Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Italy at the Olympic Games | ||||
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IOC code: | ITA | |||
NOC: | Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano external link (Italian) |
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1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul | ||||
Competitors | 255 (213 men, 42 women) | |||
Flag bearer | Pietro Mennea | |||
Medals | Gold 6 |
Silver 4 |
Bronze 4 |
Total 14 |
Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 |
Italy competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
Contents |
[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
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- First Round — 28:43.84 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Piergiovanni Poli
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- Final — 2"16:07 (→ 16th place)
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
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- Heat — 8:32.59
- Semi Final — 8:16.92
- Final — 8:12.17 (→ 4th place)
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- Heat — 8:29.75
- Semi Final — 8:17.23
- Final — 8:17.79 (→ 9th place)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 7.81m
- Final — 8.08m (→ 4th place)
Men's 50km Walk
- Raffaello Ducceschi
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- Final — 3'45:43 (→ 8th place)
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- Final — 3'47:14 (→ 11th place)
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- Final — 4'04:56 (→ 32nd place)
Women's Marathon
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- Final — 2"27.49 (→ 6th place)
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- Final — 2"30.14 (→ 8th place)
- Antonella Bizioli
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- Final — 2"34.38 (→ 23rd place)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51kg)
- Andrea Mannai
- First Round — Lost to Arthur Johnson (USA), 0:5
[edit] Football
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Quarterfinals
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- Defeated Sweden (2-1)
- Semifinals
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- Lost to Soviet Union (2-3)
- Bronze Medal Match
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- Lost to West Germany (0-3)
- Team Roster
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:
[edit] Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Roberto Gleria
- Heat – 50.97 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Roberto Gleria
- Heat – 1:49.51
- B-Final – 1:49.28 (→ 9th place)
- Giorgio Lamberti
- Heat – 1:50.47
- B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Giorgio Lamberti
- Heat – 3:53.29
- B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
- Roberto Gleria
- Heat – 3:56.33 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Luca Pellegrini
- Heat – 15:18.80 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
- Stefano Battistelli
- Heat – 15:36.54 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Valerio Giambalvo
- Heat – 59.48 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Stefano Battistelli
- Heat – 2:03.63
- B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Gianni Minervini
- Heat – 1:02.86
- Final – 1:02.93 (→ 7th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Leonardo Michelotti
- Heat – 55.83 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
- Valerio Giambalvo
- Heat – 56.57 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Luca Sacchi
- Heat – 2:05.45
- B-Final – 2:05.68 (→ 13th place)
- Roberto Cassio
- Heat – 2:05.88 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Luca Sacchi
- Heat – 4:23.37
- Final – 4:23.23 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- Fabrizio Rampazzo, Giorgio Lamberti, Andrea Ceccarini, and Roberto Gleria
- Heat – 3:23.35
- Roberto Gleria, Giorgio Lamberti, Fabrizio Rampazzo, and Andrea Ceccarini
- Final – 3:22.93 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Massimo Trevisan, Fabrizio Rampazzo, Valerio Giambalvo, and Roberto Gleria
- Heat – 7:21.85
- Roberto Gleria, Giorgio Lamberti, Massimo Trevisan, and Valerio Giambalvo
- Final – 7:16.00 (→ 5th place)
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Valerio Giambalvo, Gianni Minervini, Leonardo Michelotti, and Roberto Gleria
- Heat – 3:52.06 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Silvia Persi
- Heat – 58.22 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Silvia Persi
- Heat – 2:04.40 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Manuela Melchiorri
- Heat – 4:15.40
- B-Final – 4:14.90 (→ 14th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Manuela Melchiorri
- Heat – 8:40.63 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Lorenza Vigarani
- Heat – 1:03.96
- B-Final – 1:03.88 (→ 13th place)
- Manuela Carosi
- Heat – 1:04.69
- B-Final – 1:03.80 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Lorenza Vigarani
- Heat – 2:17.35
- B-Final – 2:18.69 (→ 13th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Manuela Dalla Valle
- Heat – 1:11.25
- B-Final – 1:10.95 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Manuela Dalla Valle
- Heat – 2:30.60
- Final – 2:29.86 (→ 8th place)
- Annalisa Nisiro
- Heat – 2:32.77
- B-Final – 2:31.19 (→ 12th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Ilaria Tocchini
- Heat – 1:02.07
- B-Final – 1:02.78 (→ 16th place)
- Emanuela Viola
- Heat – 1:03.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Roberta Felotti
- Heat – 2:19.62
- B-Final – 2:19.63 (→ 13th place)
- Manuela Dalla Valle
- Heat – 2:22.85 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Roberta Felotti
- Heat – 4:49.20
- B-Final – 4:49.53 (→ 9th place)
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Lorenza Vigarani, Manuela Dalla Valle, Ilara Tocchini, and Silvia Persi
- Heat – 4:14.68
- Final – 4:13.85 (→ 8th place)
[edit] Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Paolo Cane
- First round — Defeated Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 6-3 7-6 4-6 6-3
- Second round — Defeated Emilio Sanchez (Spain) 7-5 6-3 6-7 6-4
- Third round — Defeated Javier Sanchez (Spain) 7-6 4-6 6-1 6-2
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Stefan Edberg (Sweden) 1-6 5-7 4-6
- Diego Nargiso
- First round — Defeated Francisco Maciel (Mexico) 4-6 2-6 7-6 7-6 8-6
- Second round — Lost to Tim Mayotte (United States) 6-2 2-6 4-6 0-6
- Omar Camporese
- First round — Lost to Guy Forget (France) 2-6 0-6 3-6
Women's Singles Competition
- Sandra Cecchini
- First Round – Bye
- Second Round – Lost to Chris Evert (USA) 2-6 2-6
- Raffaella Reggi
- First Round – Defeated Liz Smylie (Australia) 7-6 6-0
- Second Round – Defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (West Germany) 4-6 7-6 6-3
- Third Round – Defeated Chris Evert (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-1
- Quarterfinals – Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 3-6 4-6
[edit] Water polo
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- 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)
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- Drew with Hungary (9-9)
- Lost to Spain (9-11) → 7th place
- Team Roster
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- 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