Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Matteo Tagliariol	Fencing	Men's individual épée	August 10
01 ! Gold	Giulia Quintavalle	Judo	Women's 57 kg	August 11
01 ! Gold	Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Women's individual foil	August 11
01 ! Gold	Federica Pellegrini	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	August 13
01 ! Gold	Chiara Cainero	Shooting	Women's skeet	August 14
01 ! Gold	Andrea Minguzzi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg	August 14
01 ! Gold	Alex Schwazer	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk	August 22
01 ! Gold	Roberto Cammarelle	Boxing	Super heavyweight	August 24
02 ! Silver	Giovanni Pellielo	Shooting	Men's trap	August 10
02 ! Silver	Ilario Di Buò Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Archery	Men's team	August 11
02 ! Silver	Francesco D'Aniello	Shooting	Men's double trap	August 12
02 ! Silver	Alessia Filippi	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	August 16
02 ! Silver	Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	August 17
02 ! Silver	Alessandra Sensini	Sailing	Women's sailboard	August 20
02 ! Silver	Mauro Sarmiento	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	August 22
02 ! Silver	Josefa Idem	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 m	August 23
02 ! Silver	Clemente Russo	Boxing	Heavyweight	August 23
03 ! Bronze	Tatiana Guderzo	Cycling	Women's road race	August 10
03 ! Bronze	Margherita Granbassi	Fencing	Women's individual foil	August 11
03 ! Bronze	Salvatore Sanzo	Fencing	Men's individual foil	August 13
03 ! Bronze	Matteo Tagliariol Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Stefano Carozzo	Fencing	Men's team épée	August 15
03 ! Bronze	Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori	Fencing	Women's team foil	August 16
03 ! Bronze	Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Giampiero Pastore Diego Occhiuzzi	Fencing	Men's team sabre	August 17
03 ! Bronze	Diego Romero	Sailing	Men's Laser class	August 19
03 ! Bronze	Elisa Rigaudo	Athletics	Women's 20 km walk	August 21
03 ! Bronze	Vincenzo Picardi	Boxing	Flyweight	August 22
03 ! Bronze	Andrea Facchin Antonio Scaduto	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m	August 22

Medals by sport
Sport	01 !	02 !	03 !	Total
Fencing	2	0	5	7
Shooting	1	2	0	3
Boxing	1	1	1	3
Swimming	1	1	0	2
Athletics	1	0	1	2
Canoeing	0	1	1	2
Sailing	0	1	1	2
Judo	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	0	1
Archery	0	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Total	8	9	10	27

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Italy's men's team placed fifth and its women's team placed fourth. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ilario Di Buò	Individual	670	9	Bulíř (CZE) (56) W 111–100	Wunderle (USA) (41) L 108 (17)–108 (19)	Did not advance
Marco Galiazzo		667	12	Dall (DEN) (53) W 114–97	Wills (GBR) (21) L 110–109	Did not advance
Mauro Nespoli		649	44	Wills (GBR) (21) L 99–103	Did not advance
Ilario Di Buò Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Team	1986	6	N/A		Canada (CAN) (11) W 219–217	Malaysia (MAS) (3) W 218–213	Ukraine (UKR) (2) W 223–221	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 227–225	02 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pia Lionetti	Individual	613	51	Schuh (FRA) (14) L 107–112	Did not advance
Elena Tonetta		595	55	Rendón (COL) (10) L 106 (9)–106 (10)	Did not advance
Natalia Valeeva		634	30	Bannova (KAZ) (35) W 107–105	Joo H-J (KOR) (3) L 108–110	Did not advance
Pia Lionetti Elena Tonetta Natalia Valeeva	Team	1842	9	N/A		Chinese Taipei (TPE) (8) W 215–211	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 231–217	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simone Collio	100 m	10.32	3 Q	10.33	7	Did not advance
Fabio Cerutti	100 m	10.49	5	Did not advance
Claudio Licciardello	400 m	45.25	3 Q	N/A		45.64	8	Did not advance
Christian Obrist	1500 m	3:35.91	4 Q	N/A		3:37.47	4 Q	3:39.87	11
Matteo Villani	3000 m steeplechase	DNF		N/A				Did not advance
Fabio Cerutti Simone Collio Emanuele Di Gregorio Jacques Riparelli	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ		N/A				Did not advance
Ottaviano Andriani	Marathon	N/A						2:16:10	23
Stefano Baldini		N/A						2:13:25	12
Ruggero Pertile		N/A						2:13:39	15
Ivano Brugnetti	20 km walk	N/A						1:19:51	5
Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi		N/A						1:26:53	37
Giorgio Rubino		N/A						1:22:11	18
Diego Cafagna	50 km walk	N/A						DSQ
Marco De Luca		N/A						3:54:47	19
Alex Schwazer		N/A						3:37:09 OR	01 !

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Andrew Howe	Long jump	7.81	20	Did not advance
Fabrizio Donato	Triple jump	16.70	21	Did not advance
Andrea Bettinelli	High jump	2.25	16	Did not advance
Filippo Campioli		2.25	=9 Q	2.20	=10
Alessandro Talotti		2.20	19	Did not advance
Giuseppe Gibilisco	Pole vault	5.65	13 q	NM	—
Hannes Kirchler	Discus throw	56.44	32	Did not advance
Marco Lingua	Hammer throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Nicola Vizzoni	Hammer throw	75.01	13	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anita Pistone	100 m	11.43	2 Q	11.56	6	Did not advance
Vincenza Calì	200 m	23.44	6 q	23.56	7	Did not advance
Libania Grenot	400 m	50.87 NR	1 Q	N/A		50.83 NR	5	Did not advance
Elisa Cusma	800 m	2:00.24	5 q	N/A		1:59.52	5	Did not advance
Silvia Weissteiner	5000 m	15:23.45	10	N/A				Did not advance
Micol Cattaneo	100 m hurdles	13.13	5	N/A		Did not advance
Elena Romagnolo	3000 m steeplechase	9:27.48	5 q	N/A				9:30.04	11
Bruna Genovese	Marathon	N/A						2:31:31	17
Anna Incerti		N/A						2:30:55	14
Vincenza Sicari		N/A						2:33:31	29
Elisa Rigaudo	20 km walk	N/A						1:27:12	03 !
Audrey Alloh Giulia Arcioni Vincenza Calì Anita Pistone	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ		N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Magdelin Martinez	Triple jump	13.70	21	Did not advance
Antonietta Di Martino	High jump	1.93	=5 q	1.93	=10
Assunta Legnante	Shot put	18.74	19	Did not advance
Chiara Rosa	Shot put	18.74	9 Q	18.22	13
Zahra Bani	Javelin throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Clarissa Claretti	Hammer throw	71.82	5 Q	71.33	7
Silvia Salis	Hammer throw	62.28	22	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agnese Allegrini	Women's singles	Griga (UKR) L 15–21, 11–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vincenzo Picardi	Flyweight	Chiyanika (ZAM) W 10–3	Payano (DOM) W 8–4	Cherif (TUN) W 7–5	Jongjohor (THA) L 1–7	Did not advance	03 !
Vittorio Parrinello	Bantamweight	Bye	Petchkoom (THA) L 1–12	Did not advance
Alessio di Savino	Featherweight	Williams (USA) L 1–9	Did not advance
Domenico Valentino	Lightweight	Tamsamani (MAR) W 15–4	Ugás (CUB) L 2–10	Did not advance
Clemente Russo	Heavyweight	N/A	Zuyeu (BLR) W 7–1	Usyk (UKR) W 7–4	Wilder (USA) W 7–1	Chakhkiev (RUS) L 2–4	02 !
Roberto Cammarelle	Super heavyweight	N/A	Tomasović (CRO) W 13–1	Rivas (COL) W 9–5	Price (GBR) W RSC	Zhang Zl (CHN) W RSC	01 !

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Daniele Molmenti	Men's K-1	85.13	5	83.46	3	168.59	3 Q	88.56	8 Q	142.37	10	230.93	10
Andrea Benetti Erik Masoero	Men's C-2	100.08	9	102.20	9	202.28	8 Q	103.64	6 Q	100.48	5	204.12	5
Maria Cristina Giai Pron	Women's K-1	102.75	9	100.95	9	203.70	9 Q	104.52	5 Q	251.26	10	355.78	10

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michele Zerial	K-1 500 m	1:36.950	3 QS	1:42.931	4	Did not advance
Andrea Facchin Antonio Scaduto	K-2 500 m	1:30.240	3 QF	Bye		1:31.934	9
Andrea Facchin Antonio Scaduto	K-2 1000 m	3:18.897	3 QF	Bye		3:14.750	03 !
Franco Benedini Luca Piemonte Alberto Ricchetti Antonio Rossi	K-4 1000 m	2:58.627	2 QF	Bye		2:57.626	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josefa Idem	K-1 500 m	1:48.864	1 QF	Bye		1:50.677	02 !
Stefania Cicali Fabiana Sgroi	K-2 500 m	1:47.018	6 QS	1:46.163	6	Did not advance
Stefania Cicali Alice Fagioli Alessandra Galiotto Fabiana Sgroi	K-4 500 m	1:37.436	4 QS	1:37.887	3 Q	1:36.770	8

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Davide Rebellin won the silver medal in the men's road race, but was stripped of that medal, as he tested positive for CERA after the event.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Paolo Bettini	Road race	6:24:24	18
Marzio Bruseghin	Road race	6:34:26	63
Marzio Bruseghin	Time trial	1:06:20	22
Vincenzo Nibali	Road race	Did not finish
Vincenzo Nibali	Time trial	1:05:36	15
Franco Pellizotti	Road race	6:31:06	50
Davide Rebellin	Road race	~~6:23:49~~	DSQ

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Noemi Cantele	Road race	3:32:45	15
Vera Carrara	Road race	Did not finish
Tatiana Guderzo	Road race	3:32:24	03 !
Tatiana Guderzo	Time trial	36:37.97	12

Track

Italy had qualified places for the men's keirin, sprint, madison and points race.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Roberto Chiappa	Men's sprint	10.314 69.808	8 Q	Watanabe (JPN) W 10.786 66.753	Bourgain (FRA) L	Awang (MAS) Nimke (GER) L	Did not advance		9th place final Nimke (GER) Bayley (AUS) Watanabe (JPN) L	10

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Roberto Chiappa	Men's keirin	6 R	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Angelo Ciccone	Men's points race	8	0	13
Vera Carrara	Women's points race	1	0	14
Angelo Ciccone Fabio Masotti	Men's madison	0	−3	14

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marco Aurelio Fontana	Men's cross-country	1:59:59	5
Yader Zoli	Men's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	30
Eva Lechner	Women's cross-country	1:58:22	16

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Manuel de Vecchi	Men's BMX	36.351	10	11	3 Q	20	8	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicola Marconi	3 m springboard	430.90	18 Q	444.55	14	Did not advance
Tommaso Marconi	3 m springboard	360.15	28	Did not advance
Francesco Dell'Uomo	10 m platform	388.80	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tania Cagnotto	3 m springboard	332.90	6 Q	332.40	5 Q	349.20	5
Maria Marconi	3 m springboard	286.10	14 Q	277.50	17	Did not advance
Tania Cagnotto	10 m platform	328.30	11 Q	296.60	13	Did not advance
Valentina Marocchi	10 m platform	313.05	15 Q	283.15	15	Did not advance
Noemi Batki Francesca Dallapè	3 m synchronized springboard	N/A				296.70	6

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Pierluigi Sangiorgi	Flourian	Individual	61.875	37	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Susanna Bordone	Ava	Individual	37.80	8	28.80	66.60	21	20.00	86.60	26 Q	14.00	100.60	23	100.60	23
Stefano Brecciaroli	Cappa Hill		50.00 #	33	62.00	112.00 #	46	4.00	116.00 #	41	Did not advance			116.00	40
Fabio Magni	Southern King V		49.60	31	70.00	119.60 #	50	0.00	119.60 #	42	Did not advance			119.60	41
Vittoria Panizzon	Rock Model		50.60 #	35	18.40	69.00	25	0.00	69.00	17 Q	8.00	77.00	16	77.00	16
Roberto Rotatori	Irham De Viages		40.00	12	22.80	62.80	17	28.00	90.80	30	Did not advance			90.80	29
Susanna Bordone Stefano Brecciaroli Fabio Magni Vittoria Panizzon Roberto Rotatori	See above	Team	127.40	5	71.00	198.40	4	48.00	246.40	6	N/A			246.40	6

# - Indicates that points do not count in team total

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Diego Confalonieri	Individual épée	Bye	Motyka (POL) W 15–10	Imre (HUN) W 15–9	Abajo (ESP) L 13–14	Did not advance
Alfredo Rota		Bye	Boczko (HUN) L 10–11	Did not advance
Matteo Tagliariol		Bye	Torkildsen (NOR) W 15–10	Robeiri (FRA) W 15–11	Verwijlen (NED) W 15–11	Abajo (ESP) W 15–12	Jeannet (FRA) W 15–9	01 !
Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol	Team épée	N/A		Bye	South Korea (KOR) W 45–37	France (FRA) L 39–45	China (CHN) W 45–35	03 !
Andrea Cassarà	Individual foil	N/A	Bye	Schlosser (AUT) W 15–8	Zhu J (CHN) L 14–15	Did not advance
Salvatore Sanzo	Individual foil	N/A	Bye	McGuire (CAN) W 15–3	Le Péchoux (FRA) W 10–9	Ota (JPN) L 14–15	Zhu J (CHN) W 15–14	03 !
Aldo Montano	Individual sabre	Bye	Beaudry (CAN) W 15–4	Pina (ESP) L 14–15	Did not advance
Diego Occhiuzzi		Bye	Pina (ESP) L 9–15	Did not advance
Luigi Tarantino		Bye	Agresta (BRA) W 15–8	Sanson (FRA) W 15–7	Zhong M (CHN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino	Team sabre	N/A			Belarus (BLR) W 45–39	France (FRA) L 41–45	Russia (RUS) W 45–44	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Margherita Granbassi	Individual foil	Bye	Angad-Gaur (NED) W 11–6	Nikichina (RUS) W 11–4	Lamonova (RUS) W 12–7	Vezzali (ITA) L 3–12	Trillini (ITA) W 15–12	03 !
Giovanna Trillini		Bye	Compañy (CUB) W 15–7	Shanaeva (RUS) W 15–3	Wächter (GER) W 15–8	Nam H-H (KOR) L 10–15	Granbassi (ITA) L 12–15	4
Valentina Vezzali		Bye	Mroczkiewicz (POL) W 15–3	Zhang L (CHN) W 10–7	Knapek (HUN) W 15–3	Granbassi (ITA) W 12–3	Nam H-H (KOR) W 6–5	01 !
Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	Team foil	N/A			China (CHN) W 37–24	Russia (RUS) L 21–22	Hungary (HUN) W 32–23	03 !
Ilaria Bianco	Individual sabre	Bye	Huang Hy (CHN) W 15–12	Velikaya (RUS) L 6–15	Did not advance
Gioia Marzocca	Individual sabre	Bye	Kharlan (UKR) L 8–15	Did not advance

Football (soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italy squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Head coach: Pierluigi Casiraghi

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Emiliano Viviano	(1985-12-01)1 December 1985 (aged 22)	30	0	Brescia
2	2DF	Marco Motta	(1986-05-14)14 May 1986 (aged 22)	52	6	Udinese
3	2DF	Paolo De Ceglie	(1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 21)	13	2	Juventus
4	3MF	Antonio Nocerino (c)	(1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 23)	39	0	Palermo
5	3MF	Luca Cigarini	(1986-06-20)20 June 1986 (aged 22)	21	1	Parma
6	2DF	Domenico Criscito	(1986-12-30)30 December 1986 (aged 21)	34	3	Genoa
7	3MF	Riccardo Montolivo	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 23)	35	4	Fiorentina
8	3MF	Claudio Marchisio	(1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 22)	9	1	Juventus
9	4FW	Tommaso Rocchi*	(1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 30)	18	7	Lazio
10	4FW	Sebastian Giovinco	(1987-01-26)26 January 1987 (aged 21)	37	7	Juventus
11	4FW	Giuseppe Rossi	(1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 21)	38	15	Villarreal
12	3MF	Daniele Dessena	(1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 21)	22	6	Sampdoria
13	2DF	Andrea Coda	(1985-04-25)25 April 1985 (aged 23)	44	1	Udinese
14	4FW	Robert Acquafresca	(1987-09-11)11 September 1987 (aged 20)	22	8	Cagliari
15	2DF	Salvatore Bocchetti	(1986-11-30)30 November 1986 (aged 21)	6	0	Genoa
16	2DF	Lorenzo De Silvestri	(1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 20)	50	23	Lazio
17	3MF	Ignazio Abate	(1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 21)	17	2	Torino
18	1GK	Andrea Consigli	(1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 21)	41	0	Atalanta
20	3MF	Antonio Candreva^{[n 1]}	(1987-02-28)28 February 1987 (aged 21)	28	1	Livorno
21	4FW	Andrea Russotto^{[n 2]}	(1988-03-25)25 March 1988 (aged 20)	44	11	Napoli

* Over-aged player.

Notes

↑ Replaces Claudio Marchisio who was injured during the competition
↑ Replaces Tommaso Rocchi who was injured during the competition

Group play

	Qualified for the quarterfinals


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
South Korea	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Honduras v Italy

7 August 2008
17:00

Honduras	0–3	Italy
	Report	Giovinco 41' Rossi 45' (pen.) Acquafresca 52' (pen.)

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao
Attendance: 21,680
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Italy v South Korea

10 August 2008
19:45

Italy	3–0	South Korea
Rossi 15' Rocchi 32' Montolivo 90'	Report

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao
Attendance: 29,455
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Cameroon v Italy

13 August 2008
17:00

Cameroon	0–0	Italy
	Report

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 47,307
Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Quarterfinal

Italy v Belgium

16 August 2008
18:00

Italy	2–3	Belgium
Rossi 18' (pen.), 74' (pen.)	Report	Dembélé 23', 79' Mirallas 45+2'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 50,802
Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Matteo Angioletti	Team	14.250	N/A	15.625	16.500	N/A	13.575	N/A		Did not advance
Alberto Busnari		13.525	15.125	N/A		14.625	14.375	N/A
Igor Cassina		N/A	13.800	N/A		14.125	16.000 Q	N/A
Andrea Coppolino		14.025	12.925	15.975 Q	14.825	13.675	N/A
Matteo Morandi		14.175	13.700	16.025 Q	16.100	13.725	13.850	87.575	31
Enrico Pozzo		14.800	14.325	14.250	15.700	14.750	14.850	88.675	26 Q
Total		63.125	57.250	56.950	61.875	57.225	59.075	355.500	12

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Igor Cassina	Horizontal bar	N/A					15.675	15.675	4
Andrea Coppolino	Rings	N/A		16.225	N/A			16.225	4
Matteo Morandi	Rings	N/A		16.200	N/A			16.200	6
Enrico Pozzo	All-around	15.250	14.625	13.850	15.600	14.600	15.450	89.375	19

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Francesca Benolli	Team	13.600	15.075	14.475	13.850	57.000	35	Did not advance
Monica Bergamelli		N/A	13.900	N/A	14.350	N/A
Vanessa Ferrari		14.650	14.825	14.050	14.775	58.300	21 Q
Carlotta Giovannini		13.575	15.100 Q	14.475	13.900	57.050	34
Federica Macrì		13.800	N/A	13.550	N/A
Lia Parolari		14.575	14.075	14.375	15.175	58.200	23 Q
Total		56.625	59.075	57.375	58.200	231.275	10

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Vanessa Ferrari	All-around	13.950	14.700	15.200	15.600	59.450	11
Carlotta Giovannini	Vault	N/A	14.550	N/A		14.550	6
Lia Parolari	All-around	14.500	13.950	15.350	15.125	58.925	14

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Elisa Blanchi Fabrizia D'Ottavio Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Elisa Santoni Anzhelika Savrayuk	Team	17.150	17.375	34.525	4 Q	17.000	17.425	34.425	4

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Flavio Cannone	Men's	66.50	14	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Giovanni Casale	−66 kg	Bye	Novoa (CHI) W 1000–0000	Pak C-M (PRK) L 0001–0010	Did not advance		Nurmuhammedow (TKM) W 0012–0000	Dias (POR) W 1001–0001	Gadanov (RUS) L 0010–1002	Did not advance
Giuseppe Maddaloni	−81 kg	Bye	Brenes (PUR) W 0020–0001	Elmont (NED) L 0000–1001	Did not advance		Nyamkhüü (MGL) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Roberto Meloni	−90 kg	N/A	Borodavko (LAT) W 0100–0010	Dafreville (FRA) L 0000–0010	Did not advance		González (CUB) W 1001–0001	Santos (BRA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Paolo Bianchessi	+100 kg	Bye	Ishii (JPN) L 0000–1011	Did not advance			El Shehaby (EGY) W 0010–0000	Tmenov (RUS) L 0000–0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Giulia Quintavalle	−57 kg	Bönisch (GER) W 0101–0001	Khishigbat (MGL) W 1010–0001	Harel (FRA) W 0010–0001	Pekli (AUS) W 0010–0002	Bye			Gravenstijn (NED) W 0011–0001	01 !
Ylenia Scapin	−70 kg	Bye	Jacques (BEL) W 0010–0000	Hernández (CUB) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	Bye	Alvear (COL) L 0010–1000	Did not advance
Lucia Morico	−78 kg	Bye	Nakazawa (JPN) W 0010–0001	San Miguel (ESP) L 0011–0220	Did not advance	Bye	Silva (BRA) L 0000–1101	Did not advance
Michela Torrenti	+78 kg	Shepherd (AUS) L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Nicola Benedetti	Men's	183	14	1132	16–19	21	784	2:15.10	34	1180	144	16	1056	9:12.77	3	1192	5344	14
Andrea Valentini	Men's	182	16	1120	18–17	13	832	2:11.70	33	1220	228	22	972	9:24.82	12	1144	5288	17
Sara Bertoli	Women's	174	27	1024	13–22	=29	712	2:21.92	23	1220	328	34	872	10:48.46	17	1128	4956	32
Claudia Corsini	Women's	184	8	1144	14–21	28	736	2:19.22	18	1252	84	17	1116	10:40.01	12	1160	5408	14

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giuseppe De Vita Raffaello Leonardo	Pair	6:51:01	2 SA/B	Bye		6:47:30	5 FB	7:04:91	11
Elia Luini Marcello Miani	Lightweight double sculls	6:16:16	1 SA/B	Bye		6:31:16	2 FA	6:16:15	4
Lorenzo Carboncini Carlo Mornati Niccolo Mornati Alessio Sartori	Four	6:02:84	2 SA/B	Bye		6:05:21	6 FB	6:08:77	11
Luca Agamennoni Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri Simone Venier	Quadruple sculls	5:36:42	2 SA/B	Bye		5:51:20	1 FA	5:43:57	02 !
Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Bruno Mascarenhas Jiri Vlcek	Lightweight four	5:54:12	3 SA/B	Bye		6:14:73	5 FB	6:03:12	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriella Bascelli	Single sculls	7:43:67	1 QF	N/A		7:36:68	3 SA/B	7:42:10	4 FB	7:48:91	8
Elisabetta Sancassani Laura Schiavone	Double sculls	7:30:25	5 R	7:08:00	4 FB	N/A				7:29:22	10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Fabian Heidegger	RS:X	14	12	8	17	18	13	18	24	21	17	EL	138	20
Diego Romero	Laser	6	3	5	36	10	15	11	9	10	CAN	6	75	03 !
Andrea Trani Gabria Zandona'	470	10	4	7	7	2	21	19	6	29	5	10	91	6
Diego Negri Luigi Viale	Star	13	8	12	7	11	7	7	6	13	5	16	92	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Alessandra Sensini	RS:X	6	2	9	1	28	3	2	2	5	8	2	40	02 !
Larissa Nevierov	Laser Radial	17	15	22	9	11	13	16	24	21	CAN	EL	124	19
Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	470	14	7	6	3	6	11	4	19	12	6	6	75	5
Chiara Calligaris Giulia Pignolo Francesca Scognamillo	Yngling	15	14	13	9	8	9	7	14	CAN	CAN	EL	74	15

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Giorgio Poggi	Finn	17	7	14	21	6	12	9	9	CAN	CAN	N/A					EL	74	11
Gianfranco Sibello Pietro Sibello	49er	3	9	1	1	6	9	3	8	12	17	3	3	CAN	CAN	CAN	8	66	4
Edoardo Bianchi Francesco Marcolini	Tornado	15	9	4	2	8	4	6	11	8	6	N/A					16	74	7

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mauro Badaracchi	10 m air pistol	571	40	Did not advance
Andrea Benelli	Skeet	113	24	Did not advance
Francesco Bruno	50 m pistol	554	19	Did not advance
Niccolo Campriani	10 m air rifle	594	12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	588	38	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1153	39	Did not advance
Francesco D'Aniello	Double trap	141	2 Q	187	02 !
Marco De Nicolo	10 m air rifle	592	20	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	593	15	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1169	9	Did not advance
Daniele Di Spigno	Double trap	135	10	Did not advance
Vigilio Fait	10 m air pistol	580	9	Did not advance
Vigilio Fait	50 m pistol	551	28	Did not advance
Ennio Falco	Skeet	117	14	Did not advance
Erminio Frasca	Trap	120	3 Q	140 S/O 1	6
Giovanni Pellielo	Trap	120	4 Q	143	02 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chiara Cainero	Skeet	72 OR	1 Q	93	01 !
Maura Genovesi	10 m air pistol	378	28	Did not advance
Maura Genovesi	25 m pistol	286	32	Did not advance
Valentina Turisini	10 m air rifle	393	28	Did not advance
Valentina Turisini	50 m rifle 3 positions	579	15	Did not advance
Deborah Gelisio	Trap	66	7	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mattia Aversa	200 m backstroke	2:00.25	25	Did not advance
Niccolò Beni	200 m butterfly	1:56.99	20	Did not advance
Alessio Boggiatto	200 m individual medley	1:58.80	7 Q	1:59.77	12	Did not advance
Alessio Boggiatto	400 m individual medley	4:10.68	6 Q	N/A		4:12:16	4
Emiliano Brembilla	200 m freestyle	1:47.04	9 Q	1:47.70	11	Did not advance
Paolo Bossini	200 m breaststroke	2:08.98	2 Q	2:09.95	7 Q	2:11.48	8
Alessandro Calvi	50 m freestyle	22.50	28	Did not advance
Federico Colbertaldo	400 m freestyle	3:45.28	11	N/A		Did not advance
Federico Colbertaldo	1500 m freestyle	14:51.44	10	N/A		Did not advance
Mirco di Tora	100 m backstroke	54.39	4 Q	54.92	15	Did not advance
Loris Facci	200 m breaststroke	2:09.12	3 Q	2:09.75	6 Q	2:10.57	7
Damiano Lestingi	200 m backstroke	1:58.53	11 Q	1:58.25	11	Did not advance
Filippo Magnini	100 m freestyle	48.30	10 Q	48.11	9	Did not advance
Luca Marin	400 m individual medley	4:10.22	3 Q	N/A		4:12.47	5
Mattia Nalesso	100 m butterfly	DNF		Did not advance
Samuel Pizzetti	1500 m freestyle	15:07.02	17	N/A		Did not advance
Massimiliano Rosolino	200 m freestyle	1:48.76	28	Did not advance
Massimiliano Rosolino	400 m freestyle	3:45.57	13	N/A		Did not advance
Alessandro Terrin	100 m breaststroke	DSQ		Did not advance
Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Filippo Magnini Michele Santucci	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.65	4 Q	N/A		3:11.48 NR	8
Marco Belotti Emiliano Brembilla Nicola Cassio Massimiliano Rosolino	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:07.84	2 Q	N/A		7:05.35	4
Mirco di Tora Filippo Magnini Mattia Nalesso Alessandro Terrin	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.32	8 Q	N/A		DSQ

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Romina Armellini	100 m backstroke	1:02.21	26	Did not advance
Ilaria Bianchi	100 m butterfly	58.12	7 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
Paola Cavallino	200 m butterfly	2:10.46	20	Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso	50 m freestyle	25.74	34	Did not advance
Alessia Filippi	800 m freestyle	8:21.95	4 Q	N/A		8:20.23	02 !
Alessia Filippi	400 m individual medley	4:35.11	3 Q	N/A		4:34.34	5
Roberta Panara	100 m breaststroke	1:08.90	22	Did not advance
Federica Pellegrini	200 m freestyle	1:55.45 WR	1 Q	1:57.23	3 Q	1:54.82 WR	01 !
Federica Pellegrini	400 m freestyle	4:02.19 OR	1 Q	N/A		4:04.56	5
Maria Laura Simonetto	100 m freestyle	56.72	42	Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso Erika Ferraioli Federica Pellegrini Maria Laura Simonetto	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:40.42	10	N/A		Did not advance
Alice Carpanese Alessia Filippi Federica Pellegrini Renata Spagnolo Flavia Zoccari*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:53.38 NR	3 Q	N/A		7:49.76	4
Romina Armellini Ilaria Bianchi Roberta Panara Federica Pellegrini	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:04.93	10	N/A		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Beatrice Adelizzi Giulia Lapi	Duet	46.834	7	47.000	93.834	7 Q	46.917	93.751	7

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mihai Bobocica	Men's singles	Norouzi (IRI) W 4–2	Kuzmin (RUS) W 4–1	Tokič (SLO) L 3–4	Did not advance
Nikoleta Stefanova	Women's singles	Bye	Fadeeva (RUS) W 4–0	Boroš (CRO) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tan Wenling	Women's singles	Bye	Sorochinskaya (UKR) W 4–2	Li Qb (AUT) L 2-4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mauro Sarmiento	Men's −80 kg	Konan (CIV) W 4–1	S Lopez (USA) W 1–0	Cook (GBR) W 6–5	Bye		Saei (IRI) L 2–4	02 !
Leonardo Basile	Men's +80 kg	Matos (CUB) L 1–3	Did not advance
Veronica Calabrese	Women's −57 kg	Patiño (COL) W 2–0	Diedhiou (SEN) W 3–0	Lim S-J (KOR) L 1–5	Bye	D López (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance	5

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Simone Bolelli	Singles	Hănescu (ROU) L 5–7, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance
Andreas Seppi		Robredo (ESP) W 6–4, 4–6, 8–6	Berdych (CZE) L 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)	Did not advance
Potito Starace		Nadal (ESP) L 2–6, 6–3, 2–6	Did not advance
Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi	Doubles	N/A	Federer / Wawrinka (SUI) L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sara Errani	Singles	Stosur (AUS) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Flavia Pennetta		Kanepi (EST) L 2–6, 6–7^(6–8)	Did not advance
Mara Santangelo		Safina (RUS) L 3–6, 6–7^(1–7)	Did not advance
Francesca Schiavone		Amanmuradova (UZB) W 6–4, 6–2	Radwańska (POL) W 6–3, 7–6^(8–6)	Zvonareva (RUS) L 6–7^(4–7), 4-6	Did not advance
Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone	Doubles	N/A	Dellacqua / Molik (AUS) W 6–4, 6–4	Chuang C-j / Chan Y-j (TPE) W 7–6^(7–1), 1–6, 8–6	A Bondarenko / K Bondarenko (UKR) L 1–6, 6–3, 7–5	Did not advance
Mara Santangelo Roberta Vinci	Doubles	N/A	Kuznetsova / Safina (RUS) L 1–6, 6–3, 5–7	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Emilio D'Aquino	Men's	18:22	0:28	58:56	0:29	35:43	1:53:58.22	40
Daniel Fontana	Men's	18:22	0:28	58:55	0:28	34:26	1:52:39.21	33
Charlotte Bonin	Women's	20:07	0:29	1:06:58	0:38	41:30	2:09:42.09	44
Daniela Chmet	Women's	20:00	0:31	Lapped

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eugenio Amore Riccardo Lione	Men's	Pool D Araújo – Luiz (BRA) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 18–21) Doppler – Gartmayer (AUT) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 22–24) Barsouk – Kolodinsky (RUS) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 13–21)	4	Did not advance

Indoor

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Italy entered both a men's team and a women's team in the indoor tournaments. The men's team won all their group matches but one, thereby advancing to the medal round. There, they won the quarterfinal, but lost both the semifinal and the match for bronze, finishing in 4th place for the tournament. The women's team also won all group matches but one, also advancing to the medal round. They lost the quarterfinal however, finishing in a tie for 5th place in the tournament.

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Italy's team just before the group stage match against the United States. From left: Cisolla, Corsano, Gavotto, Zlatanov, Birarelli, Meoni, Vermiglio, Paparoni, Martino, Mastrangelo, Fei, Bovolenta.

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
01 !1	Mastrangelo, LuigiLuigi Mastrangelo	000000001975-08-17-000017 August 1975	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	368 cm (145 in)	336 cm (132 in)	M. Roma Volley
03 !3	Gavotto, MauroMauro Gavotto	000000001979-04-16-000016 April 1979	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Acqua Paradiso Gabeca
05 !5	Vermiglio, ValerioValerio Vermiglio	000000001976-03-01-00001 March 1976	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Lube Banca Marche
06 !6	Meoni, MarcoMarco Meoni	000000001973-05-25-000025 May 1973	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	338 cm (133 in)	313 cm (123 in)	Copra Nordmeccanica
07 !7	Paparoni, AlessandroAlessandro Paparoni	000000001981-08-17-000017 August 1981	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	314 cm (124 in)	Lube Banca Marche
08 !8	Cisolla, AlbertoAlberto Cisolla	000000001977-10-10-000010 October 1977	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	367 cm (144 in)	345 cm (136 in)	Sisley Treviso
09 !9	Martino, MatteoMatteo Martino	000000001987-01-28-000028 January 1987	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	322 cm (127 in)	Sparkling Milano
11	Zlatanov, HristoHristo Zlatanov	000000001976-04-21-000021 April 1976	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Copra Nordmeccanica
12	Corsano, MirkoMirko Corsano	000000001973-10-28-000028 October 1973	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	303 cm (119 in)	Lube Banca Marche
14	Fei, AlessandroAlessandro Fei	000000001978-11-29-000029 November 1978	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	358 cm (141 in)	336 cm (132 in)	Sisley Treviso
15	Birarelli, EmanueleEmanuele Birarelli	000000001981-02-08-00008 February 1981	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	332 cm (131 in)	316 cm (124 in)	Itas Diatec
16	Bovolenta, VigorVigor Bovolenta	000000001974-05-30-000030 May 1974	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	362 cm (143 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Copra Nordmeccanica

Group play – Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	10	5	0	460	371	1.240	15	4	3.750
2	Italy	9	4	1	439	401	1.095	13	6	2.167
3	Bulgaria	8	3	2	446	440	1.014	10	9	1.111
4	China	7	2	3	445	492	0.904	9	13	0.692
5	Venezuela	6	1	4	421	451	0.933	8	12	0.667
6	Japan	5	0	5	392	448	0.875	4	15	0.267

10 August 2008 12:10	Italy	3 – 1	Japan	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,000 Referee(s): Humberto Salas (MEX), Victor Rodriguez (PUR) Report(s): result statistics
10 August 2008 12:10	25 25 23 25 98	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	19 18 25 17 79

000000002008-08-12-000012 August 2008 12:30	United States	3 – 1	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Kun-Tae Kim (KOR) Report(s): result statistics
000000002008-08-12-000012 August 2008 12:30	24 25 25 25 99	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	26 22 15 21 84

14 August 2008 10:00	Italy	3 – 0	Venezuela	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,300 Referee(s): Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Mitch Davidson (CAN) Report(s): result statistics
14 August 2008 10:00	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	21 20 21 62

16 August 2008 14:50	Italy	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 8,000 Referee(s): Umit Sokullu (TUR), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI) Report(s): result statistics
16 August 2008 14:50	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	20 21 16 57

18 August 2008 20:00	China	2 – 3	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Mitch Davidson (CAN), Humberto Salas (MEX) Report(s): result statistics
18 August 2008 20:00	17 23 25 25 14 104	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 25 21 20 16 107

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 12:15	Italy	3 – 2	Poland	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 8,000 Referee(s): Umit Sokullu (TUR), Patrick Deregnaucourt (FRA) Report(s): result statistics
20 August 2008 12:15	25 25 18 26 17 111	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	19 22 25 28 15 109

Semifinal

22 August 2008 20:00	Italy	1 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Kun-Tae Kim (KOR), Humberto Salas (MEX) Report(s): result statistics
22 August 2008 20:00	25 18 21 22 86	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	19 25 25 25 94

Bronze medal game

24 August 2008 10:00	03 ! Russia	3 – 0	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,500 Referee(s): Frank Leuthauser (GER), Dejan Jovanovic (SRB) Report(s): result statistics
24 August 2008 10:00	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	22 19 23 64

Women's tournament

Roster

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The following is the Italian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
01 !1	Croce, PaolaPaola Croce	000000001978-03-06-00006 March 1978	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	265 cm (104 in)	Volley Bergamo
03 !3	Centoni, NadiaNadia Centoni	000000001981-06-19-000019 June 1981	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	291 cm (115 in)	RC Cannes
05 !5	Guiggi, MartinaMartina Guiggi	000000001984-05-01-00001 May 1984	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
06 !6	Barazza, JennyJenny Barazza	000000001981-07-24-000024 July 1981	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Volley Bergamo
07 !7	Secolo, ManuelaManuela Secolo	000000001977-02-22-000022 February 1977	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Famila Chieri
08 !8	Cardullo, PaolaPaola Cardullo	000000001982-03-18-000018 March 1982	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	275 cm (108 in)	268 cm (106 in)	Asystel Novara
09 !9	Ortolani, SerenaSerena Ortolani	000000001987-01-07-00007 January 1987	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	308 cm (121 in)	288 cm (113 in)	Yamamay Busto Arsizio
11	Piccinini, FrancescaFrancesca Piccinini	000000001979-01-10-000010 January 1979	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Volley Bergamo
12	Ferretti, FrancescaFrancesca Ferretti	000000001984-02-15-000015 February 1984	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
14	Lo Bianco, EleonoraEleonora Lo Bianco	000000001979-12-22-000022 December 1979	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	287 cm (113 in)	273 cm (107 in)	Volley Bergamo
15	Aguero, TaismaryTaismary Agüero	000000001977-03-05-00005 March 1977	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	322 cm (127 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Türk Telekom Ankara
16	Gioli, SimonaSimona Gioli	000000001977-09-17-000017 September 1977	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	283 cm (111 in)	Despar Sirio Perugia

Group play – Pool A

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	377	226	1.668	15	0	MAX
2	Italy	9	4	1	372	315	1.181	12	4	3.000
3	Russia	8	3	2	353	312	1.131	10	6	1.667
4	Serbia	7	2	3	343	349	0.983	6	10	0.600
5	Kazakhstan	6	1	4	323	404	0.800	4	13	0.308
6	Algeria	5	0	5	230	392	0.587	1	15	0.067

9 August 2008 10:00	Italy	3 – 1	Russia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referee(s): Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic) Report(s): result statistics
9 August 2008 10:00	25 17 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	20 25 16 23

11 August 2008 12:00	Kazakhstan	0 – 3	Italy	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referee(s): Patricia Salvatore (United States), Humberto Salas (Mexico) Report(s): result statistics
11 August 2008 12:00	19 15 21	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

13 August 2008 10:00	Italy	3 – 0	Algeria	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,400 Referee(s): Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic), Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand) Report(s): result statistics
13 August 2008 10:00	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	7 20 12

15 August 2008 14:30	Serbia	0 – 3	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee(s): Frans Loderus (Netherlands), Frank Leuthauser (Germany) Report(s): result statistics
15 August 2008 14:30	23 20 19	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

17 August 2008 15:15	Italy	0 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee(s): Humberto Salas (Mexico), Mitch Davidson (Canada) Report(s): result statistics
17 August 2008 15:15	16 22 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

Quarterfinal

000000002008-08-19-000019 August 2008 22:00	United States	3 – 2	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee(s): Francisco de Souza (Brazil), Osamu Sakaide (Japan) Report(s): result statistics
000000002008-08-19-000019 August 2008 22:00	20 25 19 25 15	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 21 25 18 6

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Italy participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 9th place, while the women's team finished in 6th place.

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
01 !1	Tempesti, StefanoStefano Tempesti	GK	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	000000001979-06-09-00009 June 1979	Pro Recco
02 !2	Di Costanzo, LuigiLuigi Di Costanzo	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	000000001982-02-05-00005 February 1982	Posillipo Naples
03 !3	Binchi, LeonardoLeonardo Binchi	CB	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	000000001975-08-27-000027 August 1975	Brescia
04 !4	Buonocore, FabrizioFabrizio Buonocore	CB	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	000000001977-04-28-000028 April 1977	Posillipo Naples
05 !5	Gallo, ValentinoValentino Gallo	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	000000001985-07-17-000017 July 1985	Posillipo Naples
06 !6	Felugo, MaurizioMaurizio Felugo	D	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	000000001981-03-04-00004 March 1981	Pro Recco
07 !7	Mangiante, AndreaAndrea Mangiante	CB	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	000000001976-07-01-00001 July 1976	Pro Recco
08 !8	Angelini, AlbertoAlberto Angelini	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	000000001974-09-28-000028 September 1974	Pro Recco
09 !9	Bencivenga, FabioFabio Bencivenga	CF	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	000000001976-01-20-000020 January 1976	Posillipo Naples
10	Calcaterra, AlessandroAlessandro Calcaterra	CF	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	000000001975-05-26-000026 May 1975	Pro Recco
11	Sottani, LeonardoLeonardo Sottani	D	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	000000001973-11-01-00001 November 1973	Cremona
12	Mistrangelo, FedericoFederico Mistrangelo	D	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	000000001981-05-11-000011 May 1981	Savona
13	Violetti, FabioFabio Violetti	GK	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	000000001974-02-01-00001 February 1974	Posillipo Naples

Head coach: Paolo Malara

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–10
	Will play for places 7–12

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	5	4	1	37	31	+6	8
Croatia	5	4	1	56	31	+25	8
Serbia	5	3	2	50	38	+12	6
Germany	5	2	3	33	44	−11	4
Italy	5	2	3	57	50	+7	4
China	5	0	5	25	64	−39	0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 15:20	Game reference	Croatia	11–7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Simion (ROU), Antsiferov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-0, 4-1, 2-3
		Bošković 3, Bušlje 2, Marković 2	Goals	Felugo 3, Calcaterra 2

000000002008-08-12-000012 August 2008 12:10	Game reference	Italy	11–12	United States	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-3, 4-3, 4-4
		Gallo 3, Felugo 3, Calcaterra 2, Sottani 2	Goals	Powers 3, Azevedo 2

14 August 2008 16:40	Game reference	China	7–19	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2-5, 2-5, 1-4, 2-5
		Xie 3, Han 2	Goals	Calcaterra 4, Gallo 3, Angelini 3, Di Costanzo 2, Felugo 2, Mistrangelo 2

16 August 2008 9:30	Game reference	Germany	8–7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Turcotte (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-1, 0-2, 3-3
		Schertwitis 2	Goals	Calcaterra 3

18 August 2008 9:30	Game reference	Serbia	12–13	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Klopper (NED), Antsiferov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-3, 3-5, 4-2
		Šapić 3, Prlainović 2, Filipović 2, Vujasinović 2	Goals	Calcaterra 3, Felugo 2, Bencivenga 2, Sottani 2

Classification round
Classification quarterfinal

000000002008-08-20-000020 August 2008 09:30	Game reference	Canada	11–13	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Rak (CRO), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1-4, 3-2, 3-3, 4-4
		Graham 4, Miller 2	Goals	Sottani 3, Gallo 2, Felugo 2, Calcaterra 2

Classification semifinal

22 August 2008 10:50	Game reference	Australia	17–16	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4-2, 1-5, 4-0, 1-3 OT: 0-1, 3-2, 4-3 (PS)
		McGregor 3, Franklin 2, Figlioli 2, Maitland 2, Martin 2, Whalan 2	Goals	Calcaterra 6, Gallo 2, Felugo 2, Angelini 2, Sottani 2

Classification 9th–10th

24 August 2008 09:30	Game reference	Italy	10–8	Germany	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Rak (CRO), Hart (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4-3, 1-1, 1-1, 4-3
		Calcaterra 5, Gallo 2, Angelini 2	Goals	Savic 2, Schertwitis 2, Schlotterbeck 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
01 !1	Gigli, ElenaElena Gigli	GK	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	000000001985-07-09-00009 July 1985	Giotti Fiorentina
02 !2	Miceli, MartinaMartina Miceli	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	000000001973-10-22-000022 October 1973	Geymonat Orizzonte
03 !3	Casanova, ElisaElisa Casanova	CF	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	000000001973-11-26-000026 November 1973	Giotti Fiorentina
04 !4	Bosurgi, SilviaSilvia Bosurgi	D	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	000000001979-04-17-000017 April 1979	Geymonat Orizzonte
05 !5	Valkai, ErzsebetErzsebet Valkai	CF	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	000000001979-03-06-00006 March 1979	Ecofim Roma
06 !6	Zanchi, ManuelaManuela Zanchi	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	000000001977-10-17-000017 October 1977	Geymonat Orizzonte
07 !7	Mario, TaniaTania di Mario	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	000000001979-04-05-00005 April 1979	Geymonat Orizzonte
08 !8	Ragusa, CinziaCinzia Ragusa	CB	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	000000001977-05-24-000024 May 1977	Geymonat Orizzonte
09 !9	Pavan, FrancescaFrancesca Pavan	D	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	000000001979-04-24-000024 April 1979	Plebiscito Padova
10	Rocco, FedericaFederica Rocco	CB	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	000000001984-11-25-000025 November 1984	Plebiscito Padova
11	Musumeci, MaddalenaMaddalena Musumeci	CB	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	000000001976-03-26-000026 March 1976	Geymonat Orizzonte
12	Frassinetti, TeresaTeresa Frassinetti	CF	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	000000001985-12-24-000024 December 1985	Giotti Fiorentina
13	Brancati, ChiaraChiara Brancati	GK	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	000000001981-07-20-000020 July 1981	Geymonat Orizzonte

Head coach: Mauro Maugeri

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–8

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	33	27	+6	5
Italy	3	2	1	0	28	26	+2	5
China	3	1	0	2	33	33	0	2
Russia	3	0	0	3	26	34	−8	0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008 14:20	Game reference	Russia	8–9	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-1, 2-3, 1-2
		Smurova 2	Goals	Miceli 2, di Mario 2

000000002008-08-13-000013 August 2008 15:40	Game reference	United States	9–9	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0-2, 4-2, 2-2, 3-3
		Hayes 2, Villa 2	Goals	Miceli 2, di Mario 2

15 August 2008 17:00	Game reference	Italy	10–9	China	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 4-2, 2-4, 2-1
		Casanova 4, di Mario 3	Goals	Sun Ya. 3, Wang Yi 2, Qiao 2

Quarterfinal

17 August 2008 15:40	Game reference	Italy	8 (3)–8 (5)	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Bock (GER), Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-3, 3-2, 2-1 OT: 0-0, 0-0, 3-5 (PS)
		Zanchi 4, Miceli 2, Bosurgi 2	Goals	Cabout 4, de Bruijn 3, Smit 2, van Belkum 2

Classification 5th–6th

19 August 2008 13:00	Game reference	China	10–7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Tulga (TUR), Turcotte (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 4-0
		Gao 4, Sun H. 2	Goals	di Mario 3, Zanchi 2

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Vito Dellino	Men's −56 kg	110	15	137	14	247	14
Giorgio De Luca	Men's −69 kg	131	21	~~160~~	DNF	131	DNF
Moreno Boer	Men's −105 kg	150	17	170	18	330	18
Genny Pagliaro	Women's −48 kg	82	DNF	—	—	—	DNF

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Minguzzi	−84 kg	Bye	Noumonvi (FRA) W 3–1 ^PP	Mishin (RUS) W 3–1 ^PP	Abrahamian (SWE) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye		Fodor (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP	01 !
Daigoro Timoncini	−96 kg	Kato (JPN) W 3–0 ^PO	Khushtov (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Mambetov (KAZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		11

References

↑ 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results
↑ "Positive Beijing tests confirmed". BBC Sport. 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
↑ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – Italy Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
1 2 3 4 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.

External links

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Media related to Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

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Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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