Africa, and Asia meet. The Games started in 1951 and are held every four years. The idea of holding the Mediterranean Games originated withMuhammed Taher Pasha,who was the chairman of theEgyptian Olympic Committeeand the vice-president of theInternational Olympic Committee(IOC), at a meeting during the1948 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.[1][2]

The first edition of the Mediterranean Games was held in the Egyptian city ofAlexandriain 1951, attracting 734 competitors from 10 nations. Female athletes were not allowed to compete. Italy hosted the Games for the first time in1963inNaples,the fourth edition of the Games. Naples was the second in Europe (followingBarcelonain1955) to host the Games. Thirty-four years later, another Italian city,Bari,hosted the Games.[3]

Organisation

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Selection of host city

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Location of Pescara in Italy
Games mascot

Pescara was elected as the host city for the 2009 Mediterranean Games on 18 October 2003 inAlmeria,Spain,defeating bids fromRijekaandPatras.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 the2005 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.[4][5]

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 the1997and2001 Mediterranean Games,respectively. FormerPrime Minister of Croatiaand the president of theCroatian Olympic CommitteeZlatko Matešaexpressed 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 ofFormula One ManagementandFormula One AdministrationBernie Ecclestone,1992Olympic bronze medallist in tennisGoran Ivaniševićand1998 FIFA World CupGolden Shoe AwardwinnerDavor Šuker.[5]

Organising committee

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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.[6]The committee's board of directors consisted of politicians, IOC members from Italy, and presidents of the various Italiansports governing bodies.[7]Mario Pescante was appointed as the Commissioner Extraordinary of the Games in 2008 by theItalian Government.He had held the same office during the2006 Winter Olympic,held inTurin.[8]

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.[9][10]He was later appointed Honorary President of the Games.[11]

Logo and mascot

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Mascot

The official logo of this edition of the Mediterranean Games featured simple graphical illustrations of mountains and sea of theAbruzzoregion.Pescara is the capital ofProvince of Pescarawhich is situated in the Abruzzo region. The official mascot was aMarsican brown bear,called Aua', wearing adiving maskandflip-flopswithswimfinsin his hands.[12]The Marsican brown bear is a highly threatened, unrecognised subspecies of theBrown bear,with a range restricted to theAbruzzo National Park.[13]The mascot was unveiled by the Mediterranean Games Executive Committee during their meeting in Pescara from 24 to 28 March 2008.[12]

Medals

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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" andXVI Jeux méditerranéensin French and the ICMG logo at bottom—three interlocking rings, representing Africa, Asia and Europe. The reverse features theWarrior of Capestrano(Italian:Guerriero di Capestrano), a fourth-century BC statue, measures more than two metres in height. The statue was discovered in 1934 inCapestrano,Province of L'Aquila,Abruzzo region. It is widely considered to be an archaeological evidence of the pre-Roman settlements in Abruzzo.[14]

Venues

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Games village under development.
Completed blocks of the village.

The main stadium of the 2009 Mediterranean Games wasStadio Adriatico.The stadium received major renovations and upgrades at a cost of about €10 million.[15]It hosted the opening ceremonies as well as theathletics competitionandfootball final.[16][17]A total of 33 venues were used to host the events during the Games. Many events took place in several different cities.[18]

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 ofChietiand was spread over an area of 18acres(7.3ha;0.028sq mi), including a 7 acres (2.8 ha; 0.011 sq mi) public park. More than 450 apartments accommodated athletes and team officials.[19][20]

The village was designed according to modern architecture and was said to have adopted green features likesolar 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 gymnastFabrizia D'Ottaviowas appointed the mayor of the village.[19][20]

Calendar

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Greek athleteNikoleta Kyriakopoulouduring the women's pole vault event.
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.[55]

Although the Games officially began on 26 June 2009, the first football games were held on 25 June.[56]Opening ceremony was held on 26 June, and on the same dayTunisianweightlifterKhalil El-Maaouiwon the first gold medal of the Games in the men's 56 kg event.[57][58]

● Opening ceremony ● Competitions ● Event finals ● Closing ceremony
June/July
Sport 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05
Ceremonies ● ●
Athletics ● ● ● ●
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Beach volley ● ● ● ● ● ●
Bocce ● ● ● ● ● ●
Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ●
Canoeing ● ● ●
Cycling ● ●
Disabled sports ● ● ●
Equestrian ● ●
Fencing ● ● ●
Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Golf ● ● ● ●
ArtisticandRhythmicGymnastics ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Handball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Judo ● ● ● ●
Karate ● ●
Rowing ● ● ●
Sailing ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Shooting ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Swimming ● ● ● ●
Table tennis ● ● ● ● ●
Tennis ● ● ● ● ●
Volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Water polo ● ● ● ● ●
Waterskiing ● ● ●
Weightlifting ● ● ● ● ●
Wrestling ● ● ● ●
June/July 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 05

Games

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Opening ceremony

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The opening ceremony officially began at 9:00 pmCentral European Summer Time(UTC+02:00) on 26 June in theStadio Adriatico.[59]Italian entrepreneur Marco Balich, who coordinated the opening ceremony of the2006 Winter Olympics,held in Turin, was its producer and director, with "music moments and stage actions" were developed by the choreography director Doug Jack.[60]K-events (now Filmmaster Events), subsidiary of the Italianholding companyFilmmaster Group, was responsible for the organisation of the opening and closing ceremonies.[61][62]

The ceremony, among other dignitaries and guests, included the president of the International Olympic CommitteeJacques Rogge,president of the ICMG Amar Addadi,Italian Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi,Albert II, Prince of Monaco,Commissioner Extraordinary of the GamesMario Pescante,president of the Pescara Games organising committee Sabatino Aracu,European Olympic Committee(EOC) president Patrick Hickey, president of theItalian National Olympic Committee(Italian:Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano(CONI))Gianni Petrucciand the EOC and CONI secretary general Raffaele Pagnozzi.[63][64][65][66]

The cultures of Abruzzi Region andMediterraneanwere highlighted in the two-and-a-half hours long opening ceremony.[67]The stadium was full to its 25,000 capacity.[68]A special tribute was presented to the victims of the2009 L'Aquila earthquake,occurred in the region ofAbruzzoon 6 April;[67][68]Italian flagwas carried by theItalian Special Forces,"who were the first to arrive in L’Aquila".[66]The ceremony featured a special performance by theItalian Air Force.[64]Italian musician and singer-songwriterEros Ramazzottisang "L'orizzonte" from his 2009 studio albumAli e radici.[66][69]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.[69]

Sports

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The programme for the Pescara Games included 24 sports and 245 events. Twodisabled sports– athletics and swimming – were also held, each comprising two events. Three sports were open only to men –boxing,footballandwater polo– whilerhythmic gymnasticsand two events offencing(foil and sabre) were open only to women.Equestrianwas the only sport in which men and women competed together.[70][71][72]Water skiing was added as a demonstration sport.[73][74]

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.

Closing ceremony

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Young ladies carrying signs with the participating country's name in Italian during the closing ceremony.
Majorettesduring 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.[102]The "main element" of the ceremony was white, and spectators were asked by the organisers to wear white clothing.[103]The event was directed by Marco Balich and organised by K-events.

The ceremony included the handover of the Games from Pescara toVolos,co-host of the2013 Mediterranean GameswithLarissa. The Italian army'sbrass bandplayed the Italiannational 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.[103]The closing act of the ceremony was theromanzaof 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.[104][105]

Medal count

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Main article: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.[106]AndorraandLebanondid not win any medal. Athens Olympics silver medallist in 200 metre freestyle,Federica Pellegriniof Italy made anew world record in the 400 metres freestyle event.Spanish swimmerAschwin Wildeboerset anew world record in 100 metres backstroke.[107]

Key

*Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Italy(ITA)* 64 49 63 176
2 France(FRA) 48 53 41 142
3 Spain(ESP) 28 21 34 83
4 Greece(GRE) 19 14 31 64
5 Turkey(TUR) 18 20 25 63
6 Tunisia(TUN) 15 9 13 37
7 Egypt(EGY) 11 11 12 34
8 Serbia(SRB) 9 13 13 35
9 Slovenia(SLO) 7 9 10 26
10 Morocco(MAR) 6 9 6 21
Total 243 244 295 782


Participating nations

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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 toTunis 2005). The total number of female athletes was an all-time high. Women took part in the Games for the first time in1967.[108]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 24National Olympic Committeesthat were member of the ICMG, as of 2009, participated in the Pescara Games, the exception beingRepublic of Macedonia.[109]Montenegro,after their independence in2006,participated for the first time at the Mediterranean Games. The states ofSerbiaandMontenegro,which participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games jointly asSerbia and Montenegro,competed separately.[106]TheMontenegrin Olympic Committeewas accepted as a new National Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee in 2007.[110]

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