2004 Summer Olympics / Participant (Italy)

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Italy took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital, Athens, with 364 athletes, 135 women and 229 men.

Since 1896 , it was Italy's 24th participation in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The Turner Jury Chechi carried the flag of Italy during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium ; At the closing ceremony it was worn by the water polo player Carmela Allucci .

Medalist

With ten won gold, eleven silver and eleven bronze medals the Italian team was ranked 8th in the medals table .

gold

Name / s	sport	competition
Marco Galiazzo	Archery	Gentlemen, singles
Aldo Montano	fencing	Gentlemen, sabers, singles
Valentina Vezzali	fencing	Women, foil, singles
Andrea Cassarà , Salvatore Sanzo , Simone Vanni	fencing	Men, foil, team
Stefano Baldini	athletics	Gentlemen, marathon
Ivano Brugnetti	athletics	Gentlemen, 20 kilometers of walking
Paolo Bettini	Cycling	Gentlemen, street races
Andrea Benelli	shoot	Gentlemen, skeet
Igor Cassina	do gymnastics	Gentlemen, horizontal bar
Carmela Allucci , Alexandra Araujo , Silvia Bosurgi , Francesca Conti , Tania di Mario , Elena Gigli , Melania Grego , Giusi Malato , Martina Miceli , Maddalena Musumeci , Cinzia Ragusa , Noémi Tóth & Manuela Zanchi	Water polo	Ladies tournament

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Gianluca Basile , Massimo Bulleri , Roberto Chiacig , Giacomo Galanda , Luca Garri , Denis Marconato , Michele Mian , Gianmarco Pozzecco , Nikola Radulović , Alex Righetti , Rodolfo Rombaldoni , Matteo Soragna	basketball	Men's tournament
Aldo Montano , Giampiero Pastore , Luigi Tarantino	fencing	Gentlemen, sabers, team
Salvatore Sanzo	fencing	Gentlemen, foil, singles
Giovanna Trillini	fencing	Women, foil, singles
Beniamino Bonomi & Antonio Rossi	canoe	Men, two-person kayak, 1000 meters
Josefa Idem	canoe	Ladies, single kayak, 500 yards
Giovanni Pellielo	shoot	Gentlemen, trap
Valentina Turisini	shoot	Women, small caliber, three-position fight
Federica Pellegrini	swim	Ladies, 200 meters freestyle
Elisa Blanchi , Fabrizia D'Ottavio , Marinella Falca , Daniela Masseroni , Elisa Santoni , Laura Vernizzi	do gymnastics	Women, rhythmic gymnastics, team all-around
Matej Černič , Alberto Cisolla , Paolo Cozzi , Alessandro Fei , Andrea Giani , Luigi Mastrangelo , Samuele Papi , Damiano Pippi , Andrea Sartoretti , Wenzeslaw Simeonow , Paolo Tofoli , Valerio Vermiglio	volleyball	Men's tournament

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Roberto Cammarelle	Boxing	Gentlemen, super heavyweight
Andrea Cassarà	fencing	Gentlemen, foil, singles
Marco Amelia , Andrea Barzagli , Daniele Bonera , Cesare Bovo , Giorgio Chiellini , Simone Del Nero , Daniele De Rossi , Marco Donadel , Matteo Ferrari , Andrea Gasbarroni , Alberto Gilardino , Giandomenico Mesto , Emiliano Moretti , Angelo Palombo , Ivan Pelizzoli , Giampiero Pinzi , Andrea Pirlo & Giuseppe Sculli	Soccer	Men's tournament
Lucia Morico	Judo	Ladies, light heavyweight
Giuseppe Gibilisco	athletics	Gentlemen, pole vault
Rossano Galtarossa & Alessio Sartori	rowing	Gentlemen, double sculls
Luca Agamennoni , Dario Dentale , Raffaello Leonardo & Lorenzo Porzio	rowing	Gentlemen, foursome without a helmsman
Catello Amarante , Salvatore Amitrano , Lorenzo Bertini , Bruno Mascarenhas	rowing	Gentlemen, lightweight foursome without a helmsman
Emiliano Brembilla , Federico Cappellazzo , Simone Cercato , Filippo Magnini , Matteo Pelliciari & Massimiliano Rosolino	swim	Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle
Alessandra Sensini	sailing	Ladies, windsurfing
Jury Chechi	do gymnastics	Gentlemen, rings

baseball

Men's

Luca Bischeri

Jim Buccheri

Francesco Casolari

Mario Chiarini

Davide Dallospedale

Riccardo De Santis

David Francia

Daniele Frignani

Seth La Fera

Claudio Liverziani

William Lucena

Marcello Malagoli

Michael Marchesano

Anthony Massimino

Giuseppe Mazzanti

Fabio Milano

Peter Nyari

Kasey Olenberger

Giovanni Pantaleoni

Vincent Parisi

Jairo Ramos Gizzi

Carlo Richetti

David Rollandini

Igor Schiavetti

basketball

Men (silver )

Gianluca Basile

Massimo Bulleri

Roberto Chiacig

Giacomo Galanda

Luca Garri

Denis Marconato

Michele Mian

Gianmarco Pozzecco

Nikola Radulović

Alex Righetti

Rodolfo Rombaldoni

Matteo Soragna

Archery

Men's
Ilario Di Buò	Single team
Michele Frangilli	Single team
Marco Galiazzo	Single team	gold
Ladies
Natalia Valeeva	singles

Boxing

• Daniel Betti

  Heavyweight

• Roberto Cammarelle (bronze )

  Super heavyweight

• Michele di Rocco

  Light welterweight

• Alfonso Pinto

  Light flyweight

• Clemente Russo

  Light heavyweight

• Domenico Valentino

  lightweight

fencing

Men's

Surname	competition
Alfredo Rota	Epee single
Andrea Cassarà	Foil single (bronze )
Salvatore Sanzo	Foil single (silver )
Simone Vanni	Foil single
Aldo Montano	Saber single (gold )
Giampiero Pastore	Saber single
Luigi Tarantino	Saber single
Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni	Foil team (gold )
Aldo Montano Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino	Saber team (silver )

Ladies

Surname	competition
Cristiana Cascioli	Epee single
Margherita Granbassi	Foil single
Giovanna Trillini	Foil single (silver )
Valentina Vezzali	Foil single (gold )
Gioia Marzocca	Saber single

Soccer

Men (bronze )

• goal

1 Ivan Pelizzoli

18 Marco Amelia

• Defense

2 Giorgio Chiellini

3 Emiliano Moretti

4 Matteo Ferrari

5 Daniele Bonera

13 Andrea Barzagli

14 Cesare Bovo

• midfield

6 Daniele De Rossi

7 Giampiero Pinzi

8 Angelo Palombo

10 Andrea Pirlo

12 Andrea Gasbarroni

15 Marco Donadel

17 Giandomenico Mesto

• Storm

9 Alberto Gilardino

11 Giuseppe Sculli

16 Simone Del Nero

• Substitute player

Federico Agliardi

Alberto Aquilani

Rolando Bianchi

Alessandro Potenza

• Trainer

Claudio Gentile

• Results

Preliminary round

 Ghana : 2-2

 Japan : 3-2

 Paraguay : 0-1

Quarter finals

 Mali : 1-0 a.d.

Semifinals

 Argentina : 0-3

3rd place match

 Iraq : 1-0

Judo

Men's

• Paolo Bianchessi

  Heavyweight

• Francesco Lepre

  medium weight

• Roberto Meloni

  Light middleweight

• Michele Monti

  Light heavyweight

Ladies

• Barbara Andolina

  Heavyweight

• Cinzia Cavazzuti

  lightweight

• Giuseppina Macrì

  Ultra light weight

• Lucia Morico

  Light heavyweight (bronze )

• Ylenia Scapin

  Light middleweight

canoe

Canoe racing

Men's

• Andrea Facchin

  Single kayak, 500 m and 1000 m

• Beniamino Bonomi & Antonio Rossi (Silver )

  Two-person kayak, 500 m and 1000 m

Ladies

• Josefa Idem (silver )

  Single kayak, 500 m

Canoe slalom

Men's

• Pierpaolo Ferrazzi

  One kayak

• Andrea Benetti & Eric Masoero

  Two-man Canadians

Ladies

• Maria Cristina Giai Pron

  One kayak

athletics

discipline	Men's	Ladies
100 m	Simone Collio
200 m	Andrew Howe Marco Torrieri
800 m	Andrea Longo
4 × 100 m relay	Simone Collio Maurizio Checcucci Massimiliano Donati Marco Torrieri
marathon	Stefano Baldini (Gold ) Daniele Caimmi Alberico Di Cecco	Rosaria Console Bruna Genovese
400 m hurdles		Benedetta Ceccarelli Monika Niederstätter
3000 m obstacle	Giuseppe Maffei
20 km walking	Ivano Brugnetti (Gold ) Alessandro Gandellini Marco Giungi	Rossella Giordano Elisabetta Perrone Elisa Rigaudo
50 km of walking	Giovanni De Benedictis
high jump	Nicola Ciotti Alessandro Talotti
Pole vault	Giuseppe Gibilisco (bronze )
Long jump	Nicola Trentin	Fiona May
Triple jump	Fabrizio Donato	Simona La Mantia Magdelín Martínez
Hammer throw	Nicola Vizzoni	Ester Balassini Clarissa Claretti
Javelin throw		Claudia Coslovich Elisabetta Marin
Decathlon	Paolo Casarsa

Modern pentathlon

Men's

• Enrico Dell'Amore
• Andrea Valentini

Ladies

• Claudia Corsini
• Federica Foghetti

Cycling

Road racing

Men's

• Paolo Bettini

  Road Race (Gold )

• Cristian Moreni

  Road racing

• Daniele Nardello

  Road racing

• Luca Paolini

  Road racing

• Filippo Pozzato

  Road racing

Ladies

• Giorgia Bronzini

  Road racing

• Noemi Cantele

  Road racing

• Tatiana Guderzo

  Road racing

  Individual time trial

train

Men's

• Angelo Ciccone

  Points race

Ladies

• Vera Carrara

  Points race

Mountain bike

Men's

• Marco Bui

  Cross country

• Yader Zoli

  Cross country

Ladies

• Paola Pezzo

  Cross country

horse riding

Leap

• Roberto Arioldi

  Individual, team

• Bruno Chimirri

  Individual, team

• Vincenzo Chimirri

  Individual, team

• Juan Carlos García

  Individual, team

versatility

• Susanna Bordone

  Individual, team

• Stefano Brecciaroli

  Individual, team

• Fabio Magni

  Individual, team

• Giovanni Menchi

  Individual, team

Wrestling

Men's

• Paolo Fucile

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman

• Francesco Miano-Petta

  Super heavyweight, freestyle

• Andrea Minguzzi

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman

• Salvatore Rinella

  Middleweight, freestyle

Ladies

• Diletta Giampiccolo

  Lightweight, freestyle

• Katarzyna Juszczak

  Heavyweight, freestyle

rowing

Men's

• Matteo Stefanini

  One

• Rossano Galtarossa & Alessio Sartori

  Double scull (bronze )

• Giuseppe De Vita & Dario Lari

  Two without a helmsman

• Elia Luini , Nicola Moriconi & Leonardo Pettinari

  Lightweight double scull

• Luca Agamennoni , Dario Dentale , Raffaello Leonardo & Lorenzo Porzio

  Foursome without a helmsman (bronze )

• Alessandro Corona , Federico Gattinoni , Simone Raineri & Simone Venier

  Double fours

• Catello Amarante , Salvatore Amitrano , Lorenzo Bertini & Bruno Mascarenhas

  Lightweight foursome (bronze )

• Sergio Canciani , Pierpaolo Frattini , Luca Ghezzi , Gaetano Iannuzzi , Carlo Mornati , Niccolò Mornati , Marco Penna , Valerio Pinton & Aldo Tramontano

  Eighth

Ladies

• Gabriella Bascelli & Elisabetta Sancassani

  Double scull

shoot

Men's

• Andrea Benelli

  Skeet (gold )

• Francesco Bruno

  Air pistol 10 m, free pistol 50 m

• Marco De Nicolo

  Air rifle 10 m, small caliber lying 50 m, small caliber three-position battle 50 meters

• Daniele Di Spigno

  Double trap

• Vigilio Fait

  Air rifle 10 m, free pistol 50 m

• Ennio Falco

  Skeet

• Marco Innocenti

  Double trap

• Giovanni Pellielo

  Trap (silver )

• Marco Venturini

  Trap

Ladies

• Chiara Cainero

  Skeet

• Roberta Pelosi

  Trap

• Sabrina Sena

  Air rifle 10 m

• Valentina Turisini

  Air rifle 10 m, small bore, three-position combat 50 m (silver )

swim

discipline	Men's	Ladies
50 m freestyle	Michele Scarica Lorenzo Vismara	Cristina Chiuso
100 m freestyle	Filippo Magnini Lorenzo Vismara	Federica Pellegrini
200 m freestyle	Andrea Beccari Emiliano Brembilla	Federica Pellegrini (silver )
400 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino
1500 m freestyle	Christian Minotti
100 m back		Alessandra Cappa
200 m back	Emanuele Merisi	Alessia Filippi
100 m chest		Chiara Boggiatto
200 m chest	Paolo Bossini Loris Facci	Chiara Boggiatto
100 m butterfly	Mattia Nalesso	Ambra Migliori Francesca Segat
200 m butterfly		Paola Cavallino Francesca Segat
200 m layers	Alessio Boggiato Massimiliano Rosolino	Alessia Filippi
400 m layers	Alessio Boggiato Luca Marin	Alessia Filippi
4 × 100 m freestyle	Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Filippo Magnini Michele Scarica Lorenzo Vismara	Cristina Chiuso Sara Parise Federica Pellegrini Cecilia Vianini
4 × 200 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla (bronze ) Federico Cappellazzo (bronze ) Simone Cercato (bronze ) Filippo Magnini (bronze ) Matteo Pelliciari (bronze ) Massimiliano Rosolino (bronze )	Cristina Chiuso Alessia Filippi Sara Parise Cecilia Vianini
4 × 100 m layers	Paolo Bossini Emanuele Merisi Mattia Nalesso Giacomo Vassanelli	Chiara Boggiatto Alessandra Cappa Ambra Migliori Federica Pellegrini

Synchronized swimming

• Beatrice Spaziani , Lorena Zaffalon

  duet

• Monica Cirulli , Costanza Fiorentini , Joey Paccagnella , Elisa Plaisant , Sara Savoia , Beatrice Spaziani , Federica Stefanelli , Lorena Zaffalon , Laura Zanazza

  team

sailing

Men's

• Riccardo Giordano

  Windsurfing

• Francesco Marcolini

  Finn dinghy

• Andrea Trani , Gabrio Zandonà

  470s

• Francesco Bruni , Guido Vigna

  star

Ladies

• Larissa Nevierov

  Europe

• Alessandra Sensini

  Windsurfing (bronze )

• Myriam Cutolo , Elisabetta Saccheggiani

  470s

• Angela Baroni , Giulia Conti , Alessandra Marenzi

  Yngling

Open

• Diego Negri

  laser

• Gianfranco Sibello , Pietro Sibello

  49er

• Edoardo Bianchi , Michele Marchesini

  tornado

Softball

Ladies

Natalie Anter

Samanta Bardini

Susan Bugliarello

Daniela Castellani

Natalia Cimin

Sabrina Del Mastio

Nicole Di Salvio

Francesca Francolini

Marta Gambella

Leslie Malerich

Ilaria Pino

Jennifer Spediacci

Eva Trevisan

Annalisa Turci

Stefania Vitaliani

Taekwondo

Men's

• Carlo Molfetta

  Featherweight

Ladies

• Daniela Castrignano

  Heavyweight

• Cristiana Corsi

  Featherweight

tennis

Men's

• Filippo Volandri

  singles

Ladies

• Maria Elena Camerin

  singles

• Silvia Farina Elia

  singles

• Tathiana Garbin

  singles

• Francesca Schiavone

  singles

• Silvia Farina Elia & Francesca Schiavone

  Double

• Tathiana Garbin & Roberta Vinci

  Double

Table tennis

Men's

• Min Yang

  singles

• Massimiliano Mondello & Min Yang

  Double

Ladies

• Laura Negrisoli

  singles

• Nikoleta Stefanova

  singles

• Wenling Tan Monfardini

  singles

• Nikoleta Stefanova & Wenling Tan Monfardini

  Double

Triathlon

Ladies

• Nadia Cortassa
• Silvia Gemignani
• Beatrice Lanza

do gymnastics

Men's

Individual all-around and team all-around

• Matteo Angioletti
• Alberto Busnari
• Igor Cassina (gold on the horizontal bar)
• Jury Chechi (bronze on the rings)
• Matteo Morandi
• Enrico Pozzo

Ladies

Individual all-around

• Monica Bergamelli
• Maria Teresa Gargano

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Individual all-around

• Laura Zacchilli

Team all-around (silver )

• Elisa Blanchi
• Fabrizia D'Ottavio
• Marinella Falca
• Daniela Masseroni
• Elisa Santoni
• Laura Vernizzi

trampoline

• Flavio Cannone

  Gentlemen, singles

volleyball

Beach

• Daniela Gattelli & Lucilla Perrotta

  Ladies tournament

Hall

Men (silver )

Matej Cernic

Alberto Cisolla

Paolo Cozzi

Alessandro Fei

Andrea Giani

Luigi Mastrangelo

Samuele Papi

Damiano Pippi

Andrea Sartoretti

Wenceslav Simeonov

Paolo Tofoli

Valerio Vermiglio

Ladies

Jenny Barazza

Paola Cardullo

Nadia Centoni

Antonella Del Core

Francesca Ferretti

Manuela Leggeri

Eleonora Lo Bianco

Paola Paggi

Francesca Piccinini

Simona Rinieri Dennis

Manuela Secolo

Elisa Togut

Water polo

Men's

Alberto Angelini

Fabio Bencivenga

Leonardo Binchi

Fabrizio Buonocore

Alessandro Calcaterra

Roberto Calcaterra

Maurizio Felugo

Goran Fiorentini

Marco Gerini

Francesco Postiglione

Bogdan Rath

Carlo Silipo

Stefano Tempesti

Women (gold )

Carmela Allucci

Alexandra Araujo

Silvia Bosurgi

Francesca Conti

Tania Di Mario

Elena Gigli

Melania Grego

Giusi Malato

Martina Miceli

Maddalena Musumeci

Cinzia Ragusa

Noémi Tóth

Emanuela Zanchi

Diving

Men's

• Francesco Dell'Uomo

  Diving

• Nicola Marconi

  Jumping

• Tommaso Marconi

  Jumping

• Massimiliano Mazzucchi

  Diving

Ladies

• Tania Cagnotto

  Diving, diving

• Valentina Marocchi

  Diving, diving

Web links

• Italian Olympic team 2004 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )