Italy competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 253 competitors, 212 men and 41 women, took part in 140 events in 23 sports.
Gelindo Bordin — Athletics, Men's Marathon
Giovanni Parisi — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
Stefano Cerioni — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition
Vincenzo Maenza — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale and Giuseppe Di Capua — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
Agostino Abbagnale, Davide Tizzano, Piero Poli and Gianluca Farina — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
Carlo Massullo — Modern Pentathlon, Individual Competition
Carlo Massullo, Daniele Masala and Gianluca Tiberti — Modern Pentathlon, Team Competition
Salvatore Antibo — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Dorina Vaccaroni, Margherita Zalaffi, Annapia Gandolfi and Lucia Traversa — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
Maurizio Damilano — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
Giovanni Scalzo — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual Competition
Stefano Battistelli — Swimming, Men's 400 metres Individual Medley
Gianfranco Dalla Barba, Marco Marin, Ferdinando Meglio, Giovanni Scalzo and Massimo Cavaliere — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
Giancarlo Ferrari, competing in his fifth Olympic archery contest, dropped to 33rd place in the field. Fellow veteran Ilario Di Buò advanced to the quarterfinal, nearly missing a semifinal berth. The Italians also just missed the cutoff for the final by one ranking in the team round.
Men's Individual Competition:
Ilario Di Buò – Quarterfinal (→ 13th place)
Andrea Parenti – Preliminary Round (→ 28th place)
Giancarlo Ferrari – Preliminary Round (→ 33rd place)
Men's Team Competition:
Di Buo, Parenti, and Ferrari – Semifinal (→ 9th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
Salvatore Antibo
First Round — 28:09.35
Final — 27:23.55 (→ Silver Medal)
Alberto Cova
First Round — 28:43.84 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Gelindo Bordin
Final — 2"10:32 (→ Gold Medal)
Orlando Pizzolato
Final — 2"15:20 (→ 16th place)
Gianni Poli
Final — 2"16:07 (→ 19th place)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Alessandro Lambruschini
- Heat — 8:32.59
- Semi Final — 8:16.92
- Final — 8:12.17 (→ 4th place)
Francesco Panetta
Heat — 8:29.75
Semi Final — 8:17.23
Final — 8:17.79 (→ 9th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
Lucio Serrani
Qualifying Heat — 70.50m (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put
Alessandro Andrei
Qualifying Heat – 20.18m
Final – 20.36m (→ 7th place)
Men's Long Jump
Giovanni Evangelisti
Qualification — 7.81m
Final — 8.08m (→ 4th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
Maurizio Damilano
Final — 1:20:14 (→ Bronze Medal)
Giovanni De Benedictis
Final — 1:20:14 (→ 6th place)
Carlo Mattioli
Final — 1:22:58 (→ 19th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Raffaello Ducceschi
Final — 3'45:43 (→ 8th place)
Giovanni Perricelli
Final — 3'47:14 (→ 11th place)
Sandro Bellucci
Final — 4'04:56 (→ 32nd place)
Women's Marathon
Laura Fogli
Final — 2"27.49 (→ 6th place)
Maria Curatolo
Final — 2"30.14 (→ 8th place)
Antonella Bizioli
Final — 2"34.38 (→ 23rd place)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Andrea Mannai
First Round — Lost to Arthur Johnson (USA), 0:5
Men's Featherweight
Giovanni Parisi
Men's Lightweight
Giorgio Campanella
Men's Light-Middleweight
Vincenzo Nardiello
Men's Middleweight
Michele Mastrodonato
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Andrea Magi
Men's Heavyweight
Luigi Gaudiano
Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented Italy in 1988.
Men's road race
Roberto Pelliconi
Fabrizio Bontempi
Gianluca Bortolami
Men's team time trial
Roberto Maggioni
Eros Poli
Mario Scirea
Flavio Vanzella
Men's sprint
Andrea Faccini
Men's individual pursuit
Ivan Beltrami
Men's team pursuit
Ivan Beltrami
Gianpaolo Grisandi
David Solari
Fabrizio Trezzi
Fabio Baldato
Men's points race
Giovanni Lombardi
Women's road race
Imelda Chiappa — 2:00:52 (→ 15th place)
Maria Canins — 2:00:52 (→ 32nd place)
Roberta Bonanomi — 2:00:52 (→ 45th place)
Women's sprint
Elisabetta Fanton
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1988.
Men's foil
Stefano Cerioni
Mauro Numa
Andrea Borella
Men's team foil
Andrea Borella, Stefano Cerioni, Federico Cervi, Andrea Cipressa, Mauro Numa
Men's épée
Sandro Cuomo
Stefano Pantano
Angelo Mazzoni
Men's team épée
Stefano Bellone, Andrea Bermond Des Ambrois, Sandro Cuomo, Angelo Mazzoni, Stefano Pantano
Men's sabre
Giovanni Scalzo
Gianfranco Dalla Barba
Marco Marin
Men's team sabre
Giovanni Scalzo, Marco Marin, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, Ferdinando Meglio, Massimo Cavaliere
Women's foil
Margherita Zalaffi
Dorina Vaccaroni
Annapia Gandolfi
Women's team foil
Dorina Vaccaroni, Margherita Zalaffi, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Lucia Traversa, Annapia Gandolfi
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated Guatemala (5-2)
Lost to Zambia (0-4)
Defeated Iraq (2-0)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Sweden (2-1)
Semifinals
Lost to Soviet Union (2-3)
Bronze Medal Match
Lost to West Germany (0-3)
Team Roster
Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1988. Carlo Massullo won an individual silver and the team won silver too.
Men's Individual Competition:
Carlo Massullo – 5379 pts (→ Silver Medal)
Daniele Masala – 5152 pts (→ 10th place)
Gianluca Tiberti – 5040 pts (→ 17th place)
Men's Team Competition:
Massullo, Masala, and Tiberti – 15571pts (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Roberto Gleria
Heat – 50.97 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Roberto Gleria
Heat – 1:49.51
B-Final – 1:49.28 (→ 9th place)
Giorgio Lamberti
Heat – 1:50.47
B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Giorgio Lamberti
Heat – 3:53.29
B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Roberto Gleria
Heat – 3:56.33 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Luca Pellegrini
Heat – 15:18.80 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Stefano Battistelli
Heat – 15:36.54 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Valerio Giambalvo
Heat – 59.48 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Stefano Battistelli
Heat – 2:03.63
B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Gianni Minervini
Heat – 1:02.86
Final – 1:02.93 (→ 7th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Leonardo Michelotti
Heat – 55.83 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Valerio Giambalvo
Heat – 56.57 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Luca Sacchi
Heat – 2:05.45
B-Final – 2:05.68 (→ 13th place)
Roberto Cassio
Heat – 2:05.88 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Stefano Battistelli
Heat – 4:20.43
Final – 4:18.01 (→ Bronze Medal)
Luca Sacchi
Heat – 4:23.37
Final – 4:23.23 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Fabrizio Rampazzo, Giorgio Lamberti, Andrea Ceccarini, and Roberto Gleria
Heat – 3:23.35
Roberto Gleria, Giorgio Lamberti, Fabrizio Rampazzo, and Andrea Ceccarini
Final – 3:22.93 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Massimo Trevisan, Fabrizio Rampazzo, Valerio Giambalvo, and Roberto Gleria
Heat – 7:21.85
Roberto Gleria, Giorgio Lamberti, Massimo Trevisan, and Valerio Giambalvo
Final – 7:16.00 (→ 5th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Valerio Giambalvo, Gianni Minervini, Leonardo Michelotti, and Roberto Gleria
Heat – 3:52.06 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Silvia Persi
Heat – 58.22 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Silvia Persi
Heat – 2:04.40 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Manuela Melchiorri
Heat – 4:15.40
B-Final – 4:14.90 (→ 14th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Manuela Melchiorri
Heat – 8:40.63 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Lorenza Vigarani
Heat – 1:03.96
B-Final – 1:03.88 (→ 13th place)
Manuela Carosi
Heat – 1:04.69
B-Final – 1:03.80 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Lorenza Vigarani
Heat – 2:17.35
B-Final – 2:18.69 (→ 13th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Manuela Dalla Valle
Heat – 1:11.25
B-Final – 1:10.95 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Manuela Dalla Valle
Heat – 2:30.60
Final – 2:29.86 (→ 8th place)
Annalisa Nisiro
Heat – 2:32.77
B-Final – 2:31.19 (→ 12th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Ilaria Tocchini
Heat – 1:02.07
B-Final – 1:02.78 (→ 16th place)
Emanuela Viola
Heat – 1:03.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Roberta Felotti
Heat – 2:19.62
B-Final – 2:19.63 (→ 13th place)
Manuela Dalla Valle
Heat – 2:22.85 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Roberta Felotti
Heat – 4:49.20
B-Final – 4:49.53 (→ 9th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Lorenza Vigarani, Manuela Dalla Valle, Ilara Tocchini, and Silvia Persi
Heat – 4:14.68
Final – 4:13.85 (→ 8th place)
Men's Singles Competition
Paolo Canè
First round — Defeated Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 6-3 7-6 4-6 6-3
Second round — Defeated Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 7-5 6-3 6-7 6-4
Third round — Defeated Javier Sánchez (Spain) 7-6 4-6 6-1 6-2
Quarterfinals — Lost to Stefan Edberg (Sweden) 1-6 5-7 4-6
Diego Nargiso
First round — Defeated Francisco Maciel (Mexico) 4-6 2-6 7-6 7-6 8-6
Second round — Lost to Tim Mayotte (United States) 6-2 2-6 4-6 0-6
Omar Camporese
First round — Lost to Guy Forget (France) 2-6 0-6 3-6
Women's Singles Competition
Sandra Cecchini
First Round – Bye
Second Round – Lost to Chris Evert (USA) 2-6 2-6
Raffaella Reggi
First Round – Defeated Liz Smylie (Australia) 7-6 6-0
Second Round – Defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (West Germany) 4-6 7-6 6-3
Third Round – Defeated Chris Evert (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-1
Quarterfinals – Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Switzerland) 3-6 4-6
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Brazil (0-3)
Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
Defeated Sweden (3-2)
Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
Defeated South Korea (3-0)
Classification Matches
9th/12th place: Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
9th/10th place: Defeated Japan (3-2) → Ninth place
Team Roster
Andrea Gardini
Andrea Giani
Pierpaolo Lucchetta
Ferdinando De Giorgi
Marco Bracci
Claudio Galli
Lorenzo Bernardi
Alessandro Lazzeroni
Massimo Castagna
Andrea Zorzi
Luca Cantagalli
Andrea Lucchetta
Head Coach: Carmelo Pittera
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Drew with Soviet Union (9-9)
Defeated South Korea (1-11)
Defeated Australia (7-5)
Lost to West Germany (7-10)
Defeated France (14-8)
Classification Round (Group D)
Drew with Hungary (9-9)
Lost to Spain (9-11) → 7th place
Team Roster
Paolo Trapanese
Alfio Misaggi
Andrea Pisano
Antonello Steardo
Alessandro Campagna
Paolo Caldarella
Mario Fiorillo
Francesco Porzio
Stefano Postiglione
Riccardo Tempestini
Massimiliano Ferretti
Marco d'Altrui
Gianni Averaimo
Head Coach: Fritz Dennerlein
