Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	344 in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Antonio Rossi
Medals Rank: 9	Gold 8	Silver 9	Bronze 10	Total 27
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Italy competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Archery 3 Athletics 3.1 Men 3.2 Women 4 Badminton 5 Boxing 6 Canoeing 6.1 Flatwater 6.2 Slalom 7 Cycling 7.1 BMX 7.2 Mountain biking 7.3 Road 7.4 Track 8 Diving 9 Equestrian 10 Fencing 11 Football (Soccer) 11.1 Men's competition 11.1.1 Roster 11.1.2 Results 11.1.2.1 Preliminaries 11.1.2.2 Quarterfinal 12 Gymnastics 12.1 Artistic 12.2 Rhythmic 12.3 Trampoline 13 Judo 14 Modern Pentathlon 15 Rowing 16 Sailing 17 Shooting 18 Swimming 19 Synchronized swimming 20 Table tennis 21 Taekwondo 22 Tennis 23 Triathlon 24 Volleyball 24.1 Beach 24.2 Indoor 24.2.1 Men's competition 24.2.2 Women's competition 25 Water Polo 25.1 Men's competition 25.1.1 Classification 9th-12th 25.1.2 Classification 9th-10th 25.2 Women's competition 25.3 Group A 25.4 Quarterfinals 25.5 Classification 5th–6th 26 Weightlifting 27 Wrestling 28 See also 29 References

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name		Event	Date
1 Gold	Matteo Tagliariol	Fencing	Men's Individual Épée	August 10
1 Gold	Giulia Quintavalle	Judo	Women -57 kg	August 11
1 Gold	Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Women's Individual Foil	August 11
1 Gold	Federica Pellegrini	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	August 13
1 Gold	Chiara Cainero	Shooting	Women's skeet	August 14
1 Gold	Andrea Minguzzi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg	August 14
1 Gold	Alex Schwazer	Athletics	Men's 50 kilometre walk	August 22
1 Gold	Roberto Cammarelle	Boxing	Super heavyweight	August 24
2 Silver	Giovanni Pellielo	Shooting	Men's Trap	August 10
2 Silver	Ilario Di Buò Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Archery	Men's Team	August 11
2 Silver	Francesco D'Aniello	Shooting	Men's Double Trap	August 12
2 Silver	Alessia Filippi	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	August 16
2 Silver	Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	August 17
2 Silver	Alessandra Sensini	Sailing	Women's sailboard	August 20
2 Silver	Mauro Sarmiento	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	August 22
2 Silver	Josefa Idem	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 metres	August 23
2 Silver	Clemente Russo	Boxing	Heavyweight	August 23
3 Bronze	Tatiana Guderzo	Cycling	Women's road race	August 10
3 Bronze	Margherita Granbassi	Fencing	Women's Individual Foil	August 11
3 Bronze	Salvatore Sanzo	Fencing	Men's Individual Foil	August 13
3 Bronze	Matteo Tagliariol Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Stefano Carozzo	Fencing	Men's team épée	August 15
3 Bronze	Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori	Fencing	Women's team foil	August 16
3 Bronze	Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Giampiero Pastore Diego Occhiuzzi	Fencing	Men's team sabre	August 17
3 Bronze	Diego Romero	Sailing	Men's Laser class	August 19
3 Bronze	Elisa Rigaudo	Athletics	Women's 20 kilometre walk	August 21
3 Bronze	Vincenzo Picardi	Boxing	Flyweight	August 22
3 Bronze	Andrea Facchin Antonio Massimiliano Scaduto	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 metres	August 22

[edit] Archery

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 Buo	Individual	670	9	Bulir (CZE) (56) W 111-100	Wunderle (USA) (41) L 108-108 (9-9, 8-10)	Did not advance
Marco Galiazzo	Individual	667	12	Dall (DEN) (53) W 114-97	Wills (GBR) (21) L 110-109	Did not advance
Mauro Nespoli	Individual	649	44	Wills (GBR) (21) L 99-103	Did not advance
Ilario Di Buo Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Team	1986	6			Canada (CAN) (11) W 219-217	Malaysia (MAS) (3) W 218-213	Ukraine (UKR) (2) W 223-221	South Korea (KOR) (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 Carmen Lionetti	Individual	613	51	Schuh (FRA) (14) L 107-112	Did not advance
Elena Tonetta	Individual	595	55	Rendon (COL) (10) L 106-106 (9-10)	Did not advance
Natalia Valeeva	Individual	634	30	Bannova (KAZ) (35) W 107-105	Joo (KOR) (3) L 108-110	Did not advance
Pia Carmen Lionetti Elena Tonetta Natalia Valeeva	Team	1842	9			Chinese Taipei (TPE) (8) W 215-211	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 231-217	Did not advance		5th

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Simone Collio	100 m	10.32	20th	10.33	31st	Did not advance
Fabio Cerutti	100 m	10.49	43rd	Did not advance
Claudio Licciardello	400 m	45.25		45.64	16th	Did not advance
Fabio Cerutti, Simone Collio, Emanuele di Gregorio, Jacques Riparelli	4x100 m Relay	DQS	-			Did not advance
Christian Obrist	1500 m	3:35.91	7th	3:37.47	6th	3:39.87	12th
Matteo Villani	3000 m Steeplechase	DNF	-			Did not advance
Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi	20 km Walk					1:26:53	37th
Giorgio Rubino	20 km Walk					1:22:11	18th
Ivano Brugnetti	20 km Walk					1:19:51	5th
Diego Cafagna	50 km Walk					DQS	-
Marco de Luca	50 km Walk					3:54:47	19th
Alex Schwazer	50 km Walk					3:37:09 OR	1 Gold
Stefano Baldini	Marathon					2:13:25	12th
Ruggero Pertile	Marathon					2:13:39	15th
Ottaviano Andriani	Marathon					2:16:10	23rd

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Andrew Howe	Long Jump	7.81m	20th	Did not advance
Fabrizio Donato	Triple Jump	16.70m	21st	Did not advance
Andrea Bettinelli	High Jump	2.25m	16th	Did not advance
Filippo Campioli	High Jump	2.25m	10th Q	2.20m	10th
Alessandro Talotti	High Jump	2.20m	19th	Did not advance
Giuseppe Gibilisco	Pole Vault	5.65m	12th Q	-	13th
Hannes Kirchler	Pole Vault	56.44m	32nd	Did not advance
Nicola Vizzoni	Hammer throw	75.01m	13th	Did not advance
Marco Lingua	Hammer throw	NM	31st	Did not advance

[edit] Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Anita Pistone	100 m	11.43	Q	11.56		Did not advance
Micol Cattaneo	100 m hurdles	13.13		Did not advance
Vincenza Calì	200 m	23.44	Q	23.56		Did not advance
Libania Grenot Martinez	400 m	50.87 NR	Q	50.83 NR	10th	Did not advance
Elisa Cusma Piccione	800 m	2:00.24	Q	1:59.52	16th	Did not advance
Anita Pistone, Vincenza Galì, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh	4x100 m Relay	DQS	-			Did not advance
Silvia Weissteiner	5000 m	15:23.45	22nd	Did not advance
Elena Romagnolo	3000 m Steeplechase					9:30.04	11th
Elisa Rigaudo	20 km Walk					1:27:12
Anna Incerti	Marathon					2:30:55	14th
Bruna Genovese	Marathon					2:31:31	17th
Vincenza Sicari	Marathon					2:33:31	29th

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Magdelin Martinez	Triple Jump	16.70m	21st	Did not advance
Antonietta Di Martino	High Jump	1,93 m	Q	1.93	10th
Chiara Rosa	shot put	18.74m	8th Q	18.22m	13th
Assunta Legnante	shot put	18.74m	19th	Did not advance
Zahra Bani	javelin throw	NM	-	Did not advance
Silvia Salis	Hammer throw	62.28	22nd	Did not advance
Clarissa Claretti	Hammer throw	71.82	5th	71.33	7th

[edit] Badminton

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
Agnese Allegrini	Singles	Larisa Griga (UKR) L 0 - 2 (15-21, 11-21)	Did not advance

[edit] Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vincenzo Picardi	Flyweight	Chiyanika (ZAM) W 10-3	Payano (DOM) W 8-4	Cherif (TUN) W 7-5	Jongjohor (THA) L 1-7	Did not advance
Vittorio Parrinello	Bantamweight	Bye	Petchkoom (THA) L 1-12	Did not advance
Alessio di Savino	Featherweight	Williams (USA) L 1-9	Did not advance
Domenico Valentino	Lightweight	Tamsamani (MAR) W 15-4	Ugas (CUB) L 2-10	Did not advance
Clemente Russo	Heavyweight		Zuyeu (BLR) W 7-1	Usyk (UKR) W 7-4	Wilder (USA) W 7-1	Chakhkiev (RUS) L 2-4
Roberto Cammarelle	Super heavyweight		Tomasovic (CRO) W 13-1	Rivas (COL) W 9-5	Price (GBR) W RSC	Zhilei (CHN) W RSC

[edit] Canoeing

[edit] Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michele Zerial	K-1 500 m	1:36:950	7th Q	1:42.931	8th 10th	Did not advance
Andrea Facchin Antonio Scaduto	K-2 500 m	1:30:240	6th Q			1:31.934	9th
	K-2 1000 m	3:18:897	5th Q			3:14.750
Franco Benedini Luca Piemonte Alberto Ricchetti Antonio Rossi	K-4 1000 m	2:58:627	4th Q			2:57.626	4th

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josefa Idem	K-1 500 m	1:48:864	2nd Q			1:50.677
Stefania Cicali Fabiana Sgroi	K-2 500 m	1:47:018	12th Q	1:46.163	6th 12th	Did not advance
Stefania Cicali Alice Fagioli Alessandra Galiotto Fabiana Sgroi	K-4 500 m	1:37:436	7th Q	1:37:887	3rd Q	1:36.770	8th

[edit] Slalom

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Benetti Erik Masoero	C-2	100.08	9th	102.20	9th	202.28	8th Q	103.64	6th Q	100.48	5th	204.12	5th
Daniele Molmenti	K-1	85.13	5th	83.46	3rd	168.59	3rd Q	88.56	8th Q	142.37	10th	230.93	10th

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Cristina Giai Pron	K-1	102.75	9th	100.95	9th	203.70	9th Q	104.52	5th Q	251.26	10th	355.78	10th

[edit] Cycling

[edit] BMX

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Manuel de Vecchi	Individual	36.351	10th Q	11 pts	3rd Q	20 pts	14th	Did not advance

[edit] Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marco Aurelio Fontana	Cross-country	1:59:59	5th
Yader Zoli	Cross-country	did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eva Lechner	Cross-country	1:58:22	16th

[edit] Road

Davide Rebellin won the silver medal in the men's road race, but is likely to be stripped of that medal, as he tested positive for CERA after the event.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Paolo Bettini	Road race	06:24:24 (+0:35)	18th
Marzio Bruseghin	Road race	06:34:26 (+10:37)	63rd
	Time trial	01:06:20 (+4:09)	22nd
Vincenzo Nibali	Road race	did not finish
	Time trial	01:05:36 (+3:14)	15th
Franco Pellizotti	Road race	06:31:06 (+7:17)	50th
Davide Rebellin	Road race	06:23:49 (+0:00)	DQ

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Noemi Cantele	Road race	03:32:45 (+0:21)	15th
Vera Carrara	Road race	did not finish
Tatiana Guderzo	Road race	3h 32′ 24″ (+0:00)
	Time trial	36:37 (+1:46)	12th

[edit] Track

Italy have also qualified for the men's Keirin, sprint, Madison and Points Race.

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 Finals	1/8 Finals	1/8 Finals Repechage	Finals (9th-12th place)
		Time Speed	Rank	Opposition	Opposition	Place	Place	Rank
Roberto Chiappa	Men's sprint	10.314 (69.808 km/h)	8th	W  Watanabe (JPN)	L  Bourgain (FRA)	3rd	2nd	10th

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals (7th-12th Place)
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Roberto Chiappa	Men's keirin	Relegated	5th	Did not advance

Points Races

Athlete	Event	Points/Laps	Rank
Angelo Ciccone	Men's points race	8 pts	13th
Vera Carrara	Women's points race	1 pt	14th
Angelo Ciccone Fabio Masotti	Men's madison	0 pts	14th

[edit] Diving

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicola Marconi	3 m Individual Springboard	430.90	18th Q	444.55	14th	Did not advance
Tommaso Marconi	3 m Individual Springboard	360.15	28th	Did not advance
Francesco Dell'Uomo	10 m Individual Platform	388.80	25th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tania Cagnotto	3 m Individual Springboard	332.90	6th Q	332.40	5th Q	349.20	5th
	10 m Individual Platform	328.30	11th Q	296.60	13th	Did not advance
Maria Marconi	3 m Individual Springboard	286.10	14th Q	277.50	17th	Did not advance
Valentina Marocchi	10 m Individual Platform	313.05	15th Q	283.15	15th	Did not advance
Noemi Batki Francesca Dallape'	3 m Synchronised Springboard					296.70	6th

[edit] Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2				Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Pierluigi Sangiorgi	Flourian	Individual	61.875	37th	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping				Total
							Qualifier		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Susanna Bordone	Ava	Individual	37.80	8th	28.80	21st	20.00	26th	14.00	23rd	100.60	23rd
Stefano Brecciaroli	Cappa Hill	Individual	50.00	33rd	62.00	46th	4.00	41st	Did not advance		116.00	40th
Fabio Magni	Southern King V	Individual	49.60	31st	70.00	50th	0.00	42nd	Did not advance		119.60	41st
Vittoria Panizzon	Rock Model	Individual	50.60	35th	18.40	25th	0.00	17th	8.00	16th	77.00	16th
Roberto Rotatori	Irham De Viages	Individual	40.00	12th	22.80	17th	28.00	30th	Did not advance		90.80	29th
From: Susanna Bordone Stefano Brecciaroli Fabio Magni Vittoria Panizzon Roberto Rotatori	as above	Team	127.40	5th	71.00	4th	48.00	6th			246.40	6th

[edit] Fencing

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
Diego Confalonieri	Individual épée	Bye	Motyka (POL) W 15-10	Imre (HUN) W 15-9	Abajo (ESP) L 13-14	Did not advance
Matteo Tagliariol	Individual épée	Bye	Torkildsen (NOR) W 15-10	Robeiri (FRA) W 15-11	Verwijlen (NED) W 15-11	Abajo (ESP) W 15-12	Jeannet (FRA) W 15-9
Alfredo Rota	Individual épée	Bye	Boczko (HUN) L 10-11	Did not advance
Andrea Cassara	Individual foil		Bye	Schlosser (AUT) W 15-8	Zhu (CHN) L 14-15	Did not advance
Salvatore Sanzo	Individual foil		Bye	McGuire (CAN) W 15-3	Le Pechoux (FRA) W 10-9	Ota (JPN) L 14-15	Zhu (CHN) W 15-14
Luigi Tarantino	Individual sabre	Bye	Agresta (BRA) W 15-8	Sanson (FRA) W 15-7	Zhong (CHN) L 13-15	Did not advance
Aldo Montano	Individual sabre	Bye	Breaudry (CAN) W 15-4	Pina (ESP) L 14-15	Did not advance
Diego Occhiuzzi	Individual sabre	Bye	Pina (ESP) L 9-15	Did not advance
Diego Confalonieri Stefano Carozzo Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol	Team épée			Bye	South Korea (KOR) W 45-37	France (FRA) L 39-45	China (CHN) W 45-35
Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino	Team sabre				Belarus (BLR) W 45-39	France (FRA) L 41-45	Russia (RUS) W 45-44

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
Giovanna Trillini	Individual foil	Bye	Compañy (CUB) W 15-7	Shanaeva (RUS) W 15-3	Wächter (GER) W 15-8	Nam (KOR) L 10-15	Granbassi (ITA) L 12-15
Margherita Granbassi	Individual foil	Bye	Angad-Gaur (NED) W 11-6	Nikichina (RUS) W 11-4	Lamonova (RUS) W 12-7	Vezzali (ITA) L 3-12	Trillini (ITA) W 15-12
Valentina Vezzali	Individual foil	Bye	Mroczkiewicz (POL) W 15-3	Zhang (CHN) W 10-7	Knapek (HUN) W 15-3	Granbassi (ITA) W 12-3	Nam (KOR) W 6-5
Ilaria Bianco	Individual sabre	Bye	Huang (CHN) W 15-12	Velikaya (RUS) L 6-15	Did not advance
Gioia Marzocca	Individual sabre	Bye	Kharlan (UKR) L 8-15	Did not advance
Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	Team foil				China (CHN) W 37-24	Russia (RUS) L 21-22	Hungary (HUN) W 32-23

[edit] Football (Soccer)

[edit] Men's competition

[edit] Roster

Goalkeepers: Andrea Consigli (21) (Atalanta) Emiliano Viviano (22) (Brescia) Salvatore Sirigu (21) (Cremonese) Defenders: Salvatore Bocchetti (21) (Genoa) Andrea Coda (23) (Udinese) Domenico Criscito (21) (Genoa) Paolo De Ceglie (21) (Juventus) Lorenzo De Silvestri (20) (Lazio) Marco Motta (22) (Udinese) Andrea Ranocchia (20) (Bari)

Midfielders: Ignazio Abate (21) (AC Milan) Luca Cigarini (22) (Parma) Daniele Dessena (21) (Parma) Claudio Marchisio (22) (Juventus) Riccardo Montolivo (23) (Fiorentina) Antonio Nocerino (23) (Palermo) Andrea Russotto (20) (Trevisio) Antonio Candreva (21) (Udinese) Strikers: Robert Acquafresca (20) (Cagliari) Sebastian Giovinco (21) (Juventus) Tommaso Rocchi (30) (Lazio) Giuseppe Rossi (21) (Villareal, Spain)

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminaries

2008-08-07 17:00	Honduras	0 – 3	Italy	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 21,680 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
		(Report)	Giovinco  41' Rossi  45' (pen.) Acquafresca  52' (pen.)

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2008-08-10 19:45	Italy	3 - 0	Korea Republic	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 29,455 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
	Rossi  15' Rocchi  31' Montolivo  90'	(Report)

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2008-08-13 17:00	Cameroon	0 – 0	Italy	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 47,307 Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)
		(Report)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Korea Republic	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

[edit] Quarterfinal

2008-08-16 18:00	Italy	2 – 3	Belgium	Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 50,802 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
	Rossi  18' (pen.)  74' (pen.)	(Report)	Dembélé  23'  79' Mirallas  45+2'

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Matteo Angioletti	All-around	16.500	14.250		15.625		13.575	59.950	64th	Did not advance
Alberto Busnari	All-around		13.525	15.125		14.625	14.375	57.650	69th	Did not advance
Igor Cassina	All-around	0.000		13.800		14.125	16.000	43.925	77th	Did not advance
Andrea Coppolino	All-around	14.825	14.025	12.925	15.975	13.675		71.425	59th	Did not advance
Matteo Morandi	All-around	16.100	14.175	13.700	16.025	13.725	13.850	87.575	31st	Did not advance
Enrico Pozzo	All-around	15.700	14.800	14.325	14.250	14.750	14.850	88.675	26th Q	89.375	19th
Matteo Angioletti Alberto Busnari Igor Cassina Andrea Coppolino Mateo Morandi Enrico Pozzo	Team	63.125	57.250	56.950	61.875	57.225	59.075	355.500	12th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Francesca Benolli	All-around	15.075	13.600	14.475	13.850	57.000	35th	Did not advance
Monica Bergamelli	All-around	13.900			14.350	28.250	89th	Did not advance
Vanessa Ferrari	All-around	14.825	14.650	14.050	14.775	58.300	21st Q	59.450	11th
Federica Macrì	All-around		13.800	13.550		27.350	91st	Did not advance
Lia Parolari	All-around	14.075	14.575	14.375	15.175	58.200	23rd Q	58.925	14th
Carlotta Giovannini	All-around	15.100	13.575	14.475	13.900	57.050	34th	Did not advance
Francesca Benolli Monica Bergamelli Vanessa Ferrari Federica Macrì Lia Parolari Carlotta Giovannini	Team	59.075	56.625	57.375	58.200	231.275	10th	Did not advance

[edit] Rhythmic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 Ribbons	3 Hoops& 2 Balls	Total	Rank	5 Ribbons	3 Hoops& 2 Balls	Total	Rank
Elisa Blanchi Fabrizia D'Ottavio Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Elisa Santoni Angelica Savrajuk	Team	17.150	17.375	34.525	4th	17.000	17.425	34.425	4th

[edit] Trampoline

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Flavio Cannone	Individual	66.50	14th	Did not advance

[edit] Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Giovanni Casale	−66 kg		Novoa (CHI) W 1000-0000	Chol Min (PRK) L 0001-0010		Nurmuhammedov (TKM) W 0012-0000	Dias (POR) W 1001-0001	Gadanov (RUS) L 0010-1002	Did not advance
Giuseppe Maddaloni	−81 kg		Brenes (PUR) W 0020-0001	Elmont (NED) L 0000-1001		Nyamkhüü (MGL) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Roberto Meloni	−90 kg	Borodavko (LAT) W 0100-0010	Dafreville (FRA) L 0000-0010			Gonzalez (CUB) W 1001-0001	Santos (BRA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Paolo Bianchessi	+100 kg		Ishii (JPN) L 0000-1011			El Shehaby (EGY) W 0010-0000	Tmenov (RUS) L 0000-0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Giulia Quintavalle	−57 kg	Bonisch (GER) W 0101-0001	Erdenet-Od (MGL) W 1010-0001	Harel (FRA) W 0010-0001	Pekli (AUS) W 0010-0002	Directly to the Gold medal final			Gravenstijn (NED) W 0011-0001
Ylenia Scapin	−70 kg		Jacques (BEL) W 0010-0000	Hernández (CUB) L 0000-1000			Alvear (COL) L 0010-1000	Did not advance
Lucia Morico	−78 kg		Nakazawa (JPN) W 0010-0001	San Miguel (ESP) L 0011-0220			Silva (BRA) L 0000-1101	Did not advance
Michela Torrenti	+78 kg	Shepherd (AUS) L 0000-0001	Did not advance

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Nicola Benedetti	1132	784	1180	1056	1192	5344	14th
Andrea Valentini	1120	832	1220	972	1144	5288	17th

Women

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Claudia Corsini	1144	736	1252	1116	1160	5408	14th
Sara Bertoli	1024	712	1220	872	1128	4956	32nd

[edit] Rowing

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dario Dentale Raffaello Leonardo	Pairs	6:51:01	7th Q	6:47:30	10th	7:04:91	11th
Elia Luini Marcello Miani	Lightweight double sculls	6:16:16	4th Q	6:31:16	5th Q	6:16:15	4th
Carlo Mornati Alessio Sartori Niccolo Mornati Lorenzo Carboncini	Fours	6:02:84	6th Q	6:05:21	12th	6:08:77	11th
Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri	Quadruple sculls	5:36:42	2nd Q	5:51:20	1st Q	5:43:57
Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Jiri Vlcek Bruno Mascarenhas	Lightweight Fours	5:54:12	8th Q	6:14:73	10th	6:03:12	7th

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriella Bascelli	Single sculls	7:43:67	4th Q	7:36:68	10th Q	7:42:10	8th	7:48:91	8th
Elisabetta Sancassani Laura Schiavone	Double sculls	7:30:25	10th	7:08:00	8th			7:29:22	10th

[edit] Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Fabian Heidegger	RS:X	14	12	8	17	18	13	18	24	21	17	Did not advance	138 pts	20th
Diego Romero	Laser	6	3	5	36	10	15	11	9	10	Can	6	75 pts
Andrea Trani Gabria Zandona'	470	10	4	7	7	2	21	19	6	29	5	10	91 pts	6th
Diego Negri Luigi Viale	Star	13	8	12	7	11	7	7	6	13	5	16	92 pts	10th

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alessandra Sensini	RS:X	6	2	9	1	28	3	2	2	5	8	2	40 pts
Larissa Nevierov	Laser Radial	17	15	22	9	11	13	16	24	21	Can	Did not advance	124 pts	19th
Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	470	14	7	6	3	6	11	4	19	12	6	6	75 pts	5th
Chiara Calligaris Giulia Pignolo Francesca Scognamillo	Yngling	15	14	13	9	8	9	7	14	Can		Did not advance	74 pts	15th

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Giorgio Poggi	Finn	17	7	14	21	6	12	9	9	Can		Did not advance						74 pts	11th
Gianfranco Sibello Pietro Sibello	49er	3	9	1	1	6	9	3	8	12	17	3	3	Can			8	66 pts	4th
Edoardo Bianchi Francesco Marcolini	Tornado	15	9	4	2	8	4	6	11	8	6	16						74 pts	7th

[edit] Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Niccolo Campriani	10 m air rifle	594	12th	Did not advance		12th
	50 m rifle Prone	588	38th	Did not advance		38th
	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1153	39th	Did not advance		39th
Marco De Nicolo	10 m air rifle	592	20th	Did not advance		20th
	50 m rifle Prone	593	15th	Did not advance		15th
	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1169	9th	Did not advance		9th
Mauro Badaracchi	10 m air pistol	571	40th	Did not advance		40th
Vigilio Fait	10 m air pistol	580	9th	Did not advance		9th
	50 m pistol	551	28th	Did not advance		28th
Francesco Bruno	50 m pistol	554	19th	Did not advance		19th
Andrea Benelli	Skeet	113	24th	Did not advance		24th
Ennio Falco	Skeet	117	14th	Did not advance		14th
Erminio Frasca	Trap	120	3rd	20	140+1	6th
Giovanni Pellielo	Trap	120	4th	23	143	2 Silver
Francesco Daniello	Double trap	141	2nd	46	187	2 Silver
Daniele Di Spigno	Double trap	135	10th	Did not advance		10th

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Valentina Turisini	10 m air rifle	393	28th	Did not advance		28th
	50 m rifle three positions	579	15th	Did not advance		15th
Maura Genovesi	10 m air pistol	378	28th	Did not advance		28th
	25 m pistol	286	32nd	Did not advance		32nd
Chiara Cainero	skeet	72 (OR)	1	21	93	1 Gold
Deborah Gelisio	trap	66	7th	Did not advance		7th

[edit] Swimming

[1]

Men

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luca Marin	400 m medley	4:10.22	3 Q			4:12.47	5
Alessio Boggiato	400 m medley	4:10.68	6 Q			4:12:16	4
	200 m medley	1:58.80	7 Q	1:59.77	12	Did not advance
Federico Colbertaldo	400 metre freestyle	3:45.28	11			Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	14:51.44	10			Did not advance
Massimiliano Rosolino	400 metre freestyle	3:45.57	13			Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	1:48.76	28	Did not advance
Alessandro Terrin	100 metre breaststroke	DSQ	-			Did not advance
Emiliano Brembilla	200 metre freestyle	1:47.04	9 Q	1:47.70	11	Did not advance
Mirco Di Tora	100 metre backstroke	54.39	4 Q	54.92	15
Niccolò Banni	200 metre butterfly	1:56.99	20	Did not advance
Filippo Magnini	100 metre freestyle	48.30	10 Q	48.11	9
Paolo Bossini	200 metre breaststroke	2:08.98	2 Q	2:09.95	7 Q	2:11.48	8
Loris Facci	200 metre breaststroke	2:09.12	3 Q	2:09.75	6 Q	2:10.57	7
Damiano Lestingi	200 metre breaststroke	1:58.53	11 Q	1:58.25	11	Did not advance
Mattia Aversa	200 metre backstroke	2:00.25	25	Did not advance
Alessandro Calvi	50 metre freestyle	22.50	28	Did not advance
Mattia Nalesso	100 metre butterfly	DNF	-	Did not advance
Samuel Pizzetti	1500 metre freestyle	15:07.02	17			Did not advance
Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Michele Santucci Filippo Magnini	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:12.65 Calvi 48.58 Galenda 47.67 Santucci 49.56 Magnini 46.84	4 Q			3:11.48 NR	8
Nicola Cassio Marco Belotti Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:07.84 ER Cassio 1:48.76 Belotti 1:45.82 Brembilla 1:46.46 Rosolino 1:46.80	2 Q			7:05.35	4
Mirco Di Tora Filippo Magnini Mattia Nalesso Alessandro Terrin	4x100m medley relay	3:34.32	8 Q			DSQ	-

Women

Athletes	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilaria Bianchi	100 metre butterfly	58.12 IR	7 Q	SQ	-	Did not advance
Alessia Filippi	400 m medley	4:35.11	3 Q			4:34.34 IR	5
	800 metre freestyle	8:21.95	4 Q			8:20.23
Federica Pellegrini	400 metre freestyle	4:02.19 OR	1 Q			4:04.56	5
	200 metre freestyle	1:55.45 WR	1 Q	1:57.23	3 Q	1:54.82 WR
Romina Armellini	100 metre backstroke	1:02.21	26	Did not advance
Roberta Panara	100 metre breaststroke	1:08.90	22	Did not advance
Paola Cavallino	200 metre butterfly	2:10.46	20	Did not advance
Maria Laura Simonetto	100 metre freestyle	56.72	42
Cristina Chiuso	50 metre freestyle	25.74	34	Did not advance
Erika Ferraioli Federica Pellegrini Maria Laura Simonetto Christina Chiuso	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:40.42 IR Ferraioli 56.10 Pellegrini 53.42 Simonetto 55.97 Chiuso 54.93	10			Did not advance
Renata Spagnolo Flavia Zoccari Alice Carpanese Federica Pellegrini Alessia Filippi	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:53.38 NR Spagnolo 1:58.91 Filippi 1:56.68 Zoccari 1:59.80 Pellegrini 1:54.97	3 Q			7:49.76 ER Spagnolo 1:58.31 Zoccari 1:58.88 Carpanese 1:59.50 Pellegrini 1:56.09	4
Romina Armellini Roberta Panara Ilaria Bianchi Federica Pellegrini	4x100m medley relay	4:04.93 Romina Armellini 30.91 Roberta Panara 31.74 Ilaria Bianchi 26.76 Federica Pellegrini 26.88	10			Did not advance

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Beatrice Adelizzi Giulia Lapi	Duet	46.834	7th	47.000	7th	47.000	7th	46.917	7th	93.751	7th

[edit] Table tennis

Men

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
Mihai Bobocica	Singles	Norouzi (IRI) W 4-2	Kuzmin (RUS) W 4-1	Tokic (SLO) L 3-4	Did not advance

Women

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
Nikoleta Stefanova	Singles		Fadeeva (RUS) W 4-0	Boroš (CRO) L 1-4	Did not advance
Wenling Tan-Monfardini	Singles		Sorochinskaya (UKR) W 4-2	Qiangbing (AUT) L 2-4	Did not advance

[edit] Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mauro Sarmiento	−80 kg	Konan (CIV) W 4-1	Lopez (USA) W 1-0	Cook (GBR) W 6-5			Saei (IRI) L 2-4
Leonardo Basile	+80 kg	Matos (CUB) L 1-3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Veronica Calabrese	−57 kg	Patino (COL) W 2-0	Diedhiou (SEN) W 3-0	Su-Jeong (KOR) L 1-5		Diana Lopez (USA) L 2-3	Did not advance

[edit] Tennis

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	Singles	V Hanescu (ROU)	L 1-2 (5-7, 6-3, 4-6)	Did not advance
Andreas Seppi	Singles	T Robredo (ESP)	W 2-1 (6-4, 4-6, 8-6)	T Berdych (CZE)	L 0-2 (3-6, 6-7)	Did not advance
Potito Starace	Singles	R Nadal (ESP)	L 1-2 (2-6, 6-3, 2-6))	Did not advance
Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi	Doubles			R Federer (SUI)  S Wawrinka (SUI)	L 0-2 (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	Singles	S Stosur (AUS)	L 0-2 (3-6, 2-6)	Did not advance
Flavia Pennetta	Singles	K Kanepi (EST)	L 0-2 (2-6, 6-7)	Did not advance
Mara Santangelo	Singles	D Safina (RUS)	L 0-2 (3-6, 6-7)	Did not advance
Francesca Schiavone	Singles	Amanmuradova (UZB)	W 2-0 (6-4, 6-2)	Radwanska (POL)	W 2-0 (6-3, 7-6)	Zvonareva (RUS)	L 0-2 (6-7, 4-6)	Did not advance
Mara Santangelo Roberta Vinci	Doubles			S Kuznetsova (RUS)  D Safina (RUS)	L 1-2 (1-6, 6-3, 5-7)	Did not advance
Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone	Doubles			C Dellacqua (AUS)  A Molik (AUS)	2-0 (6-4, 6-4)	C-j Chuang (TPE)  Y-j Chan (TPE)	2-1 (7-6, 1-6, 8-6)	A Bondarenko (UKR)  K Bondarenko (UKR)	1-2 (1-6, 6-3, 7-5)	Did not advance

[edit] Triathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Emilio D'Aquino	Individual	18:22	58:56	35:43	1:53:58.22	40th
Daniel Fontana	Individual	18:22	58:55	34:26	1:52:39.21	33rd

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Charlotte Bonin	Individual	20:07	1:06:58	41:30	2:09:42.09	44th
Nadia Cortassa	Individual	20:31	LAP - passed by number one.			n/a

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Beach

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round Pool D	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Eugenio Amore Riccardo Lione Seed 23	Doubles	M.Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA) L 0 – 2 (18-21, 18-21)  Doppler - Gartmayer (AUT) L 0 – 2 (19-21, 22-24)  Barsouk - Kolodinsky (RUS) L 0 – 2 (17-21, 13-21);	4	Did not advance

[edit] Indoor

[edit] Men's competition

Preliminary round - Pool A

August 10, 2008 12:00	Italy	3 – 1	Japan	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Humberto Salas (Mexico)
	25 25 23 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	19 18 25 17

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August 12, 2008 12:30	Italy	1 – 3	United States	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Ibrahim Al-Naama (Qatar)
	26 22 15 21	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	24 25 25 25

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August 14, 2008 10:00	Italy	3 – 0	Venezuela	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran)
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	20 20 21

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August 16, 2008 14:30	Italy	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Umit Sokullu (Turkey)
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	20 21 16

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August 18, 2008 20:00	China	2 – 3	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Mitch Davidson (Canada)
	17 23 25 25 14	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 25 21 20 16

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Rk	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	United States	10	5	5	0	460	371	1.240	15	4	3.750
2	Italy	9	5	4	1	439	401	1.095	13	6	2.167
3	Bulgaria	8	5	3	2	446	440	1.014	10	9	1.111
4	China	7	5	2	3	445	492	0.904	9	13	0.692
5	Venezuela	6	5	1	4	421	451	0.933	8	12	0.667
6	Japan	5	5	0	5	392	448	0.875	4	15	0.267

Quarterfinals

August 20, 2008 12:00	Italy	3 – 2	Poland	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Umit Sokullu (Turkey)
	25 25 18 26 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	19 22 25 28 15

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Semifinals

August 22, 2008 20:00	Italy	1 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Kun-Tae Kim (South Korea)
	25 18 21 22	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	19 25 25 25

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Bronze Medal Match

August 24, 2008 10:00	Russia	3 – 0	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Frank Leuthauser (Germany)
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	22 19 23

[edit] Women's competition

Women's team

Taismary Aguero, Sara Anzanello, Jenny Barazza, Paola Cardullo, Nadia Centoni, Francesca Ferretti, Simona Gioli, Martina Guiggi, Eleonora Lo Bianco, Francesca Piccinini, Paola Croce (libero), Serena Ortolani, Manuela Secolo.

Preliminary round - Pool A

August 9, 2008 10:00	Italy	3 – 1	Russia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Frank Leuthauser (Germany)
	25 17 25 25 -	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	20 25 16 23 -

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August 11, 2008 12:00	Kazakhstan	0 – 3	Italy	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Patricia Salvatore (USA)
	19 15 21 - -	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 25 25 - -

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August 13, 2008 10:00	Italy	3 – 0	Algeria	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic)
	25 25 25 - -	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	7 20 12 - -

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August 15, 2008 14:30	Serbia	0 – 3	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Patricia Salvatore (USA)
	23 20 19 - -	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 25 25 - -

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August 17, 2008 15:15	Italy	0 – 3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Humberto Salas (Mexico)
	16 22 17 - -	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 25 25 - -

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Rk	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	5	0	377	226	1.668	15	0	MAX
2	Italy	9	5	4	1	372	315	1.181	12	4	3.500
3	Russia	8	5	3	2	353	312	1.131	10	6	1.667
4	Serbia	7	5	2	3	343	349	0.983	6	10	0.600
5	Kazakhstan	6	5	1	4	323	404	0.800	4	13	0.308
6	Algeria	5	5	0	5	230	392	0.587	1	15	0.067

Quarterfinals

August 19, 2008 22:00	United States	3 – 2	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Francisco de Souza (BRA), Sakaide (JPN)
	20 25 19 25 15	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 21 25 19 6

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Men's competition

Roster

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Preliminaries

August 10, 2008 15:20	Game 5	Croatia	11 – 7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Simion (ROU), Antsiferov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-0, 4-1, 2-3
		Boskovic 3	Goals	Felugo 3

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August 12, 2008 12:10	Game 9	Italy	11 – 12	United States	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-3, 4-3, 4-4
		Binchi 2	Goals	Hudnut 3

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August 14, 2008 16:40	Game 18	China	7 – 19	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2-5, 2-5, 1-4, 2-5
		Xie 3	Goals	Calcaterra 4

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August 16, 2008 9:30	Game 19	Germany	8 – 7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Turcotte (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-1, 0-2, 3-3
		Schertwitis 2	Goals	Calcaterra 3

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August 18, 2008 9:30	Game 25	Serbia	12 – 13	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Klopper (NED), Antsiferov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-3, 3-5, 4-2
		Sapic 3	Goals	Calcaterra 3

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7-10
	Will play for places 9-12

Group B Preliminary Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	5	4	0	1	37	31	+6	8
Croatia	5	4	0	1	56	31	+25	8
Serbia	5	3	0	2	50	38	+12	6
Germany	5	2	0	3	33	44	-11	4
Italy	5	2	0	3	57	50	+7	4
China	5	0	0	5	25	64	-39	0

[edit] Classification 9th-12th

August 20, 2008 09:30	Game 31	Canada	11 – 13	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Rak (CRO), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1-4, 3-2, 3-3, 4-4
		Graham 4	Goals	Sottani 3

[edit] Classification 9th-10th

August 24, 2008 09:30	Game 40	Italy	10 – 8	Germany	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Rak (CRO), Hart (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4-3, 1-1, 1-1, 4-3
		Calcaterra 5	Goals	3 tied at 2

[edit] Women's competition

Roster

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Preliminaries

August 11, 2008 14:20	Game 2	Russia	8 – 9	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-1, 2-3, 1-2
		Smurova 2	Goals	Miceli, di Mario 2

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August 13, 2008 15:40	Game 8	United States	9 – 9	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0-2, 4-2, 2-2, 3-3
		Hayes, Villa 2	Goals	Miceli, Mario 2

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August 15, 2008 17:00	Game 9	Italy	10 – 9	China	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 4-2, 2-4, 2-1
		Casanova 4	Goals	Sun Yating 3

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7-8

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	33	27	+6	5
Italy	3	2	1	0	28	26	+2	5
China	3	1	0	2	33	33	0	2
Russia	3	0	0	3	26	34	-8	0

[edit] Quarterfinals

August 17, 2008 15:40	Game 15	Italy	8 (3) – 8 (5)	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Bock (GER), Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 3-1, 2-3, 1-2 . Overtime: 3-5 (PS)
		Zanchi 4	Goals	Cabout 4

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[edit] Classification 5th–6th

August 19, 2008 13:00	Game 16	China	10 – 7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Tulga (TUR), Turcotte (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 4-0
		Gao 4	Goals	di Mario 3

[edit] Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vito Dellino	-56 kg	110	15	137	14	247	14
Giorgio De Luca	-69 kg	131	21	0	-	DNF	-
Moreno Boer	-105 kg	150	17th	170	18th	330	18th

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Genny Pagliaro	-48 kg	0	-	0	-	DNF	-

[edit] Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Andrea Minguzzi	−84 kg		Noumonvi (FRA) W 2-0(1-1, 1-1)	Michine (RUS) W 2-1(1-1, 0-3, 2-1)	Abrahamian (SWE) W 2-0(1-1, 2-1)			Fodor (HUN) W 2-1(1-1,1-1, 4-0)	1 Gold
Daigoro Timoncini	−96 kg	Kato (JPN) W 2-0(2-0, 5-0)	Khushtov (RUS) L 0-2(0-4, 0-4)			Mambetov (KAZ) L 0-2(1-2, 0-2)	Did not advance

[edit] See also

• Italy at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

[edit] References

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