Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 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 1904 Summer Olympics 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


 * 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.

Manager: 30 – Giampiero Faraone
 * Roster

Coaches: 8 – Claudio Corradi, 12 – Manuel Cortina, 27 – Salvatore Varriale.


 * Round robin

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.

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * Omnium

Diving
Italian divers qualified for eight individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.


 * Men


 * Women

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.

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


 * Men


 * Women

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze Medal Final


 * Won bronze medal

Artistic

 * Men
 * Team


 * Individual finals


 * Women

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

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
 * Women

Sailing
Italian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.


 * Men


 * Women

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
 * Open

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):

* Competed only in heats and received medals
 * Men


 * 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.

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Gold Medal Final


 * Won Silver Medal

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal

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
 * VT - Victory by Fall.
 * PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
 * PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.


 * Men's freestyle


 * Men's Greco-Roman


 * Women's freestyle