Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Participant (Italy)

ITA

8th	9	11

Italy took part inthe 2012 Olympic Games in London . It was the 26th participation in the Summer Olympics. The Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano nominated 290 athletes in 22 sports.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the foil fencer Valentina Vezzali .

On August 6, the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale excluded walker Alex Schwazer from the games because of a positive doping test. Schwazer, Olympic champion in the 50 km walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) on June 30th .

Medals

With eight won gold, nine silver and eleven bronze medals, the Italian team finished 9th in the medal count .

Medal table

Medal table Italy
space	sport				total
1	fencing	3	2	2	7th
2	shoot	2	3	-	5
3	Taekwondo	1	-	1	2
4th	Archery	1	-	-	1
	canoe	1	-	-	1
6th	Boxing	-	2	1	3
7th	rowing	-	1	-	1
	Water polo	-	1	-	1
9	do gymnastics	-	-	2	2
10	Judo	-	-	1	1
	athletics	-	-	1	1
	Cycling	-	-	1	1
	swim	-	-	1	1
	volleyball	-	-	1	1
Total		8th	9	11	28

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Women
Elisa Di Francisca	fencing	Foil women
Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Valentina Vezzali Ilaria Salvatori	fencing	Foil team women
Jessica Rossi	shoot	Trap women
Men
Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà	fencing	Foil team men
Michele Frangilli Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Archery	Team men
Niccolò Campriani	shoot	Small caliber three position fight 50 m men
Daniele Molmenti	canoe	One of a men's kayak slalom
Carlo Molfetta	Taekwondo	Heavyweight men

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Women
Arianna Errigo	fencing	Foil women
Men
Diego Occhiuzzi	fencing	Saber single men
Niccolò Campriani	shoot	Air rifle 10 m men
Luca Tesconi	shoot	Air pistol 10 m men
Matteo Aicardi Maurizio Felugo Pietro Figlioli Deni Fiorentini Valentino Gallo Massimo Giacoppo Alex Giorgetti Niccolò Gitto Giacomo Pastorino Amaurys Perez Danijel Premuš Christian Presciutti Stefano Tempesti	Water polo	Men
Romano Battisti Alessio Sartori	rowing	Double scull men
Roberto Cammarelle	Boxing	Super heavyweight men
Clemente Russo	Boxing	Heavyweight men

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Valentina Vezzali	fencing	Foil women
Elisa Blanchi Romina Laurito Marta Pagnini Elisa Santoni Anzhelika Savrayuk Andreea Ștefănescu	Rhythmic sports gymnastics	Team women
Martina Grimaldi	swim	10 km open water women
Men
Diego Occhiuzzi Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Luigi Samele	fencing	Saber crew men
Luigi Mastrangelo Simone Parodi Samuele Papi Michal Lasko Ivan Zaytsev Dante Boninfante Cristian Savani Dragan Travica Alessandro Fei Emanuele Birarelli Andrea Bari Andrea Giovi	volleyball	Men
Fabrizio Donato	athletics	Triple jump men
Rosalba Forciniti	Judo	Half-light weight (up to 52 kg) men
Vincenzo Mangiacapre	Boxing	Light welterweight (up to 64 kg) men
Matteo Morandi	do gymnastics	Single rings men
Mauro Sarmiento	Taekwondo	Welter weight (up to 80 kg) men

Participants by sport

badminton

Athletes	competition	Group stage				Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Agnese Allegrini	singles	Tea JY Bae YJ	0: 2 (7:21, 14:21) 0: 2 (11:21, 15:21)	0 (47:84)	3	eliminated								33

beach volleyball

Athletes	Group stage				Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
	opponent	Result	Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Greta Cicolari Marta Menegatti	J. Chomjakowa / J. Ukolowa Z. Dampney / S. Mullin M.-A. Lessard / A. Martin	2: 1 (17:21, 21:18, 15: 8) 2: 0 (21:18, 21:12) 2: 1 (21:12, 23:25, 15:10)	6th	1	K. Walsh M. May-Treanor	0: 2 (13:21, 13:21)	eliminated						5
Men
Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai	P. Heuscher / J. Bellaguarda C. Doppler / A. Horst E. Rego / A. Cerutti	2: 0 (21:19, 21:18) 0: 2 (18: 21,17: 21) 0: 2 (24:26, 18:21)	4th	3	T. Rogers P. Dalhausser	2: 0 (21:17, 21:19)	R. Numerdor R. Schuil	0: 2 (16:21, 18:21)	eliminated				5

Archery

Athletes	competition	qualification		1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Rings	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Pia Lionetti	singles	652	19th	Karen Hultzer	6: 2	Miranda Leek	6: 4	Tan Ya-ting	6: 2	Aída Román	2: 6	eliminated				7th
Jessica Tomasi	singles	635	44.	Choi Hyun-joo	5: 6	eliminated										33.
Natalia Valeeva	singles	650	24.	Kwon Un-sil	7: 3	Xenia Perova	2: 6	eliminated								17th
Pia Lionetti Jessica Tomasi Natalia Valeeva	team	1937	10.		199: 200	eliminated										9.
Men
Michele Frangilli	singles	662	37.	Dmytro Hrachow	3: 7	eliminated										33.
Marco Galiazzo	singles	662	36.	Juan René Serrano	2: 6	eliminated										33.
Mauro Nespoli	singles	674	11.	Chen Yu-cheng	2: 6	eliminated										33.
Michele Frangilli Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	team			Taiwan	216: 206	-		-		China	220: 216	Mexico	217: 215	United States	219: 218	gold

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Manuel Cappai	Half fly weight up to 49 kg	Mark Anthony Barriga	7:17	eliminated								-
Vincenzo Picardi	Fly weight up to 52 kg	bye		N. Tögstsogt	16:17	eliminated						9
Vittorio Parrinello	Bantam weight up to 56 kg	Jonas Matheus	18: 7	Luke Campbell	9:11	eliminated						9
Domenico Valentino	Light weight up to 60 kg	bye		Josh Taylor	15:10	Evaldas Petrauskas	14:16	eliminated				5
Vincenzo Mangiacapre	Half welter weight up to 64 kg	bye		Gyula Katé	20:14	D. Jeleussinow	16:12	R. Iglesias	8:15	eliminated		bronze
Clemente Russo	Heavy weight up to 91 kg	-		Tumba Silva	Walkover	José Larduet	12:10	Teymur Məmmədov	15:13	Oleksandr Ussyk	11:14	silver
Roberto Cammarelle	Super heavy weight over 91 kg	-		Ítalo Perea	18:10	Mohamed Arjaoui	12:11	Məhəmmədrəsul Məcidov	13:12	Anthony Joshua	18:18	silver

fencing

Athletes	competition	2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Bianca Del Carretto	Epee single	Britta Heidemann	13:14 (n.V.)	eliminated								21st
Mara Navarria	Epee single	Maya Lawrence	12:15	eliminated								18th
Rossella Fiamingo	Epee single	Nozomi Nakano	15:11	Maya Lawrence	15: 7	Sun Yujie	14:15	eliminated				7th
Bianca Del Carretto Mara Navarria Rossella Fiamingo	Epee team	-		United States	35:45	Romania	38:45	-		Ukraine	Battle for 7th place 45:40	7th
Valentina Vezzali	Foil single	Shiho Nishioka	14: 8	Chen Jinyan	15: 6	Inès Boubakri	8: 7	Arianna Errigo	12:15	Nam Hyun-hee	Battle for 3rd place 13:12	bronze
Elisa Di Francisca	Foil single	Mona Shaito	15: 2	Carolin Golubytskyi	15: 9	Chieko Sugawara	15: 9	Nam Hyun-hee	11:10	Arianna Errigo	12:10	gold
Arianna Errigo	Foil single	Johana Fuenmayor	15: 4	Kamilla Gafursianova	15: 7	Lee jaw	15:10	Valentina Vezzali	15:12	Elisa Di Francisca	11:12	silver
Valentina Vezzali Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo	Foil team	-		-		Great Britain	42:14	France	45:22	Russia	45:31	gold
Gioia Marzocca	Saber single	MB Pérez Maurice	15:10	Kim Ji-yeon	7:15	eliminated						12
Irene Vecchi	Saber single	Sophie Williams	15: 5	Chen Xiaodong	15:10	Olha Charlan	9:15	eliminated				6th
Men
Paolo Pizzo	Epee single	Leung Ka Ming	15:14	Alexandre Bouzaid	15:11	Rubén Limardo	12:15	eliminated				5
Andrea Cassarà	Foil single	Mohamed Smandi	15: 7	Yūki Ōta	15:14	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem	15:10	eliminated				5
Valerio Aspromonte	Foil single	Radu Daraban	15:11	Sebastian Bachmann	15:11	Lei Sheng	8:15	eliminated				6th
Andrea Baldini	Foil single	Ryō Miyake	15: 6	Race Imboden	15: 9	Alexei Cheremissinov	15: 5	Lei Sheng	11:15	Choi Byung-chul	Battle for 3rd place 14:15	4th
Andrea Cassarà Valerio Aspromonte Andrea Baldini	Foil team	-		-		Great Britain	45:40	United States	45:24	Japan	45:39	gold
Aldo Montano	Saber single	Valer Pryomka	15: 9	Diego Occhiuzzi	13:15	eliminated						11
Luigi Tarantino	Saber single	Max Hartung	14:15	eliminated								20th
Diego Occhiuzzi	Saber single	Liu Xiao	15: 9	Aldo Montano	15:13	Timothy Morehouse	15: 9	Rares Dumitrescu	15:11	Áron Szilágyi	8:15	silver
Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Samele	Saber crew	-		-		Belarus	45:44	South Korea	37:45	Russia	Battle for 3rd place 45:40	bronze

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Tear		Bump		Duel		rank
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank
Men
Mirco Scarantino	Class up to 56 kg	97 kg	18th	128 kg	14th	225 kg	14th	14th

Judo

Athletes	competition	1st round Round of 64		2nd round Round of 32		Knockout round Round of 16		Quarter Finals Quarter Final		Round of hope semi-final repechage		Semifinals		Hope Round Final Bronze Medal		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result I WYP	opponent	Result I WYP	opponent	Result I WYP	opponent	Result I WYP	opponent	Result I WYP	opponent	Result I WYP	opponent	Result I WYP
Women
Elena Moretti	Class up to 48 kg	-		Paula Pareto	0 0 0 0 defeat	eliminated												9.
Rosalba Forciniti	Class up to 52 kg	-		Romy Tarangul	0 0 1 0	-		Kim Gyeong-Ok	0 0 0 1	-		To Kum-ae	0 0 0 0	-		Marie Muller	0 0 0 0	3.
Giulia Quintavalle	Class up to 57 kg	-		Kim Yan-di	1 0 1 1 win	-		Sabrina Filzmoser	1 0 0 0 win	Kaori Matsumoto	0 0 0 1 defeat	-		-		Marti Malloy	0 0 0 1 defeat	5.
Edwige Gwend	Class up to 63 kg	-		Xu Lili	0 0 0 2 defeat	eliminated												9.
Erica Barbieri	Class up to 70 kg	Hwang Ye-seul	0 0 1 0 defeat	eliminated														17th
Men
Elio Verde	Class up to 60 kg	Juan Postigos	100: 0001	Heorhij Santaraja	001: 0002	Nabor Castillo	1011: 0011	Howhannes Dawtjan	001: 0002	-		Hiraoka Hiroaki	000: 110	Felipe Kitadai	000: 0011	eliminated		5
Francesco Faraldo	Class up to 66 kg	Sugoi Uriarte	0 0 0 0 defeat	eliminated														33.
Antonio Ciano	Class up to 81 kg	-		Ole Bishop	0 0 0 1 defeat	eliminated												17th
Roberto Meloni	Class up to 90 kg	Parviz Sobirov	0 1 0 1 win	Tiago Camilo	0 0 0 1 defeat	eliminated												9.

canoe

Canoe racing

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Norma Murabito	K-1 200 m	43.820 s	7th	eliminated				25th
Josefa Idem	K-1 500 m	1: 55.619 min	3	1: 52.232 min	1	1: 53.223 min	5	5
Men
Maximiliam Benassi	K-1 1000 m	3: 35.543 min	7th	eliminated				19th

Canoe slalom

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Clara Giai Pron	K-1	99.66 s	3	176.61 s	15th	eliminated		15th
Men
Daniele Molmenti	K-1	88.68 s	9	96.37 s	3	93.43 s	1	gold
Stefano Cipressi	C-1	96.40 s	13	eliminated				13
Niccolò Ferrari Pietro Camporesi	C-2	111.55 s	13	eliminated				13

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Gloria Hooper	200 m	23.25 s	6th	eliminated				29
Libania Grenot	400 m	52.13 s	3	51.18 s	3	eliminated		9
Nadia Ejjafini	5000 m	15: 24.70 min	14th	-		eliminated		26th
Elena Romagnolo	5000 m	15:06:38 min	9	-		15: 35.69 min	15th	15th
Silvia Weissteiner	5000 m	15: 06.81 min	7th	-		eliminated		16
Valeria Straneo	marathon	-		-		2:25:27 h	8th	8th
Anna Incerti	marathon	-		-		2:29:38 h	29	29
Rosaria Console	marathon	-		-		2:30:09 h	30th	30th
Marzia Caravelli	100 m hurdles	13.01 s	3	disqualified		eliminated		-
Giulia Arcioni Chiara Bazzoni Elena Bonfanti Manuela Gentili Libania Grenot Maria Enrica Spacca	4 × 400 m relay	3: 29.01 min	7th	-		eliminated		11
Eleonora Giorgi	20 km walking	-		-		1:29:48 h	14th	14th
Elisa Rigaudo	20 km walking	-		-		1:27:36 h	7th	7th
Men
Daniele Meucci	5000 m	13: 28.71 min	8th	-		eliminated		22nd
Daniele Meucci	10,000 m	-		-		28: 57.46 min	24	24
Ruggero Pertile	marathon	-		-		2:12:45 h	10	10
Emanuele Abate	110 m hurdles	13.46 s	4th	13.35 s	4th	eliminated		10
José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon	400 m hurdles	49.35 s	3	50.07 s	6th	eliminated		18th
Yuri Floriani	3000 m obstacle	8: 29.01 min	2	-		8: 40.07 min	13	13
Fabio Cerutti Simone Collio Rosario La Mastra Davide Manenti Diego Marani Jacques Riparelli	4 × 100 m relay	38.58 s	7th	-		eliminated		14th
Giorgio Rubino	20 km walking	-		-		1:25:28 h	42	42
Marco De Luca	50 km of walking	-		-		3:47:19 h	17th	17th

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Simona La Mantia	Triple jump	13.92 m	18th	eliminated		18th
Silvia Salis	Hammer throwing	10.84 m	36	eliminated		36
Chiara Rosa	Shot put	18.30 m	14th	eliminated		14th
Men
Fabrizio Donato	Triple jump	16.86 m	8th	17.48 m	3	bronze
Daniele Greco	Triple jump	17.00 m	4th	17.34 m	4th	4th
Gianmarco Tamberi	high jump	2.21 m	21st	eliminated		21st
Nicola Vizzoni	Hammer throwing	74.79 m	10	76.07 m	8th	8th
Lorenzo Povegliano	Hammer throwing	71.55 m	27	eliminated		27

Modern pentathlon

Athletes	fencing			swim			horse riding			Combined			Points	rank
	Balance sheet	Points	rank	time	Points	rank	time	Points	rank	time	Points	rank
Women
Sabrina Crognale	20:15	880	8th.	2: 24.24	1072	30th	1: 18.56	1128	18th	13: 27.22	17:72	33.	4852	27.
Claudia Cesarini	15:20	760	25th	2: 22.77	1088	29	1: 29.15	1044	30th	12: 25.66	2020	19th	4912	25th
Men
Nicola Benedetti	17:18	808	13.	2: 18.47	1140	36.	1: 24.16	1084	26th	10: 16.92	2536	1.	5568	20th
Riccardo De Luca	16:19	784	20th	2: 08.29	1264	24.	1: 12.09	1200	3.	10: 32.34	2472	5	5720	9.

Cycling

train

All-around

Athletes	250 m flying		Driving with points		Elimination drives	Individual pursuit		Scratch	Time trial		Points	rank
	time	rank	Points	rank	rank	time	rank	rank	time	rank
Omnium men
Elia Viviani	6th	6th	47	5	2	4: 28.499 min	7th	5	1: 04.239 min	9	34	6th

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Monia Baccaille	Road racing	out of time limit
Giorgia Bronzini	Road racing	3:35:56 h	5
Noemi Cantele	Road racing	3:36:04 h	34
Tatiana Guderzo	Road racing	3:36:01 h	30th
Noemi Cantele	Individual time trial	41: 51.18 min	22nd
Tatiana Guderzo	Individual time trial	41: 48.94 min	21st
Men
Vincenzo Nibali	Road racing	5:46:53 h	101
Elia Viviani	Road racing	5:46:37 h	38
Marco Pinotti	Road racing	5:54:04 h	107
Luca Paolini	Road racing	5:46:05 h	9
Sacha Modolo	Road racing	5:46:51 h	99
Marco Pinotti	Individual time trial	52: 49.28 min	5

Mountain bike

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Eva Lechner	Cross country	1:37:36 h	17th
Men
Marco Aurelio Fontana	Cross country	1:29:32 h	bronze
Gerhard Kerschbaumer	Cross country	1:32:02 h	13

BMX

Athletes	competition	qualification		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	time	rank
Men
Manuel De Vecchi	Race	39.385 s	18th	29	7th	eliminated				26th

horse riding

Athletes	competition	percent	rank
dressage
Valentina Truppa	singles	78.214	15th
Athletes	competition	Penalty points	rank
versatility
Vittoria Panizzon	singles	77.0	16.
Stefano Brecciaroli	singles	80.0	10.

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Julieta Cantaluppi	All-around single	105.275	16	eliminated		16
Elisa Santoni Elisa Blanchi Romina Laurito Anzhelika Savrayuk Andreea Ștefănescu Marta Pagnini	All-around team	55,800	2	55,450	3	bronze

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16 including a round of hope		Quarter-finals including a round of hope		Semi-finals including a round of hope		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Greco-Roman style men
Daigoro Timoncini	Class up to 96 kg	bye		Artur Aleksanyan	0: 3	eliminated						17th

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader		Reunion		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Sara Bertolasi Claudia Wurzel	two	7:21 min	5	took part		-		B final		10.
Men
Niccolò Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	two	took part		-		took part		took part		4th
Alessio Sartori Romano Battisti	Double scull	took part		-		took part		took part		2.
Luca Agamennoni Vincenzo Capelli Simone Venier Mario Paonessa	four	took part		took part		took part		B final		8th.
Francesco Fossi Pierpaolo Frattini Simone Raineri Matteo Stefanini	Double fours	took part		took part		took part		B final		11.
Pietro Ruta Elia Luini	Lightweight double scull	took part		-		took part		took part		7th
Marcello Miani Martino Goretti Daniele Danesin Andrea Caianiello	Lightweight foursome	took part		-		took part		took part		12.

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings	rank
		Rings	rank	Rings	rank
Women
Elania Nardelli	Air rifle 10 m	390	46.
Petra Zublasing	Air rifle 10 m	396	12.
Jessica Rossi	Trap	75	1	24	1	99	gold
Chiara Cainero	Skeet	67	2.	22nd		89	5.
Men
Luca Tesconi	Air pistol 10 m	584	5	101.8	1	685.8	silver
Giuseppe Giordano	Free pistol 50 m	559		97.0		656.0	5.
Francesco Bruno	Free pistol 50 m	553	24.
Marco De Nicolo	Air rifle 10 m	590	34.
Niccolò Campriani	Air rifle 10 m	599		102.5		701.5	silver
Massimo Fabbrizi	Trap	123	5.	23		146	silver
Giovanni Pellielo	Trap	121	8th.
Daniele Di Spigno	Double trap	131	18th
Francesco D'Aniello	Double trap	136	8th.
Luigi Agostino Capelin	Skeet	120		23		143	5.
Ennio Falco	Skeet	118	14th

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Erika Ferraioli	50 m freestyle	25.69 s	3	eliminated				32
Federica Pellegrini	200 m freestyle	1: 57.16 min	1	1: 56.67 min	1	1: 56.73 min	5	5
Federica Pellegrini	400 m freestyle	4: 05.30 min	3	-		4: 04.50 min	5	5
Ilaria Bianchi	100 m butterfly	58.42 s	4th	57.79 s	6th	57.27 s	5	5
Michela Guzzetti	100 m chest	1: 08.83 min	5	eliminated				27
Chiara Boggiatto	200 m chest	2: 27.74 min	8th	eliminated				22nd
Arianna Barbieri	100 m back	1: 00.25 min	5	1: 00.27 min	7th	eliminated		13
Elena Gemo	100 m back	1: 01.77 min	8th	eliminated				27
Alessia Filippi	200 m back	2: 12.40 min	7th	eliminated				23
Stefania Pirozzi	400 m layers	4: 45.61 min	7th	-		eliminated		22nd
Erica Buratto Erika Ferraioli Laura Letrari Alice Mizzau Federica Pellegrini	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3: 39.74 min	6th	-		eliminated		12
Erica Buratto Diletta Carli Alice Mizzau Alice Nesti Federica Pellegrini	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7: 52.75 min	2	-		7: 56.30 min	7th	7th
Arianna Barbieri Ilaria Bianchi Chiara Boggiatto Elena Gemo Michela Guzzetti Federica Pellegrini	4 × 100 m individual medley relay	4: 02.20 min	5	-		eliminated		11
Martina Grimaldi	10 km of open water	-		-		1: 57: 41.8 h	3	bronze
Men
Luca Dotto	50 m freestyle	22.12 s	4th	22.09 s	6th	eliminated		13
Marco Orsi	50 m freestyle	22.36 s	7th	eliminated				19th
Luca Dotto	100 m freestyle	49.43 s	7th	eliminated				22nd
Filippo Magnini	100 m freestyle	49.18 s	6th	eliminated				19th
Marco Belotti	200 m freestyle	1: 49.14 min	8th	eliminated				29
Samuel Pizzetti	400 m freestyle	3: 50.93 min	7th	-		eliminated		18th
Gabriele Detti	1500 m freestyle	15: 06.22 min	4th	-		eliminated		13
Gregorio Paltrinieri	1500 m freestyle	14: 50.11 min	1	-		14: 51.92 min	5	5
Matteo Rivolta	100 m butterfly	52.50 s	6th	eliminated				22nd
Mattia Pesce	100 m chest	1: 01.27 min	8th	eliminated				23
Fabio Scozzoli	100 m chest	59.99 s	5	59.44 s	2	59.97 s	7th	7th
Mirco Di Tora	100 m back	54.70 s	2	eliminated				19th
Sebastiano Ranfagni	200 m back	1: 58.76 min	6th	eliminated				19th
Federico Turrini	200 m layers	2: 00.63 min	5	eliminated				20th
Luca Marin	400 m layers	4: 13.02 min	4th	-		4: 14.89 min	8th	8th
Federico Turrini	400 m layers	4: 17.22 min	6th	-		eliminated		19th
Luca Dotto Filippo Magnini Marco Orsi Andrea Rolla Michele Santucci	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3: 15.78 min	3	-		3: 14.13 min	7th	7th
Marco Belotti Alex di Giorgio Riccardo Maestri Gianluca Maglia Samuel Pizzetti	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7: 12.69 min	6th	-		eliminated		11
Mirco Di Tora Mattia Pesce Luca Dotto Filippo Magnini Matteo Rivolta Fabio Scozzoli	4 × 100 m individual medley relay	3: 36.88 min	7th	-		eliminated		14th
Valerio Cleri	10 km of open water	-		-		1: 51: 29.5 h	17th	17th

sailing

Fleet Race

Athletes	competition	qualification		Medal Race
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Alessandra Sensini	Windsurfing RS: X	95	9.	16	8th.
Francesca Clapcich	Laser Radial	159	19th	not qualified
Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	470s				5.
Men
Federico Esposito	Windsurfing RS: X	269	34.	not qualified
Michele Regolo	laser	280	35.	not qualified
Gabrio Zandonà Pietro Zucchetti	470s				4th
Filippo Maria Baldassari	Finn dinghy	164	22nd	not qualified
Giuseppe Angilella Gianfranco Sibello	49er ( Skiff )				9.

Synchronized swimming

Athletes	competition	qualification						final
		Technical freestyle TK		Free freestyle FK-Q		total		Free freestyle FK-F		Total TK + FK-F
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Giulia Lapi Mariangela Perrupato	duet	90,700	7th	90.740	7th	181.440	7th	90.720	7th	181.420	7th

Taekwondo

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Mauro Sarmiento	Class up to 80 kg	Rassul Abduraim	5: 1	Ramin Azizov	2: 1	Nicolás García	1: 2	-		Nesar Ahmad Bahave	4-0	eliminated		bronze
Carlo Molfetta	Class over 80 kg	Alisher Gulow	7: 3	Liu Xiaobo	6: 5	Daba Modibo Keïta	6: 4	-		-		Anthony Obame	9: 9	gold

tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Sara Errani	singles	Venus Williams	3: 6, 1: 6	eliminated
Roberta Vinci	singles	Kim Clijsters	1: 6, 4: 6	eliminated
Flavia Pennetta	singles	Sorana Cîrstea	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 2	Tsvetana Pironkova	7: 5, 6: 1	Petra Kvitová	3: 6, 0: 6	eliminated
Francesca Schiavone	singles	Klára Zakopalová	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4	Vera Swonaryova	3: 6, 3: 6	eliminated
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Double	Petra Cetkovská Lucie Šafářová	6: 2, 6: 3	-		Andreja Klepač Katarina Srebotnik	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 4	Serena Williams Venus Williams	1: 6, 1: 6	eliminated
Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone	Double	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	7: 6 4 , 6: 4	-		Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	7: 6 3 , 5: 7, 4: 6	eliminated
Men
Andreas Seppi	singles	Donald Young	6: 4, 6: 4	Juan Martín del Potro	3: 6, 6: 7 2	eliminated
Fabio Fognini	singles	Novak Đoković	7: 6 7 , 2: 6, 2: 6	eliminated
Andreas Seppi Daniele Bracciali	Double	Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 4: 6	eliminated
Mixed
Sara Errani Andreas Seppi	Double	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	5: 7, 3: 6	eliminated
Roberta Vinci Daniele Bracciali	Double	Sofia Arvidsson Robert Lindstedt	6: 3, 4: 6, [10: 8]	-		-		Sabine Lisicki Christopher Kas	6: 4, 6: 7 2 , [7:10]	eliminated

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd & 4th round, quarter-finals, semi-finals, final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Wenling Tan Monfardini	singles	Olufunke Oshonaike	4-0	Anna Tikhomirova	3: 4	eliminated		33
Men
Mihai Bobocica	singles	Andy Pereira	4-0	Werner Schlager	2: 4	eliminated		33

Trampoline exercise

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Flavio Cannone	singles	104.170	11	eliminated		11

Triathlon

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Annamaria Mazzetti	singles	2:09:08 h	46
Men
Alessandro Fabian	singles	1:48:03 h	10
Davide Uccellari	singles	1:50:09 h	29

do gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Vanessa Ferrari	Leap	14.366	30th	eliminated
Carlotta Ferlito	Leap	14,100	37	eliminated
Erika Fasana	Leap	14,000	41	eliminated
Vanessa Ferrari	Uneven bars	14.233	37	eliminated
Erika Fasana	Uneven bars	13,666	41	eliminated
Carlotta Ferlito	Uneven bars	13.075	52	eliminated
Giorgia Campana	Uneven bars	12.766	60	eliminated
Vanessa Ferrari	Balance beam	14,433	16	eliminated
Carlotta Ferlito	Balance beam	14,425	17th	eliminated
Elisabetta Preziosa	Balance beam	13.266	38	eliminated
Erika Fasana	Balance beam	12.266	62	eliminated
Vanessa Ferrari	ground	14,900	3	14,900	4th	4th
Erika Fasana	ground	14.033	22nd	eliminated
Carlotta Ferlito	ground	13,900	26th	eliminated
Elisabetta Preziosa	ground	13,300	45	eliminated
Carlotta Ferlito	All-around single	55,500	20th	55.098	21st	21st
Vanessa Ferrari	All-around single	57.932	7th	57.999	8th	8th
Erika Fasana	All-around single	53.965	30th	eliminated
Carlotta Ferlito Vanessa Ferrari Erika Fasana Francesca Deagostini Elisabetta Preziosa	All-around team	168.397	7th	167.930	7th	7th
Men
Enrico Pozzo	ground	14.766	24	eliminated
Paolo Ottavi	ground	14.266	43	eliminated
Matteo Morandi	ground	14.133	46	eliminated
Matteo Angioletti	ground	14.033	50	eliminated
Alberto Busnari	Pommel horse	15.058	4th	15,400	4th	4th
Paolo Ottavi	Pommel horse	13,700	39	eliminated
Enrico Pozzo	Pommel horse	13.633	40	eliminated
Matteo Morandi	Pommel horse	0.000	69	eliminated
Matteo Morandi	Rings	15.766	2	15.733	3	bronze
Matteo Angioletti	Rings	15.066	15th	eliminated
Paolo Ottavi	Rings	14,866	24	eliminated
Enrico Pozzo	Rings	14.033	53	eliminated
Enrico Pozzo	Leap	15,600	34	eliminated
Paolo Ottavi	Leap	16.066	14th	eliminated
Matteo Morandi	Leap	15.633	33	eliminated
Matteo Morandi	Ingots	14,500	43	eliminated
Paolo Ottavi	Ingots	14,500	44	eliminated
Enrico Pozzo	Ingots	14.366	46	eliminated
Alberto Busnari	Ingots	13,766	56	eliminated
Enrico Pozzo	Horizontal bar	14,500	29	eliminated
Paolo Ottavi	Horizontal bar	14.066	39	eliminated
Alberto Busnari	Horizontal bar	12,100	67	eliminated
Matteo Morandi	Horizontal bar	0.000	70	eliminated
Matteo Morandi	All-around single	60.032	41	eliminated
Paolo Ottavi	All-around single	86,331	24	84.648	22nd	22nd
Enrico Pozzo	All-around single	86.898	21st	87.032	18th	18th
Matteo Morandi Matteo Angioletti Alberto Busnari Paolo Ottavi Enrico Pozzo	All-around team	262,085	11	eliminated

volleyball

competition	Women	Men
Athletes	Valentina Arrighetti Jenny Barazza Caterina Bosetti Lucia Bosetti Carolina Costagrande Paola Croce Monica De Gennaro Antonella Del Core Simona Gioli Eleonora Lo Bianco Francesca Piccinini Giulia Rondon	Andrea Bari Emanuele Birarelli Dante Boninfante Alessandro Fei Andrea Giovi Michal Lasko Luigi Mastrangelo Samuele Papi Simone Parodi Cristian Savani Dragan Travica Ivan Zaytsev
Trainer	Massimo Barbolini	Mauro Berruto
Group stage	Dominican Republic (3: 1) Japan (3: 1) Great Britain (3: 0) Algeria (3: 0) Russia (2: 3)	Poland (1: 3) Argentina (3: 1) Great Britain (3: 0) Australia (3: 2) Bulgaria (0: 3)
Quarter finals	South Korea (1: 3)	United States (3: 0)
Semifinals	-	Brazil (- :-)
final	-

Water polo

competition	Women	Men
Athletes	Simona Abbate Federica Radicchi Roberta Bianconi Elisa Casanova Aleksandra Cotti Tania Di Mario Giulia Emmolo Teresa Frassinetti Elena Gigli Giulia Gorlero Allegra Lapi Anikó Pelle Giulia Rambaldi Guidasci	Matteo Aicardi Massimo Giacoppo Maurizio Felugo Danijel Premuš Pietro Figlioli Deni Fiorentini Valentino Gallo Alex Giorgetti Niccolò Gitto Giacomo Pastorino Amaurys Perez Christian Presciutti Stefano Tempesti
Trainer	Fabio Conti	Alessandro Campagna
Group stage	Australia (8:10) Russia (4: 7) Great Britain (10: 5)	Australia (8: 5) Greece (7: 7) Croatia (6:11) Kazakhstan (9: 6) Spain (10: 7)
Quarter finals	USA (6: 9)	Hungary (11: 9)
Placement games	People's Republic of China (10:14) Play for 7th place: Great Britain (11: 7)	-
Semifinals	eliminated	Serbia (9: 7)
final		Croatia (6: 8)
placement	7th	silver

Diving

Athletes	competition	Pre-fight		Semifinals		final
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Francesca Dallapé	Jump 3 m	311.25	13.	312.60	15th	not qualified
Tania Cagnotto	Jump 3 m	259.74	18th	466.29	18th	not qualified
Noemi Bátki	Diving 10 m	324.20	12.	325.45	10.	350.05	8th.
Brenda Spaziani	Diving 10 m	268.00	23.	not qualified
Francesca Dallapé Tania Cagnotto	Synchronized jumping 3 m					314.10	4th
Men
Michele Benedetti	Jump 3 m	433.05	20th	not qualified
Tommaso Rinaldi	Jump 3 m	400.00	24.	not qualified
Francesco Dell'Uomo	Diving 10 m	426.12	14th	610.41	12.	628.77	9.
Andrea Chiarabini	Diving 10 m	367.75	28.	not qualified

Web links

Commons : 2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Italy)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Italy - Athletes. Official London 2012 website. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited ( LOCOG ), accessed November 30, 2012 . 
• Italy. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed November 30, 2012 . 
• Italian Olympic team 2012 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gli azzurri per disciplina. Retrieved July 20, 2012 (Italian). 
2. ^ Vezzali, Italian pride "Carrying the flag is like winning the gold". (No longer available online.) La Gazzetta dello Sport, May 22, 2012, archived from the original on May 26, 2012 ; accessed on August 27, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Walker Alex Schwazer: Italian Olympic champion doped. In: Spiegel.de . August 6, 2012, accessed May 3, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Olimpiadi, lancio del martello. Silvia Salis delude: “Per me è una coltellata”. Genova24.it, August 8, 2012, accessed August 24, 2012 (Italian). 
5. ↑ Giulia Conti in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) and Giovanna Micol in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
6. ↑ Pietro Zucchetti in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) and Gabrio Zandonà in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
7. ↑ Giuseppe Angilella in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) and Gianfranco Sibello in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )