page_title: 2009 Mediterranean Games
section_title: Participation
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 Mediterranean Games / Participation
caption_attribution_description: English: Participating countries of the 2009 Mediterranean Games
context_page_description: The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games 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. A total of 3,368 athletes from 23 National Olympic Committees participated in the Games. Montenegro participated for the first time at the Mediterranean Games, after their independence in 2006. The program included competitions in 24 different sports, including three non-Olympic sports – bocce, karate, and water skiing – and golf, which will be 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 and Bari.
  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.
context_section_description: 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 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. 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. Montenegro, after their independence in 2006, participated for the first time at the Mediterranean Games. The states of Serbia and Montenegro, which participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games jointly as Serbia and Montenegro, competed separately. The Montenegrin Olympic Committee was accepted as a new National Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee in 2007.
   Albania (151)
   Algeria (116)
   Andorra (13)
   Bosnia and Herzegovina (83)
   Croatia (163)
   Cyprus (70)
   Egypt (70)
   France (359)
   Greece (391)
   Italy (452)
   Lebanon (36)
   Libya (81)
   Malta (43)
   Monaco (15)
   Montenegro (107)
   Morocco (129)
   San Marino (30)
   Serbia (154)
   Slovenia (135)
   Spain (249)
   Syria (60)
   Tunisia (129)
   Turkey (332)
caption: Participating countries
exif: {}