Italy at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

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Italy at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Italy.svg
World Aquatics code ITA
National federation Italian Swimming Federation
Website federnuoto.it (in Italian)
in Singapore
Competitors97 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
2
Silver
11
Bronze
6
Total
19
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg
Chiara Pellacani
Matteo Santoro
Diving Mixed synchronized 3 metre springboard 30 July 2025
Gold medal icon.svg
Simone Cerasuolo Swimming Men's 50 metre breaststroke 30 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Gregorio Paltrinieri Open water Men's 10 km 16 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Ginevra Taddeucci Open water Women's 10 km 16 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Gregorio Paltrinieri Open water Men's 5 km 18 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Ginevra Taddeucci Open water Women's 5 km 18 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Ginevra Taddeucci Open water Women's 3 km knockout sprints 19 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Barbara Pozzobon
Ginevra Taddeucci
Marcello Guidi
Gregorio Paltrinieri
Open water Team 20 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Enrica Piccoli
Lucrezia Ruggiero
Artistic swimming Women's duet free routine 24 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Carlos D'Ambrosio
Thomas Ceccon
Lorenzo Zazzeri
Manuel Frigo
Leonardo Deplano
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 27 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Nicolò Martinenghi Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 28 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Simona Quadarella Swimming Women's 1500 metre freestyle 29 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Thomas Ceccon Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke 29 July 2025
Bronze medal icon.svg
Filippo Pelati Artistic swimming Men's solo free routine 21 July 2025
Bronze medal icon.svg
Filippo Pelati
Lucrezia Ruggiero
Artistic swimming Mixed duet technical routine 23 July 2025
Bronze medal icon.svg
Chiara Pellacani Diving Women's 1 metre springboard 26 July 2025
Bronze medal icon.svg
Thomas Ceccon Swimming Men's 50 metre butterfly 28 July 2025
Bronze medal icon.svg
Chiara Pellacani Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 2 August 2025
Bronze medal icon.svg
Benedetta Pilato Swimming Women's 50 metre breaststroke 3 August 2025

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Artistic swimming 11213
Diving 549
High diving 213
Open water swimming 448
Swimming 171733
Water polo 151530
Total445397

Artistic swimming

Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Filippo Pelati Solo technical routine 228.08006
Solo free routine 213.9850Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventPreliminariesFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Enrica Piccoli Solo technical routine 237.00008 Q240.28507
Solo free routine 225.77266 Q232.65516
Enrica Piccoli
Lucrezia Ruggiero
Duet technical routine 279.05337 Q285.04416
Duet free routine 266.95713 Q278.7137Silver medal icon.svg
Mixed
AthleteEventPreliminariesFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Filippo Pelati
Lucrezia Ruggiero
Duet technical routine 228.0275Bronze medal icon.svg
Duet free routine 315.95984
Valentina Bisi
Beatrice Esegio
Marta Iacoacci
Alessia Macchi
Sofia Mastroianni
Susanna Pedotti
Sophie Tabbiani
Giulia Vernice
Team technical routine 278.07584 Q282.31915
Team free routine 304.50676 Q313.43375
Beatrice Andina
Marta Iacoacci
Alessia Macchi
Giorgia Lucia Macino
Sofia Mastroianni
Susanna Pedotti
Sophie Tabbiani
Giulia Vernice
Team acrobatic routine 215.72803217.56674

Diving

Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemi-finalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Lorenzo Marsaglia 1 m springboard 381.303 Q383.707
Giovanni Tocci 365.157 Q340.2511
Matteo Santoro 3 m springboard 361.6524Did not advance
Giovanni Tocci 374.0019Did not advance
Lorenzo Marsaglia
Giovanni Tocci
3 m synchronized springboard 371.588 Q375.605
Simone Conte 10 m platform 359.9525Did not advance
Riccardo Giovannini 383.8017 Q409.1514Did not advance
Simone Conte
Riccardo Giovannini
10 m synchronized platform 337.9812Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemi-finalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Elena Bertocchi 1 m springboard 228.6020Did not advance
Chiara Pellacani 251.108 Q270.80Bronze medal icon.svg
Chiara Pellacani 3 m springboard 302.056 Q310.804 Q323.20Bronze medal icon.svg
Elisa Pizzini 277.7015 Q283.809 Q280.8010
Chiara Pellacani
Elisa Pizzini
3 m synchronized springboard 262.565 Q279.275
Sarah Jodoin di Maria 10 m platform 267.8518 Q292.3011 Q317.909
Mixed
AthleteEventFinal
PointsRank
Chiara Pellacani
Matteo Santoro
3 m synchronized springboard 308.13Gold medal icon.svg
Riccardo Giovannini
Sarah Jodoin di Maria
10 m synchronized platform 280.147
Riccardo Giovannini
Sarah Jodoin di Maria
Chiara Pellacani
Matteo Santoro
Team 386.856

High diving

Italy entered 3 high divers.

AthleteEventPointsRank
Davide Baraldi Men's high diving 323.8012
Andrea Barnaba 375.30=6
Elisa Cosetti Women's high diving 277.608

Open water swimming

Men

Gregorio Paltrinieri was expected to contend for a medal. [2]

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Matteo Diodato Men's 3 km knockout sprints 17:00.91 Q11:34.716Did not advance
Andrea Filadelli Men's 10 km 2:00:43.77
Marcello Guidi Men's 5 km 57:32.34
Gregorio Paltrinieri Men's 3 km knockout sprints 17:03.93 Q11:30.45 Q5:58.94
Men's 5 km 57:29.3Silver medal icon.svg
Men's 10 km 1:59:59.2Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Antonietta Cesarano Women's 3 km knockout sprints 18:36.06 Q12:18.113Did not advance
Giulia Gabbrielleschi Women's 5 km 1:03:40.010
Barbara Pozzobon Women's 10 km 2:09:30.310
Ginevra Taddeucci Women's 3 km knockout sprints 18:09.71 Q12:10.03 Q6:21.9Silver medal icon.svg
Women's 5 km 1:02:02.3Silver medal icon.svg
Women's 10 km 2:07:55.7Silver medal icon.svg
Mixed
AthleteEventTimeRank
Barbara Pozzobon
Ginevra Taddeucci
Marcello Guidi
Gregorio Paltrinieri
Team relay 1:09:15.4Silver medal icon.svg

Swimming

Italy entered 33 swimmers, [3] including experienced swimmers such as Thomas Ceccon, Nicolò Martinenghi and Simona Quadarella and younger swimmers such as Carlos D’Ambrosio, Sara Curtis, and 17-year-old Bianca Nannucci. [2]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Christian Bacico 50 m backstroke 24.8915 Q24.9015Did not advance
100 m backstroke 52.725 Q52.7210Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:56.7911 Q1:56.0210Did not advance
Francesco Burdisso 100 m butterfly 51.5917Did not advance
200 m butterfly 1:56.0813 Q1:54.877 Q1:55.278
Thomas Ceccon 50 m backstroke Did not startDid not advance
100 m backstroke 53.6513 Q52.354 Q51.90Silver medal icon.svg
200 m backstroke 1:57.1517Did not advance
50 m butterfly 23.068 Q22.846 Q22.67 NR Bronze medal icon.svg
100 m butterfly 51.3611 Q50.42 NR 5 Q51.128
Simone Cerasuolo 50 m breaststroke 26.421 Q26.642 Q26.54Gold medal icon.svg
Carlos D'Ambrosio 100 m freestyle 48.6726Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:46.6716 Q1:45.23 NR 5 Q1:45.276
Luca de Tullio 800 m freestyle 7:53.0413Did not advance
Marco de Tullio 400 m freestyle 3:45.888 Q3:44.926
Leonardo Deplano 50 m freestyle 21.625 Q21.595 Q21.524
Manuel Frigo 100 m freestyle 48.0812 Q48.1815Did not advance
Christian Mantegazza 200 m breaststroke 2:11.1013 Q2:10.5812Did not advance
Nicolò Martinenghi 50 m breaststroke 26.909 Q27.0313Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 58.843 Q58.622 Q58.58Silver medal icon.svg
200 m breaststroke Did not startDid not advance
Massimiliano Matteazzi 200 m individual medley 2:00.5122Did not advance
Filippo Megli 200 m freestyle 1:46.3913 Q1:46.4914Did not advance
Alberto Razzetti 200 m butterfly 1:54.544 Q1:54.476 Q1:54.856
200 m individual medley 1:58.147 Q1:57.5310Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:14.5212Did not advance
Ludovico Viberti 100 m breaststroke 59.569 Q58.893 Q59.085
Lorenzo Zazzeri 50 m freestyle 21.8714 Q21.8715Did not advance
Carlos D'Ambrosio
Thomas Ceccon
Lorenzo Zazzeri
Manuel Frigo
Leonardo Deplano (heats)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:12.023 Q3:09.58 NR Silver medal icon.svg
Carlos D’Ambrosio
Filippo Megli
Marco De Tullio
Stefano Di Cola
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:05.174 Q7:05.547
Thomas Ceccon
Nicolò Martinenghi
Federico Burdisso
Carlos D'Ambrosio
Christian Bacico (heats)
Ludovico Viberti (heats)
Manuel Frigo (heats)
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:30.403 Q3:28.724
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lisa Angiolini 100 m breaststroke 1:06.599 Q1:06.4012Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:26.9818Did not advance
Anita Bottazzo 50 m breaststroke 30.427 Q30.317 Q30.214
100 m breaststroke 1:06.8310 Q1:05.612 Q1:06.066
Costanza Cocconcelli 100 m butterfly 58.3116 Q57.9415Did not advance
Sara Curtis 50 m freestyle 24.41 NR 3 Q24.489Did not advance
100 m freestyle 53.532 Q53.397 Q53.418
Silvia di Pietro 50 m freestyle Did not startDid not advance
50 m butterfly 25.49 NR 3 Q25.586 Q25.647
Francesca Fangio 200 m breaststroke 2:27.0119Did not advance
Sara Franceschi 200 m individual medley 2:12.9121Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:50.2317Did not advance
Anita Gastaldi 100 m backstroke 1:01.2021Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:13.0722Did not advance
Emma Virginia Menicucci 100 m freestyle 54.4518Did not advance
Bianca Nannucci 200 m freestyle 1:59.2425Did not advance
Benedetta Pilato 50 m breaststroke 30.468 Q30.203 Q30.14Bronze medal icon.svg
Simona Quadarella 800 m freestyle 8:20.475 Q8:12.81 ER 4
1500 m freestyle 15:47.433 Q15:31.79 ER Silver medal icon.svg
Sara Curtis
Chiara Tarantino
Sofia Morini
Emma Virginia Menicucci
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:36.677 Q3:35.18 NR 7
Anna Chiara Mascolo
Bianca Nannucci
Matilde Biagiotti
Emma Virginia Menicucci
Sofia Morini (heats)
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:57.027 Q7:54.167
Anita Gastaldi
Lisa Angiolini
Costanza Cocconcelli
Emma Virginia Menicucci
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:00.1210Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Manuel Frigo
Carlos D'Ambrosio
Sara Curtis
Emma Virginia Menicucci
Lorenzo Zazzeri (heats)
Chiara Tarantino (heats)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:24.846 Q3:21.48 NR 4
Christian Bacico
Nicolò Martinenghi
Costanza Cocconcelli
Sara Curtis
Ludovico Viberti (heats)
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:42.191 Q3:42.196

Water polo

Summary
TeamEventGroup stagePlayoffQuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Men's tournament Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
W 17–5
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
W 17–16 (PSO)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
W 28–4
1 QByeFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
L 11–17
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
L 8–12
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
W 9–8
7
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Women's tournament Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
W 14–9
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
L 15–19
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
W 32–5
2 P/offFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
W 13–11
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
L 9–12
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
L 13-16
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
W 20-15
7

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Italian roster. [4] [5]

Head coach: Sandro Campagna

Group play
PosTeamPldWPSWPSLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 321005822+368 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 320105925+347 Playoffs
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 31002384133
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 300031279670 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
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.
12 July 2025
20:45
Report Romania  Flag of Romania.svg517Flag of Italy.svg  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters:2–1, 0–5, 2–6, 1–5
Neamtu 3Goals Condemi 4
14 July 2025
20:45
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1716 (PSO)Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Scott Voltz (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters:3–2, 3–3, 4–4, 3–4  PSO:4–3
Cannella 3Goals Mandić 5
16 July 2025
13:45
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg284Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Evan Andrews (CAN)
Score by quarters:6–1, 9–0, 8–1, 5–2
Cassia, Ferrero 4Goalsfour players 1
Quarterfinals
20 July 2025
16:00
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1117Flag of Greece.svg  Greece OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–3, 4–4, 5–4
Bruni 3Goals Argyropoulos 4
5th–8th place semifinals
22 July 2025
16:00
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg812Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–4, 1–2, 4–3
Di Fulvio, Di Somma 2Goals Vukotić 4
Seventh place game
24 July 2025
16:00
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg98Flag of the United States.svg  United States OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN), Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–2, 2–2
Di Somma, Ferrero 2Goals R. Dodd 3

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Italian roster. [6] [7]

Head coach: Carlo Silipo

Group play
PosTeamPldWPSWPSLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 330006823+459 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 320016133+286 Playoffs
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 310023736+13
4Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore (H)300031488740 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
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.
(H) Host
11 July 2025
17:35
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg149Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 5–2, 5–1
three players 3Goals Weston 2
13 July 2025
17:35
Report Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1915Flag of Italy.svg  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters:4–3, 4–2, 6–4, 5–6
A. Andrews 5Goals Ranalli 6
15 July 2025
19:10
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg325Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
Score by quarters:8–0, 8–1, 6–1, 10–3
Cocchiere 6Goals Lee 2
Playoffs
17 July 2025
16:00
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1311Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
Score by quarters:2–0, 4–5, 5–4, 2–2
Bettini, Bianconi 3Goals Wang S., Yan S. 2
Quarterfinals
19 July 2025
19:10
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg129Flag of Italy.svg  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–2, 2–2
Keszthelyi 4Goals Ranalli 4
Semifinals
21 July 2025
20:00
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1316Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–6, 4–2, 3–5, 4–3
Cocchiere 3Goals Keuning, L. Rogge 3
Final
23 July 2025
16:00
Report Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1520Flag of Italy.svg  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–5, 2–6, 6–4
Fukuda 3Goals Cergol, Gagliardi 5

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