Italy at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Atlanta
Competitors340 (236 men, 104 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer Giovanna Trillini
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
13
Silver
10
Bronze
12
Total
35
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 340 competitors, 236 men and 104 women, took part in 172 events in 27 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Italian men received unfortunate rankings in the open round, and both Andrea Parenti and Matteo Bisiani quickly found themselves losing to eventual silver medallist Magnus Petersson, in the second and third rounds, respectively. Both had the highest score of any archer to lose in their round. Michele Frangilli advanced to the quarterfinal before facing eventual gold medallist Justin Huish. They won the bronze medal in the team round.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Qualification — 14:03.56
  • Semifinal — 13:28.80
  • Final — 13:28.36 (→ 12th place)
  • Qualification — 13:55.41
  • Semifinal — 14:06.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Qualification — 27:55.79
  • Final — 29:07.77 (→ 18th place)

Men's Marathon

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:03.60
  • Semi Final — 3:02.56 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 48.90s
  • Semi Final — 48.43s
  • Final — 48.41s (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 48.92s
  • Semi Final — 48.52s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 49.71s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:31.69
  • Semifinals — 8:27.32
  • Final — 8:11.28 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 8:30.83
  • Semifinals — 8:21.86
  • Final — 8:29.67 (→ 9th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.79m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 77.36m
  • Final — 76.98m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification — 72.82m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 7013 points (→ 30th place)

Men's 20 kilometres Walk

Men's 50 kilometres Walk

Women's 400 metres

Women's 5,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres

  • Qualification — 31:55.35
  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
  • Qualification — 32:59.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Women's 100m Hurdles

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification — 57.12 (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 56.54m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.93m
  • Final — 1.99m (→ 4th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.85m
  • Final — 7.02m (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 13.74m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

Women's 10 km Walk

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Italians were one of four teams that made their second appearance in Olympic baseball in 1996. They improved slightly, upon their seventh-place finish of four years earlier by taking the middle place in a three-way tie for fifth through seventh places. They had defeated Korea and Australia in the preliminary round but had lost their other five preliminary games.

Men's Team Competition:

Team roster

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Preliminary round
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 424 360 +64 10 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 1 378 342 +36 9
3  Italy 5 3 2 330 309 +21 8
4  Japan 5 2 3 365 396 −31 7
5  China 5 1 4 347 378 −31 6
6  Canada 5 0 5 293 352 −59 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
Italy  62–53  China
Pts: Caselin 16
Rebs: Schiesaro 5
Asts: Caselin, Ballabio 3		 Pts: Li X, Liu J 15
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Li X, Li D 4
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Canada  54–59  Italy
Pts: Smith 13
Rebs: Smith 7
Asts: Evans 5		 Pts: Fullin, Ballabio 15
Rebs: Pollini, Tufano 4
Asts: Gardellin 3
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Italy  70–75  Russia
Pts: Pollini 22
Rebs: Pollini 8
Asts: Fullin 5		 Pts: Shakirova 24
Rebs: Shakirova, Baranova 12
Asts: Sumnikova 9
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Japan  52–66  Italy
Pts: Murakami 13
Rebs: Ichijo 9
Asts: Murakami 5		 Pts: Pollini, Arnetoli 13
Rebs: Fullin 11
Asts: Pollini, Ballabio 3
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Italy  73–75  Brazil
Pts: Bonfiglio 15
Rebs: Pollini 5
Asts: Pollini 4		 Pts: Janeth 17
Rebs: Marta Sobral 8
Asts: Janeth 5
Quarterfinals
31 July 1996 (1996-07-31)
20:00
Ukraine  59–50  Italy
Scoring by half: 25–22, 34–28
Pts: Nazarenko 16
Rebs: Zhyrko 15
Asts: Tkachenko 6		 Pts: Pollini 13
Rebs: Pollini 8
Asts: Pollini, Fullin 3
Classification Round 5th−8th place
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
17:00
Cuba  78–70  Italy
Scoring by half: 37–40, 41–30
Pts: Martínez 23
Rebs: Enríquez 17
Asts: Henry 5		 Pts: Pollini 15
Rebs: Ballabio, Tufano 8
Asts: three players 3
7th place game
3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
15:00
Italy  69–81  Japan
Scoring by half: 32–41, 37–40
Pts: Paparazzo 19
Rebs: Pollini 6
Asts: Caselin 5		 Pts: Hagiwara 21
Rebs: Hagiwara, Hamaguchi 9
Asts: Harada 5

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba), referee stopped contest in first round

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final — 1:05:01 (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 1:09:18 (→ 19th place)

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final — 02:36:38 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 32nd place)

Women's Individual Time Trial

  • Final – 38:47 (→ 8th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Final — 37 points (→ Gold Medal)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Final — 2:25:08 (→ 5th place)
  • Final — 2:26:05 (→ 8th place)

Women's Cross Country

  • Final — 1:50.51 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Final — 1:55.56 (→ 6th place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 356.55
  • Semi Final — 202.80 (→ 15th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 208.77 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Heat — 202.86 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sixteen fencers, nine men and seven women, represented Italy in 1996.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Heat – 22.85
  • B-Final – 22.96 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat – 1:48.80
  • Final – 1:48.50 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat – 1:49.88
  • B-Final – 1:50.07 (→ 13th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat – 3:49.35
  • Final – 3:49.87 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat – 3:51.05
  • Final – 3:51.04 (→ 6th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat – 15:16.72
  • Final – 15:08.58 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat – 15:41.14 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat – 55.82
  • Final – 55.53 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat – 2:00.01
  • Final – 1:59.18 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat – 1:59.95
  • Final – 2:01.27 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat – 56.04 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat – 2:00.67 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 2:03.24
  • B-Final – 2:03.49 (→ 11th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 4:19.63
  • Final – 4:18.31 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 7:22.69
  • Final – 7:19.92 (→ 6th place)


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat – 2:13.58
  • Final – 2:14.56 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:10.25
  • B-Final – 1:11.19 (→ 15th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat – 1:01.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat – 2:16.10 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat – 4:10.57
  • Final – 4:10.59 (→ 8th place)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

  • First round — Defeated Jiří Novák (Czech Republic) 4–5 6–4 6–3
  • Second round — Defeated Luis Morejon (Ecuador) 7–5 6–2
  • Third round — Defeated Marc Rosset (Switzerland) 6–2 4–2 retired
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Leander Paes (India) 1–6 9–7
  • First round — Defeated Carlos Costa (Spain) 6–3 6–2
  • Second round — Defeated Oscar Ortiz (Mexico) 6–1 7–6
  • Third round — Lost to Andre Agassi (United States) 6–2 4–6 2–6


Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Indoor Team Competition

  • Defeated South Korea (3–0)
  • Defeated Tunisia (3–0)
  • Defeated Netherlands (3–0)
  • Defeated Russia (3–0)
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (3–0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3–2)
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (3–1)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (2–3) → Silver Medal

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

  • Defeated United States (10–7)
  • Defeated Ukraine (8–6)
  • Defeated Croatia (10–8)
  • Defeated Greece (10–8)
  • Defeated Romania (10–9)
  • Defeated Russia (11–9)
  • Lost to Croatia (6–7)
  • Defeated Hungary (20–18) → Bronze Medal

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Italy at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-15.

External links

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