Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (Italian)
in Athens
Competitors	364 in 27 sports
Flag bearer	Jury Chechi[1]
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 10 11 11 32
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from the 13th to the 29th of August 2004. This nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games in the modern era, except for the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Italian National Olympic Committee (Italian: Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, CONI) sent the nation's largest ever delegation in history to the Games. A total of 364 athletes, 229 men and 135 women, competed in 27 sports.

Medalists

Archery

Three Italian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams. Marco Galiazzo earned the first archery gold medal in Italy's history. On his way to the final, he defeated countryman Ilario Di Buò in the round of 16. The three men did well enough in the ranking round to receive a bye in the first round of team competition, but were defeated by the United States in their first team match.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ilario di Buò	Men's individual	659	19	Eriksson (SWE) W 151–146	van Alten (NED) W 164–160	Galiazzo (ITA) L 155–162	Did not advance
Michele Frangilli		654	24	Lockoneco (INA) W 153–141	Yamamoto (JPN) L 154–162	Did not advance
Marco Galiazzo		672	3	Taumoepeau (TGA) W 156–122	Serrano (MEX) W 164-163	di Buò (ITA) W 162–155	Wunderle (USA) W 109–108	Godfrey (GBR) W 110–108	Yamamoto (JPN) W 111–109	01 !
Ilario di Buò Michele Frangilli Marco Galiazzo	Men's team	1985	3	N/A		Bye	United States (USA) L 240–243	Did not advance
Natalia Valeeva	Women's individual	650	9	Figueroa (PHI) L 130–132	Did not advance

Athletics

Italian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[2][3]

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Stefano Baldini	Marathon	N/A						2:10:55	01 !
Ivano Brugnetti	20 km walk	N/A						1:19:40	01 !
Daniele Caimmi	Marathon	N/A						2:23:07	52
Simone Collio	100 m	10.27	4 q	10.29	6	Did not advance
Giovanni de Benedictis	50 km walk	N/A						DSQ
Alberico di Cecco	Marathon	N/A						2:14:34	9
Alessandro Gandellini	20 km walk	N/A						DNF
Marco Giungi		N/A						1:23:30	13
Andrew Howe	200 m	20.55	3 Q	21.17	8	Did not advance
Andrea Longo	800 m	1:46.75	1 Q	N/A		1:45.97	4	Did not advance
Giuseppe Maffei	3000 m steeplechase	DNF		N/A				Did not advance
Marco Torrieri	200 m	20.68	3 Q	20.89	6	Did not advance
Simone Collio Maurizio Checcucci Massimiliano Donati Marco Torrieri	4 × 100 m relay	38.79	5	N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nicola Ciotti	High jump	2.25	=13	Did not advance
Fabrizio Donato	Triple jump	16.45	21	Did not advance
Giuseppe Gibilisco	Pole vault	5.70	=12 Q	5.85	03 !
Alessandro Talotti	High jump	2.28	9 Q	2.25	12
Nicola Trentin	Long jump	7.86	19	Did not advance
Nicola Vizzoni	Hammer throw	76.84	8 q	74.27	10

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Paolo Casarsa	Result	11.36	6.68	14.92	1.94	53.20	15.39	48.66	4.40	58.62	4:56.12	7404	28
	Points	782	739	785	749	673	803	843	731	717	582

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Benedetta Ceccarelli	400 m hurdles	56.28	5	Did not advance
Rosaria Console	Marathon	N/A				2:35:56	16
Bruna Genovese		N/A				2:32:50	10
Rossella Giordano	20 km walk	N/A				1:30:39	11
Monika Niederstätter	400 m hurdles	55.57	4	Did not advance
Elisabetta Perrone	20 km walk	N/A				1:32:21	18
Elisa Rigaudo		N/A				1:29:57	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ester Balassini	Hammer throw	65.58	26	Did not advance
Clarissa Claretti		65.06	28	Did not advance
Claudia Coslovich	Javelin throw	60.58	14	Did not advance
Simona La Mantia	Triple jump	14.39	17	Did not advance
Elisabetta Marin	Javelin throw	56.34	30	Did not advance
Magdelín Martínez	Triple jump	14.57	10 Q	14.85	7
Fiona May	Long jump	6.38	28	Did not advance

Baseball

The Italian baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.

Roster

Manager: 30 – Giampiero Faraone

Coaches: 8 – Claudio Corradi, 12 – Manuel Cortina, 27 – Salvatore Varriale.

Pos. 0#0 Player Date of birth (age) Club IF 1 Igor Schiavetti (1976-01-23)23 January 1976 (aged 28) Danesi Nettuno OF 2 David Francia (1975-04-16)16 April 1975 (aged 29) Prink Grosseto OF 3 Jim Buccheri (1968-11-12)12 November 1968 (aged 35) AS Rimini IF 5 Giovanni Pantaleoni (1978-03-16)16 March 1978 (aged 26) Italeri Bologna C 6 Vincent Parisi (1978-02-06)6 February 1978 (aged 26) T&A San Marino C 9 Luca Bischeri (1979-06-12)12 June 1979 (aged 25) La Gardenia Grosseto IF 11 Seth La Fera (1975-09-28)28 September 1975 (aged 28) Telemarket Rimini P 15 William Lucena (1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 22) GB Ricambi Modena P 16 Anthony Massimino (1979-08-20)20 August 1979 (aged 24) Cus Parma OF 21 Daniele Frignani (1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 27) Italieri Fortitudo Bologna IF 22 Giuseppe Mazzanti (1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 21) Danesi Nettuno P 23 Carlo Richetti (1983-08-23)23 August 1983 (aged 20) Colavita Anzio P 28 Fabio Milano (1977-08-02)2 August 1977 (aged 27) Fortitudo Bologna P 29 Kasey Olemberger (1978-03-18)18 March 1978 (aged 26) Ceci E Negri Parma OF 32 Francesco Casolari (1965-10-04)4 October 1965 (aged 38) La Gardenia Grosseto IF 34 Davide Dallospedale (1977-09-12)12 September 1977 (aged 26) Italieri Fortitudo Bologna P 36 Michael Marchesano (1975-09-23)23 September 1975 (aged 28) Telemarket Rimini P 37 Peter Nyari (1971-09-04)4 September 1971 (aged 32) Cus Parma P 40 David Rollandini (1979-02-06)6 February 1979 (aged 25) BBC ORIOLES IF 41 Jairo Ramos Gizzi (1971-07-21)21 July 1971 (aged 33) Gardenia Grosseto IF 42 Claudio Liverziani (1975-03-04)4 March 1975 (aged 29) Italeri Fortitudo Bologna P 43 Riccardo De Santis (1980-01-04)4 January 1980 (aged 24) La Gardenia Grosseto OF 45 Mario Chiarini (1981-01-07)7 January 1981 (aged 23) Telemarket Rimini C 72 Marcello Malagoli (1973-07-14)14 July 1973 (aged 31) GB Ricambi Modena

Round robin

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
Japan	6	1	1-0
Cuba	6	1	0-1
Canada	5	2	-
Australia	4	3	-
Chinese Taipei	3	4	-
Netherlands	2	5	-
Greece	1	6	1-0
Italy	1	6	0-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	2	0	3	1	1	4	1	12	13	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
WP: Koji Uehara (1-0)   LP: Anthony Massimino (0-1) Home runs: JPN: N. Nakamura in 3rd, 2 RBIs; K. Fukudome in 4th, 1 RBI ITA: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	4
Canada	2	7	1	1	0	0	5	0	x	9	6	0
WP: Jason Dickson (1-0)   LP: David Rollandini (0-1) Home runs: ITA: None CAN: P. L. Laforest in 2nd, 3 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	6	12	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
WP: Chris Oxspring (1-0)   LP: Michael Marchesano (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	8	1
Netherlands	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	x	10	14	1
WP: Patrick de Lange (1-0)   LP: Kaseygarret Olenberger (0-1) Home runs: ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 4th, 1 RBI NED: S. Adriana in 3rd, 1 RBI

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	7	0
Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	8	0
WP: Peter Nyari (1-0)   LP: Yang Chien-Fu (0-1) Home runs: ITA: M. Chiarini in 4th, 1 RBI; J. Buccheri in 6th, 1 RBI; C. Liverziani in 9th, 2 RBIs TPE: Peng C. M. in 7th, 1 RBI

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Greece	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	0	2	12	14	3
Italy	0	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	14	1
WP: Panagiotis Sikaras (1-0)   LP: W. E. Lucena (0-1) Home runs: GRE: C. Bellinger in 6th, 1 RBI; N. Markakis in 7th, 3 RBIs; C. A. Harris in 9th, 1 RBI ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 2nd, 1 RBI

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
WP: Luis Borroto (2-0)   LP: Michael Marchesano (0-2)

Basketball

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italy roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Italy men's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 3.5 !F 4 Radulović, Nikola 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1973-04-26)26 April 1973 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Joventut Badalona Spain ! 1.5 !G 5 Basile, Gianluca 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1975-01-24)24 January 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Skipper Bologna Italy ! 3.5 !F 6 Galanda, Giacomo (C) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Montepaschi Siena Italy ! 1.5 !G 7 Soragna, Matteo 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1975-12-26)26 December 1975 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Lauretana Biella Italy ! 5.0 !C 8 Marconato, Denis 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1975-07-29)29 July 1975 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Benetton Treviso Italy ! 1.5 !G 9 Pozzecco, Gianmarco 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1972-09-15)15 September 1972 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Skipper Bologna Italy ! 1.5 !G 10 Righetti, Alex 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1977-08-14)14 August 1977 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Lottomatica Roma Italy ! 1.5 !G 11 Rombaldoni, Rodolfo 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1976-12-15)15 December 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Tris Reggio Calabria Italy ! 1.5 !G 12 Bulleri, Massimo 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1977-09-10)10 September 1977 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Benetton Treviso Italy ! 1.5 !G 13 Mian, Michele 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1973-07-18)18 July 1973 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Snaidero Udine Italy ! 5.0 !C 14 Chiacig, Roberto 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1974-12-01)1 December 1974 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Montepaschi Siena Italy ! 5.0 !C 15 Garri, Luca 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1974-12-01)1 December 1974 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Mabo Livorno Italy !	Head coach Carlo Recalcati Assistant coach(es) Fabrizio Frates Giovanni Piccin Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Spain	5	0	405	349	+56	10
Italy	3	2	371	341	+30	8	1W–0L
Argentina	3	2	414	396	+18	8	0W–1L
China	2	3	303	382	−79	7
New Zealand	1	4	399	413	−14	6	1W–0L
Serbia and Montenegro	1	4	377	388	−11	6	0W–1L

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

02 ! Won silver medal

Boxing

Italy sent six boxers to Athens, winning a bronze medal to join a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medals count. Both boxers that had matches in the round of 32 won those bouts, (two more had byes). Four boxers won in the round of 16 to advance to quarterfinals, while two fell in that round. Only the super heavyweight Roberto Cammarelle survived the quarterfinal round, not falling until the semifinals to win the bronze medal. The combined record of the Italian boxers was 7-6.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alfonso Pinto	Light flyweight	Okon (NGR) W RSC	Tamara (COL) W 49–35	Yalçınkaya (TUR) L 24–33	Did not advance
Domenico Valentino	Lightweight	Bye	Asheri (IRI) W 37–18	Yeleuov (KAZ) L 23–29	Did not advance
Michele di Rocco	Light welterweight	López (VEN) W 37–30	Nourian (AUS) W 33–25	Gheorghe (ROM) L 18–29	Did not advance
Clemente Russo	Light heavyweight	Bye	Ward (USA) L 9–17	Did not advance
Daniel Betti	Heavyweight	N/A	Zuyev (BLR) L RSC	Did not advance
Roberto Cammarelle	Super heavyweight	N/A	Oloukun (NGR) W 29–13	Masikin (UKR) W 23–21	Povetkin (RUS) L 19–31	Did not advance	03 !

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Pierpaolo Ferrazzi	Men's K-1	99.70	17	102.23	22	201.93	19 Q	103.07	19	Did not advance
Andrea Benetti Erik Masoero	Men's C-2	116.32	11	121.83	10	238.15	10 Q	106.40	5 Q	113.66	6	220.06	6
Maria Cristina Giai Pron	Women's K-1	116.18	10	114.59	12	230.77	13 Q	109.27	6 Q	120.09	8	229.36	8

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Facchin	Men's K-1 500 m	1:40.025	4 q	1:40.387	3 Q	1:41.575	9
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:36.492	5 q	3:39.510	8	Did not advance
Beniamino Bonomi Antonio Rossi	Men's K-2 500 m	1:33.565	5 q	1:31.830	3 Q	1:30.804	8
	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:14.060	6 q	3:12.597	2 Q	3:19.484	02 !
Josefa Idem	Women's K-1 500 m	1:50.466	2 q	1:50.844	1 Q	1:49.729	02 !

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Paolo Bettini	Road race	5:41:44	01 !
Cristian Moreni		5:44:13	46
Daniele Nardello		5:42:03	38
Luca Paolini		5:42:03	39
Filippo Pozzato	Road race	5:50:35	67
	Time trial	Did not start

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Giorgia Bronzini	Road race	3:28:39	37
Noemi Cantele		3:25:42	13
Tatiana Guderzo	Road race	3:25:42	26
	Time trial	34:14.47	21

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Angelo Ciccone	Men's points race	49	2	8
Vera Carrara	Women's points race	8	0	5

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marco Bui	Men's cross-country	2:20:45	10
Yader Zoli		2:31:39	35
Paola Pezzo	Women's cross-country	Did not finish

Diving

Italian divers qualified for eight individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicola Marconi	3 m springboard	384.63	20	Did not advance
Tommaso Marconi		378.72	24	Did not advance
Francesco Dell'Uomo	10 m platform	426.12	14 Q	610.41	12 Q	628.77	9
Massimiliano Mazzucchi		405.18	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tania Cagnotto	3 m springboard	298.77	10 Q	529.92	9 Q	550.38	8
Valentina Marocchi		243.45	23	Did not advance
Tania Cagnotto	10 m platform	339.15	8 Q	256.44	7 Q	518.67	8
Valentina Marocchi		221.85	32	Did not advance

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Susanna Bordone	Ava	Individual	62.80	49	47.20 #	110.00 #	60	15.00 #	125.00 #	56	Did not advance			125.00	56
Stefano Brecciaroli	Cappa Hill		66.80	=61	13.20	80.00	44	0.00	80.00	35	Did not advance			80.00	35
Fabio Magni	Vent d'Arade		64.40	56	24.40	88.80	54	12.00	100.80	48	Did not advance			100.80	48
Giovanni Menchi	Hunefer		72.40 #	69	4.00	76.40	41	0.00	76.40	31 Q	12.00	88.40	24	88.40	24
Susanna Bordone Stefano Brecciaroli Fabio Magni Giovanni Menchi	See above	Team	194.00	13	41.60	245.20	10	12.00	257.20	=4	N/A			257.20	10

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Roberto Arioldi	Dime de la Cour	Individual	17	71	10	27	=59 Q	21	48	56	Did not advance
Bruno Chimirri	Landknecht		5	=31	8	13	=33 Q	5	18	27 Q	6	11 Q	17	23	21	23	21
Vincenzo Chimirri	Delfi Platiere		8	=47	12	20	=46 Q	12	32	=46 Q	8	=12 Q	Eliminated
Juan Carlos García	Albin III		0	=1	1	1	=2 Q	8	9	9 Q	8	=12 Q	12	20	=16	20	=16
Roberto Arioldi Bruno Chimirri Vincenzo Chimirri Juan Carlos García	See above	Team	N/A								19	8 Q	25	44	7	44	7

Fencing

Twelve Italian fencers (seven men and five women) qualified for the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alfredo Rota	Individual épée	Bye	Nyisztor (ROM) W 15–8	Thompson (USA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Andrea Cassarà	Individual foil	Bye	Tiomkin (USA) W 15–3	Park H-K (KOR) W 15–13	Kruse (GBR) W 15–8	Guyart (FRA) L 14–15	Ganeyev (RUS) W 15–12	03 !
Salvatore Sanzo		Bye	Rodríguez (VEN) W 15–7	Ha C-D (KOR) W 15–6	Wu Hx (CHN) W 15–10	Ganeyev (RUS) W 15–12	Guyart (FRA) L 13–15	02 !
Simone Vanni		Bye	McGuire (CAN) W 15–12	Le Péchoux (FRA) W 15–8	Ganeyev (RUS) L 14–15	Did not advance
Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni	Team foil	N/A			Egypt (EGY) W 45–20	Russia (RUS) W 45–27	China (CHN) W 45–42	01 !
Aldo Montano	Individual sabre	Bye	Manetas (GRE) W 15–12	Smart (USA) W 15–7	Sharikov (RUS) W 15–13	Lapkes (BLR) W 15–6	Nemcsik (HUN) W 15–14	01 !
Giampiero Pastore		Bye	Lee (USA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Luigi Tarantino		Bye	Rogers (USA) W 15–3	Tretiak (UKR) L 8–15	Did not advance
Aldo Montano Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino	Team sabre	N/A			Ukraine (UKR) W 45–44	Russia (RUS) W 45–42	France (FRA) L 42–45	02 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cristiana Cascioli	Individual épée	Bye	Harada (JPN) W 15–14	Nagy (HUN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Margherita Granbassi	Individual foil	N/A	Bye	Wuillème (FRA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Giovanna Trillini		N/A	Bye	Sugawara (JPN) W 15–2	Varga (HUN) W 15–11	Mohamed (HUN) W 15–7	Vezzali (ITA) L 11–15	02 !
Valentina Vezzali		N/A	Bye	González (VEN) W 15–4	Wuillème (FRA) W 15–8	Gruchała (POL) W 15–13	Trillini (ITA) W 15–11	01 !
Gioia Marzocca	Individual sabre	N/A	Bye	Jemayeva (AZE) L 6–15	Did not advance

Football

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: Claudio Gentile

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2004 club
1	1GK	Marco Amelia	(1982-04-02)2 April 1982 (aged 22)	20	0	Livorno
2	2DF	Giorgio Chiellini	(1984-08-14)14 August 1984 (aged 19)	7	1	Livorno
3	2DF	Emiliano Moretti	(1981-06-11)11 June 1981 (aged 23)	21	0	Parma
4	2DF	Matteo Ferrari*	(1979-12-05)5 December 1979 (aged 24)	60	0	Parma
5	2DF	Daniele Bonera	(1981-05-31)31 May 1981 (aged 23)	32	0	Parma
6	3MF	Daniele De Rossi	(1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 21)	12	2	Roma
7	3MF	Giampiero Pinzi	(1981-03-11)11 March 1981 (aged 23)	30	2	Udinese
8	3MF	Angelo Palombo	(1981-09-25)25 September 1981 (aged 22)	17	0	Sampdoria
9	4FW	Alberto Gilardino	(1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 22)	37	15	Parma
10	3MF	Andrea Pirlo*	(1979-05-19)19 May 1979 (aged 25)	59	17	A.C. Milan
11	4FW	Giuseppe Sculli	(1981-03-23)23 March 1981 (aged 23)	20	9	Juventus
12	3MF	Andrea Gasbarroni	(1981-08-06)6 August 1981 (aged 23)	10	2	Juventus
13	2DF	Andrea Barzagli	(1981-05-08)8 May 1981 (aged 23)	11	0	Palermo
14	2DF	Cesare Bovo	(1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 21)	9	1	Roma
15	3MF	Marco Donadel	(1983-04-21)21 April 1983 (aged 21)	9	0	A.C. Milan
16	4FW	Simone Del Nero	(1981-08-04)4 August 1981 (aged 23)	8	0	Brescia
17	3MF	Giandomenico Mesto	(1982-05-25)25 May 1982 (aged 22)	7	0	Reggina
18	1GK	Ivan Pelizzoli	(1980-11-18)18 November 1980 (aged 23)	19	0	Roma

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Italy	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze Medal Final

03 ! Won bronze medal

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Matteo Angioletti	Team	8.812	N/A	9.675	9.662	N/A	8.212	N/A		Did not advance
Alberto Busnari		8.812	9.637	N/A	8.762	8.987	9.337	N/A
Igor Cassina		8.650	9.600	9.162	8.987	8.675	9.775 Q	54.849	34
Jury Chechi		N/A	9.150	9.762 Q	N/A	9.587	N/A
Matteo Morandi		8.962	8.750	9.775 Q	9.412	8.375	8.700	53.974	41
Enrico Pozzo		9.450	8.737	7.850	9.325	9.100	8.300	52.812	44
Total		36.036	37.174	38.374	37.386	36.349	36.112	221.431	12

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Igor Cassina	Horizontal bar	N/A					9.812	9.812	01 !
Jury Chechi	Rings	N/A		9.812	N/A			9.812	03 !
Matteo Morandi		N/A		9.800	N/A			9.800	=5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Monica Bergamelli	All-around	9.300	8.250	8.862	8.300	34.712	54	Did not advance
Maria Teresa Gargano		9.100	8.287	8.612	9.325	35.324	48	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Laura Zacchilli	Individual	23.925	24.225	23.250	22.700	94.100	13	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ribbons	3 hoops 2 balls	Total	Rank	5 ribbons	3 hoops 2 balls	Total	Rank
Elisa Blanchi Fabrizia D'Ottavio Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Elisa Santoni Laura Vernizzi	Team	22.850	25.325	48.175	2 Q	24.150	25.300	49.450	02 !

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Flavio Cannone	Men's	57.60	13	Did not advance

Judo

Nine Italian judoka (four men and five women) qualified for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roberto Meloni	−81 kg	Delgado (POR) W 0010–0002	Nossov (RUS) L 0001–0011	Did not advance		Tomouchi (JPN) W 0102–0001	Canto (BRA) L 0001–0200	Did not advance
Francesco Lepre	−90 kg	Zviadauri (GEO) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Taov (RUS) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Michele Monti	−100 kg	Gill (CAN) W 1003–0001	Ze'evi (ISR) L 0111–1011	Did not advance
Paolo Bianchessi	+100 kg	Kim S-B (KOR) W 0200–0000	Polyanskyi (UKR) W 0201–0000	van der Geest (NED) W 0001–0000	Suzuki (JPN) L 0001–1010	Bye			Pertelson (EST) L 0000–1000	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Giuseppina Macrì	−48 kg	Bye	Gao F (CHN) L 0000–1011	Did not advance
Cinzia Cavazzuti	−57 kg	Gravenstijn (NED) L 0001–1000	Did not advance			Wilson (USA) W 0011–0001	Zangrando (BRA) W 0010–0001	Fernández (ESP) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Ylenia Scapin	−63 kg	Hong O-S (PRK) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Lucia Morico	−78 kg	Bye	Cotton (CAN) W 1010–0000	Anno (JPN) L 0001–0101	Did not advance	Bye	Pinto (VEN) W 1001–0000	Silva (BRA) W 0120–0011	Matrosova (UKR) W 1000–0000	03 !
Barbara Andolina	+78 kg	Bye	Zambotti (MEX) W 1021–0000	Donguzashvili (RUS) L 0001–1010	Did not advance	Bye	Choi S-I (KOR) L 0001–0120	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Four Italian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the 2003 UIPM World Championships

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
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Enrico Dell'Amore	Men's	180	12	1096	18–13	=6	888	2:16.63	31	1164	440	30	760	9:55.01	12	1020	4928	26
Andrea Valentini		169	27	964	19–12	=2	916	2:18.34	32	1140	132	16	1068	10:01.25	16	996	5084	19
Claudia Corsini	Women's	169	21	964	21–10	=2	972	2:20.56	11	1236	84	13	1116	11:11.65	12	1036	5324	4
Federica Foghetti		167	24	940	15–16	=16	804	2:25.81	17	1172	892	DNF	308	11:19.11	17	1004	4228	32

Rowing

Italian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matteo Stefanini	Single sculls	7:31.54	3 R	7:08.91	4 SD/E	7:10.34	2 FD	6:57.16	19
Giuseppe de Vita Dario Lari	Pair	7:03.12	3 SA/B	Bye		6:31.26	5 FB	6:22.08	8
Rossano Galtarossa Alessio Sartori	Double sculls	6:40.82	1 SA/B	Bye		6:11.49	1 FA	6:32.93	03 !
Elia Luini Leonardo Pettinari	Lightweight double sculls	6:19.82	2 R	6:21.22	2 SA/B	6:23.72	5 FB	7:01.86	12
Luca Agamennoni Dario Dentale Raffaello Leonardo Lorenzo Porzio	Four	6:22.58	2 SA/B	Bye		5:52.12	3 FA	6:10.41	03 !
Alessandro Corona Federico Gattinoni Simone Raineri Simone Venier	Quadruple sculls	5:45.85	3 SA/B	Bye		5:47.38	5 FB	6:06.91	10
Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Lorenzo Bertini Bruno Mascarenhas	Lightweight four	5:52.17	2 SA/B	Bye		5:55.02	1 FA	5:48.87	03 !
Sergio Canciani Pierpaolo Frattini Luca Ghezzi Gaetano Iannuzzi (cox) Niccolo Mornati Carlo Mornati Marco Penna Valerio Pinton Aldo Tramontano	Eight	5:30.16	3 R	5:34.56	3 FB	N/A		5:49.43	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriella Bascelli Elisabetta Sancassani	Double sculls	7:46.66	5 R	7:01.63	3 FB	N/A		6:54.51	8

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; R=Repechage

Sailing

Italian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Riccardo Giordano	Mistral	13	8	29	22	19	21	20	OCS	32	DNF	DNS	234	26
Michele Marchesini	Finn	21	20	20	24	24	24	6	25	23	15	24	201	24
Andrea Trani Gabrio Zandonà	470	21	23	7	12	11	22	13	5	7	8	3	109	10
Francesco Bruni Guido Vignar	Star	13	5	9	4	16	12	3	8	2	5	14	75	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Alessandra Sensini	Mistral	7	1	6	3	1	2	3	6	3	2	7	34	03 !
Larissa Nevierov	Europe	23	10	6	4	17	19	17	18	17	18	18	144	16
Myriam Cutolo Elisabetta Saccheggiani	470	16	19	18	20	10	19	20	4	17	8	10	141	20
Angela Baroni Giulia Conti Alessandra Marenzi	Yngling	16	12	7	7	13	15	6	11	14	14	7	106	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Diego Negri	Laser	20	12	19	1	OCS	21	15	13	15	21	N/A					2	139	13
Gianfranco Sibello Piero Sibello	49er	DSQ	1	4	12	11	17	4	9	14	15	16	5	9	17	5	16	138	14
Edoardo Bianchi Franceso Marcolin	Tornado	DNF	6	3	7	11	16	10	2	8	9	N/A					6	78	10

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrea Benelli	Skeet	124	2 Q	149 (5)	01 !
Francesco Bruno	10 m air pistol	578	=17	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	556	=12	Did not advance
Marco de Nicolo	10 m air rifle	590	=24	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	595	8 Q	699.7	5
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1148	=31	Did not advance
Daniele di Spigno	Double trap	134 (11)	7	Did not advance
Vigilio Fait	10 m air pistol	576	=23	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	556	=12	Did not advance
Ennio Falco	Skeet	119	=21	Did not advance
Marco Innocenti	Double trap	127	=17	Did not advance
Giovanni Pellielo	Trap	122	3 Q	146	02 !
Marco Venturini		112	=27	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chiara Cainero	Skeet	67	=8	Did not advance
Roberta Pelosi	Trap	58	=9	Did not advance
Sabrina Sena	10 m air rifle	390	32	Did not advance
Valentina Turisini	10 m air rifle	395	=12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	585	3 Q	685.9	02 !

Softball

Team Roster

Italy
Position	No.	Player	Birth	Club in 2004
C	1	Ilaria Pino	FEB/18/1983	Rhea Vendors Caronno
C	2	Eva Trevisan	APR/21/1980	Fiorini Forli
IF	3	Sabrina Del Mastio	MAR/10/1971	Fiorini Forli
IF	4	Stefania Vitaliani	JUL/16/1975	Fiorini Forli
OF	7	Natalia Cimin	JUL/31/1979	Caserta
IF	8	Jennifer Spediacci	APR/05/1978	Fiorini Forli
IF	12	Marta Gambella	JUN/07/1974	Mosca Macerata
P	13	Nicole Di Salvio	NOV/23/1979	Bussolengo
P	15	Daniela Castellani	JUN/30/1975	Avesani Bussolengo
P	16	Leslie Malerich	FEB/29/1980
P	17	Susan Bugliarello	OCT/18/1975
IF	22	Natalie Anter	APR/26/1980	Fiorini Forli
OF	23	Francesca Francolini	DEC/27/1979	Mosca Macerata
P	24	Annalisa Turci	SEP/26/1976	Fiorini Forli
OF	31	Samanta Bardini	FEB/27/1977	Caggiati Langhirano
Bench Coaches
Team Manager		Barry Blanchard	MAR/22/1935
Coach		Monica Corvino	AUG/17/1963
Coach		Giacomo Livi	AUG/17/1954
Coach		Marina Centrone	APR/22/1960

Preliminary Round

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
United States	7	7	0	41	0	1.000
Australia	7	6	1	22	14	0.857
Japan	7	4	3	17	8	0.571
China	7	3	4	15	20	0.429
Canada	7	3	4	6	14	0.429
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	3	13	0.286
Greece	7	2	5	6	24	0.286
Italy	7	1	6	8	24	0.143

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	3	2
United States	1	3	0	0	3	-	-	7	11	0
WP: Jennie Finch (1-0)   LP: Leslie Malerich (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	7	9	3
China	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	1
WP: Jennifer Spediacci (1-0)   LP: Li Qi (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0
Greece	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	5	3
WP: Sarah Farnworth (2-1)   LP: Susan Bugliarello (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	2	2	2	0	2	-	-	8	10	1
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	2	1
WP: Melanie Roche (1-0)   LP: Jennifer Spediacci (1-1) Home runs: AUS: Stacey Porter, Natalie Titcume ITA: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	4	0
WP: Lin Su-Hua (1-1)   LP: Susan Bugliarello (0-2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Japan	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1	8	1
WP: Yukiko Ueno (1-2)   LP: Jennifer Spediacci (1-2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Canada	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	1	1
WP: Lauren Bay (3-2)   LP: Susan Bugliarello (0-3)

Swimming

Italian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Beccari	200 m freestyle	1:54.00	46	Did not advance
Alessio Boggiatto	200 m individual medley	2:01.30	6 Q	2:01.27	10	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:15.78	3 Q	N/A		4:12.28 NR	4
Paolo Bossini	200 m breaststroke	2:12.09	3 Q	2:11.76	4 Q	2:11.20	4
Emiliano Brembilla	200 m freestyle	1:47.95	3 Q	1:47.93	7 Q	1:48.40	8
	400 m freestyle	3:50.55	11	N/A		Did not advance
Loris Facci	200 m breaststroke	2:19.38	40	Did not advance
Filippo Magnini	100 m freestyle	49.58	11 Q	48.91 NR	3 Q	48.99	5
Luca Marin	400 m individual medley	4:16.85	10	N/A		Did not advance
Emanuele Merisi	200 m backstroke	2:00.10	9 Q	2:00.83	16	Did not advance
Christian Minotti	1500 m freestyle	15:39.31	24	N/A		Did not advance
Mattia Nalesso	100 m butterfly	53.49	23	Did not advance
Massimiliano Rosolino	400 m freestyle	3:47.72	4 Q	N/A		3:46.25	5
	200 m individual medley	2:01.56	11 Q	2:01.29	11	Did not advance
Michele Scarica	50 m freestyle	22.80	25	Did not advance
Lorenzo Vismara	50 m freestyle	22.70	22	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	50.03	25	Did not advance
Alessandro Calvi* Christian Galenda Filippo Magnini Lorenzo Vismara Michele Scarica	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:16.18	3 Q	N/A		3:15.75	5
Emiliano Brembilla Federico Cappellazzo* Simone Cercato Filippo Magnini Matteo Pelliciari* Massimiliano Rosolino	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:18.26	6 Q	N/A		7:11.83 NR	03 !
Paolo Bossini Emanuele Merisi Mattia Nalesso Giacomo Vassanelli	4 × 100 m medley relay	DSQ		N/A		Did not advance

* Competed only in heats and received medals

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chiara Boggiatto	100 m breaststroke	1:10.33	16 Q	1:10.84	16	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:30.32	12 Q	2:30.76	14	Did not advance
Alessandra Cappa	100 m backstroke	1:03.50	26	Did not advance
Paola Cavallino	200 m butterfly	2:12.34	16 Q	2:10.23	7 Q	2:10.14	7
Cristina Chiuso	50 m freestyle	25.68	16 Q	25.37	13	Did not advance
Alessia Filippi	200 m backstroke	2:17.29	22	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:19.29	21	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:47.26	16	N/A		Did not advance
Ambra Migliori	100 m butterfly	59.47	10 Q	59.53	13	Did not advance
Federica Pellegrini	100 m freestyle	55.41	9 Q	55.30	10	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:59.80	4 Q	1:58.02 NR	1 Q	1:58.22	02 !
Francesca Segat	100 m butterfly	1:00.56	22	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:11.40	9 Q	2:11.18	12	Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso Sara Parise Federica Pellegrini Cecilia Vianini	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:44.88	10	N/A		Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso Alessia Filippi Sara Parise Cecilia Vianini	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:15.30	14	N/A		Did not advance
Chiara Boggiatto Alessandra Cappa Ambra Migliori Federica Pellegrini	4 × 100 m medley relay	DSQ		N/A		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Nine Italian synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Beatrice Spaziani Lorena Zaffalon	Duet	46.500	8	46.917	93.417	7 Q	46.750	93.250	8
Monica Cirulli Costanza Fiorentini Joey Paccagnella Elisa Plaisant Sara Savoia Beatrice Spaziani Lorena Zaffalon Laura Zanazza	Team	46.834	7	N/A			47.250	94.084	7

Table tennis

Five Italian table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yang Min	Men's singles	Doan (VIE) W 4–1	Karlsson (SWE) L 3–4	Did not advance
Massimiliano Mondello Yang Min	Men's doubles	N/A	Henzell / Zalcberg (AUS) L 1–4	Did not advance
Laura Negrisoli	Women's singles	Ramos (VEN) W 4–1	Ganina (RUS) L 2–4	Did not advance
Nikoleta Stefanova		Menaifi (ALG) W 4–0	Schopp (GER) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tan Wenling		Bye	Huang Y-H (TPE) W 4–2	Kim K-A (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Nikoleta Stefanova Tan Wenling	Women's doubles	Bye	Kaffo / Oshonaike (NGR) W 4–3	Kostromina / Pavlovich (BLR) W 4–2	Wang N / Zhang Yn (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Three Italian taekwondo jin qualified to compete.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlo Molfetta	Men's −68 kg	Saei (IRI) L RSC	Did not advance		Silva (BRA) L WO	Did not advance		7
Cristiana Corsi	Women's −57 kg	Épangue (FRA) W 2–0	Abdallah (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance	Mkrtchyan (RUS) W 5–2	Salazar (MEX) L 2–3	Did not advance	5
Daniela Castrignano	Women's +67 kg	Bourguigue (MAR) W 6–4	Baverel (FRA) L 8–8 SUP	Did not advance	Bosshart (CAN) W 6–3	Falavigna (BRA) L 3–6	Did not advance	5

Tennis

Six Italian tennis players (one male and five females) qualified to compete in the tennis tournament.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Filippo Volandri	Singles	Santoro (FRA) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maria Elena Camerin	Singles	Jugić-Salkić (BIH) W 6–3, 6–4	Mauresmo (FRA) L 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Silvia Farina Elia		Testud (FRA) W 6–2, 6–0	Raymond (USA) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Tathiana Garbin		Smashnova (ISR) W 6–2, 6–1	Pratt (AUS) L 6-1, 6–7(5–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Francesca Schiavone		Asagoe (JPN) W 6–3, 7–6(7–4)	Cho Y-J (KOR) W 2–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–4	Zuluaga (COL) W 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–3	Myskina (RUS) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone	Doubles	N/A	Kurhajcová / Suchá (SVK) W 6–2, 6–4	Li T / Sun Tt (CHN) L 1–6, 6–7(1–7)	Did not advance
Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci		N/A	Pratt / Stosur (AUS) W 6–0, 6–1	Martínez / Ruano Pascual (ESP) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Italy was again represented by three triathletes at the 2004 event, but unlike in the first competition in 2000 all the Italians in 2004 were women. Gemignani, who had been the nation's best finisher four years earlier, dropped one place in the rankings. However, the two Olympic rookies both placed better than Gemignani had in the first race.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Nadia Cortassa	Women's	20:36	0:19	1:09:51	0:22	35:18	2:05:45.35	5
Silvia Gemignani		18:45	0:21	1:11:41	0:23	38:30	2:08:56.94	21
Beatrice Lanza		19:47	0:19	1:10:37	0:23	37:35	2:07:59.26	15

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniela Gattelli Lucilla Perrotta	Women's	Pool B  Fernández – Larrea (CUB) L 1 – 2 (17–21, 21–18, 10–15)  Bede – Behar (BRA) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 17–21)  Naidoo – Willand (RSA) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–14)	3 Q	Lahme – Müsch (GER) W 2 – 1 (16–21, 21–17, 21–19)	Cook – Sanderson (AUS) L 1 – 2 (16–21, 21–14, 12–15)	Did not advance

Indoor

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Head coach: Gian Paolo Montali

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2004 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)	Lube Banca Marche
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)	Sisley Volley
06 !6	Papi, SamueleSamuele Papi	000000001973-05-20-000020 May 1973	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Sisley Volley
07 !7	Sartoretti, AndreaAndrea Sartoretti	000000001971-06-19-000019 June 1971	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	353 cm (139 in)	319 cm (126 in)	Itas Diatec Trentino
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 Volley
11	Simeonov, VenceslavVenceslav Simeonov	000000001977-02-03-00003 February 1977	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	358 cm (141 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Sempre Volley
12	Pippi, DamianoDamiano Pippi	000000001971-08-23-000023 August 1971	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	323 cm (127 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Kerakoll Modena
13	Giani, AndreaAndrea Giani	000000001970-04-22-000022 April 1970	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	356 cm (140 in)	322 cm (127 in)	Kerakoll Modena
14	Fei, AlessandroAlessandro Fei	000000001978-11-29-000029 November 1978	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Sisley Volley
15	Tofoli, PaoloPaolo Tofoli	000000001966-08-14-000014 August 1966	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Itas Diatec Trentino
17	Cozzi, PaoloPaolo Cozzi	000000001980-05-26-000026 May 1980	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	363 cm (143 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Kerakoll Modena
18	Černič, MatejMatej Černič	000000001978-09-13-000013 September 1978	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	354 cm (139 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Kerakoll Modena

Group play

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	9	4	1	13	7	1.857	483	431	1.121
2	Italy	8	3	2	13	7	1.857	465	434	1.071
3	United States	8	3	2	11	8	1.375	437	423	1.033
4	Russia	8	3	2	11	9	1.222	452	430	1.051
5	Netherlands	7	2	3	7	11	0.636	391	419	0.933
6	Australia	5	0	5	2	15	0.133	331	422	0.784

15 August 2004 21:30	Italy	3 – 1	United States	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 5,630 Referee(s): Kun-Tae Kim (KOR), Juan Pereyra (ARG) Report(s): result
	25 21 25 25 96	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	21 25 17 23 86

17 August 2004 21:45	Brazil	3 – 2	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee(s): Ning Wang (CHN), Kun-Tae Kim (KOR) Report(s): result
	25 15 25 21 33 119	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	21 25 16 25 31 118

19 August 2004 09:00	Italy	3 – 0	Australia	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 2,950 Referee(s): Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Juan Pereyra (ARG) Report(s): result
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	20 18 21 59

21 August 2004 11:20	Italy	3 – 0	Netherlands	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referee(s): Patrick Rachard (FRA), Bela Hobor (HUN) Report(s): result
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	19 21 20 60

23 August 2004 11:15	Russia	3 – 2	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 4,134 Referee(s): Frank Leuthaeusser (GER), Patrick Rachard (FRA) Report(s): result
	25 25 22 23 15 110	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	16 22 25 25 13 101

Quarterfinal

25 August 2004 16:30	Argentina	1 – 3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 8,100 Referee(s): Hiroyuki Ito (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT) Report(s): result
	25 22 24 26 97	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	22 25 26 28 101

Semifinal

27 August 2004 19:30	Russia	0 – 3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 9,380 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (HUN), Patrick Rachard (FRA) Report(s): result
	16 17 16 49	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

Gold Medal Final

29 August 2004 14:30	Italy	1 – 3	Brazil	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 9,350 Referee(s): Hiroyuki Ito (JPN), Ning Wang (CHN) Report(s): result
	15 26 20 22 83	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 24 25 25 99

02 ! Won Silver Medal

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Head coach: Marco Bonitta

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2004 club
02 !2	Rinieri, SimonaSimona Rinieri	000000001977-09-01-00001 September 1977	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	281 cm (111 in)	RC Cannes
03 !3	Togut, ElisaElisa Togut	000000001978-05-14-000014 May 1978	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Vini Monteschiavo
04 !4	Leggeri, ManuelaManuela Leggeri (C)	000000001976-05-09-00009 May 1976	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	281 cm (111 in)	Vini Monteschiavo
08 !8	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)	Foppapedretti Bergamo
09 !9	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)	Scavolini Pesaro
10	Paggi, PaolaPaola Paggi	000000001976-12-06-00006 December 1976	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	306 cm (120 in)	278 cm (109 in)	Foppapedretti Bergamo
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)	Foppapedretti Bergamo
12	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)	Foppapedretti Bergamo
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)	Vini Monteschiavo
15	Del Core, AntonellaAntonella Del Core	000000001980-11-05-00005 November 1980	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
16	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)	Modena Volley
17	Cardullo, PaolaPaola Cardullo (L)	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

Group play

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	15	5	0	15	2	7.500	410	326	1.258
2	Italy	12	4	1	14	3	4.667	392	305	1.285
3	South Korea	9	3	2	9	7	1.286	355	352	1.009
4	Japan	6	2	3	6	10	0.600	346	343	1.009
5	Greece	3	1	4	5	12	0.417	349	383	0.911
6	Kenya	0	0	5	0	15	0.000	236	379	0.623

14 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	0 – 3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Fernando Nava (Mex), Francisco Medina Guzman (CUB) Report(s): result
	17 13 19 49	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

16 August 2004 14:00	Italy	3 – 0	Japan	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Mahmoud Abdel Nagid (EGY), Fernando Nava (Mex) Report(s): result
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	16 13 17 46

18 August 2004 21:30	Brazil	3 – 2	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Patricia Salvatore (USA), Kim Kun-Tae (KOR) Report(s): result
	19 25 22 25 15 106	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 13 25 16 13 92

20 August 2004 19:30	Kenya	0 - 3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Francisco Medina Guzman (CUB), Patricia Salvatore (USA) Report(s): result
	17 13 14 44	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

22 August 2004 19:30	Italy	3 - 0	Greece	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Jarmo Salonen (FIN), Patrick Rachard (FRA) Report(s): result
	25 25 25 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	19 19 22 60

Quarterfinal

24 August 2004 19:30	Italy	2 - 3	Cuba	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referee(s): Juan Angel Pereyra (ARG), Mahmoud Abdel Magid (EGY) Report(s): result
	23 25 25 14 12 99	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	25 14 22 25 15 101

Water polo

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Head coach: Paolo de Crescenzo

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2004 club
01 !1	Tempesti, StefanoStefano Tempesti	GK	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	000000001979-06-09-00009 June 1979	Pro Recco
02 !2	Postiglione, FrancescoFrancesco Postiglione	D	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	000000001972-04-29-000029 April 1972	Circolo Nautico Posillipo
03 !3	Binchi, LeonardoLeonardo Binchi	CB	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	000000001975-08-27-000027 August 1975	Leonessa Brescia
04 !4	Buonocore, FabrizioFabrizio Buonocore	CB	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	000000001977-04-28-000028 April 1977	Circolo Nautico Posillipo
05 !5	Gerini, MarcoMarco Gerini	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	000000001971-08-05-00005 August 1971	Leonessa Brescia
06 !6	Calcaterra, RobertoRoberto Calcaterra	CF	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	000000001972-02-06-00006 February 1972	Leonessa Brescia
07 !7	Fiorentini, GoranGoran Fiorentini	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	000000001981-11-21-000021 November 1981	Leonessa Brescia
08 !8	Angelini, AlbertoAlberto Angelini	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	000000001974-09-28-000028 September 1974	Pro Recco
09 !9	Felugo, MaurizioMaurizio Felugo	D	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	000000001981-03-04-00004 March 1981	Circolo Nautico Posillipo
10	Calcaterra, AlessandroAlessandro Calcaterra	CF	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	000000001975-05-26-000026 May 1975	Chiavari Nuoto
11	Rath, BogdanBogdan Rath	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	000000001972-06-28-000028 June 1972	Rari Nantes Savona
12	Silipo, CarloCarlo Silipo (C)	D	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	000000001971-09-10-000010 September 1971	Circolo Nautico Posillipo
13	Bencivenga, FabioFabio Bencivenga	CF	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	000000001976-01-20-000020 January 1976	Circolo Nautico Posillipo

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	5	4	0	1	43	27	+16	8
Germany	5	3	1	1	40	28	+12	7
Spain	5	3	0	2	35	31	+4	6
Italy	5	3	0	2	39	24	+15	6
Australia	5	1	1	3	37	35	+2	4
Egypt	5	0	0	5	18	67	-49	0

15 August 2004 17:45		Italy	4–5	Spain	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Margeta (SLO), Tomic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-3, 0-0, 2-0
		4 players with 1	Goals	5 players with 1

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17 August 2004 09:30		Australia	4–8	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Tomic (CRO), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-2, 0-3, 1-2
		Whalan 2	Goals	Postiglione 3

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19 August 2004 17:45		Italy	10–5	Germany	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Brguljan (SCG), Afanasiev (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2-0, 1-2, 3-2, 4-1
		Postiglione 4	Goals	Nossek 3

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21 August 2004 10:45		Egypt	4–13	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Rezek (CZE), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-0, 2-5, 0-5
		El-Sammany 2	Goals	Calcaterra, Angelini 3

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23 August 2004 22:15		Greece	6–4	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Bookelman (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1-0, 1-2, 2-1, 2-1
		6 players with 1	Goals	Bencivenga 2

7th-10th Semifinal

27 August 2004 17:00		Italy	11–7	Croatia	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Afanasiev (RUS), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-4, 1-1, 5-1
		Bencivenga 3	Goals	Franković 3

7th-8th Place Final

29 August 2004 10:45		United States	9–8	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Afanasiev (RUS), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-0, 2-3, 3-3
		Azevedo, Smith 3	Goals	Angelini 3

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Head coach: Pierluigi Formiconi

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2004 club
01 !1	Conti, FrancescaFrancesca Conti	GK	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	000000001972-05-21-000021 May 1972	Geymonat Orizzonte
02 !2	Miceli, MartinaMartina Miceli	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	000000001973-10-22-000022 October 1973	Firenze Pallanuoto
03 !3	Allucci, CarmelaCarmela Allucci (C)	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	000000001970-01-22-000022 January 1970	Firenze Pallanuoto
04 !4	Bosurgi, SilviaSilvia Bosurgi	D	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	000000001979-04-17-000017 April 1979	Geymonat Orizzonte
05 !5	Gigli, ElenaElena Gigli	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	000000001985-07-09-00009 July 1985	AS Certaldo
06 !6	Zanchi, ManuelaManuela Zanchi	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	000000001977-10-17-000017 October 1977	Rari Nantes Pescara
07 !7	di Mario, TaniaTania di Mario	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	000000001979-05-04-00004 May 1979	Geymonat Orizzonte
08 !8	Ragusa, CinziaCinzia Ragusa	CB	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	000000001977-05-24-000024 May 1977	Geymonat Orizzonte
09 !9	Malato, GiusiGiusi Malato	CF	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	000000001971-07-09-00009 July 1971	Geymonat Orizzonte
10	Araujo, AlexandraAlexandra Araujo	CF	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	000000001972-07-13-000013 July 1972	GIFA Città di Palermo
11	Musumeci, MaddalenaMaddalena Musumeci	CF	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	000000001976-03-26-000026 March 1976	Geymonat Orizzonte
12	Grego, MelaniaMelania Grego	D	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	000000001973-06-19-000019 June 1973	Volturno SC
13	Tóth, NoémiNoémi Tóth	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	000000001976-06-07-00007 June 1976	Volturno SC

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	5	22	16	+6
Italy	3	2	1	0	4	20	14	+6
Greece	3	1	1	1	3	17	20	−3
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	0	16	25	−9

August 16 10:45		Australia	6–5	Italy	Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Sergio Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 1–1, 1–1
		Gynther, Heuchan 2	Goals	5 players with 1

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August 18 17:45		Greece	2–7	Italy	Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP) Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 0–1, 0–1
		2 players with 1	Goals	di Mario, Miceli 3

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August 20 09:00		Italy	8–6	Kazakhstan	Referees: Mario Brguljan (SCG) Yesenia Marrero (United States)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–1, 1–4, 2–1
		di Mario 4	Goals	Koroleva 3

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Quarterfinal

August 22 18:15		Italy	8–5	Hungary	Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP) Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–0
		di Mario 3	Goals	Dravucz, Stieber 2

Semifinal

August 24 17:00		United States	5–6	Italy	Referees: Gábor Kiszelly (HUN) Zoran Tomić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–4
		5 players with 1	Goals	di Mario 2

Gold Medal Final

August 26 18:15		Greece	9–10	Italy	Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Gábor Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 0–1, 1–1  OT: 2–2, 0–1
		Liosi 5	Goals	Grego, Miceli 3

01 ! Won Gold Medal

Wrestling

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 freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Salvatore Rinella	−74 kg	Abdo (AUS) W 4–0 ST	Haidarau (BLR) L 1–3 PP	N/A	2	Did not advance			7
Francesco Miano-Petta	−120 kg	McCoy (USA) L 0–3 PO	Mutalimov (KAZ) L 0–3 PO	Mildzihov (KGZ) W 5–0 VB	3	Did not advance			10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paolo Fucile	−60 kg	Chachua (GEO) L 0–4 ST	Koizhaiganov (KAZ) L 0–3 PO	3	Did not advance			22
Andrea Minguzzi	−84 kg	Geghamyan (ARM) L 0–4 ST	Makaranka (BLR) L 0–5 VT	3	Did not advance			17

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Diletta Giampiccolo	−55 kg	Sun Dm (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Yoshida (JPN) L 0–4 ST	3	Did not advance			10
Katarzyna Juszczak	−72 kg	Wang X (CHN) L 0–3 PO	Nordhagen (CAN) L 1–3 PP	3	Did not advance			11

See also

• Italy at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• Italy at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Italian National Olympic Committee