Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Italian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, with the disputed exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis where one Italian may have participated.
The Italian National Olympic Committee will reward the gold medalists with €180,000, the silver medalists with €90,000 and the bronze medalists with €60,000.
Italy competed in all sports except badminton, field hockey, football, handball and rugby sevens.
Italy has ended the 2020 Summer Olympics winning 10 gold, 10 silver and 20 bronze medals, setting a new record in number of medals won (36 medals was first reached in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932, and then again in the Rome Olympics of 1960). Moreover, for the first time the country has received at least one medal in each day.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Vito Dell'Aquila Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Valentina RodiniFederica Cesarini Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls Gianmarco Tamberi Athletics Men's high jump Marcell Jacobs Athletics Men's 100 metres Ruggero TitaCaterina Banti Sailing Mixed Nacra 17 Simone ConsonniFilippo GannaFrancesco LamonJonathan Milan Cycling Men's team pursuit Massimo Stano Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk Antonella Palmisano Athletics Women's 20 kilometres walk Luigi Busà Karate Men's 75 kg Eseosa Desalu Marcell Jacobs Lorenzo Patta Filippo Tortu Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Luigi Samele Fencing Men's sabre Thomas CecconSanto CondorelliManuel FrigoAlessandro MiressiLorenzo Zazzeri Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Diana Bacosi Shooting Women's skeet Daniele Garozzo Fencing Men's foil Giorgia Bordignon Weightlifting Women's 64 kg Luca Curatoli Luigi Samele Enrico Berrè Aldo Montano Fencing Men's team sabre Gregorio Paltrinieri Swimming Men's 800 metre freestyle Mauro Nespoli Archery Men's individual Vanessa Ferrari Gymnastics Women's floor Manfredi Rizza Canoeing Men's K-1 200 metres Elisa Longo Borghini Cycling Women's individual road race Odette Giuffrida Judo Women's 52 kg Mirko Zanni Weightlifting Men's 67 kg Nicolò Martinenghi Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke Maria Centracchio Judo Women's 63 kg Rossella FiamingoFederica IsolaMara NavarriaAlberta Santuccio Fencing Women's team épée Matteo CastaldoMarco Di CostanzoBruno RosettiMatteo LodoGiuseppe Vicino Rowing Men's coxless four Federico Burdisso Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly Pietro Ruta Stefano Oppo Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls Martina BatiniErica Cipressa Arianna ErrigoAlice Volpi Fencing Women's team foil Lucilla Boari Archery Women's individual Simona Quadarella Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle Irma Testa Boxing Women's featherweight Antonino Pizzolato Weightlifting Men's 81 kg Federico BurdissoThomas CecconNicolò MartinenghiAlessandro Miressi Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay Gregorio Paltrinieri Swimming Men's 10 kilometre open water Elia Viviani Cycling Men's omnium Viviana Bottaro Karate Women's kata Abraham Conyedo Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg Alessia MaurelliMartina CentofantiMartina SantandreaAgnese DurantiDaniela Mogurean Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group all-around
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Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics5005Cycling1023Rowing1023Karate1012Sailing1001Taekwondo1001Fencing0325Swimming0257Weightlifting0123Archery0112Gymnastics0112Canoeing0101Shooting0101Judo0022Boxing0011Wrestling0011Total10102040
| width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by dateDate Total24 July110225 July003326 July031427 July012328 July012329 July112430 July001131 July01341 August20132 August01013 August10014 August10015 August11356 August30037 August00118 August0011Total10102040
Medals by genderGenderTotalFemale231015Male771024Mixed1001Total10102040
Multiple medalistsNameSport Total Marcell Jacobs Athletics 2 0 0 2 Luigi Samele Fencing 0 2 0 2 Gregorio Paltrinieri Swimming 0 1 1 2 Thomas Ceccon Swimming 0 1 1 2 Alessandro Miressi Swimming 0 1 1 2 Nicolò Martinenghi Swimming 0 0 2 2 Federico Burdisso Swimming 0 0 2 2
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in athletics (alternate) are not counted: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 3 4Artistic swimming 8 8Athletics 41 34 75Basketball 12 4 16Boxing 0 4 4Canoeing 4 3 7Cycling 15 10 25Diving 2 4 6Equestrian 2 3 5Fencing 9 9 18Golf 2 2 4Gymnastics 2 12 14Judo 4 4 8Karate 3 2 5Modern pentathlon 0 2 2Rowing 13 10 23Sailing 4 5 9Shooting 9 5 14Skateboarding 2 1 3Softball 15 15Sport climbing 2 1 3Surfing 1 0 1Swimming 22 16 38Table tennis 0 1 1Taekwondo 2 0 2Tennis 4 3 7Triathlon 2 3 5Volleyball 16 14 30Water polo 13 0 13Weightlifting 3 2 5Wrestling 2 0 2 Total 193 180 373
Notable moments Historical records in 2021 On 30 July, Lucilla Boari became the first Italian woman to win an Olympic medal in archery, winning the bronze medal in the women's individual. On 31 July, Irma Testa became the first Italian woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing, ending with a bronze in the women's featherweight. On 1 August, Marcell Jacobs became the first Italian to compete in the 100 metres final and to win the gold medal, with a time of 9.80 seconds, setting a new record for Italian team after 121 years from the first participation in this Olympic discipline. On 1 August, Thomas Ceccon, Nicolò Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso and Alessandro Miressi got on podium winning the bronze medal in Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, setting the first time an Italian Team's swimmer succeeded in winning an Olympic medal in that event. Previously, on 26 July, both Ceccon and Miressi, along with Lorenzo Zazzeri and Manuel Frigo, succeeded in winning the first Olympic medal for the Italian team in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, ending with a silver medal. On 1 August, the high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi became the first Italian man to be on podium of Men's high jump, winning a joint gold medal with Qatar athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim. Overall, he is the second Italian athlete to win an Olympic medal in this sport after Sara Simeoni who won 1 gold and 2 silver medals respectively at the Moscow 1980 (gold), Montreal 1976 (first silver) and Los Angeles 1984 (second silver). Moreover, both Tamberi and Barshim agreed to share the gold medal, after a nail-biting tie between both of them as they cleared 2.37m with identical paths, in a rare instance where the athletes of different nations agreed to share the same medal in the history of Olympics. Barshim in particular was quoted in his post-match presentation asking, "Can we have two golds?", representing one of the Olympic's most memorable moment ever. On 2 August, the artistic gymnast Vanessa Ferrari succeeded in winning the silver medal in the women's floor, representing the first individual Olympic medal ever for a female Italian gymnast. It is also the first Olympic medal for Italian women gymnastics in 93 years, since Amsterdam 1928 when Italian Women Team won the silver medal in Women's all-around. On 6 August, Italy reached and surpassed its own record for the highest number of Olympic medals won in a single edition. Such record of 36 medals was first reached in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932, and then again in the Rome Olympics of 1960. Italy ended the Olympics with 40 medals. Moreover, for the first time the country has clinched at least one medal per day. After winning no medal at all in 2016, Italy reached its best Olympic performance ever in athletics, winning five gold medals (Gianmarco Tamberi in high jump, Lamont Marcell Jacobs in 100 metres, Massimo Stano and Antonella Palmisano in their respective 20 km racewalking events, and the 4x100 men relay).
Archery
One Italian archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by reaching the quarterfinal stage and obtaining one of the four available spots at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Another Italian archer secured a spot in the women's individual recurve by winning the mixed team title at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. Meanwhile, three Italian archers qualified for the women's events by securing the last of three quota places available in the team recurve at the 2021 WA Final Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMauro NespoliMen's individual65824W 6–0W 6–2W 6–0W 6–4W 6–2L 4–6Tatiana AndreoliWomen's individual62752L 2–6Did not advanceLucilla Boari65123W 6–0W 6–4W 6–5W 6–2L 6–0W 1–7Chiara Rebagliati65810W 6–2L 4–6Did not advanceTatiana AndreoliLucilla BoariChiara RebagliatiWomen's team19368colspan=2 W 5–3L 0–6Did not advanceMauro NespoliChiara RebagliatiMixed team131611 Qcolspan=2 L 0–6Did not advance
Artistic swimming
Italy fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in both the women's team and duet routine the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.
AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankLinda CerrutiCostanza FerroDuet91.1035691.2000182.30356 Q92.4667183.57026Beatrice CallegariDomiziana CavannaLinda CerrutiFrancesca DeiddaCostanza Di CamilloCostanza FerroGemma GalliEnrica PiccoliTeam91.33726 colspan="3" 92.8000184.13725
Athletics
On 28 June 2021, La Gazzetta dello Sport announced initially an Italian team of 72 (40 men and 32 women), the largest team ever in athletics. The official composition of the Italian team have been confirmed on 2 July and it reaches finally 76 athletes (41 men and 35 women) without alternate athletes."La Derkach e altri tre qualificati nello squadrone dei 72 a Tokyo". La Gazzetta dello Sport, 28 June 2021, p. 47. 2 more qualified athletes have been withdrawn after their qualification. It is the largest team ever, since Los Angeles 1984 (50).
Italian athletes further achieved the qualification, either by entry standard (qualifying time or mark) or by world ranking,More than 3 athletes were already qualified on Men's marathon, 20 km racewalking (men and women) and 50 km racewalking. The following athletes are qualified by world ranking on 29 June 2021 (qualification closed on the same date): Filippo Tortu (100), Eseosa Desalu, Antonio Infantino (200), Edoardo Scotti (400), Hassane Fofana (110 hs), Alessandro Sibilio (400 hs), Claudio Stecchi (PV), Filippo Randazzo (LJ), Vittoria Fontana, Anna Bongiorni (100), Gloria Hooper, Dalia Kaddari (200), Elena Bellò (800), Gaia Sabbatini, Federica Del Buono (1500), Elisa Di Lazzaro (100 hs), Linda Olivieri (400 hs), Alessia Trost (HJ), Elisa Molinarolo (PV), Daisy Osakue (DT), Sara Fantini (HT), . in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event).
All the 5 relay teams, also a record for Italy, are qualified by designated competition (5 athletes per each relay team and 4 athletes only, 2 men and 2 women, for the mixed team). The athletes already qualified for 100 m and 400 m shall be part of their respective relay teams.
Track & road events Men