Italy competed at the
2008 Summer Olympics, held in
Beijing
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, China.
The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete.
Medalists
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Archery
At the
2007 World Outdoor Target Championships
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, Italy's men's team placed fifth and its women's team placed fourth. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.
[2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results]
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;Men
;Women
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
Badminton
Boxing
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Cycling
Road
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won the silver medal in the men's road race, but was stripped of that medal, as he tested positive for CERA after the event.
Track
Italy had qualified places for the men's keirin, sprint, madison and points race.
;Sprint
;Keirin
;Omnium
Mountain biking
BMX
Diving
;Men
;Women
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
# – Indicates that points do not count in team total
Fencing
;Men
;Women
Football (soccer)
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Team
;Individual finals
;Women
;Team
;Individual finals
Rhythmic
Trampoline
Judo
;Men
;Women
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
;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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
;Men
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Shooting
;Men
;Women
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
;Men
;Women
Triathlon
Volleyball
Beach
Indoor
Italy entered both a men's team and a women's team in the indoor tournaments. The men's team won all their group matches but one, thereby advancing to the medal round. There, they won the quarterfinal, but lost both the semifinal and the match for bronze, finishing in 4th place for the tournament. The women's team also won all group matches but one, also advancing to the medal round. They lost the quarterfinal however, finishing in a tie for 5th place in the tournament.
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play – Pool A
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play – Pool A
;Quarterfinal
Water polo
Italy participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 9th place, while the women's team finished in 6th place.
Men's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
All times are China Standard Time
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UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
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;Classification quarterfinal
;Classification semifinal
;Classification 9th–10th
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
All times are China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing T ...
(UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).
;Quarterfinal
;Classification 5th–6th
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Men's Greco-Roman
See also
* Italy at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References
External links
Italy at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games
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Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008
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