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competed at the

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. 340 competitors, 236 men and 104 women, took part in 172 events in 27 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Antonio Rossi Antonio Rossi (born December 19, 1968) is an Italian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won five medals which included three golds (K-1 500 m: 1996, K-2 1000 m: 1996, 2000), one silver (K- ...

— Canoeing, Men's K1 500 metres Kayak Singles *

and Daniele Scarpa — Canoeing, Men's K2 1.000 metres Kayak Pairs * Andrea Collinelli — Cycling, Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit *

Silvio Martinello Silvio Martinello (born 19 January 1963) is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy. He won the gold medal in the men's points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by the bronze medal in the men's madison i ...

— Cycling, Men's Points Race *

Antonella Bellutti Antonella Bellutti (born 7 November 1968) is an Italian racing cyclist and two-time Olympic champion in track cycling. She won the pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the points race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.< ...

— Cycling, Women's Individual Pursuit * Paola Pezzo — Cycling, Women's Cross-country Mountainbike * Alessandro Puccini — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition * Maurizio Randazzo, Sandro Cuomo, and Angelo Mazzoni — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition * Giovanna Trillini, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, and

Valentina Vezzali Maria Valentina Vezzali (; born 14 February 1974) is an Italian politician and retired Olympic and World Champion foil fencer. As a fencer, Vezzali won six Olympic gold medals and was a 16-time World Champion in foil. She is one of only five a ...

— Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition * Yuri Chechi — Gymnastics, Men's Rings *

Agostino Abbagnale Agostino Abbagnale (born 25 August 1966) is an Italian rower and triple Olympic gold medalist. He is the younger brother of multiple Olympic medalists Carmine Abbagnale and Giuseppe Abbagnale. Biography Abbagnale was born in Pompei. He wo ...

and Davide Tizzano — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls *

Roberto Di Donna Roberto Di Donna (born 8 September 1968) is an Italian sport shooter and Olympic champion. Born in Rome, He received a gold medal in 10 metre air pistol at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals i ...

— Shooting, Men's Air Pistol *

Ennio Falco Ennio Falco (born 3 January 1968) is a former Italian sport shooter and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in skeet shooting in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Fiona May Fiona is a feminine given name of Gaelic origins. It means white or fair, while the Irish name ''Fíona'' means 'of wine', being the genitive of 'wine'. It was coined by Scottish writer James Macpherson. Initially, the name was confined to ...

— Athletics, Women's Long Jump *

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 ...

— Athletics, Women's 10 km Walk * Beniamino Bonomi — Canoeing, Men's K1 1.000 metres Kayak Singles * Beniamino Bonomi and Daniele Scarpa — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 metres Kayak Pairs * Imelda Chiappa — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race * Margherita Zalaffi,

Laura Chiesa Laura Chiesa (born 5 August 1971) is an Italian fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team épée event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 a ...

, and Elisa Uga — Fencing, Women's Épée Team Competition *

— Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition * Girolamo Giovinazzo — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg) * Albano Pera — Shooting, Men's Double Trap *

Andrea Sartoretti Andrea Sartoretti (born 19 June 1971) is an Italian former volleyball player. Biography Born at Perugia, Sartoretti debuted in the Italian Serie in 1991, winning the Award as best Under 23 player. A 1.94 cm athlete, he usually played oppos ...

, Paolo Tofoli,

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 ...

Pasquale Gravina Pasquale Gravina (born 1 May 1970) is a manager and a former Italian professional volleyball player. Athlete Gravina is 201 cm and played as middle attacker. After some experiences for minor leagues, he made his debut in the Italian Volley ...

Marco Meoni Marco Meoni (born 25 May 1973) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, wearing the number two jersey. A year earlier he was on the side that claimed the European title ...

Samuele Papi Samuele Papi (born 20 May 1973) is an Italian former volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team in 1993–2012, silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, multiple winner of the European Championship and World Champ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vigor Bovolenta Vigor Bovolenta (30 May 1974 – 24 March 2012) was a volleyball player from Italy. Bovolenta was part of the men's national team that won the gold medal at the 1995 European Championship in Greece and the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic ...

, and

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 ...

— Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

Michele Frangilli Michele Frangilli (born 1 May 1976) is an Italian archer. Biography He was born in Gallarate. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery, finishing in 6th place and winning the bronze medal in the team event. He also ...

Matteo Bisiani Matteo Bisiani (born 2 August 1978) is an Italian Archery, archer. He competed in the 1996 Olympic Games and in the 2000 Olympic Games. Biography He was born in Monfalcone. In 1996 he won the bronze medal with the Italian team. In the Archery at ...

, and

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 ...

— Archery, Men's Team Competition *

Alessandro Lambruschini Alessandro Lambruschini (born 7 January 1965) is an Italian former long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Biography Lambruschini participated in three editions of the Summer Olympics (1988, 1992, 1996), he has 40 c ...

— Athletics, Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase *

Roberta Brunet Roberta Brunet (born 20 May 1965 in Aosta) is a former middle distance runner from Italy Biography Roberta Brunet won four medals, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions. She participated at four editions of the Summer O ...

— Athletics, Women's 5.000 metres * Josefa Idem Guerrini — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 metres Kayak Singles * Raffaello Caserta, Luigi Tarantino, and Tonhi Terenzi – Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition * Giovanna Trillini — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition * Ylenia Scapin — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg) * Roberto Didonna — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol *

Andrea Benelli Andrea Benelli (born 28 June 1960) is a retired Italian skeet shooter. He competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, and won a gold medal in 2004 and a bronze in 1996. In 2004, he and Marko Kemppainen finished with 149 hit ...

— Shooting, Men's Skeet *

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 ...

— Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke * Leonardo Sottani,

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 ...

, Luca Giustolisi,

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 ...

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 ...

, Roberto Calcaterra,

Marco Gerini Marco Gerini (born 5 August 1971) is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic medalists in water polo ...

, Alberto Ghibellini,

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 ...

Alessandro Calcaterra Alessandro Calcaterra (born 26 May 1975) is an Italian water polo player, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia). He was a member of the men's national team that claimed the b ...

Alberto Angelini Alberto Angelini (born 28 September 1974) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia). He was a member of the men's national team that cl ...

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 ...

, and

Fabio Bencivenga Fabio Bencivenga (born 20 January 1976) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia). He was a member of the Men's National Team that clai ...

— Water Polo, Men's Team Competition *

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 ...

— Sailing, Women's Mistral Individual Competition

Archery

The Italian men received unfortunate rankings in the open round, and both

and

quickly found themselves losing to eventual

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list

Magnus Petersson Magnus Petersson (born 17 June 1975 in Gothenburg) is an archer from Sweden. He is an experienced Olympian, having won a silver medal in 1996. Petersson advanced to the semifinals in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was defeated there b ...

, in the second and third rounds, respectively. Both had the highest score of any archer to lose in their round.

advanced to the quarterfinal before facing eventual

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list Justin Huish. They won the

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in the team round. Women's Individual Competition: * Giovanna Aldegani – round of 32, 28th place (1–1) *

Paola Fantato Paola Fantato (13 September 1959) is an Italian former archer, who won 8 medals (5 gold) at the Summer Paralympics. She participated also in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Biography At age 8 she contracted poliomyelitis, and has been a wheelchair us ...

– round of 64, 54th place (0–1) *

Giuseppina di Blasi Giuseppina Di Blasi (born 14 January 1979) is an Italian archer. She competed in the women's individual and team events at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta ...

– round of 64, 60th place (0–1) Men's Individual Competition: *

– quarterfinal, 6th place (3–1) *

– round of 16, 9th place (2–1) *

– round of 32, 17th place (1–1) Women's Team Competition: * Aldegani, Fantato, and di Blasi – round of 16, 9th place (0–1) Men's Team Competition: * Frangilli, Bisiani, and Parenti – Bronze Medal Match (3–1) → Bronze Medal

Athletics

Men's 100 metres *

Ezio Madonia Ezio Madonia (born 7 August 1966) is a retired Italy, Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, that won ten medals with the Italy national relays team at the international athletics championships, national relay team at the Internationa ...

Stefano Tilli Stefano Tilli (born 22 August 1962) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 m, twice European indoor champion, three-time semi-finalist at the Olympic Games, and was the world record holder in the 200 m indoor. Biography ...

Men's 200 metres *

Sandro Floris Sandro Floris (born 12 June 1965) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres who won eleven medals at the International athletics competitions, ten of these with national relays team. At the senior individual level, he was ...

Men's 800 metres *

Giuseppe D'Urso Giuseppe D'Urso (born 15 September 1969) is a former Italian 800 metres runner, vice-world champion in 1993. Biography Giuseppe D'Urso won four medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. He participated at one edition o ...

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 ...

* Andrea Giocondi Men's 5,000 metres * Genny di Napoli :* Qualification — 14:03.56 :* Semifinal — 13:28.80 :* Final — 13:28.36 (→ 12th place) *

Stefano Baldini Stefano Baldini (born 25 May 1971 in Castelnovo di Sotto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) is a retired Italian runner who specialized in the marathon. He was the Olympic champion in Athens in 2004 and was twice European champion (1998 and 2006). Biogr ...

:* Qualification — 13:55.41 :* Semifinal — 14:06.45 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres *

:* Qualification — 27:55.79 :* Final — 29:07.77 (→ 18th place) Men's Marathon *

Danilo Goffi Danilo Goffi (born 3 December 1972, in Legnano) is a former Italian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics. He ...

— 2:15.08 (→ 9th place) * Salvatore Bettiol — 2:17.27 (→ 20th place) * Davide Milesi — 2:21.45 (→ 50th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Giovanni Puggioni,

Angelo Cipolloni Angelo Cipolloni (born 16 February 1970, in Rieti) is a retired Italy, Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metre races. Biography He won eight medals at the International athletics championships and games, International athletics ...

, and

:* Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Fabrizio Mori, Alessandro Aimar, Andrea Nuti, and Ashraf Saber :* Heat — 3:03.60 :* Semi Final — 3:02.56 (→ did not advance) Men's 400m Hurdles * Fabrizio Mori :* Heat — 48.90s :* Semi Final — 48.43s :* Final — 48.41s (→ 6th place) *

Laurent Ottoz Laurent Ottoz (born 10 April 1970) is an Italian hurdler. He won four medals, at senior level, at international athletics competitions. Career His personal best time was 13.42 seconds, achieved in August 1994 in Berlin. This is a former Italian ...

:* Heat — 48.92s :* Semi Final — 48.52s (→ did not advance) * Ashraf Saber :* Heat — 49.71s (→ did not advance) Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase *

:* Heat — 8:31.69 :* Semifinals — 8:27.32 :* Final — 8:11.28 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Angelo Carosi Angelo Carosi (born 20 January 1964 in Priverno) is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In his later career he also took up half marathon and marathon. Biography He ran four times consecutively in the ...

:* Heat — 8:30.83 :* Semifinals — 8:21.86 :* Final — 8:29.67 (→ 9th place) Men's Long Jump * Simone Bianchi :* Qualification — 7.79m (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put * Paolo Dal Soglio *

Corrado Fantini Corrado Fantini (born 7 February 1967) is a former Italian shot putter. His personal best was 20.78 metres. Biography He ranks fourth on the Italian all-time lists for the event. His daughter is the hammer throw The hammer throw (HT for sh ...

* Giorgio Venturi Men's Discus Throw * Diego Fortuna :* Qualification — 60.08m (→ 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 — 77.36m :* Final — 76.98m (→ 9th place) *

Loris Paoluzzi Loris Paoluzzi (born 14 March 1974) is an Italian retired male hammer thrower, which participated at the 1999 and 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Biography His personal best throw was 80.98 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Pescara Pes ...

:* Qualification — 72.82m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon * Beniamino Poserina :* Final Result — 7013 points (→ 30th place) Men's 20 kilometres Walk * Giovanni Perricelli *

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 ...

Michele Didoni Michele Didoni (born 7 March 1974 in Milan) is an Italian retired race walker, world champion of the 20 km race walk at Gothenburg 1995. Biography He won six times the national championships at senior level. and after his retire, he was the coa ...

Men's 50 kilometres Walk * Arturo Di Mezza — 3'44:52 (→ 4th place) * Giovanni Perricelli — 3'52:31 (→ 13th place) *

— did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's 400 metres * Virna De Angeli * Patrizia Spuri Women's 5,000 metres *

* Silvia Sommaggio Women's 10,000 metres *

Maria Guida Maria Guida (born 23 January 1966 in Vico Equense) is an Italian former long-distance runner. Biography Maria Guida won one important medal, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions (gold medal at the European Champions ...

:* Qualification — 31:55.35 :* Final — did not start (→ no ranking) * Silvia Sommaggio :* Qualification — 32:59.40 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon * Ornella Ferrara — 2:33.09 (→ 13th place) * Maria Curatolo — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Maura Viceconte — did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's 100m Hurdles *

Carla Tuzzi Carla Tuzzi (born 2 June 1967 in Frascati) is an Italian former hurdling, hurdler, who best result at international individual senior (athletics), senior level was the 5th place in the final of the 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships, 19 ...

Women's 400m Hurdles * Virna de Angeli :* Qualification — 57.12 (→ did not advance) 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 ...

:* Qualification — 56.54m (→ did not advance) 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 — 1.93m :* Final — 1.99m (→ 4th place) Women's Long Jump *

Fiona May Fiona is a feminine given name of Gaelic origins. It means white or fair, while the Irish name ''Fíona'' means 'of wine', being the genitive of 'wine'. It was coined by Scottish writer James Macpherson. Initially, the name was confined to ...

:* Qualification — 6.85m :* Final — 7.02m (→ Silver Medal) Women's Triple Jump *

Barbara Lah Barbara Lah (born 24 March 1972 in Gorizia) is an Italian triple jumper, whose personal best jump is 14.38 metres, at the 2003 World Championships in Paris. In addition she has 6.12 m in the long jump The long jump is a track and field even ...

:* Qualification — 13.74m (→ did not advance) Women's Heptathlon * Giuliana Spada Women's 10 km Walk *

– 42:12 (→ Silver Medal) *

Rossella Giordano Rossella Giordano (born 1 December 1972) is an Italian race walker. Biography Rossella Giordano won four silver medals, to senior level, at the International athletics competitions. She participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1996 a ...

– 42:43 (→ 5th place) *

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 ...

– 43:57 (→ 11th place)

Baseball

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and

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in the preliminary round but had lost their other five preliminary games. Men's Team Competition: * Italy – 6th place (2–5) Team roster *

Claudio Liverzani Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese, it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan, it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most importan ...

* Pier Paolo Illuminati * Roberto De Franceschi *

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* Francesco Casolari * Andrea Evangelisti * Enrico Vecchi * Massimiliano Masin * Paolo Ceccaroli * Ruggero Bagialemani *

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* Alberto d'Auria * Roberto Cabalisti * Dante Cabrini * Marco Barboni * Rolando Cretis * Luigi Carrozza * Fabio Betto

Basketball

Women's tournament

;Preliminary round ;Quarterfinals ;Classification Round 5th−8th place ;7th place game

Beach volleyball

* Andrea Ghiurghi and Nicola Grigolo — 13th place overall

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg) * Carmine Molaro :* First Round — Lost to

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(Australia), 8–11 Men's Lightweight (60 kg) *

Christian Giantomassi Christian Giantomassi (born April 22, 1973 in Badia Polesine, Veneto) is a former professional boxer from Italy, who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vej ...

:* First Round — Lost to

Sergey Kopenkin Sergey Kopenkin (born 26 November 1971) is a Kyrgyzstani former boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 ...

(Kyrgyzstan), 11–12 Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) * Antonio Perugino :* First Round — Defeated José Quinones (Puerto Rico), 10–8 :* Second Round — Defeated Roger Pettersson (Sweden), 18–4 :* Quarter Finals — Lost to

Alfredo Duvergel Alfredo Duvergel (born April 2, 1968) is a Cuban boxer. He won the silver medal in the men's light middleweight (– 71 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Career He lost the World championship finals against Romanian ...

(Cuba), 8–15 Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) *

Pietro Aurino Pietro Aurino (born November 16, 1976, in Torre Annunziata, Province of Naples) is a retired male boxer from Italy. Nicknamed ''The Killer'' he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped i ...

:* First Round — Defeated Yusuf Öztürk (Turkey), 15–7 :* Second Round — Lost to Vassili Jirov (Kazakhstan), 13–18 Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg) *

Paolo Vidoz Paolo Vidoz (born 21 August 1970) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011 and held the European heavyweight title from 2005 to 2006. As an amateur Vidoz won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in the super-heavyw ...

:* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Lost to

Alexis Rubalcaba Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to Paea Wolfgram ...

(Cuba), referee stopped contest in first round

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial *

Maurizio Fondriest Maurizio Fondriest (born 15 January 1965) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist. Career Born in Cles, Trentino, Fondriest turned professional in 1987 with the Ecoflam team. He subsequently rode for Alfa-Lum in 1988, winning the ...

:* Final — 1:05:01 (→ 4th place) *

Francesco Casagrande Francesco Casagrande (born 14 September 1970 in Florence) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005. Biography He was a proven performer in the Grand Tours and the major ...

:* Final — 1:09:18 (→ 19th place) Women's Individual Road Race * Imelda Chiappa :* Final — 02:36:38 (→ Silver Medal) *

Alessandra Cappellotto Alessandra Cappellotto (born August 27, 1968) is a retired racing cyclist from Italy. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996, and 2000. She won the world title in the women's individual road race at the 1997 ...

:* Final — 02:37:06 (→ 7th 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 ...

:* Final — 02:37:06 (→ 32nd place) Women's Individual Time Trial * Imelda Chiappa :* Final – 38:47 (→ 8th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race *

:* Final — 37 points (→ Gold Medal)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country *

Daniele Pontoni Daniele Pontoni (born 8 September 1966 in Udine) is a former Italian professional cyclo-cross cyclist. Pontoni was World Champion of cyclo-cross by the amateurs in 1992 and by the elite in 1997. He was Italian cyclo-cross champion from 1996 to ...

:* Final — 2:25:08 (→ 5th place) *

Luca Bramati Luca Bramati (born 6 November 1968) is an Italian former cyclo-cross and cross-country mountain bike cyclist. He most notably won the Cyclo-cross Superprestige and World Cup in the 1995–96 season. He also finished third in the 1996 and 1997 ...

:* Final — 2:26:05 (→ 8th place) Women's Cross Country * Paola Pezzo :* Final — 1:50.51 (→ Gold Medal) *

Annabella Stropparo Annabella Stropparo (born 4 July 1968) is an Italian former cyclist. She competed in the women's cross-country event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1 ...

:* Final — 1:55.56 (→ 6th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Davide Lorenzini :*Preliminary Round — 356.55 :*Semi Final — 202.80 (→ 15th place) Women's 3m Springboard * Francesca d'Oriano :* Preliminary Heat — 208.77 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 10m Platform * Francesca d'Oriano :* Preliminary Heat — 202.86 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

Sixteen fencers, nine men and seven women, represented Italy in 1996. ; Men's foil * Alessandro Puccini * Stefano Cerioni * Marco Arpino ; Men's team foil * Alessandro Puccini, Marco Arpino, Stefano Cerioni ; Men's épée * Sandro Cuomo * Angelo Mazzoni * Maurizio Randazzo ; Men's team épée * Sandro Cuomo, Angelo Mazzoni, Maurizio Randazzo ; Men's sabre * Tonhi Terenzi * Luigi Tarantino * Raffaelo Caserta ; Men's team sabre * Luigi Tarantino, Raffaelo Caserta, Tonhi Terenzi ; Women's foil *

* Giovanna Trillini * Diana Bianchedi ; Women's team foil * Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Giovanna Trillini,

; Women's épée * Margherita Zalaffi * Elisa Uga *

; Women's team épée * Elisa Uga,

, Margherita Zalaffi

Football

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group C) :* Lost to (0–1) :* Lost to (2–3) :* Defeated (2–1) → Did not advance *Team roster :*

Gianluca Pagliuca Gianluca Pagliuca (; born 18 December 1966) is an Italian football coach and former professional goalkeeper. He is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation, and one of Italy's best keepers ever. Throughout his ...

Christian Panucci Christian Panucci (; born 12 April 1973) is an Italian former footballer and manager. In his playing career he played as a defender. A versatile footballer, he began his career as a right-back, but was also capable of playing on the left; as he ...

Alessandro Nesta Alessandro Nesta (; born 19 March 1976) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the current head coach of Serie A club Monza. Usually deployed as a centre-back, he is widely considered as one of the best defenders of ...

Fabio Cannavaro Fabio Cannavaro (; born 13 September 1973) is an Italian professional association football, football coach and former player who last was the head coach of Croatian club GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb. He is regarded as one of the greatest De ...

Fabio Galante Fabio Galante (born 20 November 1973) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Career Galante was born in Montecatini Terme, Province of Pistoia. He started his pr ...

:* Salvatore Fresi :* Raffaele Ametrano :* Massimo Crippa :*

Marco Branca Marco Branca (born 6 January 1965) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker and was, until February 2014, sporting director of Serie A club Internazionale. Club career Early career Born in Grosseto, Branca started h ...

:* Massimo Brambilla :*

Marco Delvecchio Marco Delvecchio (; born 7 April 1973) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. Although he played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, he spent most of it at Roma, where he is still remembered by the c ...

Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi Buffon (; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he is ...

:* Alessandro Pistone :*

Damiano Tommasi Damiano Tommasi (; born 17 May 1974) is an Italian former footballer and current mayor of Verona. A defensive midfielder during his footballing years, after a decade at Roma – winning the 2001 Serie A title – he continued his career abroad ...

:* Fabio Pecchia :* Domenico Morfeo :*

Cristiano Lucarelli Cristiano Lucarelli (; born 4 October 1975) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a forward. Club career Lucarelli was born in Livorno, Italy. A journeyman striker, he had stints with eight different teams (includ ...

:* Antonino Bernardini :*

Luigi Sartor Luigi Sartor (, ; born 30 January 1975) is an Italian former professional footballer. Usually a full-back or wing-back on both flanks, he also played as a central defender. During a 17-year professional career Sartor represented ten clubs in ...

*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

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition: *

Cesare Toraldo Cesare Toraldo (born 6 July 1963) is an Italian modern pentathlete. He competed in the men's individual event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and ...

– 5402 pts (→ 8th place) * Fabio Nebuloni – 5285 pts (→ 17th place) * Alessandro Conforto – 5128 pts (→ 25th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle *

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 ...

:* Heat – 22.85 :* B-Final – 22.96 (→ 14th place) Men's 200m Freestyle *

Massimiliano Rosolino Massimiliano Edgar "Massi" Rosolino (born 11 July 1978) is an Italian retired competitive swimmer. Biography Born in Naples to an Italian father, Salvatore, and an Australian mother, Carolyn, he moved to Australia at the age of three, coming b ...

:* Heat – 1:48.80 :* Final – 1:48.50 (→ 6th place) *

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 ...

:* Heat – 1:49.88 :* B-Final – 1:50.07 (→ 13th place) Men's 400m Freestyle *

Emiliano Brembilla Emiliano Brembilla (born 21 December 1978) is a freestyle swimmer from Italy who was five-time individual European Champion, four in 400 m freestyle (1997, 2000, 2002 and 2004) and one in 1500 m freestyle (1997). Career He won the bronze medal ...

:* Heat – 3:49.35 :* Final – 3:49.87 (→ 4th place) *

:* Heat – 3:51.05 :* Final – 3:51.04 (→ 6th place) Men's 1500m Freestyle *

:* Heat – 15:16.72 :* Final – 15:08.58 (→ 4th place) * Marco Formentini :* Heat – 15:41.14 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 100m Backstroke *

:* Heat – 55.82 :* Final – 55.53 (→ 6th place) Men's 200m Backstroke *

:* Heat – 2:00.01 :* Final – 1:59.18 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Mirko Mazzari Mirko Mazzari (born 25 January 1975) is an Italian former swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney ...

:* Heat – 1:59.95 :* Final – 2:01.27 (→ 7th place) Men's 100m Butterfly * Andrea Oriana :* Heat – 56.04 (→ did not advance, 39th place) Men's 200m Butterfly * Andrea Oriana :* Heat – 2:00.67 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Men's 200m Individual Medley *

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 ...

:* Heat – 2:03.24 :* B-Final – 2:03.49 (→ 11th place) Men's 400m Individual Medley *

:* Heat – 4:19.63 :* Final – 4:18.31 (→ 6th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay *

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 ...

, and

:* Heat – 7:22.69 *

, and

:* Final – 7:19.92 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle * Cecilia Vianini :* Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 200m Backstroke *

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 ...

:* Heat – 2:13.58 :* Final – 2:14.56 (→ 7th place) Women's 100m Breaststroke *

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 ...

:* Heat – 1:10.25 :* B-Final – 1:11.19 (→ 15th place) Women's 100m Butterfly * Ilaria Tocchini :* Heat – 1:01.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 200m Butterfly * Ilaria Tocchini :* Heat – 2:16.10 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Ilaria Tocchini, and Cecilia Vianini :* Heat – 4:10.57 :* Final – 4:10.59 (→ 8th place)

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

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

Jiří Novák Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Career Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...

(Czech Republic) 4–5 6–4 6–3 :* Second round — Defeated Luis Morejon (Ecuador) 7–5 6–2 :* Third round — Defeated

Marc Rosset Marc Rosset (; born 7 November 1970) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He is best known for winning the men's singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also won a major doubles title, at the French Open in 1992 partnering c ...

(Switzerland) 6–2 4–2 retired :* Quarter Finals — Lost to

Leander Paes Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player and the first Asian man to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-tim ...

(India) 1–6 9–7 *

Andrea Gaudenzi Andrea Gaudenzi (; born 30 July 1973) is an Italian former tennis player and the current chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since January 2020. Early life Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Italy, in the province of Ravenna. He ...

:* First round — Defeated Carlos Costa (Spain) 6–3 6–2 :* Second round — Defeated Oscar Ortiz (Mexico) 6–1 7–6 :* Third round — Lost to

Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 ...

(United States) 6–2 4–6 2–6
Women's Singles Competition *

Rita Grande Rita Grande (born 23 March 1975) is a former tennis player from Italy. During her career, Grande won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won one singles title and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Cir ...

:* First round — Lost to

Patricia Hy-Boulais Patricia Hy-Boulais (born 22 August 1965) is a former tennis player. She turned professional on 12 October 1986. Early in her career she represented Hong Kong (since the beginning until the end of the 1987 season). She became a citizen of Canada ...

(Canada) 4–6 4–6 *

Silvia Farina Silvia Farina-Elia (; born 27 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. She won three WTA singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. ...

:* First round — Defeated

Clare Wood Clare Jacqueline Wood (born 8 March 1968) is a former British number 1 tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of w ...

(Great Britain) 6–2 6–2 :* Second round — Lost to

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 12 weeks, as well as ...

(Spain) 1–6 3–6

Volleyball

Men's Indoor Team Competition

*Preliminary round (group B) :*Defeated South Korea (3–0) :*Defeated Tunisia (3–0) :*Defeated Netherlands (3–0) :*Defeated Russia (3–0) :*Defeated Yugoslavia (3–0) *Quarterfinals :*Defeated Brazil (3–2) *Semifinals :*Defeated Yugoslavia (3–1) *Final :*Lost to the Netherlands (2–3) → Silver Medal *Team roster :*

:* Paolo Tofoli :*

*Head coach:

Julio Velasco Julio Velasco (born 9 February 1952) is an Argentine former professional volleyball player and coach. He obtained Italian citizenship in 1992. Velasco was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2005. He is the head coach of ...

Water polo

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group B) :* Defeated United States (10–7) :* Defeated Ukraine (8–6) :* Defeated Croatia (10–8) :* Defeated Greece (10–8) :* Defeated Romania (10–9) *Quarterfinals :* Defeated Russia (11–9) *Semifinals :* Lost to Croatia (6–7) *Bronze Medal Match :* Defeated Hungary (20–18) → Bronze Medal *Team roster :*

:* Roberto Calcaterra :* Luca Giustolisi :*

:* Leonardo Sottani :*

:* Alberto Ghibellini

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

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