Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Italian National Olympic Committee (Italian: Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, CONI) sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A total of 285 athletes, 162 men and 123 women, competed in 22 sports.

Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in London
Competitors	285 in 22 sports
Flag bearers	Valentina Vezzali (opening) Daniele Molmenti (closing)
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 8 Silver 9 Bronze 11 Total 28
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Italy left London with a total of 28 Olympic medals (8 gold, 9 silver, and 11 bronze), finishing eighth in the overall medal standings. Seven of these medals were awarded to the athletes in fencing, five in shooting, and three in boxing. Six Italian athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. After suffering a major setback from Beijing, Italy's team-based athletes recaptured their success at these games as the men's water polo team and the men's indoor volleyball team won silver and bronze medals respectively. For the first time since 1984, Italy did not win an Olympic medal in swimming, except for the open water marathon.

Among the nation's medalists were shooters Niccolò Campriani and Jessica Rossi, who broke an Olympic and a world record to win gold medals in their respective events. Two Italian athletes won gold medals for the first time in Olympic history: archer Michele Frangilli, who competed at his fifth Olympics, in team archery, and taekwondo jin Carlo Molfetta in men's super heavyweight division. Foil fencer Valentina Vezzali, who won gold and bronze in London, became one of the most successful Italian athletes in history, with a total of eight Olympic medals. Meanwhile, boxer Clemente Russo managed to repeat his silver medal from Beijing.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Michele Frangilli Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli Archery Men's team 28 July  Gold Elisa Di Francisca Fencing Women's foil 28 July  Gold Daniele Molmenti Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 1 August  Gold Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Valentina Vezzali Ilaria Salvatori Fencing Team foil 2 August  Gold Jessica Rossi Shooting Trap 4 August  Gold Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà Fencing Team foil 5 August  Gold Niccolò Campriani Shooting Men's 50 m rifle three positions 6 August  Gold Carlo Molfetta Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 11 August  Silver Luca Tesconi Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol 28 July  Silver Arianna Errigo Fencing Women's foil 28 July  Silver Diego Occhiuzzi Fencing Men's sabre 29 July  Silver Niccolò Campriani Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle 30 July  Silver Alessio Sartori Romano Battisti Rowing Men's double sculls 2 August  Silver Massimo Fabbrizi Shooting Men's trap 6 August  Silver Clemente Russo Boxing Men's heavyweight 11 August  Silver Roberto Cammarelle Boxing Men's super heavyweight 12 August  Silver Italy men's national water polo team Stefano Tempesti Amaurys Pérez Niccolò Gitto Pietro Figlioli Alex Giorgetti Maurizio Felugo Giacomo Pastorino Massimo Giacoppo Valentino Gallo Christian Presciutti Deni Fiorentini Matteo Aicardi Danijel Premuš Water polo Men's tournament 12 August  Bronze Valentina Vezzali Fencing Women's foil 28 July  Bronze Rosalba Forciniti Judo Women's 52 kg 29 July  Bronze Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Tarantino Luigi Samele Fencing Men's team sabre 3 August  Bronze Matteo Morandi Gymnastics Men's rings 6 August  Bronze Martina Grimaldi Swimming Women's 10 km open water 9 August  Bronze Fabrizio Donato Athletics Men's triple jump 9 August  Bronze Vincenzo Mangiacapre Boxing Men's light welterweight 10 August  Bronze Mauro Sarmiento Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 10 August  Bronze Italy men's national volleyball team Luigi Mastrangelo Simone Parodi Samuele Papi Michal Lasko Ivan Zaytsev Dante Boninfante Cristian Savani Dragan Travica Alessandro Fei Emanuele Birarelli Andrea Bari Andrea Giovi Volleyball Men's tournament 12 August  Bronze Marco Aurelio Fontana Cycling Men's cross-country 12 August  Bronze Elisa Blanchi Romina Laurito Marta Pagnini Elisa Santoni Anzhelika Savrayuk Andreea Stefanescu Rhythmic gymnastics Team 12 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Fencing 3 2 2 7 Shooting 2 3 0 5 Taekwondo 1 0 1 2 Archery 1 0 0 1 Canoeing 1 0 0 1 Boxing 0 2 1 3 Rowing 0 1 0 1 Water polo 0 1 0 1 Gymnastics 0 0 2 2 Athletics 0 0 1 1 Swimming 0 0 1 1 Cycling 0 0 1 1 Volleyball 0 0 1 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Total 8 9 11 28

Delegation

Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI) selected a team of 285 athletes, 162 men and 123 women, to compete in 22 sports; it was the nation's smallest team sent to the Olympics since 1988. Italy did not qualify teams in basketball, field hockey, football, and handball. There was only a single competitor in badminton, track cycling, BMX cycling, equestrian dressage, trampoline gymnastics, weightlifting, and Greco-Roman wrestling.

The Italian team featured past Olympic champions, four of them defending (super heavyweight boxer Roberto Cammarelle, foil fencer Valentina Vezzali, judoka Giulia Quintavalle, and freestyle swimmer Federica Pellegrini). Vezzali, who competed at her fifth Olympics as the most experienced athlete, became Italy's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.^[1]

Two naturalized Italian athletes made their multiple Olympic appearances as individuals. Sprint kayaker Josefa Idem, the oldest of the team at age 47, became the first female athlete to compete in eight Olympic Games, although she played for the former West Germany in her first two appearances. Archer Natalia Valeeva, on the other hand, competed at her sixth Olympics as an individual athlete, having played under three different banners (the other two were the Unified Team and her native land Moldova). Along with Valeeva, two other Italian athletes made their sixth Olympic appearance: trap shooter Giovanni Pellielo and windsurfer and four-time Olympic medalist Alessandra Sensini. Along with Vezzali, three other athletes made their fifth Olympic appearance: archer Michele Frangilli, sabre fencer and two-time world champion Luigi Tarantino, and skeet shooter and former Olympic gold medalist Ennio Falco. Meanwhile, gymnast Erika Fasana, at age 16, was the youngest athlete of the team.

Other notable Italian athletes featured taekwondo jin and Olympic silver medalist Mauro Sarmiento, sabre fencer and former Olympic gold medalist Aldo Montano, and rifle shooter and multiple-time World Cup champion Niccolò Campriani.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: Sport Men Women Total Archery 3 3 6 Athletics 19 19 38 Badminton 0 1 1 Boxing 7 0 7 Canoeing 5 3 8 Cycling 8 5 13 Diving 4 4 8 Equestrian 2 1 3 Fencing 9 9 18 Gymnastics 6 12 18 Judo 4 5 9 Modern pentathlon 2 2 4 Rowing 18 2 20 Sailing 7 4 11 Shooting 11 4 15 Swimming 20 14 34 Synchronized swimming 0 2 2 Table tennis 1 1 2 Taekwondo 2 0 2 Tennis 3 4 7 Triathlon 2 1 3 Volleyball 14 14 28 Water polo 13 13 26 Weightlifting 1 0 1 Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 162 123 285

Archery

See also: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Qualified six athletes.^[2]

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
Michele Frangilli	Individual	662	37	Hrachov (UKR) (28) L 3–7	Did not advance
Marco Galiazzo		662	36	Serrano (MEX) (29) L 2–6	Did not advance
Mauro Nespoli		674	11	Chen Y-c (TPE) (54) L 2–6	Did not advance
Michele Frangilli Marco Galiazzo Mauro Nespoli	Team	1998	6	—		Chinese Taipei (TPE) (11) W 216–206	China (CHN) (3) W 220–216	Mexico (MEX) (7) W 217–215	United States (USA) (4) W 219–218

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	652	19	Hultzer (RSA) (46) W 6–2	Leek (USA) (14) W 6–4	Tan Y-t (TPE) (3) W 6–2	Román (MEX) (11) L 2–6	Did not advance
Jessica Tomasi		635	44	Choi H-J (KOR) (21) L 5–6	Did not advance
Natalia Valeeva		650	24	Kwon U-S (PRK) (41) W 7–3	Perova (RUS) (9) L 2–6	Did not advance
Pia Lionetti Jessica Tomasi Natalia Valeeva	Team	1937	10	—		China (CHN) (7) L 199–200	Did not advance

Athletics

See also: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[3][4]

On June 30, 39 Italian athletes were qualified with the A Standard,^[5] or as first 12 team relay,^[6] reduced to 38 because of an injury waiver for the champion of high jump (5 medals in international competitions 1st level), Antonietta Di Martino.^[7] On August 8, Alex Schwazer, the defending Olympic champion in the men's 50 km race walk, was disqualified after he failed the doping test for using the blood-boosting agent recombinant erythropoietin (rhEPO).^[8]

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		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Daniele Meucci	5000 m	13:28.71	8	—		Did not advance
	10000 m	—				28:57.46	24
Emanuele Abate	110 m hurdles	13.46	4 q	13.35	4	Did not advance
José Bencosme	400 m hurdles	49.35	3 Q	50.07	6	Did not advance
Yuri Floriani	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.01	2 Q	—		8:40.07	13
Fabio Cerutti Simone Collio Rosario La Mastra Davide Manenti Diego Marani Jacques Riparelli	4 × 100 m relay	38.58	7	—		Did not advance
Ruggero Pertile	Marathon	—				2:12:45	10
Giorgio Rubino	20 km walk	—				1:25:28	42
Marco De Luca	50 km walk	—				3:47:19	17

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gianmarco Tamberi	High jump	2.21	21	Did not advance
Fabrizio Donato	Triple jump	16.86	8 q	17.48
Daniele Greco		17.00	4 q	17.34	4
Lorenzo Povegliano	Hammer throw	71.55	27	Did not advance
Nicola Vizzoni		74.79	10 q	76.07	8

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gloria Hooper	200 m	23.25	6	Did not advance
Libania Grenot	400 m	52.13	3 Q	51.18	3	Did not advance
Elena Romagnolo	5000 m	15:06.38	9 q	—		15:35.69	15
Silvia Weissteiner		15:06.81	7	—		Did not advance
Nadia Ejjafini	5000 m	15:24.70	14	—		Did not advance
	10000 m	—				31:57.03	18
Marzia Caravelli	100 m hurdles	13.01	3 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
Giulia Arcioni Chiara Bazzoni Elena Maria Bonfanti Libania Grenot Manuela Gentili Maria Enrica Spacca	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.01	7	—		Did not advance
Rosaria Console	Marathon	—				2:30:09	30
Anna Incerti		—				2:29:38	29
Valeria Straneo		—				2:25:27	8
Eleonora Giorgi	20 km walk	—				1:29:48	14
Elisa Rigaudo		—				1:27:36	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Simona La Mantia	Triple jump	13.92	18	Did not advance
Chiara Rosa	Shot put	18.30	15	Did not advance
Silvia Salis	Hammer throw	10.84	36	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agnese Allegrini	Women's singles	Tee J Y (MAS) L 7–21, 14–21	Bae Y-j (KOR) L 11–21, 15–21	3	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has so far qualified boxers for the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Manuel Cappai	Light flyweight	Barriga (PHI) L 7–17	Did not advance
Vincenzo Picardi	Flyweight	Bye	Tögstsogt (MGL) L 16–17	Did not advance
Vittorio Parrinello	Bantamweight	Matheus (NAM) W 18–7	Campbell (GBR) L 9–11	Did not advance
Domenico Valentino	Lightweight	Bye	Taylor (GBR) W 15–10	Petrauskas (LTU) L 14–16	Did not advance
Vincenzo Mangiacapre	Light welterweight	Bye	Káté (HUN) W 20–14	Yeleussinov (KAZ) W 16–12	Iglesias (CUB) L 8–15	Did not advance
Clemente Russo	Heavyweight	—	Silva (ANG) W WO	Larduet (CUB) W 12–10	Mammadov (AZE) W 15–13	Usyk (UKR) L 11–14
Roberto Cammarelle	Super heavyweight	—	Perea (ECU) W 18–10	Arjaoui (MAR) W 12–11	Majidov (AZE) W 13–12	Joshua (GBR) L 18–18+

Canoeing

See also: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Eight Italian athletes have qualified for the following events.^[9]

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stefano Cipressi	Men's C-1	96.40	9	99.74	11	96.40	13	Did not advance
Daniele Molmenti	Men's K-1	91.40	10	88.68	8	88.68	9 Q	96.37	3 Q	93.43
Pietro Camporesi Niccolò Ferrari	Men's C-2	120.64	14	111.55	10	111.55	13	Did not advance
Maria Clara Giai Pron	Women's K-1	99.66	2	112.65	15	99.66	3 Q	176.61	15	Did not advance

• 
  Maria Clara Giai Pron in K-1 semifinal

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maximilian Benassi	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:35.543	7	Did not advance
Josefa Idem	Women's K-1 500 m	1:55.619	3 Q	1:52.232	1 FA	1:53.223	5
Norma Murabito	Women's K-1 200 m	43.820	7	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See also: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sacha Modolo	Road race	5:46:51	99
Vincenzo Nibali		5:46:53	101
Luca Paolini		5:46:05	9
Marco Pinotti	Road race	5:54:04	107
	Time trial	52:49.28	5
Elia Viviani	Road race	5:46:37	38

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Monia Baccaille	Road race	OTL
Giorgia Bronzini		3:35:56	5
Noemi Cantele	Road race	3:36:04	34
	Time trial	41:51.18	22
Tatiana Guderzo	Road race	3:36:01	30
	Time trial	41:48.94	21

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Elia Viviani	Men's omnium	13.359	6	47	5	2	4:28.499	7	5	1:04.239	9	34	6

Mountain biking

Gerhard Kerschbaumer in men's cross-country race

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marco Aurelio Fontana	Men's cross-country	1:29:32
Gerhard Kerschbaumer		1:32:02	13
Eva Lechner	Women's cross-country	1:37:36	17

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Manuel De Vecchi	Men's BMX	38.385	18	29	7	Did not advance

Diving

See also: Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Eight divers qualified.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michele Benedetti	3 m springboard	433.05	20	Did not advance
Tommaso Rinaldi		400.00	24	Did not advance
Andrea Chiarabini	10 m platform	367.75	28	Did not advance
Francesco Dell'Uomo		370.25	27	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tania Cagnotto	3 m springboard	349.80	3 Q	362.10	2 Q	362.20	4
Francesca Dallapè		311.25	13 Q	312.60	15	Did not advance
Noemi Batki	10 m platform	324.20	12 Q	325.45	10 Q	350.05	8
Brenda Spaziani		268.00	23	Did not advance
Tania Cagnotto Francesca Dallapè	3 m synchronized springboard	—				314.10	4

Equestrian

See also: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Valentina Truppa	Eremo del Castegno	Individual	75.790	9 Q	73.127	18 Q	75.143	81.286	78.214	15

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping				Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Penalties	Rank
Stefano Brecciaroli	Apollo WD Wendi Kurt Hoev	Individual	38.50	2	11.60	50.10	16	11.00	61.10	25 Q	8.00	69.10	19
Vittoria Panizzon	Borough Pennyz		53.50	=46	0.00	53.50	22	1.00	54.50	15 Q	0.00	54.50	11

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has qualified 15 fencers.^[11]

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
Paolo Pizzo	Individual épée	—	Leung (HKG) W 15–14	Bouzaid (SEN) W 15–11	Limardo (VEN) L 12–15	Did not advance
Valerio Aspromonte	Individual foil	Bye	Dărăban (ROU) W 15–11	Bachmann (GER) W 15–11	Lei S (CHN) L 8–15	Did not advance
Andrea Baldini		Bye	Miyake (JPN) W 15–6	Imboden (USA) W 15–9	Cheremisinov (RUS) W 15–5	Lei S (CHN) L 11–15	Choi B-c (KOR) L 14–15	4
Andrea Cassarà		Bye	Samandi (TUN) W 15–7	Ota (JPN) W 15–14	Abouelkassem (EGY) L 10–15	Did not advance
Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà	Team foil	—			Great Britain (GBR) W 45–40	United States (USA) W 45–24	Japan (JPN) W 45–39
Aldo Montano	Individual sabre	Bye	Pryiemka (BLR) W 15–9	Occhiuzzi (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Diego Occhiuzzi		Bye	Liu X (CHN) W 15–9	Montano (ITA) W 15–13	Morehouse (USA) W 15–9	Dumitrescu (ROM) W 15–11	Szilágyi (HUN) L 8–15
Luigi Tarantino		Bye	Hartung (GER) L 14–15	Did not advance
Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Tarantino Luigi Samele	Team sabre	—			Belarus (BLR) W 45–44	South Korea (KOR) L 37–45	Russia (RUS) W 45–40

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
Bianca Del Carretto	Individual épée	Bye	Heidemann (GER) L 13–14	Did not advance
Rossella Fiamingo		Bye	Nakano (JPN) W 15–11	Lawrence (USA) W 15–7	Sun Yj (CHN) L 14–15	Did not advance
Mara Navarria		Bye	Lawrence (USA) L 12–15	Did not advance
Bianca Del Carretto Rossella Fiamingo Mara Navarria Nathalie Moellhausen	Team épée	—			United States (USA) L 35-45	Did not advance
Elisa Di Francisca	Individual foil	Bye	Shaito (LIB) W 15–2	Golubytskyi (GER) W 15–9	Sugawara (JPN) W 15–9	Nam H-h (KOR) W 11–10	Errigo (ITA) W 12-11
Arianna Errigo		Bye	Fuenmayor (VEN) W 15–4	Gafurzianova (RUS) W 15–7	Kiefer (USA) W 15–10	Vezzali (ITA) W 15–12	Di Francisca (ITA) L 11-12
Valentina Vezzali		Bye	Nishioka (JPN) W 15–8	Chen Jy (CHN) W 15–6	Boubakri (TUN) W 15–7	Errigo (ITA) L 12–15	Nam H-h (KOR) W 13-12
Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Valentina Vezzali Ilaria Salvatori	Team foil	—			Great Britain (GBR) W 42–14	France (FRA) W 45–22	Russia (RUS) W 45–31
Gioia Marzocca	Individual sabre	—	Pérez Maurice (ARG) W 15–10	Kim J-y (KOR) L 7–15	Did not advance
Irene Vecchi		—	Williams (GBR) W 15–6	Chen Xd (CHN) W 15–10	Kharlan (UKR) L 9–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 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	14.033	—	15.066	15.566	—				Did not advance
Alberto Busnari		—	15.058 Q	—		13.766	12.100	—
Matteo Morandi		14.133	0.000	15.766 Q	15.633	14.500	0.000	60.032	41
Paolo Ottavi		14.266	13.700	14.866	14.933	14.500	14.066	86.331	24 Q
Enrico Pozzo		14.766	13.633	14.033	15.600	14.366	14.500	86.698	21 Q
Total		43.165	42.391	45.698	46.799	43.366	40.666	262.085	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Alberto Busnari	Pommel horse	—	15.400	—				15.400	4
Matteo Morandi	Rings	—		15.733	—			15.733
Paolo Ottavi	All-around	12.466	14.033	15.016	15.000	14.100	14.033	84.648	22
Enrico Pozzo		14.700	13.900	14.000	15.466	14.533	14.433	87.032	18

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Giorgia Campana	Team	—		12.766	—			—	13.900	—
Erika Fasana		14.033	14.000	13.666	12.266	53.965	30	13.733	13.600	14.233	—	—
Carlotta Ferlito		13.900	14.100	13.075	14.425	55.500	20 Q	14.300	—	14.100	14.366	—
Vanessa Ferrari		14.900 Q	14.366	14.233	14.433	57.932	7 Q	14.333	14.166	13.566	14.800	—
Elisabetta Preziosa		13.300	13.733	—	13.266	—		—			12.833	—
Total		42.833	42.466	40.974	42.124	168.397	7 Q	42.366	41.666	41.899	41.999	167.930	7

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Carlotta Ferlito	All-around	12.733	14.166	13.433	14.766	55.098	21
Vanessa Ferrari	All-around	14.866	14.600	14.033	14.500	57.999	8
	Floor	14.900	—			14.900	4

Rhythmic

Italy performs a ball routine in the team all-around final

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Julieta Cantaluppi	Individual	25.200	26.675	26.850	26.550	105.275	16	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank
Elisa Blanchi Romina Laurito Marta Pagnini Elisa Santoni Anzhelika Savrayuk Andreea Stefanescu	Team	28.100	27.700	55.800	2 Q	28.125	27.325	55.450

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Flavio Cannone	Men's	104.170	11	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has qualified 9 judokas. ^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elio Verde	−60 kg	Postigos (PER) W 0100–0001	Zantaraia (UKR) W 0001–0000	Castillo (MEX) W 0101–0001	Davtyan (ARM) W 0001–0000	Hiraoka (JPN) L 0000–0110	Bye	Kitadai (BRA) L 0000–0011	5
Francesco Faraldo	−66 kg	Uriarte (ESP) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Antonio Ciano	−81 kg	Bye	Bischof (GER) L 0000–0101	Did not advance
Roberto Meloni	−90 kg	—	Sobirov (TJK) W 0101–0013	Camilo (BRA) L 0001–1011	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elena Moretti	−48 kg	Bye	Pareto (ARG) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Rosalba Forciniti	−52 kg	Bye	Tarangul (GER) W 0010–0002	Kim K-O (KOR) W 0001–0001	An K-A (PRK) L 0000–0101	Bye	Müller (LUX) W 0000–0001
Giulia Quintavalle	−57 kg	Bye	Kim J-D (KOR) W 1011–0002	Matsumoto (JPN) L 0001–0010	Did not advance	Filzmoser (AUT) W 0100–0001	Malloy (USA) L 0001–0100	5
Edwige Gwend	−63 kg	Bye	Xu L (CHN) L 0002–0211	Did not advance
Erica Barbieri	−70 kg	Hwang Y-S (KOR) L 0001–0102	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See also: Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has qualified 2 men and 2 women.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Nicola Benedetti	Men's	17–18	=13	808	2:18.47	36	1140	116	26	1084	10:16.92	1	2536 OR	5568	20
Riccardo de Luca		16–19	=20	784	2:08.29	24	1264	0	3	1200	10:32.34	5	2472	5720	9
Claudia Cesarini	Women's	15–20	=25	760	2:22.77	29	1088	156	30	1044	12:25.66	19	2020	4912	25
Sabrina Crognale		20–15	=8	880	2:24.24	30	1072	78	18	1128	13:27.22	33	1772	4852	27

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has qualified the following boats.

Men

Italy during the final of the men's coxless pair.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lorenzo Carboncini Niccolò Mornati	Pair	6:18.33	2 SA/B	Bye		6:55.82	2 FA	6:26.17	4
Romano Battisti Alessio Sartori	Double sculls	6:18.50	2 SA/B	Bye		6:20.68	2 FA	6:32.80
Elia Luini Pietro Ruta	Lightweight double sculls	6:35.72	1 SA/B	Bye		6:41.17	5 FB	6:29.92	7
Luca Agamennoni Vincenzo Capelli Mario Paonessa Simone Venier	Four	6:02.01	4 R	6:04.27	3 SA/B	6:05.00	4 FB	6:09.42	8
Francesco Fossi Pierpaolo Frattini Simone Raineri Matteo Stefanini	Quadruple sculls	6:08.99	5 R	5:44.57	2 SA/B	6:18.96	6 FB	6:02.57	11
Andrea Caianiello Daniele Danesin Martino Goretti Marcello Miani	Lightweight four	5:56.71	4 R	6:01.66	2 SA/B	6:08.44	5 FB	6:14.63	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sara Bertolasi Claudia Wurzel	Pair	7:21.44	5 R	7:18.14	4 FB	8:06.14	10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; R=Repechage

Sailing

See also: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has so far qualified 1 boat for each of the following events.^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Federico Esposito	RS:X	31	30	33	31	32	36	33	35	29	15	EL	269	34
Michele Regolo	Laser	31	35	46	10	21	32	45	35	43	30	EL	280	35
Filippo Maria Baldassari	Finn	20	22	24	21	14	21	17	18	18	13	EL	164	22
Gabrio Zandonà Pietro Zucchetti	470	6	26	1	8	6	14	8	4	11	3	12	72	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Alessandra Sensini	RS:X	12	9	11	8	11	9	6	6	10	9	16	95	9
Francesca Clapcich	Laser Radial	20	16	24	7	9	27	18	25	21	19	EL	159	19
Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	470	8	11	18	2	3	1	16	17	6	7	4	73	5

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Giuseppe Angilella Gianfranco Sibello	49er	14	11	13	10	11	7	8	12	15	3	13	18	9	5	1	16	148	9

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has gained fifteen quota places in the shooting events;^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Francesco Bruno	50 m pistol	553	24	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	574	29	Did not advance
Niccolò Campriani	10 m air rifle	599	1 Q	701.5
	50 m rifle prone	595 (51.7)	6 Q	697.6	8
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1180 OR	1 Q	1278.5 OR
Francesco d'Aniello	Double trap	136	8	Did not advance
Marco de Nicolo	10 m air rifle	590	34	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	589	36	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1165	15	Did not advance
Daniele di Spigno	Double trap	131	18	Did not advance
Massimo Fabbrizi	Trap	123	4 Q	146 S/O 5
Ennio Falco	Skeet	118	14	Did not advance
Giuseppe Giordano	50 m pistol	559 (49.6)	8 Q	656	5
Luigi Lodde	Skeet	120	5 Q	143	5
Giovanni Pellielo	Trap	121	8	Did not advance
Luca Tesconi	10 m air pistol	584	5 Q	685.8

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chiara Cainero	Skeet	67 S/O 2	6 Q	89	5
Elania Nardelli	10 m air rifle	390	46	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	574	35	Did not advance
Jessica Rossi	Trap	75 WR	1 Q	99 WR
Petra Zublasing	10 m air rifle	396	12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	581	12	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST):^[16][17] In the list, the names of the swimmers qualified at an individual event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marco Belotti	200 m freestyle	1:49.14	29	Did not advance
Valerio Cleri	10 km open water	—				1:51:29.5	17
Gabriele Detti	1500 m freestyle	15:06.22	13	—		Did not advance
Mirco di Tora	100 m backstroke	54.70	19	Did not advance
Luca Dotto	50 m freestyle	22.12	=11 Q	22.09	13	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.43	22	Did not advance
Filippo Magnini	100 m freestyle	49.18	19	Did not advance
Luca Marin	400 m individual medley	4:13.02	6 Q	—		4:14.89	8
Marco Orsi	50 m freestyle	22.36	19	Did not advance
Gregorio Paltrinieri	1500 m freestyle	14:50.11	4 Q	—		14:51.92	5
Mattia Pesce	100 m breaststroke	1:01.27	=23	Did not advance
Samuel Pizzetti	400 m freestyle	3:50.93	18	—		Did not advance
Sebastiano Ranfagni	200 m backstroke	1:58.76	19	Did not advance
Matteo Rivolta	100 m butterfly	52.50	22	Did not advance
Fabio Scozzoli	100 m breaststroke	59.99	12 Q	59.44	2 Q	59.97	7
Federico Turrini	200 m individual medley	2:00.63	20	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:17.22	19	—		Did not advance
Luca Dotto Filippo Magnini Marco Orsi Andrea Rolla Michele Santucci	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.78	8 Q	—		3:14.13	7
Marco Belotti Alex di Giorgio Riccardo Maestri Gianluca Maglia	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:12.69	11	—		Did not advance
Mirco di Tora Luca Dotto Matteo Rivolta Fabio Scozzoli	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.68	14	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arianna Barbieri	100 m backstroke	1:00.25	16 Q	1:00.27	13	Did not advance
Ilaria Bianchi	100 m butterfly	58.42	12 Q	57.79 NR	8 Q	57.27 NR	5
Chiara Boggiatto	200 m breaststroke	2:27.74	22	Did not advance
Erika Ferraioli	50 m freestyle	25.69	32	Did not advance
Alessia Filippi	200 m backstroke	2:12.40	23	Did not advance
Elena Gemo	100 m backstroke	1:01.77	27	Did not advance
Martina Grimaldi	10 km open water	—				1:57:41.8
Michela Guzzetti	100 m breaststroke	1:08.83	27	Did not advance
Federica Pellegrini	200 m freestyle	1:57.16	1 Q	1:56.67	4 Q	1:56.73	5
	400 m freestyle	4:05.30	7 Q	—		4:04.50	5
Stefania Pirozzi	400 m individual medley	4:45.61	22	—		Did not advance
Erika Ferraioli Laura Letrari Alice Mizzau Federica Pellegrini	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.74	12	—		Did not advance
Diletta Carli Alice Mizzau Alice Nesti Federica Pellegrini	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:57.75	4 Q	—		7:56.30	7
Arianna Barbieri Ilaria Bianchi Michela Guzzetti Federica Pellegrini	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.20	11	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Giulia Lapi Mariangela Perrupato	Duet	90.700	7	90.740	181.440	7 Q	90.720	181.420	7

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has qualified the following table tennis players.

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	Bye	Pereira (CUB) W 4–0	Schlager (AUT) L 2–4	Did not advance
Tan Wenling	Women's singles	Bye	Oshonaike (NGR) W 4–0	Tikhomirova (RUS) L 3–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See also: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Mauro Sarmiento has ensured a quota place for Italy in the men's −80 kg by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament.^[18] Italy also qualified in the men's +80 kg during the European Championships.

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	Abduraim (KGZ) W 5–1	Azizov (AZE) W 2–1	García (ESP) L 1–2	Bye	Bahave (AFG) W 4–0	Did not advance
Carlo Molfetta	Men's +80 kg	Gulov (TJK) W 7–3	Liu Xb (CHN) W 6–5 SDP	Keita (MLI) W 6–4	Bye		Obame (GAB) W 9–9 SUP

Tennis

See also: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy had qualified players from the top 54 rankings of ATP and WTA rankings (up to 4 players per nation, with the possibility of forming two teams of doubles) at the end of 2012 French Open, on 11 June 2012.^[19]

Men ^[20]

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
Fabio Fognini	Singles	Djokovic (SRB) L 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Andreas Seppi		Young (USA) W 6–4, 6–4	del Potro (ARG) L 3–6, 6–7(2–7)	Did not advance
Daniele Bracciali Andreas Seppi	Doubles	—	Berdych / Štěpánek (CZE) L 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 4-6	Did not advance

Women ^[21]

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	V. Williams (USA) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Flavia Pennetta		Cîrstea (ROU) W 6–2, 4–6, 6–2	Pironkova (BUL) W 7–5, 6–1	Kvitová (CZE) L 3–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Francesca Schiavone		Zakopalová (CZE) W 6–3, 3–6, 6–4	Zvonareva (RUS) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Roberta Vinci		Clijsters (BEL) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Doubles	—	Cetkovská / Šafářová (CZE) W 6–2, 6–3	Klepač / Srebotnik (SLO) W 7–5, 4–6, 6–4	S. Williams / V. Williams (USA) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone		—	Medina Garrigues / Parra Santonja (ESP) W 7–6(7–4), 6–4	Chuang / Hsieh (TPE) L 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 4–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sara Errani Andreas Seppi	Doubles	Raymond / M Bryan (USA) L 5–7, 3–6	Did not advance
Roberta Vinci Daniele Bracciali		Arvidsson / Lindstedt (SWE) W 6–3, 4–6, 10–8	Lisicki / Kas (GER) L 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 7–10	Did not advance

Triathlon

See also: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Three athletes have qualified for the Italian team. ^[22]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Alessandro Fabian	Men's	17:01	0:41	59:10	0:28	30:43	1:48:03	10
Davide Uccellari		18:26	0:44	59:16	0:30	31:13	1:50:09	29
Annamaria Mazzetti	Women's	19:25	0:40	1:11:09	0:35	37:19	2:09:08	46

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai[23]	Men's	Pool A  Bellaguarda – Heuscher (SUI) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–18)  Doppler – Horst (AUT) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 17–21)  Alison – Emanuel (BRA) L 0 – 2 (24–26, 18–21) Lucky Losers  Binstock – Reader (CAN) W 2 – 0 (21–16, 22–20)	3 Q	Dalhausser – Rogers (USA) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–19)	Nummerdor – Schuil (NED) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 18–21)	Did not advance		5
Greta Cicolari Marta Menegatti[24]	Women's	Pool F  Khomyakova – Ukolova (RUS) W 2 – 1 (17–21, 21–18, 15–8)  Dampney – Mullin (GBR) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–12)  Lessard – Martin (CAN) W 2 – 1 (21–12, 23–25, 15–10)	1 Q	Baquerizo – Fernández (ESP) W 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–15)	May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 13–21)	Did not advance		5

Indoor

Italy has qualified both a men's and women's team for the indoor tournaments.

• Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[25]

Head coach: Mauro Berruto

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2012 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)	Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
3	Simone Parodi	16 June 1986	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Lube Banca Marche Macerata
6	Samuele Papi	20 May 1973	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Copra Elior Piacenza
7	Michal Lasko	11 March 1981	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	337 cm (133 in)	Jastrzębski Węgiel
9	Ivan Zaytsev	2 October 1988	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	348 cm (137 in)	Lube Banca Marche Macerata
10	Dante Boninfante	7 March 1977	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	334 cm (131 in)	315 cm (124 in)	M. Roma Volley
11	Cristian Savani (C)	22 February 1982	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	354 cm (139 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Lube Banca Marche Macerata
13	Dragan Travica	28 August 1986	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Lube Banca Marche Macerata
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)	Copra Elior Piacenza
15	Emanuele Birarelli	8 February 1981	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	316 cm (124 in)	Trentino Diatec
16	Andrea Bari (L)	5 March 1980	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	327 cm (129 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Trentino Diatec
17	Andrea Giovi (L)	19 August 1983	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Sir Safety Perugia

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Bulgaria	5	4	1	12	13	4	3.250	407	390	1.044
2	Poland	5	3	2	9	11	7	1.571	433	374	1.158
3	Argentina	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	382	367	1.041
4	Italy	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	426	413	1.031
5	Australia	5	2	3	7	8	10	0.800	395	397	0.995
6	Great Britain	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	274	376	0.729

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) 20:00	Italy	1–3	Poland	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
	(25–21, 20–25, 23–25, 14–25) Results Statistics

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31 July 2012 (2012-07-31) 14:45	Italy	3–1	Argentina	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Frans Loderus (NED)
	(25–17, 21–25, 25–17, 25–23) Results Statistics

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2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 22:30	Great Britain	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
	(19–25, 16–25, 20–25) Results Statistics

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4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) 14:45	Australia	2–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(25–21, 25–18, 21–25, 14–25, 13–15) Results Statistics

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6 August 2012 (2012-08-06) 14:45	Italy	0–3	Bulgaria	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(30–32, 20–25, 19–25) Results Statistics

Quarterfinal

8 August 2012 (2012-08-08) 16:00	United States	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(26–28, 20–25, 20–25) Results Statistics

Semifinal

10 August 2012 (2012-08-10) 19:30	Brazil	3–0	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–21, 25–12, 25–21) Results Statistics

Bronze medal match

12 August 2012 (2012-08-12) 09:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(19–25, 25–23, 22–25, 21–25) Results Statistics

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[26]

Head coach: Massimo Barbolini

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2012 club
3	Paola Croce	6 March 1978	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	290 cm (110 in)	265 cm (104 in)	Liu·Jo Modena
5	Giulia Rondon	16 October 1987	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	280 cm (110 in)	ICOS Crema
6	Monica De Gennaro (L)	8 January 1987	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	292 cm (115 in)	270 cm (110 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
8	Jenny Barazza	24 July 1981	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Liu·Jo Modena
9	Caterina Bosetti	2 February 1994	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	299 cm (118 in)	281 cm (111 in)	MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese
12	Francesca Piccinini	10 January 1979	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Norda Foppapedretti Bergamo
13	Valentina Arrighetti	26 January 1985	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	294 cm (116 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Norda Foppapedretti Bergamo
14	Eleonora Lo Bianco (C)	22 December 1979	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	287 cm (113 in)	273 cm (107 in)	Galatasaray
15	Antonella Del Core	5 November 1980	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Fakel Novy Urengoy
16	Lucia Bosetti	9 July 1989	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	306 cm (120 in)	286 cm (113 in)	MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese
17	Simona Gioli	17 September 1977	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	283 cm (111 in)	Fakel Novy Urengoy
18	Carolina Costagrande	15 October 1980	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	291 cm (115 in)	Guangdong Evergrande

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	459	352	1.304	Quarter-finals
2	Italy	5	4	1	13	14	5	2.800	442	368	1.201
3	Japan	5	3	2	9	11	6	1.833	401	335	1.197
4	Dominican Republic	5	2	3	6	8	9	0.889	374	362	1.033
5	Great Britain	5	1	4	2	3	14	0.214	295	396	0.745
6	Algeria	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	252	410	0.615

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 July 2012 16:45	Italy	3–1	Dominican Republic	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
	(25–17, 23–25, 25–19, 25–15) report statistics

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30 July 2012 20:00	Italy	3–1	Japan	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Jose Mercado (PUR), Patricia Salvatore (USA)
	(25–22, 25–21, 20–25, 25–22) result statistics

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1 August 2012 16:45	Great Britain	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,800 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Denny Lassi (DOM)
	(25–27, 12–25, 12–25) result statistics

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3 August 2012 22:00	Algeria	0–3	Italy	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Wang Ning (CHN)
	(11–25, 12–25, 17–25) result statistics

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5 August 2012 16:45	Italy	2–3	Russia	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Wang Ning (CHN)
	(28–26, 19–25, 25–22, 16–25, 11–15) result statistics

Quarterfinals

7 August 2012 21:00	Italy	1–3	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Jose Mercado (PUR)
	(25–18, 21–25, 20–25, 18–25) result statistics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[27]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2012 club
1	Stefano Tempesti	GK	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	9 June 1979	Pro Recco
2	Amaurys Pérez	CB	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	18 March 1976	Posillipo
3	Niccolò Gitto	CB	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	12 October 1986	Pro Recco
4	Pietro Figlioli	D	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	29 May 1984	Pro Recco
5	Alex Giorgetti	D	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	24 December 1987	Pro Recco
6	Maurizio Felugo	D	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	4 March 1981	Pro Recco
7	Massimo Giacoppo	CB	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	10 May 1983	Pro Recco
8	Valentino Gallo	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	17 July 1985	Posillipo
9	Christian Presciutti	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	27 November 1982	AN Brescia
10	Deni Fiorentini	CB	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	5 June 1984	Pro Recco
11	Matteo Aicardi	CF	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	19 April 1986	RN Savona
12	Danijel Premuš	CF	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	15 April 1981	PVK Jadran
13	Giacomo Pastorino	GK	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	7 June 1980	Pro Recco

Head coach: Alessandro Campagna

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Croatia	5	5	0	0	50	29	+21	10	Quarterfinals
Italy	5	3	1	1	40	36	+4	7
Spain	5	3	0	2	52	42	+10	6
Australia	5	2	0	3	40	44	−4	4
Greece	5	1	1	3	41	43	−2	3
Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	24	53	−29	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 July 2012 14:10	Report	Italy	8–5	Australia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–2, 0–1, 3–2
		Felugo, Giorgetti 2	Goals	five players 1

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31 July 2012 15:30	Report	Greece	7–7	Italy	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 2–3, 2–1
		Fountoulis, Afroudakis 2	Goals	Presciutti 2

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2 August 2012 19:40	Report	Italy	6–11	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–1, 1–3, 1–3
		Figlioli, Gallo 2	Goals	Bošković, Sukno 3

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4 August 2012 15:30	Report	Italy	9–6	Kazakhstan	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Anton Bervoets (NED), Cory Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 1–1, 0–1
		four players 2	Goals	Shmider, Zhilyayev 2

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6 August 2012 19:40	Report	Spain	7–10	Italy	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dragan Stampalija (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–4, 1–2, 3–2
		Español 3	Goals	Premuš 3

Quarterfinal

8 August 2012 18:40	Report	Italy	11–9	Hungary	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–1, 3–4
		three players 3	Goals	Madaras 3

Semifinal

10 August 2012 19:50	Report	Italy	9–7	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 2–1, 1–2
		Gallo 3	Goals	Udovičić 3

Gold medal game

12 August 2012 15:50	Report	Croatia	8–6	Italy	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sancherz (ESP), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 3–3
		Joković 3	Goals	Felugo 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[28]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2012 club
1	Elena Gigli	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	9 July 1985
2	Simona Abbate	CB	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	22 August 1983
3	Elisa Casanova	CF	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	26 November 1973
6	Allegra Lapi	D	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	8 September 1985
7	Tania Di Mario	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	4 May 1979
8	Roberta Bianconi	D	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	8 July 1989
9	Giulia Enrica Emmolo	D	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	16 October 1991
10	Giulia Rambaldi Guidasci	DF	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	11 November 1986
11	Aleksandra Cotti	D	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	13 December 1988
12	Teresa Frassinetti	CF	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	24 December 1985
13	Giulia Gorlero	GK	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	26 September 1990
14	Anikó Pelle	CB			28 September 1978
15	Federica Radicchi	CB			21 December 1988

Head coach: Fabio Conti

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	37	19	+18	6
Russia	3	2	0	1	22	21	+1	4
Italy	3	1	0	2	22	22	0	2
Great Britain	3	0	0	3	14	33	−19	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 July 2012 15:30	Report	Italy	8–10	Australia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 0–4, 4–2
		Di Mario, Radicchi 2	Goals	Gynther 3

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1 August 2012 15:30	Report	Italy	4–7	Russia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–1, 1–4, 2–1
		Di Mario 2	Goals	Lisunova 3

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3 August 2012 18:20	Report	Great Britain	5–10	Italy	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–2, 1–2, 1–2
		Gibson-Byrne 2	Goals	Emmolo, Di Mario 3

Quarter-final

5 August 2012 19:00	Report	United States	9–6	Italy	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–0, 0–1, 3–2
		Seidemann 3	Goals	Di Mario 3

5–8th place semifinals

7 August 2012 14:10	Report	Italy	10–14	China	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Anton Bervoets (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 2–2, 4–2
		Di Mario 4	Goals	six players 2

Seventh place game

9 August 2012 14:30	Report	Italy	11–7	Great Britain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–0, 3–2, 2–2
		Di Mario 4	Goals	McCann, Clayton 2

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has qualified the following quota places.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mirco Scarantino	Men's −56 kg	97	18	128	=13	225	14

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy has qualified 1 quota.

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
Daigoro Timoncini	−96 kg	Bye	Aleksanyan (ARM) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					17