Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Flag of Italy.svg
IOC code ITA
NOC Italian National Olympic Committee
Website www.coni.it  (in Italian)
in Barcelona, Spain
25 July–9 August 1992
Competitors304 (228 men, 76 women) in 26 sports
Flag bearer Giuseppe Abbagnale
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
6
Silver
5
Bronze
8
Total
19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 304 competitors, 228 men and 76 women, took part in 169 events in 26 sports. [1]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Giovanna Trillini Fencing Women's foil 30 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Giovanni Lombardi Cycling Men's points race 31 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Pierpaolo Ferrazzi Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 2 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Fabio Casartelli Cycling Men's individual road race 2 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Diana Bianchedi
Francesca Bortolozzi
Giovanna Trillini
Dorina Vaccaroni
Margherita Zalaffi 		Fencing Women's team foil 4 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Italy men's national water polo team
Water polo Men's tournament 9 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Flavio Anastasia
Luca Colombo
Gianfranco Contri
Andrea Peron 		Cycling Men's team time trial 26 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Vincenzo Maenza Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 29 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Emanuela Pierantozzi Judo Women's 66 kg 29 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Carmine Abbagnale
Giuseppe Abbagnale
Giuseppe Di Capua 		Rowing Men's coxed pair 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marco Marin Fencing Men's sabre 2 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Luca Sacchi Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley 27 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bruno Rossetti Shooting Skeet 28 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Stefano Battistelli Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke 28 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Roberto Bomprezzi
Carlo Massullo
Gianluca Tiberti 		Modern pentathlon Men's team 29 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Giovanni De Benedictis Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk 31 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Alessandro Corona
Gianluca Farina
Rossano Galtarossa
Filippo Soffici 		Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 2 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marco Venturini Shooting Trap 2 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bruno Dreossi
Antonio Rossi 		Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres 7 August

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 314
Athletics 251439
Baseball 20–20
Basketball 01212
Boxing 5–5
Canoeing 12618
Cycling 14418
Diving 213
Equestrian 8412
Fencing 15520
Football 16–16
Gymnastics 6410
Judo 549
Modern pentathlon 3–3
Rowing 21021
Sailing 10414
Shooting 12113
Swimming 15924
Synchronized swimming –22
Table tennis 011
Tennis 448
Volleyball 12012
Water polo 12–12
Weightlifting 3–3
Wrestling 5–5
Total22876304

Archery

In Italy's first archery competition without Giancarlo Ferrari, 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:

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:02.09
  • Final — 3:02.18 (→ 6th place)

Men's 800 metres

Men's 5.000 metres

  • 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)
  • Heat — 28:45.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 75.40 m
  • Final — 72.98 m (→ 11th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualification — 5.40 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 20.25 m
  • Final — 19.88 m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification — 20.14 m
  • Final — 19.62 m (→ 11th place)


Women's 800 metres

  • Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

  • Heat — 32:17.01
  • Final — 32:37.91 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 55.49
  • Semifinal — 56.34 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Women's Long Jump

  • Heat — 6.40 m (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 6.43 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 10 km Walk

  • Final — 45:23 (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 46:43 (→ 19th place)
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Heat — 60.80m
  • Final — 61.22m (→ 10th place)

Women's High Jump

  • 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 Spain. 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:

Team roster

Basketball

Women's team competition

  • Lost to Brazil (70-85)
  • Lost to Unified Team (67-79)
  • Lost to Cuba (53-60)
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Spain (80-92)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (83-86) → 8th place

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented Italy in 1992.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
Women's individual pursuit

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 375.57 points
  • Final — 527.73 points (→ 12th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 312.69 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 334.98 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 249.36 points (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 272.19 points (→ 19th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Italy in 1992.

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

  • Lost to Spain (0-1) → Did not advance

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1992. They won a bronze medal in the team event.

Individual
Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

  • Final Ranking — 182.1 points (→ 16th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

  • Final Ranking — 101.4 points (→ 7th place)

Women's 470 Class

  • Final Ranking — 68.7 points (→ 7th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle


Women's Competition

Synchronized swimming

Two synchronized swimmers represented Italy in 1992.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Water polo

Men's team competition

  • Italy – Hungary 7-7
  • Italy – Netherlands 6-4
  • Italy – Cuba 11-8
  • Italy – Spain 9-9
  • Italy – Greece 8-6
  • Italy – Commonwealth of Independent States 9-8
  • Italy – Spain 9-8 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

  1. ↑ "Italy at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
  2. ↑ Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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