Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Italy
games=2000 Summer
competitors=361 (244 men, 117 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Carlton Myers
gold=13
silver=8
bronze=13
total=34
rank=7

Italy competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold

*Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi — Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m
*Josefa Idem Guerrini — Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
*Paola Pezzo — Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike
*Agostino Abbagnale, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri, Alessio Sartori (Canottaggio)
*Antonella Bellutti — Women's Track Cycling Point Race
*Alessandra Sensini — Women's Individual Mistral Sailing
*Domenico Fioravanti — Men's Breaststroke 100 m
*Domenico Fioravanti — Men's Breaststroke 200 m
*Massimiliano Rosolino — Men's Individual Medley 200 m
*Giuseppe Maddaloni Men's Judo Lightweight 73 kg
*Diana Bianchedi, Giovanna Trillini, Valentina Vezzali Women's Fencing Team foil
*Valentina Vezzali Women's Fencing Individual foil
*Angelo Mazzoni, Paolo Milanoli, Maurizio Randazzo, Alfredo Rota Men's Fencing Team épée

Silver

*Michele Frangilli, Ilario di Buo, and Matteo Bisiani — Archery, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

* Marco Bracci, Andrea Gardini, Andrea Giani, Pasquale Gravina, Marco Meoni, Samuele Papi, Andrea Sartoretti, Paolo Tofoli, Luigi Mastrangelo, Simone Rosalba, Mirko Corsano and Alessandro Fei — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

Results by event

=Archery=

The men's team, which returned two members of the bronze medal-winning 1996 squad, did even better in 2000. They defeated the United States in the semifinal to guarantee themselves at least a silver medal. The Korean men, however, ensured that the Italians did not win the gold medal by defeating them in the final.

Women's team:
*Valeeva, Ioriatti, and Franchini – quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Men's team:
*Frangilli, di Buo, and Bisiani – final, silver medal (3-1)

=Athletics=

Men's competition

Men's 100 m
*Stefano Tilli
*# Round 1 – 10.40
*# Round 2 – 10.27 (did not advance)
*Francesco Scuderi
*# Round 1 – 10.50 (did not advance)
*Andrea Colombo
*# Round 1 – 10.52 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m
*Alessandro Cavallaro
*# Round 1 – 20.58
*# Round 2 – 20.69 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m
*Alessandro Attene
*# Round 1 – 45.79
*# Round 2 – 45.35
*# Semifinal – 46.41 (did not advance)

Men's 800 m
*Andrea Longo
*# Round 1 – 01:46.32
*# Semifinal – 01:44.49
*# Final – DQ

Men's 10,000 m
*Rachid Berradi
*# Round 1 – 28:01.18
*# Final – 28:45.96 (17th place)
*Daniele Caimmi
*# Round 1 – 29:01.26 (did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles
*Emiliano Pizzoli
*# Round 1 – 13.65
*# Round 2 – 13.69 (did not advance)
*Andrea Giaconi
*# Round 1 – 13.62
*# Round 2 – 13.93 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles
*Fabrizio Mori
*# Round 1 – 49.35
*# Semifinal – 48.4
*# Final – 48.78 (7th place)
*Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli
*# Round 1 – 50.27
*# Semifinal – 50.1 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m
*Alessandro Cavallaro, Maurizio Checcucci, Andrea Colombo, Francesco Scuderi
*# Round 1 – 38.84
*# Semifinal – 38.67
*# Final – 38.67 (7th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
*Giuseppe Maffei
*# Round 1 – 08:48.88 (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put
*Paolo Dal Soglio
*# Qualifying – 19.39 (did not advance)

Men's Discus
*Diego Fortuna
*# Qualifying – 62.24 (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw
*Nicola Vizzoni
*# Qualifying – 77.56
*# Final – 79.64 (Silver medal) place)
*Loris Paoluzzi
*# Qualifying – 76.91
*# Final – 78.18 (6th place)

Men's Triple Jump
*Paolo Camossi
*# Qualifying – 16.87
*# Final – 16.96 (8th place)
*Fabrizio Donato
*# Qualifying – 16.34 (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault
*Giuseppe Gibilisco
*# Qualifying – 5.70
*# Final – 5.50 (10th place)

Men's 20 km Walk
*Alessandro Gandellini
*# Final – 1:21:14 (9th place)
*Michele Didoni
*# Final – 1:21:43 (11th place)
*Giovanni de Benedictis
*# Final – 1:23:14 (16th place)

Men's 50 km Walk
*Ivano Brugnetti
*# Final – DNF
*Giovanni Perricelli
*# Final – DNF
*Arturo di Mezza
*# Final – DNF

Men's marathon
*Giacomo Leone
*# Final – 2:12:14 (5th place)
*Stefano Baldini
*# Final – DNF
*Vincenzo Modica
*# Final – DNF

Women's competition

Women's 200 m
*Manuela Levorata
*# Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m
*Roberta Brunet
*# Round 1 – 15:27.32 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m
*Silvia Sommaggio
*# Round 1 – 33:24.13 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Hurdles
*Monika Niederstatter
*# Round 1 – 58.02 (did not advance)

Women's 4x400 m
*Francesca Carbone, Virna De Angeli, Daniela Graglia, Fabiola Piroddi
*# Round 1 – 03:27.23 (did not advance)

Women's Shot Put
*Mara Rosolen
*# Qualifying – 16.66 (did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw
*Claudia Coslovich
*# Qualifying – 60.12
*# Final – 56.74 (12th place)

Women's Hammer Throw
*Ester Balassini
*# Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Women's Long Jump
*Fiona May
*# Qualifying – 6.81
*# Final – 6.92 (Silver medal)

Women's 20 km Walk
*Erica Alfridi
*# Final – 1:31:25 (4th place)
*Annarita Sidoti
*# Final – DNF
*Elisabetta Perrone
*# Final – DQ

Women's Marathon
*Maura Viceconte
*# Final – 2:29:26 (12th place)
*Ornella Ferrara
*# Final – 2:31:32 (18th place)

Women's Heptathlon
*Gertrud Bacher
*# 100 m Hurdles – 13.82
*# High Jump – 1.75
*# Shot Put – 12.75
*# 200 m – 24.96
*# Long Jump – 5.84
*# Javelin Throw – 41.14
*# 800 m – 02:09.08
*# Points – 5989 (14th place)

=Baseball=

Italy was one of the four nations for which the third Olympic baseball tournament continued their streak of unbroken appearances. The Italians went 2-5 in the preliminary round, defeating the Netherlands and South Africa. This put them in seventh place and eliminated them from competition.

Men's:
*Preliminaries (2-5)
*# Lost to Korea 2-10
*# Lost to Cuba 5-13
*# Defeated South Africa 13-0
*# Lost to Japan 1-6
*# Lost to United States 2-4
*# Defeated Australia 8-7
*# Lost to Netherlands 2-3 (did not advance)

=Basketball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round:*Defeated Lithuania (50-48):*Lost to United States (61-93):*Defeated New Zealand (78-66):*Defeated France (67-57):*Lost to China (76-85)
*Quarterfinals:*Lost to Australia (62-65)
*Classification Match:*5th/6th place: Defeated Yugoslavia (69-59) – Fifth place
*Team Roster:*Alessandro Abbio:*Gianluca Basile:*Roberto Chiacig:*Marcelo Dilglay Damiao:*Gregor Fučka:*Giacomo Galanda:*Agostino Antonio Li Vecchi:*Denis Marconato:*Andrea Meneghin:*Michele Mian:*Carlton Myers:*German Claudio Scarone

=Boxing=

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
*Sven Paris
**Round 1 – Defeated Pongsak Hrientounthong of Thailand
**Round 2 – Defeated Kay Huste of Germany
**Quarterfinal – Lost to Mohamed Allalou of Algeria (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
*Leonard Bundu
**Round 1 – Defeated Daniel Geale of Australia
**Round 2 – Lost to Daniyar Munaytbasov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Ciro Fabio di Corcia
**Round 1 – Lost to Marin Simion of Romania (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
*Ottavio Barone
**Round 1 – Lost to Antonios Giannoulas of Greece (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
*Giacobbe Fragomeni
**Round 1 – Lost to Isael Alvarez of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)
*Paolo Vidoz
**Round 1 – Bye
**Round 2 – Defeated Calvin Brock of United States
**Quarterfinal – Defeated Samuel Peter of Nigeria
**Semifinal – Lost to Audley Harrison of Great Britain – Silver medal

=Canoe / Kayak=

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
*Antonio Scaduto
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:43.289
*# Semifinal – 01:43.432 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m
*Jacopo Majocchi
*# Qualifying Heat – 03:39.176
*# Semifinal – 03:39.157
*# Final – 03:38.105 (8th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m
*Antonio Rossi, Benjamin Bonomi
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:32.193
*# Semifinal – 01:29.888
*# Final – 01:52.635 (7th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m
*Antonio Rossi, Benjamin Bonomi
*# Qualifying Heat – 03:14.316
*# Semifinal – Bye
*# Final – 03:14.461 (Gold medal)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
*Josefa Idem Guerrini
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:49.889
*# Semifinal – Bye
*# Final – 02:13.848 (Gold medal)

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Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles
*Pierpaolo Ferrazzi
*# Qualifying – 261.19
*# Final – 225.03 (Bronze medal)
*Enrico Lazzarotto
*# Qualifying – 262.22
*# Final – 235.92 (14th place)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles
*Maria Cristina Giai Pron
*# Qualifying – 321.89 (did not advance)

=Cycling=

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
*Marco Bui
*# Final – 2:16:09.14 (16th place)
*Hubert Pallhuber
*# Final – 2:22:55.64 (31st place)

Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike
*Paola Pezzo
*# Final – 1:49:24.38 (Gold medal)

Road Cycling

Men's Competition

Men's Road Race
*Michele Bartoli
*# Final – 5:30:34 (→ 4th place)
*Paolo Bettini
*# Final – 5:30:34 (→ 9th place)
*Danilo Di Luca
*# Final – 5:30:37 (→ 11th place)
*Francesco Casagrande
*# Final – 5:30:46 (→ 66th place)
*Marco Pantani
*# Final – 5:30:46 (→ 69th place)

Women's Competition

Women's Individual Time Trial
*Alessandra Cappellotto
*# Final – DNS

Women's Road Race
*Alessandra Cappellotto
*# Final – 3:06:31 (15th place)
*Valeria Cappellotto
*# Final – 3:09:17 (31st place)
*Roberta Bonanomi
*# Final – DNF

Track Cycling

Men's Competition

Men's Point Race
*Silvio Martinello
**Points – 5
**Laps Down – 1 (→ 8th place)

Men's Keirin
*Roberto Chiappa
**First Round – Heat – 2; Place – 2
**Second Round – Heat – 2; Place – 4 (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Pursuit
*Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, and Marco Villa
**Qualifying – 04:15.451 (→ did not advance)

Men's Madison
*Marco Villa and Silvio Martinello
**Final – 15 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Competition

Women's Individual Pursuit
*Antonella Bellutti
**Qualifying – 03:36.967 (→ did not advance)

Women's Point Race
*Antonella Bellutti
**Points – 19 points (→ Gold Medal)

=Diving=

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
*Nicola Marconi
*# Preliminary – 351.12 (26th place, did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
*Donald Miranda
*# Preliminary – 377.01
*# Semi-final – 207.03 – 584.04 (16th place, did not advance)place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform
*Massimiliano Mazzucchi
*# Preliminary – 386.91
*# Semi-final – 172.8 – 559.71 (18th place, did not advance)

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard
*Nicola Marconi, Donald Miranda
*# Final – 286.38 (8th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard
*Maria Marconi
*# Preliminary – 229.11 (30th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard
*Tania Cagnotto
*# Preliminary – 259.74
*# Semi-final – 206.55 – 466.29 (18th place, did not advance)

=Football (soccer)=

Men's team competition

*Group A:* Australia – Italy 0-1:* Italy – Honduras 3-1:* Italy – Nigeria 1-1
*Quarter Finals:* Italy – Spain 0-1
*Team Roster:* ( 1.) Morgan de Sanctis:* ( 2.) Alessandro Grandoni:* ( 3.) Luca Mezzano:* ( 4.) Marco Zanchi:* ( 5.) Matteo Ferrari :* ( 6.) Gennaro Gattuso:* ( 7.) Gianni Comandini:* ( 8.) Roberto Baronio:* ( 9.) Nicola Ventola:* (10.) Andrea Pirlo:* (11.) Gianluca Zambrotta:* (12.) Massimo Margiotta:* (13.) Massimo Ambrosini:* (14.) Claudio Rivalta:* (15.) Bruno Cirillo:* (16.) Ighli Vannucchi:* (17.) Cristiano Zanetti:* (18.) Christian Abbiati:* (19.) Gennaro Scarlato:* (20.) Stefano Morrone:* (21.) Fabio Firmani:* (22.) Cristiano Lupatelli

=Modern pentathlon=

Women's:
*Claudia Cerutti – 5026 pts, 9th place
*Fabiana Fares – 2863 pts, 24th place

Men's:
*Stefano Pucci – 5121 pts, 13th place

=Sailing=

Italy competed in ten of the Sailing events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won two medals.

Men's Mistral
*Riccardo Giordano
*# Race 1 – (25)
*# Race 2 – 14
*# Race 3 – 22
*# Race 4 – (29)
*# Race 5 – 6
*# Race 6 – 21
*# Race 7 – 11
*# Race 8 – 21
*# Race 9 – 3
*# Race 10 – 18
*# Race 11 – 12
*# Final – 128 (17th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
*Luca Devoti
*# Race 1 – (19)
*# Race 2 – 2
*# Race 3 – 2
*# Race 4 – (18)
*# Race 5 – 4
*# Race 6 – 2
*# Race 7 – 3
*# Race 8 – 15
*# Race 9 – 11
*# Race 10 – 1
*# Race 11 – 6
*# Final – 46 (Silver medal)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*Matteo Ivaldi and Francesco Ivaldi
*# Race 2 – 8
*# Race 3 – 16
*# Race 4 – 22
*# Race 5 – 21
*# Race 6 – (28)
*# Race 7 – 9
*# Race 8 – 10
*# Race 9 – (26)
*# Race 10 – 19
*# Race 11 – 22
*# Final – 139 (19th place)

Women's Mistral
*Alessandra Sensini
*# Race 1 – 3
*# Race 2 – 1
*# Race 3 – 3
*# Race 4 – 2
*# Race 5 – 1
*# Race 6 – (4)
*# Race 7 – 1
*# Race 8 – 2
*# Race 9 – 1
*# Race 10 – (12)
*# Race 11 – 1
*# Final – 15 (Gold medal)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
*Larissa Nevierov
*# Race 1 – 3
*# Race 2 – 9
*# Race 3 – 4
*# Race 4 – (19)
*# Race 5 – 13
*# Race 6 – (18)
*# Race 7 – 7
*# Race 8 – 11
*# Race 9 – 8
*# Race 10 – 8
*# Race 11 – 12
*# Final – 75 (8th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*Federica Salva' and Emanuela Sossi
*# Race 1 – 4
*# Race 2 – 4
*# Race 3 – 9
*# Race 4 – (16)
*# Race 5 – 2
*# Race 6 – (18)
*# Race 7 – 12
*# Race 8 – 8
*# Race 9 – 10
*# Race 10 – 7
*# Race 11 – 4
*# Final – 60 (7th place)

Open Laser
*Diego Negri
*# Race 1 – 9
*# Race 2 – 17
*# Race 3 – (18)
*# Race 4 – 11
*# Race 5 – 8
*# Race 6 – 15
*# Race 7 – 1
*# Race 8 – 8
*# Race 9 – 13
*# Race 10 – (20)
*# Race 11 – 9
*# Final – 91 (8th place)

Open Tornado
*Lorenzo Giacomo Bodini and Marco Bruno Bodini
*# Race 1 – (17) OCS
*# Race 2 – 12
*# Race 3 – 11
*# Race 4 – 12
*# Race 5 – 12
*# Race 6 – 15
*# Race 7 – (17) OCS
*# Race 8 – 6
*# Race 9 – 11
*# Race 10 – 10
*# Race 11 – 9
*# Final – 98 (14th place)

Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
*Pietro D'Ali and Ferdinando Colaninno
*# Race 1 – 9
*# Race 2 – 2
*# Race 3 – 8
*# Race 4 – 6
*# Race 5 – 13
*# Race 6 – 12
*# Race 7 – 10
*# Race 8 – (17) OCS
*# Race 9 – (17) DNC
*# Race 10 – 2
*# Race 11 – 17 OCS
*# Final – 79 (10th place)

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
*Francesco Bruni and Gabriele Bruni
*# Race 1 – 10
*# Race 2 – 12
*# Race 3 – 9
*# Race 4 – 11
*# Race 5 – 13
*# Race 6 – 11
*# Race 7 – (16)
*# Race 8 – (18) OCS
*# Race 9 – 5
*# Race 10 – 7
*# Race 11 – 9
*# Race 12 – 7
*# Race 13 – 11
*# Race 14 – 8
*# Race 15 – 16
*# Race 16 – 5
*# Final – 134 (11th place)

=Softball=

Women's Team Competition

*Team Roster:*Marta Gambella:*Daniela Castellani:*Susan Bugliarello :*Francesca Francolini:*Nicole Di Salvio :*Verusca Paternoster :*Giovanna Palermi :*Jie Hua :*Clelia Ailara :*Sabrina Comberlato :*Claudia Petracchi :*Loredana Auletta:*Yue-Fen Sun:*Alessandra Gorla:*Marina Cergol

=Swimming=

Men's 50 m Freestyle
*Lorenzo Vismara
*# Preliminary Heat – 22.62
*# Semi-final – 22.3
*# Final – 22.11 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle
*Lorenzo Vismara
*# Preliminary Heat – 49.74
*# Semi-final – 49.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle
*Massimiliano Rosolino
*# Preliminary Heat – 1:47.37
*# Semi-final – 1:46.60
*# Final – 1:46.65 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 400 m Freestyle
*Emiliano Brembilla
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:48.41
*# Final – 03:47.01 (→ 4th place)
*Massimiliano Rosolino
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:45.65
*# Final – 03:43.40 (→ Silver Medal"')

Men's 1500 m Freestyle
*Christian Minotti
*# Preliminary Heat – 15:12.72 (→ did not advance)
*Emiliano Brembilla
*# Preliminary Heat – 15:27.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly
*Massimiliano Eroli
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:01.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
*Domenico Fioravanti
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:01.32
*# Semi-final – 01:00.84
*# Final – 01:00.46 (→ Gold Medal and World Record)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke
*Domenico Fioravanti
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:15.04
*# Semi-final – 02:12.37
*# Final – 02:10.87 ( Gold Medal)
*Davide Rummolo
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:12.75
*# Semi-final – 02:13.23
*# Final – 02:12.73 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
*Emanuele Merisi
*# Preliminary Heat – 56.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke
*Emanuele Merisi
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:59.92
*# Semi-final – 01:59.78
*# Final – 01:59.01 (→ 5th place)
*Mirko Mazzari
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:02.13 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
*Massimiliano Rosolino
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:00.92
*# Semi-final – 02:01.14
*# Final – 01:58.98 (→ Gold Medal and Olympic Record)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley
*Alessio Boggiatto
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:14.26
*# Final – 04:15.93 (→ 4th place)
*Massimiliano Eroli
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:22.85 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle
*Lorenzo Vismara, Mauro Gallo, Klaus Lanzarini, and Simone Cercato
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:18.86
*Lorenzo Vismara, Klaus Lanzarini, Massimiliano Rosolino and Simone Cercato
*# Final – 03:17.85 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle
*Andrea Beccari, Klaus Lanzarini, Simone Cercato, and Matteo Pelliciari
*# Preliminary Heat – 07:17.69
*Andrea Beccari, Matteo Pelliciari, Emiliano Brembilla, and Massimiliano Rosolino
*# Final – 07:12.91 (→ 4th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle
*Christina Chiuso
*# Preliminary Heat – 25.99 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle
*Cristina Chiuso
*# Preliminary Heat – 57.09 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle
*Sara Parise
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:01.31
*# Semi-final – 02:00.07 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle
*Sara Goffi
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:18.16 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley
*Federica Biscia
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:16.09
*# Semi-final – 02:15.71 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley
*Federica Biscia
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:47.56 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle
*Cristina Chiuso, Sara Parise, Luisa Striani, and Cecilia Vianini
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:43.97
*# Final – 03:44.49 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle
*Sara Goffi, Sara Parise, Luisa Striani, and Cecilia Vianini
*# Preliminary Heat – 08:06.18
*# Final – 08:04.68 (→ 7th place)

=Synchronized swimming=

Team
*Giada Ballan, Serena Bianchi, Mara Brunetti, Giovanna Burlando, Chiara Cassin, Maurizia Cecconi, Alessia Lucchini, Clara Porchetto, Alice Dominici
*# Technical Routine – 32.993
*# Free Routine – 62.184
*# Final – 95.177 (6th place)

Duet
*Maurizia Cecconi, Alessia Lucchini
*# Technical Routine – 33.203
*# Free Routine – 62.184
*# Final – 95.387 (6th place)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition:
*Gianluca Pozzi
*# First Round — Defeated Jiří Novák (CZE), 6-1 6-2
*# Second Round — Lost to Karim Alami (MOR), 2-6 6-4 6-8

=Triathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
*Alessandro Bottoni — 1:51:18.13 (→ 32nd place)

Women's Individual Competition:
*Silvia Gemignani — 2:05:21.26 (→ 20th place)
*Edith Cigana — 2:07:06.81 (→ 27th place)

=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Defeated South Korea (3-0):* Defeated Yugoslavia (3-2):* Defeated Argentina (3-0):* Defeated Russia (3-1) :* Defeated United States (3-1)
*Quarterfinals:* Defeated Australia (3-1)
*Semifinals:* Lost to Yugoslavia (0-3)
*Bronze Medal Match:* Defeated Argentina (3-0) → Bronze Medal
*Team Roster:*Marco Bracci:*Mirko Corsano:*Alessandro Fei:*Andrea Gardini:*Andrea Giani:*Pasquale Gravina:*Luigi Mastrangelo:*Marco Meoni:*Samuele Papi:*Simone Rosalba:*Andrea Sartoretti:*Paolo Tofoli
*Head Coach: Andrea Anastasi

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Lost to South Korea (2-3):* Defeated Peru (3-0):* Lost to Russia (1-3):* Lost to Cuba (0-3) :* Lost to Germany (1-3) → did not advance, ninth place overall
*Team Roster:*Sabrina Bertini:*Antonella Bragaglia:*Maurizia Cacciatori:*Ana Paula de Tassis:*Manuela Leggeri:*Eleonora Lo Bianco:*Anna Vania Mello:*Darina Mifkova:*Paola Paggi:*Francesca Piccinini:*Simona Rinieri:*Elisa Togut
*Head Coach: Angelo Frigoni

=Volleyball=

Men's Beach Competition

*Maurizio Pimponi and Andrea Raffaelli — 19th place (tied)

Women's Beach Competition

*Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta:* Preliminary Round — defeated Yuki Ishizaka and Rii Seike (JPN) 15-5 :* Round of 16 — Lost to Misty May-Treanor and Holly McPeak (USA) 13-15 (→ 9th place)

=Water polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round:* 4-0-1
*Quarterfinals:* Lost to Hungary (5-8)
*Classification Match:*5th-6th place: Defeated United States (10-8) → Fifth place
*Team Roster:*Alberto Angelini:*Francesco Attolico:*Fabio Bencivenga:*Leonardo Binchi:*Alberto Ghibellini:*Amedeo Pomilio:*Francesco Postilgione:*Carlo Silipo:*Leonardo Sottani:*Stefano Tempesti:*Antonio Vittorioso

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