Italy at the 2004 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 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors 373 (236 men, 137 women)
Flag bearer Jury Chechi
Medals
Rank: 8		 Gold
10		 Silver
11		 Bronze
11		 Total
32
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Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Contents

[edit] Medals

Medal Competitor Event
Gold Marco Galiazzo Archery, men's individual
Gold Stefano Baldini Athletics, men's marathon
Gold Ivano Brugnetti Athletics, men's 20 km walk
Gold Paolo Bettini Cycling, men's individual road race
Gold Andrea Cassara, Salvatore Sanzo, Simone Vanni Fencing, men's foil team
Gold Aldo Montano Fencing, men's sabre individual
Gold Valentina Vezzali Fencing, women's foil individual
Gold Igor Cassina Gymnastics, men's horizontal bar
Gold Andrea Benelli Shooting, men's skeet shooting
Gold Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noemi Toth, and Manuela Zanchi Water Polo, women's team competition
Silver Gianluca Basile, Massimo Bulleri, Roberto Chiacig, Giacomo Galanda, Luca Garri, Denis Marconato, Michele Mian, Gianmarco Pozzecco, Nikola Radulovic, Alex Righetti, Rodolfo Rombaldoni, and Matteo Soragna Basketball, men's team competition
Silver Benjamino Bonomi, Antonio Rossi Canoeing, men's K2 1000 m kayak pairs
Silver Josefa Idem Guerrini Canoeing, women's K1 500 m kayak singles
Silver Salvatore Sanzo Fencing, men's foil individual
Silver Aldo Montano, Gianpiero Pastore, Luigi Tarantino Fencing, men's sabre team
Silver Giovanna Trillini Fencing, women's foil individual
Silver Elisa Blanchi, Fabrizia D'Ottavio, Marinella Falca, Daniela Masseroni, Elisa Santoni, and Laura Vernizzi Gymnastics, women's rhythmic team event
Silver Giovanni Pellielo Shooting, men's trap shooting
Silver Valentina Turisini Shooting, women's 50 m small-bore rifle, three positions
Silver Federica Pellegrini Swimming, women's 200 m freestyle
Silver Matej Cernic, Alberto Cisolla, Paolo Cozzi, Alessandro Fei, Andrea Giani, Luigi Mastrangelo, Samuele Papi, Damiano Pippi, Andrea Sartoretti, Venceslav Simeonov, Paolo Tofoli, and Valerio Vermiglio Volleyball, men's team competition
Bronze Giuseppe Gibilisco Athletics, men's pole vault
Bronze Roberto Cammarelle Boxing, men's super heavyweight
Bronze Andrea Cassara Fencing, men's foil individual
Bronze Jury Chechi Gymnastics, men's rings
Bronze Lucia Morico Judo, women's half heavyweight (78 kg)
Bronze Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori Rowing, men's double sculls
Bronze Luca Agamennoni, Dario Dentale, Raffaello Leonardo, and Lorenzo Porzio Rowing, men's coxles fours
Bronze Catello Amarante, Salvatore Amitrano, Lorenzo Bertini, and Bruno Mascarenhas Rowing, men's lightweight coxless fours
Bronze Andrea Barzagli, Daniele Bonera, Cesare Bovo, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone del Nero, Daniele De Rossi, Marco Donadel, Matteo Ferrari, Andrea Gasbarroni, Alberto Gilardino, Giandomenico Mesto, Emiliano Moretti, Angelo Palombo, Ivan Pelizzoli, Giampiero Pinzi, Andrea Pirlo, and Giuseppe Sculli Football, men's team competition
Bronze Emiliano Brembilla, Simone Cercato, Filippo Magnini, and Massimiliano Rosolino Swimming, men's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay
Bronze Alessandra Sensini Sailing, women's mistral

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Marco Galiazzo earned the first archery gold medal in Italy's history. On his way to the final, he defeated countryman Ilario di Buo in the round of 16. The three men did well enough in the ranking round to receive a bye in the first round of team competition, but were defeated by the United States in their first team match.

Individual:

Event Archer Place Ranking
score		 Round
of 64		 Round
of 32		 Round
of 16		 Quarter-
finals		 Semi-
finals		 Finals
Men's Marco Galiazzo 1st 672 Won
156-122		 Won
164-163		 Won
162-155		 Won
109-108		 Won
110-108		 Won
111-109
Ilario di Buo 16th 659 Won
151-146		 Won
164-160		 Lost
162-155		 — — —
Michele Frangilli 31st 654 Won
153-141		 Lost
162-154		 — — — —
Women's Natalia Valeeva 53rd 650 Lost
132-130		 — — — — —

Team:

Event Archers Place Ranking
score		 Round
of 16		 Quarter-
finals		 Semi-
finals		 Finals
Men's Ilario di Buo
Michele Frangilli
Marco Galiazzo		 7th 1985 Bye Lost
243-240		 — —

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

Men's 200 metres:

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

Men's 800 metres:

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:

Women's marathon:

Men's 20 km walk:

Women's 20 km walk:

Men's 50 km walk:

  • Giovanni de Benedictis - DQ

Men's long jump:

Women's long jump:

Men's triple jump:

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

Women's triple jump:

Men's high jump:

Men's pole vault:

Women's javelin:

Men's hammer:

Women's hammer:

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

Lightweight (60kg)

Light Welterweight (64kg)

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

Heavyweight (91kg)

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

[edit] Canoeing

[edit] Flatwater

Men's K1 500 metres:

Women's K1 500 metres:

Men's K1 1000 metres:

  • Andrea Facchin - semifinal, 20th place

Men's K2 500 metres:

Men's K2 1000 metres:

  • Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi - final, silver medal

[edit] Slalom

Men's C2 slalom:

Men's K1 slalom:

Women's K1 slalom:

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's road race:

Women's road race:

Men's time trial:

Women's time trial:

  • Tatiana Guderso - 21st place, 34:14.47

[edit] Track cycling

Men's points race:

  • Angelo Ciccone - 8th place, 49 points

Women's points race:

  • Vera Carrara - 4th place, 8 points

[edit] Mountain biking

Men's cross country:

  • Marco Bui - 10th place, 2:20:45
  • Yader Zoli - 35th place, 2:31:39

Women's cross country:

[edit] Diving

Men's 3 metre Springboard:

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

Women's 3 metre Springboard:

  • Prelim: 298.77
  • Semifinal: 231.15
  • Final: 319.23 (→ 8th place)
  • Valentina Marocchi
  • Prelim: 243.45 (→ 23rd place)

Men's 10 metre Platform:

  • Final (→ 9th place)
  • Massimiliano Mazzucchi
  • Preliminary (→ 20th place)

Women's 10 metre Platform:

  • Tania Cagnotto
  • Final (→ 8th place)
  • Valentina Marocchi
  • Preliminary (→ 32nd place)

[edit] Equestrian

Individual eventing:

  • Giovanni Menchi riding Hunefer - final, 24th place
  • Stefano Brecciaroli riding Cappa Hill - third round, 35th place
  • Fabio Magni riding Vent d'Arade - third round, 48th place
  • Susanna Bordone riding Ava - third round, 56th place

Team eventing:

  • Bordone, Brecciaroli, Magni, and Menchi - 10th place, 257.2 penalties

Individual jumping:

  • Juan Carlos Garcia riding Albin III - final round B, 17th place
  • Bruno Chimirri riding Landknecht - final round B, 21st place
  • Vincenzo Chimirri riding Delfi Platiere - final round B, 26th place
  • Roberto Arioldi riding Dime de la Cour - qualifier, 56th place

Team jumping:

  • Arioldi, Chimirri, Chimirri, and Garcia - final, 8th place

[edit] 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:

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

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Italy - Ghana 2-2
  • Italy - Japan 3-2
  • Italy - Paraguay 0-1
  • Quarterfinals
  • Italy - Mali 1-0
  • Semifinals
  • Italy - Argentina 0-3
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Italy - Iraq 1-0
  • Team Roster

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's artistic: 12th place team

  • Igor Cassina - advanced in one exercise
    • Horizontal bar - gold medal
  • Jury Chechi - advanced in one exercise
    • Rings - bronze medal
  • Matteo Morandi - advanced in one exercise
    • Rings - 5th place
  • Matteo Angioletti - did not advance in any exercise
  • Alberto Busnari - did not advance in any exercise
  • Enrico Pozzo - did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic:

  • Monica Bergamelli - did not advance in any exercise
  • Maria Teresa Gargano - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:

  • Individual
    • Laura Zacchilli - 13th place
  • Team - silver medal
    • Elisa Blanchi
    • Fabrizia D'Ottavio
    • Marinella Falca
    • Daniela Masseroni (hoops and balls)
    • Elisa Santoni
    • Laura Vernizzi (ribbons)

Men's trampoline:

  • Flavio Cannone - 13th place

[edit] Judo

Men's 81 kg:

Men's 90 kg:

Men's 100 kg:

Men's 100+ kg:

Women's 48 kg:

  • Giuseppina Marci - defeated in round of 16

Women's 57 kg:

  • Cinzia Cavazzuti - defeated in round of 32; repechage quarterfinals

Women's 63 kg:

Women's 78 kg:

  • Lucia Morico - bronze medal; defeated in quarterfinals; won repechage finals

Women's 78+ kg:

  • Barbara Andolina - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's:

Women's:

  • Claudia Corsini - 4th place
  • Federica Foghetti - 32nd place

[edit] Softball

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Lost to United States (0:7)
  • Defeated PR China (7:5)
  • Lost to Greece (1:2)
  • Lost to Australia (0:8)
  • Lost to Taipei (0:1)
  • Lost to Japan (0:1)
  • Lost to Canada (0:1)
  • Semifinals
  • Did not advance → 8th place
  • Team Roster
  • Marta Gambella
  • Daniela Castellani
  • Susan Bugliarello
  • Francesca Francolini
  • Nicole Di Salvio
  • Eva Trevisan
  • Sabrina Del Mastio
  • Natalia Cimin
  • Jennifer Spediacci
  • Natalie Anter
  • Samanta Bardini
  • Ilaria Pino
  • Stefania Vitaliani
  • Leslie Malerich
  • Annalisa Turci

[edit] 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:

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Indoor Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated United States (3-1)
  • Lost to Brazil (2-3)
  • Defeated Australia (3-0)
  • Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
  • Lost to Russia (1-3)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Argentina (3-1)
  • Semifinals
  • Final
  • Lost to Brazil (1-3) → Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Indoor Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Defeated Japan (3-0)
  • Lost to Brazil (2-3)
  • Defeated Kenya (3-0)
  • Defeated Greece (3-0)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Cuba (2-3) → Fifth place
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Marco Bonitta

[edit] Women's Beach Competition

  • 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

[edit] Water polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Spain (4:5)
  • Defeated Australia (8:4)
  • Defeated Germany (10:5)
  • Defeated Egypt (13:4)
  • Lost to Greece (4:6)
  • Classification Matches
  • 7th/10th place: Defeated Croatia (11:7)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to United States (8:9) → 8th place
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Paolo de Crescenzo

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Australia (5:6)
  • Defeated Greece (7:2)
  • Defeated Kazakhstan (8:6)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Hungary (8:5)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated United States (6:5)
  • Final
  • Defeated Greece (10:9) → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi

[edit] Officials

  • President: Gianni Petrucci
  • Secretary General: Raffaele Pagnozzi


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