1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Italy)

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Italy took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US metropolis of Atlanta with 340 athletes, 104 women and 236 men, in 172 competitions in 27 sports.

Since 1896 it was the 22nd participation of Italy in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Foil fencer Giovanna Trillini carried the flag of Italy during the opening ceremony on July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

At thirteen won gold, ten silver and bronze medals twelve the Italian team took 6th place in the medals table .

gold

Name / s	sport	competition
Alessandro Puccini	fencing	Gentlemen, foil, singles
Sandro Cuomo , Angelo Mazzoni & Maurizio Randazzo	fencing	Gentlemen, swords, team
Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella , Giovanna Trillini & Valentina Vezzali	fencing	Women, foil, team
Antonio Rossi	canoe	Gentlemen, single kayak, 500 meters
Antonio Rossi & Daniele Scarpa	canoe	Men, two-person kayak, 1000 meters
Andrea Collinelli	Cycling	Men, 4000 meters individual pursuit
Silvio Martinello	Cycling	Gentlemen, points race
Antonella Bellutti	Cycling	Ladies, individual pursuit
Paola Pezzo	Cycling	Women, mountain bikes, cross-country
Agostino Abbagnale & Davide Tizzano	rowing	Gentlemen, double sculls
Roberto Di Donna	shoot	Gentlemen, air pistol
Ennio Falco	shoot	Gentlemen, skeet
Jury Chechi	do gymnastics	Gentlemen, rings

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Valentina Vezzali	fencing	Women, foil, singles
Margherita Zalaffi , Laura Chiesa & Elisa Uga	fencing	Ladies, swords, team
Girolamo Giovinazzo	Judo	Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
Beniamino Bonomi	canoe	Gentlemen, single kayak, 1000 meters
Beniamino Bonomi & Daniele Scarpa	canoe	Men, two-person kayak, 500 meters
Fiona May	athletics	Ladies, long jump
Elisabetta Perrone	athletics	Ladies, 10 km walking
Imelda Chiappa	Cycling	Ladies, street races
Albano Pera	shoot	Gentlemen, double trap
Marco Bracci , Lorenzo Bernardi , Vigor Bovolenta , Luca Cantagalli , Andrea Gardini , Andrea Giani , Pasquale Gravina , Marco Meoni , Samuele Papi , Andrea Sartoretti , Paolo Tofoli , Andrea Zorzi	volleyball	Men's tournament

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Matteo Bisiani , Michele Frangilli , Andrea Parenti	Archery	Gentlemen, team
Raffaello Caserta , Luigi Tarantino & Tonhi Terenzi	fencing	Gentlemen, sabers, team
Giovanna Trillini	fencing	Women, foil, singles
Ylenia Scapin	Judo	Ladies, light heavyweight
Josefa Idem	canoe	Ladies, single kayak, 500 yards
Alessandro Lambruschini	athletics	Men, 3000 meters obstacle
Roberta Brunet	athletics	Ladies, 5000 meters
Roberto Di Donna	shoot	Gentlemen, free pistol
Andrea Benelli	shoot	Gentlemen, skeet
Emanuele Merisi	swim	Gentlemen, 200 meters back
Alessandra Sensini	sailing	Ladies, windsurfing
Alberto Angelini , Francesco Attolico , Fabio Bencivenga , Alessandro Bovo , Alessandro Calcaterra , Roberto Calcaterra , Marco Gerini , Alberto Ghibellini , Luca Giustolisi , Amedeo Pomilio , Francesco Postiglione , Carlo Silipo & Leonardo Sottani	Water polo	Men's tournament

Participants by sport

The youngest participant in Italy was Giordana Rocchi , who started in rhythmic gymnastics, at 15 years and 297 days, the oldest participant was the rider Fausto Puccini at 63 years and 265 days.

baseball

Men's

Ruggero Bagialemani

Marco Barboni

Fabio Betto

Roberto Cabalisti

Dante Carbini

Luigi Carrozza

Francesco Casolari

Paolo Ceccaroli

Rolando Cretis

Alberto D'Auria

Roberto De Franceschi

Andrea Evangelisti

Massimo Fochi

Pierpaolo Illuminati

Claudio Liverziani

Massimiliano Masin

Paolo Passerini

Davide Rigoli

Marco Ubani

Enrico Vecchi

basketball

Ladies

Lorenza Arnetoli

Viviana Ballabio

Susanna Bonfiglio

Nicoletta Caselin

Mara Fullin

Valentina Gardellin

Elena paparazzo

Catarina Pollini

Marta Rezoagli

Novella Schiesaro

Giuseppina Tufano

Stefania Zanussi

Archery

Men's
Matteo Bisiani	Single team	bronze
Michele Frangilli	Single team	bronze
Andrea Parenti	Single team	bronze
Ladies
Giovanna Aldegani	Single team
Giuseppina Di Blasi	Single team
Paola Fantato	Single team

Boxing

• Pietro Aurino

  Light heavyweight

• Cristian Giantomassi

  Flyweight

• Carmine Molaro

  lightweight

• Antonio Perugino

  Light middleweight

• Paolo Vidoz

  Super heavyweight

fencing

Men's

Surname	competition
Sandro Cuomo	Epee single
Angelo Mazzoni	Epee single
Maurizio Randazzo	Epee single
Marco Arpino	Foil single
Stefano Cerioni	Foil single
Alessandro Puccini	Foil single (gold )
Raffaello Caserta	Saber single
Luigi Tarantino	Saber single
Tonhi Terenzi	Saber single
Sandro Cuomo Angelo Mazzoni Maurizio Randazzo	Epee team (gold )
Marco Arpino Stefano Cerioni Alessandro Puccini	Foil team
Raffaello Caserta Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino Tonhi Terenzi	Saber team (bronze )

Ladies

Surname	competition
Laura Chiesa	Epee single
Elisa Uga	Epee single
Margherita Zalaffi	Epee single
Diana Bianchedi	Foil single
Giovanna Trillini	Foil single (bronze )
Valentina Vezzali	Foil single (silver )
Laura Chiesa Elisa Uga Margherita Zalaffi	Epee team (silver )
Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	Foil team (gold )

Soccer

Men's

• goal

1 Gianluca Pagliuca

12 Gianluigi Buffon

• Defense

2 Christian Panucci (injured)

3 Alessandro Nesta

4 Fabio Cannavaro

5 Fabio Galante

6 Salvatore Fresi

13 Alessandro Pistone

19 Luigi Sartor

• midfield

7 Raffaele Ametrano

8 Massimo Crippa

10 Massimo Brambilla

14 Damiano Tommasi

15 Fabio Pecchia

18 Antonio Bernardini

• Storm

9 Marco Branca

11 Marco Delvecchio

16 Domenico Morfeo

17 Cristiano Lucarelli

• Substitute player

20 Jonathan Binotto

21 Nicola Amoruso

22 Angelo Pagotto

• Trainer

Cesare Maldini

• Results

Preliminary round

 Mexico : 0-1

 Ghana : 2: 3

 South Korea : 2-1

Weightlifting

Men's

• Raffaele Mancino

  Middle-heavyweight

• Giovanni Scarantino

  Flyweight

Judo

Men's

• Diego Brambilla

  lightweight

• Francesco Giorgi

  Half light weight

• Girolamo Giovinazzo

  Super light weight (silver )

• Luigi Guido

  Light heavyweight

Ladies

• Donata Burgatta

  Heavyweight

• Alessandra Giungi

  Half light weight

• Emanuela Pierantozzi

  medium weight

• Ylenia Scapin

  Light heavyweight (bronze )

• Giovanna Tortora

  Super light weight

canoe

Canoe racing

Men's

• Antonio Rossi

  Single kayak, 500 m (gold )

• Beniamino Bonomi

  Single kayak, 1000 m (silver )

• Beniamino Bonomi & Daniele Scarpa

  Two-person kayak, 500 m (silver )

• Antonio Rossi & Daniele Scarpa

  Two-person kayak, 1000 m (gold )

• Andrea Covi , Enrico Lupetti , Ivano Lussignoli & Luca Negri

  Quad kayak, 1000 meters

• Domenico Cannone & Antonio Marmorino

  Two-man canoe, 500 meters

Ladies

• Josefa Idem (bronze )

  Single kayak, 500 m

Canoe slalom

Men's

• Renato De Monti

  Canadians

• Pierpaolo Ferrazzi

  One kayak

• Francesco Stefani

  Canadians

Ladies

• Maria Cristina Giai Pron

  One kayak

• Barbara Nadalin

  One kayak

athletics

discipline	Men's	Ladies
100 m	Ezio Madonia Stefano Tilli
200 m	Sandro Floris
400 m		Virna De Angeli Patrizia Spuri
800 m	Andrea Benvenuti Giuseppe D'Urso Andrea Giocondi
5,000 m	Stefano Baldini Gennaro Di Napoli	Roberta Brunet Silvia Sommaggio
10,000 m	Stefano Baldini	Maria Guida Silvia Sommaggio
4 × 100 m relay	Angelo Cipolloni Sandro Floris Ezio Madonia Giovanni Puggioni
4 × 400 m relay	Alessandro Aimar Fabrizio Mori Andrea Nuti Ashraf Saber Marco Vaccari
marathon	Salvatore Bettiol Danilo Goffi Davide Milesi	Maria Curatolo Ornella Ferrara Maura Viceconte
100 m hurdles		Carla Tuzzi
400 m hurdles	Fabrizio Mori Laurent Ottoz Ashraf Saber	Virna De Angeli
3000 m obstacle	Angelo Carosi Alessandro Lambruschini (bronze )
10 km walking		Rossella Giordano Elisabetta Perrone (silver ) Annarita Sidoti
20 km walking	Giovanni De Benedictis Michele Didoni Giovanni Perricelli
50 km of walking	Giovanni De Benedictis Arturo Di Mezza Giovanni Perricelli
high jump		Antonella Bevilacqua
Long jump	Simone Bianchi
Triple jump		Barbara Lah
Shot put	Paolo Dal Soglio Corrado Fantini Giorgio Venturi
Discus throw	Diego Fortuna	Agnese Maffeis
Hammer throw	Loris Paoluzzi Enrico Sgrulletti
Heptathlon		Giuliana Spada
Decathlon	Beniamino Poserina

Modern pentathlon

Men's

• Alessandro Conforto
• Fabio Nebuloni
• Cesare Toraldo

Cycling

Road racing

Men's

• Fabio Baldato

  Road racing

• Michele Bartoli

  Road racing

• Gianluca Capitano

  sprint

• Francesco Casagrande

  Road racing; Individual time trial

• Roberto Chiappa

  sprint

• Mario Cipollini

  Road racing

• Maurizio Fondriest

  Road racing; Individual time trial

Ladies

• Roberta Bonanomi

  Road racing

• Alessandra Cappellotto

  Road racing

• Imelda Chiappa

  Road racing (silver ); Individual time trial

train

Men's

• Eagle Capelli

  Team pursuit

• Gianluca Capitano

  1000 meter time trial

• Cristiano Citton

  Team pursuit

• Andrea Collinelli

  Single tracking (gold ); Team pursuit

• Silvio Martinello

  Points race (gold )

• Mauro Trentini

  Team pursuit

Ladies

• Antonella Bellutti

  Pursuit of one (gold )

• Nada Cristofoli

  Points race

Mountain bike

Men's

• Luca Bramati

  Cross country

• Daniele Pontoni

  Cross country

Ladies

• Paola Pezzo

  Cross-country (gold )

• Annabella Stropparo

  Cross country

horse riding

dressage

• Daria Fantoni

  Individual, team

• Paolo Giani Margi

  Individual, team

• Pia louse

  Individual, team

• Fausto Puccini

  Individual, team

Leap

• Arnaldo Bologni

  Individual, team

• Natale Chiaudani

  Individual, team

• Jerry Smit

  Individual, team

• Valerio Sozzi

  Individual, team

versatility

• Roberta Gentini

  singles

• Ranieri Campello

  team

• Marco Cappai

  singles

• Giacomo Della Chiesa

  team

• Nicola Delli Santi

  team

• Lara Villata

  team

Wrestling

Men's

• Francesco Costantino

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman

• Giuseppe Giunta

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman

• Michele Liuzzi

  Bantamweight, freestyle

• Giovanni Schillaci

  Featherweight, freestyle

rowing

Men's

• Giovanni Calabrese

  One

• Agostino Abbagnale & Davide Tizzano

  Double scull (gold )

• Walter Bottega & Marco Penna

  Two without a helmsman

• Marco Audisio & Michelangelo Crispi

  Lightweight double scull

• Riccardo Dei Rossi , Raffaello Leonardo , Valter Molea & Carlo Mornati

  Foursome without a helmsman

• Alessandro Corona , Rossano Galtarossa , Massimo Paradiso & Alessio Sartori

  Double fours

• Carlo Gaddi , Leonardo Pettinari , Andrea Re & Ivano Zasio

  Lightweight foursome

• Carmine Abbagnale , Roberto Blanda , Lorenzo Carboncini , Patrick Casanova , Vincenzo Di Palma , Roby La Mura , Francesco Mattei , Mattia Trombetta & Franco Zucchi

  Eighth

Ladies

• Marianna Barelli & Erika Bello

  Double scull

• Lisa Bertini & Martina Orzan

  Lightweight double scull

shoot

Men's

• Andrea Benelli

  Skeet (bronze )

• Mirco Cenci

  Double trap

• Carlo Colombo

  Running target, 10 m

• Roberto Di Donna

  Air pistol 10 m (gold ), Free pistol 50 m (bronze )

• Vigilio Fait

  Air rifle 10 m, free pistol 50 m

• Ennio Falco

  Skeet (gold )

• Giovanni Pellielo

  Trap

• Albano Pera

  Double trap (silver )

• Bruno Rossetti

  Skeet

• Marcello Tittarelli

  Trap

• Marco Venturini

  Trap

Ladies

• Deborah Gelisio

  Air pistol 10 m, sport pistol 25 m

• Giovanna Pasello

  Air pistol 10 m, sport pistol 25 m

• Barbara Stizzoli

  Double trap

• Michela Suppo

  Double trap

swim

discipline	Men's	Ladies
50 m freestyle	René Gusperti
100 m freestyle		Cecilia Vianini
200 m freestyle	Massimiliano Rosolino Piermaria Siciliano
400 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino
1500 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla Marco Formentini
100 m back	Emanuele Merisi
200 m back	Mirko Mazzari Emanuele Merisi (bronze )	Lorenza Vigarani
100 m chest		Manuela Dalla Valle
200 m chest		Manuela Dalla Valle
100 m butterfly	Andrea Oriana	Ilaria Tocchini
200 m butterfly	Andrea Oriana	Ilaria Tocchini
200 m layers	Luca Sacchi
400 m layers	Luca Sacchi
4 × 100 m freestyle		Manuela Dalla Valle Ilaria Tocchini Cecilia Vianini Lorenza Vigarani
4 × 200 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla Emanuele Idini Emanuele Merisi Massimiliano Rosolino Piermaria Siciliano

Synchronized swimming

• Giada Ballan , Serena Bianchi , Mara Brunetti , Giovanna Burlando , Manuela Carnini , Brunella Carrafelli , Maurizia Cecconi , Paola Celli , Roberta Farinelli , Letizia Nuzzo

  team

sailing

Men's

• Luca Devoti

  Finn dinghy

• Andrea Zinali

  Windsurfing

• Matteo Ivaldi & Michele Ivaldi

  470s

Ladies

• Arianna Bogatec

  Europe

• Alessandra Sensini

  Windsurfing (bronze )

• Federica Salvà & Manuela Sossi

  470s

Open

• Francesco Bruni

  laser

• Marco Pirinoli & Walter Pirinoli

  tornado

• Enrico Chieffi & Roberto Sinibaldi

  star

• Claudio Celon , Mario Celon & Gianni Torboli

  Soling

tennis

Men's

• Renzo Furlan

  singles

• Andrea Gaudenzi

  singles

• Stefano Pescosolido

  singles

• Andrea Gaudenzi & Diego Nargiso

  Double

Ladies

• Silvia Farina Elia

  singles

• Rita Grande

  singles

• Adriana Serra Zanetti

  singles

• Silvia Farina Elia & Laura Golarsa

  Double

Table tennis

Ladies

• Alessia Arisi

  singles

• Flyura Bulatova-Abbate

  singles

• Alessia Arisi & Laura Negrisoli

  Double

do gymnastics

Men's

Individual all-around and team all-around

• Marcello Barbieri
• Paolo Bucci
• Jury Chechi (gold on the rings)
• Francesco Colombo
• Roberto Galli
• Sergio Luini
• Boris Preti

Ladies

Individual all-around

• Francesca Morotti
• Giordana Rocchi

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Individual all-around

• Irene Germini
• Katia Pietrosanti

Team all-around

• Manuela Bocchini
• Valentina Marino
• Sara Papi
• Sara Pinciroli
• Valentina Rovetta
• Nicoletta Tinti

volleyball

Beach

• Annamaria Solazzi & Consuelo Turetta

  Ladies tournament

• Andrea Ghiurghi & Nicola Grigolo

  Men's tournament

Hall

Men (silver )

Lorenzo Bernardi

Vigor Bovolenta

Marco Bracci

Luca Cantagalli

Andrea Gardini

Andrea Giani

Pasquale Gravina

Marco Meoni

Samuele Papi

Andrea Sartoretti

Paolo Tofoli

Andrea Zorzi

Water polo

Men (bronze )

Alberto Angelini

Francesco Attolico

Fabio Bencivenga

Alessandro Bovo

Alessandro Calcaterra

Roberto Calcaterra

Marco Gerini

Alberto Ghibellini

Luca Giustolisi

Amedeo Pomilio

Francesco Postiglione

Carlo Silipo

Leonardo Sottani

Diving

Men's

• Davide Lorenzini

  Jumping

Ladies

• Francesca D'Oriano

  Jumping; Diving

Web links

• Italian Olympic team 1996 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )