Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  ITA
NOC Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors 318 (240 men, 78 women)
Flag bearer Giuseppe Abbagnale
Medals Gold
6		 Silver
5		 Bronze
8		 Total
19
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Italy competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Giovanna Trillini, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Diana Bianchedi, Margherita Zalaffi, and Dorina Vaccaroni — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
  • Carlo Silipo, Amedeo Pomilio, Franco Porzio, Pino Porzio, Mario Fiorillo, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Alessandro Campagna, Marco D'Altrui, Massimiliano Ferretti, Francesco Attolico, Alessandro Bovo, and Paolo Caldarella — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Marco Marin — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual Competition
  • Vicenzo Maenza — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Giovanni de Benedictis — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk
  • Bruno Dreossi and Antonio Rossi — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 metres Kayak Pairs
  • Carlo Massulo, Roberto Bomprezzi, and Gianluca Tiberti — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
  • Marco Venturini — Shooting, Men's Trap Individual Competition
  • Luca Sacchi — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In Italy's first archery competition without Giancarlo Ferrari, the four Italians went a combined 0-3 in the elimination round with Ilario di Buo not even qualifying for the eliminations. The men's team also lost in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Maria Testa — Round of 32, 21st place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Andrea Parenti — Round of 32, 19th place (0-1)
  • Alessandro Rivolta — Round of 32, 22nd place (0-1)
  • Ilario di Buo — Ranking round, 39th place (0-0)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Parenti, Rivolta, and di Buo — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:02.09
  • Final — 3:02.18 (→ 6th place)

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Heat — 13:33.71
  • Final — 14:02.47 (→ 16th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Heat — 28:18.48
  • Final — 28:11.39 (→ 4th place)
  • Francesco Bennici
  • Heat — 28:45.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Giuseppe de Gaetano — 3:59:13 (→ 12th place)
  • Massimo Quiriconi — 4:00:28 (→ 13th place)
  • Giovanni Perricelli — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 75.40 m
  • Final — 72.98 m (→ 11th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Luciano Zerbini
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Luciano Zerbini
  • Qualification — 20.25 m
  • Final — 19.88 m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification — 20.14 m
  • Final — 19.62 m (→ 11th place)


Women's 800 metres

  • Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

  • Heat — 32:17.01
  • Final — 32:37.91 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Irmgard Trojer
  • Heat — 55.49
  • Semifinal — 56.34 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Emma Scaunich — 2:46.14 (→ 18th place)
  • Ana Villani — 2:46.44 (→ 20th place)
  • Bettina Sabatini — 2:50.09 (→ 23rd place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Heat — 6.40 m (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 6.43 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 10 km Walk

  • Final — 45:23 (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 46:43 (→ 19th place)
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Heat — 60.80m
  • Final — 61.22m (→ 10th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • First Round – Lost to Dong-Bum Cho (ITA), 2:8

[edit] Baseball

Italy was not very successful at the premier of Olympic baseball. The Italians lost six of their seven preliminary round games, beating only the host nation Spain. Their 1-6 record tied with that of Spain for seventh and eighth places, the Italians received the advantage in the tie-breaker because of the head-to-head result, barely avoiding last place.

Men's Team Competition:

  • Italy - 7th place (1-6)

Team Roster

  • Massimo Ciaramella
  • Guglielmo Trinci
  • Claudio Cecconi
  • Elio Gambuti
  • Marco Urbani
  • Maurizio De Sanctis
  • Francesco Petruzzelli
  • Fulvio Valle
  • Massimiliano Masin
  • Andrea Succi
  • Claudio Taglienti
  • Paolo Ceccaroli
  • Ruggero Bagialemani
  • Rolando Cretis
  • Alberto d'Auria
  • Roberto Bianchi
  • Leonardo Scianchi
  • Luigi Carrozza
  • Massimo Fochi
  • Massimo Melassi

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Brazil (70-85)
  • Lost to Unified Team (67-79)
  • Lost to Cuba (53-60)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Spain (80-92)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (83-86) → 8th place
  • Team Roster
  • Elena Paparazzo
  • Monica Bastiani
  • Mara Fullin
  • Stefania Salvemini
  • Anna Costalunga
  • Francesca Rossi
  • Angela Arcangeli
  • Catarina Pollini
  • Susanna Stanzani
  • Silvia Todeschini
  • Giuseppina Tufano
  • Stefania Passaro

[edit] Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Valeria Cappellotto
  • Final — 2:05:03 (→ 17th place)
  • Maria Turcutto
  • Final — 2:05:03 (→ 32nd place)
  • Roberta Bonanomi
  • Final — 2:05:58 (→ 39th place)

[edit] Diving

Women's 10m Platform

  • Luisella Bisello
  • Preliminary Round — 272.19 points (→ 19th place)

[edit] Football

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Spain (0-1) → Did not advance
  • Team Roster

[edit] Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200m Freestyle


Women's Competition

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

  • Katia Piccolini
    1. First Round – Lost to Nicole Provis (Australia) 1-6 0-6

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Team Roster

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Italy – Hungary 7-7
  • Italy – Netherlands 6-4
  • Italy – Cuba 11-8
  • Italy – Spain 9-9
  • Italy – Greece 8-6
  • Semi Finals
  • Italy – Commonwealth of Independent States 9-8
  • Final
  • Italy – Spain 9-8 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Team Roster