Italy at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Italy at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	ITA
National federation	Italian Swimming Federation
Website	federnuoto.it (in Italian)
in Doha, Qatar
Competitors	94 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 3 Silver 10 Bronze 6 Total 19
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Giorgio Minisini	Artistic swimming	Men's solo free routine	7 February 2024
	Simona Quadarella	Swimming	Women's 1500 metre freestyle	13 February 2024
	Simona Quadarella	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	17 February 2024
	Lorenzo Marsaglia Giovanni Tocci	Diving	Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard	4 February 2024
	Giorgio Minisini	Artistic swimming	Men's solo technical routine	5 February 2024
	Giulia Gabbrielleschi Arianna Bridi Gregorio Paltrinieri Domenico Acerenza	Open water swimming	Team	8 February 2024
	Matteo Santoro Chiara Pellacani	Diving	Mixed synchronized 3 metre springboard	10 February 2024
	Alessandro Miressi Lorenzo Zazzeri Paolo Conte Bonin Manuel Frigo Leonardo Deplano	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	11 February 2024
	Nicolò Martinenghi	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	12 February 2024
	Nicolò Martinenghi	Swimming	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	14 February 2024
	Alberto Razzetti	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	14 February 2024
	Alessandro Miressi	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	15 February 2024
	Italy men's national water polo team Marco Del Lungo Francesco Di Fulvio Luca Damonte Luca Marziali Andrea Fondelli Giacomo Cannella Vincenzo Renzuto Gonzalo Echenique Nicholas Presciutti Lorenzo Bruni Edoardo Di Somma Alessandro Velotto Gianmarco Nicosia Francesco Condemi Matteo Iocchi	Water polo	Men's tournament	17 February 2024
	Domenico Acerenza	Open water swimming	Men's 5 km	7 February 2024
	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	Men's 800 metre freestyle	14 February 2024
	Alberto Razzetti	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley	15 February 2024
	Benedetta Pilato	Swimming	Women's 50 metre breaststroke	18 February 2024
	Sara Franceschi	Swimming	Women's 400 metre individual medley	18 February 2024
	Michele Lamberti Nicolò Martinenghi Gianmarco Sansone Alessandro Miressi Ludovico Viberti Federico Burdisso	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	18 February 2024

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships. ^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	1	9	10
Diving	6	5	11
High diving	2	1	3
Open water swimming	3*	4	7*
Swimming	20*	14	34*
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	46*	48	94*

Gregorio Paltrinieri competed in both open water swimming and pool swimming.

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Giorgio Minisini	Solo technical routine	218.0966	4 Q	245.3166
	Solo free routine	174.1583	3 Q	210.1355

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Susanna Pedotti	Solo technical routine	238.2967	6 Q	215.0833	9
	Solo free routine	212.4521	7 Q	195.5000	10
Linda Cerruti Lucrezia Ruggiero	Duet technical routine	252.1400	4 Q	217.7833	9
	Duet free routine	231.1168	8 Q	233.9957	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Giorgio Minisini Susanna Pedotti	Duet technical routine	248.8633	2 Q	204.3316	6
Linda Cerruti Marta Iacoacci Sofia Mastroianni Enrica Piccoli Lucrezia Ruggiero Isotta Sportelli Giulia Vernice Francesca Zunino	Team technical routine	242.4208	6 Q	260.8183	5
	Team free routine	289.0522	6 Q	282.4312	5
Linda Cerruti Marta Iacoacci Giorgio Minisini Enrica Piccoli Lucrezia Ruggiero Isotta Sportelli Giulia Vernice Francesca Zunino	Team acrobatic routine	209.8799	9 Q	213.3501	6

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Riccardo Giovannini	10 m platform	379.75	13 Q	360.05	16	Did not advance
Andreas Sargent Larsen	10 m platform	365.85	18 Q	361.15	15	Did not advance
Lorenzo Marsaglia	1 m springboard	342.90	11 Q	—		378.25	5
	3 m springboard	377.65	16 Q	372.50	12 Q	366.25	12
Giovanni Tocci	1 m springboard	385.05	2 Q	—		388.75	4
	3 m springboard	359.00	21	Did not advance
Lorenzo Marsaglia Giovanni Tocci	3 m synchro springboard	—				384.24
Andreas Sargent Larsen Eduard Timbretti Gugiu	10 m synchro platform	—				351.06	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elena Bertocchi	1 m springboard	239.95	7 Q	—		236.55	11
	3 m springboard	247.00	17 Q	194.15	18	Did not advance
Maia Biginelli	10 m platform	263.25	18 Q	241.40	18	Did not advance
Sarah Jodoin Di Maria	10 m platform	319.45	4 Q	293.75	7 Q	322.15	5
Chiara Pellacani	1 m springboard	193.05	33	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	274.95	10 Q	302.10	3 Q	272.05	10
Elena Bertocchi Chiara Pellacani	3 m synchro springboard	—				260.28	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Matteo Santoro Chiara Pellacani	3 m synchro springboard	287.49
Eduard Timbretti Gugiu Irene Pesce	10 m platform	186.36	8
Eduard Timbretti Gugiu Chiara Pellacani Irene Pesce Matteo Santoro	Team event	271.70	10

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Andrea Barnaba	Men's high diving	325.05	9
Davide Baraldi		315.40	12
Elisa Cosetti	Women's high diving	272.90	8

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Domenico Acerenza	Men's 5 km	51:30.0
	Men's 10 km	1:48:30.4	7
Gregorio Paltrinieri	Men's 5 km	51:31.7	5
Dario Verani	Men's 10 km	1:48:30.8	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arianna Bridi	Women's 10 km	1:57:33.2	8
Giulia Gabbrielleschi	Women's 5 km	57:47.6	7
Barbara Pozzobon	Women's 5 km	57:58.5	15
Ginevra Taddeucci	Women's 10 km	1:58:21.1	22

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Giulia Gabbrielleschi Arianna Bridi Gregorio Paltrinieri Domenico Acerenza	Team relay	1:03:28.2

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Italy entered 34 swimmers. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Federico Burdisso	50 metre butterfly	23.92	28	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	1:57.48	14 Q	1:56.68	9	Did not advance
Simone Cerasuolo	50 metre breaststroke	27.00	8 Q	26.98	5 Q	26.93	6
Matteo Ciampi	200 metre freestyle	1:47.65	24	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	3:47.23	14	—		Did not advance
Luca De Tullio	800 metre freestyle	7:46.52	1 Q	—		7:49.79	7
	1500 metre freestyle	15:00.22	13			Did not advance
Marco De Tullio	200 metre freestyle	1:48.46	29	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	3:49.44	24	—		Did not advance
Leonardo Deplano	50 metre freestyle	21.98	12 Q	21.81	10	Did not advance
Manuel Frigo	100 metre freestyle	48.65	10 Q	48.25	9	Did not advance
Michele Lamberti	50 metre backstroke	24.88	7 Q	24.68	6 Q	24.82	7
	100 metre backstroke	53.73	5 Q	53.89	11	Did not advance
Nicolò Martinenghi	50 metre breaststroke	26.75	4 Q	26.65	2 Q	26.39
	100 metre breaststroke	59.27	2 Q	59.13	4 Q	58.84
Alessandro Miressi	100 metre freestyle	47.94	2 Q	47.88	2 Q	47.72
Lorenzo Mora	200 metre backstroke	1:59.80	19	Did not advance
Gregorio Paltrinieri	800 metre freestyle	7:47.38	7 Q	—		7:42.98
	1500 metre freestyle	14:55.19	9			Did not advance
Alberto Razzetti	200 metre butterfly	1:56.53	7 Q	1:55.09	1 Q	1:54.65
	200 metre individual medley	2:00.14	9 Q	1:58.21	5 Q	1:57.42
	400 metre individual medley	4:15.84	8 Q	—		4:13.05	5
Gianmarco Sansone	100 metre butterfly	52.46	15 Q	52.15	14
Ludovico Viberti	100 metre breaststroke	59.86	12 Q	59.61	10	Did not advance
Lorenzo Zazzeri	50 metre freestyle	21.85	6 Q	21.80	9	Did not advance
Alessandro Miressi Lorenzo Zazzeri Paolo Conte Bonin Manuel Frigo Leonardo Deplano	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.96	2 Q	—		3:12.08
Filippo Megli Alessandro Ragaini Matteo Ciampi Stefano Di Cola Marco De Tullio	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:08.48	3 Q			7:07.00	5
Michele Lamberti Nicolò Martinenghi Gianmarco Sansone Alessandro Miressi Ludovico Viberti Federico Burdisso	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.20	6 Q			3:31.59

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anita Bottazzo	50 metre breaststroke	30.94	12 Q	30.89	13	Did not advance
Arianna Castogiloni	100 metre breaststroke	1:07.48	13 Q	1:07.57	16	Did not advance
Costanza Cocconcelli	50 metre backstroke	28.28	8 Q	28.14	9	Did not advance
Giulia D'Innocenzo	200 metre freestyle	1:59.57	18	Did not advance
Francesca Fangio	200 metre breaststroke	2:26.01	6 Q	2:26.39	10	Did not advance
Sara Franceschi	200 metre breaststroke	2:30.01	19	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:13.66	9 Q	2:12.34	9	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:43.61	8 Q	—		4:37.86
Sonia Laquintana	50 metre butterfly	26.84	22	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	1:01.31	27
Francesca Pasquino	100 metre backstroke	1:01.54	14 Q	1:01.68	16	Did not advance
Benedetta Pilato	50 metre breaststroke	29.89	1 Q	29.91	3 Q	30.01
	100 metre breaststroke	1:07.24	10 Q	1:06.70	9	Did not advance
Simona Quadarella	800 metre freestyle	8:27.80	2 Q	—		8:17.44
	1500 metre freestyle	16:02.96	1 Q			15:46.99
Chiara Tarantino	50 metre freestyle	26.09	39	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	54.87	12 Q	54.51	10	Did not advance
Chiara Tarantino Sofia Morini Emma Virginia Menicucci Costanza Cocconcelli	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.20	2 Q	—		3:38.67	5
Sofia Morini Giulia Ramatelli Emma Menicci Giulia D'Innocenzo	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:00.19	10			Did not advance
Francesca Pasquino Benedetta Pilato Costanza Cocconcelli Chiara Tarantino Arianna Castiglioni	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.62	7 Q			4:00.34	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alessandro Miressi Manuel Frigo Sofia Morini Chiara Tarantino Lorenzo Zazzeri	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:26.06	4 Q	—		3:24.40	5
Michele Lamberti Nicolò Martinenghi Giulia D'Innocenzo Chiara Tarantino Ludovico Viberti	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:47.65	8 Q			3:47.29	6

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 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	Kazakhstan W 33–3	Hungary L 14–15	Romania W 16–10	2 QP	United States W 13–12	Greece W 11–10	Spain W 8–6	Croatia L 13–15
Italy	Women's tournament	Great Britain W 22–10	South Africa W 25–3	Canada W 12–8	1 QF	—	Greece L 12–14	Netherlands L 5–10	Canada W 18-12	7

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Italian roster. ^[3]

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 Alessandro Velotto FP
• 13 Gianmarco Nicosia GK
• 14 Francesco Condemi FP
• 15 Matteo Iocchi FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	0	52	18	+34	8	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	0	58	22	+36	7	Playoffs
3	Romania	3	1	0	0	2	43	34	+9	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	7	86	−79	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
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.

5 February 2024 19:00	Report	Italy	33–3	Kazakhstan	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 10–1, 8–1, 9–0
		Cannella, Fondelli 7	Goals	three players 1

7 February 2024 20:30	Report	Hungary	15–14	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 3–3, 2–2   PSO:6–5
		three players 2	Goals	Di Fulvio 3

9 February 2024 12:00	Report [ dead link ‍]	Romania	10–16	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Lucas Letshabo (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 2–5, 1–3
		Georgescu 3	Goals	Di Fulvio 5

Playoffs

11 February 2024 19:00	Report	United States	12–13	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Xavi Buch (ESP), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 4–4, 4–3
		Daube 4	Goals	Di Fulvio, Fondelli 3

Quarterfinals

13 February 2024 17:30	Report	Greece	10–11	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 2–5, 3–2, 2–3
		Genidounias 3	Goals	three players 2

Semifinals

15 February 2024 16:00	Report	Spain	6–8	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 1–2, 3–2
		Larumbe, Munárriz 2	Goals	three players 2

Final

17 February 2024 17:30	Report	Italy	13–15	Croatia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–3, 2–3, 4–3   PSO: 2–4
		Fondelli 5	Goals	Kharkov 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Italian roster. ^[4]

Head coach: Carlo Silipo

• 1 Aurora 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
• 14 Lucrezia Cergol FP
• 15 Veronica Gant 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	59	21	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	52	19	+33	6	Playoffs
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	0	2	29	47	−18	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	10	63	−53	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
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.

4 February 2024 16:30	Report	Great Britain	10–22	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–6, 2–6, 3–5
		Turner 3	Goals	Avegno, Bianconi 4

6 February 2024 16:00	Report	Italy	25–3	South Africa	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Andreia Stanojević (SRB), Yuri Maciel (BRA)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 5–1, 6–1, 8–0
		Giustini 5	Goals	Versfeld 2

8 February 2024 12:00	Report [ dead link ‍]	Italy	12–8	Canada	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–2, 2–2, 2–0
		Marletta 4	Goals	Bakoc, Wright 2

Quarterfinals

12 February 2024 20:30	Report	Italy	12–14	Greece	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Ashleigh Kaeshler (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–4, 4–4, 5–3
		Picozzi 3	Goals	Ninou 5

5–8th place semifinals

14 February 2024 14:30	Report [ dead link ‍]	Netherlands	10–5	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 2–3, 1–1, 2–0
		L. Rogge, van de Kraats 3	Goals	Giustini 2

Seventh place game

16 February 2024 10:00	Report [ dead link ‍]	Canada	12–18	Italy	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 4–6, 1–2, 3–5
		Bakoc 4	Goals	Bianconi 5

References

1. "Competition athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 30 August 2024.
2. "Entries Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. "21st World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster ITA" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
4. "21st World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster ITA" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.