Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:ITA
Nocname:Italian National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1996
Website: 
Location:Atlanta
Competitors:340 (236 men, 104 women)
Sports:27
Flagbearer:Giovanna Trillini
Rank:6
Gold:13
Silver:10
Bronze:12
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 340 competitors, 236 men and 104 women, took part in 172 events in 27 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The Italian men received unfortunate rankings in the open round, and both Andrea Parenti and Matteo Bisiani quickly found themselves losing to eventual silver medallist Magnus Petersson, in the second and third rounds, respectively. Both had the highest score of any archer to lose in their round. Michele Frangilli advanced to the quarterfinal before facing eventual gold medallist Justin Huish. They won the bronze medal in the team round.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 5,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's Marathon

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

Men's 400m Hurdles

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

Men's Long Jump

Men's Shot Put

Men's Discus Throw

Men's Hammer Throw

Men's Decathlon

Men's 20 kilometres Walk

Men's 50 kilometres Walk

Women's 400 metres

Women's 5,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres

Women's Marathon

Women's 100m Hurdles

Women's 400m Hurdles

Women's Discus Throw

Women's High Jump

Women's Long Jump

Women's Triple Jump

Women's Heptathlon

Women's 10 km Walk

Baseball

See main article: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The Italians were one of four teams that made their second appearance in Olympic baseball in 1996. They improved slightly, upon their seventh-place finish of four years earlier by taking the middle place in a three-way tie for fifth through seventh places. They had defeated Korea and Australia in the preliminary round but had lost their other five preliminary games.

Men's Team Competition:

Team roster

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Preliminary round
  • Quarterfinals
  • Classification Round 5th−8th place
  • 7th place game
  • Beach volleyball

    See main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Boxing

    See main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

    Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

    Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

    Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

    Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

    Canoeing

    See main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Cycling

    See main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Road Competition

    Men's Individual Time Trial

    Women's Individual Road Race

    Women's Individual Time Trial

    Track Competition

    Men's Points Race

    Mountain Bike

    Men's Cross Country

    Women's Cross Country

    Diving

    See main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's 3m Springboard

    Women's 3m Springboard

    Women's 10m Platform

    Equestrian

    See main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Fencing

    See main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Sixteen fencers, nine men and seven women, represented Italy in 1996.

    Men's foil
    Men's team foil
    Men's épée
    Men's team épée
    Men's sabre
    Men's team sabre
    Women's foil
    Women's team foil
    Women's épée
    Women's team épée

    Football

    See main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Men's team competition

    Gymnastics

    See main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Modern pentathlon

    See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's Individual Competition:

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Sailing

    See main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's 50m Freestyle

    Men's 200m Freestyle

    Men's 400m Freestyle

    Men's 1500m Freestyle

    Men's 100m Backstroke

    Men's 200m Backstroke

    Men's 100m Butterfly

    Men's 200m Butterfly

    Men's 200m Individual Medley

    Men's 400m Individual Medley

    Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay


    Women's 100m Freestyle

    Women's 200m Backstroke

    Women's 100m Breaststroke

    Women's 100m Butterfly

    Women's 200m Butterfly

    Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

    Synchronized swimming

    See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Tennis

    See main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's Singles Competition


    Women's Singles Competition

    Volleyball

    See main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Men's Indoor Team Competition

    Water polo

    See main article: Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Men's team competition

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Italy at the 1996 Summer Games . 2012-02-15 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110914184834/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1996/ . 2011-09-14 .