1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (Italy)

ITA

6th	4th	4th

Italy took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with a delegation of 253 athletes (212 men and 41 women) in 140 competitions in 23 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Pietro Mennea .

Participants by sport

Archery

Men

• Ilario Di Buò

  Individual: 13th place

  Team: 9th place

• Giancarlo Ferrari

  Singles: 33rd place

  Team: 9th place

• Andrea Parenti

  Singles: 28th place

  Team: 9th place

Boxing

Men

• Giorgio Campanella

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Luigi Gaudiano

  Heavyweight: quarter-finals

• Andrea Magi

  Light Heavyweight: Quarter Finals

• Andrea Mannai

  Flyweight: 1st round

• Michele Mastrodonato

  Middleweight: quarterfinals

• Vincenzo Nardiello

  Light Middleweight: Quarter Finals

• Giovanni Parisi

  Featherweight: gold

fencing

Men Gianfranco Dalla Barba Saber, singles: 10th place Saber, team: bronze Stefano Bellone Epee, team: 4th place Andrea Bermond Des Ambrois Epee, team: 4th place Andrea Borella Foil, singles: 41st place Foil, team: 7th place Massimo Cavaliere Saber, team: bronze Stefano Cerioni Foil, single: gold Foil, team: 7th place Federico Cervi Foil, team: 7th place Andrea Cipressa Foil, team: 7th place Sandro Cuomo Epee, singles: 4th place Epee, team: 4th place Marco Marin Saber, singles: 14th place Saber, team: bronze Angelo Mazzoni Epee, singles: 25th place Epee, team: 4th place Ferdinando Meglio Saber, team: bronze Mauro Numa Foil, singles: 6th place Foil, team: 7th place Stefano Pantano Epee, singles: 14th place Epee, team: 4th place Giovanni Scalzo Saber, single: bronze Saber, team: bronze

Women Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella Foil, team: silver Annapia Gandolfi Foil, singles: 27th place Foil, team: silver Lucia Traversa Foil, team: silver Dorina Vaccaroni Foil, singles: 10th place Foil, team: silver Margherita Zalaffi Foil, singles: 9th place Foil, team: silver

Soccer

Men

• 4th Place

• Squad
  • goal

  1 Stefano Tacconi

  12 Giuliano Giuliani

  20 Gianluca Pagliuca

  • Defense

  2 Roberto Cravero

  4 Luigi De Agostini

  5 Ciro Ferrara

  6 Mauro Tassotti

  8 Luca Pellegrini

  9 Massimo Brambati

  10 Stefano Carobbi

  • midfield

  7 Angelo Colombo

  11 Massimo Crippa

  15 Roberto Galia

  16 Giuseppe Iachini

  17 Stefano Desideri

  18 Massimo Mauro

  19 Alberigo Evani

  • Storm

  3 Andrea Carnevale

  13 Pietro Paolo Virdis

  14 Ruggiero Rizzitelli

  • Trainer

  Francesco Rocca

Weightlifting

Men

• Fabio Magrini

  I. Heavyweight: 9th place

• Angelo Mannironi

  Middleweight: 9th place

• Norberto Oberburger

  II. Heavyweight: 6th place

• Pietro Pujia

  Middleweight: 18th place

• Giovanni Scarantino

  Bantamweight: 8th place

• Fausto Tosi

  Lightweight: 7th place

Judo

Men

• Marino Cattedra

  Ultra light weight: 35th place

• Yuri Fazi

  Light Heavyweight: 7th place

• Ezio Gamba

  Lightweight: 13th place

• Stefano Venturelli

  Heavyweight: 13th place

canoe

Men

• Beniamino Bonomi

  Kayak twos, 500 meters: 9th place

  Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: 7th place

• Bruno Dreossi

  Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Francesco Mandragona

  Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: 7th place

• Alessandro Pieri

  Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals

  Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: 7th place

• Daniele Scarpa

  Kayak twos, 500 meters: 9th place

  Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: 7th place

athletics

Men Alessandro Andrei Shot put: 7th place Salvatore Antibo 5000 meters: semi-finals 10,000 meters: silver Sandro Bellucci 50 kilometers of walking: 32nd place Giovanni De Benedictis 20 kilometers of walking: 9th place Gelindo Bordin Marathon: gold Alberto Cova 10,000 meters: heats Maurizio Damilano 20 kilometers of walking: bronze Raffaello Ducceschi 50 kilometers of walking: 8th place Giovanni Evangelisti Long jump: 4th place Sandro Floris 4 x 100 meters: 5th place Alessandro Lambruschini 3000 meter obstacle: 4th place Michele Lazazzera 100 meters: quarter-finals Ezio Madonia 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: 5th place Carlo Mattioli 20 kilometers of walking: 19th place Stefano Mei 5000 meters: 7th place Pietro Mennea 200 meters: heats Gennaro Di Napoli 1500 meters: semi-finals Francesco Panetta 3000 meter obstacle: 9th place Pierfrancesco Pavoni 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: 5th place Giovanni Perricelli 50 kilometers of walking: 11th place Orlando Pizzolato Marathon: 16th place Gianni Poli Marathon: 19th place Donato Sabia 800 meters: 7th place Lucio Serrani Hammer throw: 21st place in qualification Stefano Tilli 200 meters: semi-finals 4 x 100 meters: 5th place Luca Toso High jump: 13th place Tonino Viali 800 meters: quarter-finals

Women Anna Rita Angotzi 200 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Antonella Bizioli Marathon: 23rd place Roberta Brunet 3000 meters: heats Antonella Capriotti Long jump: 19th place in qualification Maria Curatolo Marathon: 8th place Daniela Ferrian 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Laura Fogli Marathon: 6th place Marisa Masullo 100 meters: heats 200 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Rosanna Munerotto 10,000 meters: 14th place Rossella Tarolo 100 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Irmgard Trojer 400 meter hurdles: prelims

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Daniele Masala

  Singles: 10th place

  Team: silver

• Carlo Massullo

  Single: silver

  Team: silver

• Gianluca Tiberti

  Individual: 17th place

  Team: silver

Cycling

Men Ivan Beltrami 4000 meters single pursuit: 8th place Fabrizio Bontempi Road race: 16th place Gianluca Bortolami Road race: 40th place Andrea Faccini Sprint: 4th round Giovanni Lombardi Points race: 11th place Roberto Pelliconi Road race: 7th place Roberto Maggioni , Eros Poli , Mario Scirea & Flavio Vanzella 100 kilometers team time trial: 5th place Fabio Baldato , Ivan Beltrami , Gianpaolo Grisandi , David Solari & Fabrizio Trezzi 4000 meters team pursuit: 6th place

Women Roberta Bonanomi Road race: 45th place Maria Canins Road race: 32nd place Imelda Chiappa Road race: 15th place Elisabetta Fanton Sprint: 2nd round

horse riding

• Bartolo Ambrosione

  Eventing, individual: 11th place

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Ranieri Campello

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Dino Costantini

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Daria Fantoni

  Dressage, individual: 22nd place

• Francesco Girardi

  Eventing, individual: 22nd place

  Eventing, team: DNF

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Women

• Micaela Imperatori

  Singles: 12th place

• Giulia Staccioli

  Individual: 18th place

Wrestling

Men

• Vincenzo Maenza

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Ernesto Razzino

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Giovanni Schillaci

  Featherweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Fabio Valguarnera

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

rowing

Men

• Giovanni Calabrese

  One: 10th place

• Roberto Fusaro & Mauro Jagodnich

  Double scull: 9th place

• Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale , & Giuseppe Di Capua

  Two with a helmsman: gold

• Agostino Abbagnale , Gianluca Farina , Piero Poli & Davide Tizzano

  Quadruple: gold

• Sergio Caropreso , Carlo Gaddi , Pasquale Marigliano & Valter Molea

  Four without a helmsman: 5th place

• Giuseppe Carando , Dino Lucchetta , Leonardo Massa , Antonio Maurogiovanni & Giovanni Miccoli

  Four with helmsman: 10th place

• Antonio Baldacci , Ettore Bulgarelli , Piero Carletto , Giuseppe Di Palo , Renato Gaeta , Dino Lucchetta , Giovanni Suarez , Annibale Venier & Franco Zucchi

  Eighth: 7th place

shoot

Men Roberto Di Donna Free pistol: 23rd place Valerio Donnianni Running target: 19th place Dario Palazzani Air pistol: 18th place Free pistol: 12th place Alberto Sevieri Rapid fire pistol: 4th place Vincenzo Tondo Air pistol: 43rd place

Open class Pia Lucia Baldisserri Trap: 46th place Andrea Benelli Skeet: 20th place Daniele Cioni Trap: 24th place Celso Giardini Skeet: 33rd place Luciano Giovannetti Trap: 18th place Albano Pera Trap: 10th place Luca Scribani Rossi Skeet: 7th place

Women Flavia Zanfrá Air rifle: 41st place

swim

Men Stefano Battistelli 1500 meters freestyle: 20th place 200 meters back: 17th place 400 meter medley: bronze Roberto Cassio 200 meter medley: 18th place Andrea Ceccarini 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 8th place Valerio Giambalvo 4 x 200 meter freestyle: 5th place 100 meters back: 37th place 100 meter butterfly: 28th place 4 x 100 meters: 15th place Roberto Gleria 100 meters freestyle: 18th place 200 meters freestyle: 18th place 400 meters freestyle: 19th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 8th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: 5th place 4 x 100 meters: 15th place Giorgio Lamberti 200 meters freestyle: 18th place 400 meters freestyle: 18th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 8th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: 5th place Leonardo Michelotti 100 meter butterfly: 22nd place 4 x 100 meters: 15th place Gianni Minervini 100 meters chest: 7th place 4 x 100 meters: 15th place Luca Pellegrini 1500 meters freestyle: 10th place Fabrizio Rampazzo 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 8th place 4 x 200 meter freestyle: 5th place Luca Sacchi 200 meter medley: 13th place 400 meter medley: 7th place Massimo Trevisan 4 x 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

Women Manuela Carosi 100 meters back: 11th place Roberta Felotti 200 meter medley: 13th place 400 meter medley: 9th place Manuela Melchiorri 400 meters freestyle: 14th place 800 meters freestyle: 12th place Annalisa Nisiro 200 meters chest: 12th place Silvia Persi 100 meters freestyle: 29th place 200 meters freestyle: 23rd place 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place Ilaria Tocchini 100 meter butterfly: 16th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place Manuela Dalla Valle 100 meters chest: 12th place 200 meters chest: 8th place 200 meter medley: 25th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place Lorenza Vigarani 100 meters back: 13th place 200 meters back: 13th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place Emanuela Viola 100 meter butterfly: 24th place

sailing

Men Francesco Wirz Windsurfing: 6th place Paolo Semeraro Finn dinghy: 22nd place Paolo Montefusco & Sandro Montefusco 470s: 7th place

Open class Giorgio Gorla & Alfio Peraboni Star: 5th place Luca Santella & Giorgio Zuccoli Tornado: 5th place Claudio Celon & Mario Celon Flying Dutchman: 19th place Gianluca Lamaro , Valerio Romano & Aurelio Dalla Vecchia Soling: 13th place

Women Anna Bacchiega & Nives Monico 470s: 12th place

tennis

Men Omar Camporese Singles: 1st round Doubles: 1st round Paolo Canè Singles: quarter-finals Diego Nargiso Singles: 2nd round Doubles: 1st round

Women Sandra Cecchini Singles: 2nd round Doubles: 1st round Raffaella Reggi Singles: quarter-finals Doubles: 1st round

Table tennis

Men

• Massimo Costantini

  Singles: 41st place

do gymnastics

Men Vittorio Allievi Individual all-around: 78th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 77th place in qualification Horse: 67th place in qualification Bars: 75th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 74th place in qualification Rings: 81st place in qualification Pommel horse: 69th place in qualification Paolo Bucci Individual all-around: 24th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 51st place in qualification Horse: 50th place in qualification Bars: 25th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 52nd place in qualification Rings: 39th place in qualification Pommel horse: 30th place in qualification Jury Chechi Individual all-around: 17th place Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 15th place in qualification Horse: 33rd place in qualification Bars: 18th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 66th place in qualification Rings: 6th place Pommel horse: 22nd place in qualification Boris Preti Individual all-around: 15th place Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 6th place Horse: 46th place in qualification Bars: 8th place Horizontal bar: 56th place in qualification Rings: 18th place in qualification Pommel horse: 15th place in qualification Gabriele Sala Individual all-around: 61st place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 64th place in qualification Horse: 50th place in qualification Bars: 39th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 58th place in qualification Rings: 76th place in qualification Pommel horse: 51st place in qualification Riccardo Trapella Individual all-around: 53rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 25th place in qualification Horse: 67th place in qualification Bars: 59th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 68th place in qualification Rings: 58th place in qualification Pommel horse: 42nd place in qualification

Women Maria Cocuzza Individual all-around: 66th place in qualification Floor: 61st place in qualification Horse: 68th place in qualification Uneven bars: 70th place in qualification Balance beam: 49th place in qualification Patrizia Luconi Individual all-around: 54th place in qualification Floor: 63rd place in qualification Horse: 55th place in qualification Uneven bars: 32nd place in qualification Balance beam: 58th place in qualification Giulia Volpi Individual all-around: 28th place Floor: 24th place in qualification Horse: 43rd place in qualification Uneven bars: 41st place in qualification Balance beam: 68th place in qualification

volleyball

Men

• 9th place

• Squad

  Lorenzo Bernardi

  Marco Bracci

  Luca Cantagalli

  Massimo Castagna

  Claudio Galli

  Andrea Gardini

  Andrea Giani

  Ferdinando De Giorgi

  Alessandro Lazzeroni

  Andrea Lucchetta

  Pier Paolo Lucchetta

  Andrea Zorzi

Water polo

Men

• 7th place

• Squad

  Marco D'Altrui

  Gianni Averaimo

  Paolo Caldarella

  Sandro Campagna

  Massimiliano Ferretti

  Mario Fiorillo

  Alfio Misaggi

  Andrea Pisano

  Franco Porzio

  Stefano Postiglione

  Antonello Steardo

  Riccardo Tempestini

  Paolo Trapanese

Diving

Men

• Oscar Bertone

  High diving: 17th place in qualification

• Massimo Castellani

  Art jumping: 13th place in the qualification

• Piero Italiani

  Art jumping: 16th place in the qualification

• Domenico Rinaldi

  Diving: 16th place in qualification

Web links

• Italian Olympic team from 1988 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )