Italy at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ITA
Nocname:	Italian National Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1984
Website:
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	268 (222 men, 46 women)
Sports:	23
Flagbearer:	Sara Simeoni
Rank:	5
Gold:	14
Silver:	6
Bronze:	12
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States; 268 competitors, 222 men and 46 women, took part in 151 events in 23 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Alberto Cova – Athletics, men's 10.000 metres
• Alessandro Andrei – Athletics, men's shot put
• Gabriella Dorio – Athletics, women's 1.500 metres
• Maurizio Stecca – Boxing, men's bantamweight
• Claudio Vandelli, Marcello Bartalini, Marco Giovannetti, and Eros Poli – Cycling, men's team road race
• Mauro Numa – Fencing, men's Foil individual competition
• Mauro Numa, Angelo Scuri, Andrea Borella, Stefano Cerioni, and Andrea Cipressa – Fencing, men's foil team competition
• Norberto Oberburger – Heavyweight 110 kg
• Vincenzo Maenza – Light Flyweight, men's Greco-Roman wrestling
• Ferdinando Meglio, Giovanni Scalzo, Angelo Arcidiacono, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, and Marco Marin – Fencing, men's Sabre team competition
• Daniele Masala – Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition
• Daniele Masala, Pier Paolo Cristofori, and Carlo Massullo – Modern pentathlon, men's team competition
• Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, and Giuseppe Di Capua – Rowing, men's coxed pairs
• Luciano Giovannetti – Shooting, trap individual competition

Silver

• Sara Simeoni – Athletics, women's high jump
• Salvatore Todisco – Boxing, men's light flyweight
• Francesco Damiani – Boxing, men's super heavyweight
• Ezio Gamba – Judo, men's lightweight (71 kg)
• Edith Gufler – Shooting, women's air rifle individual competition
• Marco Marin – Fencing, men's sabre

Bronze

• Maurizio Damilano – Athletics, men's 20 km walk
• Sandro Bellucci – Athletics, men's 50 km walk
• Giovanni Evangelisti – Athletics, men's long jump
• Luciano Bruno – Boxing, men's welterweight
• Angelo Musone – Boxing, men's heavyweight
• Stefano Cerioni – Fencing, men's foil individual competition
• Roberto Manzi, Angelo Mazzoni, Stefano Bellone, Sandro Cuomo, and Cosimo Ferro – Fencing, men's épée team competition
• Dorina Vaccaroni – Fencing, women's foil individual competition
• Carlo Massullo – Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition
• Luca Scribani Rossi – Shooting, skeet individual competition
• Fabio Vullo, Piero Rebaudengo, Paolo Vecchi, Andrea Lucchetta, Pier Paolo Lucchetta, Marco Negri, Guido de Luigi, Giovanni Errichiello, Giovanni Lanfranco, Franco Bertoli, Francesco Dall'Olio, and Giancarlo Dametto – Volleyball, men's team competition
• Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni – Sailing, men's team competition

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Two time defending bronze medallist Giancarlo Ferrari improved upon his 1980 score, but in the more competitive field in Los Angeles, his ranking fell all the way to 25th place.

Women's individual competition

• Ester Robertson – 2435 points (→ 21st place)

Men's individual competition

• Giancarlo Ferrari – 2455 points (→ 25th place)
• Ilario Di Buò – 2437 points (→ 29th place)

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's competitionMen's 100 metres

• Stefano Tilli
• Antonio Ullo
• Pierfrancesco Pavoni

Men's 200 metres

• Pietro Mennea
• Stefano Tilli
• Carlo Simionato

Men's 800 metres

• Donato Sabia
• Riccardo Materazzi

Men's 1,500 metres

• Riccardo Materazzi
• Stefano Mei
• Claudio Patrignani

Men's 5,000 metres

• Salvatore Antibo

• Heat – 13:46.32

• Semifinals – 13:47.53 (→ did not advance)
• Piero Selvaggio

• Heat – 14:04.74 (→ did not advance)
• Antonio Selvaggio

• Heat – 13:55.73 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Alberto Cova

• Heat – 28:26.10

• Final – 27:47.54 → gold medal
• Salvatore Antibo

• Heat – 28:22.57

• Final – 28:06.50 (→ 4th place)
• Francesco Panetta

• Heat – 29:00.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's marathon

• Giovanni d'Aleo

• Final – 2:20:12 (→ 35th place)
• Marco Marchei

• Final – 2:22:38 (→ 43rd place)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

• Daniele Fontecchio

Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase

• Francesco Panetta
• Franco Boffi

Men's 4×100 metres relay

• Antonio Ullo
• Giovanni Bongiorni
• Stefano Tilli
• Pietro Mennea

Men's 4×400 metres relay

• Roberto Tozzi
• Ernesto Nocco
• Roberto Ribaud
• Pietro Mennea
• Donato Sabia
• Mauro Zuliani

Men's long jump

• Giovanni Evangelisti

• Qualification – 7.94m

• Final – 8.24m → bronze medal

Men's triple jump

• Qualification – 16.13m (→ did not advance)

Men's javelin throw

• Agostino Ghesini

• Qualification – 72.96m (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's pole vault

• Qualifying round – 5.35m

• Final – 5.30m (→ 8th place)

Men's shot put

• Alessandro Andrei

• Qualification – 20.18 m

• Final – 21.26 m → gold medal
• Marco Montelatici

• Qualification – 20.14 m

• Final – 19.98 m (→ 6th place)

Men's discus throw

• Luciano Zerbini

• Final – 63.50m (→ 7th place)

Men's hammer throw

• Qualification – 74.02m

• Final – 75.94m (→ 4th place)

• Qualification – 72.42m

• Final – 75.96m (→ finished fourth but was subsequently disqualified as his doping tests proved positive)

• Qualification – 70.64m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km walk

• Maurizio Damilano

• Final – 1:23:26 → bronze medal
• Carlo Mattioli

• Final – 1:25:07 (→ 5th place)
• Alessandro Pezzatini

• Final – 1:32:27 (→ 28th place)

Men's 50 km walk

• Sandro Bellucci

• Final – 3:53:45 → bronze medal
• Raffaello Ducceschi

• Final – 3:59:26 (→ 5th place)
• Maurizio Damilano

• Final – DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's competitionWomen's 200 metres

• Marisa Masullo

Women's 400 metres

• Erica Rossi

Women's 800 metres

• Gabriella Dorio

Women's 1,500 metres

• Heat – 4:04.51

• Final – 4:03.25 → gold medal

Women's 3,000 metres

• Heat – 8.45.84

• Final – 9.10.82 (→ 10th place)

Women's marathon

• Final – 2:29:28 (→ 9th place)

• Final – 2:33:01 (→ 12th place)

• Final – 2:37:06 (→ 20th place)

Women's 400m hurdles

• Giuseppina Cirulli

• Heat – 57.49

• Semifinal – 56.45 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4×400 metres relay

• Patrizia Lombardo
• Cosetta Campana
• Marisa Masullo
• Erica Rossi
• Giuseppina Cirulli

Women's high jump

• Qualification – 1.90m

• Final – 2.00m → silver medal

Women's javelin throw

• Qualification – 57.66m (→ did not advance)

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Defeated Egypt (110-62)

• Defeated West Germany (80-72)

• Defeated Brazil (89-78)

• Defeated Australia (93-82)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (65-69)
• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Canada (72-78)
• Classification matches

• 5th/8th place: defeated West Germany (98-71)

• 5th/6th place: defeated Uruguay (111-102) → fifth place
• Team roster

• Carlo Caglieris

• Marco Bonamico

• Enrico Gilardi

• Walter Magnifico

• Dino Meneghin

• Antonello Riva

• Renzo Vecchiato

• Pierluigi Marzorati

• Romeo Sacchetti

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's light flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Salvatore Todisco → silver medal
  1. First round – bye
  2. Second round – defeated Gerard Hawkins (IRL), 5:0
  3. Quarterfinals – defeated Rafael Ramos (PUR), 4:1
  4. Semifinals – defeated Keith Mwila (ZAM), 5:0
  5. Final – lost to Paul Gonzales (USA), walkover

Men's bantamweight ( - 54 kg)

• Maurizio Stecca → gold medal
  1. First round – bye
  2. Second round – defeated Phillip Sutcliffe (IRE), 5:0
  3. Third round – defeated Star Zulu (ZAM), 5:0
  4. Quarterfinals – defeated Robinson Pitalua (COL), 5:0
  5. Semifinals – defeated Pedro Nolasco (DOM), 5:0
  6. Final – defeated Héctor Lopez (MEX), 4:1

Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Noe Cruciani
  1. First round  - defeated Paul Kamela (CMR), 5:0
  2. Second round  - lost to Pedro van Raamsdonk (HOL), 0:5

Men's heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Angelo Musone → bronze medal
  1. First round  - defeated James Omondi (KEN), 5:0
  2. Second round  - defeated Kaliq Singh (IND), walkover
  3. Quarterfinals  - defeated Hakkan Brock (SWE), 5:0
  4. Semifinals  - lost to Henry Tillman (USA), 0:5

Men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Francesco Damiani → silver medal
  1. First round  - bye
  2. Quarterfinals  - defeated Willie Isangura (TNZ), RSC-2
  3. Semifinals  - defeated Robert Wells (GBR), RSC-3
  4. Final  - lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 1:4

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Twenty-one cyclists represented Italy in 1984. They won gold in the team time trial event.

Men's individual road race

• Alberto Volpi – + 4:10 (→ 13th place)
• Stefano Colagè – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Roberto Pagnin – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Renato Piccolo – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Marcello Bartalini
• Marco Giovannetti
• Eros Poli
• Claudio Vandelli

Sprint

• Gabriele Sella
• Vincenzo Ceci

1000m time trial

• Stefano Baudino

Individual pursuit

• Roberto Calovi
• Maurizio Colombo

Team pursuit

• Roberto Amadio
• Massimo Brunelli
• Maurizio Colombo
• Silvio Martinello

Points race

• Stefano Allocchio
• Silvio Martinello

Women's individual road race

• Maria Canins – 2:11:14 (→ 5th place)
• Luisa Seghezzi – 2:13:28 (→ 9th place)
• Roberta Bonanomi – 2:15:13 (→ 23rd place)
• Emanuela Menuzzo

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's 3m Springboard

• Piero Italiani

• Preliminary round – 573.69

• Final – 578.94 (→ 6th place)

Equestrianism

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. 20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1984.

Men's foil

• Mauro Numa
• Stefano Cerioni
• Andrea Borella

Men's team foil

• Mauro Numa, Andrea Borella, Andrea Cipressa, Stefano Cerioni, Angelo Scuri

Men's épée

• Stefano Bellone
• Angelo Mazzoni
• Sandro Cuomo

Men's team épée

• Stefano Bellone, Sandro Cuomo, Cosimo Ferro, Roberto Manzi, Angelo Mazzoni

Men's sabre

• Marco Marin
• Giovanni Scalzo
• Gianfranco Dalla Barba

Men's team sabre

• Marco Marin, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, Giovanni Scalzo, Ferdinando Meglio, Angelo Arcidiacono

Women's foil

• Dorina Vaccaroni
• Carola Cicconetti
• Margherita Zalaffi

Women's team foil

• Dorina Vaccaroni, Clara Mochi, Margherita Zalaffi, Lucia Traversa, Carola Cicconetti

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group D)

• Italy  - Egypt 1-0

• Italy  - United States 1-0

• Italy  - Costa Rica 0-1
• Quarterfinals

• Italy  - Chile 1-0 (after extra time)
• Semifinals

• Italy  - Brazil 1-2 (after extra time)
• Bronze-medal match

• Italy  - Yugoslavia 1-2
• Team roster

• (1.) Franco Tancredi (gk)

• (2.) Riccardo Ferri

• (3.) Filippo Galli

• (4.) Sebastiano Nela

• (5.) Roberto Tricella

• (6.) Pietro Vierchowod

• (7.) Salvatore Bagni

• (8.) Franco Baresi

• (9.) Sergio Battistini

• (11.) Beniamo Vignola

• (12.) Walter Zenga (gk)

• (14.) Daniele Massaro

• (15.) Massimo Briaschi

• (17.) Aldo Serena
• Head Coach: Enzo Bearzot

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1984. Carlo Massullo won an individual bronze, Daniele Masala won an individual gold and the team also won gold.

Individual competition:

• Daniele Masala - 5469 points (gold medal)
• Carlo Massullo - 5406 points (bronze medal)
• Pier Paolo Cristofori - 5185 points (11th place)

Team competition:

• Daniele Masala, Carlo Massullo, and Pier Paolo Cristofori - 16060 points (gold medal)

Rhythmic gymnastics

See main article: article and Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Ruggero Verroca and Francesco Esposito dominated the lightweight men's double scull during the early 1980s, and they won the World Rowing Championships from 1980 to 1983 every year. Lightweight men's double scull was not an Olympic boat class at the time, and they qualified in the open weight class of the men's double scull, where they reached the A final and came a respectable fifth. Later that same month, they won the 1984 World Rowing Championships, and continued to row in different boat classes thereafter.^{[2] [3]}

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's competitionMen's 100m freestyle

• Fabrizio Rampazzo

• Heat – 51.71

• B-Final – 51.56 (→ 12th place)
• Marco Colombo

• Heat – 52.34 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m freestyle

• Marco Dell'Uomo

• Heat – 1:51.67

• Final – 1:52.20 (→ 6th place)
• Paolo Revelli

• Heat – 1:53.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 400m freestyle

• Marco Dell'Uomo

• Heat – 3:55.00

• Final – 3:55.44 (→ 7th place)
• Stefano Grandi

• Heat – 3:56.23

• B-Final – 3:57.17 (→ 12th place)

Men's 1500m freestyle

• Stefano Grandi

• Heat – 15:22.49

• Final – 15:28.58 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100m backstroke

• Paolo Falchini

• Heat – 58.65 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
• Fabrizio Bortolon

• Heat – 59.27 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m backstroke

• Paolo Falchini

• Heat – 2:04.59

• B-Final – 2:04.64 (→ 9th place)
• Fabrizio Bortolon

• Heat – 2:06.46

• B-Final – 2:05.86 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100m breaststroke

• Raffaele Avagnano

• Heat – 1:04.09

• Final – 1:04.11 (→ 8th place)
• Gianni Minervini

• Heat – 1:04.37

• B-Final – 1:03.99 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200m breaststroke

• Marco del Prete

• Heat – 2:18.90

• Final – DSQ (→ no ranking)
• Raffaele Avagnano

• Heat – 2:22.90 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 100m butterfly

• Fabrizio Rampazzo

• Heat – 55.70

• B-Final – DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200m butterfly

• Paolo Revelli

• Heat – 2:00.38

• B-Final – 2:01.58 (→ 14th place)
• Fabrizio Rampazzo

• Heat – DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 200m individual medley

• Giovanni Franceschi

• Heat – 2:06.76

• B-Final – 2:06.10 (→ 11th place)
• Maurizio Divano

• Heat – 2:07.19

• B-Final – 2:06.72 (→ 12th place)

Men's 400m individual medley

• Maurizio Divano

• Heat – 4:23.61

• Final – 4:22.76 (→ 5th place)
• Giovanni Franceschi

• Heat – 4:23.03

• Final – 4:26.05 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

• Marcello Guarducci, Raffaele Francesch, Metello Savino, and Marco Colombo

• Heat – 3:25.37
• Marcello Guarducci, Marco Colombo, Metello Savino, and Fabrizio Rampazzo

• Final – 3:24.97 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

• Marco Colombo, Marcello Guarducci, Fabrizio Rampazzo, and Marco Dell'Uomo

• Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

• Paolo Falchini, Gianni Minervini, Fabrizio Rampazzo, and Marcello Guarducci

• Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's competition

• Silvia Persi, Grazia Colombo, Carla Lasi, Monica Olmi, Manuela Carosi, Carlotta Tagnin, Manuela Dalla Valle, Laura Belotti, Roberta Lanzarotti, Cristina Quintarelli, and Roberta Felotti

Women's 100m freestyle

• Silvia Persi

• Heat – 57.62

• B-Final – 57.24 (→ 10th place)
• Grazia Colombo

• Heat – 59.43 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m freestyle

• Silvia Persi

• Heat – 2:03.98

• B-Final – 2:03.17 (→ 9th place)
• Carla Lasi

• Heat – 2:04.60 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 400m freestyle

• Carla Lasi

• Heat – 4:18.90

• B-Final – 4:18.57 (→ 12th place)
• Monica Olmi

• Heat – 4:18.70

• B-Final – 4:19.22 (→ 13th place)

Women's 800m freestyle

• Carla Lasi

• Heat – 8:41.84

• Final – 8:42.45 (→ 5th place)
• Monica Olmi

• Heat – 8:45.83

• Final – 8:47.32 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

• Monica Olmi, Silvia Persi, Grazia Colombo, and Manuela Dalla Valle

• Heat – 3:52.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

• Manuela Carosi, Manuela Dalla Valle, Roberta Lanzarotti, and Silvia Persi

• Heat – 4:17.90

• Final – 4:17.40 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100m backstroke

• Manuela Carosi

• Heat – 1:04.77

• B-Final – 1:04.52 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200m backstroke

• Manuela Carosi

• Heat – 2:25.45 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200m butterfly

• Roberta Lanzarotti

• Heat – 2:14.53

• B-Final – 2:14.54 (→ 10th place)
• Monica Olmi

• Heat – 2:18.72

• B-Final – 2:16.47 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200m individual medley

• Manuela Dalla Valle

• Heat – 2:20.50

• Final – 2:19.69 (→ 6th place)
• Silvia Persi

• Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 400m individual medley

• Roberta Felotti

• Heat – 4:54.14

• B-Final – 4:57.74 (→ 12th place)

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group B)

• Defeated Canada (3-1)

• Defeated China (3-0)

• Lost to Japan (2-3)

• Defeated Egypt (3-0)
• Semifinals

• Lost to Brazil (1-3)
• Bronze-medal match

• Defeated Canada (3-0) → bronze medal
• Team roster

• Paolo Vecchi

• Fabio Vullo

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group C)

• Defeated Japan (15-5)

• Drew with Australia (8-8)

• Lost to West Germany (4-10)
• Final round (group E)

• Defeated Brazil (13-4)

• Defeated China (11-8)

• Drew with Greece (8-8)

• Defeated Canada (16-9) → 7th place
• Team roster

• Roberto Gandolfi

• Alfio Misaggi

• Andrea Pisano

• Antonello Steardo

• Mario Fiorillo

• Gianni de Magistris

• Marco Galli

• Marco d’Altrui

• Marco Baldineti

• Vincenzo d’Angelo

• Romeo Collina

• Stefano Postiglione

• Umberto Panerai

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Italy at the 1984 Summer Games . 2011-05-08 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110406175029/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1984/ . 2011-04-06 .
2. Web site: Ruggero Verroca . . 25 November 2017.
3. Web site: Francesco Esposito . . 25 November 2017.