Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of Italy.svg
IOC code ITA
NOC Italian National Olympic Committee
Website www.coni.it  (in Italian)
in Seoul
Competitors253 (212 men, 41 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer Pietro Mennea
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
6
Silver
4
Bronze
4
Total
14
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 253 competitors, 212 men and 41 women, took part in 140 events in 23 sports. [1]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Vincenzo Maenza Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 20 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Stefano Cerioni Fencing Men's foil 21 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Carmine Abbagnale
Giuseppe Abbagnale
Giuseppe Di Capua 		Rowing Men's coxed pair 25 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Agostino Abbagnale
Gianluca Farina
Piero Poli
Davide Tizzano 		Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 25 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Giovanni Parisi Boxing Featherweight 2 October
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gelindo Bordin Athletics Men's marathon 2 October
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Carlo Massullo Modern pentathlon Men's individual 22 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Daniele Masala
Carlo Massullo
Gianluca Tiberti 		Modern pentathlon Men's team 22 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Salvatore Antibo Athletics Men's 10,000 metres 26 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Francesca Bortolozzi
Annapia Gandolfi
Lucia Traversa
Dorina Vaccaroni
Margherita Zalaffi 		Fencing Women's team foil 28 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Stefano Battistelli Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley 21 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Giovanni Scalzo Fencing Men's sabre 23 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Maurizio Damilano Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk 23 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Massimo Cavaliere
Gianfranco Dalla Barba
Marco Marin
Ferdinando Meglio
Giovanni Scalzo 		Fencing Men's team sabre 29 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 303
Athletics 271138
Boxing 7–7
Canoeing 505
Cycling 14418
Diving 404
Equestrian 415
Fencing 15520
Football 18–18
Gymnastics 6511
Judo 4–4
Modern pentathlon 3–3
Rowing 27027
Sailing 13215
Shooting 11213
Swimming 12921
Table tennis 101
Tennis 325
Volleyball 12012
Water polo 13–13
Weightlifting 6–6
Wrestling 4–4
Total21241253

Archery

Giancarlo Ferrari, competing in his fifth Olympic archery contest, dropped to 33rd place in the field. Fellow veteran Ilario Di Buò advanced to the quarterfinal, nearly missing a semifinal berth. The Italians also just missed the cutoff for the final by one ranking in the team round.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

  • First Round — 28:09.35
  • Final — 27:23.55 (→ Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Medal)
  • First Round — 28:43.84 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2"10:32 (→ Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Medal)
  • Final — 2"15:20 (→ 16th place)
  • Final — 2"16:07 (→ 19th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  1. Heat — 8:32.59
  2. Semi Final — 8:16.92
  3. Final — 8:12.17 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 8:29.75
  • Semi Final — 8:17.23
  • Final — 8:17.79 (→ 9th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Heat — 70.50m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualifying Heat – 20.18m
  • Final – 20.36m (→ 7th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.81m
  • Final — 8.08m (→ 4th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:20:14 (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
  • Final — 1:20:14 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 1:22:58 (→ 19th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 3'45:43 (→ 8th place)
  • Final — 3'47:14 (→ 11th place)
  • Final — 4'04:56 (→ 32nd place)


Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2"27.49 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 2"30.14 (→ 8th place)
  • Final — 2"34.38 (→ 23rd place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Featherweight

Men's Lightweight

Men's Light-Middleweight

Men's Middleweight

Men's Light-Heavyweight

Men's Heavyweight

Canoeing

Cycling

Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented Italy in 1988.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
Women's sprint

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Men's Team Competition

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1988. Carlo Massullo won an individual silver and the team won silver too.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 50.97 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 1:49.51
  • B-Final – 1:49.28 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat – 1:50.47
  • B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 3:53.29
  • B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
  • Heat – 3:56.33 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 15:18.80 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
  • Heat – 15:36.54 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 59.48 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 2:03.63
  • B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:02.86
  • Final – 1:02.93 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat – 55.83 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
  • Heat – 56.57 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 2:05.45
  • B-Final – 2:05.68 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat – 2:05.88 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 4:20.43
  • Final – 4:18.01 (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Heat – 4:23.37
  • Final – 4:23.23 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 3:23.35
  • Final – 3:22.93 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 7:21.85
  • Final – 7:16.00 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat – 3:52.06 (→ did not advance, 15th place)


Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 58.22 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 2:04.40 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 4:15.40
  • B-Final – 4:14.90 (→ 14th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 8:40.63 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 1:03.96
  • B-Final – 1:03.88 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat – 1:04.69
  • B-Final – 1:03.80 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 2:17.35
  • B-Final – 2:18.69 (→ 13th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:11.25
  • B-Final – 1:10.95 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 2:30.60
  • Final – 2:29.86 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat – 2:32.77
  • B-Final – 2:31.19 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat – 1:02.07
  • B-Final – 1:02.78 (→ 16th place)
  • Heat – 1:03.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 2:19.62
  • B-Final – 2:19.63 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat – 2:22.85 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 4:49.20
  • B-Final – 4:49.53 (→ 9th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat – 4:14.68
  • Final – 4:13.85 (→ 8th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

  • First round — Defeated Francisco Maciel (Mexico) 4-6 2-6 7-6 7-6 8-6
  • Second round — Lost to Tim Mayotte (United States) 6-2 2-6 4-6 0-6
  • First round — Lost to Guy Forget (France) 2-6 0-6 3-6


Women's Singles Competition

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Lost to Chris Evert (USA) 2-6 2-6

Volleyball

Men's team competition

  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
  • Defeated Sweden (3-2)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • 9th/12th place: Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
  • 9th/10th place: Defeated Japan (3-2) → Ninth place

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

  • Drew with Soviet Union (9-9)
  • Defeated South Korea (1-11)
  • Defeated Australia (7-5)
  • Lost to West Germany (7-10)
  • Defeated France (14-8)
  • Drew with Hungary (9-9)
  • Lost to Spain (9-11) → 7th place

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

  1. ↑ "Italy at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  2. ↑ Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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