Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Beijing
Competitors	344 in 22 sports
Flag bearers	Antonio Rossi (opening) Clemente Russo (closing)
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 8 Silver 9 Bronze 10 Total 27
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
		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
		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

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simone Collio	100 m	10.32	3 Q	10.33	7	Did not advance
Fabio Cerutti		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
		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		75.01	13	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		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 Cattanéo	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
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Magdelín Martínez	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		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		62.28	22	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
Agnese Allegrini	Women's singles	Griga (UKR) L 15–21, 11–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		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
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
		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
	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
		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

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
	Time trial	1:06:20	22
Vincenzo Nibali	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:05:36	15
Franco Pellizotti	Road race	6:31:06	50
Davide Rebellin		6:23:49	DSQ

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Noemi Cantele	Road race	3:32:45	15
Vera Carrara		Did not finish
Tatiana Guderzo	Road race	3:32:24
	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
		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
		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		LAP (1 lap)	30
Eva Lechner	Women's cross-country	1:58:22	16

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		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

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tania Cagnotto	3 m springboard	332.90	6 Q	332.40	5 Q	349.20	5
Maria Marconi		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		313.05	15 Q	283.15	15	Did not advance
Noemi Batki Francesca Dallapè	3 m synchronized springboard	—				296.70	6

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			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
								Qualifier			Final
			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

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
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		—	Bye	McGuire (CAN) W 15–3	Le Péchoux (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
		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		Bye	Kharlan (UKR) L 8–15	Did not advance

Football (soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italy squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Head coach: Pierluigi Casiraghi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Emiliano Viviano	(1985-12-01)1 December 1985 (aged 22)	30	0	Brescia
2	2DF	Marco Motta	(1986-05-14)14 May 1986 (aged 22)	52	6	Udinese
3	2DF	Paolo De Ceglie	(1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 21)	13	2	Juventus
4	3MF	Antonio Nocerino (c)	(1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 23)	39	0	Palermo
5	3MF	Luca Cigarini	(1986-06-20)20 June 1986 (aged 22)	21	1	Parma
6	2DF	Domenico Criscito	(1986-12-30)30 December 1986 (aged 21)	34	3	Genoa
7	3MF	Riccardo Montolivo	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 23)	35	4	Fiorentina
8	3MF	Claudio Marchisio	(1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 22)	9	1	Juventus
9	4FW	Tommaso Rocchi*	(1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 30)	18	7	Lazio
10	4FW	Sebastian Giovinco	(1987-01-26)26 January 1987 (aged 21)	37	7	Juventus
11	4FW	Giuseppe Rossi	(1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 21)	38	15	Villarreal
12	3MF	Daniele Dessena	(1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 21)	22	6	Sampdoria
13	2DF	Andrea Coda	(1985-04-25)25 April 1985 (aged 23)	44	1	Udinese
14	4FW	Robert Acquafresca	(1987-09-11)11 September 1987 (aged 20)	22	8	Cagliari
15	2DF	Salvatore Bocchetti	(1986-11-30)30 November 1986 (aged 21)	6	0	Genoa
16	2DF	Lorenzo De Silvestri	(1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 20)	50	23	Lazio
17	3MF	Ignazio Abate	(1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 21)	17	2	Torino
18	1GK	Andrea Consigli	(1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 21)	41	0	Atalanta
20	3MF	Antonio Candreva[n 1]	(1987-02-28)28 February 1987 (aged 21)	28	1	Livorno
21	4FW	Andrea Russotto[n 2]	(1988-03-25)25 March 1988 (aged 20)	44	11	Napoli

* Over-aged player.

Notes

1. Replaces Claudio Marchisio who was injured during the competition
2. Replaces Tommaso Rocchi who was injured during the competition

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Cameroon	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 August 2008

17:00

Honduras	0–3	Italy
	Report	Giovinco 41' Rossi 45' (pen.) Acquafresca 52' (pen.)

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 21,680

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

10 August 2008

19:45

Italy	3–0	South Korea
Rossi 15' Rocchi 32' Montolivo 90'	Report

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 29,455

Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

13 August 2008

17:00

Cameroon	0–0	Italy
	Report

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 47,307

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Quarterfinal

16 August 2008

18:00

Italy	2–3	Belgium
Rossi 18' (pen.), 74' (pen.)	Report	Dembélé 23', 79' Mirallas 45+2'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 50,802

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
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
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Igor Cassina	Horizontal bar	—					15.675	15.675	4
Andrea Coppolino	Rings	—		16.225	—			16.225	4
Matteo Morandi		—		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			F	V	UB	BB
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
		F	V	UB	BB
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
		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
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Flavio Cannone	Men's	66.50	14	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	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	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
		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

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 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
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		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		184	8	1144	14–21	28	736	2:19.22	18	1252	84	17	1116	10:40.01	12	1160	5408	14

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		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 Niccolò 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
		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

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
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
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
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
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
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

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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
Niccolò 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
	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		120	4 Q	143

Women

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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
	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
	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
	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	4
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
		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
	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
	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

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		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

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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		Bye	Sorochinskaya (UKR) W 4–2	Li Qb (AUT) L 2-4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		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 López (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

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

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
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
		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		—	Kuznetsova / Safina (RUS) L 1–6, 6–3, 5–7	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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		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		20:00	0:31	Lapped

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		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

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Italy's team just before the group stage match against the United States. From left: Cisolla, Corsano, Gavotto, Zlatanov, Birarelli, Meoni, Vermiglio, Paparoni, Martino, Mastrangelo, Fei, Bovolenta.

Head Coach: Andrea Anastasi

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Luigi Mastrangelo	17 August 1975	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	368 cm (145 in)	336 cm (132 in)	M. Roma Volley
3	Mauro Gavotto	16 April 1979	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Acqua Paradiso Gabeca
5	Valerio Vermiglio	1 March 1976	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Lube Banca Marche
6	Marco Meoni	25 May 1973	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	338 cm (133 in)	313 cm (123 in)	Copra Nordmeccanica
7	Alessandro Paparoni	17 August 1981	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	314 cm (124 in)	Lube Banca Marche
8	Alberto Cisolla (c)	10 October 1977	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	367 cm (144 in)	345 cm (136 in)	Sisley Treviso
9	Matteo Martino	28 January 1987	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	322 cm (127 in)	Sparkling Milano
11	Hristo Zlatanov	21 April 1976	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Copra Nordmeccanica
12	Mirko Corsano (L)	28 October 1973	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	303 cm (119 in)	Lube Banca Marche
14	Alessandro Fei	29 November 1978	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	358 cm (141 in)	336 cm (132 in)	Sisley Treviso
15	Emanuele Birarelli	8 February 1981	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	332 cm (131 in)	316 cm (124 in)	Itas Diatec
16	Vigor Bovolenta	30 May 1974	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	362 cm (143 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Copra Nordmeccanica

Group play – Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	10	460	371	1.240	15	4	3.750	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	439	401	1.095	13	6	2.167
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	446	440	1.014	10	9	1.111
4	China	5	2	3	7	445	492	0.904	9	13	0.692
5	Venezuela	5	1	4	6	421	451	0.933	8	12	0.667
6	Japan	5	0	5	5	392	448	0.875	4	15	0.267

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 August 2008 (2008-08-10) 12:10	Italy	3–1	Japan	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Humberto Salas (MEX), Victor Rodriguez (PUR)
	(25–19, 25–18, 23–25, 25–17) Results Statistics

12 August 2008 (2008-08-12) 12:30	United States	3–1	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Kim Kun-tae (KOR)
	(24–26, 25–22, 25–15, 25–21) Results Statistics

14 August 2008 (2008-08-14) 10:00	Italy	3–0	Venezuela	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Mitch Davidson (CAN)
	(25–21, 25–20, 25–21) Results Statistics

16 August 2008 14:50	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Umit Sokullu (TUR), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)
	(25–20, 25–21, 25–16) result statistics

18 August 2008 20:00	China	2–3	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Mitch Davidson (CAN), Humberto Salas (MEX)
	(17–25, 23–25, 25–21, 25–20, 14–16) result statistics

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 12:15	Italy	3–2	Poland	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Umit Sokullu (TUR), Patrick Deregnaucourt (FRA)
	(25–19, 25–22, 18–25, 26–28, 17–15) result statistics

Semifinal

22 August 2008 20:00	Italy	1–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Kun-Tae Kim (KOR), Humberto Salas (MEX)
	(25–19, 18–25, 21–25, 22–25) result statistics

Bronze medal game

24 August 2008 10:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Frank Leuthauser (GER), Dejan Jovanovic (SRB)
	(25–22, 25–19, 25–23) result statistics

Women's tournament

Roster

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The following is the Italian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head Coach: Massimo Barbolini

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Paola Croce	6 March 1978	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	265 cm (104 in)	Volley Bergamo
3	Nadia Centoni	19 June 1981	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	291 cm (115 in)	RC Cannes
5	Martina Guiggi	1 May 1984	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
6	Jenny Barazza	24 July 1981	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Volley Bergamo
7	Manuela Secolo	22 February 1977	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Famila Chieri
8	Paola Cardullo	18 March 1982	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	275 cm (108 in)	268 cm (106 in)	Asystel Novara
9	Serena Ortolani	7 January 1987	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	308 cm (121 in)	288 cm (113 in)	Yamamay Busto Arsizio
11	Francesca Piccinini	10 January 1979	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Volley Bergamo
12	Francesca Ferretti	15 February 1984	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
14	Eleonora Lo Bianco	22 December 1979	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	287 cm (113 in)	273 cm (107 in)	Volley Bergamo
15	Taismary Agüero	5 March 1977	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	322 cm (127 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Türk Telekom Ankara
16	Simona Gioli	17 September 1977	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	283 cm (111 in)	Despar Sirio Perugia

Group play – Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	377	226	1.668	15	0	MAX	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	372	315	1.181	12	4	3.000
3	Russia	5	3	2	8	353	312	1.131	10	6	1.667
4	Serbia	5	2	3	7	343	349	0.983	6	10	0.600
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	4	6	323	404	0.800	4	13	0.308
6	Algeria	5	0	5	5	230	392	0.587	1	15	0.067

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 August 2008 10:00	Italy	3–1	Russia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic)
	(25–20, 17–25, 25–16, 25–23) result statistics

11 August 2008 12:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Italy	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (United States), Humberto Salas (Mexico)
	(19–25, 15–25, 21–25) result statistics

13 August 2008 10:00	Italy	3–0	Algeria	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic), Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand)
	(25–7, 25–20, 25–12) result statistics

15 August 2008 14:30	Serbia	0–3	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Frans Loderus (Netherlands), Frank Leuthauser (Germany)
	(23–25, 20–25, 19–25) result statistics

17 August 2008 15:15	Italy	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Humberto Salas (Mexico), Mitch Davidson (Canada)
	(16–25, 22–25, 17–25) result statistics

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 22:00	United States	3–2	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Francisco de Souza (Brazil), Osamu Sakaide (Japan)
	(20–25, 25–21, 19–25, 25–18, 15–6) result statistics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Stefano Tempesti	GK	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	9 June 1979	Pro Recco
2	Luigi Di Costanzo	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	5 February 1982	Posillipo Naples
3	Leonardo Binchi	CB	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	27 August 1975	Brescia
4	Fabrizio Buonocore	CB	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	28 April 1977	Posillipo Naples
5	Valentino Gallo	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	17 July 1985	Posillipo Naples
6	Maurizio Felugo	D	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	4 March 1981	Pro Recco
7	Andrea Mangiante	CB	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	1 July 1976	Pro Recco
8	Alberto Angelini	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	28 September 1974	Pro Recco
9	Fabio Bencivenga	CF	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	20 January 1976	Posillipo Naples
10	Alessandro Calcaterra	CF	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	26 May 1975	Pro Recco
11	Leonardo Sottani	D	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	1 November 1973	Cremona
12	Federico Mistrangelo	D	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	11 May 1981	Savona
13	Fabio Violetti	GK	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	1 February 1974	Posillipo Naples

Head coach: Paolo Malara

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	5	4	0	1	37	31	+6	8	Qualified for the semifinals
Croatia	5	4	0	1	56	31	+25	8	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Serbia	5	3	0	2	50	38	+12	6
Germany	5	2	0	3	33	44	−11	4	Will play for places 7–10
Italy	5	2	0	3	57	50	+7	4	Will play for places 7–12
China	5	0	0	5	25	64	−39	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 15:20	Report	Croatia	11–7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Simion (ROU), Antsiferov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–0, 4–1, 2–3
		Bošković 3, Bušlje 2, Marković 2	Goals	Felugo 3, Calcaterra 2

12 August 2008 12:10	Report	Italy	11–12	United States	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 4–3, 4–4
		Gallo 3, Felugo 3, Calcaterra 2, Sottani 2	Goals	Powers 3, Azevedo 2

14 August 2008 16:40	Report	China	7–19	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 1–4, 2–5
		Xie 3, Han 2	Goals	Calcaterra 4, Gallo 3, Angelini 3, Di Costanzo 2, Felugo 2, Mistrangelo 2

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

18 August 2008 9:30	Report	Serbia	12–13	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Klopper (NED), Antsiferov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–5, 4–2
		Šapić 3, Prlainović 2, Filipović 2, Vujasinović 2	Goals	Calcaterra 3, Felugo 2, Bencivenga 2, Sottani 2

Classification quarterfinal

20 August 2008 09:30	Report	Canada	11–13	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Rak (CRO), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 3–3, 4–4
		Graham 4, Miller 2	Goals	Sottani 3, Gallo 2, Felugo 2, Calcaterra 2

Classification semifinal

22 August 2008 10:50	Report	Australia	17–16	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–5, 4–0, 1–3  OT: 0–1, 3–2, 4–3 (PS)
		McGregor 3, Franklin 2, Figlioli 2, Maitland 2, Martin 2, Whalan 2	Goals	Calcaterra 6, Gallo 2, Felugo 2, Angelini 2, Sottani 2

Classification 9th–10th

24 August 2008 09:30	Report	Italy	10–8	Germany	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Rak (CRO), Hart (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–1, 1–1, 4–3
		Calcaterra 5, Gallo 2, Angelini 2	Goals	Savic 2, Schertwitis 2, Schlotterbeck 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[7]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Elena Gigli	GK	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	9 July 1985	Giotti Fiorentina
2	Martina Miceli	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	22 October 1973	Geymonat Orizzonte
3	Elisa Casanova	CF	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	26 November 1973	Giotti Fiorentina
4	Silvia Bosurgi	D	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	17 April 1979	Geymonat Orizzonte
5	Erzsebet Valkai	CF	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	6 March 1979	Ecofim Roma
6	Manuela Zanchi	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	17 October 1977	Geymonat Orizzonte
7	Tania di Mario	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	5 April 1979	Geymonat Orizzonte
8	Cinzia Ragusa	CB	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	24 May 1977	Geymonat Orizzonte
9	Francesca Pavan	D	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	24 April 1979	Plebiscito Padova
10	Federica Rocco	CB	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	25 November 1984	Plebiscito Padova
11	Maddalena Musumeci	CB	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	26 March 1976	Geymonat Orizzonte
12	Teresa Frassinetti	CF	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	24 December 1985	Giotti Fiorentina
13	Chiara Brancati	GK	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	20 July 1981	Geymonat Orizzonte

Head coach: Mauro Maugeri

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	2	1	0	33	27	+6	5	Qualified for semifinals
Italy	3	2	1	0	28	26	+2	5	Qualified for quarterfinals
China	3	1	0	2	33	33	0	2
Russia	3	0	0	3	26	34	−8	0	Will play for places 7th–8th

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

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

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

15 August 2008 17:00	Report	Italy	10–9	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Gabor Kiszelly (HUN), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 2–4, 2–1
		Casanova 4, di Mario 3	Goals	Sun Ya. 3, Wang Yi 2, Qiao 2

Quarterfinal

17 August 2008 15:40	Report	Italy	11–13	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Torsten Bock (GER), Nikolaos Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–2, 2–1  OT: 0–0, 0–0  PSO: 3–5
		Zanchi 4, Miceli 2, Bosurgi 2	Goals	Cabout 4, de Bruijn 3, Smit 2, van Belkum 2

Classification 5th–6th

19 August 2008 13:00	Report	China	10–7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Ahmet Erhan Tulga (TUR), Gaetan Turcotte (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 1–3, 4–0
		Gao 4, Sun H. 2	Goals	di Mario 3, Zanchi 2

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	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

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
		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

See also

• Italy at the 2008 Summer Paralympics