Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Italy at the Olympic Games

Flag of Italy
IOC code  ITA
NOC Italian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (Italian)
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors 304 (228 men, 76 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearer Giuseppe Abbagnale
Medals
Rank: 12		 Gold
6		 Silver
5		 Bronze
8		 Total
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Italy competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 304 competitors, 228 men and 76 women, took part in 169 events in 26 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

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 Buò not even qualifying for the eliminations. The men's team also lost in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's 4x400m Relay

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

Men's 800 metres

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)
  • 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

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 Pole Vault

  • Qualification — 5.40 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • 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

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

Women's Marathon

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)

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:

Team Roster

Basketball

Women's Team Competition

  • Lost to Brazil (70-85)
  • Lost to Unified Team (67-79)
  • Lost to Cuba (53-60)
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Spain (80-92)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (83-86) → 8th place

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

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

Canoeing

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final — 2:05:03 (→ 17th place)
  • Final — 2:05:03 (→ 32nd place)
  • Final — 2:05:58 (→ 39th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 375.57 points
  • Final — 527.73 points (→ 12th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 312.69 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 334.98 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 249.36 points (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 10m Platform

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

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Italy in 1992.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Men's Team Competition

  • Lost to Spain (0-1) → Did not advance

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1992. They won a bronze medal in the team event.

Individual
Team

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

  • Final Ranking — 182.1 points (→ 16th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

  • Final Ranking — 101.4 points (→ 7th place)

Women's 470 Class

  • Final Ranking — 68.7 points (→ 7th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200m Freestyle


Women's Competition

Synchronized swimming

Two synchronized swimmers represented Italy in 1992.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

  • Italy – Hungary 7-7
  • Italy – Netherlands 6-4
  • Italy – Cuba 11-8
  • Italy – Spain 9-9
  • Italy – Greece 8-6
  • Italy – Commonwealth of Independent States 9-8
  • Italy – Spain 9-8 (→ Gold Medal)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "Italy at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-25.

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