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 Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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. 253 competitors, 212 men and 41 women, took part in 140 events in 23 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Archery

Giancarlo Ferrari, competing in his fifth Olympic archery contest, dropped to 33rd place in the field. Fellow veteran

Ilario Di Buò Ilario Di Buò (born 13 December 1965 in Trieste) is an archer from Italy, who was formerly ranked number one in the world. Di Buò won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the team archery competition. He placed 20th in the individu ...

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: *

– 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)

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres * Salvatore Antibo :* First Round — 28:09.35 :* Final — 27:23.55 (→ Silver medal with cup

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 Francesco Panetta (born 10 January 1963 in Siderno) is a former Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republi ...

:* Heat — 8:29.75 :* Semi Final — 8:17.23 :* Final — 8:17.79 (→ 9th place) Men's Hammer Throw *

Lucio Serrani Lucio Serrani (born 11 March 1961) is a retired male hammer thrower from Italy. Biography He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the ...

:* Qualifying Heat — 70.50m (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put *

Alessandro Andrei Alessandro Andrei (born 3 January 1959) is an Italian former shot putter. He was born in Florence. Biography Andrei threw with his right hand, using the glide technique (at time many elite-level shot putters had switched to the spin/rotation sty ...

:* 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 Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957 in Scarnafigi, Italy) is an Italian former race walking, race walker. He won 15 individual medals (22 also with team events), at senior (athletics), senior level, at the International athletics championships a ...

:* Final — 1:20:14 (→ Bronze Medal) * Giovanni De Benedictis :* Final — 1:20:14 (→ 6th place) *

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 the ...

:* 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 Laura Fogli (born 5 October 1959) is an Italian former long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. She finished ninth at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and sixth at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She also won silver medals at the European ...

:* Final — 2"27.49 (→ 6th place) * Maria Curatolo :* Final — 2"30.14 (→ 8th place) *

Antonella Bizioli Antonella Luigina Bizioli (born 29 March 1957 in Villa d'Ogna) is a former Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. She won two medals, with national team, at the World Marathon Cup. Biography She participated at one ...

:* Final — 2"34.38 (→ 23rd place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Andrea Mannai :* First Round — Lost to

Arthur Johnson Arthur Johnson may refer to: Sports * Arthur Johnson (athletic director), athletic director for Temple Owls * Arthur Johnson (boxer) (born 1966), U.S. Olympic boxer * Arthur Johnson (rugby league), Widnes and Great Britain 1908/09 - 1922/23 * Arthu ...

(USA), 0:5 Men's Featherweight *

Giovanni Parisi Giovanni Parisi (2 December 1967 – 25 March 2009) was an Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Featherweight (57 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 1988 Olympic results Below is the record of Giovanni Parisi, ...

Men's Lightweight *

Giorgio Campanella Giorgio Campanella (born 20 February 1970) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2000, challenging three times for a world title between 1994 and 1998. As an amateur, he competed in the men's lightweight event at th ...

Men's Light-Middleweight *

Vincenzo Nardiello Vincenzo Nardiello (born 11 June 1966) is a retired former world champion Italian boxer in the super middleweight division. Early life & amateur career Nardiello was born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. A former world champion in ...

Men's Middleweight *

Michele Mastrodonato Michele Mastrodonato (born 16 May 1965) is an Italian former boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly k ...

Men's Light-Heavyweight * Andrea Magi Men's Heavyweight *

Luigi Gaudiano Luigi Gaudiano (born July 3, 1965 in Pagani, Salerno) is a former amateur boxer from Italy. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1987 European Championships in Turin, Italy in the Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) divisio ...

Canoeing

Cycling

Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented Italy in 1988. ; Men's road race * Roberto Pelliconi * Fabrizio Bontempi *

Gianluca Bortolami Gianluca Bortolami (born 28 August 1968) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Bortolami's greatest feats was capturing the monumental classic Tour of Flanders in 2001 and winning the 1994 UCI Road World Cup season championship. ...

; Men's team time trial * Roberto Maggioni * Eros Poli *

Mario Scirea Mario Scirea (; born 7 August 1964) is an Italian former racing cyclist. Career Scirea was a professional for 15 years, riding with six different teams throughout his career. He rode in 29 Grand Tours between 1989 and 2004. He also rode in the ...

Flavio Vanzella Flavio Vanzella (born 4 March 1964) is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional in 1989 to 1998. He won 3 victories. In the 1994 Tour de France he wore the yellow jersey for 2 days. Other victories included a stage w ...

; 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 Fabio Baldato (born 13 June 1968) is an Italian former racing cyclist. In 2008, he was the oldest rider in a ProTour team. His cycling career ended when he crashed heavily in the Eneco Tour. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 19 ...

; 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 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 ...

— 2:00:52 (→ 45th place) ; Women's sprint * Elisabetta Fanton

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1988. ; Men's foil * Stefano Cerioni * Mauro Numa *

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 ...

; Men's team foil *

, 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 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 ...

, Massimo Cavaliere ; Women's foil *

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 ...

* Dorina Vaccaroni * Annapia Gandolfi ; Women's team foil * Dorina Vaccaroni,

, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella,

Lucia Traversa Lucia Traversa (born 31 May 1965) is an Italian former fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commo ...

, Annapia Gandolfi

Football

Men's Team Competition *Preliminary round (group B) :* Defeated

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Hon ...

(5-2) :* Lost to

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...

(0-4) :* Defeated

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

(2-0) *Quarterfinals :* Defeated

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(2-1) *Semifinals :* Lost to

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

(2-3) *Bronze Medal Match :* Lost to

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ...

(0-3) *Team roster # Stefano Tacconi (gk) #

Roberto Cravero Roberto Cravero (born 3 January 1964) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was usually deployed in the role of sweeper/libero. Club career During his club career he played mostly for Torino (1981–1992 ...

# Andrea Carnevale #

Luigi De Agostini Luigi De Agostini (; born 7 April 1961) is an Italian former football defender, primarily in the role of an attacking full-back or winger on the left flank, although he was also capable of playing in several other positions both in defence a ...

Ciro Ferrara Ciro Ferrara (; born 11 February 1967) is an Italian former footballer and manager. His most recent position was as manager of Wuhan Zall. He had also previously coached Juventus and the Italy national under-21 team. As an assistant coach to M ...

Mauro Tassotti Mauro Tassotti (; born in Rome, 19 January 1960) is an Italian manager and former footballer who played predominantly as a right-back. He currently serves as an assistant coach at Genoa. After making his Serie A debut with Lazio, he went on to ...

Angelo Colombo Angelo Colombo (born 24 February 1961) is an Italian former footballer who played for Milan as a midfielder, and was part of their European Cup victories in 1989 and 1990. He is now a scout for the club. Club career Angelo Colombo began his care ...

# Luca Pellegrini #

Massimo Brambati Massimo Brambati (born 29 June 1966) is an Italian former Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Club career Brambati began his career at Torino F.C., Torino, but he first established himself ...

Stefano Carobbi Stefano Carobbi (born 16 January 1964) is an Italian association football manager and former player, who played as a defender, in the role of full-back. In 2014, he was the manager of Colligiana in Serie D. Club career Carobbi had three separa ...

Massimo Crippa Massimo Crippa (; born 17 May 1965) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer, who played as a midfielder; he is the current sporting director of A.C. Renate, Renate. Crippa played for several Italian clubs throughout his ...

Giuliano Giuliani Giuliano Giuliani (29 September 1958 – 14 November 1996) was an Italian professional football player who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Giuliani developed in the Arezzo youth sector and later made his professional debut with the senior sq ...

Pietro Paolo Virdis Antonio Pietro Paolo Virdis (born 26 June 1957) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a forward. Throughout his career, he played for Nuorese, before playing in Serie A with Cagliari Calcio, Juventus, Udinese Calcio, ...

# Ruggiero Rizzitelli #

Roberto Galia Roberto Galia (; born 16 March 1963) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a defender and as a midfielder. Club career Roberto Galia made his Serie A debut with Como as a full-back on 10 May 1981, in ...

Giuseppe Iachini Giuseppe Iachini (; born 7 May 1964) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Serie B club Parma. He played as a midfielder. Club career Iachini was born in Ascoli Piceno. He started his playing car ...

Stefano Desideri Stefano Desideri (born 3 July 1965) is an Italian football coach and a former professional player who played as a midfielder. Desideri was born in Rome, and played for Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), offic ...

# Massimo Mauro #

Alberigo Evani Alberico Evani (; born 1 January 1963), sometimes misspelled as Alberigo Evani, is an Italian football manager and former player, who was deployed as a midfielder. He started his club career with Milan, where he spent the majority of his playing ...

Gianluca Pagliuca Gianluca Pagliuca (; born 18 December 1966) is an Italian football coach and former professional goalkeeper. He is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation, and one of Italy's best keepers ever. Throughout his c ...

(gk) Head coach: Francesco Rocca

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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 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.

– 5379 pts (→ Silver Medal) *

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 ...

– 5152 pts (→ 10th place) *

Gianluca Tiberti Gianluca Tiberti (born 24 April 1967) is an Italian former modern pentathlete who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics ...

– 5040 pts (→ 17th place) Men's Team Competition: * Massullo, Masala, and Tiberti – 15571pts (→ Silver Medal)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

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 Giorgio Lamberti (born 28 January 1969) is an Italian former swimmer. In 1991 he became the first swimmer of Italy to win a world title, and gold medal, at a FINA World Aquatics Championships. He formerly held world records in the short course a ...

:* Heat – 1:50.47 :* B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 400 m Freestyle *

:* 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 Stefano ("Bibi") Battistelli (born 6 March 1970 in Rome) is a former backstroke and medley Medley or Medleys may refer to: Sports *Medley swimming, races requiring multiple swimming styles * Medley relay races at track meets Music * Medley ( ...

:* 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 *

:* 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 *

:* 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,

, Andrea Ceccarini, and Roberto Gleria :* Heat – 3:23.35 * Roberto Gleria,

, 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,

, 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 Lorenza Vigarani (born 10 December 1969, in Bologna) is a retired backstroke swimmer from Italy, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), a ...

:* 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 *

:* 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 Ilaria Tocchini (born 4 August 1967 in Livorno) is a retired butterfly swimmer from Italy, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. She won her first international senior medal, a silver with the ...

:* 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 *

, Manuela Dalla Valle, Ilara Tocchini, and Silvia Persi :* Heat – 4:14.68 :* Final – 4:13.85 (→ 8th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Paolo Canè Paolo Canè (born 9 April 1965; ) is a former tennis player from Italy. Canè turned professional in 1983. During his career, he won three top-level singles titles (Bordeaux in 1986, Båstad in 1989, and Bologna in 1991) and achieved much succes ...

:* First round — Defeated Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 6-3 7-6 4-6 6-3 :* Second round — Defeated

Emilio Sánchez Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario (born 29 May 1965) is a Spanish former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won five Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. Sanchez is the older brother of mult ...

(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 Stefan Bengt Edberg (; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles between 19 ...

(Sweden) 1-6 5-7 4-6 *

Diego Nargiso Diego Nargiso (born 15 March 1970) is a former tennis player from Italy. Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eve ...

:* First round — Defeated Francisco Maciel (Mexico) 4-6 2-6 7-6 7-6 8-6 :* Second round — Lost to

Tim Mayotte Timothy Mayotte (born August 3, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Professional career A tall serve-and-volleyer, Mayotte learned to play the game on the public courts of Forest Park in his hometown of Springfi ...

(United States) 6-2 2-6 4-6 0-6 *

Omar Camporese Omar Camporese (; born 8 May 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Career Born in Bologna, Camporese turned professional in 1987. He reached his first top-level singles final in 1990 at San Marino, where he lost to Guiller ...

:* 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 Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954), known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. Evert won 18 major singles titles, including a record seven French Open titles and a joint-record ...

(USA) 2-6 2-6 *

Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi (; born 27 November 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Career As a junior, Reggi won the Orange Bowl 16 and under in 1981. She was a member of the Continental Players Cup Team in 1982. Reggi won the mi ...

:* First Round – Defeated

Liz Smylie Elizabeth Smylie (née Sayers, born 11 April 1963), sometimes known as Liz Smylie, is a retired Australian tennis player. During her career, she won four Grand Slam titles, one of them in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. She also w ...

(Australia) 7-6 6-0 :* Second Round – Defeated

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (''née'' Kohde; born 11 December 1963) is a former German tennis player and member of the Die Linke. During her tennis career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won eight singles titles and a total of ...

(West Germany) 4-6 7-6 6-3 :* Third Round – Defeated

(USA) 2-6 6-4 6-1 :* Quarterfinals – Lost to

Manuela Maleeva Manuela Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Мануела Георгиева Малеева; born 14 February 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage, Maleeva began ...

(Switzerland) 3-6 4-6

Volleyball

Men's team competition

*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 Ferdinando De Giorgi (born 10 October 1961) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a participant in the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, three–time World Champion (1990, 1994, 1998), and the 1989 European Champion. He curren ...

:* Marco Bracci :*

Claudio Galli Claudio Galli (born 12 July 1965) is an Italian volleyball player. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992 ...

:* Lorenzo Bernardi :* Alessandro Lazzeroni :* Massimo Castagna :* Andrea Zorzi :*

Luca Cantagalli Luca Cantagalli (born 11 August 1965 in Cavriago) is an Italian volleyball former player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994. He was nicknamed "bazooka" by the fans, due to his powerful spikes. He compete ...

Andrea Lucchetta Andrea Lucchetta (born November 25, 1962) is an Italian former volleyball player who was World champion with his national team in 1990. He was born in Treviso, Italy, and is nicknamed "Crazy Lucky" for his bizarre hair style. Standing ...

*Head coach: Carmelo Pittera

Water polo

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 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 wo ...

:* Antonello Steardo :* Alessandro Campagna :* Paolo Caldarella :* Mario Fiorillo :* Francesco Porzio :* Stefano Postiglione :* Riccardo Tempestini :*

Massimiliano Ferretti Massimiliano Ferretti (born 22 June 1966) is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. See also * Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympi ...

:* Marco d'Altrui :* Gianni Averaimo *Head coach: Fritz Dennerlein

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Italy At The 1988 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...