Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics Last updated June 09, 2025 Medalists Gold Antonio Rossi — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 metres Kayak Singles Antonio Rossi and Daniele Scarpa — Canoeing, Men's K2 1.000 metres Kayak Pairs Andrea Collinelli — Cycling, Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit Silvio Martinello — Cycling, Men's Points Race Antonella Bellutti — 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 — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition Yuri Chechi — Gymnastics, Men's Rings Agostino Abbagnale and Davide Tizzano — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls Roberto Di Donna — Shooting, Men's Air Pistol Ennio Falco — Shooting, Men's Skeet Silver Fiona May — Athletics, Women's Long Jump Elisabetta Perrone — 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 , and Elisa Uga — Fencing, Women's Épée Team Competition Valentina Vezzali — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition Girolamo Giovinazzo — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg) Albano Pera — Shooting, Men's Double Trap Andrea Sartoretti , Paolo Tofoli , Andrea Zorzi , Pasquale Gravina , Marco Meoni , Samuele Papi , Luca Cantagalli , Andrea Gardini , Andrea Giani , Lorenzo Bernardi , Vigor Bovolenta , and Marco Bracci — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition Bronze Michele Frangilli , Matteo Bisiani , and Andrea Parenti — Archery, Men's Team Competition Alessandro Lambruschini — Athletics, Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase Roberta Brunet — 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 — Shooting, Men's Skeet Emanuele Merisi — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke Leonardo Sottani , Carlo Silipo , Luca Giustolisi , Amedeo Pomilio , Francesco Postiglione , Roberto Calcaterra , Marco Gerini , Alberto Ghibellini , Alessandro Bovo , Alessandro Calcaterra , Alberto Angelini , Francesco Attolico , and Fabio Bencivenga — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition Alessandra Sensini — Sailing, Women's Mistral Individual Competition Archery The Italian men received unfortunate rankings in the open round, and both Andrea Parenti and Matteo Bisiani quickly found themselves losing to eventual silver medallist Magnus Petersson , in the second and third rounds, respectively. Both had the highest score of any archer to lose in their round. Michele Frangilli advanced to the quarterfinal before facing eventual gold medallist Justin Huish . They won the bronze medal in the team round.
Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Individual Competition:
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
Men's 200 metres
Men's 800 metres
Men's 5,000 metres
Qualification — 14:03.56 Semifinal — 13:28.80 Final — 13:28.36 (→ 12th place) 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
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Heat — 3:03.60 Semi Final — 3:02.56 (→ did not advance) Men's 400m Hurdles
Heat — 48.90s Semi Final — 48.43s Final — 48.41s (→ 6th place) Heat — 48.92s Semi Final — 48.52s (→ did not advance) 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 ) Heat — 8:30.83 Semifinals — 8:21.86 Final — 8:29.67 (→ 9th place) Men's Long Jump
Qualification — 7.79m (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put
Men's Discus Throw
Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw
Qualification — 77.36m Final — 76.98m (→ 9th place) Qualification — 72.82m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon
Final Result — 7013 points (→ 30th place) Men's 20 kilometres Walk
Men's 50 kilometres Walk
Women's 400 metres
Women's 5,000 metres
Women's 10,000 metres
Qualification — 31:55.35 Final — did not start (→ no ranking) Qualification — 32:59.40 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon
Women's 100m Hurdles
Women's 400m Hurdles
Qualification — 57.12 (→ did not advance) Women's Discus Throw
Qualification — 56.54m (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump
Qualification — 1.93m Final — 1.99m (→ 4th place) Women's Long Jump
Qualification — 6.85m Final — 7.02m (→ Silver Medal ) Women's Triple Jump
Qualification — 13.74m (→ did not advance) Women's Heptathlon
Women's 10 km Walk
Baseball The Italians were one of four teams that made their second appearance in Olympic baseball in 1996. They improved slightly, upon their seventh-place finish of four years earlier by taking the middle place in a three-way tie for fifth through seventh places. They had defeated Korea and Australia in the preliminary round but had lost their other five preliminary games.
Men's Team Competition:
Team roster
Basketball Preliminary round Source:
FIBA archive Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21 )
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23 )
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25 )
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27 )
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29 )
Quarterfinals
31 July 1996 (1996-07-31 ) 20:00
Classification Round 5th−8th place
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01 ) 17:00
7th place game
3 August 1996 (1996-08-03 ) 15:00
Boxing Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)
First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba), referee stopped contest in first round Cycling Road Competition Men's Individual Time Trial
Final — 1:05:01 (→ 4th place) Final — 1:09:18 (→ 19th place) Women's Individual Road Race
Final — 02:36:38 (→ Silver Medal ) Final — 02:37:06 (→ 7th place) Final — 02:37:06 (→ 32nd place) Women's Individual Time Trial
Final – 38:47 (→ 8th place) Track Competition Men's Points Race
Final — 37 points (→ Gold Medal ) Mountain Bike Men's Cross Country
Final — 2:25:08 (→ 5th place) Final — 2:26:05 (→ 8th place) Women's Cross Country
Final — 1:50.51 (→ Gold Medal ) Final — 1:55.56 (→ 6th place) Diving Men's 3m Springboard
Preliminary Round — 356.55 Semi Final — 202.80 (→ 15th place) Women's 3m Springboard
Preliminary Heat — 208.77 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 10m Platform
Preliminary Heat — 202.86 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Preliminary round (group C) Modern pentathlon Men's Individual Competition:
Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle
Heat – 22.85 B-Final – 22.96 (→ 14th place) Men's 200m Freestyle
Heat – 1:48.80 Final – 1:48.50 (→ 6th place) Heat – 1:49.88 B-Final – 1:50.07 (→ 13th place) Men's 400m Freestyle
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) 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 ) Heat – 1:59.95 Final – 2:01.27 (→ 7th place) Men's 100m Butterfly
Heat – 56.04 (→ did not advance, 39th place) Men's 200m Butterfly
Heat – 2:00.67 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Men's 200m Individual Medley
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
Final – 7:19.92 (→ 6th place) Women's 100m Freestyle
Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 200m Backstroke
Heat – 2:13.58 Final – 2:14.56 (→ 7th place) Women's 100m Breaststroke
Heat – 1:10.25 B-Final – 1:11.19 (→ 15th place) Women's 100m Butterfly
Heat – 1:01.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 200m Butterfly
Heat – 2:16.10 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Heat – 4:10.57 Final – 4:10.59 (→ 8th place) Tennis Men's Singles Competition
First round — Defeated Jiří Novák (Czech Republic) 4–5 6–4 6–3 Second round — Defeated Luis Morejon (Ecuador) 7–5 6–2 Third round — Defeated Marc Rosset (Switzerland) 6–2 4–2 retired Quarter Finals — Lost to Leander Paes (India) 1–6 9–7 Women's Singles Competition
Volleyball 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) Defeated Yugoslavia (3–1) Lost to the Netherlands (2–3) → Silver Medal Water polo 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) Defeated Hungary (20–18) → Bronze Medal External links
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