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competed at the

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; 268 competitors, 222 men and 46 women, took part in 151 events in 23 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Alberto Cova Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic '' Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Alber ...

– Athletics, men's 10.000 metres * Alessandro Andrei – Athletics, men's shot put *

Gabriella Dorio Gabriella Dorio (born 27 June 1957 in Veggiano, Veneto) is an Italian former athlete and Olympic gold winner. She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. Biography She first participated in the 1976 Summer O ...

– Athletics, women's 1.500 metres *

Maurizio Stecca Maurizio Stecca (born 9 March 1963) is a retired Italian boxer, who won the Bantamweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Stecca was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna. His brother Loris Stecca was also a professional boxer. Profession ...

– Boxing, men's bantamweight *

Claudio Vandelli Claudio Vandelli is an Italian cyclist. He won the gold medal in Men's team time trial at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an internationa ...

Marcello Bartalini Marcello Bartalini (born 12 March 1962) is an Italian cyclist. He won the gold medal in Men's team time trial in the 1984 Summer Olympics along with teammates Marco Giovannetti, Eros Poli, and Claudio Vandelli. In 1985, along with Poli, Vandel ...

Marco Giovannetti Marco Giovannetti (born 4 April 1962) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist who won the Vuelta a España in 1990. He has also won stages at the Tour de Suisse and the Giro d'Italia. Giovannetti was bor ...

, and

Eros Poli Eros Poli (born 6 August 1963 in Isola della Scala, Veneto) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist of the 1990s, notably employed as Mario Cipollini's lead-out man in bunch sprints. Biography Poli won the gold medal in the Team Time ...

– Cycling, men's team road race *

Mauro Numa Mauro Numa (born 8 November 1961 in Mestre) is an Italian fencer and one of the strongest during the 1980s.His career started very early and in 1979, at 18, he was included in the Foil's Italian Team. In 1980 Numa could not compete at the Moscow O ...

– Fencing, men's Foil individual competition *

Angelo Scuri Angelo Scuri (born 24 December 1959) is an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were ...

Andrea Borella Andrea Borella (born 23 June 1961) is an Italian fencer. His team won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) w ...

Stefano Cerioni Stefano Cerioni (born 24 January 1964) is an Italian foil fencer, Olympic team champion in 1984, Olympic champion in 1988 and World team champion in 1985 and 1994. He became a fencing master, then a director of foil, first for Italy, then for Ru ...

, and

Andrea Cipressa Andrea Cipressa (born 14 December 1963) is an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is now director of foil for the Italian Fencing Federation. His daughter, Erica Cipressa, is also a foil f ...

– Fencing, men's foil team competition *

Norberto Oberburger Norberto Oberburger (born 1 December 1960 in Merano ) is a retired Italian heavyweight weightlifter who won a gold medal at Summer Olympics. Biography In 1984 he placed second to Yury Zakharevich Yury Ivanovich Zakharevich (russian: Юрий ...

– Heavyweight 110 kg * Vincenzo Maenza – Light Flyweight, men's Greco-Roman wrestling *

Ferdinando Meglio Ferdinando Meglio (born 27 June 1959) is an Italian fencer. In the team sabre events he won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, a silver at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a bronze at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics ...

, Giovanni Scalzo, Angelo Arcidiacono, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, and

Marco Marin Marco Marin (born 4 July 1963) is an Italian politician, dentist and fencer. He won a gold, two silvers and a bronze in sabre events at three Olympic Games between 1984 and 1992. He served as a Senator between 2013 and 2018, before joining the ...

– Fencing, men's Sabre team competition *

Daniele Masala Daniele Masala (born 12 February 1955) is an Italian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. Biography Masala first participated at the Olympics in 1976. Eight years later, he was on the Italian team which won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Ol ...

– Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition *

Pier Paolo Cristofori Pierpaolo Cristofori (born 4 January 1956) is an Italian former modern pentathlete who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XX ...

, and

Carlo Massullo Carlo Massullo (born 13 August 1957) is an Italian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. He participated on the Italian team which won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and he also won an individual bronze medal.

– Modern pentathlon, men's team competition *

Carmine Abbagnale Carmine Abbagnale (born 5 January 1962 in Pompei) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion. The Abbagnale brothers are the older brothers of the three-time Olympic champion Agostino. Biography Abbagnale received a gold medal in c ...

Giuseppe Abbagnale Giuseppe Abbagnale (born 24 July 1959 in Pompei) is the current President of the Italian Rowing Federation and former Italian rower who won multiple coxed pair world and Olympic championships with his brother Carmine Abbagnale. The Abbagnale ...

, and

Giuseppe Di Capua Giuseppe "Peppiniello" Di Capua (born 15 March 1958) is an Italian competition rowing coxswain and Olympic champion. Biography Di Capua was born in Salerno. He received a gold medal in coxed pairs as cox, with Giuseppe Abbagnale and Carmine A ...

– Rowing, men's coxed pairs *

Luciano Giovannetti Luciano Giovannetti (born 25 September 1945) is an Italian sport shooter and two-time Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in trap shooting at both the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially th ...

– Shooting, trap individual competition

Silver

Sara Simeoni Sara Simeoni (born 19 April 1953) is an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women's high jump. Biography Sara Simeoni was born in Rivoli Veronese, in the province of V ...

– Athletics, women's high jump *

Salvatore Todisco Salvatore Todisco (August 30, 1961 in Naples – November 25, 1990) was a light flyweight boxer from Italy, who won the silver medal in the light flyweight division (– 48 kg) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Californi ...

– Boxing, men's light flyweight *

Francesco Damiani Francesco Damiani (born 4 October 1958) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1993. He was the first WBO heavyweight champion, having held the title from 1989 to 1991, as well as the European heavyweight title from 19 ...

– Boxing, men's super heavyweight *

Ezio Gamba Ezio Gamba (born 2 December 1958) is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics (1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988). He claimed the gold medal in the men's lightweight division (– 71 kg) ...

– Judo, men's lightweight (71 kg) *

Edith Gufler Edith Gufler (born 6 August 1962 in Merano) is a former Italian sport shooter who won a silver medal in 10 metre air rifle at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Biography During her career, has a participation at Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic ...

– Shooting, women's air rifle individual competition *

– Fencing, men's sabre

Bronze

Maurizio Damilano Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957 in Scarnafigi, Italy) is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 individual medals (22 also with team events), at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. Biography He was the 1980 Olympic ...

– Athletics, men's 20 km walk *

Sandro Bellucci Sandro Bellucci (born 21 February 1955) is a former Italy, Italian race walking, race walker. Biography He won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics championships and games, International athletics competitions. Heparticipat ...

– Athletics, men's 50 km walk * Giovanni Evangelisti – Athletics, men's long jump *

Luciano Bruno Luciano Bruno (born 23 May 1963 in Foggia) is a retired Italy, Italian boxing, boxer, who won a Olympic medalists in boxing, Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Olympic results *1/16: 1st round bye *1 ...

– Boxing, men's welterweight * Angelo Musone – Boxing, men's heavyweight *

– Fencing, men's foil individual competition * Roberto Manzi,

Angelo Mazzoni Angelo Mazzoni (born 3 April 1961, in Milan) is an Italian épée fencer who competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1980 and 2000, winning gold in 1996 and 2000. Career He was the eighth fencer, and the first Italian fencer, to compete ...

Stefano Bellone Stefano Bellone (born 23 April 1955) is an Italian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) w ...

Sandro Cuomo Sandro Cuomo (born 21 October 1962) 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 is also three-time team world champion. He is director of épée at t ...

, and Cosimo Ferro – Fencing, men's épée team competition *

Dorina Vaccaroni Dorina Vaccaroni (born 24 September 1963 in Mestre) is an Italian former fencer, competing in the foil. Biography She received a gold medal in the foil team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul ...

– Fencing, women's foil individual competition *

– Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition *

Luca Scribani Rossi Luca Scribani Rossi (born 29 December 1960 in Rome) is an Italian sport shooter that won a bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics. See also *Italy national shooting team The Italy national shooting team represents Italy in International shooting c ...

– Shooting, skeet individual competition * Fabio Vullo, Piero Rebaudengo, Amauri Ribeiro,

Paolo Vecchi Paolo Vecchi (born 19 February 1959) is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was born in Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its ...

, Andrea Lucchetta, Pier Paolo Lucchetta, Marco Negri, Guido de Luigi, Giovanni Errichiello, Giovanni Lanfranco,

Franco Bertoli Franco Bertoli (born 29 April 1959 in Udine) is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. As a volleyball player, he gained the nickname of ''mano di ...

, Francesco Dall'Olio, and

Giancarlo Dametto Giancarlo Dametto (born January 6, 1959) is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Dametto was born in Turin. In 1980, Dametto was part of the Italian team that finished ni ...

– Volleyball, men's team competition * Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni – Sailing, men's team competition

Archery

Two time defending bronze medallist

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improved upon his 1980 score, but in the more competitive field in Los Angeles, his ranking fell all the way to 25th place. Women's individual competition * Ester Robertson – 2435 points (→ 21st place) Men's individual competition *

– 2455 points (→ 25th place) * Ilario Di Buò – 2437 points (→ 29th place)

Athletics

;Men's competition Men's 100 metres * Stefano Tilli * Antonio Ullo * Pierfrancesco Pavoni Men's 200 metres * Pietro Mennea * Stefano Tilli * Carlo Simionato Men's 800 metres * Donato Sabia *

Riccardo Materazzi Riccardo Materazzi (born 15 June 1963 in Brussels, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale) is a retired male middle distance runner from Italy. He competed for his home country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Materazzi won the silv ...

Men's 1,500 metres *

* Stefano Mei * Claudio Patrignani Men's 5,000 metres *

Salvatore Antibo Salvatore Antibo (born 7 February 1962) is a former long-distance runner from Italy. He won nine medals at the International athletics competitions. but curiously, he never won national championship (not outdoor, not indoor). Biography Antibo ...

:* Heat – 13:46.32 :* Semifinals – 13:47.53 (→ did not advance) * Piero Selvaggio :* Heat – 14:04.74 (→ did not advance) * Antonio Selvaggio :* Heat – 13:55.73 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres *

:* Heat – 28:26.10 :* Final – 27:47.54 → gold medal *

:* Heat – 28:22.57 :* Final – 28:06.50 (→ 4th place) *

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:* Heat – 29:00.78 (→ did not advance) Men's marathon * Giovanni d'Aleo :* Final – 2:20:12 (→ 35th place) * Marco Marchei :* Final – 2:22:38 (→ 43rd place) Men's 110 metres hurdles * Daniele Fontecchio Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase *

* Franco Boffi Men's 4×100 metres relay * Antonio Ullo * Giovanni Bongiorni * Stefano Tilli * Pietro Mennea Men's 4×400 metres relay * Roberto Tozzi * Ernesto Nocco * Roberto Ribaud * Pietro Mennea * Donato Sabia * Mauro Zuliani Men's long jump * Giovanni Evangelisti :* Qualification – 7.94m :* Final – 8.24m → bronze medal Men's triple jump * Dario Badinelli :* Qualification – 16.13m (→ did not advance) Men's javelin throw * Agostino Ghesini :* Qualification – 72.96m (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's pole vault *

Mauro Barella Mauro Barella (born 12 December 1956) is a retired Italian pole vaulter. Biography He was born in Palermo, and represented the club Fiamme Oro. He finished seventh at the 1982 European Indoor Championships in , Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ...

:* Qualifying round – 5.35m :* Final – 5.30m (→ 8th place) Men's shot put * Alessandro Andrei :* Qualification – 20.18 m :* Final – 21.26 m → gold medal * Marco Montelatici :* Qualification – 20.14 m :* Final – 19.98 m (→ 6th place) Men's discus throw * Luciano Zerbini :* Final – 63.50m (→ 7th place) Men's hammer throw * Orlando Bianchini :* Qualification – 74.02m :* Final – 75.94m (→ 4th place) *

Giampaolo Urlando Giampaolo Urlando (born 7 January 1945, in Padova) is a retired Italian hammer thrower. Biography He ended up in fourth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for testosterone use. Achievements National titles Giampaolo Urlan ...

:* Qualification – 72.42m :* Final – 75.96m (→ finished fourth but was subsequently disqualified as his

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s proved positive) *

Lucio Serrani Lucio Serrani (born 11 March 1961) is a retired male hammer thrower from Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterr ...

:* Qualification – 70.64m (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km walk *

:* Final – 1:23:26 → bronze medal *

Carlo Mattioli Carlo "Carletto" Mattioli (born 23 October 1954 in Pergola, Pesaro e Urbino) is a retired male race walker from Italy, who represented his native country twice at the Olympic Games: 1984 and 1988. Biography Carlo Mattioli has won eight times th ...

:* Final – 1:25:07 (→ 5th place) * Alessandro Pezzatini :* Final – 1:32:27 (→ 28th place) Men's 50 km walk *

:* Final – 3:53:45 → bronze medal * Raffaello Ducceschi :* Final – 3:59:26 (→ 5th place) *

:* Final – DNF (→ no ranking) ;Women's competition Women's 200 metres * Marisa Masullo Women's 400 metres * Erica Rossi Women's 800 metres *

Women's 1,500 metres *

:* Heat – 4:04.51 :* Final – 4:03.25 → gold medal Women's 3,000 metres * Agnese Possamai :* Heat – 8.45.84 :* Final – 9.10.82 (→ 10th place) Women's marathon * Laura Fogli :* Final – 2:29:28 (→ 9th place) * Alba Milana :* Final – 2:33:01 (→ 12th place) *

Paola Moro Paola Moro (born 14 August 1952) is a retired female long-distance runner from Italy. Biography She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), o ...

:* Final – 2:37:06 (→ 20th place) Women's 400m hurdles * Giuseppina Cirulli :* Heat – 57.49 :* Semifinal – 56.45 (→ did not advance) Women's 4×400 metres relay * Patrizia Lombardo * Cosetta Campana * Marisa Masullo * Erica Rossi * Giuseppina Cirulli Women's high jump *

:* Qualification – 1.90m :* Final – 2.00m → silver medal Women's javelin throw * Fausta Quintavalla :* Qualification – 57.66m (→ did not advance)

Basketball

;Men's team competition *Preliminary round (group A) :*Defeated Egypt (110-62) :*Defeated West Germany (80-72) :*Defeated Brazil (89-78) :*Defeated Australia (93-82) :*Lost to Yugoslavia (65-69) *Quarterfinals :*Lost to Canada (72-78) *Classification matches :*5th/8th place: defeated West Germany (98-71) :*5th/6th place: defeated Uruguay (111-102) → fifth place *Team roster :*

Carlo Caglieris Carlo Caglieris (born 2 July 1951) is an Italian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Caglieris is widely regarded as one of the greatest Italian point guards of his generation, having won th ...

:* Roberto Premier :*

Marco Bonamico Marco Bonamico (born 18 January 1957 in Genoa) is a former professional basketball player from Italy. At a height of 2.01 m (6'7") tall, he played at the small forward and power forward positions. During his playing career, his nickname was, "il ...

:* Enrico Gilardi :* Walter Magnifico :*

Roberto Brunamonti Roberto Brunamonti (born 14 April 1959 in Spoleto) is a retired Italian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 191 cm (6'3") tall, he played at the point guard position. He was among the 105 player nominees for the 50 Gr ...

:* Renato Villalta :*

Dino Meneghin Dino Meneghin (, ; born 18 January 1950) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is widely considered to be the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all-time greats. A 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall center, Meneghi ...

Antonello Riva Antonello Riva (born 28 February 1962) is an Italian former professional basketball player. At 1.96 m (6'5"), he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "Nembo Kid" (Italian version of ...

:* Renzo Vecchiato :* Pierluigi Marzorati :*

Romeo Sacchetti Romeo "Meo" Sacchetti (born August 20, 1953) is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently a head coach for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Serie A2. Standing at a height of 1.99 m (6 ft. 6 in.), he played ...

Boxing

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) *

→ silver medal *# First round – bye *# Second round – defeated Gerard Hawkins (IRL), 5:0 *# Quarterfinals – defeated Rafael Ramos (PUR), 4:1 *# Semifinals – defeated

Keith Mwila Keith Mwila (November 1966 – 9 January 1993) was a Zambian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's Light flyweight (-48 kg) category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States The United States of Ame ...

(ZAM), 5:0 *# Final – lost to

Paul Gonzales Paul Garza Gonzales (born April 18, 1964) is an American former professional boxer, who won the light flyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Gonzales was the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at t ...

(USA), walkover Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg) *

→ gold medal *# First round – bye *# Second round – defeated Phillip Sutcliffe (IRE), 5:0 *# Third round – defeated

Star Zulu Star Zulu is a Zambian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-spo ...

(ZAM), 5:0 *# Quarterfinals – defeated Robinson Pitalua (COL), 5:0 *# Semifinals – defeated

Pedro Nolasco Pedro Nolasco (February 2, 1962 – September 15, 1995) was a Dominican boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. This was the first Olympic medal of the Dom ...

(DOM), 5:0 *# Final – defeated Héctor Lopez (MEX), 4:1 Men's middleweight (– 75 kg) * Noe Cruciani *# First round – defeated Paul Kamela (CMR), 5:0 *# Second round – lost to

Pedro van Raamsdonk Pedro Johannes van Raamsdonk (born October 2, 1960 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a retired boxing, boxer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Ang ...

(HOL), 0:5 Men's heavyweight (– 91 kg) * Angelo Musone → bronze medal *# First round – defeated

James Omondi James Omondi Oduor (born December 30, 1980, in Nairobi) is a former Kenyan football defender who last played for Mathare United, and currently manages Karuturi Sports in the Kenyan National Super League. Club career Omondi began his career by ...

(KEN), 5:0 *# Second round – defeated Kaliq Singh (IND), walkover *# Quarterfinals – defeated Hakkan Brock (SWE), 5:0 *# Semifinals – lost to

Henry Tillman Henry Durand Tillman (born August 1, 1960) is an American former professional boxer. Early life Tillman was born in Los Angeles, California. Amateur career Tillman twice defeated Mike Tyson as an amateur, winning both bouts via close decisions. ...

(USA), 0:5 Men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) *

→ silver medal *# First round – bye *# Quarterfinals – defeated Willie Isangura (TNZ), RSC-2 *# Semifinals – defeated Robert Wells (GBR), RSC-3 *# Final – lost to

Tyrell Biggs Tyrell Biggs (born December 22, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1998, and challenged once for the undisputed heavyweight title in 1987. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, havi ...

(USA), 1:4

Canoeing

Cycling

Twenty-one cyclists represented Italy in 1984. They won gold in the team time trial event. ; Men's individual road race *

Alberto Volpi Alberto Volpi (born 9 December 1962) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He formerly worked as a directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' (French for sporti ...

– + 4:10 (→ 13th place) * Stefano Colagè – did not finish (→ no ranking) *

Roberto Pagnin Roberto Pagnin (born 8 July 1962) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in one edition of the Tour de France, ten editions of the Giro d'Italia and five editions of the Vuelta a España. He also rode in the individual road r ...

– did not finish (→ no ranking) * Renato Piccolo – did not finish (→ no ranking) ; Team time trial *

; Sprint *

Gabriele Sella Gabriele Sella (15 April 1963 – 2 June 2010) was an Italian cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) ...

* Vincenzo Ceci ; 1000m time trial * Stefano Baudino ;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

* Roberto Calovi *

Maurizio Colombo Maurizio Colombo (born 16 July 1963) is an Italian former cyclist. He competed in the individual pursuit and team pursuit events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also kno ...

;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Roberto Amadio * Massimo Brunelli *

Silvio Martinello Silvio Martinello (born 19 January 1963) is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy. He won the gold medal in the men's points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by the bronze medal in the men's madison ...

;

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...

Stefano Allocchio Stefano Allocchio (born 18 March 1962) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France, nine editions of the Giro d'Italia and one edition of the Vuelta a España. He also competed in the points ra ...

; Women's individual road race *

Maria Canins Maria Canins (born 5 July 1949, in La Villa, Alta Badia) is an Italian racing cyclist who twice won and came second three times in the Grande Boucle. She rode for Italy at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. Biography Canins was a cross-country ...

– 2:11:14 (→ 5th place) * Luisa Seghezzi – 2:13:28 (→ 9th place) *

Roberta Bonanomi Roberta Bonanomi (born 15 October 1966) is a retired racing cyclist from Italy. She represented her native country at five Summer Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. Her biggest achievements were winning the 1989 Giro d'Italia Femminile ...

– 2:15:13 (→ 23rd place) * Emanuela Menuzzo

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Piero Italiani :* Preliminary round – 573.69 :* Final – 578.94 (→ 6th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1984. ; Men's foil *

; Men's team foil *

; Men's épée *

; Men's team épée *

, Cosimo Ferro, Roberto Manzi,

; Men's sabre *

* Giovanni Scalzo * Gianfranco Dalla Barba ; Men's team sabre *

, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, Giovanni Scalzo,

, Angelo Arcidiacono ; Women's foil *

Carola Cicconetti Carola Cicconetti (born 3 January 1962) is an Italian former fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal in the individual foil event at the 1983 Mediterranean Games ...

Margherita Zalaffi Margherita Zalaffi (born 7 April 1966) is an Italian former fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics and silvers at the same event in 1988 and in the women's team épée in 1996. She competed at fi ...

; Women's team foil *

, Clara Mochi,

, Lucia Traversa,

Football

;Men's team competition *Preliminary round (group D) :*

–

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

1-0 :*

–

1-0 :*

– Costa Rica 0-1 *Quarterfinals :*

–

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

1-0 (after extra time) *Semifinals :*

–

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

1-2 (after extra time) *Bronze-medal match :*

–

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1-2 * Team roster :* ( 1.) Franco Tancredi (gk) :* ( 2.)

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:* ( 4.) Sebastiano Nela :* ( 5.)

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:* ( 7.) Salvatore Bagni :* ( 8.)

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:* (10.) Antonio Sabato :* (11.) Beniamo Vignola :* (12.)

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(gk) :* (13.)

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Daniele Massaro Daniele Emilio Massaro (; born 23 May 1961) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward. He is mainly remembered for his highly successful career with AC Milan during the late 1980s and 1990s, under managers Arrigo Sacchi and Fabio ...

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Aldo Serena Aldo Serena (; born 25 June 1960) is an Italian former professional footballer, who was usually deployed as a forward. He played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, winning four Serie A titles, among other trophies; he is mainly r ...

*Head Coach:

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Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1984. Carlo Massullo won an individual bronze, Daniele Masala won an individual gold and the team also won gold. Individual competition: *

- 5469 points (gold medal) *

- 5406 points (bronze medal) *

- 5185 points (11th place)
Team competition: *Daniele Masala, Carlo Massullo, and Pier Paolo Cristofori - 16060 points (gold medal)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Ruggero Verroca and Francesco Esposito dominated the

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men's

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during the early 1980s, and they won the

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from 1980 to

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every year. Lightweight men's double scull was not an Olympic boat class at the time, and they qualified in the open weight class of the men's double scull, where they reached the A final and came a respectable fifth. Later that same month, they won the

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, and continued to row in different boat classes thereafter.

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

;Men's competition Men's 100m freestyle * Fabrizio Rampazzo :* Heat – 51.71 :* B-Final – 51.56 (→ 12th place) * Marco Colombo :* Heat – 52.34 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 200m freestyle * Marco Dell'Uomo :* Heat – 1:51.67 :* Final – 1:52.20 (→ 6th place) * Paolo Revelli :* Heat – 1:53.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 400m freestyle * Marco Dell'Uomo :* Heat – 3:55.00 :* Final – 3:55.44 (→ 7th place) * Stefano Grandi :* Heat – 3:56.23 :* B-Final – 3:57.17 (→ 12th place) Men's 1500m freestyle * Stefano Grandi :* Heat – 15:22.49 :* Final – 15:28.58 (→ 6th place) Men's 100m backstroke * Paolo Falchini :* Heat – 58.65 (→ did not advance, 18th place) * Fabrizio Bortolon :* Heat – 59.27 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 200m backstroke * Paolo Falchini :* Heat – 2:04.59 :* B-Final – 2:04.64 (→ 9th place) * Fabrizio Bortolon :* Heat – 2:06.46 :* B-Final – 2:05.86 (→ 15th place) Men's 100m breaststroke * Raffaele Avagnano :* Heat – 1:04.09 :* Final – 1:04.11 (→ 8th place) * Gianni Minervini :* Heat – 1:04.37 :* B-Final – 1:03.99 (→ 9th place) Men's 200m breaststroke * Marco del Prete :* Heat – 2:18.90 :* Final – DSQ (→ no ranking) * Raffaele Avagnano :* Heat – 2:22.90 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 100m butterfly * Fabrizio Rampazzo :* Heat – 55.70 :* B-Final – DNS (→ no ranking) Men's 200m butterfly * Paolo Revelli :* Heat – 2:00.38 :* B-Final – 2:01.58 (→ 14th place) * Fabrizio Rampazzo :* Heat – DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 200m individual medley * Giovanni Franceschi :* Heat – 2:06.76 :* B-Final – 2:06.10 (→ 11th place) * Maurizio Divano :* Heat – 2:07.19 :* B-Final – 2:06.72 (→ 12th place) Men's 400m individual medley * Maurizio Divano :* Heat – 4:23.61 :* Final – 4:22.76 (→ 5th place) * Giovanni Franceschi :* Heat – 4:23.03 :* Final – 4:26.05 (→ 8th place) Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay *

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, Raffaele Francesch, Metello Savino, and Marco Colombo :* Heat – 3:25.37 *

, Marco Colombo, Metello Savino, and Fabrizio Rampazzo :* Final – 3:24.97 (→ 8th place) Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay * Marco Colombo,

, Fabrizio Rampazzo, and Marco Dell'Uomo :* Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay * Paolo Falchini, Gianni Minervini, Fabrizio Rampazzo, and

:* Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) ;Women's competition * Silvia Persi, Grazia Colombo, Carla Lasi,

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, Manuela Carosi, Carlotta Tagnin, Manuela Dalla Valle, Laura Belotti, Roberta Lanzarotti, Cristina Quintarelli, and Roberta Felotti Women's 100m freestyle * Silvia Persi :* Heat – 57.62 :* B-Final – 57.24 (→ 10th place) * Grazia Colombo :* Heat – 59.43 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 200m freestyle * Silvia Persi :* Heat – 2:03.98 :* B-Final – 2:03.17 (→ 9th place) * Carla Lasi :* Heat – 2:04.60 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 400m freestyle * Carla Lasi :* Heat – 4:18.90 :* B-Final – 4:18.57 (→ 12th place) *

:* Heat – 4:18.70 :* B-Final – 4:19.22 (→ 13th place) Women's 800m freestyle * Carla Lasi :* Heat – 8:41.84 :* Final – 8:42.45 (→ 5th place) *

:* Heat – 8:45.83 :* Final – 8:47.32 (→ 7th place) Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay *

, Silvia Persi, Grazia Colombo, and Manuela Dalla Valle :* Heat – 3:52.89 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay * Manuela Carosi, Manuela Dalla Valle, Roberta Lanzarotti, and Silvia Persi :* Heat – 4:17.90 :* Final – 4:17.40 (→ 5th place) Women's 100m backstroke * Manuela Carosi :* Heat – 1:04.77 :* B-Final – 1:04.52 (→ 10th place) Women's 200m backstroke * Manuela Carosi :* Heat – 2:25.45 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Women's 200m butterfly * Roberta Lanzarotti :* Heat – 2:14.53 :* B-Final – 2:14.54 (→ 10th place) *

:* Heat – 2:18.72 :* B-Final – 2:16.47 (→ 13th place) Women's 200m individual medley * Manuela Dalla Valle :* Heat – 2:20.50 :* Final – 2:19.69 (→ 6th place) * Silvia Persi :* Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Women's 400m individual medley * Roberta Felotti :* Heat – 4:54.14 :* B-Final – 4:57.74 (→ 12th place)

Synchronized swimming

Volleyball

;Men's team competition *Preliminary round (group B) :* Defeated Canada (3-1) :* Defeated China (3-0) :* Lost to Japan (2-3) :* Defeated Egypt (3-0) *Semifinals :* Lost to Brazil (1-3) *Bronze-medal match :* Defeated Canada (3-0) → bronze medal *Team roster :*

:* Francesco Dall'Olio :*

:* Guido de Luigi :* Giovanni Errichiello :* Giovanni Lanfranco :* Andrea Lucchetta :* Pier Paolo Lucchetta :* Marco Negri :* Piero Rebaudengo :* Amauri Ribeiro :*

:* Fabio Vullo

Water polo

;Men's team competition *Preliminary round (group C) :* Defeated Japan (15-5) :* Drew with Australia (8-8) :* Lost to West Germany (4-10) *Final round (group E) :* Defeated Brazil (13-4) :* Defeated China (11-8) :* Drew with Greece (8-8) :* Defeated Canada (16-9) → 7th place * Team roster :* Roberto Gandolfi :* Alfio Misaggi :*

Andrea Pisano Andrea Pisano (Pontedera 12901348 Orvieto) also known as Andrea da Pontedera, was an Italian sculptor and architect. Biography Pisano first learned the trade of a goldsmith. Pisano then became a pupil of Mino di Giovanni, about 1300, and wor ...

:* Antonello Steardo :*

Mario Fiorillo Mario Fiorillo (born 16 December 1962) is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and ...

:* Gianni de Magistris :* Marco Galli :* Marco d’Altrui :*

Marco Baldineti Marco Baldineti (born 6 July 1960) is an Italian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) wer ...

:* Vincenzo d’Angelo :* Romeo Collina :* Stefano Postiglione :*

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Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Italy At The 1984 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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