Italy at the 2004 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	ITA
Npcname:	Comitato Italiano Paralimpico
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	77
Sports:	12
Rank:	31
Gold:	4
Silver:	8
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto

Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 76 athletes, 62 men and 14 women.^[1] Competitors from Italy won 19 medals, including 4 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze to finish 31st in the medal table.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Sport	Event
			Women's individual W1/W2
			Men's marathon T51
			Women's 100 m butterfly S8
			Men's individual sabre A
			Women's team
			Men's long jump F42
			Men's long jump F44
			Women's 100 m T53
			Women's 800 m T53
			Men's bicycle road race/time trial LC1
			Women's 200 m individual medley SM8
			Women's singles class 4
			Men's 200 m T51
			Women's 10000 m T11
			Women's marathon T11
			Women's 400 m T53
			Men's individual 4 km pursuit LC1
			Men's individual 4 km pursuit LC3
			Men's 200m freestyle S3

Sports

Archery

Men

|-|align=left|Daniele Cassiani|align=left|Men's individual W1|386|12|N/A|
L 114-164|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Salvartore Carrubba|align=left rowspan=3|Men's individual W2|555|29|
L 126-155|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Oscar de Pellegrin|626|2|Bye|
W 151-147|
W 94-91|
L 97-98|
L 96-104|4|-|align=left|Marco Vitale|568|24|
W 153-137|
L 139-158|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Salvatore Carrubba
Oscar de Pellegrin
Marco Vitale|align=left|Men's team|1749|10|N/A|
W *197-197|
L 223-226|colspan=3|did not advance|}

Women

|-|align=left|Paola Fantato|align=left rowspan=3|Women's individual W1/2|570|4|N/A|
W 154-127|
W 85-80|
W 96-88|
W 97-83||-|align=left|Anna Menconi|514|14|N/A|
L 128-129|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Sandra Truccolo|533|12|N/A|
L 117-119|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Paola Fantato
Anna Menconi
Sandra Truccolo|align=left|Women's team|1617|6|colspan=2|N/A|
W 201-176|
W 205-194|
L 157-184||}

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paolo Barbera	T13	800m	N/A				2:05.47	8
		1500m	4:16.21	16	did not advance
Daniele Bonacini	T44	100m	12.95	12	did not advance
		200m	26.18	11	did not advance
Alessio Carosi	T11	100m	12.27	17	did not advance
Andrea Cionna	T11	10000m	N/A				33:59.98
		Marathon	N/A				2:49:59
Fabrizio Cocchi	T13	Marathon	N/A				2:51:16	9
Paolo D'Agostini	T51	200m	N/A				43.77	7
		Marathon	N/A				3:48:28	5
Alvise de Vidi	T51	200m	N/A				40.30
		Marathon	N/A				2:53:38
Carlo Durante	T11	10000m	N/A				37:46.96	12
		Marathon	N/A				3:05:01	7
Stefano Lippi	T42	100m	N/A				13.09	4
		200m	N/A				28.10	6
Aldo Manganaro	T13	100m	11.32	7 q	N/A		11.39	7
		200m	23.30	8 Q	N/A		23.62	6
Heros Marai	T44	100m	12.27	6 q	N/A		12.12	6
		200m	25.23	9	did not advance
Lorenzo Ricci	T11	100m	DNF		did not advance
		200m	DNS		did not advance
Matteo Tassetti	T12	100m	11.91	23	did not advance
		200m	24.41	22	did not advance
Daniele Bonacini Roberto la Barbera Stefano Lippi Heros Marai	T42-46	4 × 100 m relay	N/A				DNF

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Germano Bernardi	F54	Shot put	7.38	style="text-align:center;"	-	9
Daniele Bonacini	F44	Long jump	5.72	style="text-align:center;"	-	6
Roberto La Barbera	F44	Long jump	6.45	style="text-align:center;"	-
	P44	Pentathlon	4127		4
Stefano Lippi	F42	Long jump	5.63	style="text-align:center;"	-
Renato Misturini	F55	Discus	29.40	style="text-align:center;"	-	7
	F55-56	Javelin	22.51	770	16
Maurizio Nalin	F57	Javelin	29.30	style="text-align:center;"	-	7
		Shot put	11.95	style="text-align:center;"	-	5

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Francesca Porcellato	T53	100m	N/A				17.63
		400m	57.46	2 Q	N/A		59.59
		800m	2:07.67	5 Q	N/A		1:59.55

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Carmen Acunto	F54/55	Shot put	7.07	816	10
Giuliana Cum	F42-46	Discus	29.45	910	11
		Shot put	8.43	786	14
	F44/46	Long jump	3.62	900	12

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andreas Gemassmer	Men's road race / time trial LC3	style="text-align:center;"	-	4
Fabrizio Macchi	Men's road race / time trial LC3	style="text-align:center;"	-	8
Roland Reupp	Men's handcycle road race HC div B/C	1:27:31	8
	Men's handcycle time trial HC div B/C	19:41.40	10
Pierangelo Vignati	Men's road race / time trial LC1	style="text-align:center;"	-	10
Fabio Triboli	Men's road race / time trial LC1	style="text-align:center;"	-
Emanuele Bersini Fabrizio Di Somma	Men's road race / time trial tandem B1-3	3:08:23	11

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Fabrizio Macchi	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:10.43	6
	Men's individual pursuit LC3	4:10.41	3 Q	W 4:11.63	4 q	W 4:07.43
Fabio Triboli	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:12.67	12
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	5:00.47	3 Q	W 5:01.71	3 q	W 5:03.43
Pierangelo Vignati	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:16.22	24
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	5:04.18	4 Q	L 5:15.00	7	did not advance
Emanuele Bersini Fabrizio Di Somma	Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3	N/A				1:10.91	16
	Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3	4:43.45	11	did not advance

Equestrian

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
Mauro Caredda	Mixed individual championship test grade I	65.368	10
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade I	65.875	10

Judo

Men

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Ivano Borgato	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	551	21	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	538	20	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	528	14	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Daniele de Michiel	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1114	14	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	581	46	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	585	10	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Giancarlo Iori	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	563	4 Q	93.9	656.9	6
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	549	13	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	515	14	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Lauro Pederzoli	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	596	22	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	571	30	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Azzurra Ciani	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	600 =WR	1 Q	102.9	702.9	6
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	582	13	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Matteo Lenza	S8	50m freestyle	31.67	9	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:07.82	14	did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:14.45	9	did not advance
Luca Mazzone	S4	50m freestyle	43.17	6 Q	39.78	5
		100m freestyle	1:39.05	7 Q	1:37.01	5
		200m freestyle	3:31.03	7 Q	3:39.05	7
		50m butterfly	1:11.93	9	did not advance
Andrea Palantrani	S13	50m freestyle	27.39	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:01.95	12	did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:12.70	11	did not advance
	SB13	100m breaststroke	1:14.33	1 Q	1:14.60	5
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:40.37	9	did not advance
Carlo Piccoli	S3	50m freestyle	53.13	4 Q	54.15	5
		100m freestyle	2:05.01	6 Q	1:57.22	4
		200m freestyle	4:15.09	4 Q	4:06.20
	SM3	150m individual medley	DSQ		did not advance
Alessandro Serpico	S12	100m freestyle	1:01.87	11	did not advance
		400m freestyle	4:54.83	8 Q	4:52.08	8
		100m backstroke	1:10.94	10	did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:24.15	18	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Immacolata Cerasuolo	S8	100m freestyle	1:20.82	12	did not advance
		400m freestyle	6:09.17	12	did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:24.15	1 Q	1:23.04
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:36.40	8 Q	1:34.97	8
	SM8	200m individual medley	3:02.27	2 Q	3:02.03
Dalia Dameno	S5	50m freestyle	46.77	7 Q	45.71	7
		100m freestyle	1:44.52	9	did not advance
		200m freestyle	3:53.22	8 Q	3:53.62	8
		50m butterfly	N/A		1:04.08	7

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Salvatore Caci	Men's singles 4	L 2–3	W 3–2	W 3–0	1 Q	L 1–3	did not advance
Andrea Furlan	Men's singles 7	W 3-2	W 3-0	W 3-0	1 Q	W 3-0	L 1-3	L 0-3	4
Paolo Pietro Puglisi	Men's singles 10	L 0-3	L 0-3	W 3-1	3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Clara Podda	Women's singles 1-2	L 1–3	W 3–1	W 3–0	2 Q	N/A	L 1–3	L 0-3	4
Valeria Zorzetto	Women's singles 4	W 3-1	W 3-1	W 3-0	1 Q	Bye	W 3-2	L 1-3

Wheelchair basketball

The men's wheelchair basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out of 12 teams.

Players

• Damiano Airoldi
• Fabio Bernadis
• Matteo Cavagnini
• Salvatore Cherchi
• Sandr Cherubini
• Sergio Cherubini
• Alberto Pellegrini
• Mauro Pennino
• Fabio Raimondi
• Emiliano Rocca
• Stefano Rossetti
• Ali Mohamed Sanna

Tournament

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Italy vs.	54 - 83	4 Q
2	Italy vs.	52 - 57
3	Italy vs.	51 - 48
4	Italy vs.	67 - 50
5	Italy vs.	52 - 69
Quarter finals	Italy vs.	64 - 70	L
5th/6th classification	Italy vs.	62 - 76	6

Wheelchair fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gerardo Mari	Men's foil B		L 2-5	3 Q	W 15-14	L 10-15	did not advance
			L 1-5
			W 5-2
			W 5-0
	Men's sabre B		W 5-2	2 Q	Bye	L 14-15	did not advance
			L 1-5
			W 5-4
			W 5-1
			W 5-4
Alberto Pellegrini	Men's foil A		L 2-5	2 Q	W 15-8	L 10-15	did not advance
			W 5-3
			W 5-0
			W 5-3
	Men's sabre A		W 5-2	1 Q	Bye	W 15-7	W 15-12	W 15-12
			W 5-1
			W 5-1
			W 5-1
Alessio Sarri	Men's épée B		L 1–5	4 Q	L 5–15	did not advance
			L 2-5
			L 3-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-4
	Men's foil B		L 2-5	4 Q	L 7-15	did not advance
			L 4-5
			L 3-5
			W 5-0
Alberto Serafini	Men's foil A		L 2-5	5	did not advance
			L 3-5
			L 3-5
			L 3-5
			W 5-2
	Men's sabre A		L 1-5	4 Q	L 2-15	did not advance
			L 0-5
			L 1-5
			W 5-2
			W 5-2

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laura Presutto	Women's épée A		L 0–5	4 Q	L 6-15	did not advance
			L 1-5
			L 2-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-0
	Women's foil A		L 2-5	5 Q	L 5-15	did not advance
			L 0-5
			L 2-5
			L 4-5
			W 5-4
Loredana Trigilia	Women's épée A		W 5-2	1 Q	W 15-13	W 15-12	L 9-15	L 8-15	4
			W 5-4
			W 5-4
			W 5-2
			W 5-1
	Women's foil A		L 3-5	2 Q	W 15-4	L 14-15	did not advance
			W 5-0
			W 5-2
			W 5-0
			W 5-1
Rosalba Vettraino	Women's épée B		L 3-5	2 Q	N/A	L 13-15	did not advance
			W 5-2
			W 5-1
			W 5-0
	Women's foil B		L 2-5	5	did not advance
			L 1-5
			L 1-5
			L 4-5

Teams

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gerardo Mari Alberto Pellegrini Alessio Sarri Alberto Serafini	Men's foil team	L 45-38	W 45-2	5th classification W 45-39	5
Gerardo Mari Alberto Pellegrini Alberto Serafini	Men's sabre team	W 45-25	L 38-45	L 44-45	4
Laura Presutto Loredana Trigilia Rosalba Vettraino	Women's épée team	L 35-45	N/A	5th classification L 43-45	6
	Women's foil team	L 41-45	W 45-19	5th classification W 45-43	5

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	style=”line-height:1em”	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mario Gatelli	Open	Men's singles	W 6–1, 7-5, 6–0	L 0–6, 2–6	did not advance
Mario Gatelli Fabian Mazzei		Men's doubles	N/A	/ W 7-6, 6-7, 6-3	/ L 2-6, 2-6	did not advance

Quads

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Giuseppe Polidori	Open	Quads' singles	L 6–3, 3-6, 2-6	did not advance
Antonio Raffaele			L 2-6, 1-6	did not advance
Giuseppe Polidori Antonio Raffaele		Quads' doubles	N/A	/ L 3-6, 1-6	did not advance

See also

• Italy at the Paralympics
• Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Committee. 8 June 2011.
2. Web site: Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Committee. 8 June 2011.