Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Giuseppe Gentile is a retired Italian triple jumper, who won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Paolo Salvi was an Italian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Italian team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event in 1912 as well as in 1920. Additionally, he was part of the bronze medal winning Italian gymnastics team at both the 1911 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 1913 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At the 1911 worlds, he also won, as an individual, a silver medal on the pommel horse apparatus and a bronze medal on the parallel bars apparatus.
Andrea Lucchetta is an Italian former volleyball player who is a three-time Olympian. Among his achievements, he won a World Championship with the Italian national volleyball team in 1990. He was born in Treviso, Italy, and is nicknamed "Crazy Lucky" for his bizarre hair style.
Paolo Angioni is an Italian former equestrian and Olympic champion. He competed in the mixed three-day eventing, individual and team, at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a team gold medal in 1964. In 1966, Angioni was crushed by his horse at a competition in Poland. He went into a coma, but recovered and continued to compete. In retirement he wrote several books on equestrian history and techniques.
Paolo Vecchi is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel was an Italian politician and fencer. He was the son of Count Vittorio Thaon di Revel and Elfrida Maria Atkinson. He fought in the First World War. He was also Mayor of Torino (1929–35) and Italian Minister of Finance (1935–43) in the Mussolini Cabinet. After the war, he was president of the organising committee of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Alfio Peraboni was an Italian competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Star class at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow together with Giorgio Gorla, and also a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was born and died in Monza.
Andrea Borella is an Italian fencer. His team won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the individual foil event at the 1991 Mediterranean Games. Borella won European Championships in 1981 and 1983, as well as three World Cups. He is married to Francesca Bortolozzi, who was also an Olympic fencing champion for Italy.
Sandro Cuomo is an Italian former épée fencer. He won a team gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a team bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He competed in the individual épée event at the Mediterranean Games in 1983 where he won a gold medal and in the 1993 where he won a bronze medal. He is also three-time team world champion. He is director of épée at the Italian Fencing Federation.
Paolo Milanoli is an Italian former fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Pier Paolo Petroni is an Italian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event.
Andrea Re is an Italian lightweight rower. With eight gold medals at World Rowing Championships, he is one of the most successful rowers ever. He represented Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA.
Dino Lucchetta is an Italian rowing coxswain. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The following teams and players took part in the men's volleyball tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles.
The following teams and players took part in the men's volleyball tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in Seoul.
Paolo Ferrando is an Italian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Pier Paolo Taddei is a Sammarinese sports shooter. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
