2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Italy)

ITA

13	8th	13

Italy took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with 361 athletes, 115 women and 246 men, in 28 sports.

Since 1896 it was Italy's 23rd participation in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The basketball player Carlton Myers wore the flag of Italy during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .

Medalist

13 won gold, 8 silver and 13 bronze medals, the Italian team took 7th place in the medals table .

M.	Name / s	sport	competition
	Angelo Mazzoni , Paolo Milanoli , Maurizio Randazzo & Alfredo Rota	fencing	Gentlemen, swords, team
	Valentina Vezzali	fencing	Women, foil, singles
	Diana Bianchedi , Giovanna Trillini & Valentina Vezzali	fencing	Women, foil, team
	Giuseppe Maddaloni	Judo	Gentlemen, lightweight
	Beniamino Bonomi & Antonio Rossi	canoe	Men, two-person kayak, 1000 meters
	Josefa Idem	canoe	Ladies, single kayak, 500 yards
	Antonella Bellutti	Cycling	Ladies, points race
	Paola Pezzo	Cycling	Women, mountain bikes, cross-country
	Agostino Abbagnale , Rossano Galtarossa , Simone Raineri & Alessio Sartori	rowing	Gentlemen, double fours
	Domenico Fioravanti	swim	Men, 100 meters chest. Men, 200 meters chest
	Massimiliano Rosolino	swim	Men, 200 meter medley
	Alessandra Sensini	sailing	Ladies, windsurfing
	Matteo Bisiani , Ilario Di Buò & Michele Frangilli	Archery	Gentlemen, team
	Nicola Vizzoni	athletics	Gentlemen, hammer throw
	Fiona May	athletics	Ladies, long jump
	Elia Luini & Leonardo Pettinari	rowing	Men, lightweight double sculls
	Lorenzo Carboncini , Riccardo Dei Rossi , Valter Molea & Carlo Mornati	rowing	Gentlemen, foursome without a helmsman
	Deborah Gelisio	shoot	Ladies, double trap
	Massimiliano Rosolino	swim	Men, 400 meters freestyle
	Luca Devoti	sailing	Gentlemen, Finn Dinghy
	Paolo Vidoz	Boxing	Gentlemen, super heavyweight
	Daniele Crosta , Gabriele Magni , Salvatore Sanzo , Matteo Zennaro	fencing	Men, foil, team
	Giovanna Trillini	fencing	Women, foil, singles
	Girolamo Giovinazzo	Judo	Gentlemen, half light weight
	Ylenia Scapin	Judo	Women, middleweight
	Emanuela Pierantozzi	Judo	Ladies, light heavyweight
	Pierpaolo Ferrazzi	canoe	Men, single kayak, slalom
	Silvio Martinello & Marco Villa	Cycling	Gentlemen, Madison
	Giovanni Calabrese & Nicola Sartori	rowing	Gentlemen, double sculls
	Giovanni Pellielo	shoot	Gentlemen, trap
	Davide Rummolo	swim	Men, 200 meters chest
	Massimiliano Rosolino	swim	Men, 200 meters freestyle
	Marco Bracci , Mirko Corsano , Alessandro Fei , Andrea Gardini , Andrea Giani , Pasquale Gravina , Luigi Mastrangelo , Marco Meoni , Samuele Papi , Simone Rosalba , Andrea Sartoretti , Paolo Tofoli	volleyball	Men's tournament

Participants by sport

baseball

Men's

Matteo Baldacci

Fabio Betto

Roberto Cabalisti

Luigi Carrozza

Francesco Casolari

Marc Cerbone

Davide Dallospedale

Alberto D'Auria

Roberto De Franceschi

Daniele Di Pace

Andrea Evangelisti

Daniele Frignani

Emiliano Ginanneschi

Seth La Fera

Stefano Landuzzi

Claudio Liverziani

Christopher Madonna

Christian Mura

Daniel Newman

Battista Perri

Diego Ricci

David Sheldon

Jason Simontacchi

Michele Toriaco

basketball

Men's

Alessandro Abbio

Gianluca Basile

Roberto Chiacig

Marcelo Damiao

Gregor Fucka

Giacomo Galanda

Agostino Li Vecchi

Denis Marconato

Andrea Meneghin

Michele Mian

Carlton Myers

German Scarone

Archery

Men's
Matteo Bisiani	Single team	silver
Ilario Di Buò	Single team	silver
Michele Frangilli	Single team	silver
Ladies
Irene Franchini	Single team
Cristina Ioriatti	Single team
Natalia Valeeva	Single team

Boxing

• Ottavio Barone

  medium weight

• Leonard Bundu

  Welterweight

• Ciro Di Corcia

  Light middleweight

• Giacobbe Fragomeni

  Light heavyweight

• Sven Paris

  Light welterweight

• Paolo Vidoz (bronze )

  Super heavyweight

fencing

Men's

Surname	competition
Angelo Mazzoni	Epee single
Paolo Milanoli	Epee single
Alfredo Rota	Epee single
Daniele Crosta	Foil single
Salvatore Sanzo	Foil single
Matteo Zennaro	Foil single
Raffaello Caserta	Saber single
Luigi Tarantino	Saber single
Tonhi Terenzi	Saber single
Angelo Mazzoni Paolo Milanoli Maurizio Randazzo Alfredo Rota	Epee team (gold )
Daniele Crosta Gabriele Magni Salvatore Sanzo Matteo Zennaro	Foil team (bronze )
Raffaello Caserta Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino Tonhi Terenzi	Saber crew

Ladies

Surname	competition
Cristiana Cascioli	Epee single
Margherita Zalaffi	Epee single
Diana Bianchedi	Foil single
Giovanna Trillini	Foil single (bronze )
Valentina Vezzali	Foil single (gold )
Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	Foil team (gold )

Soccer

Men's

• goal

1 Morgan De Sanctis

18 Christian Abbiati

• Defense

2 Alessandro Grandoni

3 Luca Mezzano

4 Marco Zanchi

5 Matteo Ferrari

14 Claudio Rivalta

15 Bruno Cirillo

• midfield

6 Gennaro Gattuso

8 Roberto Baronio

13 Massimo Ambrosini

16 Ighli Vannucchi

17 Cristiano Zanetti

21 Fabio Firmani

• Storm

7 Gianni Comandini

9 Nicola Ventola

10 Andrea Pirlo

11 Gianluca Zambrotta

12 Massimo Margiotta

• Substitute player

19 Gennaro Scarlato

20 Stefano Morrone

22 Cristiano Lupatelli (goal)

• Trainer

Marco Tardelli

• Results

Preliminary round

 Australia : 1-0

 Honduras : 3-1

 Niger : 1-1

Quarter finals

 Spain : 0-1

Weightlifting

Men's

• Moreno Boer

  Heavyweight

• Giuseppe Ficco

  Light-heavyweight

• Sergio Mannironi

  lightweight

Ladies

• Eva Giganti

  Flyweight

Judo

Men's

• Girolamo Giovinazzo

  Half light weight (bronze )

• Luigi Guido

  Light heavyweight

• Francesco Lepre

  Light middleweight

• Giuseppe Maddaloni

  Lightweight (gold )

• Michele Monti

  medium weight

Ladies

• Cinzia Cavazzuti

  lightweight

• Jenny Gal

  Light middleweight

• Emanuela Pierantozzi

  Light heavyweight (bronze )

• Ylenia Scapin

  Middleweight (bronze )

canoe

Canoe racing

Men's

• Antonio Scaduto

  Single kayak, 500 m

• Jacopo Majocchi

  Single kayak, 1000 m

• Beniamino Bonomi & Antonio Rossi (Gold )

  Two-person kayak, 500 m and 1000 m

Ladies

• Josefa Idem (gold )

  Single kayak, 500 m

Canoe slalom

Men's

• Pierpaolo Ferrazzi (bronze )

  One kayak

• Enrico Lazzarotto

  One kayak

Ladies

• Maria Cristina Giai Pron

  One kayak

athletics

discipline	Men's	Ladies
100 m	Andrea Colombo Francesco Scuderi Stefano Tilli
200 m	Alessandro Cavallaro
400 m	Alessandro Attene
800 m	Andrea Longo
5,000 m		Roberta Brunet
10,000 m	Rachid Berradi Daniele Caimmi	Silvia Sommaggio
4 × 100 m relay	Alessandro Cavallaro Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo Francesco Scuderi
4 × 400 m relay		Francesca Carbone Virna De Angeli Daniela Graglia Fabiola Piroddi
marathon	Stefano Baldini Giacomo Leone Vincenzo Modica	Ornella Ferrara Maura Viceconte
110 m hurdles	Andrea Giaconi Emiliano Pizzoli
400 m hurdles	Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli Fabrizio Mori	Monika Niederstätter
3000 m obstacle	Giuseppe Maffei
20 km walking	Giovanni De Benedictis Michele Didoni Alessandro Gandellini	Erica Alfridi Elisabetta Perrone Annarita Sidoti
50 km of walking	Ivano Brugnetti Arturo Di Mezza Giovanni Perricelli
Pole vault	Giuseppe Gibilisco
Long jump		Fiona May (silver )
Triple jump	Paolo Camossi Fabrizio Donato
Shot put	Paolo Dal Soglio	Mara Rosolen
Discus throw	Diego Fortuna
Hammer throw	Loris Paoluzzi Nicola Vizzoni (silver )	Ester Balassini
Javelin throw		Claudia Coslovich
Heptathlon		Gertrud Bacher

Modern pentathlon

Men's

• Stefano Pecci

Ladies

• Claudia Cerutti
• Fabiana Fares

Cycling

Road racing

Men's

• Michele Bartoli

  Road racing

• Paolo Bettini

  Road racing

• Francesco Casagrande

  Road racing

• Danilo Di Luca

  Road racing

• Marco Pantani

  Road racing

Ladies

• Roberta Bonanomi

  Road racing

• Alessandra Cappellotto

  Road racing

• Valeria Cappellotto

  Road racing

train

Men's

• Mario Benetton

  Team pursuit

• Eagle Capelli

  Team pursuit

• Roberto Chiappa

  Keirin

• Cristiano Citton

  Team pursuit

• Silvio Martinello

  Points race; Madison (bronze )

• Marco Villa

  Team pursuit; Madison (bronze )

Ladies

• Antonella Bellutti

  Points race; Pursuit of one (gold )

Mountain bike

Men's

• Marco Bui

  Cross country

• Hubert Pallhuber

  Cross country

Ladies

• Paola Pezzo

  Cross-country (gold )

horse riding

dressage

• Pia louse

  singles

Leap

• Gianni Govoni

  singles

• Jerry Smit

  singles

versatility

• Giacomo Della Chiesa

  team

• Fabio Magni

  Individual, team

• Andrea Verdina

  Individual, team

• Lara Villata

  team

Wrestling

Men's

• Riccardo Magni

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman

• Giuseppe Giunta

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman

rowing

Men's

• Mattia Righetti

  One

• Giovanni Calabrese & Nicola Sartori

  Double scull (bronze )

• Pasquale Panzarino & Luigi Sorrentino

  Two without a helmsman

• Elia Luini & Leonardo Pettinari

  Lightweight double scull (silver )

• Lorenzo Carboncini , Riccardo Dei Rossi , Valter Molea & Carlo Mornati

  Foursome without helmsman (silver )

• Agostino Abbagnale , Rossano Galtarossa , Simone Raineri & Alessio Sartori

  Double fours (gold )

• Catello Amarante , Salvatore Amitrano , Carlo Gaddi & Franco Sancassani

  Lightweight foursome

• Franco Berra , Gioacchino Cascone , Alessandro Corona , Luca Ghezzi , Gaetano Iannuzzi , Raffaello Leonardo , Mario Palmisano , Marco Penna & Valerio Pinton

  Eighth

shoot

Men's

• Andrea Benelli

  Skeet

• Marco De Nicolo

  Air rifle 10 m, small caliber 50 m lying down

• Roberto Di Donna

  Air pistol 10 m, free pistol 50 m

• Daniele Di Spigno

  Double trap

• Vigilio Fait

  Air rifle 10 m, free pistol 50 m

• Ennio Falco

  Skeet

• Pietro Genga

  Skeet

• Marco Innocenti

  Double trap

• Giovanni Pellielo

  Trap (bronze )

• Paolo Ranno

  Air pistol 10 m

• Marco Venturini

  Trap

• Rodolfo Viganò

  Trap

Ladies

• Deborah Gelisio

  Double trap (silver )

• Giulia Iannotti

  Trap

• Cristina Vitali

  Skeet

swim

discipline	Men's	Ladies
50 m freestyle	Lorenzo Vismara	Cristina Chiuso
100 m freestyle	Lorenzo Vismara	Cristina Chiuso
200 m freestyle	Massimiliano Rosolino (bronze )	Sara Parise
400 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino (Silver )	Sara Goffi
1500 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla Christian Minotti
100 m back	Emanuele Merisi
200 m back	Mirko Mazzari Emanuele Merisi
100 m chest	Domenico Fioravanti (gold )
200 m chest	Domenico Fioravanti (gold ) Davide Rummolo (bronze )
200 m butterfly	Massimiliano Eroli
200 m layers	Massimiliano Rosolino (gold )	Federica Biscia
400 m layers	Alessio Boggiato Massimiliano Eroli	Federica Biscia
4 × 100 m freestyle	Simone Cercato Mauro Gallo Klaus Lanzarini Massimiliano Rosolino Lorenzo Vismara	Cristina Chiuso Sara Parise Luisa Striani Cecilia Vianini
4 × 200 m freestyle	Andrea Beccari Emiliano Brembilla Simone Cercato Klaus Lanzarini Matteo Pelliciari Massimiliano Rosolino	Sara Goffi Sara Parise Luisa Striani Cecilia Vianini

Synchronized swimming

• Maurizia Cecconi , Alessia Lucchini

  duet

• Giada Ballan , Serena Bianchi , Mara Brunetti , Giovanna Burlando , Chiara Cassin , Maurizia Cecconi , Alice Dominici , Alessia Lucchini , Clara Porchetto

  team

sailing

Men's

• Luca Devoti

  Finn dinghy (silver )

• Riccardo Giordano

  Windsurfing

• Francesco Ivaldi , Matteo Ivaldi

  470s

Ladies

• Alessandra Sensini

  Windsurfing (gold )

• Larissa Nevierov

  Europe

• Federica Salvà & Manuela Sossi

  470s

Open

• Diego Negri

  laser

• Francesco Bruni , Gabriele Bruni

  49er

• Lorenzo Giacomo Bodini , Marco Bruno Bodini

  tornado

• Ferdinando Colaninno , Pietro D'Ali

  star

• Nicola Celon , Daniele De Luca , Michele Paoletti

  Yngling

Softball

Ladies

Clelia Ailara

Loredana Auletta

Susan Bugliarello

Daniela Castellani

Marina Cergol

Sabrina Comberlato

Nicole Di Salvio

Francesca Francolini

Marta Gambella

Alessandra Gorla

Jie Hua

Giovanna Palermi

Verusca paternoster

Claudia Petracchi

Jue-Fen Sun

Taekwondo

Men's

• Claudio Nolano

  Featherweight

• Mario De Meo

  Welterweight

Ladies

• Cristiana Corsi

  Featherweight

tennis

Men's

• Gianluca Pozzi

  singles

• Massimo Bertolini & Cristian Brandi

  Double

Ladies

• Silvia Farina Elia

  singles

• Tathiana Garbin

  singles

• Rita Grande

  singles

• Silvia Farina Elia & Rita Grande

  Double

Triathlon

Men's

• Alessandro Bottoni

Ladies

• Edith Cigana
• Silvia Gemignani

do gymnastics

Men's

Individual all-around

• Alberto Busnari
• Igor Cassina

Ladies

Individual all-around and team all-around

• Monica Bergamelli
• Martina Bremini
• Alice Capitani
• Irene Castelli
• Adriana Crisci
• Laura Trefiletti

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Individual all-around

• Susanna Marchesi

Team all-around

• Elena Amato
• Eva D'Amore
• Silvia Gregorini
• Noemi Iezzi
• Roberta Lucentini
• Arianna Rusca

volleyball

Beach

• Laura Bruschini & Annamaria Solazzi

  Ladies tournament

• Daniela Gattelli & Lucilla Perrotta

  Ladies tournament

• Maurizio Pimponi & Andrea Raffaelli

  Men's tournament

Hall

Men (bronze )

Marco Bracci

Mirko Corsano

Alessandro Fei

Andrea Gardini

Andrea Giani

Pasquale Gravina

Luigi Mastrangelo

Marco Meoni

Samuele Papi

Simone Rosalba

Andrea Sartoretti

Paolo Tofoli

Ladies

Sabrina Bertini

Antonella Bragaglia

Maurizia Cacciatori

Ana Paula De Tassis

Manuela Leggeri

Eleonora Lo Bianco

Anna Vania Mello

Darina Mifkova

Paola Paggi

Francesca Piccinini

Simona Rinieri Dennis

Elisa Togut

Water polo

Men's

Alberto Angelini

Francesco Attolico

Fabio Bencivenga

Leonardo Binchi

Alessandro Calcaterra

Roberto Calcaterra

Alberto Ghibellini

Amedeo Pomilio

Francesco Postiglione

Carlo Silipo

Leonardo Sottani

Stefano Tempesti

Antonio Vittorioso

Diving

Men's

• Nicola Marconi

  Artistic jumping, synchronized jumping

• Massimiliano Mazzucchi

  Diving

• Donald Miranda

  Artistic jumping, synchronized jumping

Ladies

• Tania Cagnotto

  Jumping

• Maria Marconi

  Jumping

Web links

• Italian Olympic team 2000 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )