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Encyclopedia > Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Italy competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona under the IOC country code ITA. It was the twentieth appearance of the European nation, which was represented by a total number of 318 athletes (240 men, 78 women). The nation's flagbearer was Giuseppe Abbagnale. Please dont use this image. ... Please dont use this image. ... The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia and the second most populous city in Spain. ... The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allocates three-letter country codes to all National Olympic Committees and other groups competing in the Olympic Games. ...

Contents


Medals

Gold Silver Bronze Total
Italy 6 5 8 19

This is the full table of the medal count of the 1992 Summer Olympics. ... Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... Please dont use this image. ...

Gold

  • Pierpaolo Ferrazzi — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
  • Giovanna Trillini — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
  • Giovanna Trillini, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Diana Bianchedi, Margherita Zalaffi, and Francesca Vaccaroni — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
  • Carlo Silipo, Amedeo Pomilio, Franco Porzio, Pino Porzio, Mario Fiorillo, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Alessandro Campagna, Marco D'Altrui, Massimiliano Ferretti, Francesco Attolico, Alessandro Bovo, and Paolo Caldarella — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Fabio Casartelli Fabio Casartelli (August 1, 1970 near Como, Italy - July 18, 1995) was an Italian cyclist, who died in a crash on the descent of the Col de Portet dAspet, France, during the 15th stage of the Tour de France. ... Giovanni Lombardi born 20 July 1969 in Pavia, Italy, is an Italian road bicycling racer. ...

Silver

  • Andrea Peron, Flavio Anastasia, Luca Colombo, and Gianfranco Contri — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
  • Marco Marin — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual Competition
  • Emanuela Pierantozzi — Judo, Women's Middleweight (66 kg)
  • Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, and Giuseppe di Capua — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
  • Vicenzo Maenza — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight

Andrea Peron (born 14 August 1971 in Varese, Italy) is an Italian cyclist. ...

Bronze

  • Giovanni de Benedictis — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk
  • Bruno Dreossi and Antonio Rossi — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 metres Kayak Pairs
  • Carlo Massulo, Roberto Bomprezzi, and Gianluca Tiberti — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
  • Filippo Soffici, Alessandro Corona, Gianluca Farina and Rossano Galtarossa — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
  • Marco Venturini — Shooting, Men's Trap Individual Competition
  • Bruno Mario Rossetti — Shooting, Men's Skeet Individual Competition
  • Stefano Battistelli — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke
  • Luca Sacchi — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley

Results by event

Archery

In Italy's first archery competition without Giancarlo Ferrari, the four Italians went a combined 0-3 in the elimination round with Ilario di Buo not even qualifying for the eliminations. The men's team also lost in the first round. There were 4 different Archery competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics. ... Giancarlo Ferrari is an Italian athlete who has participated at the Olympic Games as in the discipline of archery on several occasions. ... Ilario di Buo (born 13 December 1965) is an athlete from Italy. ...


Women's Individual Competition:

  • Maria Testa — Round of 32, 21st place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Andrea Parenti — Round of 32, 19th place (0-1)
  • Alessandro Rivolta — Round of 32, 22nd place (0-1)
  • Ilario di Buo — Ranking round, 39th place (0-0)

Men's Team Competition: Ilario di Buo (born 13 December 1965) is an athlete from Italy. ...

  • Parenti, Rivolta, and di Buo — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's Marathon Athletics medal winners at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Categories: | ...

  • Salvatore Bettiol → 5th place (2:14.15)
  • Alessio Faustini → 44th place (2:21.37)
  • Gelindo Bordin → Did not finish

Women's Marathon Gelindo Bordin (April 2, 1959) is a former Italian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ...

  • Emma Scaunich → 18th place (2:46.14)
  • Ana Villani → 20th place (2:46.44)
  • Bettina Sabatini → 23th place (2:50.09)

Baseball

Italy was not very successful at the premier of Olympic baseball. The Italians lost six of their seven preliminary round games, beating only the host nation Spain. Their 1-6 record tied with that of Spain for seventh and eighth places, the Italians received the advantage in the tie-breaker because of the head-to-head result, barely avoiding last place. Baseball had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. ...


Men's:

  • Italy - 7th place (1-6)

Football

Italy was represented by the following squad in Barcelona: ( 1) Francesco Antonioli, ( 2) Mauro Bonomi, ( 3) Giuseppe Favalli, ( 4) Luca Luzardi, ( 5) Salvatore Matrecano, ( 6) Alessandro Orlando, ( 7) Stefano Rossini, ( 8) Mirko Taccola, ( 9) Rufo Verga, (10) Demetrio Albertini, (11) Dino Baggio, (12) Angelo Peruzzi, (13) Eugenio Corini, (14) Dario Marcolin, (15) Gianluca Sordo, (16) Renato Buso, (17) Pasquale Rocco, (18) Marco Ferrante, (19) Alessandro Melli, and (20) Roberto Muzzi. Coach: Cesare Maldini. Giuseppe Favalli (born January 8, 1972) is an Italian football (soccer) player at the position of defender. ... Demetrio Albertini (born August 23, 1971 in Besana) is an Italian football (soccer) midfielder, who currently is without team,(as August 31) after play for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga but spent most of his career with AC Milan of Serie A. Albertini was at Milan from 1988 to... Dino Baggio (born July 24, 1971 in Camposampiero) is an Italian football (soccer) defensive midfielder. ... Angelo Peruzzi (born February 16, 1970 in Viterbo) is an Italian goalkeeper, who currently plays for Lazio in the Italian Serie A. Peruzzi has played for Roma (1987-89), Hellas Verona (1989-90), Juventus (1990-99), Internazionale (1999-2000), and Lazio (2000-). With Juventus, he won three scudettos and one... Eugenio Corini (born July 30, 1970 in Bagnolo Mella, Italy) is an Italian soccer player, currently a Palermo captain. ... Cesare Maldini (February 5, 1932, Trieste, Italy) is a football (soccer) coach and former player. ...


Tennis

Men's Singles Competition Final results for the Tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. ...


Men's Doubles Competition Cristiano Caratti (born May 24, 1970 in Acqui Terme) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1989. ... Guy Forget (b. ... Omar Camporese (born May 8, 1968 in Bologna, Italy) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. ... Juan Oscar Rios (born December 15, 1966 in Rio Piedras) is a former tennis player from Puerto Rico, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Italys Omar Camporese. ... Emilio Sánchez (b. ... Renzo Furlan (born May 17, 1970 in Conegliano, Veneto) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1988. ... Shuzo Matsuoka (松岡修造, born in November 6, 1967) is a former Japanese professional tennis player. ... Andrei Chesnokov (February 2, 1966, Moscow, Soviet Union) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. ... Jordi Arrese (b. ...


Omar Camporese (born May 8, 1968 in Bologna, Italy) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. ... Diego Nargiso (born March 15, 1970 in Naples) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1987. ... Miguel Nido (born March 8, 1963 in Isla Verde) is a former tennis player from Puerto Rico, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. ... Juan Oscar Rios (born December 15, 1966 in Rio Piedras) is a former tennis player from Puerto Rico, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Italys Omar Camporese. ... George Cosac (born January 26, 1968 in Constanta) is a former tennis player from Romania, who represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. ... Dinu Mihai Pescariu (born April 12, 1974 in Bucharest) is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1991. ...

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