Italy at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	ITA
Nocname:	Italian National Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2014
Location:	Nanjing
Competitors:	68
Sports:	20
Rank:	7
Gold:	7
Silver:	8
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto

Italy competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified a male and female archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.^[1] ^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Elia Fregnan	Boys' Individual	667	13	L 0–6	did not advance				17
Tanya Giaccheri	Girls' Individual	650	8	W 6–2	L 2–6	did not advance			9

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athletes	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed Team	1291	5	W 5-3	L 0-6	did not advance			9
	Mixed Team	1270	26	L 3-5	did not advance				17

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified 18 athletes.^[3]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Filippo Tortu	200 m	21.38 PB	6 Q	DNS
Giacomo Brandi	10 km walk	DNF

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Tobia Bocchi	Triple jump	15.37	3 Q	16.01
Stefano Sottile	align=left	High jump	2.03	13 qB	2.02	14
Matteo Cristoforo Capello	Pole vault		qB	4.30	15
Leonardo Fabbri	Shot put	19.17 PB	6 Q	18.96	7
Jordan Zinelli	Javelin throw	64.45	14 qB	53.30	14
Tiziano di Blasio	Hammer throw	70.08	10 qB	69.58	9

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alessia Pavese	200 m	DNS		Did not advance
Ilaria Verderio	400 m	54.18	5 Q	54.43	7
Elena Bellò	800 m	2:08.99	4 Q	2:06.31 PB	4
Chiara Ferdani	1500 m	4:25.93 PB	5 Q	4:39.88	10
Martina Millo	100 m hurdles	13.93	11 qB	14.67	12
Nicole Reina	2000 m steeplechase	6:41.64	4 Q	6:38.68	4
Noemi Stella	5 km walk	23:38.10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Beatrice Fiorese	Long jump	6.26 PB	1 Q	6.21
Valentina Kalmykova	Triple jump	12.72 PB	5 Q	12.18	7
Lucia Prinetti Anzalapaya	Hammer throw	70.27 PB	2 Q	65.86	4

Beach Volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified a girls' team from their performance at the 2014 CEV Youth Continental Cup Final.^[4]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=5	Irene Enzo Michela Lantignotti	align=left rowspan=5	Girls'		Q	W 2 – 0	L 0 – 2	did not advance	17


L 0 – 2

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified four boxers based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships^[5]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vincenzo Arecchia	-64 kg	W 2-1	W 3-0	W w/o
Vincenzo Lizzi	-69 kg	W 2-1	L 0-3	Bronze Medal Bout W TKO

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Irma Testa	-51 kg		W 3–0	L 0–3
Monica Floridia	-60 kg	L 0-3	Did not advance	Bout for 5th Place W 2-0	5

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.^[6]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luigi Ruggiero	C1 slalom	1:26.405	5 R	1:28.180	1 Q	L 1:31.924	did not advance		5
C1 sprint	2:01.000	11 Q	2:00.910	10	did not advance			10

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.^[7] ^[8]

Team

Athletes	Event	Cross-Country Eliminator		Time Trial			BMX		Cross-Country Race			Road Race			Total Pts	Rank
Athletes	Event	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Total Pts	Rank
Federico Mandelli Manuel Todaro	Boys' Team	4	50	5:20.91	13	4	6	60	58:27	8	20	1:37:42 1:37:29	39 23	0	134	10
Sofia Beggin Chiara Teocchi	Girls' Team	5	40	6:03.70	4	50	12	12	45:19	2	80	1:12:36 1:12:36	3 16	66	248

Mixed Relay

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified two quotas based on its performance at the Nanjing 2014 Diving Qualifying Event.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Giacomo Ciammarughi	align=left	Boys' 3 m springboard	443.10	12	448.20	11
Laura Bilotta	align=left	Girls' 3 m springboard	400.50	6	409.60	5
	align=left	Mixed team	348.60	4

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified a rider.^[10]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Matias Alvaro	Montelini	Individual Jumping	1	10
Europe	align=left valign=bottom	Galaxy Commander Montelini For The Sun Abel	Team Jumping	align=center valign=bottom	(8) 0 0 (8) 0(0) 0 0 (0) 0	1	align=center valign=bottom	(4) 0 0 (0) 0(0) 0 0 (0) 0		1	0

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified five athletes based on its performance at the 2014 FIE Cadet World Championships.^[11]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Pool Round	Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Riccardo Abate	Épée	Pool 2 L 0-5	5	L 12-13	did not advance			11
Guillaume Bianchi	Foil	W 5-1		W 15-6

Girls

Athlete	Event	Pool Round	Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eleonora De Marchi	Épée	Pool 1 L 4-5	2		W 15-10	W 15-11	L 13-15
Claudia Borella	Foil
Chiara Crovari	Sabre			W 15-10			L

Mixed Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals /	Final /	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Europe 1	Mixed Team		Americas 2 W 30-29	Asia-Oceania 2 W	Asia-Oceania 1 L
Europe 2	Mixed Team		Americas 1 W 30–24	Asia-Oceania 1 L 29–30	Asia-Oceania 2 W 30–25
Europe 4	Team		Asia-Oceania 1 L 22-30	America 1 W 30-27	America 2 L 28-30	6

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.^[12]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Renato Paratore	align=left	Boys	72	17	67	139	5	66	205	1	205 (-6)
Virginia Carta	align=left	Girls	69	1	75	144	6	70	214	4	214 (-2)	=4

Team

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic Gymnastics

Italy qualified athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European WAG Championships.^[13]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event					Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=6	Iosra Abdelaziz	Qualification	14.000 6 Q	13.100 2 Q	13.250 4 Q	12.800 4 Q	53.150	5 Q
All-Around	13.750	13.350	12.500	12.950	52.550	6
Uneven Bars	13.366
Balance Beam	12.933	4
Floor	12.933	6

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.^[14]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals					Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elios Manzi	Boys' -66 kg	W 000-000	L 000-010	did not advance		W 000-000	W 100-000	L 000-010	did not advance		11
Chiara Carminucci	Girls' -63 kg		L 000-001	did not advance			L 000-010	did not advance			15

Team

Modern Pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified one athlete based on its performance at the European YOG Qualifiers and another based on its performance at the 2014 Youth A World Championships.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Fencing Ranking Round (épée one touch)		Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing Final Round (épée one touch)			Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total Points	Final Rank
Athlete	Event	Results	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Results	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Total Points	Final Rank
Gianluca Micozzi			3										1123	7
Aurora Tognetti					2	292								10
Unknown
					8	335					3

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riccardo Mager Riccardo Peretti	Boys' Pairs	3:16.01	4 R	3:15.93	4 FB	3:21.87	9
Arianna Mazzoni	Girls' Single Sculls	3:56.16	3 R	3:58.44	3 SC/D	3:55.69	1 FC	4:03.20	16

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified four boats based on its performance at the Byte CII European Continental Qualifiers and Techno 293 European Continental Qualifiers.^[17] ^[18]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Final Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net Points	Final Rank
Vittorio Gallinaro	Boys' Byte CII	17	23	6	19	22	(24)	8	10	Cancelled		129.00	105.00	18
Ruggero Lo Mauro	Boys' Techno 293	(14)	8	8	10	8	9	13	Cancelled			70.00	56.00	9
Carolina Albano	Girls' Byte CII	5	7	12	8	3	9	(31) DNS	25	Cancelled		100.00	69.00	8
Giulia Alagna	Girls' Techno 293	10	1	9	7	(11)	10	16	Cancelled			64.00	53.00	11

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy was given a wild card to compete.^[19]

Individual

Team

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified eight swimmers.^[20]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Alessandro Bori	50 m freestyle	22.93	4 Q	22.87	8 Q	22.66	4
100 m freestyle	50.35	3 Q	49.91	3 Q	49.65	4
align=left rowspan=3	Nicolangelo Di Fabio	100 m freestyle	50.83	12 Q	50.64	10	did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:50.08	1 Q	1:48.45
400 m freestyle	colspan=6
align=left rowspan=3	Simone Sabbioni	50 m backstroke	25.90	3 Q	25.40	1 Q	25.47
100 m backstroke	55.47	3 Q	54.48	1 Q	54.24
200 m backstroke	2:02.51	7 Q	2:00.33	6
align=left rowspan=4	Giacomo Carini	50 m butterfly	25.74	28	did not advance
100 m butterfly	55.01	10 Q	54.69	11	did not advance
200 m butterfly	1:59.83	4 Q	1:58.14
200 m individual medley	DNS		did not advance
Alessandro Bori Giacomo Carini Nicolangelo di Fabio Simone Sabbioni	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:24.98	2 Q	3:22.29

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Rachele Ceracchi	50 m freestyle	26.46	16 Q	26.20	14	did not advance
100 m freestyle	55.81	4 Q	56.22	12	did not advance
200 m freestyle	2:01.32	6 Q	2:01.32	7
align=left rowspan=2	Simona Quadarella	400 m freestyle	4:15.40	7 Q	4:15.05	6
800 m freestyle	8:35.39
align=left rowspan=3	Ambra Esposito	50 m backstroke	30.47	29	did not advance
100 m backstroke	1:02.37	6 Q	1:02.22	6 Q	1:02.55	8
200 m backstroke	2:13.00	3 Q	2:10.42
align=left rowspan=3	Claudia Tarzia	50 m butterfly	28.10	17	did not advance
100 m butterfly	1:00.08	3 Q	1:00.26	5 Q	59.38	4
200 m butterfly	2:15.32	11	did not advance

Mixed

Table Tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified one athlete based on its performance at the Road to Nanjing series.^[21]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Giorgia Piccolin	align=left rowspan=3	Girls	Group B L 0 - 3	3 qB	W w/o			L 0 - 3	18
W 3 – 0
L 1 – 3

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Europe 3	align=left rowspan=3	Mixed	Latin America 1 L 1-3	3 qB	Intercontinental 2 W 2-0
Africa 1 W 3-0
Germany L 0-3

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.^[22]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Licia Martignani	−55 kg	W 0 (SUP) - 0	L 7 - 8	did not advance		5
Marina Rizzelli	+63 kg	L 3 - 4	did not advance			9

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[23]

Individual

Relay

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Italy qualified 1 quota in the boys' and girls' events based on the team ranking after the 2014 Weightlifting Youth European Championships.^[24] ^[25]

Boys

Girls

Notes and References

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News: Cycling Boys Qualifiers . . 12 July 2014 . 12 July 2014 .
News: Cycling Girls Qualifiers . . 12 July 2014 . 12 July 2014 .
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News: Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking . . 8 June 2014 . 7 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702151154/http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/youth-olympic-games/youth-olympic-golf-ranking/ . 2 July 2014 .
News: 2nd Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers - Gymnastics . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014.
News: 2014 YOG IJF Athlete List. International Judo Federation. 18 July 2014. 4 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812015412/http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2014_07/28/140653382518565615/2014_nanjing_final_list_of_entries_by_noc.pdf. 12 August 2014. dead. dmy-all.
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News: 2014 European YOG Qualifier . . 17 May 2014 . 18 May 2014.
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News: Girls Team Classification from European Youth Championships . . 3 May 2014 . 3 May 2014.