Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Italy Italy competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete.^{[citation needed]}

Medalists

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

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Fencing	2	0	5	7
Shooting	1	2	0	3
Boxing	1	1	1	3
Swimming	1	1	0	2
Athletics	1	0	1	2
Canoeing	0	1	1	2
Sailing	0	1	1	2
Judo	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	0	1
Archery	0	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Total	8	9	10	27

Archery

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 / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ilario Di Buò	Individual	670	9	Bulíř (CZE) (56) W 111–100	Wunderle (USA) (41) L 108 (17)–108 (19)	Did not advance
Marco Galiazzo		667	12	Dall (DEN) (53) W 114–97	Wills (GBR) (21) L 110–109	Did not advance
Mauro Nespoli		649	44	Wills (GBR) (21) L 99–103	Did not advance
Ilario Di Buò 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 / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pia Lionetti	Individual	613	51	Schuh (FRA) (14) L 107–112	Did not advance
Elena Tonetta		595	55	Rendón (COL) (10) L 106 (9)–106 (10)	Did not advance
Natalia Valeeva		634	30	Bannova (KAZ) (35) W 107–105	Joo H-J (KOR) (3) L 108–110	Did not advance
Pia 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

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Andrew Howe	Long jump	7.81	20	Did not advance
Fabrizio Donato	Triple jump	16.70	21	Did not advance
Andrea Bettinelli	High jump	2.25	16	Did not advance
Filippo Campioli		2.25	=9 Q	2.20	=10
Alessandro Talotti		2.20	19	Did not advance
Giuseppe Gibilisco	Pole vault	5.65	13 q	NM	—
Hannes Kirchler	Discus throw	56.44	32	Did not advance
Marco Lingua	Hammer throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Nicola Vizzoni	Hammer throw	75.01	13	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anita Pistone	100 m	11.43	2 Q	11.56	6	Did not advance
Vincenza Calì	200 m	23.44	6 q	23.56	7	Did not advance
Libania Grenot	400 m	50.87 NR	1 Q	—		50.83 NR	5	Did not advance
Elisa Cusma	800 m	2:00.24	5 q	—		1:59.52	5	Did not advance
Silvia Weissteiner	5000 m	15:23.45	10	—				Did not advance
Micol Cattaneo	100 m hurdles	13.13	5	—		Did not advance
Elena Romagnolo	3000 m steeplechase	9:27.48	5 q	—				9:30.04	11
Bruna Genovese	Marathon	—						2:31:31	17
Anna Incerti		—						2:30:55	14
Vincenza Sicari		—						2:33:31	29
Elisa Rigaudo	20 km walk	—						1:27:12
Audrey Alloh Giulia Arcioni Vincenza Calì Anita Pistone	4×100 m relay	DSQ		—				Did not advance

Field events

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

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agnese Allegrini	Women's singles	Griga (UKR) L 15–21, 11–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
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	Ugás (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	—	Tomasović (CRO) W 13–1	Rivas (COL) W 9–5	Price (GBR) W RSC	Zhang Zl (CHN) W RSC

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Daniele Molmenti	Men's K-1	85.13	5	83.46	3	168.59	3 Q	88.56	8 Q	142.37	10	230.93	10
Andrea Benetti Erik Masoero	Men's C-2	100.08	9	102.20	9	202.28	8 Q	103.64	6 Q	100.48	5	204.12	5
Maria Cristina Giai Pron	Women's K-1	102.75	9	100.95	9	203.70	9 Q	104.52	5 Q	251.26	10	355.78	10

Sprint

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josefa Idem	K-1 500 m	1:48.864	1 QF	BYE		1:50.677
Stefania Cicali Fabiana Sgroi	K-2 500 m	1:47.018	6 QS	1:46.163	6	Did not advance
Stefania Cicali Alice Fagioli Alessandra Galiotto Fabiana Sgroi	K-4 500 m	1:37.436	4 QS	1:37.887	3 Q	1:36.770	8

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Paolo Bettini	Road race	6:24:24	18
Marzio Bruseghin	Road race	6:34:26	63
Marzio Bruseghin	Time trial	1:06:20	22
Vincenzo Nibali	Road race	Did not finish
Vincenzo Nibali	Time trial	1:05:36	15
Franco Pellizotti	Road race	6:31:06	50
Davide Rebellin	Road race	~~6:23:49~~	DSQ

Women

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

Track

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

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Roberto Chiappa	Men's sprint	10.314 69.808	8 Q	Watanabe (JPN) W 10.786 66.753	Bourgain (FRA) L	Awang (MAS) Nimke (GER) L	Did not advance		9th place final Nimke (GER) Bayley (AUS) Watanabe (JPN) L	10

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Roberto Chiappa	Men's keirin	6 R	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Angelo Ciccone	Men's points race	8	0	13
Vera Carrara	Women's points race	1	0	14
Angelo Ciccone Fabio Masotti	Men's madison	0	−3	14

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marco Aurelio Fontana	Men's cross-country	1:59:59	5
Yader Zoli	Men's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	30
Eva Lechner	Women's cross-country	1:58:22	16

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Manuel de Vecchi	Men's BMX	36.351	10	11	3 Q	20	8	Did not advance

Diving

Men

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

Women

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

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Pierluigi Sangiorgi	Flourian	Individual	61.875	37	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Susanna Bordone	Ava	Individual	37.80	8	28.80	66.60	21	20.00	86.60	26 Q	14.00	100.60	23	100.60	23
Stefano Brecciaroli	Cappa Hill		50.00 #	33	62.00	112.00 #	46	4.00	116.00 #	41	Did not advance			116.00	40
Fabio Magni	Southern King V		49.60	31	70.00	119.60 #	50	0.00	119.60 #	42	Did not advance			119.60	41
Vittoria Panizzon	Rock Model		50.60 #	35	18.40	69.00	25	0.00	69.00	17 Q	8.00	77.00	16	77.00	16
Roberto Rotatori	Irham De Viages		40.00	12	22.80	62.80	17	28.00	90.80	30	Did not advance			90.80	29
Susanna Bordone Stefano Brecciaroli Fabio Magni Vittoria Panizzon Roberto Rotatori	See above	Team	127.40	5	71.00	198.40	4	48.00	246.40	6	—			246.40	6

# - Indicates that points do not count in team total

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Diego Confalonieri	Individual épée	BYE	Motyka (POL) W 15–10	Imre (HUN) W 15–9	Abajo (ESP) L 13–14	Did not advance
Alfredo Rota		BYE	Boczko (HUN) L 10–11	Did not advance
Matteo Tagliariol		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
Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol	Team épée	—		BYE	South Korea (KOR) W 45–37	France (FRA) L 39–45	China (CHN) W 45–35
Andrea Cassarà	Individual foil	—	BYE	Schlosser (AUT) W 15–8	Zhu J (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 J (CHN) W 15–14
Aldo Montano	Individual sabre	BYE	Beaudry (CAN) W 15–4	Pina (ESP) L 14–15	Did not advance
Diego Occhiuzzi		BYE	Pina (ESP) L 9–15	Did not advance
Luigi Tarantino		BYE	Agresta (BRA) W 15–8	Sanson (FRA) W 15–7	Zhong M (CHN) L 13–15	Did not advance
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	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
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
Giovanna Trillini		BYE	Compañy (CUB) W 15–7	Shanaeva (RUS) W 15–3	Wächter (GER) W 15–8	Nam H-H (KOR) L 10–15	Granbassi (ITA) L 12–15	4
Valentina Vezzali		BYE	Mroczkiewicz (POL) W 15–3	Zhang L (CHN) W 10–7	Knapek (HUN) W 15–3	Granbassi (ITA) W 12–3	Nam H-H (KOR) W 6–5
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
Ilaria Bianco	Individual sabre	BYE	Huang Hy (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

Football (soccer)

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Italy men's football team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football group D standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game D1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game D4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game D6

Quarterfinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game E2

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Matteo Angioletti	Team	14.250	—	15.625	16.500	—	13.575	—		Did not advance
Alberto Busnari		13.525	15.125	—		14.625	14.375	—
Igor Cassina		—	13.800	—		14.125	16.000 Q	—
Andrea Coppolino		14.025	12.925	15.975 Q	14.825	13.675	—
Matteo Morandi		14.175	13.700	16.025 Q	16.100	13.725	13.850	87.575	31
Enrico Pozzo		14.800	14.325	14.250	15.700	14.750	14.850	88.675	26 Q
Total		63.125	57.250	56.950	61.875	57.225	59.075	355.500	12

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Igor Cassina	Horizontal bar	—					15.675	15.675	4
Andrea Coppolino	Rings	—		16.225	—			16.225	4
Matteo Morandi	Rings	—		16.200	—			16.200	6
Enrico Pozzo	All-around	15.250	14.625	13.850	15.600	14.600	15.450	89.375	19

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Francesca Benolli	Team	13.600	15.075	14.475	13.850	57.000	35	Did not advance
Monica Bergamelli		—	13.900	—	14.350	—
Vanessa Ferrari		14.650	14.825	14.050	14.775	58.300	21 Q
Carlotta Giovannini		13.575	15.100 Q	14.475	13.900	57.050	34
Federica Macrì		13.800	—	13.550	—
Lia Parolari		14.575	14.075	14.375	15.175	58.200	23 Q
Total		56.625	59.075	57.375	58.200	231.275	10

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Vanessa Ferrari	All-around	13.950	14.700	15.200	15.600	59.450	11
Carlotta Giovannini	Vault	—	14.550	—		14.550	6
Lia Parolari	All-around	14.500	13.950	15.350	15.125	58.925	14

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Elisa Blanchi Fabrizia D'Ottavio Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Elisa Santoni Anzhelika Savrayuk	Team	17.150	17.375	34.525	4 Q	17.000	17.425	34.425	4

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Flavio Cannone	Men's	66.50	14	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Giovanni Casale	−66 kg	BYE	Novoa (CHI) W 1000–0000	Pak C-M (PRK) L 0001–0010	Did not advance		Nurmuhammedow (TKM) W 0012–0000	Dias (POR) W 1001–0001	Gadanov (RUS) L 0010–1002	Did not advance
Giuseppe Maddaloni	−81 kg	BYE	Brenes (PUR) W 0020–0001	Elmont (NED) L 0000–1001	Did not advance		Nyamkhüü (MGL) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Roberto Meloni	−90 kg	—	Borodavko (LAT) W 0100–0010	Dafreville (FRA) L 0000–0010	Did not advance		González (CUB) W 1001–0001	Santos (BRA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Paolo Bianchessi	+100 kg	BYE	Ishii (JPN) L 0000–1011	Did not advance			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	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Giulia Quintavalle	−57 kg	Bönisch (GER) W 0101–0001	Khishigbat (MGL) W 1010–0001	Harel (FRA) W 0010–0001	Pekli (AUS) W 0010–0002	BYE			Gravenstijn (NED) W 0011–0001
Ylenia Scapin	−70 kg	BYE	Jacques (BEL) W 0010–0000	Hernández (CUB) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	BYE	Alvear (COL) L 0010–1000	Did not advance
Lucia Morico	−78 kg	BYE	Nakazawa (JPN) W 0010–0001	San Miguel (ESP) L 0011–0220	Did not advance	BYE	Silva (BRA) L 0000–1101	Did not advance
Michela Torrenti	+78 kg	Shepherd (AUS) L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Nicola Benedetti	Men's	183	14	1132	16–19	21	784	2:15.10	34	1180	144	16	1056	9:12.77	3	1192	5344	14
Andrea Valentini	Men's	182	16	1120	18–17	13	832	2:11.70	33	1220	228	22	972	9:24.82	12	1144	5288	17
Sara Bertoli	Women's	174	27	1024	13–22	=29	712	2:21.92	23	1220	328	34	872	10:48.46	17	1128	4956	32
Claudia Corsini	Women's	184	8	1144	14–21	28	736	2:19.22	18	1252	84	17	1116	10:40.01	12	1160	5408	14

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giuseppe De Vita Raffaello Leonardo	Pair	6:51:01	2 SA/B	BYE		6:47:30	5 FB	7:04:91	11
Elia Luini Marcello Miani	Lightweight double sculls	6:16:16	1 SA/B	BYE		6:31:16	2 FA	6:16:15	4
Lorenzo Carboncini Carlo Mornati Niccolo Mornati Alessio Sartori	Four	6:02:84	2 SA/B	BYE		6:05:21	6 FB	6:08:77	11
Luca Agamennoni Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri Simone Venier	Quadruple sculls	5:36:42	2 SA/B	BYE		5:51:20	1 FA	5:43:57
Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Bruno Mascarenhas Jiri Vlcek	Lightweight four	5:54:12	3 SA/B	BYE		6:14:73	5 FB	6:03:12	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriella Bascelli	Single sculls	7:43:67	1 QF	—		7:36:68	3 SA/B	7:42:10	4 FB	7:48:91	8
Elisabetta Sancassani Laura Schiavone	Double sculls	7:30:25	5 R	7:08:00	4 FB	—				7:29:22	10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Fabian Heidegger	RS:X	14	12	8	17	18	13	18	24	21	17	EL	138	20
Diego Romero	Laser	6	3	5	36	10	15	11	9	10	CAN	6	75
Andrea Trani Gabria Zandona'	470	10	4	7	7	2	21	19	6	29	5	10	91	6
Diego Negri Luigi Viale	Star	13	8	12	7	11	7	7	6	13	5	16	92	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Alessandra Sensini	RS:X	6	2	9	1	28	3	2	2	5	8	2	40
Larissa Nevierov	Laser Radial	17	15	22	9	11	13	16	24	21	CAN	EL	124	19
Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	470	14	7	6	3	6	11	4	19	12	6	6	75	5
Chiara Calligaris Giulia Pignolo Francesca Scognamillo	Yngling	15	14	13	9	8	9	7	14	CAN	CAN	EL	74	15

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Giorgio Poggi	Finn	17	7	14	21	6	12	9	9	CAN	CAN	—					EL	74	11
Gianfranco Sibello Pietro Sibello	49er	3	9	1	1	6	9	3	8	12	17	3	3	CAN	CAN	CAN	8	66	4
Edoardo Bianchi Francesco Marcolini	Tornado	15	9	4	2	8	4	6	11	8	6	—					16	74	7

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

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mauro Badaracchi	10 m air pistol	571	40	Did not advance
Andrea Benelli	Skeet	113	24	Did not advance
Francesco Bruno	50 m pistol	554	19	Did not advance
Niccolo Campriani	10 m air rifle	594	12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	588	38	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1153	39	Did not advance
Francesco D'Aniello	Double trap	141	2 Q	187
Marco De Nicolo	10 m air rifle	592	20	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	593	15	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1169	9	Did not advance
Daniele Di Spigno	Double trap	135	10	Did not advance
Vigilio Fait	10 m air pistol	580	9	Did not advance
Vigilio Fait	50 m pistol	551	28	Did not advance
Ennio Falco	Skeet	117	14	Did not advance
Erminio Frasca	Trap	120	3 Q	140 S/O 1	6
Giovanni Pellielo	Trap	120	4 Q	143

Women

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

Swimming

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Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Romina Armellini	100 m backstroke	1:02.21	26	Did not advance
Ilaria Bianchi	100 m butterfly	58.12	7 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
Paola Cavallino	200 m butterfly	2:10.46	20	Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso	50 m freestyle	25.74	34	Did not advance
Alessia Filippi	800 m freestyle	8:21.95	4 Q	—		8:20.23
Alessia Filippi	400 m individual medley	4:35.11	3 Q	—		4:34.34	5
Roberta Panara	100 m breaststroke	1:08.90	22	Did not advance
Federica Pellegrini	200 m freestyle	1:55.45 WR	1 Q	1:57.23	3 Q	1:54.82 WR
Federica Pellegrini	400 m freestyle	4:02.19 OR	1 Q	—		4:04.56	5
Maria Laura Simonetto	100 m freestyle	56.72	42	Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso Erika Ferraioli Federica Pellegrini Maria Laura Simonetto	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:40.42	10	—		Did not advance
Alice Carpanese Alessia Filippi Federica Pellegrini Renata Spagnolo Flavia Zoccari*	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:53.38 NR	3 Q	—		7:49.76	4
Romina Armellini Ilaria Bianchi Roberta Panara Federica Pellegrini	4×100 m medley relay	4:04.93	10	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Beatrice Adelizzi Giulia Lapi	Duet	46.834	7	47.000	93.834	7 Q	46.917	93.751	7

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mihai Bobocica	Men's singles	Norouzi (IRI) W 4–2	Kuzmin (RUS) W 4–1	Tokič (SLO) L 3–4	Did not advance
Nikoleta Stefanova	Women's singles	BYE	Fadeeva (RUS) W 4–0	Boroš (CRO) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tan Wenling	Women's singles	BYE	Sorochinskaya (UKR) W 4–2	Li Qb (AUT) L 2-4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mauro Sarmiento	Men's −80 kg	Konan (CIV) W 4–1	S Lopez (USA) W 1–0	Cook (GBR) W 6–5	BYE		Saei (IRI) L 2–4
Leonardo Basile	Men's +80 kg	Matos (CUB) L 1–3	Did not advance
Veronica Calabrese	Women's −57 kg	Patiño (COL) W 2–0	Diedhiou (SEN) W 3–0	Lim S-J (KOR) L 1–5	BYE	D López (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance	5

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Simone Bolelli	Singles	Hănescu (ROU) L 5–7, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance
Andreas Seppi		Robredo (ESP) W 6–4, 4–6, 8–6	Berdych (CZE) L 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)	Did not advance
Potito Starace		Nadal (ESP) L 2–6, 6–3, 2–6	Did not advance
Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi	Doubles	—	Federer / Wawrinka (SUI) L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sara Errani	Singles	Stosur (AUS) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Flavia Pennetta		Kanepi (EST) L 2–6, 6–7^(6–8)	Did not advance
Mara Santangelo		Safina (RUS) L 3–6, 6–7^(1–7)	Did not advance
Francesca Schiavone		Amanmuradova (UZB) W 6–4, 6–2	Radwańska (POL) W 6–3, 7–6^(8–6)	Zvonareva (RUS) L 6–7^(4–7), 4-6	Did not advance
Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone	Doubles	—	Dellacqua / Molik (AUS) W 6–4, 6–4	Chuang C-j / Chan Y-j (TPE) W 7–6^(7–1), 1–6, 8–6	A Bondarenko / K Bondarenko (UKR) L 1–6, 6–3, 7–5	Did not advance
Mara Santangelo Roberta Vinci	Doubles	—	Kuznetsova / Safina (RUS) L 1–6, 6–3, 5–7	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Emilio D'Aquino	Men's	18:22	0:28	58:56	0:29	35:43	1:53:58.22	40
Daniel Fontana	Men's	18:22	0:28	58:55	0:28	34:26	1:52:39.21	33
Charlotte Bonin	Women's	20:07	0:29	1:06:58	0:38	41:30	2:09:42.09	44
Daniela Chmet	Women's	20:00	0:31	Lapped

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eugenio Amore Riccardo Lione	Men's	Pool D Araújo – 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

Indoor

Italy entered both a men's team and a women's team in the indoor tournaments. The men's team won all their group matches but one, thereby advancing to the medal round. There, they won the quarterfinal, but lost both the semifinal and the match for bronze, finishing in 4th place for the tournament. The women's team also won all group matches but one, also advancing to the medal round. They lost the quarterfinal however, finishing in a tie for 5th place in the tournament.

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Italy men's volleyball team roster

Group play – Pool A

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game A1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game A4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game A7 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game A11 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game A14

Quarterfinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game C3

Semifinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game D2

Bronze medal game

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game E1

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Italy women's volleyball team roster

Group play – Pool A

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game B1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game B5 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game B7 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game B12 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game B14

Quarterfinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game C4

Water polo

Italy participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 9th place, while the women's team finished in 6th place.

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Italy men's water polo team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo group B standings All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B9 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B13

Classification round
Classification quarterfinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game C1

Classification semifinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game E1

Classification 9th–10th

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's water polo game F1

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Italy women's water polo team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo group A standings All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo game A1 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo game A3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo game A6

Quarterfinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo game D2

Classification 5th–6th

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's water polo game E

Weightlifting

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

Wrestling

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Minguzzi	−84 kg	BYE	Noumonvi (FRA) W 3–1 ^PP	Mishin (RUS) W 3–1 ^PP	Abrahamian (SWE) W 3–1 ^PP	BYE		Fodor (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP
Daigoro Timoncini	−96 kg	Kato (JPN) W 3–0 ^PO	Khushtov (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Mambetov (KAZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		11

References

^ 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results
^ "Positive Beijing tests confirmed". BBC Sport. 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-07-19.

External links

Italy at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games
Media related to Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

[ArcheryLeipzig-1] 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results

[2] "Positive Beijing tests confirmed". BBC Sport. 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-07-19.

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Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

BMX

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Fencing

Football (soccer)

Men's tournament

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Trampoline

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Indoor

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Water polo

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References

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