IOC code ITA Competitors 364 in 27 sports | Website www.coni.it (Italian) Flag bearer Jury Chechi | |
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NOC Italian National Olympic Committee Medals
Ranked 8th Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
10
11
11
32 | ||
Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from the 13th to the 29th of August 2004. This nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games in the modern era, except for the sparsely attended 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.
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Archery
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.
Athletics
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).
Baseball
The Italian baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.
Manager: 30 – Giampiero Faraone
Coaches: 8 – Claudio Corradi, 12 – Manuel Cortina, 27 – Salvatore Varriale.
Men's tournament
The following is the Italy roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Boxing
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.
Road
Track
Diving
Italian divers qualified for eight individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.
Eventing
"#" 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.
Fencing
Twelve Italian fencers (seven men and five women) qualified for the following events:
Men's tournament
The following is the Italian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Claudio Gentile
* Over-aged player.
Artistic
Judo
Nine Italian judoka (four men and five women) qualified for the following events.
Modern pentathlon
Four Italian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the 2003 UIPM World Championships
Rowing
Italian rowers qualified the following boats:
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
Italian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
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
Softball
Swimming
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):
* Competed only in heats and received medals
Synchronized swimming
Nine Italian synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.
Table tennis
Five Italian table tennis players qualified for the following events.
Taekwondo
Three Italian taekwondo jin qualified to compete.
Tennis
Six Italian tennis players (one male and five females) qualified to compete in the tennis tournament.
Triathlon
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.
Men's tournament
The following is the Italian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Gian Paolo Montali
Women's tournament
The following is the Italian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Marco Bonitta
Men's tournament
The following is the Italian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Paolo de Crescenzo
Women's tournament
The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›
Head coach: Pierluigi Formiconi
Wrestling
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