Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ITA
Nocname:	Italian National Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	344
Sports:	22
Flagbearer:	Antonio Rossi (opening) Clemente Russo (closing)
Rank:	9
Gold:	8
Silver:	9
Bronze:	10
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China.The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				August 10
				August 11
				August 11
				August 13
				August 14
				August 14
				August 22
				August 24
				August 10
				August 11
				August 12
				August 16
				August 17
				August 20
				August 22
				August 23
				August 23
				August 10
				August 11
				August 13
				August 15
				August 16
				August 17
				August 19
				August 21
				August 22
	Andrea Facchin Antonio Scaduto			August 22

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		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

See 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 /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ilario Di Buò	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	670	9	(56) W 111–100	(41) L 108 (17)–108 (19)	Did not advance
Marco Galiazzo	667	12	(53) W 114–97	(21) L 110–109	Did not advance
Mauro Nespoli	649	44	(21) L 99–103	Did not advance
Ilario Di Buò Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Team	1986	6	(11) W 219–217	(3) W 218–213	(2) W 223–221	(1) L 227–225

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pia Lionetti	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	613	51	(14) L 107–112	Did not advance
Elena Tonetta	595	55	(10) L 106 (9)–106 (10)	Did not advance
Natalia Valeeva	634	30	(35) W 107–105	(3) L 108–110	Did not advance
Pia Lionetti Elena Tonetta Natalia Valeeva	Team	1842	9	(8) W 215–211	(1) L 231–217	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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	align=left rowspan=3	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		—
Hannes Kirchler	Discus throw	56.44	32	Did not advance
Marco Lingua	align=left rowspan=2	Hammer throw		—	Did not advance
Nicola Vizzoni	75.01	13	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		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	50.83 NR	5	Did not advance
Elisa Cusma	800 m	2:00.24	5 q	1:59.52	5	Did not advance
Silvia Weissteiner	5000 m	15:23.45	10	Did not advance
Micol Cattanéo	100 m hurdles	13.13	5	Did not advance
Elena Romagnolo	3000 m steeplechase	9:27.48	5 q	9:30.04	11
Bruna Genovese	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:31:31	17
Anna Incerti	2:30:55	14
Vincenza Sicari	2:33:31	29
Elisa Rigaudo	20 km walk	1:27:12
Audrey Alloh Giulia Arcioni Vincenza Calì Anita Pistone	4 × 100 m relay			Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Magdelín Martínez	Triple jump	13.70	21	Did not advance
Antonietta Di Martino	High jump	1.93	=5 q	1.93	=10
Assunta Legnante	align=left rowspan=2	Shot put	18.74	19	Did not advance
Chiara Rosa	18.74	9 Q	18.22	13
Zahra Bani	Javelin throw		—	Did not advance
Clarissa Claretti	align=left rowspan=2	Hammer throw	71.82	5 Q	71.33	7
Silvia Salis	62.28	22	Did not advance

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vincenzo Picardi	Flyweight	W 10–3	W 8–4	W 7–5	L 1–7	Did not advance
Vittorio Parrinello	Bantamweight		L 1–12	Did not advance
Alessio di Savino	Featherweight	L 1–9	Did not advance
Domenico Valentino	Lightweight	W 15–4	L 2–10	Did not advance
Clemente Russo	Heavyweight		W 7–1	W 7–4	W 7–1	L 2–4
Roberto Cammarelle	Super heavyweight		W 13–1	W 9–5	W	W

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		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
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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michele Zerial	K-1 500 m	1:36.950	3 QS	1:42.931	4	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Andrea Facchin Antonio Scaduto	K-2 500 m	1:30.240	3 QF	1:31.934	9
K-2 1000 m	3:18.897	3 QF	3:14.750
Franco Benedini Luca Piemonte Alberto Ricchetti Antonio Rossi	K-4 1000 m	2:58.627	2 QF	2:57.626	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josefa Idem	K-1 500 m	1:48.864	1 QF	1:50.677
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

See 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
align=left rowspan=2	Marzio Bruseghin	Road race	6:34:26	63
Time trial	1:06:20	22
align=left rowspan=2	Vincenzo Nibali	Road race	Did not finish
Time trial	1:05:36	15
Franco Pellizotti	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	6:31:06	50
Davide Rebellin	6:23:49

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Noemi Cantele	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	3:32:45	15
Vera Carrara	Did not finish
align=left rowspan=2	Tatiana Guderzo	Road race	3:32:24
Time trial	36:37.97	12

Track

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

Sprint

Keirin

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	align=left rowspan=2	Men's cross-country	1:59:59	5
Yader Zoli	(1 lap)	30
Eva Lechner	Women's cross-country	1:58:22	16

BMX

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicola Marconi	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	430.90	18 Q	444.55	14	Did not advance
Tommaso Marconi	360.15	28	Did not advance
Francesco Dell'Uomo	10 m platform	388.80	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tania Cagnotto	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	332.90	6 Q	332.40	5 Q	349.20	5
Maria Marconi	286.10	14 Q	277.50	17	Did not advance
Tania Cagnotto	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	328.30	11 Q	296.60	13	Did not advance
Valentina Marocchi	313.05	15 Q	283.15	15	Did not advance
Noemi Batki Francesca Dallapè	3 m synchronized springboard	296.70	6

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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	align=left rowspan=5	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	246.40	6

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Diego Confalonieri	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée		W 15–10	W 15–9	L 13–14	Did not advance
Alfredo Rota		L 10–11	Did not advance
Matteo Tagliariol		W 15–10	W 15–11	W 15–11	W 15–12	W 15–9
Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol	Team épée		W 45–37	L 39–45	W 45–35
Andrea Cassarà	align=left rowspan=2	Individual foil			W 15–8	L 14–15	Did not advance
Salvatore Sanzo			W 15–3	W 10–9	L 14–15	W 15–14
Aldo Montano	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		W 15–4	L 14–15	Did not advance
Diego Occhiuzzi		L 9–15	Did not advance
Luigi Tarantino		W 15–8	W 15–7	L 13–15	Did not advance
Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino	Team sabre	W 45–39	L 41–45	W 45–44

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Margherita Granbassi	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil		W 11–6	W 11–4	W 12–7	L 3–12	W 15–12
Giovanna Trillini		W 15–7	W 15–3	W 15–8	L 10–15	L 12–15	4
Valentina Vezzali		W 15–3	W 10–7	W 15–3	W 12–3	W 6–5
Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	Team foil	W 37–24	L 21–22	W 32–23
Ilaria Bianco	align=left rowspan=2	Individual sabre		W 15–12	L 6–15	Did not advance
Gioia Marzocca		L 8–15	Did not advance

Football (soccer)

See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Matteo Angioletti	Team	14.250		15.625	16.500		13.575	Did not advance
Alberto Busnari	13.525	15.125	14.625	14.375	colspan=2
Igor Cassina		13.800	14.125	16.000 Q	colspan=2
Andrea Coppolino	14.025	12.925	15.975 Q	14.825	13.675	colspan=3
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
Igor Cassina	Horizontal bar	15.675	15.675	4
Andrea Coppolino	align=left rowspan=2	Rings	16.225	16.225	4
Matteo Morandi	16.200	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
Francesca Benolli	Team	13.600	15.075	14.475	13.850	57.000	35	Did not advance
Monica Bergamelli		13.900		14.350	colspan=2
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		13.550	colspan=3
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
Vanessa Ferrari	All-around	13.950	14.700	15.200	15.600	59.450	11
Carlotta Giovannini	Vault		14.550	14.550	6
Lia Parolari	All-around	14.500	13.950	15.350	15.125	58.925	14

Trampoline

Judo

See 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 /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Giovanni Casale	−66 kg		W 1000–0000	L 0001–0010	Did not advance		W 0012–0000	W 1001–0001	L 0010–1002	Did not advance
Giuseppe Maddaloni	−81 kg		W 0020–0001	L 0000–1001	Did not advance		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Roberto Meloni	−90 kg		W 0100–0010	L 0000–0010	Did not advance		W 1001–0001	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Paolo Bianchessi	+100 kg		L 0000–1011	Did not advance			W 0010–0000	L 0000–0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Giulia Quintavalle	−57 kg	W 0101–0001	W 1010–0001	W 0010–0001	W 0010–0002	W 0011–0001
Ylenia Scapin	−70 kg		W 0010–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance		L 0010–1000	Did not advance
Lucia Morico	−78 kg		W 0010–0001	L 0011–0220	Did not advance		L 0000–1101	Did not advance
Michela Torrenti	+78 kg	L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See 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
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Nicola Benedetti	align=left rowspan=2	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	182	16	1120	18–17	13	832	2:11.70	33	1220	228	22	972	9:24.82	12	1144	5288	17
Sara Bertoli	align=left rowspan=2	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	184	8	1144	14–21	28	736	2:19.22	18	1252	84	17	1116	10:40.01	12	1160	5408	14

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giuseppe De Vita Raffaello Leonardo	Pair	6:51:01	2 SA/B	6:47:30	5 FB	7:04:91	11
Elia Luini Marcello Miani	Lightweight double sculls	6:16:16	1 SA/B	6:31:16	2 FA	6:16:15	4
Lorenzo Carboncini Carlo Mornati Niccolò Mornati Alessio Sartori	Four	6:02:84	2 SA/B	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	5:51:20	1 FA	5:43:57
Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Bruno Mascarenhas Jiri Vlcek	Lightweight four	5:54:12	3 SA/B	6:14:73	5 FB	6:03:12	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriella Bascelli	Single sculls	7:43:67	1 QF	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	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

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
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
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
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Alessandra Sensini	RS:X	6	2	9	1	28	3	2	2	5	8	2	40
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
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Giorgio Poggi	Finn	17	7	14	21	6	12	9	9	CAN	CAN	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	16	74	7

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

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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
align=left rowspan=3	Niccolò 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
align=left rowspan=3	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
align=left rowspan=2	Vigilio Fait	10 m air pistol	580	9	Did not advance
50 m pistol	551	28	Did not advance
Ennio Falco	Skeet	117	14	Did not advance
Erminio Frasca	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	120	3 Q	140 S/O 1	6
Giovanni Pellielo	120	4 Q	143

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chiara Cainero	Skeet	72	1 Q	93
align=left rowspan=2	Maura Genovesi	10 m air pistol	378	28	Did not advance
25 m pistol	286	32	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Valentina Turisini	10 m air rifle	393	28	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	579	15	Did not advance
Deborah Gelisio	Trap	66	7	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics. https://web.archive.org/web/20080817111247/http://www.federnuoto.it/federazione.asp?p=articolo&id=15615

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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
align=left rowspan=2	Alessio Boggiatto	200 m individual medley	1:58.80	7 Q	1:59.77	12	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:10.68	6 Q	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
align=left rowspan=2	Federico Colbertaldo	400 m freestyle	3:45.28	11	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	14:51.44	10	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	4:12.47	5
Mattia Nalesso	100 m butterfly			Did not advance
Samuel Pizzetti	1500 m freestyle	15:07.02	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Massimiliano Rosolino	200 m freestyle	1:48.76	28	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:45.57	13	Did not advance
Alessandro Terrin	100 m breaststroke			Did not advance
Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Filippo Magnini Michele Santucci	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.65	4 Q	3:11.48 NR	4
Marco Belotti Emiliano Brembilla Nicola Cassio Massimiliano Rosolino	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:07.84	2 Q	7:05.35	4
Mirco di Tora Filippo Magnini Mattia Nalesso Alessandro Terrin	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.32	8 Q

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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			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
align=left rowspan=2	Alessia Filippi	800 m freestyle	8:21.95	4 Q	8:20.23
400 m individual medley	4:35.11	3 Q	4:34.34	5
Roberta Panara	100 m breaststroke	1:08.90	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Federica Pellegrini	200 m freestyle	1:55.45	1 Q	1:57.23	3 Q	1:54.82
400 m freestyle	4:02.19	1 Q	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	Did not advance
Alice Carpanese Alessia Filippi Federica Pellegrini Renata Spagnolo Flavia Zoccari	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:53.38 NR	3 Q	7:49.76	4
Romina Armellini Ilaria Bianchi Roberta Panara Federica Pellegrini	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:04.93	10	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mihai Bobocica	Men's singles	W 4–2	W 4–1	L 3–4	Did not advance
Nikoleta Stefanova	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles		W 4–0	L 1–4	Did not advance
Tan Wenling		W 4–2	L 2-4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mauro Sarmiento	Men's −80 kg	W 4–1	W 1–0	W 6–5	L 2–4
Leonardo Basile	Men's +80 kg	L 1–3	Did not advance
Veronica Calabrese	Women's −57 kg	W 2–0	W 3–0	L 1–5		L 2–3	Did not advance	5

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Simone Bolelli	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	L 5–7, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance
Andreas Seppi	W 6–4, 4–6, 8–6	L 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)	Did not advance
Potito Starace	L 2–6, 6–3, 2–6	Did not advance
Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi	Doubles		L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sara Errani	align=left rowspan=4	Singles	L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Flavia Pennetta	L 2–6, 6–7^(6–8)	Did not advance
Mara Santangelo	L 3–6, 6–7^(1–7)	Did not advance
Francesca Schiavone	W 6–4, 6–2	W 6–3, 7–6^(8–6)	L 6–7^(4–7), 4-6	Did not advance
Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		W 6–4, 6–4	W 7–6^(7–1), 1–6, 8–6	L 1–6, 6–3, 7–5	Did not advance
Mara Santangelo Roberta Vinci		L 1–6, 6–3, 5–7	Did not advance

Triathlon

See 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	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	18:22	0:28	58:56	0:29	35:43	1:53:58.22	40
Daniel Fontana	18:22	0:28	58:55	0:28	34:26	1:52:39.21	33
Charlotte Bonin	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	20:07	0:29	1:06:58	0:38	41:30	2:09:42.09	44
Daniela Chmet	20:00	0:31	Lapped

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

See 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

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play – Pool A

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

Roster

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Group play – Pool A

Quarterfinal

Water polo

See 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

See main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Classification quarterfinal

Classification semifinal

Classification 9th–10th

Women's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Quarterfinal

Classification 5th–6th

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Minguzzi	−84 kg		W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1
Daigoro Timoncini	−96 kg	W 3–0	L 0–3	Did not advance		L 1–3	Did not advance		11

See also

• Italy at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Italy at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games

Notes and References

1. http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Results/Results/07_WC_Outdoor_Leipzig/ECOMPR.pdf 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results
2. Web site: Positive Beijing tests confirmed . BBC Sport. 2009-07-08. 2009-07-19.