Kosovo at the 2018 Mediterranean Games

Kosovo at the
2018 Mediterranean Games
Kosovo at the; 2018 Mediterranean Games
IOC code	KOS
NOC	Olympic Committee of Kosovo
Competitors	40 in 12 sports
Medals; Ranked 14th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 4
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)
	; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; 2018;
Other related appearances
	Yugoslavia (1951-1991); Serbia and Montenegro (1997-2005); Serbia (2009–)

Kosovo participated for the first time in the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain over 10 days from 22 June to 1 July 2018.^[1]

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Distria Krasniqi	Judo	Women's 52 kg	June 27
Gold	Nora Gjakova	Judo	Women's 57 kg	June 27
Gold	Akil Gjakova	Judo	Men's 73 kg	June 28
Silver	Loriana Kuka	Judo	Women's 78 kg	June 29

Archery[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
		570	31	(KOS) L 2-6	Did not advance					33
		549	34	(KOS) W 6-2	(SLO) L 2-6	Did not advance				17

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
		494	21	(SLO) L 2-6	Did not advance				17

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Musa Hajdari	800 m	1:51.26	13	Did not advance
	800 m	1:55.41	17	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vijona Kryeziu	400 m	56.03	14	Did not advance
	800 m	2:13.41	10	Did not advance

Beach volleyball[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
		Rossi/ (ITA) L 0-2 (7-21, 7-21) /Reis (POR) L 0-2 (11-21, 12–21)	3	Did not advance				17
		/Jupiter (FRA) L 0-2 (6-21, 10–21) / (TUR) L 0-2 (20-22, 9-21) / (MAR) L 0-2 (20-22, 19–21)	4	N/A	Did not advance			9

Boxing[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Bantamweight	(ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance
	Lightweight	Bye	Oumiha (FRA) L 0-5	Did not advance		5
	Light welterweight	Tsanikidis (GRE) L 0-5	Did not advance
	Welterweight	(ITA) W 3-2	(TUN) L 1-4	Did not advance		5

Judo[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Akil Gjakova	−73 kg	Bye	(ESP) W 10–00	Mohyeldin (EGY) W 01–00	Bye		Çiloğlu (TUR) W 10–00

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Distria Krasniqi	−52 kg	Bye	Pérez Box (ESP) W 10-00	(TUR) W 10-00	Bye		Giuffrida (ITA) W 01-00
Nora Gjakova	−57 kg	Bye	Šikić (CRO) W 10-00	Khelifi (TUN) W 10-00	Bye		(ITA) W 10-00
	−63 kg	(SRB) L 00-10	Did not advance		Belattar (MAR) W 10-00	Belkadi (ALG) W 10-00	Katipoğlu (TUR) L 00-10	5
Loriana Kuka	−78 kg	N/A	(ESP) W 10-00	(SLO) W 01-00	N/A	Bye	(ITA) L 00-01

Karate[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
		Pavlov (MKD) L 1-3	Did not advance
		Kvesić (CRO) W 4-3	(EGY) L 1-5	Did not advance
Herolind Nishevci		Bye	(EGY) L 1-2	Did not advance	Bitević (SRB) L 0-2	Did not advance	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
		(MKD) W 8-0	Lofty (EGY) L 1-10	Did not advance	(POR) W 2-0	(ESP) L 0-1	5
		Chatziliadou (GRE) L 0-5	Did not advance		(CRO) L 1-2	Did not advance	7

Shooting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
		560	15	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	50 m freestyle	26.09	20	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	56.58	22	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:05.28	23	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	56.49	21	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:04.43	22	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	30.43	20	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:03.89	14	Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	32.11	21	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:11.51	18	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fjorda Shabani	50 m freestyle	28.49	23	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	32.17	14	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:07.69	10	Did not advance
Eda Zeqiri	50 m backstroke	32.36	15	Did not advance
Eda Zeqiri	100 m backstroke	1:09.42	11	Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Robin 1		Round Robin 2		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
		(POR) L 0-4 (5-11, 3–11, 6-11, 5-11) (ALB) W 4-0 (11-4, 11–5, 11-9, 11-9) (FRA) L 0-4 (1-11, 6–11, 7-11, 2-11)	3	Did not advance
		(ESP) L 0-4 (walkover) (GRE) L 0-4 (walkover) (TUR) L 0-4 (walkover)	4	Did not advance
		N/A		France (FRA) L 0-3 Spain (ESP) L 0-3	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	-68kg	Reçber (TUR) L 6-29	Did not advance
	-80kg	Martínez García (ESP) L 0-26	Did not advance

Tennis[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Singles	(ALB) W 6-1, 6-0	Müller (FRA) L 2-6, 1-6	Did not advance
	Singles	Ahouda (MAR) L 0-6, 2-6	Did not advance
	Doubles	N/A	Samaha/Habib (LBN) L 1-6, 4-6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Singles	Bechri (TUN) L 1-6, 1-6	Did not advance

Weightlifting[]

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
		62	4	80	5

References[]

^ Philip Barker (6 July 2018). "Why Kosovo's presence at the Mediterranean Games is just the latest example of "Olympic Geography"". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

"XVIII Jocs Mediterranis Tarragona 2018". tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 2018-05-24.

[1] Philip Barker (6 July 2018). "Why Kosovo's presence at the Mediterranean Games is just the latest example of "Olympic Geography"". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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