| Noc: | ITA |
| Nocname: | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 314 |
| Sports: | 24 |
| Flagbearer: | Federica Pellegrini (opening)[1] Daniele Lupo (closing) |
| Rank: | 9 |
| Gold: | 8 |
| Silver: | 12 |
| Bronze: | 8 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
Italy competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Italy has competed in every Summer Olympics, except the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.
Italy's medalists.
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| Medals by sport | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Total | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 8 | 12 | 8 | 28 | ||
| Medals by day | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Total | ||||
| 1 | August 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | August 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | August 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | August 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | August 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | August 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | August 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | August 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | August 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | August 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | August 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | August 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | August 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | August 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | August 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 16 | August 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 8 | 12 | 8 | 28 | ||
| Medals by gender | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Total | ||||
| Male | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |
| Female | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 12 | 8 | 28 | |
| Multiple medalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Sport | Total | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| width=78% align=left valign=top |The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 15 | 23 | 38 | |||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 7 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 14 | 9 | 23 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 8 | 6 | 14 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 1 | 11 | 12 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 22 | 4 | 26 | |||||
| 6 | 7 | 13 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | 14 | |||||
| 20 | 18 | 38 | |||||
| — | 9 | 9 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 16 | 14 | 30 | |||||
| 13 | 13 | 26 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 170 | 144 | 314 |
See main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Three Italian archers qualified for the men's events after having secured a top eight finish in the men's team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.[2] [3] Another set of three archers qualified for the women's events by virtue of the nation's podium finish in the team recurve competition at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey.[4]
The full Italian archery team, led by London 2012 champions Marco Galiazzo and Mauro Nespoli was named on July 6, 2016.[5]
| 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 | |||
| Marco Galiazzo | align=left rowspan=3 | Individual | 651 | 47 | L 5–6 | did not advance | |||||
| Mauro Nespoli | 671 | 16 | W 7–3 | W 6–0 | W 6–0 | L 5–6 | did not advance | ||||
| David Pasqualucci | 685 | 3 | W 6–0 | L 2–6 | did not advance | ||||||
| Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli David Pasqualucci | Team | 2007 | 3 | L 0–6 | did not advance | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| Lucilla Boari | align=left rowspan=3 | Individual | 651 | 7 | L 1–7 | did not advance | |||||
| Claudia Mandia | 612 | 46 | L 4–6 | did not advance | |||||||
| Guendalina Sartori | 648 | 13 | W 6–0 | L 2–6 | did not advance | ||||||
| Lucilla Boari Claudia Mandia Guendalina Sartori | Team | 1911 | 6 | W 6–0 | W 5–3 | L 3–5 | L 3–5 | 4 | |||
See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[6] [7]
Following the end of the qualifying period, a total of 35 athletes (15 men and 20 women) were officially named to Italy's track and field roster for the Games on July 14, 2016, with triple jumper and London 2012 bronze medalist Fabrizio Donato matching the record with sprinter Pietro Mennea as the only men competing in five straight Olympics. A day later, high jumper and London 2012 Olympian Gianmarco Tamberi was forced to withdraw from the team after sustaining a partial rupture of his ankle ligament shortly upon clearing a national record of 2.39 m in Monaco.[8] Three more athletes (Lingua, Magnani, & Malavisi) were added to the team on July 18, bringing the roster size to 38.[9] On 27 July, Jamel Chatbi was suspended for missing out the doping test.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Abdoullah Bamoussa | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:42.81 | 12 | did not advance | ||||
| Giordano Benedetti | 800 m | 1:49.40 | 3 Q | 1:46.41 | 6 | did not advance | ||
| Teodorico Caporaso | align=left rowspan=2 | 50 km walk | ||||||
| Marco De Luca | 3:54:40 | 21 | ||||||
| Eseosa Desalu | 200 m | 20.65 | 5 | did not advance | ||||
| Yuri Floriani | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:40.80 | 10 | did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Matteo Galvan | 200 m | 20.58 | 2 Q | 20.88 | 8 | did not advance | |
| 400 m | 46.07 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Matteo Giupponi | 20 km walk | 1:20:27 | 8 | ||||
| 50 km walk | ||||||||
| Stefano La Rosa | Marathon | 2:18:57 | 57 | |||||
| Davide Manenti | 200 m | 20.51 | 4 | did not advance | ||||
| Daniele Meucci | align=left rowspan=2 | Marathon | ||||||
| Ruggero Pertile | 2:17:30 | 38 | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Catherine Bertone | Marathon | 2:33:29 | 25 | ||||
| Marzia Caravelli | 400 m hurdles | 57.77 | 6 | did not advance | |||
| Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | 400 m | 52.06 | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Ayomide Folorunso | 400 m hurdles | 55.78 | 3 Q | 56.37 | 7 | did not advance | |
| Eleonora Giorgi | 20 km walk | ||||||
| Libania Grenot | 400 m | 51.17 | 2 Q | 50.60 | 3 q | 51.25 | 8 |
| Gloria Hooper | 200 m | 23.05 | 6 | did not advance | |||
| Anna Incerti | Marathon | ||||||
| Veronica Inglese | 10000 m | 32:11.67 | 30 | ||||
| Margherita Magnani | 1500 m | 4:09.74 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| Antonella Palmisano | 20 km walk | 1:29:03 | 4 | ||||
| Yadisleidy Pedroso | 400 m hurdles | 55.91 | 4 q | 55.78 | 5 | did not advance | |
| Elisa Rigaudo | 20 km walk | 1:31:04 | 11 | ||||
| Yusneysi Santiusti | 800 m | 2:00.45 | 2 Q | 2:00.80 | 7 | did not advance | |
| Valeria Straneo | Marathon | 2:29:44 | 13 | ||||
| Chiara Bazzoni Elena Maria Bonfanti Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Libania Grenot Marta Milani Maria Enrica Spacca | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.16 | 4 q | 3:27.05 | 6 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Silvano Chesani | High jump | 2.22 | 33 | did not advance | ||
| Fabrizio Donato | Triple jump | 16.54 | 17 | did not advance | ||
| Marco Lingua | Hammer throw | — | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Dariya Derkach | Triple jump | 13.56 | 28 | did not advance | ||
| Sonia Malavisi | Pole vault | 4.45 | =21 | did not advance | ||
| Desirée Rossit | align=left rowspan=2 | High jump | 1.94 | =15 Q | 1.88 | 16 |
| Alessia Trost | 1.94 | =7 Q | 1.93 | 5 | ||
See main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. Having previously competed for Switzerland in Beijing 2008, Jeanine Cicognini claimed her second Olympic spot as one of top 34 individual shuttlers in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.[10]
See main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has entered six boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Valentino Manfredonia became the first Italian boxer to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish in the World Series of Boxing, while two-time Olympic silver medalist Clemente Russo did so in the AIBA Pro Boxing series.[11] [12]
Three further boxers, including London 2012 Olympians Manuel Cappai and bronze medalist Vincenzo Mangiacapre, claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.[13] Meanwhile, Guido Vianello secured an additional place on the Italian roster as the winner and sole recipient of the men's super heavyweight division at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.[14] Carmine Tommasone completed the nation's boxing lineup with his box-off victory at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.[15]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Manuel Cappai | Light flyweight | L 0–3 | did not advance | |||||
| Carmine Tommasone | Lightweight | W 3–0 | L 0–3 | did not advance | ||||
| Vincenzo Mangiacapre | Welterweight | W 2–1 | L [16] | did not advance | ||||
| Valentino Manfredonia | Light heavyweight | L 1–2 | did not advance | |||||
| Clemente Russo | Heavyweight | W 3–0 | L 0–3 | did not advance | ||||
| Guido Vianello | Super heavyweight | L 0–3 | did not advance | |||||
See main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Italian canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.[17] Giovanni de Gennaro and Stefanie Horn were selected to the Italian team on May 15, 2016, as a result of their performances at the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships.[18]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Giovanni De Gennaro | Men's K-1 | 86.85 | 1 | 90.74 | 9 | 86.85 | 1 Q | 95.59 | 9 Q | 91.77 | 7 | |
| Stefanie Horn | Women's K-1 | 106.90 | 7 | 99.07 | 1 | 99.07 | 1 Q | 108.30 | 8 Q | 107.22 | 8 | |
Italian canoeists have qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games by virtue of a top two finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.[19] As a response to the "multiple positive" cases on doping that provoked a one-year suspension for Belarus and Romania, the men's K-4 1000 m crew (Crenna, Dressino, Ricchetti, & Ripamonti) received a spare berth from the International Canoe Federation for the Italians.[20]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Alberto Ricchetti | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:37.610 | 6 | did not advance | ||||
| Manfredi Rizza | Men's K-1 200 m | 34.726 | 2 Q | 34.686 | 3 FA | 36.000 | 5 | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | Carlo Tacchini | Men's C-1 200 m | 41.368 | 3 Q | 41.468 | 4 FB | 40.733 | 15 |
| Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:04.697 | 4 Q | 4:02.461 | 2 FA | 4:15.368 | 8 | ||
| Mauro Crenna Alberto Ricchetti | Men's K-2 200 m | 34.000 | 7 Q | 34.318 | 5 FB | 35.516 | 13 | |
| Giulio Dressino Nicola Ripamonti | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:30.429 | 5 Q | 3:17.942 | 2 FA | 3:14.883 | 6 | |
| Mauro Crenna Giulio Dressino Alberto Ricchetti Nicola Ripamonti | Men's K-4 1000 m | 3:10.266 | 7 Q | 3:03.868 | 5 FB | 3:14.399 | 14 | |
See main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Italian riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).[21] [22] The road cycling team was officially named to the Italian roster on July 17, 2016.[23]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabio Aru | Road race | 6:10:27 | 6 | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | Damiano Caruso | Road race | 6:22:23 | 40 |
| Time trial | 1:19:46.53 | 27 | ||
| Alessandro De Marchi | align=left rowspan=3 | Road race | 6:30:10 | 63 |
| Vincenzo Nibali | did not finish | |||
| Diego Rosa | did not finish | |||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giorgia Bronzini | align=left rowspan=3 | Road race | 4:01:33 | 42 |
| Elena Cecchini | 3:55:34 | 20 | ||
| Tatiana Guderzo | 3:53:46 | 14 | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Elisa Longo Borghini | Road race | 3:51:27 | |
| Time trial | 44:51.94 | 5 |
Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Italian riders have accumulated spots in the women's team pursuit, as well as the men's omnium. The full Italian track cycling team was named on July 17, 2016.[23]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | |||
| Liam Bertazzo Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon | Men's team pursuit | 3:59.708 | 5 Q | 3:55.724 | 5 | 4:02.360 | 6 | |
| Simona Frapporti Tatiana Guderzo Francesca Pattaro Silvia Valsecchi | Women's team pursuit | 4:25.543 | 7 Q | 4:22.964 | 5 | 4:28.368 | 6 | |
Italian mountain bikers qualified for three men's and one women's quota place into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's fifth-place finish for men and fourteenth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. The mountain biking team, highlighted by London 2012 bronze medalist Marco Aurelio Fontana, was named to the Olympic roster on June 1, 2016.[24]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luca Braidot | align=left rowspan=3 | Men's cross-country | 1:36:25 | 7 |
| Marco Aurelio Fontana | 1:40:25 | 20 | ||
| Andrea Tiberi | 1:39:33 | 19 | ||
| Eva Lechner | Women's cross-country | 1:38:45 | 18 |
See main article: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italian divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series.[25]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Michele Benedetti | align=left rowspan=2 | 3 m springboard | 390.85 | 17 Q | 387.30 | 13 | did not advance | |
| Andrea Chiarabini | 350.40 | 28 | did not advance | |||||
| Maicol Verzotto | 10 m platform | 313.10 | 27 | did not advance | ||||
| Andrea Chiarabini Giovanni Tocci | 3 m synchronized springboard | 395.19 | 6 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Tania Cagnotto | align=left rowspan=2 | 3 m springboard | 347.30 | 4 Q | 324.40 | 7 Q | 372.80 | |
| Maria Marconi | 292.95 | 19 | did not advance | |||||
| Noemi Batki | 10 m platform | 256.90 | 26 | did not advance | ||||
| Tania Cagnotto Francesca Dallapé | 3 m synchronized springboard | 313.83 | ||||||
See main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has fielded a composite squad of three riders into the Olympic team eventing by virtue of the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top finish from South Western Europe, and two top nine finishes from the combined overall FEI Olympic rankings.[26] One dressage and jumping rider has been added each to the squad into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of their top six and top four finishes, respectively, outside the group selection in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings.[27]
On June 28, 2016, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) awarded an additional berth to the fourth Italian eventing rider, as the next highest-ranked eligible individual, not yet qualified, in the FEI Olympic rankings, after Belarus rejected the Olympic spot.[28]
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifier | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | ||||
| Stefano Brecciaroli | Apollo WD Wendi Kurt Hoev | align=left rowspan=4 | Individual | 41.90 | 10 | Eliminated | did not advance | |||||||||
| Luca Roman | Castlewoods Jake | 50.80 | 46 | 71.60 | 122.40 | 40 | 16.00 | 138.00 | 40 | Did non advance | ||||||
| Pietro Roman | Barraduff | 48.20 | 38 | 20.00 | 68.20 | 23 | 14.00 | 82.20 | 24 Q | 4.00 | 86.20 | 23 | 86.20 | 23 | ||
| Arianna Schivo | Quefira de l'Ormeau | 55.00 # | 54 | 50.40 | 105.40 | 36 | 4.00 | 109.40 | 34 | Did non advance | ||||||
| Stefano Brecciaroli Luca Roman Pietro Roman Arianna Schivo | See above | Team | 140.90 | 8 | 142.00 | 296.00 | 8 | 34.00 | 330.00 | 9 | 330.00 | 9 | ||||
See main article: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italian fencers have qualified a full squad each in the men's team épée and men's team foil by virtue of their top 4 national finish in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the women's sabre team has claimed the spot as the highest ranking team from Europe outside the world's top four.[29] [30]
Multiple Olympic men's sabre medalists Diego Occhiuzzi and Aldo Montano, along with London 2012 champion Elisa Di Francisca and runner-up Arianna Errigo, both in women's foil, claimed their spots on the Italian team by finishing among the top 14 fencers in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings, while Rossella Fiamingo did the same feat in women's épée as the highest-ranked fencer coming from the Europe zone.[31] [32]
The fencing team was officially selected to the Italian roster for the Games on June 27, 2016.[33]
| 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 | |||
| Marco Fichera | align=left rowspan=3 | Épée | L 8–15 | did not advance | |||||
| Enrico Garozzo | W 15–11 | L 12–15 | did not advance | ||||||
| Paolo Pizzo | L 11–15 | did not advance | |||||||
| Marco Fichera Enrico Garozzo Paolo Pizzo Andrea Santarelli | Team épée | W 45–32 | W 45–33 | L 31-45 | |||||
| Giorgio Avola | align=left rowspan=3 | Foil | W 15–5 | W 15–13 | L 14–15 | did not advance | |||
| Andrea Cassarà | W 15–14 | L 12–15 | did not advance | ||||||
| Daniele Garozzo | W 15–8 | W 15–13 | W 15–8 | W 15–8 | W 15–11 | ||||
| Giorgio Avola Andrea Cassarà Daniele Garozzo Andrea Baldini | Team foil | W 45–27 | L 30–45 | L 31–45 | 4 | ||||
| Aldo Montano | align=left rowspan=2 | Sabre | W 15–11 | L 13–15 | did not advance | ||||
| Diego Occhiuzzi | L 12–15 | did not advance | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| Rossella Fiamingo | Épée | W 15–8 | W 15–11 | W 15–8 | W 12–11 | L 13–15 | |||
| Elisa Di Francisca | align=left rowspan=2 | Foil | W 8–15 | W 15–6 | W 15–10 | W 12–9 | L 11–12 | ||
| Arianna Errigo | W 9–15 | L 11–15 | did not advance | ||||||
| Rossella Gregorio | align=left rowspan=3 | Sabre | L 14–15 | did not advance | |||||
| Loreta Gulotta | W 15–10 | W 15–13 | L 4–15 | did not advance | |||||
| Irene Vecchi | L 11–15 | did not advance | |||||||
| Rossella Gregorio Loreta Gulotta Irene Vecchi Ilaria Bianco | Team sabre | W 45-36 | L 42-45 | L 30-45 | 4 | ||||
See main article: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Nino Bertasio (world no. 299), Matteo Manassero (world no. 342), Giulia Molinaro (world no. 251), and Giulia Sergas (world no. 326) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.[34] [35] [36]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank | |||
| Nino Bertasio | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's | 72 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 283 | −1 | =30 |
| Matteo Manassero | 69 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 282 | −2 | =27 | ||
| Giulia Molinaro | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's | 78 | 78 | 74 | 70 | 300 | +16 | =53 |
| Giulia Sergas | 77 | 74 | 77 | 74 | 302 | +18 | 55 | ||
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Italy fielded a full squad of six artistic gymnasts (one man and five women) into the Olympic competition. The women's team qualified through a top eight finish at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.[37] [38] Meanwhile, Ludovico Edalli secured his Olympic spot as a lone Italian male gymnast in the apparatus and individual all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro. The artistic gymnastics team was named to the Italian roster for the Games on July 10, 2016.[39]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| Erika Fasana | align=left rowspan=6 | Team | 14.200 | 12.933 | 14.333 Q | did not advance | |||||||
| Carlotta Ferlito | 14.300 | 14.033 | 13.233 | 14.033 | 55.599 | 22 Q | |||||||
| Vanessa Ferrari | 14.533 | 13.866 | 12.000 | 14.866 Q | 55.265 | 24 Q | |||||||
| Elisa Meneghini | 14.166 | 14.166 | 14.233 | colspan=2 | |||||||||
| Martina Rizzelli | 14.533 | 14.033 | colspan=4 | ||||||||||
| Total | 43.366 | 42.266 | 40.332 | 43.432 | 169.396 | 10 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlotta Ferlito | All-around | 14.733 | 14.100 | 14.000 | 14.125 | 56.958 | 12 | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | Vanessa Ferrari | All-around | 14.633 | 14.033 | 13.800 | 14.075 | 56.541 | 16 |
| Floor | 14.766 | 4 | ||||||
| Erika Fasana | Floor | 14.533 | 6 | |||||
Italy has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the group all-around by finishing in the top 10 (for group) at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[40] Meanwhile, an additional Olympic berth was awarded to the Italian female gymnast, who participated in the individual all-around at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[41] The rhythmic gymnastics team, led by London 2012 bronze medalist Marta Pagnini, was named on July 10, 2016.[39]
See main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has qualified a total of six judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Elios Manzi, Fabio Basile, Odette Giuffrida, and London 2012 Olympian Edwige Gwend were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Matteo Marconcini at men's half-middleweight (81 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region, as the highest-ranked Italian judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[42] [43]
On June 30, 2016, the International Judo Federation awarded a spare Olympic berth freed up by Palau to Valentina Moscatt at women's extra-lightweight (48 kg), as one of the highest-ranked eligible judokas, not yet qualified, across all genders and continents on the list.[44]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Elios Manzi | Men's −60 kg | L 000–001 | did not advance | ||||||
| Fabio Basile | Men's −66 kg | W 100–000 | W 110–000 | W 100–000 | W 000–000 | W 100–000 | |||
| Matteo Marconcini | Men's −81 kg | W 100–000 | W 000–000 | W 110–010 | L 000–011 | Did not advance | W 100–000 | L 000–100 | 5 |
| Valentina Moscatt | Women's −48 kg | L 000–000 | did not advance | ||||||
| Odette Giuffrida | Women's −52 kg | W 001–000 | W 001–000 | W 000–000 | L 000–001 | ||||
| Edwige Gwend | Women's −63 kg | W 101–000 | L 000–000 | did not advance | |||||
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has qualified a total of four modern pentathletes for the following events at the Games. Riccardo De Luca secured a selection in the men's event by winning the 2015 UIPM World Cup Final in Minsk, Belarus, while Alice Sotero gained a place in the women's event through the European Championships.[45] Pierpaolo Petroni and London 2012 Olympian Claudia Cesarini were ranked among the top 10 modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, in their respective events based on the UIPM World Rankings as of June 1, 2016.[46]
| Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Total points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | |||||||
| Riccardo De Luca | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's | 20–15 | 2 | 9 | 222 | 2:09.36 | 34 | 312 | 0 | 6 | 300 | 11:07.23 | 6 | 633 | 1467 | 5 |
| Pierpaolo Petroni | 13–22 | 1 | 31 | 179 | 2:05.51 | 21 | 324 | 7 | 7 | 293 | 11:39.60 | 23 | 601 | 1397 | 24 | ||
| Claudia Cesarini | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's | 17–18 | 3 | 16 | 205 | 2:20.85 | 27 | 278 | 39 | 27 | 261 | 13:04.34 | 21 | 516 | 1260 | 24 |
| Alice Sotero | 20–15 | 1 | 9 | 221 | 2:12.63 | 8 | 303 | 21 | 23 | 279 | 13:00.47 | 18 | 520 | 1323 | 8 | ||
See main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has qualified a total of eight boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Five rowing crews confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the women's pair rowers added one more boat to the Italian roster as a result of their top four finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
A total of 16 rowers (14 men and 2 women), highlighted by London 2012 silver medalist Romano Battisti (men's double sculls), were officially named to the Italian roster for the Games on July 13, 2016.[47]
On July 26, 2016, two more boats (men's eight and women's lightweight double sculls) were awarded to the Italian rowing team, as a response to the removal of four boats held by the Russians from FISA due to their previous doping bans and their implications in the "disappearing positive methodology" set out in the McClaren Report on Russia's state-sponsored doping.[48]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Giovanni Abagnale Marco Di Costanzo | Pair | 6:46.04 | 2 SA/B | 6:24.96 | 1 FA | 7:04.52 | |||
| Romano Battisti Francesco Fossi | Double sculls | 6:42.33 | 3 SA/B | 6:15.24 | 2 FA | 6:57.10 | 4 | ||
| Marcello Miani Andrea Micheletti | Lightweight double sculls | 6:24.10 | 2 SA/B | 6:40.45 | 4 FB | 6:29.52 | 8 | ||
| Matteo Castaldo Matteo Lodo Domenico Montrone Giuseppe Vicino | Four | 5:56.01 | 1 SA/B | 6:16.54 | 3 FA | 6:03.85 | |||
| Martino Goretti Livio La Padula Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Lightweight four | 6:03.26 | 1 SA/B | 6:06.54 | 1 FA | 6:25.52 | 4 | ||
| Luca Agamennoni Vincenzo Capelli Pierpaolo Frattini Fabio Infimo Emanuele Liuzzi Mario Paonessa Matteo Stefanini Simone Venier Enrico D'Aniello (cox) | Eight | 5:52.83 | 4 R | 6:05.12 | 5 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Sara Bertolasi Alessandra Patelli | Pair | 7:13.06 | 4 R | 7:58.89 | 2 SA/B | 7:45.44 | 6 FB | 7:24.51 | 11 | |
| Laura Milani Valentina Rodini | Lightweight double sculls | 7:09.12 | 4 R | 8:03.03 | 3 SC/D | 8:11.21 | 1 FC | 7:36.64 | 13 | |
See main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.[49]
Following their podium finish at the 2015 49er & 49erFX World Championships, 2012 Olympians Giulia Conti and Francesca Clapcich became the first Italian sailors to be selected for Rio regatta.[50] By the end of 2015, two more crews joined Conti and Clapcich in the Italian Olympic sailing squad: Vittorio Bissaro and Silvia Sicouri (Nacra 17), and Flavia Tartaglini (RS:X).[51] Two further sailors (Camboni & Marrai) sealed their Olympic spots at the Princess Sofia Trophy regatta, while the remaining sailing crews (except the men's 470) rounded out the Italian selection on the last week of May 2016. The sailing crews were formally named to the Olympic roster on June 2, 2016.[52]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | |||||
| Mattia Camboni | RS:X | 11 | 13 | 4 | 37 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 137 | 10 | ||
| Francesco Marrai | Laser | 11 | 18 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 23 | EL | 109 | 12 | ||||
| Giorgio Poggi | Finn | 11 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 18 | EL | 111 | 18 | ||||
| Ruggero Tita Pietro Zucchetti | 49er | 7 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | EL | 120 | 14 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | |||||
| Flavia Tartaglini | RS:X | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 71 | 6 | ||
| Silvia Zennaro | Laser Radial | 10 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 17 | EL | 163 | 22 | ||||
| Elena Berta Alice Sinno | 470 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 15 | EL | 135 | 19 | ||||
| Francesca Clapcich Giulia Conti | 49erFX | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 82 | 5 | ||
See main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[53]
On February 19, 2016, the Italian Shotgun Federation officially announced the names of the nine shooters to compete in Rio 2016, including Olympic champions Jessica Rossi in women's trap (2012) and Chiara Cainero in women's skeet (2008), 2012 Olympic runner-up Massimo Fabbrizi, and triple Olympic medalist Giovanni Pellielo, who has been set to appear at his seventh Games, both in men's trap.[54] [55] Meanwhile, five other shooters competing in the rifle and pistol events were named to the Olympic roster, with Niccolò Campriani aiming to defend his title in the men's 50 m rifle 3 positions.[56]
Italy secured an additional quota place in the men's 50 m pistol at the 2015 European Shooting Championships, but the Italian Olympic Committee chose to exchange it with the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol instead based on performances throughout the qualifying period. The slot was awarded to rookie Riccardo Mazzetti.[56]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final / | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Antonino Barillà | Double trap | 125 | 16 | did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Niccolò Campriani | 10 m air rifle | 630.2 | 1 Q | 206.1 | |||
| 50 m rifle prone | 625.3 | 6 Q | 102.8 | 7 | ||||
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1174 | 8 Q | 458.8 | |||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Marco De Nicolo | 10 m air rifle | 620.5 | 30 | did not advance | |||
| 50 m rifle prone | 626.0 | 5 Q | 123.6 | 6 | ||||
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1168 | 27 | did not advance | |||||
| Massimo Fabbrizi | Trap | 118 | 6 Q | 11 | 6 | did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Giuseppe Giordano | 10 m air pistol | 580 | 5 Q | 118.4 | 6 | ||
| 50 m pistol | 547 | 26 | did not advance | |||||
| Marco Innocenti | Double trap | 136 | 5 Q | 27 | 2 Q | 24 | ||
| Luigi Lodde | Skeet | 116 | 24 | did not advance | ||||
| Riccardo Mazzetti | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 586 | 4 Q | 10 | 6 | |||
| Giovanni Pellielo | Trap | 122 | 1 Q | 14 | 2 Q | 13 (+3) | ||
| Gabriele Rossetti | Skeet | 121 | 5 Q | 16 | 1 Q | 16 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final / | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Diana Bacosi | align=left rowspan=2 | Skeet | 72 | 3 Q | 15 | 2 Q | 15 | |
| Chiara Cainero | 70 | 4 Q | 16 | 1 Q | 14 | |||
| Jessica Rossi | Trap | 69 | 2 Q | 10 | 6 | did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Petra Zublasing | 10 m air rifle | 411.6 | 34 | did not advance | |||
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 589 | 1 Q | 437.7 | 4 | ||||
See main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[57] [58]
With the successful podium finish at the 2015 FINA World Championships, long-freestyle distance aces Gregorio Paltrinieri and upcoming four-time Olympian Federica Pellegrini became the first Italian swimmers to be selected to the Olympic team for Rio 2016.[59] The rest of the Italian swimmers must attain the federation's entry standards at three selection meets to confirm their places for the Games: Italian Nationals in Riccione (April 19 to 23), European Championships in London (May 16 to 22), and Sette Colli trophy in Rome (June 24 to 26).[60]
On June 30, 2016, the Italian Olympic Committee nominated a total of 38 swimmers (20 men and 18 women) for the Games. Eighteen of them, including Paltrinieri and Pellegrini, were directly qualified under the federation's entry standards in three-meet selection process, while others were added to the roster upon the federation's discretionary selection criteria.[61]
See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has fielded a squad of nine synchronized swimmers to compete in both the women's team and duet routine by virtue of their third-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.[62] [63]
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | ||
| Linda Cerruti Costanza Ferro | Duet | 90.4412 | 6 | 91.1333 | 181.5745 | 6 Q | 92.3667 | 182.8079 | 6 |
| Elisa Bozzo Beatrice Callegari Camilla Cattaneo Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Costanza Ferro Manila Flamini Mariangela Perrupato Sara Sgarzi | Team | 91.1142 | 5 | 92.2667 | 183.3809 | 5 | |||
See main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has entered seven tennis players (four men and three women) into the Olympic tournament. Two-time Olympian Andreas Seppi (world no. 40), along with his colleagues Fabio Fognini (world no. 34) and rookie Paolo Lorenzi (world no. 57), qualified directly for the men's singles as three of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while Roberta Vinci (world no. 7), Sara Errani (world no. 22), and Karin Knapp (world no. 93) did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.[64] [65]
On June 30, 2016, the International Tennis Federation awarded one of the Olympic women's singles places to three-time Olympian Francesca Schiavone, as Italy's top-ranked player outside of direct qualifying position, but she decided to reject the invitation.[66] On July 30, 2016, Thomas Fabbiano (world no. 112) received a spare ITF Olympic place following the withdrawal of several tennis players from the Games.[67]
| 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 | |||
| Thomas Fabbiano | align=left rowspan=4 | Singles | L 6–7(4–7), 1–6 | did not advance | |||||
| Fabio Fognini | W 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–0 | W 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) | L 1–6, 6–2, 3–6 | did not advance | |||||
| Paolo Lorenzi | W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | L 6–7(2–7), 2–6 | did not advance | ||||||
| Andreas Seppi | W 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(8–6) | L 3–6, 3–6 | did not advance | ||||||
| Fabio Fognini Andreas Seppi | Doubles | W 6–4, 6–3 | W 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 | L 3–6, 1–6 | did not advance | ||||
| 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=3 | Singles | W 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | W 6–2, 6-2 | L 5–7, 2-6 | did not advance | |||
| Karin Knapp | L 6–4, 1–6, 1–6 | did not advance | |||||||
| Roberta Vinci | L 5–7, 4–6 | did not advance | |||||||
| Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | Doubles | W 6–2, 6–2 | W 6–2, 6–3 | L 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 | did not advance | ||||
See main article: Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has qualified a total of four triathletes for the following events at the Olympics. London 2012 Olympians Alessandro Fabian, Davide Uccellari, and Annamaria Mazzetti, along with Charlotte Bonin, were ranked among the top 43 eligible triathletes each in the men's and women's event, respectively, based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.[68]
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandro Fabian | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's | 17:22 | 0:49 | 55:07 | 0:40 | 33:37 | 1:47:35 | 14 |
| Davide Uccellari | 17:32 | 0:51 | 56:57 | 0:37 | 35:09 | 1:51:06 | 34 | ||
| Charlotte Bonin | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's | 19:07 | 0:55 | 1:01:29 | 0:43 | 38:34 | 2:00:48 | 17 |
| Annamaria Mazzetti | 19:42 | 0:52 | 1:04:08 | 0:37 | 36:34 | 2:01:53 | 29 |
See main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Three Italian beach volleyball teams (one men's pair and two women's pairs) qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings as of June 13, 2016.[69] [70] Among the beach volleyball players featured London 2012 Olympians Marta Menegatti and duo Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai.[71]
On 3 August 2016, Viktoria Orsi Toth was excluded from the women's tournament due to positive doping test for clostebol before the competitions.[72]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||||
| Adrian Carambula Alex Ranghieri | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's | Pool A W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–13) W 2 – 1 (21–18, 14–21, 15–11) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 16–21) | 1 Q | L 0 – 2 (12–21, 21–23) | did not advance | |||
| Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai | Pool C L 1 – 2 (21–14, 14–21, 11–15) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–13) L 1 – 2 (13–21, 21–17, 22–24) Lucky Losers W 2 – 1 (21–12, 15–21, 15–13) | 3 q | W 2 – 0 (21–12, 23–21) | W 2 – 1 (21–18, 20–22, 15–11) | W 2 – 1 (15–21, 21–16, 15–13) | L (19–21, 17–21) | |||
| Laura Giombini Marta Menegatti | Women's | Pool D L 1 – 2 (21–15, 18–21, 9–15) W 2 – 0 (21–10, 21–13) L (18–21, 21–18, 9–15) | 3 Q | L 0 – 2 (10–21, 16–21) | did not advance | ||||
See main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Italy men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish at the 2015 FIVB World Cup in Japan.[73]
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See main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Italy women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top three national finish at the first meet of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tokyo, Japan.[74]
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See main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Italy men's | Men's tournament | W 9–8 | W 11–8 | W 6–5 | L 7–10 | L 7–10 | 3 | W 9–5 | L 8–10 | W 12–10 | |
| Italy women's | Women's tournament | W 9–3 | W 8–7 | W 10–5 | 1 | W 12–7 | W 12–9 | L 5–12 | |||
See main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Italy men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top four finish at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Trieste.[75]
See main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Italy women's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top four finish at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Gouda.[76]
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish (for men) and top six (for women), respectively, at the 2016 European Championships.[77] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.
The Italian Olympic Committee selected London 2012 Olympian Mirco Scarantino and rookie Giorgia Bordignon to the weightlifting team for the Games.[78]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Mirco Scarantino | Men's −56 kg | 115 | 10 | 149 | 5 | 264 | 7 | |
| Giorgia Bordignon | Women's −63 kg | 98 | 8 | 119 | 6 | 217 | 6 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Italy has qualified two wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to book an Olympic spot in the men's freestyle 65 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while the other claimed the remaining Olympic slot in the men's Greco-Roman 98 kg to round out the Italian roster at the final meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul.[79]