Italy at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Italy at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	ITA
National federation	Italian Swimming Federation
Website	federnuoto.it (in Italian)
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	90 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 2 Silver 7 Bronze 5 Total 14
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July. ^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Barbara Pozzobon Ginevra Taddeucci Domenico Acerenza Gregorio Paltrinieri	Open water swimming	Team	July 20
Gold	Thomas Ceccon	Swimming	Men's 50 m butterfly	July 24
Silver	Linda Cerruti Lucrezia Ruggiero	Artistic swimming	Women's duet technical routine	July 16
Silver	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Open water swimming	Men's 5 km	July 18
Silver	Linda Cerruti Marta Iacoacci Isotta Sportelli Enrica Piccoli Sofia Mastroianni Lucrezia Ruggiero Francesca Zunino Giulia Vernice	Artistic swimming	Team technical routine	July 18
Silver	Alessandro Miressi Manuel Frigo Lorenzo Zazzeri Thomas Ceccon Leonardo Deplano	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	July 23
Silver	Nicolò Martinenghi	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	July 24
Silver	Simona Quadarella	Swimming	Women's 1500 m freestyle	July 25
Silver	Thomas Ceccon	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	July 25
Bronze	Elena Bertocchi Chiara Pellacani	Diving	Women's synchronized 3 m springboard	July 17
Bronze	Domenico Acerenza	Open water swimming	Men's 5 km	July 18
Bronze	Matteo Santoro Chiara Pellacani	Diving	Mixed synchronized 3 m springboard	July 22
Bronze	Italy women's national water polo team Giuseppina Condorelli Chiara Tabani Giuditta Galardi Silvia Avegno Sofia Giustini Dafne Bettini Domitilla Picozzi Roberta Bianconi Valeria Palmieri Claudia Marletta Agnese Cocchiere Giulia Viacava Caterina Banchelli	Water polo	Women's tournament	July 28
Bronze	Benedetta Pilato	Swimming	Women's 50 m breaststroke	July 30

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	11	11
Diving	6	4	10
High diving	2	1	3
Open water swimming	2*	4	6*
Swimming	19*	12	31*
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	43	47	90

• Gregorio Paltrinieri was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming.

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Susanna Pedotti	Solo technical routine	193.1283	12 Q	223.7133	5
	Solo free routine	122.6167	21	Did not advance
Linda Cerruti Lucrezia Ruggiero	Duet technical routine	234.2667	8 Q	263.0334
	Duet free routine	213.6813	7 Q	200.0751	9

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Linda Cerruti Marta Iacoacci Alessia Macchi Sofia Mastroianni Enrica Piccoli Isotta Sportelli Sophie Tabbiani Francesca Zunino	Team acrobatic routine	197.5167	9 Q	177.3267	12
Linda Cerruti Marta Iacoacci Sofia Mastroianni Enrica Piccoli Lucrezia Ruggiero Isotta Sportelli Giulia Vernice Francesca Zunino	Team technical routine	251.5379	3 Q	274.5155
	Team free routine	233.1010	7 Q	244.1174	6

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Italy entered 10 divers. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Riccardo Giovannini	10 m platform	325.25	31	Did not advance
Andreas Sargent Larsen		322.30	34	Did not advance
Lorenzo Marsaglia	1 m springboard	340.70	18	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	403.20	12 Q	430.20	8 Q	379.75	11
Giovanni Tocci	1 m springboard	354.00	14	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	434.80	5 Q	435.95	7 Q	365.95	12
Lorenzo Marsaglia Giovanni Tocci	3 m synchro springboard	384.69	2 Q	—		380.97	6
Riccardo Giovannini Eduard Timbretti Gugiu	10 m synchro platform	367.35	8 Q	—		368.79	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elena Bertocchi	1 m springboard	239.55	9 Q	—		215.10	12
	3 m springboard	284.85	12 Q	303.05	9 Q	269.65	12
Maia Biginelli	10 m platform	289.75	15 Q	247.30	18	Did not advance
Sarah Jodoin Di Maria	10 m platform	326.65	4 Q	277.10	16	Did not advance
Chiara Pellacani	1 m springboard	243.45	5 Q	—		260.85	6
	3 m springboard	277.70	14 Q	304.95	8 Q	308.15	5
Elena Bertocchi Chiara Pellacani	3 m synchro springboard	277.41	6 Q	—		285.99

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Matteo Santoro Chiara Pellacani	3 m synchro springboard	294.12
Eduard Timbretti Gugiu Sarah Jodoin Di Maria	10 m synchro platform	278.58	6
Sarah Jodoin Di Maria Lorenzo Marsaglia Chiara Pellacani Eduard Timbretti Gugiu	Team event	365.85	7

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Davide Baraldi	Men's high diving	321.35	13
Andrea Barnaba		308.25	15
Elisa Cosetti	Women's high diving	258.50	9

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Italy entered 6 open water swimmers. ^{[3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Domenico Acerenza	Men's 5 km	54:04.2
	Men's 10 km	1:51:16.7	4
Gregorio Paltrinieri	Men's 5 km	54:02.5
	Men's 10 km	1:51:40.7	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rachele Bruni	Women's 5 km	1:01:24.2	21
Giulia Gabbrielleschi	Women's 10 km	2:03:15.7	10
Barbara Pozzobon	Women's 5 km	59:35.8	5
Ginevra Taddeucci	Women's 10 km	2:02:46.7	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Barbara Pozzobon Ginevra Taddeucci Domenico Acerenza Gregorio Paltrinieri	Team relay	1:10:31.2

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Italy entered 32 swimmers. ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Federico Burdisso	100 metre butterfly	51.98	20	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	1:56.86	18	Did not advance
Thomas Ceccon	50 metre backstroke	24.80	8 Q	24.57	5 Q	24.58	5
	100 metre backstroke	53.84	14 Q	52.16	1 Q	52.27
	50 metre butterfly	23.14	6 Q	22.92	3 Q	22.68 NR
Simone Cerasuolo	50 metre breaststroke	27.06	8 Q	27.07	9	Did not advance
Matteo Ciampi	400 metre freestyle	3:48.12	14	—		Did not advance
Piero Codia	50 metre butterfly	24.13	47	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	52.01	21	Did not advance
Luca De Tullio	800 metre freestyle	7:46.87	11	—		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	14:57.68	13	—		Did not advance
Marco De Tullio	200 metre freestyle	1:46.69	13 Q	1:46.05	10	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	3:47.23	12	—		Did not advance
Leonardo Deplano	50 metre freestyle	21.99	14 Q	21.74	6	21.92	8
Stefano Di Cola	200 metre freestyle	1:47.27	24	Did not advance
Manuel Frigo	100 metre freestyle	48.45	20	Did not advance
Nicolò Martinenghi	50 metre breaststroke	26.64	2 Q	26.74	2 Q	26.84	5
	100 metre breaststroke	59.04	4 Q	59.21	7 Q	58.72
Alessandro Miressi	100 metre freestyle	48.14	9 Q	48.21	13	Did not advance
Lorenzo Mora	200 metre backstroke	1:59.99	23	Did not advance
Gregorio Paltrinieri	800 metre freestyle	7:44.89	7 Q	—		7:53.68	8
Federico Poggio	100 metre breaststroke	59.43	7 Q	59.51	9	Did not advance
Alberto Razzetti	200 metre butterfly	1:55.35	5 Q	1:55.00	9	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	1:58.74	13 Q	1:57.39	9	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:11.57	4 Q	—		4:11.73	7
Matteo Restivo	200 metre backstroke	1:58.57	17	Did not advance
Lorenzo Zazzeri	50 metre freestyle	22.28	30	Did not advance
Alessandro Miressi Manuel Frigo Lorenzo Zazzeri Thomas Ceccon Leonardo Deplano	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.53	3 Q	—		3:10.49
Marco De Tullio Filippo Megli Matteo Ciampi Stefano Di Cola	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:06.12	3 Q	—		7:03.86	5
Thomas Ceccon Nicolò Martinenghi Piero Codia Manuel Frigo	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.54	9	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lisa Angiolini	100 metre breaststroke	1:06.28	6 Q	1:07.03	14	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	Did not start
Ilaria Bianchi	100 metre butterfly	58.62	18	Did not advance
Anita Bottazzo	50 metre breaststroke	30.02	2 Q	30.29	7	30.11	5
Martina Carraro	100 metre breaststroke	1:06.63	11 Q	1:06.56	11	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:26.10	13 Q	2:25.76	14	Did not advance
Costanza Cocconcelli	50 metre backstroke	28.51	23	Did not advance
Sara Franceschi	200 metre individual medley	2:10.68	8 Q	Disqualified		Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:38.89	6 Q	—		4:37.73	6
Sofia Morini	100 metre freestyle	54.50	13 Q	54.72	14	Did not advance
Margherita Panziera	50 metre backstroke	28.61	25	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	1:00.40	13 Q	1:01.31	16	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:10.90	11 Q	2:10.65	10	Did not advance
Simona Quadarella	800 metre freestyle	8:21.65	6 Q	—		8:16.46	4
	1500 metre freestyle	15:55.05	2 Q	—		15:43.31
Benedetta Pilato	50 metre breaststroke	29.60	1 Q	30.09	4	30.04
Chiara Tarantino	50 metre freestyle	25.11	18	Did not advance
Chiara Tarantino Costanza Cocconcelli Emma Menicucci Sofia Morini	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:37.93	9	—		Did not advance
Sofia Morini Costanza Cocconcelli Sara Franceschi Emma Menicucci	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:00.13	12	—		Did not advance
Margherita Panziera Martina Carraro Ilaria Bianchi Sofia Morini	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:00.67	11	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alessandro Miressi Thomas Ceccon Costanza Cocconcelli Sofia Morini Manuel Frigo	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:24.39	3 Q	3:24.53	5
Lorenzo Mora Federico Poggio Ilaria Bianchi Costanza Cocconcelli	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:46.08	11	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy	Men's tournament	France W 13–6	Canada W 24–6	China W 18–5	1 Q	—	Serbia L 14–15	Montenegro W 10–6	France W 16–9	5
Italy	Women's tournament	Argentina W 27–1	South Africa W 24–2	Greece L 12–16	2 QP	New Zealand W 14–7	United States W 8–7	Netherlands L 8–9	Australia W 16–14

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Italian roster. ^[6]

Head coach: Sandro Campagna

• 1 Marco Del Lungo GK
• 2 Francesco Di Fulvio FP
• 3 Luca Damonte FP
• 4 Luca Marziali FP
• 5 Andrea Fondelli FP
• 6 Giacomo Cannella FP
• 7 Vincenzo Renzuto FP
• 8 Gonzalo Echenique FP
• 9 Nicholas Presciutti FP
• 10 Lorenzo Bruni FP
• 11 Edoardo Di Somma FP
• 12 Vincenzo Dolce FP
• 13 Gianmarco Nicosia GK
• Alessandro Velotto FP
• Francesco Condemi FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	55	17	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	France	3	2	0	0	1	38	32	+6	6	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	30	49	−19	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	23	48	−25	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

17 July 2023 13:30	Report	France	6–13	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Michiel Zwartt (NED)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–3, 0–3, 1–5
		Crousillat, Khasz 2	Goals	Fondelli 4

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19 July 2023 09:00	Report	Italy	24–6	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters:6–0, 4–2, 8–4, 6–0
		three players 4	Goals	Constantin-Bicari 3

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21 July 2023 17:30	Report	China	5–18	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–7, 2–6, 0–3
		Chen Z. 2	Goals	Condemi, Di Fulvio 4

Quarterfinals

25 July 2023 16:30	Report	Italy	14–15 (PSO)	Serbia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 4–4, 2–2   PSO: 3–4
		Di Fulvio 3	Goals	Rašović 4

5–8th place semifinals

27 July 2023 14:00	Report	Montenegro	6–10	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–3, 2–3
		Perković 3	Goals	Damonte 3

Fifth place game

29 July 2023 16:30	Report	Italy	16–9	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 7–3, 5–2
		Di Fulvio 5	Goals	Crousillat 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Italian roster. ^[7]

Head coach: Carlo Silipo

• 1 Giuseppina Condorelli GK
• 2 Chiara Tabani FP
• 3 Giuditta Galardi FP
• 4 Silvia Avegno FP
• 5 Sofia Giustini FP
• 6 Dafne Bettini FP
• 7 Domitilla Picozzi FP
• 8 Roberta Bianconi FP
• 9 Valeria Palmieri FP
• 10 Claudia Marletta FP
• 11 Agnese Cocchiere FP
• 12 Giulia Viacava FP
• 13 Caterina Banchelli GK
• Lucrezia Cergol FP
• Veronica Gant FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	61	16	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	0	0	1	63	19	+44	6	Playoffs
3	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	16	57	−41	3
4	Argentina	3	0	0	0	3	12	60	−48	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2023 16:00	Report	Italy	27–1	Argentina	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 7–0, 6–0, 11–0
		Avegno 4	Goals	Leonard 1

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18 July 2023 12:00	Report	South Africa	2–24	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–7, 1–7, 0–8
		MacDonell, Meecham 1	Goals	Bettini, Giustini 4

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20 July 2023 10:30	Report	Greece	16–12	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters:6–4, 4–1, 3–2, 3–5
		four players 3	Goals	four players 2

Playoffs

22 July 2023 17:00	Report	Italy	14–7	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 6–2, 1–3, 3–1
		Bettini 3	Goals	Doyle 2

Quarterfinals

24 July 2023 15:00	Report	United States	7–8	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2
		Steffens 4	Goals	Giustini 3

Semifinals

26 July 2023 17:00	Report	Italy	8–9	Netherlands	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 2–2, 1–1
		Marletta 3	Goals	L. Rogge, Wolves 2

Third place game

28 July 2023 13:00	Report	Italy	16–14	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 5–6, 3–1, 3–3
		Bianconi 6	Goals	Williams 3

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