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Croatia at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
in Pescara
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 5 Silver 12 Bronze 11 Total 28
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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.

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 Damir Rančić Jakov Vladović Rok Stipčević Krunoslav Simon Lukša Andrić Petar Babić Marko Car Ante Tomić Damjan Rudež Luka Žorić Jure Lalić Drago Pašalić	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 Jelena Ivezić Anđa Jelavić Tina Periša Marta Čakić Josipa Bura Neda Lokas Iva Ciglar Antonija Mišura Iva Slišković Mirna Mazić Luca Ivanković Sena Pavetić	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 Ana Grbac Jelena Balić Marina Miletić Mirela Delić Sandra Popović Cecilia Dujić Mia Jerkov Ilijana Dugandžić Biljana Gligorović Senna Ušić Jogunica Ivana Miloš Maja Poljak	Volleyball	Women's volleyball	4 July

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

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

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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Vera Begić	Discus throw	60.29

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

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

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	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition 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

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
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

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
	K-1 1000 m	3:30.810	3 FA	Bye		3:48.390
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)

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

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	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

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
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

Group A

26 June	Croatia	28–24	Greece

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27 June	Italy	26–38	Croatia

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29 June	Croatia	28–31	Turkey

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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

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

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
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
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
Ana-Marija Čelan	Women's +68 kg	—	Bye	Aras (TUR) L 0–1	did not advance

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

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

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
Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	470	8	2	5	3	3	2	5	3	4	CAN		27

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
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;

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
Vlatka Pervan	25 m pistol	571	10	did not advance
Kristina Vrbek	10 m air pistol	372	16	did not advance

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
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
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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Robin 1			Round Robin 2				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition 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
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

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

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  Ingrosso – Ingrosso (ITA) L 1 – 2 (21–17, 19–21, 8–15)  Anan – Bushaala (LBA) W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–13, 19–17)  Folguera Estruga – Salvador 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  Faure – Giordano (FRA) L 0 – 2 (7–21, 11–21)  Ferretti – Giombini (ITA) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 6–21)  Gundogdu – Sahin (TUR) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 10–21)  Brusilda – Qose (ALB) L 1 – 2 (22–20, 18–21, 12–15)	5	did not advance

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)