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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
2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
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, Greece, from the 13th to the 29th of August 2004. The country has competed at every Summer Olympic games in the modern era, except for the
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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.


Medalists

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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). ;Key * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only * Q = Qualified for the next round * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target * NR = National record * N/A = Round not applicable for the event * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –
Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...
;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events


Baseball

The Italian baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals. ;Roster Manager: 30 – Giampiero Faraone Coaches: 8 – Claudio Corradi, 12 – Manuel Cortina, 27 – Salvatore Varriale. ;Round robin


Basketball


Men's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game ; Won silver medal


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.


Canoeing


Slalom


Sprint


Cycling


Road

;Men ;Women


Track

;Omnium


Mountain biking


Diving

Italian divers qualified for eight individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games. ;Men ;Women


Equestrian


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.


Show jumping


Fencing

Twelve Italian fencers (seven men and five women) qualified for the following events: ;Men ;Women


Football


Men's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze Medal Final ; Won bronze medal


Gymnastics


Artistic

;Men ;Team ;Individual finals ;Women


Rhythmic


Trampoline


Judo

Nine Italian judoka (four men and five women) qualified for the following events. ;Men ;Women


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: ;Men ;Women 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. ;Men ;Women ;Open M = Medal race; OCS =
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of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given


Shooting

;Men ;Women


Softball

;Team Roster ;Preliminary Round


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): ;Men * Competed only in heats and received medals ;Women


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. ;Men ;Women


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.


Volleyball


Beach


Indoor


Men's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold Medal Final ; Won Silver Medal


Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ;Quarterfinal


Water polo


Men's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;7th-10th Semifinal ;7th-8th Place Final


Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold Medal Final ; Won Gold Medal


Wrestling

;Key * - Victory by Fall. * - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. * - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points. ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman ;Women's freestyle


See also

* Italy at the 2004 Summer Paralympics * Italy at the 2005 Mediterranean Games


References


External links


Official Report of the XXVIII OlympiadItalian National Olympic Committee
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