Italy competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for three athletes in sailing events. Martina Caironi has been chosen to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.
Medallists
MedalAthleteSportEvent Federico Morlacchi Swimming 200 m medley SM9 Francesco Bocciardo Swimming 400 m freestyle S6 Alex Zanardi Cycling Time Trial H5 Vittorio Podestà Cycling Time Trial H3 Luca Mazzone Cycling Time Trial H2 Assunta Legnante Athletics Shot Put women F11-12 Beatrice Vio Fencing Individual Foil CB Paolo Cecchetto Cycling Road Race H3 Luca MazzoneVittorio PodestàAlex Zanardi Cycling Relay Time Trial Martina Caironi Athletics 100 m women T42 Francesco Bettella Swimming 100 m backstroke men S1 Federico Morlacchi Swimming 400 m freestyle men S9 Michele Ferrarin Paratriathlon Men race PT2 Martina Caironi Athletics Long jump women T42 Cecilia Camellini Swimming 400 m freestyle women S11 Giulia Ghiretti Swimming 100 m breaststroke women SB4 Oney Tapia Athletics Discus throw men F11 Federico Morlacchi Swimming 100 m breaststroke men SB8 Alberto Simonelli Archery Men's individual compound open Luca Mazzone Cycling Road race men H2 Alex Zanardi Cycling Road race men H5 Federico Morlacchi Swimming 100 m butterfly men S9 Francesco Bettella Swimming 50 m backstroke men S1 Arjola Trimi Swimming 50 m freestyle women S4 Giovanni Achenza Paratriathlon Men's race PT1 Giulia Ghiretti Swimming 50 m butterfly women S5 Vincenzo Boni Swimming 50 m backstroke men S3 Roberto AiroldiElisabetta Mijno Archery Team Giada Rossi Table tennis Women's single classes 1-2 Amine Kalem Table tennis Men's single class 9 Giancarlo Masini Cycling Men's time trial C1 Francesca Porcellato Cycling Women's time trial H1-2-3 Efrem Morelli Swimming 50 m breaststroke men SB3 Francesca Porcellato Cycling Women's road race H1-2-3-4 Fabio Anobile Cycling Men's road race C1-2-3 Andreea MogosLoredana TrigiliaBeatrice Vio Fencing Women's team foil Alvise De Vidi Athletics 400 m men T51 Andrea Tarlao Cycling Men's road race C4-5 Monica Contrafatto Athletics 100 m women T42
Archery
Italy qualified nine archers for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships and the 2016 European Qualifier Event. This included four spots in the compound open, 3 for men and 1 for a woman, 4 spots in the recurve open with 2 for a man and 2 for a woman, and 1 spot for a man in the W1 event.
Men AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMatteo BonacinaIndividual compound66119 L 135-143Did not advanceGiampaolo Cancelli67011 W 146-128 L 134-140Did not advanceAlberto Simonelli6787W 137-121W140-136W143-136W 146-144L 143-144Fabio Luca AzzoliniIndividual compound W157013L 131-138Did not advanceRoberto AiroldiIndividual recurve open6246L 5-6Did not advanceAlessandro Erario60115W 6-0L 1-7Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankEleonora SartiIndividual compound open6497L 132-133Did not advanceElisabetta MijnoIndividual recurve open60110L 4-6Did not advanceVeronica Floreno54922W 6-4L 0-6Did not advance Mixed AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAlberto SimonelliEleonora SartiTeam compound open13274L 149-150Did not advanceElisabetta Mijno Roberto AiroldiTeam recurve open12254W 6-0W 6-2L 0-6W5-1
Athletics
Men's AthletesEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankAlvise De Vidi100 metres T51colspan=2 22.735400 metres T51colspan=2 1:22.38Emanuele di Marino200 metres T4424.746Did not advance400 metres T44DSQDid not advanceRuud Lorain Flovany Koutiki Tsilulu400 metre T2051.534 q51.147Alessandro di LelloMarathon T46DNSRoberto la BarberaLong jump T44colspan=2 6.328Oney TapiaShot put F12colspan=2 12.729Discus throw F11colspan=2 40.89 Women's AthletesEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankArjola DedajGuide: Elisa Bettini 100 metres T1113.433Did not advance200 metres T1127.693Did not advanceLong jump T11colspan=2 4.516Oxana Corso100 metres T35colspan=2 15.675200 metres T35colspan=2 32.684Martina Caironi100 metres T4214.801 Q14.97Long jump T42colspan=2 4.66Monica Graziana Contrafatto100 metres T4216.202 Q16.30Giuseppina Versace100 metres T4414.426Did not advance200 metres T4428.133 Q28.908400 metres T44colspan=2 DSQFederica Maspero100 metres T4414.375Did not advance200 metres T4429.045Did not advance400 metres T44colspan=2 1:03.834Assunta LegnanteShot put F12colspan=2 15.74Discus throw F11colspan=2 31.514
Cycling
With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Italy qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements. Road Men AthleteEventClassTimeRankEmanuele BersiniGuide :Riccardo PanizzaTime trialB36:35.377Road raceB2:32:069Luca MazzoneTime trialH232:07.09Road raceH21:15:23Vittorio PodestàTime trialH328:19.45Road raceH31:33:176Paolo CecchettoTime trialH334:41.4113Road raceH31:33:17Alessandro ZanardiTime trialH528:36.81Road raceH51:37:49Giancarlo MasiniTime trialC128:47.83Road raceC1-31:55:2019Fabio AnobileTime trialC341:03.197Road raceC1-31:49:11Andrea TarlaoTime trialC538:14.595Road raceC4-52:13:46Pierpaolo AddesiTime trialC541:28.3611Road raceC4-52:15:417Giorgio FarroniTime trialT1-238:14.595Road raceT1-23:52:005Vittorio PodestàLuca MazzoneAlessandro ZanardiMixed team relay32:34:00 Women AthleteEventClassTimeRankFrancesca PorcellatoTime trialH1-334:20.48Road raceH1-41:15:58Jenny NarcisiTime trialC432:19.736Road raceC4-52:28:5613 Track Men AthleteEventClassTimeRankGiancarlo MasiniTime trial1km C1-31:22.7925Individual pursuitC14:14.797 Women AthleteEventClassTimeRankJenny NarcisiTime trial500m C4-545.42114Individual pursuitC44:19.9688
Equestrian The country qualified to participate in the team event at the Rio Games.
Italy fielded a squad of four riders to compete. Athlete Horse Grade Dressage individual Test Dressage freestyle TestDressage team testPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankSara MorgantiRoyal DelightIaDNSDid not advanceWDLuigi Ferdinando AcerbiQuasimodo di Sanpatrignano67.82615Did not advance70.000Francesca SalvadéMuggel 4II69.1479Did not advance69.147Silvia VerattiZadok69.3536Did not advance69.353Luigi Ferdinando AcerbiSara MorgantiFrancesca SalvadéSilvia VerattiSee aboveTeamcolspan=4 208.5009
Paracanoeing
Italy earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Salvatore Ravalli earned the spot for Italy after finishing sixth in the men's KL1 event. Federico Mancarella earned another spot for Italy after finishing fourth in the men's KL2 event. Veronica Yoko Plebani earned a third spot for Italy after finishing fifthin the women's KL3 event. AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSalvatore RavalliMen's KL101:16.285 SF01:07.655Did not advanceFederico MancarellaMen's KL247.3003 SF47.4081 F45.5965Veronica Yoko PlebaniWomen's KL355.4662 Fcolspan=2 52.8026
Qualification Legend: SF = Qualify to semifinal; FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); F=Qualify to final Paratriathlon
AthleteEventTimeRankGiovanni AchenzaMen's PT11:01:45Michele FerrarinMen's PT21:12:30Giovanni Sasso1:19:179
Rowing
One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Italy qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the AS Men's Single Sculls event with an eighth-place finish in a time of 04:58.860. Italy qualified a second boat in the AS Women's Single Sculls event with a sixth-place finish in a time of 05:50.920. Italy qualified a third boat with a fourth-place finish in the LTA Mixed Coxed Four event in a time of 03:30.980, eleven seconds behind first-place finisher, Great Britain, who had a time of 03:19.560. AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFabrizio CaselliMen's single sculls5:10.023 R5:08.964 FB5:06.378Eleonora de PaolisWomen's single sculls5:50.995 R5:58.654 FB5:54.139Valentina GrassiTommaso SchettinoLuca LunghiFlorinda TrombettaGiuseppe Di CapuaMixed coxed four3:37.375 R3:42.454 FB3:35.7610
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
Sailing
Italy qualified a boat for one of the three sailing classes at the Games through their results at the 2014 Disabled Sailing World Championships held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A crew qualified for the two-person SKUD-18 class.
An alternative pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Italy qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the Sonar event with a fourteenth-place finish overall and the sixth country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. Italy qualified a second under this criterion in the 2.4m event with a tenth-place finish overall and the second country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Antonio Squizzato. AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Antonio SquizzatoNorlin Mark 3 / 2.4 Metre 10 6 9 7 4 9 6 5 6 10 72 7Marco GualandrisMarta ZanettiSkud 18 2 4 7 7 DSQ DNF 12 4 9 3 3 5 56 6Gianluca RaggiFabrizio SolazzoGian Bachisio PiraSonar 13 11 13 12 13 7 12 9 6 13 109 12
Shooting
The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Nadia Fario in the P4 – 50m Pistol Mixed SH1 event.
The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Massimo Croci earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event.
The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Pamela Novaglio earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R5 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 event. AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankMassimo Croci Mixed 10 M air rifle prone SH1631.712Did not advanceNadia FarioWomen's 10m air pistol SH1360.012Did not advance Mixed 50 M pistol SH1522.013Did not advancePamela Novaglio Mixed 10 M air rifle prone SH2627.527Did not advance
Swimming
The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Francesco Bocciardo earned Italy a spot after winning gold in the Men's 400m Freestyle S6. Men