1984 Summer Olympics / Participant (Italy)

ITA

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Italy took part in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 268 athletes, including 222 men and 46 women in 23 sports part. The high jumper Sara Simeoni was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony .

Participants by sport

basketball

Men

• 5th place

• Squad

  Marco Bonamico

  Roberto Brunamonti

  Carlo Caglieris

  Enrico Gilardi

  Walter Magnifico

  Pierluigi Marzorati

  Dino Meneghin

  Roberto Premier

  Antonello Riva

  Romeo Sacchetti

  Renzo Vecchiato

  Renato Villalta

Archery

Men Ilario Di Buò Individual: 29th place Giancarlo Ferrari Singles: 25th place

Women Esther Robertson Singles: 21st place

Boxing

Men

• Luciano Bruno

  Welterweight: bronze

• Romolo Casamonica

  Light Middleweight: Round of 16

• Noè Cruciani

  Middleweight: Round of 16

• Francesco Damiani

  Super heavyweight: silver

• Angelo Musone

  Heavyweight: bronze

• Maurizio Stecca

  Bantamweight: gold

• Salvatore Todisco

  Half flyweight: silver

fencing

Men Angelo Arcidiacono Saber, team: gold Gianfranco Dalla Barba Saber, singles: 9th place Saber, team: gold Stefano Bellone Epee, singles: 4th place Epee, team: bronze Andrea Borella Foil, singles: 5th place Foil, team: gold Stefano Cerioni Foil, single: bronze Foil, team: gold Andrea Cipressa Foil, team: gold Sandro Cuomo Epee, singles: 14th place Epee, team: bronze Cosimo Ferro Epee, team: bronze Roberto Manzi Epee, team: bronze Marco Marin Saber, single: silver Saber, team: gold Angelo Mazzoni Epee, singles: 9th place Epee, team: bronze Ferdinando Meglio Saber, team: gold Mauro Numa Foil, single: gold Foil, team: gold Giovanni Scalzo Saber, singles: 7th place Saber, team: gold Angelo Scuri Foil, team: gold

Women Carola Cicconetti Foil, singles: 14th place Foil, team: 4th place Clara Mochi Foil, team: 4th place Lucia Traversa Foil, team: 4th place Dorina Vaccaroni Foil, single: bronze Foil, team: 4th place Margherita Zalaffi Foil, singles: 15th place Foil, team: 4th place

Soccer

Men

• 4th Place

• Squad
  • goal

  1 Franco Tancredi

  12 Walter Zenga

  • Defense

  2 Riccardo Ferri

  3 Filippo Galli

  4 Sebastiano Nela

  5 Roberto Tricella

  6 Pietro Vierchowod

  8 Franco Baresi

  • midfield

  7 Salvatore Bagni

  9 Sergio Battistini

  10 Antonio Sabato

  11 Beniamino Vignola

  13 Pietro Fanna

  • Storm

  14 Daniele Massaro

  15 Massimo Briaschi

  16 Maurizio Iorio

  17 Aldo Serena

  • Trainer

  Enzo Bearzot

Weightlifting

Men

• Giuseppe Lagrotteria

  Lightweight: DNF

• Norberto Oberburger

  II. Heavyweight: gold

• Pietro Pujia

  Lightweight: 10th place

Judo

Men

• Yuri Fazi

  Light heavyweight: 5th place

• Ezio Gamba

  Lightweight: silver

• Felice Mariani

  Ultra light weight: 5th place

• Sandro Rosati

  Half light weight: 5th place

• Mario Vecchi

  Middleweight: 18th place

canoe

Men

• Paolo Carraro

  Kayak single, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Daniele Scarpa

  Kayak. One, 500 meters: 6th place

  Kayak twos, 500 meters: 4th place

  Two kayaks, 1000 meters: 6th place

• Francesco Uberti

  Kayak twos, 500 meters: 4th place

  Two kayaks, 1000 meters: 6th place

• Gennaro Cirillo , Vincenzo Damista , Marco Ganna & Francesco Mandragona

  Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: hope race (DNF)

athletics

Men Giovanni D'Aleo Marathon: 35th place Alessandro Andrei Shot put: gold Salvatore Antibo 5000 meters: semi-finals 10,000 meters: 4th place Dario Badinelli Triple jump: 15th place in qualification Mauro Barella Pole vault: 8th place Sandro Bellucci 50 kilometers of walking: bronze Orlando Bianchini Hammer throw: 4th place Franco Boffi 3000 meter obstacle: semi-finals Giovanni Bongiorni 4 × 100 meters: 4th place Alberto Cova 10,000 meters: gold Maurizio Damilano 20 kilometers of walking: bronze 50 kilometers of walking: DNF Raffaello Ducceschi 50 kilometers of walking: 5th place Giovanni Evangelisti Long jump: bronze Daniele Fontecchio 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals Agostino Ghesini Javelin throw: 23rd place in qualification Marco Marchei Marathon: 43rd place Marco Martino Discus throw: no valid throw in the final Riccardo Materazzi 800 meters: quarter-finals 1500 meters: 11th place Carlo Mattioli 20 kilometers of walking: 5th place Stefano Mei 1500 meters: semi-finals Pietro Mennea 200 meters: 7th place 4 × 100 meters: 4th place 4 × 400 meters: 5th place Marco Montelatici Shot put: 6th place Ernesto Nocco 4 × 400 meters: 5th place Francesco Panetta 10,000 meters: heats 3000 meter obstacle: semi-finals Claudio Patrignani 1500 meters: heats Pierfrancesco Pavoni 100 meters: heats Alessandro Pezzatini 20 kilometers of walking: 28th place Roberto Ribaud 4 × 400 meters: 5th place Donato Sabia 800 meters: 5th place 4 × 400 meters: 5th place (not used in the final) Antonio Selvaggio 5000 meters: heats Piero Selvaggio 5000 meters: heats Lucio Serrani Hammer throw: 15th place in qualification Carlo Simionato 200 meters: semi-finals Stefano Tilli 100 meters: semi-finals 200 Metetr: semi-finals 4 × 100 meters: 4th place Roberto Tozzi 4 × 400 meters: 5th place Antonio Ullo 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 × 100 meters: 4th place Giampaolo Urlando Hammer throw: disqualified for doping Luciano Zerbini Discus throw: 7th place Mauro Zuliani 4 × 400 meters: 5th place (only used in the preliminary run)

Women Cosetta Campana 4 × 400 meters: 6th place Giuseppina Cirulli 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals 4 × 400 meters: 6th place (only used in the preliminary run) Gabriella Dorio 800 meters: 4th place 1500 meters: gold Laura Fogli Marathon: 9th place Patrizia Lombardo 4 × 400 meters: 6th place Marisa Masullo 200 meters: semi-finals 4 × 400 meters: 6th place Alba Milana Marathon: 12th place Paola Moro Marathon: 20th place Agnese Possamai 3000 meters: 10th place Fausta Quintavalla Javelin throw: 15th place in qualification Erica Rossi 400 meters: heats 4 × 400 meters: 6th place Sara Simeoni High jump: silver

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Pierpaolo Cristofori

  Singles: 11th place

  Team: gold

• Daniele Masala

  Single: gold

  Team: gold

• Carlo Massullo

  Single: bronze

  Team: gold

Cycling

Men Stefano Allocchio Points race: 14th place Roberto Amadio 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place Marcello Bartalini 100 kilometers team time trial: gold Stefano Baudino 1000 meter time trial: 9th place Massimo Brunelli 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place Roberto Calovi 4000 meters single pursuit: 10th place Vincenzo Ceci Sprint: 7th lap Stefano Colage Road race: DNF Maurizio Colombo 4000 meter single pursuit: 19th place in qualification 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place Marco Giovannetti 100 kilometers team time trial: gold Silvio Martinello 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place Points race: 16th place Roberto Pagnin Road race: DNF Renato Piccolo Road race: DNF Eros Poli 100 kilometers team time trial: gold Gabriele Sella Sprint: 8th lap Claudio Vandelli 100 kilometers team time trial: gold Alberto Volpi Road race: 13th place

Women Roberta Bonanomi Road race: 23rd place Maria Canins Road race: 5th place Emanuela Menuzzo Road race: 34th place Luisa Seghezzi Road race: 9th place

horse riding

• Bartolo Ambrosione

  Eventing, individual: 30th place

  Eventing, team: 7th place

• Mauro Checcoli

  Eventing, individual: 8th place

  Eventing, team: 7th place

• Graziano Mancinelli

  Jumping, individual: 36th place

  Jumping, team: 8th place

• Filippo Moyersoen

  Jumping, singles:

  Jumping, team: 8th place

• Giorgio Nuti

  Jumping, singles: 20th place

  Jumping, team: 8th place

• Bruno Scolari

  Jumping, singles: 22nd place

  Jumping, team: 8th place

• Marina Sciocchetti

  Eventing, individual: 7th place

  Eventing, team: 7th place

• Geremia Toia

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: 7th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Women

• Cristina Cimino

  Individual: 15th place

• Giulia Staccioli

  Singles: 7th place

Wrestling

Men

• Michele Azzola

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Antonio La Bruna

  Featherweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Antonino Caltabiano

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Vincenzo Maenza

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Luciano Ortelli

  Middleweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Antonio La Penna

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Ernesto Razzino

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

rowing

Men Francesco Esposito & Ruggero Verroca Double scull: 5th place Pasquale Aiese & Marco Romano Two without a helmsman: 5th place Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale & Giuseppe Di Capua Two with a helmsman: gold Antonio Dell'Aquila , Renato Gaeta , Stefano Lari & Piero Poli Quadruple: 4th place Giuseppe Carando , Gino Iseppi , Siro Meli , Giovanni Sergi Sergas & Giovanni Suarez Four with helmsman: 4th place

Women Antonella Corazza One: prelims Alessandra Borio , Roberta Del Core , Paola Grizzetti , Raffaella Memo & Donata Minorati Four with helmsman: 6th place

shoot

Men Aldo Andreotti Rapid fire pistol: 13th place Ezio Cini Running target: 8th place Elio Gnagnarelli Small caliber, lying: 10th place Giovanni Mezzani Running target: 14th place Vincenzo Tondo Free pistol: 5th place Roberto Vannozzi Rapid fire pistol: 11th place

Open class Daniele Cioni Trap: 31st place Celso Giardini Skeet: 29th place Luciano Giovannetti Trap: gold Luca Scribani Rossi Skeet: bronze

Women Edith Gufler Air rifle: silver Loredana Zugna Sports pistol: 18th place

swim

Men Raffaele Avagnano 100 meters chest: 8th place 200 meters chest: 18th place Fabrizio Bortolon 100 meters back: 24th place 200 meters back: 15th place Marco Colombo 100 meters freestyle: 26th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place 4 × 200 meter freestyle: disqualified Maurizio Divano 200 meter medley: 12th place 400 meter medley: 5th place Paolo Falchini 100 meters back: 18th place 200 meters freestyle: 9th place 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified Giovanni Franceschi 200 meter medley: 11th place Raffaele Franceschi 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place 400 meters of algae: 8th place Stefano Grandi 400 meters freestyle: 12th place 1500 meters freestyle: 6th place Marcello Guarducci 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place 4 × 200 meter freestyle: disqualified 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified Gianni Minervini 100 meters chest: 9th place 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified Marco Del Prete 200 meters chest: 8th place Fabrizio Rampazzo 100 meters freestyle: 12th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place 4 × 200 meter freestyle: disqualified 100 meter butterfly: 18th place 4 × 100 meter medley: disqualified Paolo Revelli 200 meters freestyle: 22nd place 200 meter butterfly: 14th place Metello Savino 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place Marco Dell'Uomo 200 meters: 7th place 400 meters freestyle: 7th place 4 × 200 meter freestyle: disqualified

Women Laura Belotti 200 meters chest: 11th place Manuela Carosi 100 meters back: 10th place 200 meters back: 23rd place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Grazia Colombo 100 meters freestyle: 24th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 9th place Roberta Felotti 400 meter medley: 12th place Roberta Lanzarotti 100 meter butterfly: 19th place 200 meter butterfly: 10th place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Carla Lasi 200 meters freestyle: 17th place 400 meters freestyle: 12th place 800 meter freestyle: 5th place Monica Olmi 400 meters freestyle: 13th place 800 meter freestyle: 7th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 9th place 200 meter butterfly: 13th place Silvia Persi 100 meters freestyle: 10th place 200 meters freestyle: 9th place 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 9th place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place Cristina Quintarelli 100 meter butterfly: 24th place Carlotta Tagnin 100 meters chest: 14th place Manuela Dalla Valle 4 × 100 meter freestyle: 9th place 100 meters chest: disqualified 200 meters chest: 9th place 200 meter medley: 6th place 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

sailing

• Klaus Maran

  Windsurfing: 5th place

• Paolo Semeraro

  Finn dinghy: 15th place

• Giorgio Gorla & Alfio Peraboni

  Star: bronze

• Enrico Chieffi & Tommaso Chieffi

  470s: 5th place

• Claudio Celon & Mario Celon

  Flying Dutchman: 7th place

• Gianluca Lamaro , Valerio Romano & Aurelio Dalla Vecchia

  Soling: 9th place

Synchronized swimming

Women

• Antonella Terenzi

  Individual: 14th place

do gymnastics

Men Vittorio Allievi Individual all-around: 26th place Floor: 53rd place in qualification Horse: 32nd place in qualification Bars: 58th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 61st place in qualification Rings: 46th place in qualification Pommel horse: 24th place in qualification Rocco Amboni Individual all-around: 30th place Floor: 36th place in qualification Horse: 40th place in qualification Bars: 69th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 58th place in qualification Rings: 25th place in qualification Pommel horse: 51st place in qualification Diego Lazzarich Individual all-around: 32nd place Floor: 36th place in qualification Horse: 40th place in qualification Bars: 65th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 30th place in qualification Rings: 25th place in qualification Pommel horse: 62nd place in qualification

Women Laura Bortolaso Individual all-around: 20th place Floor: 51st place in qualification Horse: 40th place in qualification Uneven bars: 21st place in qualification Balance beam: 38th place in qualification

volleyball

Men

• bronze

• Squad

  Franco Bertoli

  Francesco Dall'Olio

  Giancarlo Dametto

  Giovanni Errichielio

  Gianni Lanfranco

  Andrea Lucchetta

  Pier Paolo Lucchetta

  Guido De Luigi

  Marco Negri

  Piero Rebaudengo

  Paolo Vecchi

  Fabio Vullo

Water polo

Men

• 7th place

• Squad

  Marco Baldineti

  Romeo Collina

  Marco D'Altrui

  Enzo D'Angelo

  Gianni De Magistris

  Mario Fiorillo

  Marco Galli

  Roberto Gandolfi

  Alfio Misaggi

  Andrea Pisano

  Stefano Postiglione

  Antonello Steardo

Diving

Men

• Piero Italiani

  Artistic jumping: 6th place

• Domenico Rinaldi

  High diving: 18th place in qualification

Web links

• Italian Olympic team from 1984 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Remarks

1. ↑ Paola Grizzetti was replaced by Antonella Corazza after the preliminary run.