Italy competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 253 competitors, 212 men and 41 women, took part in 140 events in 23 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 20 September Fencing Men's foil 21 September Rowing Men's coxed pair 25 September Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 25 September Boxing Featherweight 2 October Athletics Men's marathon 2 October Modern pentathlon Men's individual 22 September Modern pentathlon Men's team 22 September Athletics Men's 10,000 metres 26 September Fencing Women's team foil 28 September Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley 21 September Fencing Men's sabre 23 September Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk 23 September Fencing Men's team sabre 29 September
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 0 3Athletics 27 11 38Boxing 7 – 7Canoeing 5 0 5Cycling 14 4 18Diving 4 0 4Equestrian 4 1 5Fencing 15 5 20Football 18 – 18Gymnastics 6 5 11Judo 4 – 4Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 27 0 27Sailing 13 2 15Shooting 11 2 13Swimming 12 9 21Table tennis 1 0 1Tennis 3 2 5Volleyball 12 0 12Water polo 13 – 13Weightlifting 6 – 6Wrestling 4 – 4 Total 212 41 253
Archery
Giancarlo Ferrari, competing in his fifth Olympic archery contest, dropped to 33rd place in the field. Fellow veteran Ilario Di Buò 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: Ilario Di Buò – 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)
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 Heat — 8:29.75 Semi Final — 8:17.23 Final — 8:17.79 (→ 9th place)
Men's Hammer Throw Lucio Serrani Qualifying Heat — 70.50m (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put Alessandro Andrei 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 Final — 1:20:14 (→ Bronze Medal)
Giovanni De Benedictis Final — 1:20:14 (→ 6th place)
Carlo Mattioli 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 Final — 2"27.49 (→ 6th place)
Maria Curatolo Final — 2"30.14 (→ 8th place)
Antonella Bizioli Final — 2"34.38 (→ 23rd place)
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Andrea Mannai First Round — Lost to Arthur Johnson (USA), 0:5
Men's Featherweight Giovanni Parisi
Men's Lightweight Giorgio Campanella
Men's Light-Middleweight Vincenzo Nardiello
Men's Middleweight Michele Mastrodonato
Men's Light-Heavyweight Andrea Magi
Men's Heavyweight Luigi Gaudiano
Canoeing
Cycling
Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented Italy in 1988.
Men's road race Roberto Pelliconi Fabrizio Bontempi Gianluca Bortolami
Men's team time trial Roberto Maggioni Eros Poli Mario Scirea Flavio Vanzella
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
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 — 2:00:52 (→ 45th place)
Women's sprint Elisabetta Fanton
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankAleksandr Portnov3 m springboard553.7413Did not advancePiero Italiani542.6716Did not advanceDomenico Rinaldi10 m platform476.0116Did not advanceOscar Bertone471.2417Did not advance
Equestrian
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1988.
Men's foil Stefano Cerioni Mauro Numa Andrea Borella
Men's team foil Andrea Borella, 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, Massimo Cavaliere
Women's foil Margherita Zalaffi Dorina Vaccaroni Annapia Gandolfi
Women's team foil Dorina Vaccaroni, Margherita Zalaffi, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Lucia Traversa, Annapia Gandolfi
Football
Men's Team Competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Guatemala (5-2) Lost to Zambia (0-4) Defeated Iraq (2-0) Quarterfinals Defeated Sweden (2-1) Semifinals Lost to Soviet Union (2-3) Bronze Medal Match Lost to West Germany (0-3)
Team roster
Stefano Tacconi (gk) Roberto Cravero Andrea Carnevale Luigi De Agostini Ciro Ferrara Mauro Tassotti Angelo Colombo Luca Pellegrini Massimo Brambati Stefano Carobbi Massimo Crippa Giuliano Giuliani (gk) Pietro Paolo Virdis Ruggiero Rizzitelli Roberto Galia Giuseppe Iachini Stefano Desideri Massimo Mauro Alberigo Evani Gianluca Pagliuca (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 – 5379 pts (→ Silver Medal) Daniele Masala – 5152 pts (→ 10th place) Gianluca Tiberti – 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 Heat – 1:50.47 B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Giorgio Lamberti 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 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 Stefano Battistelli 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 Stefano Battistelli 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, Giorgio Lamberti, Andrea Ceccarini, and Roberto Gleria Heat – 3:23.35 Roberto Gleria, Giorgio Lamberti, 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, Giorgio Lamberti, 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 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 Lorenza Vigarani 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 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 Lorenza Vigarani, 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 First round — Defeated Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 6-3 7-6 4-6 6-3 Second round — Defeated Emilio Sánchez (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 (Sweden) 1-6 5-7 4-6
Diego Nargiso First round — Defeated Francisco Maciel (Mexico) 4-6 2-6 7-6 7-6 8-6 Second round — Lost to Tim Mayotte (United States) 6-2 2-6 4-6 0-6
Omar Camporese 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 (USA) 2-6 2-6
Raffaella Reggi First Round – Defeated Liz Smylie (Australia) 7-6 6-0 Second Round – Defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (West Germany) 4-6 7-6 6-3 Third Round – Defeated Chris Evert (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-1 Quarterfinals – Lost to Manuela Maleeva (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 Marco Bracci Claudio Galli Lorenzo Bernardi Alessandro Lazzeroni Massimo Castagna Andrea Zorzi Luca Cantagalli Andrea Lucchetta 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 Antonello Steardo Alessandro Campagna Paolo Caldarella Mario Fiorillo Francesco Porzio Stefano Postiglione Riccardo Tempestini Massimiliano Ferretti Marco d'Altrui Gianni Averaimo Head coach: Fritz Dennerlein
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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