Croatia at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

Croatia at the
2009 Mediterranean Games
IOC codeCRO
NOCCroatian Olympic Committee
in Pescara
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
5
Silver
12
Bronze
11
Total
28
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1951–1991)

Croatia competed at the 2009 Mediterranean Games held in Pescara, Italy, from 25 June to 5 July 2009. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Mediterranean Games. It won 5 gold, 12 silver and 11 bronze medals.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Nenad Žugaj Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg 26 June
 Gold Snježana Pejčić Shooting Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions 27 June
 Gold Mario Todorović Swimming Men's 50 m butterfly 30 June
 Gold Petra Volf Karate Women's −68 kg 30 June
 Gold Croatia national basketball team
Basketball Men's Basketball 4 July
 Silver Mario Vekić Rowing Men's single sculls 28 June
 Silver Jelena Kovačević Karate Women's −55 kg 30 June
 Silver Andrej Gaćina
Roko Tošić
Table tennis Men's team 30 June
 Silver Andrej Gaćina Table tennis Men's singles 1 July
 Silver Filip Ude Gymnastics Men's floor 2 July
 Silver Filip Palić Boxing Men's lightweight 2 July
 Silver Marko Tomasović Boxing Men's super heavyweight 2 July
 Silver Vera Begić Athletics Women's discus throw 3 July
 Silver Stjepan Janić Canoeing Men's K-1 500 m 4 July
 Silver Tina Mihelić Sailing Women's Laser Radial 4 July
 Silver Tonči Stipanović Sailing Men's Laser 4 July
 Silver Šime Fantela
Igor Marenić
Sailing Men's 470 4 July
 Bronze Neven Žugaj Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 26 June
 Bronze Sanja Jovanović Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke 27 June
 Bronze Mirna Rajle Brođanac Rowing Women's lightweight single sculls 28 June
 Bronze Jurica Grabušić Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles 30 June
 Bronze Ana Sundov
Gordana Dagelić
Bowls Women's Raffa-Doubles 30 June
 Bronze Danil Dondjoni Karate Men's −60 kg 30 June
 Bronze Nikolina Horvat Athletics Women's 400 m hurdles 1 July
 Bronze Croatia women's national basketball team
Basketball Women's Basketball 2 July
 Bronze Nedžad Mulabegović Athletics Men's shot put 3 July
 Bronze Stjepan Janić Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m 3 July
 Bronze Croatia women's national volleyball team
Volleyball Women's volleyball 4 July

Athletics

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Željko Vincek 400 m 46.85 4 did not advance
Jure Božinović 800 m 1:50:34 5 did not advance
Jurica Grabušić 110 m hurdles 13.81 1 Q 13.82 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
András Haklits Hammer throw 71.31 7
Martin Marić Discus throw 60.60 6
Nedžad Mulabegović Shot put 19.85 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Maja Golub 100 m 11.65 4 did not advance
Anita Banović 400 m 53.91 4 q 53.57 5
Danijela Grgić 54.67 4 q did not start
Nikolina Horvat 400 m hurdles 56.97 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Vera Begić Discus throw 60.29 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Basketball

Men's tournament

Group A
Morocco  63–75  Croatia
Croatia  82–68  Greece
Croatia  71–69  Serbia
Team Pts Pl W L PF PA PD
1.  Croatia 6 3 3 0 228 200 +28
2.  Greece 5 3 2 1 255 236 +19
3.  Serbia 4 3 1 2 216 228 −12
4.  Morocco 3 3 0 3 213 248 −35
Quarterfinal
Croatia  94–70  Albania
Semifinal
Italy  104–108  Croatia
Final
Greece  60 – 72  Croatia

Women's tournament

Group A
Croatia  130–35  Albania
Italy  71–89  Croatia
Team Pts Pl W L PF PA PD
1.  Croatia 4 2 2 0 219 106 +113
2.  Italy 3 2 1 1 189 124 +65
3.  Albania 2 2 0 2 70 248 −178
Semifinal
Croatia  71–76  Serbia
Bronze medal match
Croatia  77 – 62  Greece

Bowls

Lyonnaise
Athlete Event Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Sandro Gulja Men's precision throw 23 1 Q 13 5 did not advance
Iva Vlahek Women's precision throw 29 1 Q 3 7 did not advance
Ante Papak Men's progressive throw 36/48 4 Q 39/47 3 Q 41/49 3 q 29/47 4
Danijela Kolobarić Women's progressive throw 18/36 7 did not advance
Raffa
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
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Rank Opposition
Score
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Score
Rank
Zdravko Omrčen Men's singles  Makara (TUR)
L 4–12
 Benedetti (ITA)
L 1–12
 Cupac (SRB)
W 12–2
3 did not advance
Gordana Dagelić Women's singles  Ciucci (SMR)
L 11–12
 Cantalini (ITA)
L 1–12
 Sindik (MNE)
W 12–4
 Yuksel (TUR)
W 12–5
 Orlović (SRB)
W 12–0
3 Q  Ciucci (SMR)
L 8–12
 Yuksel (TUR)
L 7–12
4
Petar Kalinić
Zdravko Omrčen
Men's doubles  Petrović /
Ranković (MNE)
W 12–7
 Makara /
Seleciler (TUR)
L 7–12
2 Q  Albani /
Albani (SMR)
L 7–12
 Makara /
Seleciler (TUR)
L 5–12
4
Gordana Dagelić
Ana Šundov
Women's doubles  Demir /
Yuksel (TUR)
L 6–12
 Cantarini /
Corti (ITA)
L 1–12
 Carinato /
Ciucci (SMR)
L 3–12
 Sindik /
Sindik (MNE)
W 12–11
 Lacarac /
Orlović (SRB)
W 12–6
4 Q  Demir /
Yuksel (TUR)
L 5–12
 Carinato /
Ciucci (SMR)
W 12–11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Boxing

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Filip Palić Lightweight BYE  Weslati (TUN)
W 15–7
 Marjanović (SRB)
W 9–7
 Valentino (ITA)
L 3–12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Borna Katalinić Welterweight  Marziali (ITA)
W 6–3
 Khalsi (MAR)
L 3–4
did not advance
Marko Čalić Heavyweight  Bouloudinat (ALG)
W 8–7
 Arjaoui (MAR)
L WO
did not advance
Marko Tomasović Super heavyweight BYE  Hysa (ALB)
W 7–1
 Homrani (TUN)
W 6–2
 Cammarelle (ITA)
L WO
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Canoeing

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stjepan Janić K-1 500 m 1:39.290 1 FA Bye 1:45.125 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
K-1 1000 m 3:30.810 3 FA Bye 3:48.390 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Stjepan Janić
Mićo Janić
K-2 500 m 1:41.339 5 Q 1:39.098 2 FA 1:33.302 7
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maja Sudar K-1 500 m 2:05.495 4 Q 2:07.732 4 did not advance
K-1 1000 m 4:40.870 6 Q 4:23.800 2 FA 4:46.780 9

Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Tomislav Dančulović Men's road race 3:08:18 20
Kristijan Đurasek 3:08:19 30
Luka Grubić 3:08:17 17

Equestrian

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Vernalis Dokuzović Odessa Individual 8 =24 Q 28 36 =41 Q 20 56 39 did not advance 56 39
Denis Gugić Up To Date 16 =42 Q 20 36 =41 Q 9 45 36 Q 9 54 32 54 32
Janika Krasovec Cebano 4 =18 Q 16 20 =31 Q 8 28 26 Q 8 36 24 36 24
Filip Rožmarić Cezar 9 34 Q 8 17 30 Q 0 17 20 Q 16 33 23 33 23
Vernalis Dokuzović
Denis Gugić
Janika Krasovec
Filip Rožmarić
See above Team 21 9 Q 44 65 10 65 10

Fencing

Women
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
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Rank Opposition
Score
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Rank
Tončica Topić Épée  Moellhausen (ITA)
L 3–5
 Kostaki (GRE)
L 1–5
 Colignon (FRA)
L 1–5
 Deger (TUR)
W 5–1
 Besbes (TUN)
L 2–5
5 did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team
Athlete Event Final
Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Marko Brez Team 13.650 12.950 13.550 14.100 13.650 14.350 Q 82.250 12 Q
Nikola Dudek 13.000 13.100 13.050 14.650 11.750 13.700 79.250 14 Q
Tomislav Marković 14.750 Q 12.950 14.350 12.850 54.900 36
Robert Seligman 14.600 Q 14.600 53
Filip Ude 14.800 Q 15.600 12.900 14.250 57.550 34
Total 43.200 40.650 39.550 44.600 39.400 42.300 249.700 5
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Tomislav Marković Floor 14.550 14.550 6
Filip Ude 15.200 15.200 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Robert Seligman Pommel horse 14.400 14.400 4
Marko Brez Horizontal bar 12.600 12.600 8
Marko Brez All-around 13.550 13.400 13.300 14.500 13.500 13.900 82.150 9
Nikola Dudek 13.400 12.350 13.000 14.750 13.900 13.350 80.750 10

Handball

Women's tournament

Group A
26 June Croatia  28–24  Greece

27 June Italy  26–38  Croatia

29 June Croatia  28–31  Turkey

30 June Spain  34–17  Croatia
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Turkey 4 4 0 0 128 92 36 8
 Spain 4 3 0 1 134 77 57 6
 Croatia 4 2 0 2 111 115 −4 4
 Italy 4 1 0 3 102 147 −45 2
 Greece 4 0 0 4 90 134 −44 0

Judo

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dragan Crnov Men's −73 kg  Uematsu Trevino (ESP)
L 0001–0011
did not advance
Tomislav Marijanović Men's −81 kg  Jeannin (FRA)
L 100–000
did not advance
Kristina Marijanović Women's −70 kg  Bayram (TUR)
W 1000–0011
 Iglesias Armino (ESP)
L 0102–0210
did not advance  Vyzaniari (GRE)
W 1020–0000
 Barbieri (ITA)
L 0001–0200
5

Karate

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Danil Dondjoni Men's −60 kg  Tabben (TUN)
W 2–0
 Bouamria (ALG)
W 2–0
 Giuliani (ITA)
L 0–2
Bye  Syllas (GRE)
W 2–0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rene Pernus Men's −75 kg  Matijevič (SLO)
W HAN
 Busa' (ITA)
L 0–0
did not advance Bye  Tzanos (GRE)
L 0–6
did not advance
Neven Martić Men's −84 kg  Abuzeid (LBA)
W 4–3
 Erkan (TUR)
W HAS 00:55
 Loria (ITA)
L KO 03:00
Bye  Taumotekava (FRA)
L KO 04:00
5
Jelena Kovačević Women's −55 kg  Sawaya (LIB)
W 1–0
 El Djou (ALG)
W HAN
 Samy (FRA)
W HAN
Bye  Ben Othman (TUN)
L 0–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ivana Goricaj Women's −61 kg  Hasnaoui (TUN)
W HAN
 Vicente (ESP)
L HAN
did not advance
Petra Volf Women's −68 kg  Guezzouli (ALG)
W 2–0
 Guler (TUR)
W 1–0
 Colomar Costa (ESP)
W 1–0
Bye  Panetsidou (GRE)
W 3–0
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ana-Marija Čelan Women's +68 kg Bye  Aras (TUR)
L 0–1
did not advance

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marko Kušurin Lightweight Single sculls 8:32.16 4 R 7:37.02 4 FA 7:24.55 6
Mario Vekić Single sculls 7:01.14 1 FA 7:05.81 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Marcela Milošević Single sculls 8:19.56 4 FA 8:21.63 4
Mirna Rajle Brođanac Lightweight Single sculls 8:06.59 3 FA 7:53.84 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Sailing

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Daniel Mihelić Laser 12 10 1 8 20 DNF 3 1 1 CAN 36 5
Tonči Stipanović 3 29 3 3 1 7 4 5 CAN 26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Šime Fantela
Igor Marenić
470 8 2 5 3 3 2 5 3 4 CAN 27 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Tina Mihelić Laser Radial 4 6 3 4 3 2 15 DNF CAN 22 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Enia Ninčević
Romana Župan
470 9 9 4 5 3 7 6 3 CAN 37 7

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Anton Glasnović Trap 101 26 did not advance
Josip Glasnović 119 5 Q 141 S/O 3 4
Petar Gorša 10 m air rifle 593 5 Q 695.2 6
50 m rifle prone 588 8 Q 690.1 8
50 m rifle 3 positions 1146 10 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Marija Marović 10 m air pistol 381 4 Q 476.6 6
25 m pistol 572 7 Q 756.2 8
Snježana Pejčić 10 m air rifle 393 6 Q 494.4 7
50 m rifle 3 positions 576 2 Q 675.3 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vlatka Pervan 25 m pistol 571 10 did not advance
Kristina Vrbek 10 m air pistol 372 16 did not advance

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Ivan Perhat 50 m freestyle 23.81 7 did not advance
Alexei Puninski 23.06 6 did not advance
Alexei Puninski 100 m freestyle DNS did not advance
Mario Todorović DNS did not advance
Mario Delač 200 m freestyle 1:53.39 6 did not advance
Dominik Straga DNS did not advance
Ante Cvitković 50 m backstroke 26.24 3 Q 26.27 7
Ivan Tolić 26.85 3 Q 27.29 8
Ante Cvitković 100 m backstroke 56.47 2 Q DSQ
Ivan Tolić 58.86 4 did not advance
Ante Cvitković 200 m backstroke DSQ did not advance
Ivan Bilić 50 m breaststroke 29.73 6 did not advance
Vanja Rogulj 28.21 3 Q 28.29 7
Nikola Delić 100 m breastroke DSQ did not advance
Vanja Rogulj 1:03.47 4 did not advance
Vanja Rogulj 200 m breastroke 2:29.67 6 did not advance
Luka Škugor 2:16.97 6 did not advance
Alexei Puninski 50 m butterfly 24.27 3 Q 23.93 6
Mario Todorović 23.67 1 Q 23.61 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dominik Straga 100 m butterfly 52.28 1 Q DNS
Mario Todorović 53.39 4 Q 52.41 4
Nikša Roki 200 m butterfly 2:20.33 5 did not advance
Saša Imprić 200 m individual medley 2:05.33 5 did not advance
Nikša Roki 2:04.13 4 Q 2:05.54 7
Nikša Roki 400 m individual medley 4:37.59 5 did not advance
Mario Delač
Ivan Perhat
Alexei Puninski
Dominik Straga
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:19.92 4
Mario Delač
Saša Imprić
Nikša Roki
Dominik Straga
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:03.52 6 Q 7:29.96 6
Ante Cvitković
Vanja Rogulj
Luka Škugor*
Dominik Straga
Mario Todorović
Ivan Tolić*
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:47.80 2 Q 3:41.78 5
Kristjan Mamić 100 m freestyle S10 1:04.78 3 Q 1:05.17 8
Kristijan Vincetić 1:00.29 2 Q 59.93 6
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Monika Babok 50 m freestyle 26.35 4 did not advance
100 m freestyle 57.86 6 did not advance
Lidja Franić 50 m backstroke 29.49 3 Q 29.85 8
Sanja Jovanović 29.09 2 Q 28.65 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lidja Franić 100 m backstroke 1:05.50 4 did not advance
Sanja Jovanović 1:03.81 3 Q 1:02.72 5
Monika Babok 50 m butterfly 27.43 3 Q 27.50 8
Sanja Milojević 100 m freestyle S10 1:11.81 6

* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

Table tennis

Men
Athlete Event Round Robin 1 Round Robin 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Andrej Gaćina Singles  Vannucci (SMR)
W 4–0
 Miličević (BIH)
W 4–0
1 Q  Karakašević (SRB)
W 4–1
 Bobocica (ITA)
W 4–3
 Machado Sobrados (ESP)
W 4–2
1 Q  Zeng (TUR)
W 4–2
 Carneros Beamud (ESP)
W 4–1
 Gkionis (GRE)
L 1–4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Roko Tošić  El Boubou (LIB)
W 4–1
 Zeng (TUR)
W 4–1
1 Q  Lebesson (FRA)
L 0–4
 Gkionis (GRE)
L 2–4
 Miličević (BIH)
W 4–1
3 did not advance
Andrej Gaćina
Roko Tošić
Team  Stefanelli /
Vannucci (SMR)
W 3–0
 Belkadi /
Khrouf /
Zaidi (ALG)
W 3–0
1 Q  Vang /
Zeng (TUR)
W 3–1
 Karakašević /
Grujić (SRB)
W 3–0
 Lebesson /
Mattenet (FRA)
L 0–3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round Robin 1 Round Robin 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Andrea Bakula Singles  Stefanova (ITA)
L 0–4
 Medjoub (ALG)
W 4–0
2 Q  Hu (TUR)
L 2–4
 Isaku (ALB)
W 4–0
 Bermudez (ESP)
L 0–4
3 did not advance
Cornelia Vaida  Isaku (ALB)
W 4–0
 Erdelji (SRB)
L 1–4
2 Q  Grundisch (FRA)
W 4–2
 Stefanova (ITA)
W 4–0
 Ntoulaki (GRE)
L 3–4
2 Q  He (TUR)
W 4–1
 Li (FRA)
L 0–4
 Ntoulaki (GRE)
L 1–4
4
Andrea Bakula
Cornelia Vaida
Team  Bouclares /
Bougadoum /
Medjoub (ALG)
W 3–0
 Erdelji /
Molnar (SRB)
W 3–1
 Isa. /
Mus. /
Skuf. (ALB)
W 3–0
1 Q  He /
Hu (TUR)
L 0–3
did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Pero Križanović
Krešimir Perić
Men's Pool D
 IngrossoIngrosso (ITA)
L 1 – 2 (21–17, 19–21, 8–15)
 AnanBushaala (LBA)
W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–13, 19–17)
 Folguera EstrugaSalvador Campillo (AND)
L 0 – 2 (20–22, 19–21)
2 Q  Polyxroniadis
Vlachostathis (GRE)
W 2 – 0 (21–11, 24–22)
 Ariza
De Amo Fernandez (ESP)
L 1 – 2 (21–18, 15–21, 11–15)
 Ingrosso
Ingrosso (ITA)
L 0 – 2 (15–21, 17–21)
4
Dijana Crnić
Maja Majić
Women's Pool A
 FaureGiordano (FRA)
L 0 – 2 (7–21, 11–21)
 FerrettiGiombini (ITA)
L 0 – 2 (15–21, 6–21)
 GundogduSahin (TUR)
L 0 – 2 (12–21, 10–21)
 BrusildaQose (ALB)
L 1 – 2 (22–20, 18–21, 12–15)
5 did not advance

Indoor

Women's tournament

Group B
28 June 2009
12:30
Croatia  3–1  France Vasto Sport Hall, Pescara
Attendance: 100
Referees: Brian McDougall (GBR), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA)
(25–16, 24–26, 25–16, 25–12)
 
29 June 2009
12:30
Algeria  0–3  Croatia Vasto Sport Hall, Pescara
Attendance: 60
Referees: Jamel Hidri (TUN), Chiat Firincioglu (TUR)
(16–25, 16–25, 15–25)
 
30 June 2009
12:30
Croatia  0–3  Italy Vasto Sport Hall, Pescara
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Michalis Themelis (GRE), Jurij Stengar (SLO)
(21–25, 19–25, 18–25)
 

References

  1. ^ "Mediterranean Games - Medals table per country and per Games" (PDF). cijm.org.gr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2024.