Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the Olympic Games
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	255 (213 men, 42 women)
Flag bearer	Pietro Mennea
Medals	Gold 6	Silver 4	Bronze 4	Total 14
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Italy competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Cycling 2.5 Football 2.6 Modern pentathlon 2.7 Swimming 2.8 Tennis 2.9 Volleyball 2.9.1 Men's Team Competition 2.10 Water polo

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Gelindo Bordin — Athletics, Men's Marathon

• Giovanni Parisi — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

• Stefano Cerioni — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition

• Vicenzo Maenza — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight

• Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale and Giuseppe di Capua — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

• Agostino Abbagnale, Davide Tizzano, Piero Poli and Gianluca Farina — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls

[edit] Silver

• Carlo Massullo — Modern Pentathlon, Individual Competition

• Carlo Massullo, Daniele Masala and Gianluca Tiberti — Modern Pentathlon, Team Competition

• Salvatore Antibo — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres

• Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Dorina Vaccaroni, Margherita Zalaffi, Annapia Gandolfi and Lucia Traversa — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition

[edit] Bronze

• Maurizio Damilano — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

• Giovanni Scalzo — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual Competition

• Stefano Battistelli — Swimming, Men's 400 metres Individual Medley

• Gianfranco Dalla Barba, Marco Marin, Ferdinando Meglio, Giovanni Scalzo and Massimo Cavaliere — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Giancarlo Ferrari, competing in his fifth Olympic archery contest, dropped to 33rd place in the field. Fellow veteran Ilario di Buo advanced to the quarterfinal, nearly missing a semifinal berth. The Italians also just missed the cutoff for the final by one ranking in the team round.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Ilario di Buo – Quarterfinal (→ 13th place)
• Andrea Parenti – Preliminary Round (→ 28th place)
• Giancarlo Ferrari – Preliminary Round (→ 33rd place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Di Buo, Parenti, and Ferrari – Semifinal (→ 9th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

• Salvatore Antibo

1. First Round — 28:09.35
2. Final — 27:23.55 (→ Silver Medal)

• Alberto Cova

1. First Round — 28:43.84 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Gelindo Bordin

• Final — 2"10:32 (→ Gold Medal)

• Piergiovanni Poli

• Final — 2"16:07 (→ 16th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Alessandro Lambruschini

1. Heat — 8:32.59
2. Semi Final — 8:16.92
3. Final — 8:12.17 (→ 4th place)

• Francesco Panetta

• Heat — 8:29.75
• Semi Final — 8:17.23
• Final — 8:17.79 (→ 9th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Lucio Serrani

• Qualifying Heat — 70.50m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Alessandro Andrei

• Qualifying Heat – 20.18m
• Final – 20.36m (→ 7th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Giovanni Evangelisti

• Qualification — 7.81m
• Final — 8.08m (→ 4th place)

Men's 50km Walk

• Raffaello Ducceschi

• Final — 3'45:43 (→ 8th place)

• Giovanni Perricelli

• Final — 3'47:14 (→ 11th place)

• Sandro Bellucci

• Final — 4'04:56 (→ 32nd place)

Women's Marathon

• Laura Fogli

• Final — 2"27.49 (→ 6th place)

• Maria Curatolo

• Final — 2"30.14 (→ 8th place)

• Antonella Bizioli

• Final — 2"34.38 (→ 23rd place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51kg)

• Andrea Mannai
  1. First Round — Lost to Arthur Johnson (USA), 0:5

[edit] Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

• Imelda Chiappa — 2:00:52 (→ 15th place)
• Maria Canins — 2:00:52 (→ 32nd place)
• Roberta Bonanomi — 2:00:52 (→ 45th place)

[edit] Football

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated Guatemala (5-2)
• Lost to Zambia (0-4)
• Defeated Iraq (2-0)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated Sweden (2-1)

• Semifinals

• Lost to Soviet Union (2-3)

• Bronze Medal Match

• Lost to West Germany (0-3)

• Team Roster

Stefano Tacconi (gk) Roberto Cravero Andrea Carnevale Luigi De Agostini Ciro Ferrara Mauro Tassotti Angelo Colombo Luca Pellegrini Massimo Brambati Stefano Carobbi Massimo Crippa Giuliano Giuliani Paolo Virdis Ruggiero Rizzitelli Roberto Galia Giuseppe Iachini Stefano Desideri Massimo Mauro Alberigo Evani Gianluca Pagliuca (gk) Head Coach: Francesco Rocca

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Carlo Massullo – 5379 pts (→ Silver Medal)
• Daniele Masala – 5152 pts (→ 10th place)
• Gianluca Tiberti – 5040 pts (→ 17th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Massullo, Masala, and Tiberti – 15571pts (→ Silver Medal)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Roberto Gleria
  1. Heat – 50.97 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Roberto Gleria
  1. Heat – 1:49.51
  2. B-Final – 1:49.28 (→ 9th place)

• Giorgio Lamberti
  1. Heat – 1:50.47
  2. B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Giorgio Lamberti
  1. Heat – 3:53.29
  2. B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

• Roberto Gleria
  1. Heat – 3:56.33 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Luca Pellegrini
  1. Heat – 15:18.80 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

• Stefano Battistelli
  1. Heat – 15:36.54 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Valerio Giambalvo
  1. Heat – 59.48 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Stefano Battistelli
  1. Heat – 2:03.63
  2. B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Gianni Minervini
  1. Heat – 1:02.86
  2. Final – 1:02.93 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Leonardo Michelotti
  1. Heat – 55.83 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

• Valerio Giambalvo
  1. Heat – 56.57 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Luca Sacchi
  1. Heat – 2:05.45
  2. B-Final – 2:05.68 (→ 13th place)

• Roberto Cassio
  1. Heat – 2:05.88 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Stefano Battistelli
  1. Heat – 4:20.43
  2. Final – 4:18.01 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Luca Sacchi
  1. Heat – 4:23.37
  2. Final – 4:23.23 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Fabrizio Rampazzo, Giorgio Lamberti, Andrea Ceccarini, and Roberto Gleria
  1. Heat – 3:23.35
• Roberto Gleria, Giorgio Lamberti, Fabrizio Rampazzo, and Andrea Ceccarini
  1. Final – 3:22.93 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Massimo Trevisan, Fabrizio Rampazzo, Valerio Giambalvo, and Roberto Gleria
  1. Heat – 7:21.85
• Roberto Gleria, Giorgio Lamberti, Massimo Trevisan, and Valerio Giambalvo
  1. Final – 7:16.00 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Valerio Giambalvo, Gianni Minervini, Leonardo Michelotti, and Roberto Gleria
  1. Heat – 3:52.06 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Silvia Persi
  1. Heat – 58.22 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Silvia Persi
  1. Heat – 2:04.40 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Manuela Melchiorri
  1. Heat – 4:15.40
  2. B-Final – 4:14.90 (→ 14th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Manuela Melchiorri
  1. Heat – 8:40.63 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Lorenza Vigarani
  1. Heat – 1:03.96
  2. B-Final – 1:03.88 (→ 13th place)

• Manuela Carosi
  1. Heat – 1:04.69
  2. B-Final – 1:03.80 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Lorenza Vigarani
  1. Heat – 2:17.35
  2. B-Final – 2:18.69 (→ 13th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Manuela Dalla Valle
  1. Heat – 1:11.25
  2. B-Final – 1:10.95 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Manuela Dalla Valle
  1. Heat – 2:30.60
  2. Final – 2:29.86 (→ 8th place)

• Annalisa Nisiro
  1. Heat – 2:32.77
  2. B-Final – 2:31.19 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Ilaria Tocchini
  1. Heat – 1:02.07
  2. B-Final – 1:02.78 (→ 16th place)

• Emanuela Viola
  1. Heat – 1:03.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Roberta Felotti
  1. Heat – 2:19.62
  2. B-Final – 2:19.63 (→ 13th place)

• Manuela Dalla Valle
  1. Heat – 2:22.85 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Roberta Felotti
  1. Heat – 4:49.20
  2. B-Final – 4:49.53 (→ 9th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Lorenza Vigarani, Manuela Dalla Valle, Ilara Tocchini, and Silvia Persi
  1. Heat – 4:14.68
  2. Final – 4:13.85 (→ 8th place)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Paolo Canè
  1. First round — Defeated Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 6-3 7-6 4-6 6-3
  2. Second round — Defeated Emilio Sanchez (Spain) 7-5 6-3 6-7 6-4
  3. Third round — Defeated Javier Sanchez (Spain) 7-6 4-6 6-1 6-2
  4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Stefan Edberg (Sweden) 1-6 5-7 4-6

• Diego Nargiso
  1. First round — Defeated Francisco Maciel (Mexico) 4-6 2-6 7-6 7-6 8-6
  2. Second round — Lost to Tim Mayotte (United States) 6-2 2-6 4-6 0-6

• Omar Camporese
  1. First round — Lost to Guy Forget (France) 2-6 0-6 3-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Sandra Cecchini
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. Second Round – Lost to Chris Evert (USA) 2-6 2-6

• Raffaella Reggi
  1. First Round – Defeated Liz Smylie (Australia) 7-6 6-0
  2. Second Round – Defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (West Germany) 4-6 7-6 6-3
  3. Third Round – Defeated Chris Evert (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-1
  4. Quarterfinals – Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 3-6 4-6

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Brazil (0-3)
• Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
• Defeated Sweden (3-2)
• Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
• Defeated South Korea (3-0)

• Classification Matches

• 9th/12th place: Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
• 9th/10th place: Defeated Japan (3-2) → Ninth place

• Team Roster

• Andrea Gardini
• Andrea Giani
• Pierpaolo Lucchetta
• Ferdinando De Giorgi
• Marco Bracci
• Claudio Galli
• Lorenzo Bernardi
• Alessandro Lazzeroni
• Massimo Castagna
• Andrea Zorzi
• Luca Cantagalli
• Andrea Lucchetta

• Head Coach: Carmelo Pittera

[edit] Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Drew with Soviet Union (9-9)
• Defeated South Korea (1-11)
• Defeated Australia (7-5)
• Lost to West Germany (7-10)
• Defeated France (14-8)

• Classification Round (Group D)

• Drew with Hungary (9-9)
• Lost to Spain (9-11) → 7th place

• Team Roster

• Paolo Trapanese
• Alfio Misaggi
• Andrea Pisano
• Antonello Steardo
• Alessandro Campagna
• Paolo Caldarella
• Mario Fiorillo
• Francesco Porzio
• Stefano Postiglione
• Riccardo Tempestini
• Massimiliano Ferretti
• Marco d'Altrui
• Gianni Averaimo

• Head Coach: Fritz Dennerlein

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