1992 Summer Olympics / Participant (Italy)

ITA

6th	5	8th

Italy participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with a delegation of 304 athletes (228 men and 76 women) in 169 competitions in 26 sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the rower Giuseppe Abbagnale .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Giovanna Trillini	fencing	Women, foil, singles
Giovanna Trillini , Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella , Diana Bianchedi , Margherita Zalaffi & Dorina Vaccaroni	fencing	Women, foil, team
Pierpaolo Ferrazzi	canoe	Men, kayak single, slalom
Fabio Casartelli	Cycling	Men, street races
Giovanni Lombardi	Cycling	Men, points race
Carlo Silipo , Amedeo Pomilio , Francesco Porzio , Giuseppe Porzio , Mario Fiorillo , Ferdinando Gandolfi , Alessandro Campagna , Marco D'Altrui , Massimiliano Ferretti , Francesco Attolico , Alessandro Bovo & Paolo Caldarella	Water polo	Men's tournament

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Marco Marin	fencing	Men, sabers, singles
Emanuela Pierantozzi	Judo	Women, middleweight
Andrea Peron , Flavio Anastasia , Luca Colombo & Gianfranco Contri	Cycling	Men, road racing, team
Vincenzo Maenza	Wrestling	Men, light flyweight, Greco-Roman
Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale & Giuseppe Di Capua	rowing	Men, two with a helmsman

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Bruno Dreossi & Antonio Rossi	canoe	Men, kayak twos, 500 meters
Giovanni de Benedictis	athletics	Men, walking 20 kilometers
Carlo Massullo , Roberto Bomprezzi & Gianluca Tiberti	Modern pentathlon	Men, team
Filippo Soffici , Alessandro Corona , Gianluca Farina & Rossano Galtarossa	rowing	Men, double fours
Marco Venturini	shoot	Men, trap
Bruno Rossetti	shoot	Men, skeet
Stefano Battistelli	swim	Men, 200 meters back
Luca Sacchi	swim	Men, 400 meter medley

Participants by sport

baseball

• Men's tournament

  7th place

• Squad

  Ruggero Bagialemani

  Roberto Bianchi

  Luigi Carrozza

  Paolo Ceccaroli

  Claudio Cecconi

  Massimo Ciaramella

  Rolando Cretis

  Alberto D'Auria

  Maurizio De Sanctis

  Massimo Fochi

  Elio Gambuti

  Massimiliano Masin

  Massimo Melassi

  Francesco Petruzzelli

  Leonardo Schianchi

  Andrea Succi

  Claudio Taglienti

  Guglielmo Trinci

  Marco Ubani

  Fulvio Valle

basketball

• Women's tournament

  8th place

• Squad

  Angela Arcangeli

  Monica Bastiani

  Anna Costalunga

  Mara Fullin

  Elena paparazzo

  Stefania Passaro

  Catarina Pollini

  Francesca Rossi

  Stefania Salvemini

  Stefania Stanzani

  Silvia Todeschini

  Giuseppina Tufano

Archery

• Ilario Di Buò

  Men, singles: 39th place

  Men, team: 14th place

• Andrea Parenti

  Men, singles: 19th place

  Men, team: 14th place

• Alessandro Rivolta

  Men, singles: 22nd place

  Men, team: 14th place

• Maria Testa

  Women, singles: 21st place

Boxing

• Roberto Castelli

  Men, light heavyweight: 2nd round

• Luigi Castiglione

  Men, light flyweight: 1st round

• Fabrizio De Chiara

  Men, light middleweight: 1st round

• Michele Piccirillo

  Men, light welterweight: 2nd round

• Tommaso Russo

  Men, middleweight: 1st round

fencing

• Marco Arpino

  Men, foil, team: 6th place

• Diana Bianchedi

  Women, foil, team: gold

• Andrea Borella

  Men, foil, singles: 5th place

  Men, foil, team: 6th place

• Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella

  Women, foil, singles: 19th place

  Women, foil, team: gold

• Stefano Cerioni

  Men, foil, singles: 17th place

  Men, foil, team: 6th place

• Sandro Cuomo

  Men, swords, singles: 26th place

  Men, swords, team: 5th place

• Marco Marin

  Men, sabers, singles: silver

  Men, sabers, team: 8th place

• Angelo Mazzoni

  Men, swords, singles: 6th place

  Men, swords, team: 5th place

• Ferdinando Meglio

  Men, sabers, singles: 6th place

  Men, sabers, team: 8th place

• Mauro Numa

  Men, foil, singles: 10th place

  Men, foil, team: 6th place

• Stefano Pantano

  Men, swords, team: 5th place

• Alessandro Puccini

  Men, foil, team: 6th place

• Maurizio Randazzo

  Men, swords, singles: 15th place

  Men, swords, team: 5th place

• Sandro Resegotti

  Men, swords, team: 5th place

• Giovanni Scalzo

  Men, sabers, singles: 4th place

  Men, sabers, team: 8th place

• Giovanni Sirovich

  Men, sabers, team: 8th place

• Tonhi Terenzi

  Men, sabers, team: 8th place

• Giovanna Trillini

  Women, foil, singles: gold

  Women, foil, team: gold

• Dorina Vaccaroni

  Women, foil, team: gold

• Margherita Zalaffi

  Women, foil, singles: 5th place

  Women, foil, team: gold

Soccer

• Men's tournament

  Quarter finals

• Squad
  • goal

  1 Francesco Antonioli

  12 Angelo Peruzzi

  • Defense

  2 Mauro Bonomi

  3 Giuseppe Favalli

  5 Salvatore Matrecano

  7 Stefano Rossini

  • midfield

  4 Luca Luzardi

  6 Alessandro Orlando

  8 Mirko Taccola

  9 Rufo Verga

  10 Demetrio Albertini

  11 Dino Baggio

  13 Eugenio Corini

  14 Dario Marcolin

  15 Gianluca Sordo

  • Storm

  16 Renato Buso

  17 Pasquale Rocco

  18 Marco Ferrante

  19 Alessandro Melli

  20 Roberto Muzzi

  • Trainer

  Cesare Maldini

Weightlifting

• Vanni Lauzana

  Men, super heavyweight: 12th place

• Norberto Oberburger

  Men, II. Heavyweight: 10th place

• Giovanni Scarantino

  Men, bantamweight: 14th place

Judo

• Marino Cattedra

  Men, ultra-light weight: 9th place

• Alessandra Giungi

  Women, half light weight: 5th place

• Luigi Guido

  Men, light heavyweight: 17th place

• Maria Teresa Motta

  Women, heavyweight: 16th place

• Emanuela Pierantozzi

  Women, middleweight: silver

• Massimo Sulli

  Men, lightweight: 9th place

• Giovanna Tortora

  Women, ultra-light weight: 9th place

• Stefano Venturelli

  Men, heavyweight: 13th place

• Giorgio Vismara

  Men, middleweight: 13th place

canoe

• Daniele Scarpa

  Men, kayak single, 500 meters: 7th place

• Josefa Idem-Guerrini

  Women, kayak single, 500 meters: 4th place

• Beniamino Bonomi

  Men, kayak single, 1000 meters: 5th place

• Pierpaolo Ferrazzi

  Men, Kayak Single, Slalom: Gold

• Maria Cristina Giai Pron

  Women, kayak single, slalom: 18th place

• Paolo Luschi & Daniele Scarpa

  Men, kayak twos, 1000 meters: 5th place

• Bruno Dreossi & Antonio Rossi

  Men, kayak twos, 500 meters: bronze

• Matteo Bruscoli , Enrico Lupetti , Iduino Santoni & Paolo Tommasini

  Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: hope run

• Amalia Calzavara , Annacatia Casagrande , Chiara Dal Santo & Lucia Micheli

  Women, kayak foursome, 500 meters: hope run

• Franco Lizzio

  Men, canoe singles, 500 meters: semi-finals

• Renato De Monti

  Men, canoe single, slalom: 5th place

athletics

• Alessandro Aimar

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Alessandro Andrei

  Men, shot put: 11th place

• Salvatore Antibo

  Men, 5000 meters: 16th place

  Men, 10,000 meters: 4th place

• Walter Arena

  Men, 20 kilometers walking: 18th place

• Francesco Bennici

  Men, 10,000 meters: heats

• Andrea Benvenuti

  Men, 800 meters: 5th place

• Salvatore Bettiol

  Men, marathon: 5th place

• Antonella Bevilacqua

  Women, high jump: 22nd place in qualification

• Gelindo Bordin

  Men, marathon: DNF

• Roberta Brunet

  Women, 3000 meters: 10th place

• Antonella Capriotti

  Women, long jump: 18th place in qualification

• Maurizio Damilano

  Men, walking 20 kilometers: 4th place

• Giovanni De Benedictis

  Men, walking 20 kilometers: bronze

• Giuseppe De Gaetano

  Men, 50 kilometers walking: 12th place

• Gennaro Di Napoli

  Men, 1500 meters: semi-finals

• Giovanni Evangelisti

  Men, long jump: no valid attempt in qualification

• Alessio Faustini

  Men, marathon: 44th place

• Fabio Grossi

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Alessandro Lambruschini

  Men, 3000 meter obstacle: 4th place

• Agnese Maffeis

  Women, discus throw: 10th place

• Fabrizio Mori

  Men, 400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Rosanna Munerotto

  Women, 10,000 meters: 16th place

• Andrea Nuti

  Men, 400 meters: quarter-finals

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Laurent Ottoz

  Men, 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Andrea Pegoraro

  Men, pole vault: 20th place in qualification

• Giovanni Perricelli

  Men, walking 50 kilometers: DNF

• Elisabetta Perrone

  Women, walking 10 kilometers: 19th place

• Massimo Quiriconi

  Men, 50 kilometers walking: 13th place

• Bettina Sabatini

  Women, marathon: 18th place

• Ileana Salvador

  Women, walking 10 kilometers: disqualified

• Emma Scaunich

  Women, marathon: 23rd place

• Enrico Sgrulletti

  Men, hammer throw: 11th place

• Annarita Sidoti

  Women, walking 10 kilometers: 7th place

• Fabia Trabaldo

  Women, 800 meters: heats

  Women, 1500 meters: semi-finals

• Irmgard Trojer

  Women, 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Valentina Uccheddu

  Women, long jump: 21st place in qualification

• Marco Vaccari

  Men, 400 meters: heats

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: 6th place

• Anna Villani

  Women, marathon: 20th place

• Luciano Zerbini

  Men, shot put: 9th place

  Men, discus throw: no valid attempt in qualification

Modern pentathlon

• Roberto Bomprezzi

  Men, singles: 5th place

  Men, team: bronze

• Carlo Massullo

  Men, singles: 12th place

  Men, team: bronze

• Gianluca Tiberti

  Men, singles: 23rd place

  Men, team: bronze

Cycling

• Flavio Anastasia

  Men, 100 kilometers time trial: silver

• Ivan Beltrami

  Men, 4000 meters single pursuit: 8th place

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Roberta Bonanomi

  Women, road races: 39th place

• Rossano Brasi

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Eagle Capelli

  Men, 1000 meters time trial: 5th place

• Valeria Cappellotto

  Women, road races: 17th place

• Fabio Casartelli

  Men, road races: gold

• Ivan Cerioli

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Roberto Chiappa

  Men, sprint: 4th place

• Luca Colombo

  Men, 100 kilometers time trial: silver

• Gianfranco Contri

  Men, 100 kilometers time trial: silver

• Mirco Gualdi

  Men, road racing: 71st place

• Giovanni Lombardi

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

  Men, points race: gold

• Andrea Peron

  Men, 100 kilometers time trial: silver

• Gabriella Pregnolato

  Women, 3000 meters single pursuit: 12th place

• Davide rebel

  Men, road races: 20th place

• Fabrizio Trezzi

  Men, 4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Maria Paola Turcutto

  Women, road races: 32nd place

horse riding

• Laura Conz Dall'Ora

  Dressage, individual: 45th place

  Dressage, team: 8th place

• Daria Fantoni

  Dressage, individual: 39th place

  Dressage, team: 8th place

• Paolo Giani Margi

  Dressage, individual: 31st place

  Dressage, team: 8th place

• Francesco Girardi

  Eventing, individual: 56th place

  Eventing, team: 13th place

• Gianni Govoni

  Jumping, singles: 71st place in qualification

  Jumping, team: 16th place

• Pia louse

  Dressage, individual: 7th place

  Dressage, team: 8th place

• Fabio Magni

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: 13th place

• Giorgio Nuti

  Jumping, singles: 53rd place in qualification

  Jumping, team: 16th place

• Federico Roman

  Eventing, individual: 47th place

  Eventing, team: 13th place

• Jerry Smit

  Jumping, singles: 17th place

  Jumping, team: 16th place

• Valerio Sozzi

  Jumping, singles: DNF

  Jumping, team: 16th place

• Lara Villata

  Eventing, individual: 24th place

  Eventing, team: 13th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Samantha Ferrari

  Women, singles: 12th place

• Irene Germini

  Women, singles: 13th place

Wrestling

• Salvatore Campanella

  Men, light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• Renato Lombardo

  Men, light heavyweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Vincenzo Maenza

  Men, light flyweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Ernesto Razzino

  Men, Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Giovanni Schillaci

  Men, featherweight, freestyle: 3rd round

rowing

• Massimo Marconcini

  Men, one: 13th place

• Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale & Giuseppe Di Capua

  Men, twos with helmsman: silver

• Alessandro Corona , Gianluca Farina , Rossano Galtarossa & Filippo Soffici

  Men, double fours: bronze

• Riccardo Dei Rossi , Roby La Mura , Rocco Pecoraro & Luca Sartori

  Men, foursome without a helmsman: 8th place

• Roberto Blanda , Walter Bottega , Raffaello Leonardo , Ciro Liguori , Dino Lucchetta , Antonio Maurogiovanni , Valter Molea , Riccardo Moretti & Giovanni Suarez

  Men, eighth: 9th place

shoot

• Andrea Benelli

  Skeet: 25th place

• Massimo Birindelli

  Men, small caliber, lying: 39th place

• Daniele Cioni

  Trap: 14th place

• Carlo Colombo

  Running target: 11th place

• Roberto Di Donna

  Men, air pistol: 8th place

  Men, Free Pistol: 22nd place

• Valerio Donnianni

  Men, running target: 19th place

• Dario Palazzani

  Men, air pistol: 22nd place

  Men, Free Pistol: 42nd place

• Giovanni Pellielo

  Trap: 10th place

• Bruno Rossetti

  Skeet: bronze

• Luca Scribani Rossi

  Skeet: 7th place

• Michela Suppo

  Women, air pistol: 24th place

  Women, sport pistol: 40th place

• Pierluigi Ussorio

  Men, rapid fire pistol: 11th place

• Marco Venturini

  Trap: bronze

swim

• Stefano Battistelli

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Men, 100 meters back: 23rd place

  Men, 200 meters back: bronze

• Luca Bianchin

  Men, 200 meters back: 11th place

• Lara Bianconi

  Women, 100 meters back: 25th place

  Women, 200 meter medley: 20th place

• Marco Braida

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 40th place

  Men, 200 meters butterfly: 16th place

• Andrea Cecchi

  Men, 100 meters chest: 17th place

  Men, 200 meters chest: 17th place

• Cristina Chiuso

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 19th place

• Manuela Dalla Valle

  Women, 100 meters chest: 7th place

  Women, 200 meters chest: 7th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 9th place

• Elena Donati

  Women, 100 meters chest: 32nd place

  Women, 200 meters chest: 24th place

• Roberto Gleria

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: 15th place

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: 17th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 10th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 5th place

• René Gusperti

  Men, 50 meters freestyle: 14th place

• Emanuele Idini

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 10th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Giorgio Lamberti

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: 17th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 10th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Manuela Melchiorri

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 15th place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 12th place

• Emanuele Merisi

  Men, 100 meters back: 16th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 11th place

• Leonardo Michelotti

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 23rd place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 11th place

• Gianni Minervini

  Men, 100 meters chest: 10th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 11th place

• Francesco Postiglione

  Men, 200 meters chest: 16th place

• Luca Sacchi

  Men, 200 meter medley: 16th place

  Men, 400 meter medley: bronze

• Francesca Salvalajo

  Women, 200 meters back: 20th place

• Ilaria Sciorelli

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 36th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 9th place

• Piermaria Siciliano

  Men, 400 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Men, 1500 meters freestyle: 13th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Ilaria Tocchini

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 15th place

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: 8th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 9th place

• Massimo Trevisan

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Men, 400 meters freestyle: 19th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 10th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 11th place

• Lorenza Vigarani

  Women, 100 meters back: 23rd place

  Women, 200 meters back: 13th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 9th place

sailing

• Arianna Bogatec

  Women, Europe: 8th place

• Riccardo Giordano

  Men, windsurfing: 16th place

• Alessandra Sensini

  Women, windsurfing: 7th place

• Emanuele Vaccari

  Men, Finn dinghy: 14th place

• Paolo Montefusco & Sandro Montefusco

  Men, Finn dinghy: 11th place

• Anna Maria Barabino & Maria Quarra

  Women, Finn dinghy: 7th place

• Roberto Benamati & Mario Salani

  Star: 16th place

• Angelo Glisoni & Giorgio Zuccoli

  Tornado: 17th place

• Flavio Grassi & Luca Santella

  Flying Dutchman: 21st place

Synchronized swimming

• Giovanna Burlando

  Women, singles: preliminary round

  Women, duet: 10th place

• Paola Celli

  Women, singles: 12th place

  Women, duet: 10th place

tennis

• Omar Camporese

  Men, singles: 2nd round

  Men, doubles: Round of 16

• Cristiano Caratti

  Men, singles: 1st round

• Sandra Cecchini

  Women, singles: 2nd round

• Renzo Furlan

  Men, Singles: Round of 16

• Laura Garrone

  Women, doubles: Round of 16

• Diego Nargiso

  Men, doubles: Round of 16

• Katia Piccolini

  Women, singles: 1st round

• Raffaella Reggi Concato

  Women, singles: 2nd round

  Women, doubles: Round of 16

Table tennis

• Alessia Arisi

  Women, singles: 17th place (group stage)

do gymnastics

• Paolo Bucci

  Men, individual all-around: 15th place

  Men, team all-around competition: 5th place

  Men, floor: 29th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 27th place in the qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 18th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 23rd place in qualification

  Men, rings: 25th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 21st place in qualification

• Gianmatteo Centazzo

  Men, individual all-around: 66th place in qualification

  Men, team all-around competition: 5th place

  Men, floor: 88th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 82nd place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 77th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 50th place in qualification

  Men, rings: 55th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 20th place in qualification

• Boris Preti

  Men, individual all-around: 16th place

  Men, team all-around competition: 5th place

  Men, floor: 29th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 33rd place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 22nd place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 14th place in qualification

  Men, rings: 20th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 16th place in qualification

• Ruggero Rossato

  Men, individual all-around: 22nd place

  Men, team all-around competition: 5th place

  Men, floor: 29th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 19th place in the qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 49th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 53rd place in qualification

  Men, Rings: 47th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 23rd place in qualification

• Gabriele Sala

  Men, individual all-around: 53rd place in qualification

  Men, team all-around competition: 5th place

  Men, floor: 47th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 37th place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 54th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 73rd place in qualification

  Men, Rings: 69th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 26th place in qualification

• Veronica Servente

  Women, individual all-around: 65th place in qualification

  Women, floor: 51st place in qualification

  Women, horse: 61st place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 73rd place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 69th place in qualification

• Alessandro Viligiardi

  Men, individual all-around: 71st place in qualification

  Men, team all-around competition: 5th place

  Men, floor: 67th place in qualification

  Men, horse: 53rd place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 32nd place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 58th place in qualification

  Men, rings: 78th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 85th place in qualification

• Giulia Volpi

  Women, individual all-around: 76th place in qualification

  Women, floor: 77th place in qualification

  Women, horse: 72nd place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 90th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 35th place in qualification

volleyball

• Men's tournament

  5th place

• Squad

  Lorenzo Bernardi

  Marco Bracci

  Luca Cantagalli

  Claudio Galli

  Andrea Gardini

  Andrea Giani

  Andrea Lucchetta

  Roberto Masciarelli

  Michele Pasinato

  Paolo Tofoli

  Fabio Vullo

  Andrea Zorzi

Water polo

• Men's tournament

  gold

• Squad

  Francesco Attolico

  Gianni Averaimo

  Alessandro Bovo

  Paolo Caldarella

  Alessandro Campagna

  Marco D'Altrui

  Massimiliano Ferretti

  Mario Fiorillo

  Ferdinando Gandolfi

  Amedeo Pomilio

  Giuseppe Porzio

  Francesco Porzio

  Carlo Silipo

Diving

• Luisella Bisello

  Women, jumping: 24th place in the qualification

  Women, high diving: 19th place in qualification

• Alessandro De Botton

  Men, jumping: 28th place in the qualification

  Men, high diving: 17th place in qualification

• Davide Lorenzini

  Men, jumping: 12th place

Web links

• Italian Olympic team from 1992 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )