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Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Italy	10	11	11	32

Results by event

Archery

Men's individual:

• Marco Galiazzo - gold medal
• Ilario di Buo - 16th place
• Michele Frangilli - 31st place

Women's individual:

• Natalia Valeeva - 53rd place

Men's team:

• Ilario di Buo, Michele Frangilli, and Marco Galiazzo - 7th place

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

• Simone Collio - Round 2, 10.29 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 metres:

• Marco Torrieri - Round 2, 20.89 s (did not advance)
• Andrew Howe - Round 2, 21.17 s (did not advance)

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

• Monika Niederstatter - Round 1: 55.57 s
• Benedetta Ceccarelli - Round 1: 56.28 s

Men's 800 metres:

• Andrea Longo - Semifinal, 1:46.0 (did not advance)

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

• Giuseppe Maffei - Round 1, DNF (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

• Marco Torrieri, Simone Collio, Massimiliano Donati , and Maurizio Checcucci - Round 1, 0:38.79 (did not advance)

Men's decathlon:

• Paolo Casarsa - 7404 points (28th place)

Men's marathon:

• Stefano Baldini - 2:10:55 (gold medal)
• Alberico di Cecco - 2:14:34 (9th place)
• Daniele Caimmi - 2:23:07 (52nd place)

Women's marathon:

• Bruna Genovese - 2:32:50 (10th place)
• Rosaria Console - 2:35:56 (16th place)

Men's 20 km walk:

• Ivano Brugnetti - 1:19:40 (gold medal)
• Marco Giungi - 1:23:30 (13th place)
• Alessandro Gandellini - DNF

Women's 20 km walk:

• Elisa Rigaudo - 1:29:57 (6th place)
• Rossella Giordano - 1:30:39 (11th place)
• Elisabetta Perrone - 1:32:21 (18th place)

Men's 50 km walk:

• Giovanni de Benedictis - DQ

Men's long jump:

• Nicola Trentin - Round 1, 7.86 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

• Fiona May - Round 1: 6.38 metres

Men's triple jump:

• Fabrizio Donato - Round 1, 16.45 metres (did not advance)

Women's triple jump:

• Magdelin Martinez - Round 1: 14.57 metres, Final: 14.85 metres (7th place)
• Simona la Mantia - Round 1: 14.39 metres

Men's high jump:

• Alessandro Talotti - Final, 2.25 metres (12th place)
• Nicola Ciotti - Round 1, 2.25 metres (did not advance)

Men's pole vault:

• Giuseppe Gibilisco - Final, 5.85 metres (bronze medal)

Women's javelin:

• Claudia Coslovich - Round 1: 60.58 metres
• Elisabetta Marin - Round 1: 56.34 metres

Men's hammer:

• Nicola Vizzoni - Final, 74.27 metres (10th place)

Women's hammer:

• Ester Balassini - Round 1: 65.58 metres
• Clarissa Claretti - Round 1: 65.06 metres

Baseball

The Italian baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.

• Players: Luca Bischeri, James Buccheri, Francesco Casolari, Mario Chiarini, Davide Dallospedale, Seth la Fera, David Francia, Daniele Frignani, Claudio Liverziani, William Lucena, Marcello Malagoli, Michael Marchesano, Anthony Massimino, Giuseppe Mazzanti, Fabio Milano, Peter Nyari, Kasey Olenberger, Giovanni Pantaleoni, Vincent Parisi, Jairo Ramos-Gizzi, Carlo Richetti, David Rollandini, Riccardo de Santis, Igor Schiavetti
• Manager: Giampiero Faraone
• Coaches: Claudio Corradi, Manuel Cortina, Salvatore Varriale

Basketball

Men's: silver medal

• Preliminary round: 3-2
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Puerto Rico, 83-70
• Semifinal: Defeated Lithuania, 100-91
• Final: Lost to Argentina, 84-69

Boxing

Italy sent six boxers to Athens, winning a bronze medal to join a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medals count. Both boxers that had matches in the round of 32 won those bouts, (two more had byes). Four boxers won in the round of 16 to advance to quarterfinals, while two fell in that round. Only the super heavyweight Roberto Cammarelle survived the quarterfinal round, not falling until the semifinals to win the bronze medal. The combined record of the Italian boxers was 7-6.

Light Flyweight (48kg)

• Alfonso Pinto
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Effiong Okon of Nigeria, outscored
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Carlos Jose Tamara Paternina of Colombia, 49-35
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Atagun Yalcinkaya of Turkey, 33-24

Lightweight (60kg)

• Domenico Valentino
  1. Round of 32 - Bye
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Mohammad Asheri of Iran, 37-18
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Serik Yeleuov of Kazakhstan, 29-23

Light Welterweight (64kg)

• Michele di Rocco
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Patriz Adelis Lopez Rojas of Venezuela, 37-30
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Anoushirvan Nourian of Australia, 33-25
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Ionut Gheorghe of Romania, 29-18

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

• Clemente Russo
  1. Round of 32 - Bye
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Andre Ward of United States, 17-9

Heavyweight (91kg)

• Daniel Betti
  1. Round of 16 - Lost to Viktar Zuyev of Belarus, injured

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

• Roberto Cammarelle - bronze medal
  1. Round of 16 - Defeated Gbenga Oluokun of Nigeria, 29-13
  2. Quarterfinal - Defeated Oleksii Mazikin of Ukraine, 23-21
  3. Semifinal - Lost to Alexander Povetkin of Russia, 31-19

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

• Nicola Marconi - Prelim: 384.63 (20th place)
• Tommaso Marconi - Prelim: 378.72 (24th place)

Women's 3 metre springboard:

• Tania Cagnotto - Prelim: 298.77, Semifinal: 231.15, Final: 319.23 (8th place)
• Valentina Marocchi - Prelim: 243.45 (23rd place)

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Alfredo Rota - defeated in round of 16

Women's épée individual:

• Cristiana Cascioli - defeated in round of 16

Men's foil individual:

• Salvatore Sanzo - silver medal
• Andrea Cassara - bronze medal
• Simone Vanni - defeated in quarterfinals

Women's foil individual:

• Valentina Vezzali - gold medal
• Giovanna Trillini - silver medal
• Margherita Granbassi - defeated in round of 16

Men's sabre individual:

• Aldo Montano - gold medal
• Luigi Tarantino - defeated in round of 16
• Gianpiero Pastore - defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:

• Gioia Marzocca - defeated in round of 16

Men's foil team:

• Salvatore Sanzo, Simone Vanni, and Andrea Cassara - gold medal

Men's sabre team:

• Luigi Tarantino, Gianpiero Pastore, and Aldo Montano - silver medal

Football (Soccer)

Men's: bronze medal

• Preliminary round: 1-1-1
• Quarterfinal: defeated Mali, 1-0
• Semifinal: lost to Argentina, 3-0
• Bronze medal match: defeated Iraq, 1-0

Softball

Women's: 8th place

• Preliminary round: 1-6

Triathlon

Italy was again represented by three triathletes at the 2004 event, but unlike in the first competition in 2000 all the Italians in 2004 were women. Gemignani, who had been the nation's best finisher four years earlier, dropped one place in the rankings. However, the two Olympic rookies both placed better than Gemignani had in the first race.

Women's:

• Nadia Cortassa - 2:05:45.35 (5th place)
• Beatrice Lanza - 2:07:59.26 (15th place)
• Silvia Gemignani - 2:08:56.94 (21st place)

Volleyball

Women's beach:

• Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta
  • Prelims: 1-2
  • Round of 16: Won 2-1 against Susanne Lahme and Danja Musch , Germany
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated 2-1 by Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson , Australia

Men's: silver medal

• Prelims: 3-2
• Quarterfinal: Won 3-1 against Argentina
• Semifinal: Won 3-0 against Russia
• Bronze medal game: Defeated 3-1 by Brazil

Women's:

• Prelims: 4-1
• Quarterfinal: Defeated 3-2 by Cuba

Water polo

Men's: 8th place

• Preliminary round: 3-2-0
• Classification 7-10: Defeated Croatia, 11-7
• Classification 7/8: Lost to United States, 9-8

Women's: gold medal

• Preliminary round: 2-1-0
• Quarterfinal: Defeated Hungary, 8-5
• Semifinal: Defeated United States, 6-5
• Gold medal game: Defeated Greece, 10-9

Officials

• President: Gianni Petrucci
• Secretary General: Raffaele Pagnozzi