Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Italy Italy is currently competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Now, Italy is at #8 in the official medal count.

A list of the members of the Italian Olympic team follows, or will be added when places in the team are earned.

344 athletes will compete.

Medallists

Daily: Overall Medals
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	8th	—	—	—	—
Day 2	9th	0	1	0	1
Day 3	10th	1	1	1	3
Day 4	11th	2	1	1	4
Day 5	12th	0	1	0	1
Day 6	13th	1	0	1	2
Day 7	14th	2	0	0	2
Day 8	15th	0	0	1	1
Day 9	16th	0	1	1	2
Day 10	17th	0	1	1	2
Day 11	18th	0	0	0	0
Day 12	19th	0	0	1	1
Day 13	20th	0	1	0	1
Day 14	21th	0	0	1	1
Day 15	22th
Day 16	23th
Day 17	24th

Medal	Name		Event
Gold	Matteo Tagliariol	Fencing	Men's Individual Épée
Gold	Giulia Quintavalle	Judo	Women -57 kg
Gold	Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Women's Individual Foil
Gold	Federica Pellegrini	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Gold	Chiara Cainero	Shooting	Women's skeet
Gold	Andrea Minguzzi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
Silver	Davide Rebellin	Cycling	Men's Road Race
Silver	Giovanni Pellielo	Shooting	Men's Trap
Silver	Ilario Di Buò Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Archery	Men's Team
Silver	Francesco D'Aniello	Shooting	Men's Double Trap
Silver	Alessia Filippi	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Silver	Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls
Silver	Alessandra Sensini	Sailing	Women's sailboard
Bronze	Tatiana Guderzo	Cycling	Women's road race
Bronze	Margherita Granbassi	Fencing	Women's Individual Foil
Bronze	Salvatore Sanzo	Fencing	Men's Individual Foil
Bronze	Matteo Tagliariol Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Stefano Carozzo	Fencing	Men's team épée
Bronze	Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori	Fencing	Women's team foil
Bronze	Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Giampiero Pastore Diego Occhiuzzi	Fencing	Men's team sabre
Bronze	Diego Romero	Sailing	Men's Laser class
Bronze	Elisa Rigaudo	Athletics	Women's 20 kilometre walk

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Italy's men's team placed fifth and its women's team placed fourth. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Rank
Ilario Di Buo	Individual	670	9	Bulir (CZE) (56) W 111-100	Wunderle (USA) (41) L 108-108 (9-9, 8-10)	Did not advance
Marco Galiazzo	Individual	667	12	Dall (DEN) (53) W 114-97	Wills (GBR) (21) L 110-109	Did not advance
Mauro Nespoli	Individual	649	44	Wills (GBR) (21) L 99-103	Did not advance
Ilario Di Buo Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Team	1986	6			Canada (CAN) (11) W 219-217	Malaysia (MAS) (3) W 218-213	Ukraine (UKR) (2) W 223-221	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 227-225

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Rank
Pia Carmen Lionetti	Individual	613	51	Schuh (FRA) (14) L 107-112	Did not advance
Elena Tonetta	Individual	595	55	Rendon (COL) (10) L 106-106 (9-10)	Did not advance
Natalia Valeeva	Individual	634	30	Bannova (KAZ) (35) W 107-105	Joo (KOR) (3) L 108-110	Did not advance
Pia Carmen Lionetti Elena Tonetta Natalia Valeeva	Team	1842	9			Chinese Taipei (TPE) (8) W 215-211	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 231-217	Did not advance		5

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agnese Allegrini	Singles	Larisa Griga (UKR) L 0 - 2 (15-21, 11-21)	Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vincenzo Picardi	Flyweight	Chiyanika (ZAM) W 10-3	Payano (DOM) W 8-4	Cherif (TUN) W 7-5	Jongjohor (THA) -
Vittorio Parrinello	Bantamweight	Bye	Petchkoom (THA) L 1-12	Did not advance
Alessio di Savino	Featherweight	Williams (USA) L 1-9	Did not advance
Domenico Valentino	Lightweight	Tamsamani (MAR) W 15-4	Ugas (CUB) L 2-10	Did not advance
Clemente Russo	Heavyweight		Zuyeu (BLR) W 7-1	Usyk (UKR) W 7-4	Wilder (USA)
Roberto Cammarelle	Super heavyweight		Tomasovic (CRO) W 13-1	Rivas (COL) W 9-5	Price (GBR)

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michele Zerial	K-1 500 m	1:36:950	7th Q
Andrea Facchin Antonio Scaduto	K-2 500 m	1:30:240	6th Q
	K-2 1000 m	3:18:897	5th Q
Franco Benedini Luca Piemonte Alberto Ricchetti Antonio Rossi	K-4 1000 m	2:58:627	4th Q

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josefa Idem	K-1 500 m	1:48:864	2nd Q
Stefania Cicali Fabiana Sgroi	K-2 500 m	1:47:018	12th Q
Stefania Cicali Alice Fagioli Alessandra Galiotto Fabiana Sgroi	K-4 500 m	1:37:436	7th Q	1:37:887	3rd Q

Slalom

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Benetti<br\>Erik Masoero	C-2	100.08	9th	102.20	9th	202.28	8th Q	103.64	6th Q	100.48	5th	204.12	5th
Daniele Molmenti	K-1	85.13	5th	83.46	3rd	168.59	3rd Q	88.56	8th Q	142.37	10th	230.93	10th

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Cristina Giai Pron	K-1	102.75	9th	100.95	9th	203.70	9th Q	104.52	5th Q	251.26	10th	355.78	10th

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

BMX

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Manuel de Vecchi	Individual	36.351	10th	11 pts	3rd Q

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Cross-country
	Cross-country

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Cross-country

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Paolo Bettini	Road race	06:24:24 (+0:35)	18th
Marzio Bruseghin	Road race	06:34:26 (+10:37)	63rd
	Time trial	01:06:20 (+4:09)	22nd
Vincenzo Nibali	Road race	did not finish
	Time trial	01:05:36 (+3:14)	15th
Franco Pellizotti	Road race	06:31:06 (+7:17)	50th
Davide Rebellin	Road race	06:23:49 (+0:00)

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Noemi Cantele	Road race	03:32:45 (+0:21)	15th
Vera Carrara	Road race	did not finish
Tatiana Guderzo	Road race	3h 32′ 24″ (+0:00)
	Time trial	36:37 (+1:46)	12th

Track

Italy have also qualified for the men's Keirin, sprint, Madison and Points Race.

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 Finals	1/8 Finals	1/8 Finals Repechage	Finals (9th-12th place)
		Time Speed	Rank	Opposition	Opposition	Place	Place	Rank
Roberto Chiappa	Men's sprint	10.314 (69.808 km/h)	8th	W  Watanabe (JPN)	L  Bourgain (FRA)	3rd	2nd	10th

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals (7th-12th Place)
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Roberto Chiappa	Men's keirin	Relegated	5th	Did not advance

Points Races

Athlete	Event	Points/Laps	Rank
Angelo Ciccone	Men's points race	8 pts	13th
Vera Carrara	Women's points race	1 pt	14th
Angelo Ciccone Fabio Masotti	Men's madison	0 pts	14th

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semi-Final		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicola Marconi	3 m Individual Springboard	430.90	18th Q	444.55	14th	Did not advance
Tommaso Marconi	3 m Individual Springboard	360.15	28th	Did not advance
Francesco Dell'Uomo	10 m Individual Platform

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semi-Final		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tania Cagnotto	3 m Individual Springboard	332.90	6th Q	332.40	5th Q	349.20	5th
	10 m Individual Platform	328.30	11th Q
Maria Marconi	3 m Individual Springboard	286.10	14th Q	277.50	17th	Did not advance
Valentina Marocchi	10 m Individual Platform	313.05	15th Q
Noemi Batki Francesca Dallape'	3 m Synchronised Springboard					296.70	6th

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2				Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Pierluigi Sangiorgi	Flourian	Individual	61.875	37th	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping				Total
							Qualifier		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Susanna Bordone	Ava	Individual	37.80	8th	28.80	21st	20.00	26th	14.00	23rd	100.60	23rd
Stefano Brecciaroli	Cappa Hill	Individual	50.00	33rd	62.00	46th	4.00	41st	Did not advance		116.00	40th
Fabio Magni	Southern King V	Individual	49.60	31st	70.00	50th	0.00	42nd	Did not advance		119.60	41st
Vittoria Panizzon	Rock Model	Individual	50.60	35th	18.40	25th	0.00	17th	8.00	16th	77.00	16th
Roberto Rotatori	Irham De Viages	Individual	40.00	12th	22.80	17th	28.00	30th	Did not advance		90.80	29th
From: Susanna Bordone Stefano Brecciaroli Fabio Magni Vittoria Panizzon Roberto Rotatori	as above	Team	127.40	5th	71.00	4th	48.00	6th			246.40	6th

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Diego Confalonieri	Individual épée	Bye	Motyka (POL) W 15-10	Imre (HUN) W 15-9	Abajo (ESP) L 13-14	Did not advance
Matteo Tagliariol	Individual épée	Bye	Torkildsen (NOR) W 15-10	Robeiri (FRA) W 15-11	Verwijlen (NED) W 15-11	Abajo (ESP) W 15-12	Jeannet (FRA) W 15-9
Alfredo Rota	Individual épée	Bye	Boczko (HUN) L 10-11	Did not advance
Andrea Cassara	Individual foil		Bye	Schlosser (AUT) W 15-8	Zhu (CHN) L 14-15	Did not advance
Salvatore Sanzo	Individual foil		Bye	McGuire (CAN) W 15-3	Le Pechoux (FRA) W 10-9	Ota (JPN) L 14-15	Zhu (CHN) W 15-14
Luigi Tarantino	Individual sabre	Bye	Agresta (BRA) W 15-8	Sanson (FRA) W 15-7	Zhong (CHN) L 13-15	Did not advance
Aldo Montano	Individual sabre	Bye	Breaudry (CAN) W 15-4	Pina (ESP) L 14-15	Did not advance
Diego Occhiuzzi	Individual sabre	Bye	Pina (ESP) L 9-15	Did not advance
Diego Confalonieri Stefano Carozzo Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol	Team épée			Bye	South Korea (KOR) W 45-37	France (FRA) L 39-45	China (CHN) W 45-35
Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino	Team sabre				Belarus (BLR) W 45-39	France (FRA) L 41-45	Russia (RUS) W 45-44

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Giovanna Trillini	Individual foil	Bye	Company (CUB) W 15-7	Shanaeva (RUS) W 15-3	Wächter (GER) W 15-8	Nam (KOR) L 10-15	Granbassi (ITA) L 12-15
Margherita Granbassi	Individual foil	Bye	Angad-Gaur (NED) W 11-6	Nikichina (RUS) W 11-4	Lamonova (RUS) W 12-7	Vezzali (ITA) L 3-12	Trillini (ITA) W 15-12
Valentina Vezzali	Individual foil	Bye	Mroczkiewicz (POL) W 15-3	Zhang (CHN) W 10-7	Knapek (HUN) W 15-3	Granbassi (ITA) W 12-3	Nam (KOR) W 6-5
Ilaria Bianco	Individual sabre	Bye	Huang (CHN) W 15-12	Velikaya (RUS) L 6-15	Did not advance
Gioia Marzocca	Individual sabre	Bye	Kharlan (UKR) L 8-15	Did not advance
Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	Team foil				China (CHN) W 37-24	Russia (RUS) L 21-22	Hungary (HUN) W 32-23

Football (Soccer)

Main articles: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men's competition

Roster

Goalkeepers: Andrea Consigli (21) (Atalanta) Emiliano Viviano (22) (Brescia) Salvatore Sirigu (21) (Cremonese)

Defenders: Salvatore Bocchetti (21) (Genoa) Andrea Coda (23) (Udinese) Domenico Criscito (21) (Genoa) Paolo De Ceglie (21) (Juventus) Lorenzo De Silvestri (20) (Lazio) Marco Motta (22) (Udinese) Andrea Ranocchia (20) (Arezzo)

Midfielders: Ignazio Abate (21) (AC Milan) Luca Cigarini (22) (Parma) Daniele Dessena (21) (Parma) Claudio Marchisio (22) (Juventus) Riccardo Montolivo (23) (Fiorentina) Antonio Nocerino (23) (Palermo) Andrea Russotto (20) (Trevisio) Antonio Candreva (21) (Udinese)

Strikers: Robert Acquafresca (20) (Cagliari) Sebastian Giovinco (21) (Juventus) Tommaso Rocchi (30) (Lazio) Giuseppe Rossi (21) (Villareal, Spain)

Results

Preliminaries

2008-08-07

17:00

Honduras	0 – 3	Italy
	(Report)	Giovinco 41' Rossi 45' (pen.) Acquafresca 52' (pen.)

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 21,680

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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2008-08-10

19:45

Italy	3 - 0	South Korea
Rossi 15' Rocchi 31' Montolivo 90'	(Report)

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 29,455

Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

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2008-08-13

17:00

Cameroon	0 – 0	Italy
	(Report)

Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 47,307

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
South Korea	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Quarterfinal

2008-08-16

18:00

Italy	2 – 3	Belgium
Rossi 18' (pen.) 74' (pen.)	(Report)	Dembélé 23' 79' Mirallas 45+2'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 50,802

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Matteo Angioletti	All-around	16.500	14.250		15.625		13.575	59.950	64th	Did not advance
Alberto Busnari	All-around		13.525	15.125		14.625	14.375	57.650	69th	Did not advance
Igor Cassina	All-around	0.000		13.800		14.125	16.000	43.925	77th	Did not advance
Andrea Coppolino	All-around	14.825	14.025	12.925	15.975	13.675		71.425	59th	Did not advance
Matteo Morandi	All-around	16.100	14.175	13.700	16.025	13.725	13.850	87.575	31st	Did not advance
Enrico Pozzo	All-around	15.700	14.800	14.325	14.250	14.750	14.850	88.675	26th Q	89.375	19th
Matteo Angioletti Alberto Busnari Igor Cassina Andrea Coppolino Mateo Morandi Enrico Pozzo	Team	63.125	57.250	56.950	61.875	57.225	59.075	355.500	12th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Francesca Benolli	All-around	15.075	13.600	14.475	13.850	57.000	35th	Did not advance
Monica Bergamelli	All-around	13.900			14.350	28.250	89th	Did not advance
Vanessa Ferrari	All-around	14.825	14.650	14.050	14.775	58.300	21st Q	59.450	11th
Federica Macrì	All-around		13.800	13.550		27.350	91st	Did not advance
Lia Parolari	All-around	14.075	14.575	14.375	15.175	58.200	23rd Q	58.925	14th
Carlotta Giovannini	All-around	15.100	13.575	14.475	13.900	57.050	34th	Did not advance
Francesca Benolli Monica Bergamelli Vanessa Ferrari Federica Macrì Lia Parolari Carlotta Giovannini	Team	59.075	56.625	57.375	58.200	231.275	10th	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 Ribbons	3 Hoops& 2 Balls	Total	Rank	5 Ribbons	3 Hoops& 2 Balls	Total	Rank
Elisa Blanchi Fabrizia D'Ottavio Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Elisa Santoni Angelica Savrajuk	Team

Trampoline

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Flavio Cannone	Individual	66.50	14th	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Giovanni Casale	−66 kg		Novoa (CHI) W 1000-0000	Chol Min (PRK) L 0001-0010		Nurmuhammedov (TKM) W 0012-0000	Dias (POR) W 1001-0001	Gadanov (RUS) L 0010-1002	Did not advance
Giuseppe Maddaloni	−81 kg		Brenes (PUR) W 0020-0001	Elmont (NED) L 0000-1001		Damdinsuren (MGL) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Roberto Meloni	−90 kg	Borodavko (LAT) W 0100-0010	Dafreville (FRA) L 0000-0010			Gonzalez (CUB) W 1001-0001	Santos (BRA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Paolo Bianchessi	+100 kg		Ishii (JPN) L 0000-1011			El Shehaby (EGY) W 0010-0000	Tmenov (RUS) L 0000-0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Giulia Quintavalle	−57 kg	Bonisch (GER) W 0101-0001	Erdenet-Od (MGL) W 1010-0001	Harel (FRA) W 0010-0001	Pekli (AUS) W 0010-0002	Directly to the Gold medal final			Gravenstijn (NED) W 0011-0001
Ylenia Scapin	−70 kg		Jacques (BEL) W 0010-0000	Hernández (CUB) L 0000-1000			Alvear (COL) L 0010-1000	Did not advance
Lucia Morico	−78 kg		Nakazawa (JPN) W 0010-0001	San Miguel (ESP) L 0011-0220			Silva (BRA) L 0000-1101	Did not advance
Michela Torrenti	+78 kg	Shepherd (AUS) L 0000-0001	Did not advance

Modern Pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Nicola Benedetti
Andrea Valentini

Women

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Claudia Corsini
Sara Bertoli

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dario Dentale Raffaello Leonardo	Pairs	6:51:01	7th Q	6:47:30	10th	7:04:91	11th
Elia Luini Marcello Miani	Lightweight double sculls	6:16:16	4th Q	6:31:16	5th Q	6:16:15	4th
Carlo Mornati Alessio Sartori Niccolo Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	Fours	6:02:84	6th Q	6:05:21	12th	6:08:77	11th
Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri	Quadruple sculls	5:36:42	2nd Q	5:51:20	1st Q	5:43:57
Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Jiri Vlcek Bruno Mascarenhas	Lightweight Fours	5:54:12	8th Q	6:14:73	10th	6:03:12	7th

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriella Bascelli	Single sculls	7:43:67	4th Q	7:36:68	10th Q	7:42:10	8th	7:48:91	8th
Elisabetta Sancassani Laura Schiavone	Double sculls	7:30:25	10th	7:08:00	8th			7:29:22	10th

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Fabian Heidegger	RS:X	14	12	8	17	18	13	18	24	21	17	Did not advance	138 pts	20th
Diego Romero	Laser	6	3	5	36	10	15	11	9	10	Can	6	75 pts
Andrea Trani Gabria Zandona'	470	10	4	7	7	2	21	19	6	29	5	10	91 pts	6th
Diego Negri Luigi Viale	Star	13	8	12	7	11	7	7	6	13	5	16	92 pts	10th

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alessandra Sensini	RS:X	6	2	9	1	28	3	2	2	5	8	2	40 pts
Larissa Nevierov	Laser Radial	17	15	22	9	11	13	16	24	21	Can	Did not advance	124 pts	19th
Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	470	14	7	6	3	6	11	4	19	12	6	6	75 pts	5th
Chiara Calligaris Giulia Pignolo Francesca Scognamillo	Yngling	15	14	13	9	8	9	7	14	Can		Did not advance	74 pts	15th

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Giorgio Poggi	Finn	17	7	14	21	6	12	9	9	Can		Did not advance						74 pts	11th
Gianfranco Sibello Pietro Sibello	49er	3	9	1	1	6	9	3	8	12	17	3	3	Can			8	66 pts	4th
Edoardo Bianchi Francesco Marcolini	Tornado	15	9	4	2	8	4	6	11	8	6	16						74 pts	7th

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Niccolo Campriani	10 m air rifle	594	12th	Did not advance		12th
	50 m rifle Prone	588	38th	Did not advance		38th
	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1153	39th	Did not advance		39th
Marco De Nicolo	10 m air rifle	592	20th	Did not advance		20th
	50 m rifle Prone	593	15th	Did not advance		15th
	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1169	9th	Did not advance		9th
Mauro Badaracchi	10 m air pistol	571	40th	Did not advance		40th
Vigilio Fait	10 m air pistol	580	9th	Did not advance		9th
	50 m pistol	551	28th	Did not advance		28th
Francesco Bruno	50 m pistol	554	19th	Did not advance		19th
Andrea Benelli	Skeet	113	24th	Did not advance		24th
Ennio Falco	Skeet	117	14th	Did not advance		14th
Erminio Frasca	Trap	120	3rd	20	140+1	6th
Giovanni Pellielo	Trap	120	4th	23	143	Silver
Francesco Daniello	Double trap
Daniele Di Spigno	Double trap

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Valentina Turisini	10 m air rifle	393	28th	Did not advance		28th
	50 m rifle three positions
Maura Genovesi	10 m air pistol	378	28th	Did not advance		28th
	25 m pistol
Chiara Cainero	skeet	72 (OR)	1			Gold
Deborah Gelisio	trap	66	7th	Did not advance		7th

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[1]

Men

Mattia Aversa; Marco Belotti - relay duty; Niccolò Beni; Alessio Boggiatto; Paolo Bossini; Emiliano Brembilla; Alessandro Calvi - relay duty; Nicola Cassio - relay duty; Federico Colbertaldo; Mirco Di Tora - relay duty; Loris Facci; Christian Galenda - relay duty; Damiano Lestingi; Filippo Magnini; Luca Marin; Mattia Nalesso - relay duty; Matteo Pelliciari - relay duty; Samuel Pizzetti; Massimiliano Rosolino; Michele Santucci - relay duty; Alessandro Terrin - relay duty & Federico Turrini.

Women

Romina Armellini - relay duty; Ilaria Bianchi - relay duty; Alice Carpanese - relay duty; Paola Cavallino; Cristina Chiuso - relay duty; Erika Ferraioli - relay duty; Alessia Filippi; Roberta Panara - relay duty; Federica Pellegrini; Renata Fabiola Spagnolo - relay duty; Maria Laura Simonetto - relay duty & Flavia Zoccari - relay duty. [2]

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
	Duet

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mihai Bobocica	Singles

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nikoleta Stefanova	Singles
Wenling Tan-Monfardini	Singles

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mauro Sarmiento	−80 kg
Leonardo Basile	+80 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Veronica Calabrese	−57 kg

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Simone Bolelli	Singles	V Hanescu (ROU)
Andreas Seppi	Singles	T Robredo (ESP)
Potito Starace	Singles	R Nadal (ESP)
Simone Bolelli <br\>Andreas Seppi	Doubles			R Federer (SUI)  S Wawrinka (SUI)

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Sara Errani	Singles	S Stosur (AUS)
Flavia Pennetta	Singles	K Kanepi (EST)
Mara Santangelo	Singles	D Safina (RUS)
Francesca Schiavone	Singles	A Amanmuradova (UZB)
Mara Santangelo <br\>Roberta Vinci	Doubles			S Kuznetsova (RUS)  D Safina (RUS)
Flavia Pennetta <br\>Francesca Schiavone	Doubles			C Dellacqua (AUS)  A Molik (AUS)

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Emilio D'Aquino	Individual
Daniel Fontana	Individual

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Charlotte Bonin	Individual
Nadia Cortassa	Individual

Volleyball

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Beach

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round Pool D	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition <br\>Score		Opposition <br\>Score	Opposition <br\>Score	Opposition <br\>Score	Opposition <br\>Score
Eugenio Amore<br\>Riccardo Lione Seed 23	Doubles	M.Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA)<br\>   Doppler - Gartmayer (AUT)<br\>   Barsouk - Kolodinsky (RUS)<br\>

Indoor

Women's competition

Women's team

Taismary Aguero, Sara Anzanello, Jenny Barazza, Paola Cardullo, Nadia Centoni, Francesca Ferretti, Simona Gioli, Martina Guiggi, Eleonora Lo Bianco, Francesca Piccinini, Paola Croce (libero), Serena Ortolani, Manuela Secolo.

Water Polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's competition

Roster

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vito Dellino	-56 kg	110	15	137	14	247	14
Giorgio De Luca	-69 kg	131	21	0	-	DNF	-
Moreno Boer	-105 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Genny Pagliaro	-48 kg	0	-	0	-	DNF	-

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Andrea Minguzzi	−84 kg								Gold
Daigoro Timoncini	−96 kg

See also

• Italy at the 2008 Summer Paralympics