Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Barcelona
Competitors304 (228 men, 76 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearer Giuseppe Abbagnale
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
6
Silver
5
Bronze
8
Total
19
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1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 304 competitors, 228 men and 76 women, took part in 169 events in 26 sports.[1]

Medalists[]

Gold[]

  • Pierpaolo Ferrazzi — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
  • Fabio Casartelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  • Giovanni Lombardi — Cycling, Men's Points Race
  • Giovanna Trillini — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
  • Giovanna Trillini, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Diana Bianchedi, Margherita Zalaffi, and Dorina Vaccaroni — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
  • Carlo Silipo, Amedeo Pomilio, Francesco Porzio, Giuseppe Porzio, Mario Fiorillo, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Alessandro Campagna, Marco D'Altrui, Massimiliano Ferretti, Francesco Attolico, Alessandro Bovo, and Paolo Caldarella — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Silver[]

Bronze[]

  • Giovanni de Benedictis — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
  • Bruno Dreossi and Antonio Rossi — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 metres Kayak Pairs
  • Carlo Massullo, Roberto Bomprezzi, and Gianluca Tiberti — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
  • Filippo Soffici, Alessandro Corona, Gianluca Farina and Rossano Galtarossa — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
  • Marco Venturini — Shooting, Men's Trap Individual Competition
  • Bruno Rossetti — Shooting, Men's Skeet Individual Competition
  • Stefano Battistelli — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke
  • Luca Sacchi — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley

Archery[]

Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

In Italy's first archery competition without Giancarlo Ferrari, the four Italians went a combined 0-3 in the elimination round with Ilario Di Buò not even qualifying for the eliminations. The men's team also lost in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Parenti, Rivolta, and di Buo — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Alessandro Aimar, Marco Vaccari, Fabio Grossi, and Andrea Nuti
  • Heat — 3:02.09
  • Final — 3:02.18 (→ 6th place)

Men's 800 metres

  • Andrea Benvenuti — 1:45.23 (→ 5th place)

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Salvatore Antibo
  • Heat — 13:33.71
  • Final — 14:02.47 (→ 16th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Salvatore Antibo
  • Heat — 28:18.48
  • Final — 28:11.39 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 28:45.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Salvatore Bettiol — 2:14.15 (→ 5th place)
  • Alessio Faustini — 2:21.37 (→ 44th place)
  • Gelindo Bordin — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Giovanni De Benedictis — 1:23:11 (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Maurizio Damilano — 1:23:39 (→ 4th place)
  • Walter Arena — 1:29:34 (→ 18th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's Long Jump

  • Giovanni Evangelisti
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 75.40 m
  • Final — 72.98 m (→ 11th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Andrea Pegoraro
  • Qualification — 5.40 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 20.25 m
  • Final — 19.88 m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification — 20.14 m
  • Final — 19.62 m (→ 11th place)


Women's 800 metres

  • Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

  • Rosanna Munerotto
  • Heat — 32:17.01
  • Final — 32:37.91 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 55.49
  • Semifinal — 56.34 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Women's Long Jump

  • Heat — 6.40 m (→ did not advance)
  • Antonella Capriotti
  • Heat — 6.43 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 10 km Walk

  • Annarita Sidoti
  • Final — 45:23 (→ 7th place)
  • Elisabetta Perrone
  • Final — 46:43 (→ 19th place)
  • Ileana Salvador
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Heat — 60.80m
  • Final — 61.22m (→ 10th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Antonella Bevilacqua
  • Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)

Baseball[]

Main article: Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Italy was not very successful at the premier of Olympic baseball. The Italians lost six of their seven preliminary round games, beating only the host nation Spain. Their 1-6 record tied with that of Spain for seventh and eighth places, the Italians received the advantage in the tie-breaker because of the head-to-head result, barely avoiding last place.

Men's Team Competition:

  • Italy - 7th place (1-6)

Team Roster

Basketball[]

Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition[]

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Brazil (70-85)
  • Lost to Unified Team (67-79)
  • Lost to Cuba (53-60)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Spain (80-92)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (83-86) → 8th place
  • Team Roster

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • First Round – Lost to Dong-Bum Cho (ITA), 2:8

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented Italy in 1992.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
  • Adler Capelli
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
  • Valeria Cappellotto — 2:05:03 (→ 17th place)
  • Maria Turcutto — 2:05:03 (→ 32nd place)
  • Roberta Bonanomi — 2:05:58 (→ 39th place)
Women's individual pursuit

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 375.57 points
  • Final — 527.73 points (→ 12th place)
  • Alessandro de Botton
  • Preliminary Round — 312.69 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 10m Platform

  • Alessandro de Botton
  • Preliminary Round — 334.98 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 249.36 points (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 272.19 points (→ 19th place)

Equestrianism[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Italy in 1992.

Men's foil
  • Andrea Borella
  • Mauro Numa
  • Stefano Cerioni
Men's team foil
  • Marco Arpino, Andrea Borella, Stefano Cerioni, Mauro Numa, Alessandro Puccini
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football[]

Main article: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition[]

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Spain (0-1) → Did not advance
  • Team Roster

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon[]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1992. They won a bronze medal in the team event.

Individual
Team
  • Roberto Bomprezzi
  • Carlo Massullo
  • Gianluca Tiberti

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing[]

Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

  • Final Ranking — 182.1 points (→ 16th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

  • Alessandra Sensini
  • Final Ranking — 101.4 points (→ 7th place)

Women's 470 Class

  • Final Ranking — 68.7 points (→ 7th place)

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Giorgio Lamberti, Emanuele Idini, Roberto Gleria, and Massimo Trevisan
    1. Heat – 3:23.43 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

  • Roberto Gleria, Emanuele Idini, Pier Maria Siciliano, and Stefano Battistelli
    1. Heat – 7:25.53
  • Giorgio Lamberti, Massimo Trevisan, Roberto Gleria, and Stefano Battistelli
    1. Final – 7:18.10 (→ 5th place)


Women's Competition

Synchronized swimming[]

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Two synchronized swimmers represented Italy in 1992.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Tennis[]

Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

  • Cristiano Caratti
    1. First round — Lost to Guy Forget (France) 3-6, 4-6, 2-6
  • Omar Camporese
    1. First round — Defeated Juan Rios (Puerto Rico) 6-2, 6-2, 6-0
    2. Second round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 4-6, 2-6, 1-6
  • Renzo Furlan
    1. First round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
    2. Second round — Defeated Andrei Chesnokov (Unified Team) 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
    3. Third round — Lost to Jordi Arrese (Spain) 4-6, 3-6, 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition

  • Omar Camporese and Diego Nargiso
    1. First round — Defeated Miguel Nido and Juan Rios (Puerto Rico) 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
    2. Second round — Lost to George Cosac and Dinu Pescariu (Romania) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6

Women's Singles Competition

  • Katia Piccolini
    1. First Round – Lost to Nicole Provis (Australia) 1-6 0-6
  • Raffaella Reggi-Concato
    1. First Round – Defeated Jenny Byrne (Australia) 6-4 7-6
    2. Second Round – Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 2-6 4-6
  • Sandra Cecchini
    1. First Round – Defeated Paulina Sepúlveda (Chile) 6-2 6-3
    2. Second Round – Lost to Conchita Martínez (Spain) 4-6 3-6

Volleyball[]

Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition[]

  • Team Roster

Water polo[]

Main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition[]

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Italy – Hungary 7-7
  • Italy – Netherlands 6-4
  • Italy – Cuba 11-8
  • Italy – Spain 9-9
  • Italy – Greece 8-6
  • Semi Finals
  • Italy – Commonwealth of Independent States 9-8
  • Final
  • Italy – Spain 9-8 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Team Roster

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References[]

  1. ^ "Italy at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-25.

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