# Swimming at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

The swimming events of the 2009 Mediterranean Games were held at the Naiadi Swimming Complex in Pescara, Italy from Saturday 27 June to Wednesday 1 July 2009. Events were held in a long course (50 m) pool.

## Medalist summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Frédérick Bousquet France | 21.17 GR | Alain Bernard France | 21.62 | Federico Bocchia Italy | 22.05 |
| 100 m freestyle | Alain Bernard France | 47.83 GR | Filippo Magnini Italy | 48.27 | Nabil Kebbab Algeria | 48.89 |
| 100 m freestyle S10 | David Levecq Vives Spain | 54.46 | Jose Mari Alcaraz Spain | 56.97 | Vincent Rupp France | 58.98 |
| 200 m freestyle | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 1:46.44 GR, NR | Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia | 1:47.00 | Marco Belotti Italy | 1:47.29 |
| 400 m freestyle | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 3:42.71 GR | Samuel Pizzetti Italy | 3:48.37 | Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia | 3:49.65 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 14:38.01 GR | Federico Colbertaldo Italy | 15:04.23 | Marcos Rivera Miranda Spain | 15:11.60 |
| 50 m backstroke | Aschwin Wildeboer Faber Spain | 24.73 GR | Camille Lacourt France | 25.03 | Jérémy Stravius France | 25.04 |
| 100 m backstroke | Aschwin Wildeboer Faber Spain | 52.87 GR | Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece | 54.00 | Mirco Di Tora Italy | 54.45 |
| 200 m backstroke | Aschwin Wildeboer Faber Spain | 1:54.96 GR | Sebastiano Ranfagni Italy | 1:58.59 | Damiano Lestingi Italy | 1:59.96 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Alessandro Terrin Italy | 27.22 GR | Emil Tahirovič Slovenia | 27.27 | Čaba Silađi Serbia | 27.34 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Melquiades Alvarez Spain | 1:00.45 GR | Čaba Silađi Serbia | 1:00.68 | Luca Pizzini Italy | 1:01.26 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Melquiades Alvarez Spain | 2:09.69 GR | Edoardo Giorgetti Italy | 2:10.11 | Romanos-Iasonas Alyfantis Greece | 2:11.54 |
| 50 m butterfly | Mario Todorović Croatia | 23.61 GR | Ivan Lenđer Serbia | 23.65 | Mattia Nalesso Italy | 23.81 |
| 100 m butterfly | Ivan Lenđer Serbia | 51.79 GR | Clement Lefert France | 51.93 | Peter Mankoč Slovenia | 52.06 |
| 200 m butterfly | Thomas Vilaceca France | 1:57.77 | Francesco Vespe Italy | 1:57.78 | Niccolo Beni Italy | 1:57.92 |
| 200 m individual medley | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 1:58.38 GR, NR | Romanos-Iasonas Alyfantis Greece | 1:59.89 | Alessio Boggiatto Italy | 2:01.13 |
| 400 m individual medley | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 4:10.53 GR, AF | Luca Marin Italy | 4:13.58 | Luca Angelo Dioli Italy | 4:15.13 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | France Frédérick Bousquet William Meynard Amaury Leveaux Alain Bernard | 3:12.03 GR | Italy Alessandro Calvi Marco Orsi Gianluca Maglia Christian Galenda | 3:13.78 | Greece Ioannis Kalargaris Andreas Zisimos Apostolos Tsagkarakis Aristeidis Grigoriadis | 3:19.17 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Italy Emiliano Brembilla Marco Belotti Gianluca Maglia Filippo Magnini | 7:09.44 GR | France Jérémy Stravius Kevin Trannoy Sebastien Bodet Guillaume Strohmeyer | 7:13.27 | Greece Andreas Zisimos Georgios Demetis Christos Moutsos Ioannis Giannoulis | 7:16.39 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Spain Aschwin Wildeboer Faber$^†$ Melquíades Álvarez Alex Villaecija Garcia Jose A. Alonso | 3:34.22 GR | Greece Aristeidis Grigoriadis Romanos-Iasonas Alyfantis Stefanos Dimitriadis Ioannis Kalargaris | 3:34.71 | Italy Enrico Catalano Fabio Scozzoli Rudy Goldin Andrea Rolla | 3:35.55 |
Legend: WR – World record; GR – Championship record
$^†$ Aschwin Wildeboer Faber set the 100 m backstroke world record in the lead-off leg with a time of 52.38 s.

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Malia Metella France | 24.88 GR | Gigliola Tecchio Italy | 25.56 | | |
| 50 m freestyle | Malia Metella France | 24.88 GR | Cristina Chiuso Italy | 25.56 | | |
| 100 m freestyle | Miroslava Najdanovski Serbia | 55.09 GR | Theodora Drakou Greece | 55.65 | Maria Fuster Martinez Spain | 55.80 |
| 100 m freestyle S10 | Elodie Lorandi France | 1:03.25 | Esther Morales Spain | 1:03.40 | Sarai Gascon Moreno Spain | 1:04.93 |
| 200 m freestyle | Patricia Castro Ortega Spain | 1:58.91 GR | Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne France | 1:59.11 | Alice Carpenese Italy | 2:00.67 |
| 400 m freestyle | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 4:00.41 WR | Coralie Balmy France | 4:05.37 | Erika Villaécija García Spain | 4:08.85 |
| 800 m freestyle | Alessia Filippi Italy | 8:20.78 GR | Nina Cesar Slovenia | 8:31.26 | Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne France | 8:32.38 |
| 50 m backstroke | Elena Gemo Italy | 28.60 GR | Mercedes Peris Minguet Spain | 28.64 | Sanja Jovanovic Croatia | 28.65 |
| 100 m backstroke | Alexianne Castel France | 1:02.13 GR | Duane Da Rocha Marce Spain | 1:02.30 | Aspasia Petradaki Greece | 1:02.48 |
| 200 m backstroke | Alessia Filippi Italy | 2:08.03 GR | Duane Da Rocha Marce Spain | 2:11.73 | Alexianne Castel France | 2:12.43 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Anastasia Chrystoforou Cyprus | 31.12 GR | Concepcion Badillo Diaz Spain | 31.14 | Roberta Panara Italy | 31.19 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Roberta Panara Italy | 1:08.47 GR | Angeliki Exarchou Greece | 1:08.99 | Giulia Fabbri Italy | 1:09.14 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Coralie Dobral France | 2:26.41 GR | Chiara Boggiatto Italy | 2:26.84 | Angeliki Exarchou Greece | 2:29.05 |
| 50 m butterfly | Mélanie Henique France | 26.37 GR | Cristina Maccagnola Italy | 26.65 | Angela San Juan Cisneros Spain | 26.80 |
| 100 m butterfly | Francesca Segat Italy | 59.13 GR | Diane Bui Duyet France | 59.24 | Angela San Juan Cisneros Spain | 59.60 |
| 200 m butterfly | Caterina Giacchetti Italy | 2:06.89 GR | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 2:06.90 | Paola Cavallino Italy | 2:10.19 |
| 200 m individual medley | Camille Muffat France | 2:10.36 GR | Mireia Belmonte García Spain | 2:13.07 | Anja Klinar Slovenia | 2:14.24 |
| 400 m individual medley | Anja Klinar Slovenia | 4:39.48 GR | Francesca Segat Italy | 4:42.27 | Lara Grangeon France | 4:43.54 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Italy Erica Buratto Laura Letrari Giorgia Mancin Federica Pellegrini | 3:40.63 GR | France Malia Metella Aurore Mongel Hanna Shcherba-Lorgeril Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne | 3:41.65 | Spain Laura Fernandez Rodriguez Patricia Castro Ortega Maria Fuster Martinez Angela San Juan Cisneros | 3:43.48 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Italy Flavia Zoccari Erica Buratto Alice Carpanese Alessia Filippi | 7:56.69 GR | France Lara Grangeon Margaux Fabre Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne Sophie Huber | 8:05.78 | Spain Patricia Castro Ortega Arantxa Ramos Plasencia Laura Fernandez Erika Villaécija García | 8:06.21 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Italy Valentina De Nardi Roberta Panara Caterina Giacchetti Livia Travaglini | 4:04.57 GR | Spain Duane Da Rocha Marce Concepcion Badillo Diaz Angela San Juan Cisneros Maria Fuster Martinez | 4:04.88 | Greece Aspasia Petradaki Angeliki Exarchou Panagiota Tsialta Theodora Drakou | 4:06.38 |
Legend: WR – World record; GR – Championship record

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy* | 12 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | France | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Spain | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Tunisia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Greece | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 38 | 41 | 36 | 115 |
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