Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from the 13th to the 29th of August 2004. The country has competed at every Summer Olympic games in the modern era, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Italian National Olympic Committee (Italian: Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, CONI) sent the nation's largest ever delegation in history to the Games. A total of 364 athletes, 229 men and 135 women, competed in 27 sports.

Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	coni.it (in Italian)
in Athens
Competitors	364 in 27 sports
Flag bearer	Jury Chechi[1]
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 10 Silver 11 Bronze 11 Total 32
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Paolo Bettini Cycling Men's road race August 14  Gold Aldo Montano Fencing Men's individual sabre August 14  Gold Valentina Vezzali Fencing Women's individual foil August 18  Gold Marco Galiazzo Archery Men's individual August 19  Gold Ivano Brugnetti Athletics Men's 20 km walk August 21  Gold Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni Fencing Men's team foil August 21  Gold Andrea Benelli Shooting Men's skeet August 22  Gold Igor Cassina Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar August 23  Gold Italy women's national water polo team Carmela Allucci Alexandra Araujo Silvia Bosurgi Francesca Conti Tania di Mario Elena Gigli Melania Grego Giusi Malato Martina Miceli Maddalena Musumeci Cinzia Ragusa Noémi Tóth Manuela Zanchi Water polo Women's tournament August 26  Gold Stefano Baldini Athletics Men's marathon August 29  Silver Giovanni Pellielo Shooting Men's trap August 15  Silver Salvatore Sanzo Fencing Men's individual foil August 16  Silver Federica Pellegrini Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle August 17  Silver Giovanna Trillini Fencing Women's individual foil August 18  Silver Aldo Montano Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino Fencing Men's team sabre August 19  Silver Valentina Turisini Shooting Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions August 20  Silver Beniamino Bonomi Antonio Rossi Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 m August 28  Silver Josefa Idem Canoeing Women's K-1 500 m August 28  Silver Elisa Blanchi Fabrizia D'Ottavio Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Elisa Santoni Laura Vernizzi Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group all-around August 28  Silver Italy national basketball team Gianluca Basile Massimo Bulleri Roberto Chiacig Giacomo Galanda Luca Garri Denis Marconato Michele Mian Gianmarco Pozzecco Nikola Radulović Alex Righetti Rodolfo Rombaldoni Matteo Soragna Basketball Men's tournament August 29  Silver Italy men's national volleyball team Matej Černič Alberto Cisolla Paolo Cozzi Alessandro Fei Andrea Giani Luigi Mastrangelo Samuele Papi Damiano Pippi Andrea Sartoretti Venceslav Simeonov Paolo Tofoli Valerio Vermiglio Volleyball Men's tournament August 29  Bronze Andrea Cassarà Fencing Men's individual foil August 16  Bronze Emiliano Brembilla Federico Cappellazzo Simone Cercato Filippo Magnini Matteo Pelliciari Massimiliano Rosolino Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay August 17  Bronze Lucia Morico Judo Women's 78 kg August 19  Bronze Rossano Galtarossa Alessio Sartori Rowing Men's double sculls August 21  Bronze Luca Agamennoni Dario Dentale Raffaello Leonardo Lorenzo Porzio Rowing Men's four August 21  Bronze Jury Chechi Gymnastics Men's rings August 22  Bronze Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Lorenzo Bertini Bruno Mascarenhas Rowing Men's lightweight four August 22  Bronze Alessandra Sensini Sailing Women's sailboard August 25  Bronze Giuseppe Gibilisco Athletics Men's pole vault August 27  Bronze Roberto Cammarelle Boxing Super heavyweight August 28  Bronze Italy national football team Andrea Barzagli Daniele Bonera Cesare Bovo Giorgio Chiellini Simone Del Nero Daniele De Rossi Marco Donadel Matteo Ferrari Andrea Gasbarroni Alberto Gilardino Giandomenico Mesto Emiliano Moretti Angelo Palombo Ivan Pelizzoli Giampiero Pinzi Andrea Pirlo Giuseppe Sculli Marco Amelia Football Men's tournament August 28

Medals by sport Sport Total Fencing 3 3 1 7 Athletics 2 0 1 3 Shooting 1 2 0 3 Gymnastics 1 1 1 3 Archery 1 0 0 1 Cycling 1 0 0 1 Water polo 1 0 0 1 Canoeing 0 2 0 2 Swimming 0 1 1 2 Basketball 0 1 0 1 Volleyball 0 1 0 1 Rowing 0 0 3 1 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Football 0 0 1 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Sailing 0 0 1 1 Total 10 11 11 32

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Three Italian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams. Marco Galiazzo earned the first archery gold medal in Italy's history. On his way to the final, he defeated countryman Ilario Di Buò in the round of 16. The three men did well enough in the ranking round to receive a bye in the first round of team competition, but were defeated by the United States in their first team match.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ilario di Buò	Men's individual	659	19	Eriksson (SWE) W 151–146	van Alten (NED) W 164–160	Galiazzo (ITA) L 155–162	Did not advance
Michele Frangilli		654	24	Lockoneco (INA) W 153–141	Yamamoto (JPN) L 154–162	Did not advance
Marco Galiazzo		672	3	Taumoepeau (TGA) W 156–122	Serrano (MEX) W 164-163	di Buò (ITA) W 162–155	Wunderle (USA) W 109–108	Godfrey (GBR) W 110–108	Yamamoto (JPN) W 111–109
Ilario di Buò Michele Frangilli Marco Galiazzo	Men's team	1985	3	—		Bye	United States (USA) L 240–243	Did not advance
Natalia Valeeva	Women's individual	650	9	Figueroa (PHI) L 130–132	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[2][3]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Stefano Baldini	Marathon	—						2:10:55
Ivano Brugnetti	20 km walk	—						1:19:40
Daniele Caimmi	Marathon	—						2:23:07	52
Simone Collio	100 m	10.27	4 q	10.29	6	Did not advance
Giovanni de Benedictis	50 km walk	—						DSQ
Alberico di Cecco	Marathon	—						2:14:34	9
Alessandro Gandellini	20 km walk	—						DNF
Marco Giungi		—						1:23:30	13
Andrew Howe	200 m	20.55	3 Q	21.17	8	Did not advance
Andrea Longo	800 m	1:46.75	1 Q	—		1:45.97	4	Did not advance
Giuseppe Maffei	3000 m steeplechase	DNF		—				Did not advance
Marco Torrieri	200 m	20.68	3 Q	20.89	6	Did not advance
Simone Collio Maurizio Checcucci Massimiliano Donati Marco Torrieri	4 × 100 m relay	38.79	5	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nicola Ciotti	High jump	2.25	=13	Did not advance
Fabrizio Donato	Triple jump	16.45	21	Did not advance
Giuseppe Gibilisco	Pole vault	5.70	=12 Q	5.85
Alessandro Talotti	High jump	2.28	9 Q	2.25	12
Nicola Trentin	Long jump	7.86	19	Did not advance
Nicola Vizzoni	Hammer throw	76.84	8 q	74.27	10

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Paolo Casarsa	Result	11.36	6.68	14.92	1.94	53.20	15.39	48.66	4.40	58.62	4:56.12	7404	28
	Points	782	739	785	749	673	803	843	731	717	582

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Benedetta Ceccarelli	400 m hurdles	56.28	5	Did not advance
Rosaria Console	Marathon	—				2:35:56	16
Bruna Genovese		—				2:32:50	10
Rossella Giordano	20 km walk	—				1:30:39	11
Monika Niederstätter	400 m hurdles	55.57	4	Did not advance
Elisabetta Perrone	20 km walk	—				1:32:21	18
Elisa Rigaudo		—				1:29:57	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ester Balassini	Hammer throw	65.58	26	Did not advance
Clarissa Claretti		65.06	28	Did not advance
Claudia Coslovich	Javelin throw	60.58	14	Did not advance
Simona La Mantia	Triple jump	14.39	17	Did not advance
Elisabetta Marin	Javelin throw	56.34	30	Did not advance
Magdelín Martínez	Triple jump	14.57	10 Q	14.85	7
Fiona May	Long jump	6.38	28	Did not advance

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The Italian baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.

Roster

Manager: 30 – Giampiero Faraone

Coaches: 8 – Claudio Corradi, 12 – Manuel Cortina, 27 – Salvatore Varriale.

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
IF	1	Igor Schiavetti	(1976-01-23)23 January 1976 (aged 28)			Danesi Nettuno
OF	2	David Francia	(1975-04-16)16 April 1975 (aged 29)			Prink Grosseto
OF	3	Jim Buccheri	(1968-11-12)12 November 1968 (aged 35)			AS Rimini
IF	5	Giovanni Pantaleoni	(1978-03-16)16 March 1978 (aged 26)			Italeri Bologna
C	6	Vincent Parisi	(1978-02-06)6 February 1978 (aged 26)			T&A San Marino
C	9	Luca Bischeri	(1979-06-12)12 June 1979 (aged 25)			La Gardenia Grosseto
IF	11	Seth La Fera	(1975-09-28)28 September 1975 (aged 28)			Telemarket Rimini
P	15	William Lucena	(1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 22)			GB Ricambi Modena
P	16	Anthony Massimino	(1979-08-20)20 August 1979 (aged 24)			Cus Parma
OF	21	Daniele Frignani	(1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 27)			Italieri Fortitudo Bologna
IF	22	Giuseppe Mazzanti	(1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 21)			Danesi Nettuno
P	23	Carlo Richetti	(1983-08-23)23 August 1983 (aged 20)			Colavita Anzio
P	28	Fabio Milano	(1977-08-02)2 August 1977 (aged 27)			Fortitudo Bologna
P	29	Kasey Olemberger	(1978-03-18)18 March 1978 (aged 26)			Ceci E Negri Parma
OF	32	Francesco Casolari	(1965-10-04)4 October 1965 (aged 38)			La Gardenia Grosseto
IF	34	Davide Dallospedale	(1977-09-12)12 September 1977 (aged 26)			Italieri Fortitudo Bologna
P	36	Michael Marchesano	(1975-09-23)23 September 1975 (aged 28)			Telemarket Rimini
P	37	Peter Nyari	(1971-09-04)4 September 1971 (aged 32)			Cus Parma
P	40	David Rollandini	(1979-02-06)6 February 1979 (aged 25)			BBC ORIOLES
IF	41	Jairo Ramos Gizzi	(1971-07-21)21 July 1971 (aged 33)			Gardenia Grosseto
IF	42	Claudio Liverziani	(1975-03-04)4 March 1975 (aged 29)			Italeri Fortitudo Bologna
P	43	Riccardo De Santis	(1980-01-04)4 January 1980 (aged 24)			La Gardenia Grosseto
OF	45	Mario Chiarini	(1981-01-07)7 January 1981 (aged 23)			Telemarket Rimini
C	72	Marcello Malagoli	(1973-07-14)14 July 1973 (aged 31)			GB Ricambi Modena

Round robin

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
Japan	6	1	1-0
Cuba	6	1	0-1
Canada	5	2	-
Australia	4	3	-
Chinese Taipei	3	4	-
Netherlands	2	5	-
Greece	1	6	1-0
Italy	1	6	0-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	2	0	3	1	1	4	1	12	13	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
WP: Koji Uehara (1-0)   LP: Anthony Massimino (0-1) Home runs: JPN: N. Nakamura in 3rd, 2 RBIs; K. Fukudome in 4th, 1 RBI ITA: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	4
Canada	2	7	1	1	0	0	5	0	x	9	6	0
WP: Jason Dickson (1-0)   LP: David Rollandini (0-1) Home runs: ITA: None CAN: P. L. Laforest in 2nd, 3 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	6	12	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
WP: Chris Oxspring (1-0)   LP: Michael Marchesano (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	8	1
Netherlands	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	x	10	14	1
WP: Patrick de Lange (1-0)   LP: Kaseygarret Olenberger (0-1) Home runs: ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 4th, 1 RBI NED: S. Adriana in 3rd, 1 RBI

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	7	0
Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	8	0
WP: Peter Nyari (1-0)   LP: Yang Chien-Fu (0-1) Home runs: ITA: M. Chiarini in 4th, 1 RBI; J. Buccheri in 6th, 1 RBI; C. Liverziani in 9th, 2 RBIs TPE: Peng C. M. in 7th, 1 RBI

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Greece	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	0	2	12	14	3
Italy	0	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	14	1
WP: Panagiotis Sikaras (1-0)   LP: W. E. Lucena (0-1) Home runs: GRE: C. Bellinger in 6th, 1 RBI; N. Markakis in 7th, 3 RBIs; C. A. Harris in 9th, 1 RBI ITA: J. Ramos Gizzi in 2nd, 1 RBI

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cuba	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
WP: Luis Borroto (2-0)   LP: Michael Marchesano (0-2)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italy roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Italy men's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 4 Nikola Radulović 31 – (1973-04-26)26 April 1973 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Joventut Badalona G 5 Gianluca Basile 29 – (1975-01-24)24 January 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Skipper Bologna F 6 Giacomo Galanda (C) 29 – (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Montepaschi Siena G 7 Matteo Soragna 28 – (1975-12-26)26 December 1975 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Lauretana Biella C 8 Denis Marconato 29 – (1975-07-29)29 July 1975 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Benetton Treviso G 9 Gianmarco Pozzecco 31 – (1972-09-15)15 September 1972 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Skipper Bologna G 10 Alex Righetti 26 – (1977-08-14)14 August 1977 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Lottomatica Roma G 11 Rodolfo Rombaldoni 27 – (1976-12-15)15 December 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Tris Reggio Calabria G 12 Massimo Bulleri 26 – (1977-09-10)10 September 1977 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Benetton Treviso G 13 Michele Mian 31 – (1973-07-18)18 July 1973 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Snaidero Udine C 14 Roberto Chiacig 29 – (1974-12-01)1 December 1974 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Montepaschi Siena C 15 Luca Garri 22 – (1982-01-03)3 January 1982 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Mabo Livorno	Head coach Carlo Recalcati Assistant coach(es) Fabrizio Frates Giovanni Piccin Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	405	349	+56	10	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	2	371	341	+30	8[a]
3	Argentina	5	3	2	414	396	+18	8[a]
4	China	5	2	3	303	382	−79	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	4	399	413	−14	6[b]	9th place playoff
6	Serbia and Montenegro	5	1	4	377	388	−11	6[b]	11th place playoff

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.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Italy 1–0 Argentina
2. Head-to-head record: New Zealand 1–0 Serbia and Montenegro

15 August 2004 11:15

Italy	71–69	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 14–9, 17–24, 15–23
Pts: Basile 16 Rebs: Chiacig 9 Asts: Pozzecco 7		Pts: Penney 20 Rebs: Marks 9 Asts: Cameron 5

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic) Renato Santos (Brazil)

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17 August 2004 16:45

Serbia and Montenegro	74–72	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 20–19, 19–14, 19–22
Pts: Rakočević 19 Rebs: Tomašević 12 Asts: Tomašević 5		Pts: Bulleri 15 Rebs: Chiacig, Radulović 5 each Asts: Bulleri, Pozzecco 2 each

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,500 Referees: José Ronfini (Mexico) Sean Corbin(United States)

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19 August 2004 11:15

Italy	63–71	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 11–18, 19–13, 11–23
Pts: Righetti 18 Rebs: Chiacig, Marconato 8 each Asts: Basile 3		Pts: Garbajosa 17 Rebs: Garbajosa 8 Asts: Garbajosa 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 8,950 Referees: José Carrión (Puerto Rico) Michael Aylen (Australia)

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21 August 2004 16:45

China	52–89	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 15–22, 13–16, 13–29
Pts: Li Nan, Yao Ming 9 each Rebs: Yi Jianlian 7 Asts: Yao Ming 2		Pts: Galanda 22 Rebs: Soragna 5 Asts: Pozzecco 12

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 7,600 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (Greece) Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico)

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23 August 2004 20:00

Italy	76–75	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 22–13, 18–18, 23–21
Pts: Pozzecco 17 Rebs: Bulleri 6 Asts: Bulleri 4		Pts: Ginóbili, Scola 19 each Rebs: Wolkowyski 7 Asts: Ginóbili 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Sean Corbin (USA)

Quarterfinal

26 August 2004 20:00

Italy	83–70	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 18–15, 19–17, 23–18
Pts: Bulleri 20 Rebs: Marconato 12 Asts: Pozzecco 6		Pts: Ayuso 24 Rebs: Ortiz 8 Asts: Arroyo 5

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Vicente Bulto (Spain) Alejandro Chiti (Argentina)

Semifinal

27 August 2004 22:15

Italy	100–91	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 29–17, 24–20, 27–28
Pts: Basile 31 Rebs: Marconato 9 Asts: Marconato, Pozzecco 3 each		Pts: Macijauskas 26 Rebs: Šiškauskas 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 9

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic) José Carrión (Puerto Rico)

Gold medal game

28 August 2004 22:45

Italy	69–84	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 25–20, 13–17, 15–24
Pts: Pozzecco, Soragna 12 each Rebs: Garri 6 Asts: Rombaldoni 2		Pts: Scola 25 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Ginóbili 6

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Renato Santos (BRA), Lazaros Voreadis (GRE)

Won silver medal

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italy sent six boxers to Athens, winning a bronze medal to join a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medals count. Both boxers that had matches in the round of 32 won those bouts, (two more had byes). Four boxers won in the round of 16 to advance to quarterfinals, while two fell in that round. Only the super heavyweight Roberto Cammarelle survived the quarterfinal round, not falling until the semifinals to win the bronze medal. The combined record of the Italian boxers was 7-6.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alfonso Pinto	Light flyweight	Okon (NGR) W RSC	Tamara (COL) W 49–35	Yalçınkaya (TUR) L 24–33	Did not advance
Domenico Valentino	Lightweight	Bye	Asheri (IRI) W 37–18	Yeleuov (KAZ) L 23–29	Did not advance
Michele di Rocco	Light welterweight	López (VEN) W 37–30	Nourian (AUS) W 33–25	Gheorghe (ROM) L 18–29	Did not advance
Clemente Russo	Light heavyweight	Bye	Ward (USA) L 9–17	Did not advance
Daniel Betti	Heavyweight	—	Zuyev (BLR) L RSC	Did not advance
Roberto Cammarelle	Super heavyweight	—	Oloukun (NGR) W 29–13	Masikin (UKR) W 23–21	Povetkin (RUS) L 19–31	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Pierpaolo Ferrazzi	Men's K-1	99.70	17	102.23	22	201.93	19 Q	103.07	19	Did not advance
Andrea Benetti Erik Masoero	Men's C-2	116.32	11	121.83	10	238.15	10 Q	106.40	5 Q	113.66	6	220.06	6
Cristina Giai Pron	Women's K-1	116.18	10	114.59	12	230.77	13 Q	109.27	6 Q	120.09	8	229.36	8

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Facchin	Men's K-1 500 m	1:40.025	4 q	1:40.387	3 Q	1:41.575	9
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:36.492	5 q	3:39.510	8	Did not advance
Beniamino Bonomi Antonio Rossi	Men's K-2 500 m	1:33.565	5 q	1:31.830	3 Q	1:30.804	8
	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:14.060	6 q	3:12.597	2 Q	3:19.484
Josefa Idem	Women's K-1 500 m	1:50.466	2 q	1:50.844	1 Q	1:49.729

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Paolo Bettini	Road race	5:41:44
Cristian Moreni		5:44:13	46
Daniele Nardello		5:42:03	38
Luca Paolini		5:42:03	39
Filippo Pozzato	Road race	5:50:35	67
	Time trial	Did not start

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Giorgia Bronzini	Road race	3:28:39	37
Noemi Cantele		3:25:42	13
Tatiana Guderzo	Road race	3:25:42	26
	Time trial	34:14.47	21

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Angelo Ciccone	Men's points race	49	2	8
Vera Carrara	Women's points race	8	0	5

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marco Bui	Men's cross-country	2:20:45	10
Yader Zoli		2:31:39	35
Paola Pezzo	Women's cross-country	Did not finish

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italian divers qualified for eight individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicola Marconi	3 m springboard	384.63	20	Did not advance
Tommaso Marconi		378.72	24	Did not advance
Francesco Dell'Uomo	10 m platform	426.12	14 Q	610.41	12 Q	628.77	9
Massimiliano Mazzucchi		405.18	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tania Cagnotto	3 m springboard	298.77	10 Q	529.92	9 Q	550.38	8
Valentina Marocchi		243.45	23	Did not advance
Tania Cagnotto	10 m platform	339.15	8 Q	256.44	7 Q	518.67	8
Valentina Marocchi		221.85	32	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Susanna Bordone	Ava	Individual	62.80	49	47.20 #	110.00 #	60	15.00 #	125.00 #	56	Did not advance			125.00	56
Stefano Brecciaroli	Cappa Hill		66.80	=61	13.20	80.00	44	0.00	80.00	35	Did not advance			80.00	35
Fabio Magni	Vent d'Arade		64.40	56	24.40	88.80	54	12.00	100.80	48	Did not advance			100.80	48
Giovanni Menchi	Hunefer		72.40 #	69	4.00	76.40	41	0.00	76.40	31 Q	12.00	88.40	24	88.40	24
Susanna Bordone Stefano Brecciaroli Fabio Magni Giovanni Menchi	See above	Team	194.00	13	41.60	245.20	10	12.00	257.20	=4	—			257.20	10

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Roberto Arioldi	Dime de la Cour	Individual	17	71	10	27	=59 Q	21	48	56	Did not advance
Bruno Chimirri	Landknecht		5	=31	8	13	=33 Q	5	18	27 Q	6	11 Q	17	23	21	23	21
Vincenzo Chimirri	Delfi Platiere		8	=47	12	20	=46 Q	12	32	=46 Q	8	=12 Q	Eliminated
Juan Carlos García	Albin III		0	=1	1	1	=2 Q	8	9	9 Q	8	=12 Q	12	20	=16	20	=16
Roberto Arioldi Bruno Chimirri Vincenzo Chimirri Juan Carlos García	See above	Team	—								19	8 Q	25	44	7	44	7

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Twelve Italian fencers (seven men and five women) qualified for the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alfredo Rota	Individual épée	Bye	Nyisztor (ROM) W 15–8	Thompson (USA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Andrea Cassarà	Individual foil	Bye	Tiomkin (USA) W 15–3	Park H-K (KOR) W 15–13	Kruse (GBR) W 15–8	Guyart (FRA) L 14–15	Ganeyev (RUS) W 15–12
Salvatore Sanzo		Bye	Rodríguez (VEN) W 15–7	Ha C-D (KOR) W 15–6	Wu Hx (CHN) W 15–10	Ganeyev (RUS) W 15–12	Guyart (FRA) L 13–15
Simone Vanni		Bye	McGuire (CAN) W 15–12	Le Péchoux (FRA) W 15–8	Ganeyev (RUS) L 14–15	Did not advance
Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo Simone Vanni	Team foil	—			Egypt (EGY) W 45–20	Russia (RUS) W 45–27	China (CHN) W 45–42
Aldo Montano	Individual sabre	Bye	Manetas (GRE) W 15–12	Smart (USA) W 15–7	Sharikov (RUS) W 15–13	Lapkes (BLR) W 15–6	Nemcsik (HUN) W 15–14
Giampiero Pastore		Bye	Lee (USA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Luigi Tarantino		Bye	Rogers (USA) W 15–3	Tretiak (UKR) L 8–15	Did not advance
Aldo Montano Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino	Team sabre	—			Ukraine (UKR) W 45–44	Russia (RUS) W 45–42	France (FRA) L 42–45

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cristiana Cascioli	Individual épée	Bye	Harada (JPN) W 15–14	Nagy (HUN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Margherita Granbassi	Individual foil	—	Bye	Wuillème (FRA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Giovanna Trillini		—	Bye	Sugawara (JPN) W 15–2	Varga (HUN) W 15–11	Mohamed (HUN) W 15–7	Vezzali (ITA) L 11–15
Valentina Vezzali		—	Bye	González (VEN) W 15–4	Wuillème (FRA) W 15–8	Gruchała (POL) W 15–13	Trillini (ITA) W 15–11
Gioia Marzocca	Individual sabre	—	Bye	Jemayeva (AZE) L 6–15	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: Claudio Gentile

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2004 club
1	1GK	Marco Amelia	(1982-04-02)2 April 1982 (aged 22)	20	0	Livorno
2	2DF	Giorgio Chiellini	(1984-08-14)14 August 1984 (aged 19)	7	1	Livorno
3	2DF	Emiliano Moretti	(1981-06-11)11 June 1981 (aged 23)	21	0	Parma
4	2DF	Matteo Ferrari*	(1979-12-05)5 December 1979 (aged 24)	60	0	Parma
5	2DF	Daniele Bonera	(1981-05-31)31 May 1981 (aged 23)	32	0	Parma
6	3MF	Daniele De Rossi	(1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 21)	12	2	Roma
7	3MF	Giampiero Pinzi	(1981-03-11)11 March 1981 (aged 23)	30	2	Udinese
8	3MF	Angelo Palombo	(1981-09-25)25 September 1981 (aged 22)	17	0	Sampdoria
9	4FW	Alberto Gilardino	(1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 22)	37	15	Parma
10	3MF	Andrea Pirlo*	(1979-05-19)19 May 1979 (aged 25)	59	17	AC Milan
11	4FW	Giuseppe Sculli	(1981-03-23)23 March 1981 (aged 23)	20	9	Juventus
12	3MF	Andrea Gasbarroni	(1981-08-06)6 August 1981 (aged 23)	10	2	Juventus
13	2DF	Andrea Barzagli	(1981-05-08)8 May 1981 (aged 23)	11	0	Palermo
14	2DF	Cesare Bovo	(1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 21)	9	1	Roma
15	3MF	Marco Donadel	(1983-04-21)21 April 1983 (aged 21)	9	0	AC Milan
16	4FW	Simone Del Nero	(1981-08-04)4 August 1981 (aged 23)	8	0	Brescia
17	2DF	Giandomenico Mesto	(1982-05-25)25 May 1982 (aged 22)	7	0	Reggina
18	1GK	Ivan Pelizzoli	(1980-11-18)18 November 1980 (aged 23)	19	0	Roma

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Japan	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Ghana	2 – 2	Italy
Pappoe 36' Appiah 45+1'	Report	Pinzi 49' Gilardino 83'

12 August 2004

20:30

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Attendance: 7,012

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

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Japan	2 – 3	Italy
Abe 21' Takamatsu 90+1'	Report	De Rossi 3' Gilardino 8', 36'

15 August 2004

20:30

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Attendance: 9,487

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Paraguay	1 – 0	Italy
Bareiro 14'	Report

18 August 2004

20:30

Karaiskaki Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 24,160

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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Quarterfinal

Mali	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Italy
	Report	Bovo 116'

21 August 2004

18:00

Karaiskaki Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 27,543

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Semifinal

Italy	0 – 3	Argentina
	Report	Tevez 16' Lucho 69' M. González 84'

24 August 2004

18:00

Karaiskaki Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 30,910

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Bronze Medal Final

Italy	1 – 0	Iraq
Gilardino 8'	Report

27 August 2004

20:30

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 5,203

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Won bronze medal

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Matteo Angioletti	Team	8.812	—	9.675	9.662	—	8.212	—		Did not advance
Alberto Busnari		8.812	9.637	—	8.762	8.987	9.337	—
Igor Cassina		8.650	9.600	9.162	8.987	8.675	9.775 Q	54.849	34
Jury Chechi		—	9.150	9.762 Q	—	9.587	—
Matteo Morandi		8.962	8.750	9.775 Q	9.412	8.375	8.700	53.974	41
Enrico Pozzo		9.450	8.737	7.850	9.325	9.100	8.300	52.812	44
Total		36.036	37.174	38.374	37.386	36.349	36.112	221.431	12

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Igor Cassina	Horizontal bar	—					9.812	9.812
Jury Chechi	Rings	—		9.812	—			9.812
Matteo Morandi		—		9.800	—			9.800	=5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Monica Bergamelli	All-around	9.300	8.250	8.862	8.300	34.712	54	Did not advance
Maria Teresa Gargano		9.100	8.287	8.612	9.325	35.324	48	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Laura Zacchilli	Individual	23.925	24.225	23.250	22.700	94.100	13	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ribbons	3 hoops 2 balls	Total	Rank	5 ribbons	3 hoops 2 balls	Total	Rank
Elisa Blanchi Fabrizia D'Ottavio Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Elisa Santoni Laura Vernizzi	Team	22.850	25.325	48.175	2 Q	24.150	25.300	49.450

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Flavio Cannone	Men's	57.60	13	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Nine Italian judoka (four men and five women) qualified for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roberto Meloni	−81 kg	Delgado (POR) W 0010–0002	Nossov (RUS) L 0001–0011	Did not advance		Tomouchi (JPN) W 0102–0001	Canto (BRA) L 0001–0200	Did not advance
Francesco Lepre	−90 kg	Zviadauri (GEO) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Taov (RUS) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Michele Monti	−100 kg	Gill (CAN) W 1003–0001	Ze'evi (ISR) L 0111–1011	Did not advance
Paolo Bianchessi	+100 kg	Kim S-B (KOR) W 0200–0000	Polyanskyi (UKR) W 0201–0000	van der Geest (NED) W 0001–0000	Suzuki (JPN) L 0001–1010	Bye			Pertelson (EST) L 0000–1000	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Giuseppina Macrì	−48 kg	Bye	Gao F (CHN) L 0000–1011	Did not advance
Cinzia Cavazzuti	−57 kg	Gravenstijn (NED) L 0001–1000	Did not advance			Wilson (USA) W 0011–0001	Zangrando (BRA) W 0010–0001	Fernández (ESP) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Ylenia Scapin	−63 kg	Hong O-S (PRK) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Lucia Morico	−78 kg	Bye	Cotton (CAN) W 1010–0000	Anno (JPN) L 0001–0101	Did not advance	Bye	Pinto (VEN) W 1001–0000	Silva (BRA) W 0120–0011	Matrosova (UKR) W 1000–0000
Barbara Andolina	+78 kg	Bye	Zambotti (MEX) W 1021–0000	Donguzashvili (RUS) L 0001–1010	Did not advance	Bye	Choi S-I (KOR) L 0001–0120	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern Pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Four Italian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the 2003 UIPM World Championships

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Enrico Dell'Amore	Men's	180	12	1096	18–13	=6	888	2:16.63	31	1164	440	30	760	9:55.01	12	1020	4928	26
Andrea Valentini		169	27	964	19–12	=2	916	2:18.34	32	1140	132	16	1068	10:01.25	16	996	5084	19
Claudia Corsini	Women's	169	21	964	21–10	=2	972	2:20.56	11	1236	84	13	1116	11:11.65	12	1036	5324	4
Federica Foghetti		167	24	940	15–16	=16	804	2:25.81	17	1172	892	DNF	308	11:19.11	17	1004	4228	32

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matteo Stefanini	Single sculls	7:31.54	3 R	7:08.91	4 SD/E	7:10.34	2 FD	6:57.16	19
Giuseppe de Vita Dario Lari	Pair	7:03.12	3 SA/B	Bye		6:31.26	5 FB	6:22.08	8
Rossano Galtarossa Alessio Sartori	Double sculls	6:40.82	1 SA/B	Bye		6:11.49	1 FA	6:32.93
Elia Luini Leonardo Pettinari	Lightweight double sculls	6:19.82	2 R	6:21.22	2 SA/B	6:23.72	5 FB	7:01.86	12
Luca Agamennoni Dario Dentale Raffaello Leonardo Lorenzo Porzio	Four	6:22.58	2 SA/B	Bye		5:52.12	3 FA	6:10.41
Alessandro Corona Federico Gattinoni Simone Raineri Simone Venier	Quadruple sculls	5:45.85	3 SA/B	Bye		5:47.38	5 FB	6:06.91	10
Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Lorenzo Bertini Bruno Mascarenhas	Lightweight four	5:52.17	2 SA/B	Bye		5:55.02	1 FA	5:48.87
Sergio Canciani Pierpaolo Frattini Luca Ghezzi Gaetano Iannuzzi (cox) Niccolò Mornati Carlo Mornati Marco Penna Valerio Pinton Aldo Tramontano	Eight	5:30.16	3 R	5:34.56	3 FB	—		5:49.43	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriella Bascelli Elisabetta Sancassani	Double sculls	7:46.66	5 R	7:01.63	3 FB	—		6:54.51	8

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Riccardo Giordano	Mistral	13	8	29	22	19	21	20	OCS	32	DNF	DNS	234	26
Michele Marchesini	Finn	21	20	20	24	24	24	6	25	23	15	24	201	24
Andrea Trani Gabrio Zandonà	470	21	23	7	12	11	22	13	5	7	8	3	109	10
Francesco Bruni Guido Vignar	Star	13	5	9	4	16	12	3	8	2	5	14	75	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Alessandra Sensini	Mistral	7	1	6	3	1	2	3	6	3	2	7	34
Larissa Nevierov	Europe	23	10	6	4	17	19	17	18	17	18	18	144	16
Myriam Cutolo Elisabetta Saccheggiani	470	16	19	18	20	10	19	20	4	17	8	10	141	20
Angela Baroni Giulia Conti Alessandra Marenzi	Yngling	16	12	7	7	13	15	6	11	14	14	7	106	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Diego Negri	Laser	20	12	19	1	OCS	21	15	13	15	21	—					2	139	13
Gianfranco Sibello Piero Sibello	49er	DSQ	1	4	12	11	17	4	9	14	15	16	5	9	17	5	16	138	14
Edoardo Bianchi Francesco Marcolini	Tornado	DNF	6	3	7	11	16	10	2	8	9	—					6	78	10

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrea Benelli	Skeet	124	2 Q	149 (5)
Francesco Bruno	10 m air pistol	578	=17	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	556	=12	Did not advance
Marco de Nicolo	10 m air rifle	590	=24	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	595	8 Q	699.7	5
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1148	=31	Did not advance
Daniele di Spigno	Double trap	134 (11)	7	Did not advance
Vigilio Fait	10 m air pistol	576	=23	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	556	=12	Did not advance
Ennio Falco	Skeet	119	=21	Did not advance
Marco Innocenti	Double trap	127	=17	Did not advance
Giovanni Pellielo	Trap	122	3 Q	146
Marco Venturini		112	=27	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chiara Cainero	Skeet	67	=8	Did not advance
Roberta Pelosi	Trap	58	=9	Did not advance
Sabrina Sena	10 m air rifle	390	32	Did not advance
Valentina Turisini	10 m air rifle	395	=12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	585	3 Q	685.9

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Team Roster

Italy
Position	No.	Player	Birth	Club in 2004
C	1	Ilaria Pino	FEB/18/1983	Rhea Vendors Caronno
C	2	Eva Trevisan	APR/21/1980	Fiorini Forli
IF	3	Sabrina Del Mastio	MAR/10/1971	Fiorini Forli
IF	4	Stefania Vitaliani	JUL/16/1975	Fiorini Forli
OF	7	Natalia Cimin	JUL/31/1979	Caserta
IF	8	Jennifer Spediacci	APR/05/1978	Fiorini Forli
IF	12	Marta Gambella	JUN/07/1974	Mosca Macerata
P	13	Nicole Di Salvio	NOV/23/1979	Bussolengo
P	15	Daniela Castellani	JUN/30/1975	Avesani Bussolengo
P	16	Leslie Malerich	FEB/29/1980
P	17	Susan Bugliarello	OCT/18/1975
IF	22	Natalie Anter	APR/26/1980	Fiorini Forli
OF	23	Francesca Francolini	DEC/27/1979	Mosca Macerata
P	24	Annalisa Turci	SEP/26/1976	Fiorini Forli
OF	31	Samanta Bardini	FEB/27/1977	Caggiati Langhirano
Bench Coaches
Team Manager		Barry Blanchard	MAR/22/1935
Coach		Monica Corvino	AUG/17/1963
Coach		Giacomo Livi	AUG/17/1954
Coach		Marina Centrone	APR/22/1960

Preliminary Round

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
United States	7	7	0	41	0	1.000
Australia	7	6	1	22	14	0.857
Japan	7	4	3	17	8	0.571
China	7	3	4	15	20	0.429
Canada	7	3	4	6	14	0.429
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	3	13	0.286
Greece	7	2	5	6	24	0.286
Italy	7	1	6	8	24	0.143

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	3	2
United States	1	3	0	0	3	-	-	7	11	0
WP: Jennie Finch (1-0)   LP: Leslie Malerich (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	7	9	3
China	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	1
WP: Jennifer Spediacci (1-0)   LP: Li Qi (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0
Greece	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	5	3
WP: Sarah Farnworth (2-1)   LP: Susan Bugliarello (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	2	2	2	0	2	-	-	8	10	1
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	2	1
WP: Melanie Roche (1-0)   LP: Jennifer Spediacci (1-1) Home runs: AUS: Stacey Porter, Natalie Titcume ITA: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	4	0
WP: Lin Su-Hua (1-1)   LP: Susan Bugliarello (0-2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Japan	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1	8	1
WP: Yukiko Ueno (1-2)   LP: Jennifer Spediacci (1-2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Canada	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1	1	1
WP: Lauren Bay (3-2)   LP: Susan Bugliarello (0-3)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Beccari	200 m freestyle	1:54.00	46	Did not advance
Alessio Boggiatto	200 m individual medley	2:01.30	6 Q	2:01.27	10	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:15.78	3 Q	—		4:12.28 NR	4
Paolo Bossini	200 m breaststroke	2:12.09	3 Q	2:11.76	4 Q	2:11.20	4
Emiliano Brembilla	200 m freestyle	1:47.95	3 Q	1:47.93	7 Q	1:48.40	8
	400 m freestyle	3:50.55	11	—		Did not advance
Loris Facci	200 m breaststroke	2:19.38	40	Did not advance
Filippo Magnini	100 m freestyle	49.58	11 Q	48.91 NR	3 Q	48.99	5
Luca Marin	400 m individual medley	4:16.85	10	—		Did not advance
Emanuele Merisi	200 m backstroke	2:00.10	9 Q	2:00.83	16	Did not advance
Christian Minotti	1500 m freestyle	15:39.31	24	—		Did not advance
Mattia Nalesso	100 m butterfly	53.49	23	Did not advance
Massimiliano Rosolino	400 m freestyle	3:47.72	4 Q	—		3:46.25	5
	200 m individual medley	2:01.56	11 Q	2:01.29	11	Did not advance
Michele Scarica	50 m freestyle	22.80	25	Did not advance
Lorenzo Vismara	50 m freestyle	22.70	22	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	50.03	25	Did not advance
Alessandro Calvi* Christian Galenda Filippo Magnini Lorenzo Vismara Michele Scarica	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:16.18	3 Q	—		3:15.75	4
Emiliano Brembilla Federico Cappellazzo* Simone Cercato Filippo Magnini Matteo Pelliciari* Massimiliano Rosolino	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:18.26	6 Q	—		7:11.83 NR
Paolo Bossini Emanuele Merisi Mattia Nalesso Giacomo Vassanelli	4 × 100 m medley relay	DSQ		—		Did not advance

* Competed only in heats and received medals

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chiara Boggiatto	100 m breaststroke	1:10.33	16 Q	1:10.84	16	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:30.32	12 Q	2:30.76	14	Did not advance
Alessandra Cappa	100 m backstroke	1:03.50	26	Did not advance
Paola Cavallino	200 m butterfly	2:12.34	16 Q	2:10.23	7 Q	2:10.14	7
Cristina Chiuso	50 m freestyle	25.68	16 Q	25.37	13	Did not advance
Alessia Filippi	200 m backstroke	2:17.29	22	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:19.29	21	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:47.26	16	—		Did not advance
Ambra Migliori	100 m butterfly	59.47	10 Q	59.53	13	Did not advance
Federica Pellegrini	100 m freestyle	55.41	9 Q	55.30	10	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:59.80	4 Q	1:58.02 NR	1 Q	1:58.22
Francesca Segat	100 m butterfly	1:00.56	22	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:11.40	9 Q	2:11.18	12	Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso Sara Parise Federica Pellegrini Cecilia Vianini	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:44.88	10	—		Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso Alessia Filippi Sara Parise Cecilia Vianini	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:15.30	14	—		Did not advance
Chiara Boggiatto Alessandra Cappa Ambra Migliori Federica Pellegrini	4 × 100 m medley relay	DSQ		—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Nine Italian synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Beatrice Spaziani Lorena Zaffalon	Duet	46.500	8	46.917	93.417	7 Q	46.750	93.250	8
Monica Cirulli Costanza Fiorentini Joey Paccagnella Elisa Plaisant Sara Savoia Beatrice Spaziani Lorena Zaffalon Laura Zanazza	Team	46.834	7	—			47.250	94.084	7

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Five Italian table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yang Min	Men's singles	Doan (VIE) W 4–1	Karlsson (SWE) L 3–4	Did not advance
Massimiliano Mondello Yang Min	Men's doubles	—	Henzell / Zalcberg (AUS) L 1–4	Did not advance
Laura Negrisoli	Women's singles	Ramos (VEN) W 4–1	Ganina (RUS) L 2–4	Did not advance
Nikoleta Stefanova		Menaifi (ALG) W 4–0	Schöpp (GER) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tan Wenling		Bye	Huang Y-H (TPE) W 4–2	Kim K-A (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Nikoleta Stefanova Tan Wenling	Women's doubles	Bye	Kaffo / Oshonaike (NGR) W 4–3	Kostromina / Pavlovich (BLR) W 4–2	Wang N / Zhang Yn (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Three Italian taekwondo jin qualified to compete.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carlo Molfetta	Men's −68 kg	Saei (IRI) L RSC	Did not advance		Silva (BRA) L WO	Did not advance		7
Cristiana Corsi	Women's −57 kg	Épangue (FRA) W 2–0	Abdallah (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance	Mkrtchyan (RUS) W 5–2	Salazar (MEX) L 2–3	Did not advance	5
Daniela Castrignano	Women's +67 kg	Bourguigue (MAR) W 6–4	Baverel (FRA) L 8–8 SUP	Did not advance	Bosshart (CAN) W 6–3	Falavigna (BRA) L 3–6	Did not advance	5

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Six Italian tennis players (one male and five females) qualified to compete in the tennis tournament.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Filippo Volandri	Singles	Santoro (FRA) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maria Elena Camerin	Singles	Jugić-Salkić (BIH) W 6–3, 6–4	Mauresmo (FRA) L 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Silvia Farina Elia		Testud (FRA) W 6–2, 6–0	Raymond (USA) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Tathiana Garbin		Smashnova (ISR) W 6–2, 6–1	Pratt (AUS) L 6-1, 6–7(5–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Francesca Schiavone		Asagoe (JPN) W 6–3, 7–6(7–4)	Cho Y-J (KOR) W 2–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–4	Zuluaga (COL) W 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–3	Myskina (RUS) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone	Doubles	—	Kurhajcová / Suchá (SVK) W 6–2, 6–4	Li T / Sun Tt (CHN) L 1–6, 6–7(1–7)	Did not advance
Tathiana Garbin Roberta Vinci		—	Pratt / Stosur (AUS) W 6–0, 6–1	Martínez / Ruano Pascual (ESP) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italy was again represented by three triathletes at the 2004 event, but unlike in the first competition in 2000 all the Italians in 2004 were women. Gemignani, who had been the nation's best finisher four years earlier, dropped one place in the rankings. However, the two Olympic rookies both placed better than Gemignani had in the first race.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Nadia Cortassa	Women's	20:36	0:19	1:09:51	0:22	35:18	2:05:45.35	5
Silvia Gemignani		18:45	0:21	1:11:41	0:23	38:30	2:08:56.94	21
Beatrice Lanza		19:47	0:19	1:10:37	0:23	37:35	2:07:59.26	15

Volleyball

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniela Gattelli Lucilla Perrotta	Women's	Pool B  Fernández – Larrea (CUB) L 1 – 2 (17–21, 21–18, 10–15)  Bede – Behar (BRA) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 17–21)  Naidoo – Willand (RSA) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–14)	3 Q	Lahme – Müsch (GER) W 2 – 1 (16–21, 21–17, 21–19)	Cook – Sanderson (AUS) L 1 – 2 (16–21, 21–14, 12–15)	Did not advance

Indoor

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Head coach: Gian Paolo Montali

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2004 club
1	Luigi Mastrangelo	17 August 1975	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	368 cm (145 in)	336 cm (132 in)	Lube Banca Marche
5	Valerio Vermiglio	1 March 1976	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Sisley Volley
6	Samuele Papi	20 May 1973	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Sisley Volley
7	Andrea Sartoretti	19 June 1971	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	353 cm (139 in)	319 cm (126 in)	Itas Diatec Trentino
8	Alberto Cisolla	10 October 1977	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	367 cm (144 in)	345 cm (136 in)	Sisley Volley
11	Venceslav Simeonov	3 February 1977	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	358 cm (141 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Sempre Volley
12	Damiano Pippi (L)	23 August 1971	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	323 cm (127 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Kerakoll Modena
13	Andrea Giani (c)	22 April 1970	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	356 cm (140 in)	322 cm (127 in)	Kerakoll Modena
14	Alessandro Fei	29 November 1978	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	352 cm (139 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Sisley Volley
15	Paolo Tofoli	14 August 1966	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Itas Diatec Trentino
17	Paolo Cozzi	26 May 1980	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	363 cm (143 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Kerakoll Modena
18	Matej Černič	13 September 1978	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	354 cm (139 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Kerakoll Modena

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	4	1	9	13	7	1.857	483	431	1.121	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	2	8	13	7	1.857	465	434	1.071
3	United States	5	3	2	8	11	8	1.375	437	423	1.033
4	Russia	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	452	430	1.051
5	Netherlands	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	391	419	0.933
6	Australia	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	331	422	0.784

Source: FIVB

15 August 2004 21:30	Italy	3–1	United States	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 5,630 Referees: Kun-Tae Kim (KOR), Juan Pereyra (ARG)
	(25–21, 21–25, 25–17, 25–23) result

17 August 2004 21:45	Brazil	3–2	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Kun-Tae Kim (KOR)
	(25–21, 15–25, 25–16, 21–25, 33–31) result

19 August 2004 09:00	Italy	3–0	Australia	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 2,950 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Juan Pereyra (ARG)
	(25–20, 25–18, 25–21) result

21 August 2004 11:20	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Patrick Rachard (FRA), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(25–19, 25–21, 25–20) result

23 August 2004 11:15	Russia	3–2	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 4,134 Referees: Frank Leuthaeusser (GER), Patrick Rachard (FRA)
	(25–16, 25–22, 22–25, 23–25, 15–13) result

Quarterfinal

25 August 2004 16:30	Argentina	1–3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Hiroyuki Ito (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–22, 22–25, 24–26, 26–28) result

Semifinal

27 August 2004 19:30	Russia	0–3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 9,380 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Patrick Rachard (FRA)
	(16–25, 17–25, 16–25) result

Gold Medal Final

29 August 2004 14:30	Italy	1–3	Brazil	Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 9,350 Referees: Hiroyuki Ito (JPN), Ning Wang (CHN)
	(15–25, 26–24, 20–25, 22–25) result

Won Silver Medal

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Head coach: Marco Bonitta

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2004 club
2	Simona Rinieri	1 September 1977	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	281 cm (111 in)	RC Cannes
3	Elisa Togut	14 May 1978	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Vini Monteschiavo
4	Manuela Leggeri (C)	9 May 1976	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	281 cm (111 in)	Vini Monteschiavo
8	Jenny Barazza	24 July 1981	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Foppapedretti Bergamo
9	Nadia Centoni	19 June 1981	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	291 cm (115 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
10	Paola Paggi	6 December 1976	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	306 cm (120 in)	278 cm (109 in)	Foppapedretti Bergamo
11	Francesca Piccinini	10 January 1979	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Foppapedretti Bergamo
12	Manuela Secolo	22 February 1977	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Foppapedretti Bergamo
14	Eleonora Lo Bianco	22 December 1979	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	287 cm (113 in)	273 cm (107 in)	Vini Monteschiavo
15	Antonella Del Core	5 November 1980	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Scavolini Pesaro
16	Francesca Ferretti	15 February 1984	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Volley Modena
17	Paola Cardullo (L)	18 March 1982	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	275 cm (108 in)	268 cm (106 in)	Asystel Novara

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	410	326	1.258	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	14	3	4.667	392	305	1.285
3	South Korea	5	3	2	8	9	7	1.286	355	352	1.009
4	Japan	5	2	3	7	6	10	0.600	346	343	1.009
5	Greece	5	1	4	6	5	12	0.417	349	383	0.911
6	Kenya	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	236	379	0.623

Source: FIVB

14 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	0–3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Fernando Nava (Mex), Francisco Medina Guzman (CUB)
	(17–25, 13–25, 19–25) result

16 August 2004 14:00	Italy	3–0	Japan	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Mahmoud Abdel Nagid (EGY), Fernando Nava (Mex)
	(25–16, 25–13, 25–17) result

18 August 2004 21:30	Brazil	3–2	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Kim Kun-Tae (KOR)
	(19–25, 25–13, 22–25, 25–16, 15–13) result

20 August 2004 19:30	Kenya	0-3	Italy	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Francisco Medina Guzman (CUB), Patricia Salvatore (USA)
	(17–25, 13–25, 14–25) result

22 August 2004 19:30	Italy	3-0	Greece	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Jarmo Salonen (FIN), Patrick Rachard (FRA)
	(25–19, 25–19, 25–22) result

Quarterfinal

24 August 2004 19:30	Italy	2-3	Cuba	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Juan Angel Pereyra (ARG), Mahmoud Abdel Magid (EGY)
	(23–25, 25–14, 25–22, 14–25, 12–15) result

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Head coach: Paolo de Crescenzo

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2004 club
1	Stefano Tempesti	GK	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	9 June 1979	Pro Recco
2	Francesco Postiglione	D	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	29 April 1972	Circolo Nautico Posillipo
3	Leonardo Binchi	CB	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	27 August 1975	Leonessa Brescia
4	Fabrizio Buonocore	CB	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	28 April 1977	Circolo Nautico Posillipo
5	Marco Gerini	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	5 August 1971	Leonessa Brescia
6	Roberto Calcaterra	CF	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	6 February 1972	Leonessa Brescia
7	Goran Fiorentini	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	21 November 1981	Leonessa Brescia
8	Alberto Angelini	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	28 September 1974	Pro Recco
9	Maurizio Felugo	D	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	4 March 1981	Circolo Nautico Posillipo
10	Alessandro Calcaterra	CF	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	26 May 1975	Chiavari Nuoto
11	Bogdan Rath	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	28 June 1972	Rari Nantes Savona
12	Carlo Silipo (C)	D	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	10 September 1971	Circolo Nautico Posillipo
13	Fabio Bencivenga	CF	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	20 January 1976	Circolo Nautico Posillipo

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	4	0	1	43	27	+16	8	Qualified for the semifinals
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	40	28	+12	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	35	31	+4	6
4	Italy	5	3	0	2	39	24	+15	6
5	Australia	5	1	1	3	37	35	+2	4
6	Egypt	5	0	0	5	18	67	−49	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

15 August 2004 17:45		Italy	4–5	Spain	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Margeta (SLO), Tomic (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-3, 0-0, 2-0
		4 players with 1	Goals	5 players with 1

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17 August 2004 09:30		Australia	4–8	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Tomic (CRO), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-2, 0-3, 1-2
		Whalan 2	Goals	Postiglione 3

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19 August 2004 17:45		Italy	10–5	Germany	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Brguljan (SCG), Afanasiev (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2-0, 1-2, 3-2, 4-1
		Postiglione 4	Goals	Nossek 3

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21 August 2004 10:45		Egypt	4–13	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Rezek (CZE), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-0, 2-5, 0-5
		El-Sammany 2	Goals	Calcaterra, Angelini 3

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23 August 2004 22:15		Greece	6–4	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Bookelman (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1-0, 1-2, 2-1, 2-1
		6 players with 1	Goals	Bencivenga 2

7th-10th Semifinal

27 August 2004 17:00		Italy	11–7	Croatia	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Afanasiev (RUS), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-4, 1-1, 5-1
		Bencivenga 3	Goals	Franković 3

7th-8th Place Final

29 August 2004 10:45		United States	9–8	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Afanasiev (RUS), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-0, 2-3, 3-3
		Azevedo, Smith 3	Goals	Angelini 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Head coach: Pierluigi Formiconi

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2004 club
1	Francesca Conti	GK	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	21 May 1972	Geymonat Orizzonte
2	Martina Miceli	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	22 October 1973	Firenze Pallanuoto
3	Carmela Allucci (C)	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	22 January 1970	Firenze Pallanuoto
4	Silvia Bosurgi	D	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	17 April 1979	Geymonat Orizzonte
5	Elena Gigli	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	9 July 1985	AS Certaldo
6	Manuela Zanchi	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	17 October 1977	Rari Nantes Pescara
7	Tania di Mario	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	4 May 1979	Geymonat Orizzonte
8	Cinzia Ragusa	CB	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	24 May 1977	Geymonat Orizzonte
9	Giusi Malato	CF	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	9 July 1971	Geymonat Orizzonte
10	Alexandra Araujo	CF	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	13 July 1972	GIFA Città di Palermo
11	Maddalena Musumeci	CF	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	26 March 1976	Geymonat Orizzonte
12	Melania Grego	D	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	19 June 1973	Volturno SC
13	Noémi Tóth	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	7 June 1976	Volturno SC

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	22	16	+6	5	Qualified for the Semifinals
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	20	14	+6	4	Qualified for the Quarterfinals
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	17	20	−3	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	16	25	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 August 2004 10:45	Report[10]	Australia	6–5	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Peter Bookelman (NED) Sergio Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 1–1, 1–1
		Gynther 2 Heuchan 2 Norwood 1 Rippon 1	Goals	Allucci 1 di Mario 1 Miceli 1 Musumeci 1 Zanchi 1

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18 August 2004 17:45	Report[11]	Greece	2–7	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP) Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 0–1, 0–1
		Liosi 1 Moraitidou 1	Goals	di Mario 3 Miceli 3 Musumeci 1

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20 August 2004 09:00	Report[12]	Italy	8–6	Kazakhstan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Mario Brguljan (SCG) Yesenia Marrero (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–1, 1–4, 2–1
		di Mario 4 Araujo 1 Miceli 1 Tóth 1 Zanchi 1	Goals	Koroleva 3 Gubina 2 Mikhailova 1

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Quarterfinal

22 August 2004 18:15	Report[13]	Italy	8–5	Hungary	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Sergio Borrell (ESP) Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 2–2, 2–0
		di Mario 3 Bosurgi 1 Grego 1 Malato 1 Miceli 1 Ragusa 1	Goals	Dravucz 2 Stieber 2 Pelle 1

Semifinal

24 August 2004 17:00	Report[14]	United States	5–6	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Gábor Kiszelly (HUN) Zoran Tomić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 1–0, 1–4
		Dingeldein 1 Estes 1 Munro 1 Petri 1 Villa 1	Goals	di Mario 2 Araujo 1 Malato 1 Ragusa 1 Zanchi 1

Gold Medal Final

26 August 2004 18:15	Report[15]	Greece	9–10	Italy	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO) Gábor Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 0–1, 1–1  OT: 2–2, 0–1
		Liosi 5 Moraitidou 3 Oikonomopoulou 1	Goals	Grego 3 Miceli 3 Bosurgi 1 Malato 1 di Mario 1 Zanchi 1

Won Gold Medal

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Key

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Salvatore Rinella	−74 kg	Abdo (AUS) W 4–0 ST	Haidarau (BLR) L 1–3 PP	—	2	Did not advance			7
Francesco Miano-Petta	−120 kg	McCoy (USA) L 0–3 PO	Mutalimov (KAZ) L 0–3 PO	Mildzihov (KGZ) W 5–0 VB	3	Did not advance			10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paolo Fucile	−60 kg	Chachua (GEO) L 0–4 ST	Koizhaiganov (KAZ) L 0–3 PO	3	Did not advance			22
Andrea Minguzzi	−84 kg	Geghamyan (ARM) L 0–4 ST	Makaranka (BLR) L 0–5 VT	3	Did not advance			17

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Diletta Giampiccolo	−55 kg	Sun Dm (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Yoshida (JPN) L 0–4 ST	3	Did not advance			10
Katarzyna Juszczak	−72 kg	Wang X (CHN) L 0–3 PO	Nordhagen (CAN) L 1–3 PP	3	Did not advance			11

See also

• Italy at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• Italy at the 2005 Mediterranean Games