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competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

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, Spain. 304 competitors, 228 men and 76 women, took part in 169 events in 26 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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Archery

In Italy's first archery competition without

Giancarlo Ferrari Giancarlo Ferrari (born 22 October 1942) is a retired Italian archer. He competed in five consecutive Olympics from 1972 to 1988 and won individual bronze medals in 1976 and 1980. At the world championships in 1977 he earned a team silver medal. ...

, the four Italians went a combined 0-3 in the elimination round with Ilario Di Buò not even qualifying for the eliminations. The men's team also lost in the first round. Women's Individual Competition: * Maria Testa — Round of 32, 21st place (0-1) Men's Individual Competition: *

Andrea Parenti Andrea Parenti (born 26 April 1965 in Casalecchio di Reno), is an Italian archer. Biography Andrea Parenti won bronze medal with the Italian men's team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, he also participated to two others editions of the Olympic Games ...

— Round of 32, 19th place (0-1) * Alessandro Rivolta — Round of 32, 22nd place (0-1) * Ilario Di Buò — Ranking round, 39th place (0-0) Men's Team Competition: * Parenti, Rivolta, and di Buo — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Alessandro Aimar, Marco Vaccari, Fabio Grossi, and

Andrea Nuti Andrea Nuti (born 8 April 1967 in Milan) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Biography He won six medals at the International athletics competitions, five of these with national relays team. He participated at two ed ...

:* Heat — 3:02.09 :* Final — 3:02.18 (→ 6th place) Men's 800 metres *

Andrea Benvenuti Andrea Benvenuti (born 13 December 1969 in Negrar, Verona) is an Italian former 800 metres runner. He won the gold medal at the 1994 European Athletics Championships. Biography He was born in Negrar di Valpolicella, in the Province of Veron ...

— 1:45.23 (→ 5th place) Men's 5.000 metres *

Salvatore Antibo Salvatore Antibo (born 7 February 1962) is a former long-distance runner from Italy. He won nine medals at the International athletics competitions. but he never won a national championship (neither outdoor nor indoor). Biography Antibo was bo ...

:* Heat — 13:33.71 :* Final — 14:02.47 (→ 16th place) Men's 10.000 metres *

:* Heat — 28:18.48 :* Final — 28:11.39 (→ 4th place) *

Francesco Bennici Francesco Bennici (born 3 October 1971) is a former Italian long-distance runner who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Biography He won two medals at senior level at the International athletics competitions. He also was the only medal for It ...

:* Heat — 28:45.62 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon *

Salvatore Bettiol Salvatore Bettiol (born 28 November 1961) is a retired long-distance runner from Italy. Biography He represented his native country twice (1992 and 1996) at the Summer Olympics. He is best known for finishing in 2nd place overall at the 1988 New ...

— 2:14.15 (→ 5th place) * Alessio Faustini — 2:21.37 (→ 44th place) *

Gelindo Bordin Gelindo Bordin (born 2 April 1959) is an Italian former Long Distance Runner, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is the first Italian to have won an Olympic gold in the marathon and the only male to win both the Boston M ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's 400m Hurdles * Fabrizio Mori :* Heat — 49.16 (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km Walk *

Giovanni De Benedictis Giovanni De Benedictis (born 8 January 1968, in Pescara) is a retired Italian race walker, that won 9 medals at individual level, 7 of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. He participated at five editions of the Sum ...

— 1:23:11 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Maurizio Damilano Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 individual medals (22 also with team events), at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. Biography He was the 1980 Olympic Champion and the 19 ...

— 1:23:39 (→ 4th place) * Walter Arena — 1:29:34 (→ 18th place) Men's 50 km Walk *

Giuseppe de Gaetano Giuseppe De Gaetano (born 4 October 1966) is a retired male race walker from Italy. Biography He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 12th place in the men's 50 km walk event. De Gaetano set his personal ...

— 3:59:13 (→ 12th place) * Massimo Quiriconi — 4:00:28 (→ 13th place) * Giovanni Perricelli — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's Long Jump *

Giovanni Evangelisti Giovanni Evangelisti (born 11 September 1961 in Rimini) is a retired long jumper from Italy. His greatest achievements were the Olympic bronze medal in 1984 and three World Indoor bronze medals. He finished fourth at the 1988 Olympics. Biograp ...

:* Qualification — NM (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw *

Enrico Sgrulletti Enrico Sgrulletti (born 24 April 1965 in Rome) is a retired male hammer thrower from Italy, whose personal best throw is 81.64 metres, achieved in March 1997 in Ostia. Biography He won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics ...

:* Qualification — 75.40 m :* Final — 72.98 m (→ 11th place) Men's Pole Vault * Andrea Pegoraro :* Qualification — 5.40 m (→ did not advance) Men's Discus Throw *

Luciano Zerbini Luciano Zerbini (born 16 February 1960) is an Italian retired Olympic discus thrower and shot putter. Biography Born in Lazise, Verona, Zebrini represented Italy at two Summer Olympics, starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California Los Ange ...

:* Qualification — NM (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put *

:* Qualification — 20.25 m :* Final — 19.88 m (→ 9th place) *

Alessandro Andrei Alessandro Andrei (born 3 January 1959) is an Italian former shot putter. He was born in Florence. Biography Andrei threw with his right hand, using the glide technique (at time many elite-level shot putters had switched to the spin/rotation sty ...

:* Qualification — 20.14 m :* Final — 19.62 m (→ 11th place)
Women's 800 metres * Fabia Trabaldo :* Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance) Women's 10.000 metres * Rosanna Munerotto :* Heat — 32:17.01 :* Final — 32:37.91 (→ 16th place) Women's 400m Hurdles * Irmgard Trojer :* Heat — 55.49 :* Semifinal — 56.34 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon * Emma Scaunich — 2:46.14 (→ 18th place) * Anna Villani — 2:46.44 (→ 20th place) *

Bettina Sabatini Bettina Sabatini (born 21 March 1966 in Aalborg, Denmark) is a retired female marathon runner from Italy. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she ended up in 23rd place in the women's marath ...

— 2:50.09 (→ 23rd place) Women's Long Jump * Valentina Uccheddu :* Heat — 6.40 m (→ did not advance) *

Antonella Capriotti Antonella Capriotti (born 4 February 1962 in Rome) is a retired Italian long jumper and triple jumper. She has won the Italian Championships 18 times (12 outdoor and 8 indoor). Biography She started off her career as a long jumper and later, w ...

:* Heat — 6.43 m (→ did not advance) Women's 10 km Walk *

Annarita Sidoti Annarita Sidoti (25 July 1969 – 21 May 2015) was an Italian race walker. Biography Annarita Sidoti was born in Gioiosa Marea. She won eleven medals at senior level in international competition. She participated at three editions of the Summer ...

:* Final — 45:23 (→ 7th place) *

Elisabetta Perrone Elisabetta Perrone (born 9 July 1968) is a former race walker from Italy who won eighteen medals, eight of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. Biography Elisabetta Perrone won six medals, at individual level, at th ...

:* Final — 46:43 (→ 19th place) *

Ileana Salvador Ileana Salvador (born 16 January 1962) is a former Italian race walker who won eight medals at the World Championships and European Championships In 2005 she acquired Swedish citizenship. Biography She won ten medals, to senior level, at the In ...

:* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Women's Discus Throw *

Agnese Maffeis Agnese Maffeis (born 9 March 1965, in Bergamo) is an Italian discus thrower and shot putter. She won six medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. She has 73 caps in national team from 1981 to 2003, second Italian ath ...

:* Heat — 60.80m :* Final — 61.22m (→ 10th place) Women's High Jump *

Antonella Bevilacqua Antonella Bevilacqua (born 15 October 1971 in Foggia) is an Italian high jumper, whose personal best jump was 1.98 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Milan. Biography In 1996 Bevilacqua tested positive for the prohibited substances ephedrine and ps ...

:* Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)

Baseball

Italy was not very successful at the premiere of Olympic baseball. The Italians lost six of their seven preliminary round games, beating only the host nation

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. Their 1-6 record tied with that of Spain for seventh and eighth places, the Italians received the advantage in the tie-breaker because of the head-to-head result, barely avoiding last place. Men's Team Competition: * Italy - 7th place (1-6) Team roster * Massimo Ciaramella *Guglielmo Trinci * Claudio Cecconi * Elio Gambuti *

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* Maurizio De Sanctis * Francesco Petruzzelli * Fulvio Valle * Massimiliano Masin * Andrea Succi * Claudio Taglienti * Paolo Ceccaroli * Ruggero Bagialemani * Rolando Cretis * Alberto d'Auria * Roberto Bianchi * Leonardo Scianchi * Luigi Carrozza *

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* Massimo Melassi

Basketball

Women's team competition

*Preliminary round (group A) :*Lost to Brazil (70-85) :*Lost to Unified Team (67-79) :*Lost to Cuba (53-60) *Classification Matches :*5th/8th place: Lost to Spain (80-92) :*7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (83-86) → 8th place *Team roster :* Elena Paparazzo :* Monica Bastiani :* Mara Fullin :* Stefania Salvemini :*

Anna Costalunga Anna Costalunga (born 24 January 1970) is an Italian former basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially ...

Francesca Rossi Francesca Rossi (born December 7, 1962) is an Italian computer scientist, currently working at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center (New York, USA) as an IBM Fellow and the IBM AI Ethics Global Leader. Education and career Francesca Rossi re ...

:* Angela Arcangeli :* Catarina Pollini :* Susanna Stanzani :* Silvia Todeschini :* Giuseppina Tufano :*

Stefania Passaro Stefania Passaro (born 11 December 1963) is an Italian retired basketball player, a journalist and a certified Financial planner, European Financial Planner. She is tall. Born at Rapallo, she played professionally in Italy for 17 seasons, from ...

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) *

Luigi Castiglione Luigi "Gino" Castiglioni (born April 8, 1967, in San Severo, Apulia) is a former professional boxer from Italy, who won the silver medal at the 1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In the final of the light flywe ...

:* First Round – Lost to Dong-Bum Cho (ITA), 2:8

Canoeing

Cycling

Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented Italy in 1992. ; Men's road race * Fabio Casartelli *

Davide Rebellin Davide Rebellin (9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1992 and 2022 for twelve different teams, taking more than sixty professional wins. He was considered one of the ...

Mirco Gualdi Mirco Gualdi (born 7 July 1968) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in five editions of the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the men's road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1985 : 2nd Time trial, Nationa ...

; Men's team time trial *

Flavio Anastasia Flavio Anastasia (born 30 January 1969) is an Italian cyclist. He was born in Mariano Comense (Lombardia), Italy. In 1993, he was in the team Amore & Vita – Galatron. He won the silver medal in the Team Time Trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics ...

* Luca Colombo * Gianfranco Contri * Andrea Peron ; Men's sprint *

Roberto Chiappa Roberto Chiappa (born 11 September 1973) is an Italian track cyclist born in Terni. He is a 44 time Italian Champion and became World Junior Sprint Champion in 1991 as well as World Champion in 1993 at the Tandem. He holds the Italian 200m Reco ...

; Men's 1 km time trial * Adler Capelli ; Men's individual pursuit *

Ivan Beltrami Ivan Beltrami (born 27 June 1969) is an Italian former cyclist. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Ba ...

; Men's team pursuit *

Rossano Brasi Rossano Brasi (born 3 June 1972) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He competed in the Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit, team pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was professional from 1995 to 2002 wit ...

* Ivan Cerioli * Fabrizio Trezzi * Giovanni Lombardi ; Men's points race * Giovanni Lombardi ; Women's road race * Valeria Cappellotto — 2:05:03 (→ 17th place) * Maria Turcutto — 2:05:03 (→ 32nd place) *

Roberta Bonanomi Roberta Bonanomi (born 15 October 1966) is a retired racing cyclist from Italy. She represented her native country at five Summer Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. Her biggest achievements were winning the 1989 Giro d'Italia Femminile ...

— 2:05:58 (→ 39th place) ; Women's individual pursuit * Gabriella Pregnolato

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Davide Lorenzini :*Preliminary Round — 375.57 points :*Final — 527.73 points (→ 12th place) * Alessandro de Botton :* Preliminary Round — 312.69 points (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 10m Platform * Alessandro de Botton :* Preliminary Round — 334.98 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 3m Springboard * Luisella Bisello :* Preliminary Round — 249.36 points (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 10m Platform * Luisella Bisello :*Preliminary Round — 272.19 points (→ 19th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Italy in 1992. ; Men's foil *

Andrea Borella Andrea Borella (born 23 June 1961) is an Italian fencer. His team won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the individual foil event at the 1991 Mediterranean Games The XI Mediterranean Ga ...

Mauro Numa Mauro Numa (born 8 November 1961 in Mestre) is an Italian fencer and one of the strongest during the 1980s.His career started very early and in 1979, at 18, he was included in the Foil's Italian Team. In 1980 Numa could not compete at the Moscow ...

Stefano Cerioni Stefano Cerioni (born 24 January 1964) is an Italian foil fencer, Olympic team champion in 1984, Olympic champion in 1988 and World team champion in 1985 and 1994. He became a fencing master, then a director of foil, first for Italy, then for Ru ...

; Men's team foil * Marco Arpino,

, Alessandro Puccini ; Men's épée *

Angelo Mazzoni Angelo Mazzoni (born 3 April 1961, in Milan) is an Italian épée fencer who competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1980 and 2000, winning gold medals in 1996 and 2000. Career Fencing career Mazzoni was the eighth fencer, and the first I ...

* Maurizio Randazzo * Sandro Cuomo ; Men's team épée * Sandro Cuomo,

Stefano Pantano Stefano Pantano (born 4 May 1962) is an Italian fencer. He competed in the épée events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelon ...

, Maurizio Randazzo, Sandro Resegotti ; Men's sabre * Marco Marin *

Giovanni Scalzo Giovanni Scalzo (born 17 March 1959) is an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, silver medal in the team sabre event at the 1980 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympi ...

Ferdinando Meglio Ferdinando Meglio (born 27 June 1959) is an Italian fencer. In the team sabre events he won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, a silver at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a bronze at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the individ ...

; Men's team sabre * Marco Marin,

, Giovanni Sirovich, Tonhi Terenzi ; Women's foil *

Giovanna Trillini Giovanna Trillini (born 17 May 1970 in Jesi) is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion (3 times in the team event, 1 time individual) and won an additional silver and two bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions. Bio ...

Margherita Zalaffi Margherita Zalaffi (born 7 April 1966) is an Italian former fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics and silvers at the same event in 1988 and in the women's team épée in 1996. She competed at fi ...

* Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella ; Women's team foil *

, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Diana Bianchedi,

Dorina Vaccaroni Dorina Vaccaroni (born 24 September 1963 in Venice) is an Italian former fencer, competing in the foil. Biography She received a gold medal in the foil team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul ...

Football

Men's team competition

* Preliminary round (group A) :* Defeated

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(2-1) :* Lost to

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(0-3) :* Defeated

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(1-0) * Quarterfinals :* Lost to

(0-1) → Did not advance * Team roster :* ( 1)

Francesco Antonioli Francesco Stefano Antonioli (born 14 September 1969) is an Italian former footballer who played as goalkeeper. He was the oldest footballer in Serie A until his club Cesena were relegated to Serie B at the end of the 2011–12 season, after wh ...

:* ( 2)

Mauro Bonomi Mauro Bonomi (born 23 August 1972) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Cremona, Bonomi began his career playing in Serie B with Cremonese in 1990. The following year approach with grigiorossi in Serie ...

:* ( 3)

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:* ( 4)

Luca Luzardi Luca Luzardi (born 18 February 1970) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Luzardi was born in Manerbio. After playing for several Italian clubs, such as Brescia, Prato, Lazio, and Napoli in 1996, Lu ...

:* ( 5) Salvatore Matrecano :* ( 6)

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:* ( 7) Stefano Rossini :* ( 8)

Mirko Taccola Mirko Taccola (born 18 April 1970 in Pisa, Italy) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olymp ...

:* ( 9) Rufo Verga :* (10)

Demetrio Albertini Demetrio Albertini (; born 23 August 1971) is the sporting director of Parma FC, Parma and a former professional Italian Association football, football midfielder and vice-president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). He is widely conside ...

:* (11)

Dino Baggio Dino Baggio (born 24 July 1971) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Throughout his career, he played for several Italian clubs, and won the UEFA Cup three times, twice with Parma and once with Juven ...

:* (12)

Angelo Peruzzi Angelo Peruzzi (; born 16 February 1970) is an Italian football coach and former goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award. Peruzzi is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest Italian goalkeepers of all ...

:* (13)

Eugenio Corini Eugenio Corini (born 30 July 1970) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. A talented, dynamic, and hard-working playmaker, known for his precise long passing, flair and his ability to orchestrate his team's attacking moves ...

:* (14)

Dario Marcolin Dario Marcolin (born 28 October 1971) is an Italian football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder. He also worked as a football pundit after retiring. Club career Marcolin was born in Brescia. During his career, he played for Cre ...

:* (15) Gianluca Sordo :* (16)

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:* (17) Pasquale Rocco :* (18)

Marco Ferrante Marco Ferrante (born 4 February 1971) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. With 125 total goals scored for Torino, he is the fifth-highest scorer in the history of the Torinese club behind Guglielmo Gabetto (127 ...

:* (19) Alessandro Melli :* (20) Roberto Muzzi *Head coach:

Cesare Maldini Cesare Maldini (; 5 February 1932 – 3 April 2016) was an Italian professional football manager and player who played as a defender. Father to Paolo Maldini and grandfather to Daniel Maldini, Cesare began his career with Italian side Trie ...

Gymnastics

Judo

* Massimo Sulli

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1992. They won a bronze medal in the team event. ;Individual * Roberto Bomprezzi * Carlo Massullo *

Gianluca Tiberti Gianluca Tiberti (born 24 April 1967) is an Italian former modern pentathlete who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officia ...

;Team * Roberto Bomprezzi * Carlo Massullo * Gianluca Tiberti

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390) *

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:* Final Ranking — 182.1 points (→ 16th place) Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390) *

Alessandra Sensini Alessandra Sensini (born 26 January 1970 in Grosseto) is an Italian windsurfing, windsurfer. She is a 4-time Olympian, winning a gold medal and three additional medals. She also won 3 gold, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze at World Championships, a ...

:* Final Ranking — 101.4 points (→ 7th place) Women's 470 Class *

Maria Quarra Maria Quarra (born 26 January 1965) is an Italian yacht racer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an internation ...

and

Anna Maria Barabino Anna Maria Barabino (born 17 November 1966) is an Italian yacht racer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an in ...

:* Final Ranking — 68.7 points (→ 7th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition *

René Gusperti René ("Spillo") Gusperti (born 18 March 1971) is an Italian former swimmer. He was a world class freestyle sprinter during the 1990s and unchallenged Italian Champion in the same years. Biography Gusperti was born in Schlanders/Silandro. He beg ...

Giorgio Lamberti Giorgio Lamberti (born 28 January 1969) is an Italian former swimmer. In 1991 he became the first swimmer of Italy to win a world title, and gold medal, at a FINA World Aquatics Championships. He formerly held world records in the short course ...

Roberto Gleria Roberto Gleria (also Robert), born 15 October 1968, is a former freestyle swimmer from Italy. Gleria swam for Australia in the mid-1980s and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder before taking up on an offer to swim for Italy ...

, Massimo Trevisan, Piermaria Siciliano,

Emanuele Merisi Emanuele Merisi (born 10 October 1972) is an Italian former professional swimmer, specialized in backstroke, who won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Career Merisi was born in Treviglio, province of Bergamo ( Lombardy). He bega ...

Stefano Battistelli Stefano ("Bibi") Battistelli (born 6 March 1970 in Rome) is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Italy. Biography He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Game ...

Luca Bianchin Luca Bianchin (born 15 November 1971) is an Italian swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially bran ...

, Gianni Minervini,

Andrea Cecchi Andrea Cecchi (born 23 March 1968) is an Italian former swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, ...

Francesco Postiglione Francesco Postiglione (born 29 April 1972) is a former swimmer and water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at four Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. At his Olympic debut he competed as a breaststroke swimmer (19 ...

, Leonardo Michelotti, Marco Braida,

Luca Sacchi Luca Sacchi (born 10 January 1968) is a TV commentator and retired Italian swimmer. He competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley and won a bronze medal in the 400 m in 1992. In 1991 he became Europ ...

, and

Emanuele Idini Emanuele Idini (born 18 December 1970 in Rome) is a retired freestyle swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. He won the silver ...

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

, and Massimo Trevisan *# Heat – 3:23.43 (→ did not advance, 10th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle *

Pier Maria Siciliano Piermaria Siciliano (born 27 June 1974, in Catania) is a retired freestyle swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. He won the bronze medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle ...

, and

*# Heat – 7:25.53 *

, Massimo Trevisan,

, and

*# Final – 7:18.10 (→ 5th place)
Women's Competition * Cristina Chiuso,

Ilaria Sciorelli Ilaria Sciorelli (born 19 February 1974) is an Italian swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, ...

, Manuela Melchiorri,

Lorenza Vigarani Lorenza Vigarani (born 10 December 1969, in Bologna) is a retired backstroke swimmer from Italy, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Gam ...

Lara Bianconi Lara Bianconi (born 9 May 1974) is an Italian backstroke and medley swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Ba ...

, Francesca Salvalajo,

Manuela Dalla Valle Manuela Dalla Valle (born 20 January 1963 in Como) is a retired medley and breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics ...

, Elena Donati, and Ilaria Tocchini

Synchronized swimming

Two synchronized swimmers represented Italy in 1992. ; Women's solo *

Paola Celli Paola Celli (born 23 August 1967) is an Italian former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly refe ...

Giovanna Burlando Giovanna Burlando (born 20 November 1969) is an Italian former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney ...

; Women's duet *

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Cristiano Caratti Cristiano Caratti (born 24 May 1970) is a former ATP Tour tennis player from Italy. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1991 Australian Open and the 1991 Miami Masters. Junior tennis career Started playing tennis at age 9. His younger brother a ...

*# First round — Lost to

Guy Forget Guy Forget (; born 4 January 1965) is a French tennis administrator and retired professional player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup te ...

(France) 3-6, 4-6, 2-6 *

Omar Camporese Omar Camporese (; born 8 May 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Career Born in Bologna, Camporese turned professional in 1987. He reached his first top-level singles final in 1990 at San Marino, where he lost to Guillermo ...

*# First round — Defeated Juan Rios (Puerto Rico) 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 *# Second round — Lost to

Emilio Sánchez Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario (; born 29 May 1965) is a Spanish former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won five Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. Sánchez is the older brother of ...

(Spain) 4-6, 2-6, 1-6 *

Renzo Furlan Renzo Furlan (born 17 May 1970) is an Italian tennis coach and a former professional player. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 19 in April 1996. In 2024, he was named WTA Coach of the Year. Career Having tu ...

*# First round — Defeated

Shuzo Matsuoka is a retired Japanese professional tennis player, sports commentator, entertainer, and motivational speaker. A former Wimbledon quarter-finalist, Matsuoka won one singles title during his career, in Seoul in 1992. In the same year, he reached ...

(Japan) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 *# Second round — Defeated

Andrei Chesnokov Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov (; born 2 February 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. Career Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. The biggest tournament victories of his career came at the Monte Car ...

(Unified Team) 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 *# Third round — Lost to

Jordi Arrese Jordi Arrese i Castañé (; born 29 August 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Born in Barcelona, Arrese won the men's singles silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in his home town. In the final, he was defeated in a mara ...

(Spain) 4-6, 3-6, 2-6 Men's Doubles Competition *

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Diego Nargiso Diego Nargiso (; born 15 March 1970) is a former tennis player from Italy. Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's ev ...

*# First round — Defeated Miguel Nido and Juan Rios (Puerto Rico) 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 *# Second round — Lost to

George Cosac George Cosac (born 26 January 1968) is a former tennis player from Romania. He competed in doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, together with Dinu Pescariu, but the pair was eliminated in the quarter-finals. Cosac reached his highest singles AT ...

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Dinu Pescariu Dinu Mihail Pescariu (born 12 April 1974) is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in Barcelona (1992) and in Atlanta (1996). He reached his h ...

(Romania) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6 Women's Singles Competition *

Katia Piccolini Katia Piccolini (born 15 January 1973) is a former tennis player from Italy, who competed on the WTA Tour from 1988 to 1999. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 37 in July 1991 and competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Other career highligh ...

*# First Round – Lost to

Nicole Provis Nicole Bradtke (née Provis) (born 22 September 1969) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. Bradtke won three singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She reached the semifinals of the 1988 French Open, and won a bron ...

(Australia) 1-6 0-6 * Raffaella Reggi-Concato *# First Round – Defeated

Jenny Byrne Jenny Margaret Byrne (born 25 February 1967) is a former tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1987 and retired from the tour in 1997. Her career-high world rankings were world No. 45 in singles (in 1989) and world No. 27 in ...

(Australia) 6-4 7-6 *# Second Round – Lost to

Manuela Maleeva Manuela Georgieva Maleeva (; born 14 February 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage, Maleeva began representing Switzerland officially from January 1990 ...

(Switzerland) 2-6 4-6 *

Sandra Cecchini Anna-Maria "Sandra" Cecchini (; born 27 February 1965) is a retired tennis player from Italy. Career Cecchini turned professional in 1984. She won 12 singles and 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She had career wins over Chris Evert, Arantxa ...

*# First Round – Defeated Paulina Sepúlveda (Chile) 6-2 6-3 *# Second Round – Lost to

Conchita Martínez Conchita Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1994. Martínez also was the runner-up at th ...

(Spain) 4-6 3-6

Volleyball

Men's team competition

*Team roster :*

Lorenzo Bernardi Lorenzo Bernardi (born 11 August 1968) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, two–time World Champion (1990, 1994), and a two–time European Champion (1989, 1995 ...

Marco Bracci Marco Bracci (born 23 August 1966) is a former Italian volleyball player, ranked amongst the world's most valuable players of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 197 cm athlete, Bracci played as passer-hitter. Bracci made his debut for the Italia ...

Luca Cantagalli Luca Cantagalli (born 8 December 1965, in Cavriago) is an Italian volleyball former player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994. He was nicknamed "bazooka" by the fans, due to his powerful spikes. He competed at ...

:* Claudio Marco Galli :*

Andrea Gardini Andrea Gardini (born 1 October 1965) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver ( Atlanta 1996) and bronze ( Sydney 2000) Olympic Games medallist, three–time World Champion (1990, 1994, 1998), and four–time Eur ...

Andrea Giani Andrea Giani (; born 22 April 1970) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player who serves as head coach for the France national team and the Polish PlusLiga team, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. Giani achieved numerous successes ...

:* Andrea Lucchetta :*

Roberto Masciarelli Roberto Masciarelli (born 5 September 1963) is an Italian former volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the cap ...

Michele Pasinato Michele Pasinato (13 March 1969 – 8 April 2021) was an Italian volleyball player who earned a total number of 256 caps for the Italian men's national volleyball team in the 1990s. Nicknamed "Paso" and "Micky", he was on the side that won the t ...

Paolo Tofoli Paolo Tofoli (born 14 August 1966) is an Italian former volleyball player and current coach, standing at 188 cm. Tofoli played 342 times for the Italy national volleyball team. Tofoli was a two-time world champion in 1990 and 1994. He was ...

Fabio Vullo Fabio Vullo (born 1 September 1964) is a retired Italy, Italian volleyball player. Vullo, standing at 1.98 m for 87 kg, was born in Massa, Tuscany, Massa, and played as setter (although at the beginning of his long career was employed ...

Andrea Zorzi Andrea Zorzi (born 29 July 1965) is an Italian former volleyball player, won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was an effective spiker who played as an opposite hi ...

Water polo

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group B) :* Italy – Hungary 7-7 :* Italy – Netherlands 6-4 :* Italy – Cuba 11-8 :* Italy – Spain 9-9 :* Italy – Greece 8-6 *Semi Finals :* Italy – Commonwealth of Independent States 9-8 *Final :* Italy – Spain 9-8 (→ Gold Medal) *Team roster :*

Carlo Silipo Carlo Silipo (born 10 September 1971) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2004. After having won the gold medal in Barcelona, Spain, he won bronze with the men's n ...

Amedeo Pomilio Amedeo Pomilio (born 11 February 1967) is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and sta ...

Franco Porzio Francesco Porzio (born 26 January 1966) is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Brother of Giuseppe Porzio. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and stati ...

Pino Porzio Giuseppe "Pino" Porzio (born February 26, 1967) is a coach and a former Italian water polo player. He is one of the most titled European coaches of all time, and, as his list of prizes demonstrates, is one of the most winning sportsmen among Ita ...

Mario Fiorillo Mario Fiorillo (born 16 December 1962) is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and sta ...

Ferdinando Gandolfi Ferdinando Gandolfi (born 5 January 1967) is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * L ...

:* Alessandro Campagna :*

Marco D'Altrui Marco D'Altrui (born 25 April 1964) is an Italian water polo player. He competed at the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics. His father Giuseppe was a member of the Italian water polo team which won the gold medal in 1960. See also * Italy ...

Massimiliano Ferretti Massimiliano Ferretti (born 22 June 1966) is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic ...

Francesco Attolico Francesco Attolico (born 23 March 1963) is a retired water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2000. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and st ...

Alessandro Bovo Alessandro Bovo (born 1 January 1969) is a retired water polo defense player from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. After having won the gold medal in Barcelona, Spain Bovo claimed bron ...

Paolo Caldarella Paolo Caldarella (20 September 1964 – 27 September 1993) was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List o ...

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References

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