Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 361 competitors, 246 men and 115 women, took part in 175 events in 29 sports.^[1]

Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Sydney
Competitors	361 (246 men, 115 women) in 29 sports
Flag bearer	Carlton Myers
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 13 Silver 8 Bronze 13 Total 34
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Beniamino Bonomi, Antonio Rossi	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m	30 September
Gold	Josefa Idem	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 m	1 October
Gold	Paola Pezzo	Cycling	Women's cross-country	23 September
Gold	Antonella Bellutti	Cycling	Women's points race	21 September
Gold	Angelo Mazzoni, Paolo Milanoli, Maurizio Randazzo, Alfredo Rota	Fencing	Men's team épée	18 September
Gold	Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Women's foil	21 September
Gold	Diana Bianchedi, Giovanna Trillini, Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Women's team foil	23 September
Gold	Giuseppe Maddaloni	Judo	Men's 73 kg	18 September
Gold	Agostino Abbagnale, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri, Alessio Sartori	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	24 September
Gold	Alessandra Sensini	Sailing	Women's Mistral	24 September
Gold	Domenico Fioravanti	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	17 September
Gold	Domenico Fioravanti	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	20 September
Gold	Massimiliano Rosolino	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	21 September
Silver	Matteo Bisiani, Ilario Di Buò, Michele Frangilli	Archery	Men's team	22 September
Silver	Nicola Vizzoni	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	24 September
Silver	Fiona May	Athletics	Women's long jump	29 September
Silver	Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls	24 September
Silver	Lorenzo Carboncini, Riccardo Dei Rossi, Valter Molea, Carlo Mornati	Rowing	Men's coxless four	23 September
Silver	Luca Devoti	Sailing	Finn	30 September
Silver	Deborah Gelisio	Shooting	Women's double trap	19 September
Silver	Massimiliano Rosolino	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	16 September
Bronze	Paolo Vidoz	Boxing	Super Heavyweight	29 September
Bronze	Pierpaolo Ferrazzi	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1	20 September
Bronze	Silvio Martinello, Marco Villa	Cycling	Men's Madison	21 September
Bronze	Giovanna Trillini	Fencing	Women's foil	21 September
Bronze	Daniele Crosta, Gabriele Magni, Salvatore Sanzo, Matteo Zennaro	Fencing	Men's team foil	22 September
Bronze	Girolamo Giovinazzo	Judo	Men's 66 kg	17 September
Bronze	Ylenia Scapin	Judo	Women's 70 kg	18 September
Bronze	Emanuela Pierantozzi	Judo	Women's 78 kg	21 September
Bronze	Giovanni Calabrese, Nicola Sartori	Rowing	Men's double sculls	23 September
Bronze	Giovanni Pellielo	Shooting	Men's trap	17 September
Bronze	Massimiliano Rosolino	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	18 September
Bronze	Davide Rummolo	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	20 September
Bronze	Italy men's national volleyball team Marco Bracci Mirko Corsano Alessandro Fei Andrea Gardini Andrea Giani Pasquale Gravina Luigi Mastrangelo Marco Meoni Samuele Papi Simone Rosalba Andrea Sartoretti Paolo Tofoli	Volleyball	Men's tournament	1 October

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The men's team, which returned two members of the bronze medal-winning 1996 squad, did even better in 2000. They defeated the United States in the semifinal to guarantee themselves at least a silver medal. The Korean men, however, ensured that the Italians did not win the gold medal by defeating them in the final.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Matteo Bisiani	Men's individual	634	18	Grov (NOR) W 166–158	Makiyama (JPN) L 159–162	Did not advance
Ilario Di Buò		627	30	Hamano (JPN) W 163–158	Kim C-t (KOR) L 159–162	Did not advance
Michele Frangilli		634	19	Humlekjær (NOR) W 168–158	Hunter-Russell (AUS) W 164–154	Kim C-t (KOR) L 108–169	Did not advance
Matteo Bisiani Ilario Di Buò Michele Frangilli	Men's team	1895	6	—		France (FRA) W 250–239	Kazakhstan (KAZ) W 249–244	United States (USA) W 244–241	South Korea (KOR) L 247–255

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Irene Franchini	Women's individual	611	55	Serdyuk (UKR) L 157–144	Did not advance
Cristina Ioriatti		618	47	Borresen (RSA) W 154–145	Hamdiah (INA) W 156 (7) – 156 (6)	Valeeva (ITA) L 156–163	Did not advance
Natalia Valeeva		667	2	Youanga (CAF) W 166–126	Larsson (SWE) W 162–160	Ioriatti (ITA) W 163–156	Choe (PRK) L 103–107	Did not advance
Irene Franchini Cristina Ioriatti Natalia Valeeva	Women's team	1896	7	—		Australia (AUS) W 237–236	Ukraine (UKR) L 230–237	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Colombo	100m	10.52	4	Did not advance
Francesco Scuderi		10.50	6	Did not advance
Stefano Tilli		10.40	4 q	10.27	6	Did not advance
Alessandro Cavallaro	200m	20.58	3 Q	20.95	6	Did not advance
Alessandro Attene	400m	45.79	3 Q	45.35	3 Q	46.41	7	Did not advance
Andrea Longo	800m	1:46.32	1 Q	—		1:44.49	2 Q	DSQ
Rachid Berradi	10000m	28:01.18	12 q	—				28:45.96	17
Daniele Caimmi		29:01.26	15	Did not advance
Andrea Giaconi	110m hurdles	13.62	3 Q	13.93	7	Did not advance
Emiliano Pizzoli		13.65	4 Q	13.69	5	Did not advance
Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	400m hurdles	50.27	2 Q	—		50.10	8	Did not advance
Fabrizio Mori		49.35	1 Q	—		48.40	2 Q	48.78	7
Giuseppe Maffei	3000m steeplechase	8:48.88	12	Did not advance
Stefano Baldini	Marathon	—						DNF
Giacomo Leone		—						2:12:14	5
Vincenzo Modica		—						DNF
Giovanni de Benedictis	20km walk	—						1:23:14	16
Michele Didoni		—						1:21:43	12
Alessandro Gandellini		—						1:21:14	9
Ivano Brugnetti	50km walk	—						DNF
Arturo Di Mezza		—						DNF
Giovanni Perricelli		—						DNF
Alessandro Cavallaro Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo Francesco Scuderi	4 × 100 m relay	38.84	2 Q	—		38.67	4 q	38.67	7

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Diego Fortuna	Discus throw	62.26	14	Did not advance
Loris Paoluzzi	Hammer throw	76.91	9 q	78.18	6
Nicola Vizzoni		77.56	5 Q	79.64
Giuseppe Gibilisco	Pole vault	5.70	6 Q	5.50	10
Paolo Dal Soglio	Shot put	19.39	19	Did not advance
Paolo Camossi	Triple jump	16.87	11 q	16.96	8
Fabrizio Donato		16.34	25	Did not advance

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Manuela Levorato	200m	DNS		Did not advance
Roberta Brunet	5000m	15:27.32	6	Did not advance
Silvia Sommaggio	10000m	33:24.13	13	Did not advance
Monika Niederstatter	400m hurdles	58.02	5	Did not advance
Ornella Ferrara	Marathon	—						2:31:32	18
Maura Viceconte		—						2:29:26	12
Erica Alfridi	20km walk	—						1:31:25	4
Elisabetta Perrone		—						DSQ
Annarita Sidoti		—						DNF
Francesca Carbone Virna De Angeli Daniela Graglia Fabiola Piroddi	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.23	4	Did not advance

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ester Balassini	Hammer throw	NM		Did not advance
Claudia Coslovich	Javelin throw	60.12	10 q	56.74	12
Mara Rosolen	Shot put	16.66	19	Did not advance
Fiona May	Long jump	6.81	2 Q	6.92

Combined events

Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Gertrud Bacher	Result	13.82	1.75	12.75	24.96	5.84	41.14	2:09.08	5989	14
	Points	1004	916	711	890	801	689	978

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy was one of the four nations for which the third Olympic baseball tournament continued their streak of unbroken appearances. The Italians went 2–5 in the preliminary round, defeating the Netherlands and South Africa. This put them in sixth place and eliminated them from competition.

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy men's	Men's tournament	South Korea (KOR) L 2-10	Cuba (CUB) L 5-13	South Africa (RSA) W 13–0	Japan (JPN) L 1–6	United States (USA) L 2–4	Australia (AUS) W 8–7	Netherlands (NED) L 2–3	6	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's

Team roster

• Alessandro Abbio
• Gianluca Basile
• Roberto Chiacig
• Marcelo Dilglay Damiao
• Gregor Fučka
• Giacomo Galanda
• Agostino Antonio Li Vecchi
• Denis Marconato
• Andrea Meneghin
• Michele Mian
• Carlton Myers
• German Claudio Scarone

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy men's	Men's tournament	Lithuania (LTU) W 50–48	United States (USA) L 61–93	New Zealand (NZL) W 78–66	France (FRA) W 67–57	China (CHN) L 85–76	2	Australia L 62–65	—	5/6th classification match  FR Yugoslavia (YUG) W 69–59	5

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Preliminary elimination	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maurizio Pimponi Andrea Raffaelli	Men's	Conde – Martinez (ARG) L 15–7	Berger – Stamm (AUT) L 15–9	Did not advance				=19
Laura Bruschini Annamaria Solazzi	Women's	Karadassiou – Sfyri (GRE) W 15–2	Bye	Schmidt – Staub (GER) W 15–12	Cook – Pottharst (AUS) L 11–15	Did not advance		=5
Daniela Gattelli Lucilla Perrotta		Gooley – Manser (AUS) L 9–15	Ishizaka – Seike (JPN) W 15–5	May-Treanor – McPeak (USA) L 13–15	Did not advance			=9

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sven Paris	Light welterweight	Rientuanthong (THA) W 14–3	Huste (GER) W 17–11	Allalou (ALG) L 8–22	Did not advance
Leonard Bundu	Welterweight	Geale (AUS) W 4–2	Munaytbasov (KAZ) L 4–13	Did not advance
Ciro Di Corcia	Light middleweight	Simion (ROM) L 8–19	Did not advance
Ottavio Barone	Middleweight	Giannoulas (GRE) L 10–17	Did not advance
Giacobbe Fragomeni	Light heavyweight	Alvarez (CUB) RSC	Did not advance
Paolo Vidoz	Super heavyweight	—	Brock (USA) RSC	Peter (NGR) W 14–3	Harrison (GBR) L 16–32	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Pierpaolo Ferrazzi	Men's K-1	127.59	4	127.04	5	261.19	11 Q	111.79	2	113.24	8	225.03
Enrico Lazzarotto		135.18	18	127.04	5	262.22	13 Q	115.03	14	115.03	12	235.92	14
Cristina Giai Pron	Women's K-1	157.34	13	164.55	20	321.89	16	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antonio Scaduto	Men's K-1 500m	1:43.289	5 Q	1:43.432	6	Did not advance
Jacopo Majochi	Men's K-1 1000m	3:39.176	4 Q	3:39.157	3 Q	3:38.105	8
Beniamino Bonomi Antonio Rossi	Men's K-2 500m	1:32.902	3 q	1:29.886	1 Q	1:32.635	7
	Men's K-2 1000m	3:14.316	1 Q	—		3:14.461
Josefa Idem Guerrini	Women's K-1 500m	1:49.889	1 Q	—		2:13.848

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Cross country

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marco Bui	Men's cross-country	2:16.09	16
Hubert Pallhuber		2:22.55	31
Paola Pezzo	Women's cross-country	1:49.24

Road cycling

Road race

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Michele Bartoli	Men's road race	5:30:34	4
Paolo Bettini		5:30:34	9
Francesco Casagrande		5:30:46	66
Danilo Di Luca		5:30:37	11
Marco Pantani		5:30:46	69
Roberta Bonanomi	Women's road race	DNF
Alessandra Cappellotto		3:06:31	15
Valeria Cappellotto		3:09:17	31

Road time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alessandra Cappellotto	Women's road time trial	DNF

Track cycling

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Silvio Martinello	Men's	5	1	8
Antonella Bellutti	Women's	19	0
Silvio Martinello Marco Villa	Madison	15	0

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Roberto Chiappa	Keirin	2 Q	4	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Antonella Bellutti	Women's individual pursuit	3:36.967	5	Did not advance
Mario Benetton Adler Capelli Cristiano Citton Marco Villa	Team pursuit	4:15.451	11	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Nicola Marconi	3m springboard	351.12	26	Did not advance
Donald Miranda		377.01	18 Q	207.03	14	584.04	16	Did not advance
Massimiliano Mazzucchi	10m platform	386.91	18 Q	172.80	18	559.71	18	Did not advance
Nicola Marconi Donald Miranda	Synchronized 3m springboard	—							286.38	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Tania Cagnotto	3m springboard	259.74	18 Q	206.55	18	466.29	18	Did not advance
Maria Marconi		229.11	30	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special			Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Pia Laus	Renoir	Individual	67.68	16 Q	68.41	136.09	17 Q	69.35	4	205.44	14

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Show jumping		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Fabio Magni	Cool N' Breezy	Individual	44.0	10	0	1	5.0	7	49.0	5
Andrea Verdina	Donnizeti		53.8	27	20	16	14.0	22	87.8	15

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final				Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jerry Smit	Lux Z	Individual	16.00	49	16.00	32.00	15	16.00	48.00	54	Did not advance
Gianni Tovoni	Las Vegas		9.00	27	4.00	13.00	15	0.00	13.00	8 Q	4.00	5 Q	13.50	18	17.50	18

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

17 fencers, 12 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 2000.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Angelo Mazzoni	Men's épée	Bye	Milanoli (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Paolo Milanoli		Bye	Mazzoni (ITA) W 15–13	Vánky (SWE) L 6–15	Did not advance
Alfredo Rota		Bye	Switak (AUT) W 15–11	Trevejo (CUB) L 12–15	Did not advance
Daniele Crosta	Men's foil	Bye	Zennaro (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Salvatore Sanzo		Bye	Wang H (CHN) W 15–10	C Rodriguez (VEN) W 15–7	Shevchenko (RUS) L 14–15	Did not advance
Matteo Zennaro		Bye	Crosta (ITA) W 15–11	Holubytskiy (UKR) L 12–15	Did not advance
Raffaelo Caserta	Men's sabre	Bye	Lapkes (BLR) L 9–15	Did not advance
Luigi Tarantino		Bye	Găureanu (ROU) L 10–15	Did not advance
Tonhi Terenzi		Bye	Kaliuzhyniy (UKR) W 15–10	Köves (HUN) W 15–14	Ferjancsik (HUN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Angelo Mazzoni Paolo Milanoli Alfredo Rota Maurizio Randazzo	Men's team épée	—			Australia (AUS) W 45–34	South Korea (KOR) W 44–43	France (FRA) W 39–38
Daniele Crosta Gabriele Magni Salvatore Sanzo Matteo Zennaro	Men's team foil	—			Ukraine (UKR) W 41–40	China (CHN) L 32–45	Poland (POL) W 45–38
Raffaelo Caserta Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino Tonhi Terenzi	Men's team sabre	—			Germany (GER) L 42–45	5/8th classification  Ukraine (UKR) L 29–45	7/8th classification  Poland (POL) L 39–45	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cristiana Cascioli	Women's épée	Bye	Lamon (SUI) L 12–15	Did not advance
Margherita Zalaffi		Bye	Liang Q (CHN) W 15–11	Mazina (RUS) W 15–13	Flessel-Colovic (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Diana Bianchedi	Women's foil	Bye	Yuan L (CHN) W 15–7	Ohayon (ISR) W 15–12	Badea-Cârlescu (ROU) L 4–15	Did not advance
Giovanna Trillini		Bye	Smith (GBR) W 15–2	Zimmermann (USA) W 15–4	Xiao A (CHN) W 9–8	König (GER) L 10–15	Badea-Cârlescu (ROU) W 15–9
Valentina Vezzali		Bye	Seo M-J (KOR) W 15–3	Gruchała (POL) W 15–8	Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) W 9–8	Badea-Cârlescu (ROU) W 15–8	König (GER) W 15–5
Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	Women's team foil	Bye			Ukraine (UKR) W 45–39	United States (USA) W 45–38	Poland (POL) W 45–36

Football

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

Team roster

• ( 1.) Morgan De Sanctis
• ( 2.) Alessandro Grandoni
• ( 3.) Luca Mezzano
• ( 4.) Marco Zanchi
• ( 5.) Matteo Ferrari
• ( 6.) Gennaro Gattuso
• ( 7.) Gianni Comandini
• ( 8.) Roberto Baronio
• ( 9.) Nicola Ventola
• (10.) Andrea Pirlo
• (11.) Gianluca Zambrotta
• (12.) Massimo Margiotta
• (13.) Massimo Ambrosini
• (14.) Claudio Rivalta
• (15.) Bruno Cirillo
• (16.) Ighli Vannucchi
• (17.) Cristiano Zanetti
• (18.) Christian Abbiati
• (19.) Gennaro Scarlato
• (20.) Stefano Morrone
• (21.) Fabio Firmani
• (22.) Cristiano Lupatelli

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	5
Honduras	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
Australia	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 September 2000

20:00

Australia	0–1	Italy
	Report	Pirlo 81'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 93,252

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

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16 September 2000

18:30

Italy	3–1	Honduras
Comandini 12', 22' Ambrosini 18'	Report	Comandini 29' (o.g.)

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 18,301

Referee: Lu Jun (China)

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19 September 2000

18:30

Italy	1–1	Nigeria
Okunowo 65' (o.g.)	Report	Lawal 40'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 18,340

Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

Quarter-finals

23 September 2000

20:00

Italy	0–1	Spain
	Report	Gabri 86'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 38,134

Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Alberto Busnari	Individual	9.162	9.650	8.362	8.637	9.175	9.700	54.686	40	Did not advance
Igor Cassina		8.387	9.500	8.537	9.300	8.737	9.650	54.111	45	Did not advance

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Monica Bergamelli	Team	9.449	9.387	9.325	9.300	37.461	26 Q	Did not advance
Martina Bremini		9.043	9.550	9.275	9.137	37.005	36 Q
Alice Capitani		9.324	—	9.325	9.100	27.749	73
Irene Castelli		9.075	8.812	8.437	—	35.361	56
Adriana Crisci		8.937	9.500	9.437	9.312	37.186	31 Q
Laura Trefiletti		—	9.137	—		9.137	96
Total		36.853	37.574	37.362	36.849	148.638	11

Individual

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Monica Bergamelli	All-around	9.449	9.525	8.975	9.500	37.449	18
Martina Bremini		9.325	9.600	9.375	9.187	37.487	17
Adriana Crisci		9.187	9.062	8.962	9.675	36.886	25

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Girolamo Giovinazzo	66kg	Mendez (PUR) W 1000–0000	Guimarães (BRA) W 1000–0000	Vazagashvili (GEO) W 1010–0000	Benboudaoud (FRA) L 0000–1000	—			Miresmaeili (IRI) W 0100–0010
Giuseppe Maddaloni	73kg	Waterhouse (SAM) W 0201–0000	Moussa (TUN) W 1000–0000	Zeļonijs (LAT) W 0011–0001	Laryukhov (BLR) W 1000–0010	—			Camilo (BRA) W 1002–0000
Francesco Lepre	81kg	Delgado (POR) L 0000–0001	—			Kelly (AUS) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Michele Monti	90kg	Costa (ARG) L 0100–1010	Did not advance
Luigi Guido	100kg	Bagdasarov (UZB) W 0100–0022	Khalki (TUN) W 1010–0000	Sabino (BRA) W 1001–0001	Inoue (JPN) L 0000–0210	—			Styopkin (RUS) L 0000–1000	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cinzia Cavazzuti	57kg	Vernerová (CZE) W	Cavalleri (POR) W	Shen (CHN) L	—		Ferreira (BRA) W	Harel (FRA) W	Pekli (AUS) L	5
Jenny Gal	63kg	Bye	Saraeva (RUS) W	Ishii (BRA) W	Li S (CHN) L	—			Jung (KOR) L	5
Ylenia Scapin	70kg	Griffith (VEN) W	Cho (KOR) L	—			Kuzina (RUS) W	Wansart (GER) W	Martin (ESP) W
Emanuela Pierantozzi	78kg	Bye	Anno (JPN) W	Rakels (BEL) L	—		Keinhuis (NED) W	Silva (BRA) W	Luna (CUB) W

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Stefano Pecci	Men's	175	17	1036	13	8	880	2:09.72	14	1203	150	15	950	9:47.35	16	1052	5121	13
Claudia Cerutti	Women's	178	18	1072	11	13	800	2:17.18	2	1229	97	10	1003	11:39.90	16	922	5026	9
Fabiana Fares		161	24	868	13	6	880	2:28.56	19	1115	DNF	–	0	DNS	–	0	2863	24

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Susanna Marchesi	Individual	9.725	9.725	9.741	9.733	38.924	7 Q	9.750	9.600	9.775	9.725	38.850	10

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Clubs	Hoops + Ribbon	Total	Rank	Clubs	Hoops + Ribbon	Total	Rank
Elena Amato Eva D'Amore Silvia Gregorini Noemi Iezzi Roberta Lucentini Arianna Rusca	Team	19.250	18.933	38.183	8 Q	19.250	19.233	38.483	6

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

27 Italian rowers, all male, competed.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mattia Righetti	Single sculls	7:24.80	4 R	7:21.20	3 SC/D	7:20.78	2 FC	7:08.16	14
Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori	Double sculls	6:33.11	2 R	6:25.98	1 SA/B	6:24.99	2 FA	6:20.49
Agostino Abbagnale Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri Alessio Sartori	Quadruple sculls	5:45.67	1 Q	—		5:44.08	1 FA	5:45.56
Pasquale Panzarino Luigi Sorrentino	Coxless pair	6:48.26	2 Q	—		6:53.57	6 FB	6:40.35	12
Lorenzo Carboncini Riccardo Dei Rossi Valter Molea Carlo Mornati	Coxless four	6:04.59	1 Q	—		6:02.31	2 FA	5:56.62
Franco Berra Gioacchino Cascone Alessandro Corona Luca Ghezzi Gaetano Iannuzzi Raffaello Leonardo Mario Palmisano Marco Penna Valerio Pinton	Eight	5:39.69	5 R	5:41.23	2 FA	—		5:35.37	4
Elia Luini Leonardo Pettinari	Lightweight double sculls	6:24.73	1 Q	—		6:21.59	2 FA	6:23.47
Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Carlo Gaddi Franco Sancassani	Lightweight coxless four	6:14.89	1 SA/B	—		6:00.82	1 FA	6:03.77	4

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy competed in ten of the sailing events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won two medals.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Riccardo Giordano	Mistral	25	14	22	29	6	21	11	21	3	18	12	182	17
Luca Devoti	Finn	19	2	2	18	4	2	3	15	11	1	6	83
Francesco Ivaldi Matteo Ivaldi	470	12	8	16	22	21	28	9	10	26	19	22	139	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alessandra Sensini	Mistral	3	1	3	2	1	4	1	2	1	12	1	31
Larissa Nevierov	Europe	3	9	4	19	13	18	7	11	8	8	12	75	8
Federica Salva Emanuela Sossi	470	4	4	9	16	2	18	12	8	10	7	4	60	7

Open events

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Diego Negri	Laser	9	17	18	11	8	15	1	8	13	20	9	—					91	8
Lorenzo Giacomo Bodini Marco Bruno Bodini	Tornado	OCS (−17)	12	11	12	12	15	OCS (−17)	6	11	10	9	—					98	14
Ferdinando Colaninno Pietro D'Alì	Star	9	2	8	6	13	12	10	OCS (−17)	DNC (−17)	2	OCS (−17)	—					79	10
Francesco Bruni Gabriele Bruni	49er	10	12	9	11	13	11	16	OCS (−18)	5	7	9	7	11	8	16	5	134	11

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Andrea Benelli	Skeet	122	5 Q	146	5
Marco De Nicolo	10m air rifle	587	27	Did not advance
	50m rifle prone	595	10	Did not advance
Roberto Di Donna	10m air pistol	581	6 Q	680.5	6
	50m pistol	560	8 Q	657.3	7
Daniele Di Spigno	Double trap	129	17	Did not advance
Vigilio Fait	10m air pistol	571	27	Did not advance
	50m pistol	553	20	Did not advance
Ennio Falco	Skeet	121	14	Did not advance
Pietro Genga	Skeet	116	39	Did not advance
Marco Innocenti	Double trap	135	8	Did not advance
Giovanni Pellielo	Trap	116	4 Q	140
Paolo Ranno	10m air pistol	575	20	Did not advance
Marco Venturini	Trap	115	6 Q	138	5
Rodolfo Vigano	Trap	111	18	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Deborah Gelisio	Double trap	107	2 Q	144
Giulia Iannotti	Trap	52	17	Did not advance
Cristina Vitali	Skeet	68	11	Did not advance

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Team roster

• Marta Gambella
• Daniela Castellani
• Susan Bugliarello
• Francesca Francolini
• Nicole Di Salvio
• Verusca Paternoster
• Giovanna Palermi
• Jie Hua
• Clelia Ailara
• Sabrina Comberlato
• Claudia Petracchi
• Loredana Auletta
• Yue-Fen Sun
• Alessandra Gorla
• Marina Cergol

Results

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy's women	Women's tournament	China (CHN) L 0–5	Australia (AUS) L 0–7	Cuba (CUB) W 1–0	Canada (CAN) L 1–7	New Zealand (NZL) W 1–0	Japan (JPN) L 0–2	United States (USA) L 0–6	5	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lorenzo Vismara	50m freestyle	22.62	13 Q	22.30	5 Q	22.11	4
	100m freestyle	49.74	10 Q	49.67	11	Did not advance
Massimiliano Rosolino	200m freestyle	1:47.37	3 Q	1:46.60	3 Q	1:46.65
Emiliano Brembilla	400m freestyle	3:48.41	4 Q	—		3:47.01	4
Massimiliano Rosolino		3:45.65	2 Q	—		3:43.40
Emiliano Brembilla	1500m freestyle	15:27.65	19	Did not advance
Christian Minotti		15:12.72	10	Did not advance
Emanuele Merisi	100m backstroke	56.35	21	Did not advance
Mirko Mazzari	200m backstroke	2:02.13	25	Did not advance
Emanuele Merisi		1:59.92	7 Q	1:59.78	8 Q	1:59.01	5
Domenico Fioravanti	100m breaststroke	1:01.32 NR	1 Q	1:00.84 NR	1 Q	1:00.46 OR
	200m breaststroke	2:15.04	9 Q	2:12.37 NR	1 Q	2:10.87 EU
Davide Rummolo		2:12.75 NR	1 Q	2:13.23	2 Q	2:12.73
Massimiliano Eroli	200m butterfly	2:01.32	30	Did not advance
Massimiliano Rosolino	200m individual medley	2:00.92 NR	1 Q	2:01.14	2 Q	1:58.98 OR
Alessio Boggiatto	400m individual medley	4:14.26 NR	1 Q	—		4:15.93	4
Massimiliano Eroli		4:22.38	19	Did not advance
Simone Cercato Mauro Gallo Klaus Lanzarini Massimiliano Rosolino Lorenzo Vismara	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:18.86	4 Q	—		3:17.85	5
Andrea Beccari Emiliano Brembilla Simone Cercato Klaus Lanzarini Matteo Pelliciari Massimiliano Rosolino	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:17.69	3 Q	—		7:12.91	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cristina Chiuso	50m freestyle	25.99	19	Did not advance
	100m freestyle	57.09	21	Did not advance
Sara Parise	200m freestyle	2:01.31	16 Q	2:00.07	10	Did not advance
Sara Goffi	400m freestyle	4:18.16	28	Did not advance
Federica Biscia	200m individual medley	2:16.09	10 Q	2:15.71	10	Did not advance
	400m individual medley	4:47.56	15	Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso Sara Parise Luisa Striani Cecilia Vianini	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:43.97	8 Q	—		3:44.49	8
Sara Goffi Sara Parise Luisa Striani Cecilia Vianini	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:06.18	4 Q	—		8:04.68	7

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Maurizia Cecconi Alessia Lucchini	Duet	33.203	7	61.750	94.953	6 Q	33.203	95.387	6
Giada Ballan Serena Bianchi Mara Brunetti Chiara Cassin Maurizia Cecconi Alice Dominici Alessia Lucchini Clara Porchetto	Team	—					32.993	95.177	6

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Claudio Nolano	Men's 68 kg	López (USA) L 0–7	—		Massimino (AUS) L 7–9	Did not advance
Mario de Meo	Men's 80 kg	Mokhosi (LES) W 3+ – 3	Konan (CIV) L 3–4	Did not advance
Cristiana Corsi	Women's 57 kg	C Silva (BRA) W 5–2	Jung (KOR) L 1–8	—		Lourens (NED) L 5–6	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gianluca Pozzi	Men's singles	Novák (CZE) W 6–1, 6–2	Alami (MAR) L 6–2, 6–4, 8–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)	Run (10 km)	Total time	Rank
Alessandro Bottoni	Men's	18:48.79	58:44.21	33:45.46	1:51:18.13	32
Edith Cigana	Women's	20:42.28	1:06:52.10	39:32.43	2:07:05.01	27
Silvia Gemignani		19:46.58	1:07:46.30	37:48.38	2:05:21.26	20

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

Team roster

• Marco Bracci
• Mirko Corsano
• Alessandro Fei
• Andrea Gardini
• Andrea Giani
• Pasquale Gravina
• Luigi Mastrangelo
• Marco Meoni
• Samuele Papi
• Simone Rosalba
• Andrea Sartoretti
• Paolo Tofoli
• Nyembo Mwarabu
• Head coach: Andrea Anastasi

Results

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy men's	Men's tournament	South Korea (KOR) W 3–0	FR Yugoslavia (YUG) W 3–2	Argentina (ARG) W 3–0	Russia (RUS) W 3–1	United States (USA) W 3–1	1 Q	Australia (AUS) W 3–1	FR Yugoslavia (YUG) L 3–0	Argentina (ARG) W 3–0

Women's team competition

Team roster

• Sabrina Bertini
• Antonella Bragaglia
• Maurizia Cacciatori
• Ana Paula de Tassis
• Manuela Leggeri
• Eleonora Lo Bianco
• Anna Vania Mello
• Darina Mifkova
• Paola Paggi
• Francesca Piccinini
• Simona Rinieri
• Elisa Togut
• Head coach: Angelo Frigoni

Results

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy women's	Women's tournament	South Korea (KOR) L 2–3	Peru (PER) W 3–0	Russia (RUS) L 1–3	Cuba (CUB) L 0–3	Germany (GER) L 1–3	5	Did not advance			=9

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Team roster

• Alberto Angelini
• Francesco Attolico
• Fabio Bencivenga
• Leonardo Binchi
• Alberto Ghibellini
• Amedeo Pomilio
• Francesco Postiglione
• Carlo Silipo
• Leonardo Sottani
• Stefano Tempesti
• Antonio Vittorioso

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy men's	Men's tournament	Slovakia W 11–8	Russia D 7–7	Spain W 6–5	Australia W 6–5	Kazakhstan W 13–7	2 Q	Hungary L 5–8	Australia W 8–4	5–6th place match  United States W 10–8	5

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Giuseppe Ficco	– 69 kg	127.5	132.5	132.5	165.0	170.0	—	302.5	13
Sergio Mannironi	– 85 kg	150.0	150.0	155.0	180.0	190.0	190.0	330.0	17
Moreno Boer	– 105 kg	165.0	165.0	172.5	200.0	210.0	210.0	365.0	12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Riccardo Magni	Men's 63 kg	Bracken (USA) L 2–2	Choi S-s (KOR) L 1–5	—	3	Did not advance
Giuseppe Giunta	Men's 130 kg	Galstyan (ARM) W 1–0	Ayari (TUN) W 4–0	Gardner (USA) L 1–2	2	Did not advance

See also

• Italy at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Sources

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site