Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
| Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ITA |
| NOC | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Barcelona, Spain 25 July–9 August 1992 | |
| Competitors | 304 (228 men, 76 women) in 26 sports |
| Flag bearer | Giuseppe Abbagnale |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Italy competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 304 competitors, 228 men and 76 women, took part in 169 events in 26 sports.[1]
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Athletics | 25 | 14 | 39 |
| Baseball | 20 | – | 20 |
| Basketball | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Boxing | 5 | – | 5 |
| Canoeing | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| Cycling | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Diving | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Equestrian | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Fencing | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| Football | 16 | – | 16 |
| Gymnastics | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Judo | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Modern pentathlon | 3 | – | 3 |
| Rowing | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Sailing | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Shooting | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Swimming | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| Synchronized swimming | – | 2 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tennis | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Volleyball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Water polo | 12 | – | 12 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | – | 3 |
| Wrestling | 5 | – | 5 |
| Total | 228 | 76 | 304 |
Archery
In Italy's first archery competition without Giancarlo Ferrari, the four Italians went a combined 0-3 in the elimination round with Ilario Di Buò not even qualifying for the eliminations. The men's team also lost in the first round.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Maria Testa — Round of 32, 21st place (0-1)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Andrea Parenti — Round of 32, 19th place (0-1)
- Alessandro Rivolta — Round of 32, 22nd place (0-1)
- Ilario Di Buò — Ranking round, 39th place (0-0)
Men's Team Competition:
- Parenti, Rivolta, and di Buo — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)
Athletics
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Alessandro Aimar, Marco Vaccari, Fabio Grossi, and Andrea Nuti
- Heat — 3:02.09
- Final — 3:02.18 (→ 6th place)
Men's 800 metres
- Andrea Benvenuti — 1:45.23 (→ 5th place)
Men's 5.000 metres
- Heat — 13:33.71
- Final — 14:02.47 (→ 16th place)
Men's 10.000 metres
- Heat — 28:18.48
- Final — 28:11.39 (→ 4th place)
- Heat — 28:45.62 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Salvatore Bettiol — 2:14.15 (→ 5th place)
- Alessio Faustini — 2:21.37 (→ 44th place)
- Gelindo Bordin — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Heat — 49.16 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Giovanni De Benedictis — 1:23:11 (→
Bronze Medal) - Maurizio Damilano — 1:23:39 (→ 4th place)
- Walter Arena — 1:29:34 (→ 18th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Giuseppe de Gaetano — 3:59:13 (→ 12th place)
- Massimo Quiriconi — 4:00:28 (→ 13th place)
- Giovanni Perricelli — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Long Jump
- Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Qualification — 75.40 m
- Final — 72.98 m (→ 11th place)
Men's Pole Vault
- Qualification — 5.40 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
- Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put
- Qualification — 20.25 m
- Final — 19.88 m (→ 9th place)
- Qualification — 20.14 m
- Final — 19.62 m (→ 11th place)
Women's 800 metres
- Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10.000 metres
- Heat — 32:17.01
- Final — 32:37.91 (→ 16th place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Heat — 55.49
- Semifinal — 56.34 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
- Emma Scaunich — 2:46.14 (→ 18th place)
- Anna Villani — 2:46.44 (→ 20th place)
- Bettina Sabatini — 2:50.09 (→ 23rd place)
Women's Long Jump
- Heat — 6.40 m (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 6.43 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10 km Walk
- Final — 45:23 (→ 7th place)
- Final — 46:43 (→ 19th place)
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's Discus Throw
- Heat — 60.80m
- Final — 61.22m (→ 10th place)
Women's High Jump
- Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)
Baseball
Italy was not very successful at the premiere of Olympic baseball. The Italians lost six of their seven preliminary round games, beating only the host nation Spain. Their 1-6 record tied with that of Spain for seventh and eighth places, the Italians received the advantage in the tie-breaker because of the head-to-head result, barely avoiding last place.
Men's Team Competition:
- Italy - 7th place (1-6)
Team roster
- Massimo Ciaramella
- Guglielmo Trinci
- Claudio Cecconi
- Elio Gambuti
- Marco Urbani
- Maurizio De Sanctis
- Francesco Petruzzelli
- Fulvio Valle
- Massimiliano Masin
- Andrea Succi
- Claudio Taglienti
- Paolo Ceccaroli
- Ruggero Bagialemani
- Rolando Cretis
- Alberto d'Auria
- Roberto Bianchi
- Leonardo Scianchi
- Luigi Carrozza
- Massimo Fochi
- Massimo Melassi
Basketball
Women's team competition
- Preliminary round (group A)
- Lost to Brazil (70-85)
- Lost to Unified Team (67-79)
- Lost to Cuba (53-60)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to Spain (80-92)
- 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (83-86) → 8th place
- Team roster
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- First Round – Lost to Dong-Bum Cho (ITA), 2:8
Canoeing
Cycling
Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented Italy in 1992.
- Flavio Anastasia
- Luca Colombo
- Gianfranco Contri
- Andrea Peron
- Ivan Beltrami
- Rossano Brasi
- Ivan Cerioli
- Fabrizio Trezzi
- Giovanni Lombardi
- Giovanni Lombardi
- Valeria Cappellotto — 2:05:03 (→ 17th place)
- Maria Turcutto — 2:05:03 (→ 32nd place)
- Roberta Bonanomi — 2:05:58 (→ 39th place)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
- Preliminary Round — 375.57 points
- Final — 527.73 points (→ 12th place)
- Preliminary Round — 312.69 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 10m Platform
- Preliminary Round — 334.98 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
- Preliminary Round — 249.36 points (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 10m Platform
- Preliminary Round — 272.19 points (→ 19th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Italy in 1992.
- Giovanna Trillini, Margherita Zalaffi, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Diana Bianchedi, Dorina Vaccaroni
Football
Men's team competition
- Preliminary round (group A)
- Defeated United States (2-1)
- Lost to Poland (0-3)
- Defeated Kuwait (1-0)
- Quarterfinals
- Lost to Spain (0-1) → Did not advance
- Team roster
- ( 1) Francesco Antonioli
- ( 2) Mauro Bonomi
- ( 3) Giuseppe Favalli
- ( 4) Luca Luzardi
- ( 5) Salvatore Matrecano
- ( 6) Alessandro Orlando
- ( 7) Stefano Rossini
- ( 8) Mirko Taccola
- ( 9) Rufo Verga
- (10) Demetrio Albertini
- (11) Dino Baggio
- (12) Angelo Peruzzi
- (13) Eugenio Corini
- (14) Dario Marcolin
- (15) Gianluca Sordo
- (16) Renato Buso
- (17) Pasquale Rocco
- (18) Marco Ferrante
- (19) Alessandro Melli
- (20) Roberto Muzzi
- Head coach: Cesare Maldini
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1992. They won a bronze medal in the team event.
- Individual
- Team
- Roberto Bomprezzi
- Carlo Massullo
- Gianluca Tiberti
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
- Final Ranking — 182.1 points (→ 16th place)
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
- Final Ranking — 101.4 points (→ 7th place)
Women's 470 Class
- Final Ranking — 68.7 points (→ 7th place)
Shooting
Swimming
Men's Competition
- René Gusperti, Giorgio Lamberti, Roberto Gleria, Massimo Trevisan, Piermaria Siciliano, Emanuele Merisi, Stefano Battistelli, Luca Bianchin, Gianni Minervini, Andrea Cecchi, Francesco Postiglione, Leonardo Michelotti, Marco Braida, Luca Sacchi, and Emanuele Idini
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Giorgio Lamberti, Emanuele Idini, Roberto Gleria, and Massimo Trevisan
- Heat – 3:23.43 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle
- Roberto Gleria, Emanuele Idini, Pier Maria Siciliano, and Stefano Battistelli
- Heat – 7:25.53
- Giorgio Lamberti, Massimo Trevisan, Roberto Gleria, and Stefano Battistelli
- Final – 7:18.10 (→ 5th place)
Women's Competition
- Cristina Chiuso, Ilaria Sciorelli, Manuela Melchiorri, Lorenza Vigarani, Lara Bianconi, Francesca Salvalajo, Manuela Dalla Valle, Elena Donati, and Ilaria Tocchini
Synchronized swimming
Two synchronized swimmers represented Italy in 1992.
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Cristiano Caratti
- First round — Lost to Guy Forget (France) 3-6, 4-6, 2-6
- Omar Camporese
- First round — Defeated Juan Rios (Puerto Rico) 6-2, 6-2, 6-0
- Second round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 4-6, 2-6, 1-6
- Renzo Furlan
- First round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Second round — Defeated Andrei Chesnokov (Unified Team) 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Third round — Lost to Jordi Arrese (Spain) 4-6, 3-6, 2-6
Men's Doubles Competition
- Omar Camporese and Diego Nargiso
- First round — Defeated Miguel Nido and Juan Rios (Puerto Rico) 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
- Second round — Lost to George Cosac and Dinu Pescariu (Romania) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6
Women's Singles Competition
- Katia Piccolini
- First Round – Lost to Nicole Provis (Australia) 1-6 0-6
- Raffaella Reggi-Concato
- First Round – Defeated Jenny Byrne (Australia) 6-4 7-6
- Second Round – Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 2-6 4-6
- Sandra Cecchini
- First Round – Defeated Paulina Sepúlveda (Chile) 6-2 6-3
- Second Round – Lost to Conchita Martínez (Spain) 4-6 3-6
Volleyball
Men's team competition
- Team roster
Water polo
Men's team competition
- Preliminary round (group B)
- Italy – Hungary 7-7
- Italy – Netherlands 6-4
- Italy – Cuba 11-8
- Italy – Spain 9-9
- Italy – Greece 8-6
- Semi Finals
- Italy – Commonwealth of Independent States 9-8
- Final
- Italy – Spain 9-8 (→
Gold Medal)
- Italy – Spain 9-8 (→
- Team roster
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
Media related to Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
