Weightlifting at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
# Weightlifting at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

The weightlifting competitions at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy took place between 26 June and 30 June at the Pala Rigopiano.

Athletes competed in 22 events across 11 weight categories (7 for men and 4 for women). Three Women's (48 kg, 75 kg and +75 kg) and the Men's +105 kg category will not be held because too few nations applied.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 56 kg details | Snatch | Khalil El Maoui (TUN) | Sedat Artuç (TUR) | Gökhan Kılıç (TUR) |
| 56 kg details | Clean & Jerk | Khalil El Maoui (TUN) | Vito Dellino (ITA) | Mustafa Ramo (SYR) |
| 62 kg details | Snatch | Erol Bilgin (TUR) | Dimitris Minasidis (CYP) | Iván García (ESP) |
| 62 kg details | Clean & Jerk | Erol Bilgin (TUR) | Dimitris Minasidis (CYP) | Massimiliano Rubino (ITA) |
| 69 kg details | Snatch | Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | Briken Calja (ALB) | Mohamed Abdelbaki (EGY) |
| 69 kg details | Clean & Jerk | Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | Mohamed Abdelbaki (EGY) | Manuel Martín (ESP) |
| 77 kg details | Snatch | Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | Tarek Yehia Abdelazim (EGY) | Semih Yağcı (TUR) |
| 77 kg details | Clean & Jerk | Ibrahim Abdelbaki (EGY) | Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | Tarek Yehia Abdelazim (EGY) |
| 85 kg details | Snatch | İzzet İnce (TUR) | Ervis Tabaku (ALB) | Mohamed Eshtiwi (LBA) |
| 85 kg details | Clean & Jerk | Benjamin Hennequin (FRA) | Elsayed Hasona (EGY) | Mohamed Eshtiwi (LBA) |
| 94 kg details | Snatch | Gaber Mohamed (EGY) | David Matam (FRA) | Ahmed Sellou (EGY) |
| 94 kg details | Clean & Jerk | David Matam (FRA) | Gaber Mohamed (EGY) | José Juan Navarro (ESP) |
| 105 kg details | Snatch | Ahed Joughili (SYR) | Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) | Grigor Satsian (GRE) |
| 105 kg details | Clean & Jerk | Ahed Joughili (SYR) | Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) | Ahmed Mohamed (EGY) |

### Women's events

| Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 53 kg details | Snatch | Soumaya Fatnassi (TUN) | Donia Abdelrahman (EGY) | Virginie Andrieux (FRA) |
| 53 kg details | Clean & Jerk | Soumaya Fatnassi (TUN) | Emine Bilgin (TUR) | Virginie Andrieux (FRA) |
| 58 kg details | Snatch | Romela Begaj (ALB) | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | Ahlem Elarbi (TUN) |
| 58 kg details | Clean & Jerk | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | Romela Begaj (ALB) | Agnes Chiquet (FRA) |
| 63 kg details | Snatch | Esmat Ahmed (EGY) | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | Muslime Meral-Sunar (FRA) |
| 63 kg details | Clean & Jerk | Esmat Ahmed (EGY) | Sibel Şimşek (TUR) | Muslime Meral-Sunar (FRA) |
| 69 kg details | Snatch | Abeer Abdelrahman (EGY) | Hanene Ourfelli (TUN) | Fatma Abdelsayed (EGY) |
| 69 kg details | Clean & Jerk | Abeer Abdelrahman (EGY) | Hanene Ourfelli (TUN) | Fatma Abdelsayed (EGY) |

## Doping cases

Nikolaos Kourtidis who won 2 gold medal in the men's 94 kg, and Konstantina Lapou who took silver in the women's 58-kg, tested positive after the competition.

For Nurcan Taylan who won 2 gold medals in the women's 53 kg the IWF invalidated all results between middle of 2008 to 2016.

## Medal table

Key:

* Host nation (Italy)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Egypt | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Turkey | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | France | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Albania | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Syria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Cyprus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
