Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Participant (Italy)

ITA

8th	9	10

Italy took part in the Summer Olympics forthe 25th timein Beijing in 2008 . A total of 344 athletes qualified. The flag bearer for the opening ceremony was the canoeist Antonio Rossi , while the boxer Clemente Russo carried the flag to the Beijing National Stadium at the closing ceremony. On November 17, 2009, Davide Rebellin was officially stripped of her silver medal in the street race for a doping offense.

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Matteo Tagliariol	fencing	Epee single
Giulia Quintavalle	Judo	up to 57 kg (lightweight)
Valentina Vezzali	fencing	Foil single
Federica Pellegrini	swim	200 m freestyle
Chiara Cainero	shoot	Skeet
Andrea Minguzzi	Wrestling	Greco-Roman style, class up to 84 kg (middle weight)
Alex Schwazer	athletics	Men walk 50 kilometers
Roberto Cammarelle	Boxing	Super heavyweight

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Giovanni Pellielo	shoot	Trap
Ilario Di Buò Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Archery	team
Francesco D'Aniello	shoot	Double trap
Alessia Filippi	swim	800 m freestyle
Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri	rowing	Double fours
Alessandra Sensini	sailing	Windsurfing
Mauro Sarmiento	Taekwondo	Men 80 kg
Josefa Idem	canoe	Women K-1 500 meters
Clemente Russo	Boxing	Heavyweight

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Tatiana Guderzo	Cycling	Road racing
Margherita Granbassi	fencing	Foil single
Salvatore Sanzo	fencing	Foil single
Matteo Tagliariol Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Stefano Carozzo	fencing	Epee team
Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori	fencing	Foil team
Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Giampiero Pastore Diego Occhiuzzi	fencing	Saber crew
Diego Romero	sailing	laser
Elisa Rigaudo	athletics	Women walk 20 kilometers
Vincenzo Picardi	Boxing	Flyweight
Andrea Facchin Antonio Massimiliano Scaduto	canoe	Men K-2 1000 meters

badminton

• Agnese Allegrini

  Ladies singles

Archery

Men
Ilario Di Buò	Single team	silver
Marco Galiazzo	Single team	silver
Mauro Nespoli	Single team	silver
Women
Pia Carmen Lionetti	Single team
Elena Tonetta	Single team
Natalia Valeeva	Single team

Boxing

• Vincenzo Picardi (bronze )

  Class up to 51 kg

• Vittorio Parrinello

  Class up to 54 kg

• Alessio Di Savino

  Class up to 57 kg

• Domenico Valentino

  Class up to 60 kg

• Clemente Russo (silver )

  Class up to 91 kg

• Roberto Cammarelle (gold )

  Class over 91 kg

fencing

Men

Surname	competition
Diego Confalonieri	Epee single
Matteo Tagliariol	Epee single (gold )
Alfredo Rota	Epee single
Andrea Cassara	Foil single
Salvatore Sanzo	Foil single (bronze )
Luigi Tarantino	Saber single
Aldo Montano	Saber single
Diego Occhiuzzi	Saber single
Diego Confalonieri Stefano Carozzo Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol	Epee team (bronze )
Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino	Saber team (bronze )

Women

Surname	competition
Giovanna Trillini	Foil single
Margherita Granbassi	Foil single (bronze )
Valentina Vezzali	Foil single (gold )
Ilaria Bianco	Saber single
Gioia Marzocca	Saber single
Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	Foil team (bronze )

Soccer

Men

• goal

1 Emiliano Viviano

18 Andrea Consigli

• Defense

2 Marco Motta

3 Paolo De Ceglie

6 Domenico Criscito

13 Andrea Coda

15 Salvatore Bocchetti

16 Lorenzo De Silvestri

• midfield

4 Antonio Nocerino

5 Luca Cigarini

7 Riccardo Montolivo

8 Claudio Marchisio (injured)

12 Daniele Dessena

17 Ignazio Abate

20 Andrea Russotto

21 Antonio Candreva

• Storm

9 Tommaso Rocchi (injured)

10 Sebastian Giovinco

11 Giuseppe Rossi

14 Robert Acquafresca

• Trainer

Pierluigi Casiraghi

• Results

Preliminary round

 Honduras : 3-0

 South Korea : 3-0

 Cameroon : 0-0

Quarter finals

 Belgium : 2-3

Weightlifting

Men

• Vito Dellino

  Class up to 56 kg

• Giorgio De Luca

  Class up to 69 kg

• Moreno Boer

  Class up to 105 kg

Women

• Genny Pagliaro

  Class up to 48 kg

Judo

Men

• Giovanni Casale

  Class up to 66 kg

• Giuseppe Maddaloni

  Class up to 81 kg

• Roberto Meloni

  Class up to 90 kg

• Paolo Bianchessi

  Class over 100 kg

Women

• Giulia Quintavalle

  Class up to 57 kg (gold )

• Ylenia Scapin

  Class up to 70 kg

• Lucia Morico

  Class up to 78 kg

• Michela Torrenti

  Class over 78 kg

canoe

Canoe racing

Men

• Michele Zerial

  Single kayak , 500 m

• Andrea Facchin (bronze )

  Two-person kayak , 500 m and 1000 m

• Antonio Scaduto (bronze )

  Two-person kayak, 500 m and 1000 m

• Franco Benedini

  Quad kayak , 1000 m

• Luca Piemonte

  Quad kayak, 1000 m

• Alberto Ricchetti

  Quad kayak, 1000 m

• Antonio Rossi

  Quad kayak, 1000 m

Women

• Josefa Idem (silver )

  Single kayak, 500 m

• Stefania Cicali

  Two-person kayak, 500 m

  Quad kayak, 500 m

• Fabiana Sgroi

  Two-person kayak, 500 m

  Quad kayak, 500 m

• Alice Fagioli

  Quad kayak, 500 m

• Alessandra Galiotto

  Quad kayak, 500 m

Canoe slalom

Men

• Andrea Benetti

  Two-man Canadians

• Erik Masoero

  Two-man Canadians

• Daniele Molmenti

  One kayak

Women

• Maria Cristina Giai Pron

  One kayak

athletics

discipline	Men	Women
100 m	Simone Collio Fabio Cerutti	Anita Pistone
200 m		Vincenza Calì
400 m	Claudio Licciardello	Libania Grenot Martinez
800 m		Elisa Cusma Piccione
4 × 100 m relay	Fabio Cerutti Simone Collio Emanuele Di Gregorio Jacques Riparelli	Anita Pistone Vincenza Calì Giulia Arcioni Audrey Alloh
1500 meter run	Christian Obrist
5000 meter run		Silvia Weissteiner
marathon	Stefano Baldini Ruggero Pertile Ottaviano Andriani	Anna Incerti Bruna Genovese Vincenza Sicari
100 m hurdles		Micol Cattaneo
3000 m obstacle	Matteo Villani	Elena Romagnolo
20 km walking	Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Giorgio Rubino Ivano Brugnetti	Elisa Rigaudo (bronze )
50 km of walking	Diego Cafagna Marco de Luca Alex Schwazer (Gold )
high jump	Andrea Bettinelli Filippo Campioli Alessandro Talotti	Antonietta Di Martino
Pole vault	Giuseppe Gibilisco Hannes Kirchler
Long jump	Andrew Howe
Triple jump	Fabrizio Donato	Magdelín Martínez
Shot put		Chiara Rosa Assunta Legnante
Hammer throw	Nicola Vizzoni Marco Lingua	Silvia Salis Clarissa Claretti
Javelin throw		Zahra Bani

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Nicola Benedetti
• Andrea Valentini

Women

• Claudia Corsini
• Sara Bertoli

Cycling

Road racing

Men

• Paolo Bettini

  Road racing

• Marzio Bruseghin

  Road racing

  Individual time trial

• Vincenzo Nibali

  Road racing

  Individual time trial

• Franco Pellizotti

  Road racing

• Davide rebel

  Road Race (Silver ) (Disqualified)

Women

• Noemi Cantele

  Road racing

• Vera Carrara

  Road racing

• Tatiana Guderzo

  Road Race (Bronze )

  Individual time trial

train

Men

• Roberto Chiappa

  sprint

  Keirin

• Angelo Ciccone

  Points race

  Madison

• Fabio Masotti

  Madison

Women

• Vera Carrara

  Points race

Mountain bike

Men

• Marco Fontana

  Cross country

• Yader Zoli

  Cross country

Women

• Eva Lechner

  Cross country

BMX

Men

• Manuel De Vecchi

Wrestling

• Andrea Minguzzi

  Men, Greco-Roman, class up to 84 kg (gold )

• Daigoro Timoncini

  Men, Greco-Roman, class up to 96 kg

horse riding

dressage

• Pierluigi Sangiorgi

versatility

• Susanna Bordone

  Individual, team

• Stefano Brecciaroli

  Individual, team

• Fabio Magni

  Individual, team

• Vittoria Panizzon

  Individual, team

• Roberto Rotatori

  Individual, team

rowing

Men

• Giuseppe De Vita (preliminary and semi-finals) / Dario Dentale (final) and Raffaello Leonardo

  Two without a helmsman

• Elia Luini and Marcello Miani

  Lightweight double scull

• Carlo Mornati , Alessio Sartori , Niccolò Mornati , Lorenzo Carboncini

  four

• Luca Agamennoni , Simone Venier , Rossano Galtarossa , Simone Raineri

  Quadruple (silver )

• Catello Amarante , Salvatore Amitrano , Jiri Vlcek , Bruno Mascarenhas

  Lightweight foursome

Women

• Gabriella Bascelli

  One

• Elisabetta Sancassani , Laura Schiavone

  Double scull

shoot

Men

• Niccolò Campriani

  Air rifle 10 m, small caliber lying 50 m, small caliber three-position battle 50 meters

• Marco De Nicolo

  Air rifle 10 m, small caliber lying 50 m, small caliber three-position battle 50 meters

• Mauro Badaracchi

  Air rifle 10 m

• Vigilio Fait

  Air rifle 10 m, free pistol 50 m

• Francesco Bruno

  Free pistol 50 m

• Andrea Benelli

  Skeet

• Ennio Falco

  Skeet

• Erminio Frasca

  Trap

• Giovanni Pellielo

  Trap (silver )

• Francesco D'Aniello

  Double trap (silver )

• Daniele Di Spigno

  Double trap

Women

• Valentina Turisini

  Air rifle 10 m, small caliber three-position combat 50 meters

• Maura Genovesi

  Air pistol 10 m, sport pistol 25 m

• Chiara Cainero

  Skeet (gold )

• Deborah Gelisio

  Trap

swim

discipline	Men	Women
50 m freestyle	Alessandro Calvi	Cristina Chiuso
100 m freestyle	Filippo Magnini	Maria Laura Simonetto
200 m freestyle	Massimiliano Rosolino Emiliano Brembilla	Federica Pellegrini (gold )
400 m freestyle	Massimiliano Rosolino Federico Colbertaldo	Federica Pellegrini
800 m freestyle		Alessia Filippi (silver )
1500 m freestyle	Federico Colbertaldo Samuel Pizzetti
100 m back	Mirco Di Tora	Romina Armellini
200 m back	Mattia Aversa
100 m chest	Alessandro Terrin	Roberta Panara
200 m chest	Paolo Bossini Loris Facci Damiano Lestingi
100 m butterfly	Mattia Nalesso	Ilaria Bianchi
200 m butterfly	Niccolò Beni	Paola Cavallino
200 m layers	Alessio Boggiatto
400 m layers	Luca Marin Alessio Boggiatto	Alessia Filippi
4 × 100 m freestyle	Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Michele Santucci Filippo Magnini	Erika Ferraioli Federica Pellegrini Maria Laura Simonetto Christina Chiuso
4 × 200 m freestyle	Nicola Cassio Marco Belotti Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino	Renata Spagnolo Flavia Zoccari Alice Carpanese Federica Pellegrini Alessia Filippi
4 × 100 m layers	Mirco Di Tora Filippo Magnini Mattia Nalesso Alessandro Terrin	Romina Armellini Roberta Panara Ilaria Bianchi Federica Pellegrini
10 km marathon	Valerio Cleri	Martina Grimaldi

Synchronized swimming

• Beatrice Adelizzi , Giulia Lapi

  duet

sailing

Men

• Fabian Heidegger

  Windsurfing

• Diego Romero

  Laser (bronze )

• Andrea Trani , Gabrio Zandonà

  470 dinghy

• Diego Negri , Luigi Viale

  star

Women

• Alessandra Sensini

  Windsurfing (silver )

• Larissa Nevierov

  Laser Radial

• Giulia Conti , Giovanna Micol

  470 dinghy

• Chiara Calligaris , Giulia Pignolo , Francesca Scognamillo

  Yngling

Open

• Giorgio Poggi

  Finn dinghy

• Gianfranco Sibello , Pietro Sibello

  49er

• Edoardo Bianchi , Francesco Marcolini

  tornado

Taekwondo

Men

• Mauro Sarmiento

  Class up to 80 kg (silver )

• Leonardo Basile

  Class over 80 kg

Women

• Veronica Calabrese

  Class up to 57 kg

tennis

Men

• Simone Bolelli

  singles

• Andreas Seppi

  singles

• Potito Starace

  singles

• Simone Bolelli , Andreas Seppi

  Double

Women

• Sara Errani

  singles

• Flavia Pennetta

  singles

• Mara Santangelo

  singles

• Francesca Schiavone

  singles

• Mara Santangelo , Roberta Vinci

  Double

• Flavia Pennetta , Francesca Schiavone

  Double

Table tennis

Men

• Mihai Bobocica

  singles

Women

• Nikoleta Stefanova

  singles

• Wenling Tan Monfardini

  singles

Triathlon

Men

• Emilio D'Aquino
• Daniel Fontana

Women

• Charlotte Bonin
• Nadia Cortassa could not start due to injury and was Daniela Chmet replaced

do gymnastics

Men

Individual all-around and team all-around

• Matteo Angioletti
• Alberto Busnari
• Igor Cassina
• Andrea Coppolino
• Matteo Morandi
• Enrico Pozzo

Women

Individual all-around and team all-around

• Francesca Benolli
• Monica Bergamelli
• Vanessa Ferrari
• Carlotta Giovannini
• Federica Macrì
• Lia Parolari

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Elisa Blanchi
• Fabrizia D'Ottavio
• Marinella Falca
• Daniela Masseroni
• Elisa Santoni
• Anzhelika Savrayuk

trampoline

• Flavio Cannone

  Men, singles

volleyball

Beach

• Eugenio Amore & Riccardo Lione

  Men's tournament

Hall

Men

Emanuele Birarelli

Vigor Bovolenta

Alberto Cisolla

Mirko Corsano

Alessandro Fei

Mauro Gavotto

Matteo Martino

Luigi Mastrangelo

Marco Meoni

Alessandro Paparoni

Valerio Vermiglio

Hristo Zlatanov

Women

Taismary Aguero

Jenny Barazza

Paola Cardullo

Nadia Centoni

Paola Croce

Francesca Ferretti

Simona Gioli

Martina Guiggi

Eleonora Lo Bianco

Serena Ortolani

Francesca Piccinini

Manuela Secolo

Water polo

Men

Alberto Angelini

Fabio Bencivenga

Leonardo Binchi

Fabrizio Buonocore

Alessandro Calcaterra

Luigi Di Costanzo

Maurizio Felugo

Valentino Gallo

Andrea Mangiante

Federico Mistrangelo

Leonardo Sottani

Stefano Tempesti

Fabio Violetti

Women

Silvia Bosurgi

Chiara Brancati

Elisa Casanova

Tania Di Mario

Teresa Frassinetti

Elena Gigli

Martina Miceli

Maddalena Musumeci

Francesca Pavan

Cinzia Ragusa

Federica Rocco

Erzsébet Valkai

Emanuela Zanchi

Diving

Men

• Nicola Marconi

  Jumping

• Tommaso Marconi

  Jumping

• Francesco Dell'Uomo

  Diving

Women

• Tania Cagnotto

  Diving, diving

• Maria Marconi

  Jumping

• Valentina Marocchi

  Diving

• Noemi Bátki

  3 m synchronized jumping

• Francesca Dallapé

  3 m synchronized jumping

Individual evidence

1. ↑ velonation.com: Rebellin officially loses Olympic silver medal (accessed November 27, 2009)

Web links

• Italian Olympic team 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )