Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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| At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 373 (236 men, 137 women) | |||||||||
| Flag bearer | Jury Chechi | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 8 |
Gold 10 |
Silver 11 |
Bronze 11 |
Total 32 |
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Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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[edit] Medals
| Medal | Competitor | Event |
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| Gold | Marco Galiazzo | Archery, men's individual |
| Gold | Stefano Baldini | Athletics, men's marathon |
| Gold | Ivano Brugnetti | Athletics, men's 20 km walk |
| Gold | Paolo Bettini | Cycling, men's individual road race |
| Gold | Andrea Cassara, Salvatore Sanzo, Simone Vanni | Fencing, men's foil team |
| Gold | Aldo Montano | Fencing, men's sabre individual |
| Gold | Valentina Vezzali | Fencing, women's foil individual |
| Gold | Igor Cassina | Gymnastics, men's horizontal bar |
| Gold | Andrea Benelli | Shooting, men's skeet shooting |
| Gold | Carmela Allucci, Alexandra Araujo, Silvia Bosurgi, Francesca Conti, Tania di Mario, Elena Gigli, Melania Grego, Giusy Malato, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Noemi Toth, and Manuela Zanchi | Water Polo, women's team competition |
| Silver | Gianluca Basile, Massimo Bulleri, Roberto Chiacig, Giacomo Galanda, Luca Garri, Denis Marconato, Michele Mian, Gianmarco Pozzecco, Nikola Radulovic, Alex Righetti, Rodolfo Rombaldoni, and Matteo Soragna | Basketball, men's team competition |
| Silver | Benjamino Bonomi, Antonio Rossi | Canoeing, men's K2 1000 m kayak pairs |
| Silver | Josefa Idem Guerrini | Canoeing, women's K1 500 m kayak singles |
| Silver | Salvatore Sanzo | Fencing, men's foil individual |
| Silver | Aldo Montano, Gianpiero Pastore, Luigi Tarantino | Fencing, men's sabre team |
| Silver | Giovanna Trillini | Fencing, women's foil individual |
| Silver | Elisa Blanchi, Fabrizia D'Ottavio, Marinella Falca, Daniela Masseroni, Elisa Santoni, and Laura Vernizzi | Gymnastics, women's rhythmic team event |
| Silver | Giovanni Pellielo | Shooting, men's trap shooting |
| Silver | Valentina Turisini | Shooting, women's 50 m small-bore rifle, three positions |
| Silver | Federica Pellegrini | Swimming, women's 200 m freestyle |
| Silver | Matej Cernic, Alberto Cisolla, Paolo Cozzi, Alessandro Fei, Andrea Giani, Luigi Mastrangelo, Samuele Papi, Damiano Pippi, Andrea Sartoretti, Venceslav Simeonov, Paolo Tofoli, and Valerio Vermiglio | Volleyball, men's team competition |
| Bronze | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Athletics, men's pole vault |
| Bronze | Roberto Cammarelle | Boxing, men's super heavyweight |
| Bronze | Andrea Cassara | Fencing, men's foil individual |
| Bronze | Jury Chechi | Gymnastics, men's rings |
| Bronze | Lucia Morico | Judo, women's half heavyweight (78 kg) |
| Bronze | Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori | Rowing, men's double sculls |
| Bronze | Luca Agamennoni, Dario Dentale, Raffaello Leonardo, and Lorenzo Porzio | Rowing, men's coxles fours |
| Bronze | Catello Amarante, Salvatore Amitrano, Lorenzo Bertini, and Bruno Mascarenhas | Rowing, men's lightweight coxless fours |
| Bronze | Andrea Barzagli, Daniele Bonera, Cesare Bovo, Giorgio Chiellini, Simone del Nero, Daniele De Rossi, Marco Donadel, Matteo Ferrari, Andrea Gasbarroni, Alberto Gilardino, Giandomenico Mesto, Emiliano Moretti, Angelo Palombo, Ivan Pelizzoli, Giampiero Pinzi, Andrea Pirlo, and Giuseppe Sculli | Football, men's team competition |
| Bronze | Emiliano Brembilla, Simone Cercato, Filippo Magnini, and Massimiliano Rosolino | Swimming, men's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay |
| Bronze | Alessandra Sensini | Sailing, women's mistral |
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Archery
Marco Galiazzo earned the first archery gold medal in Italy's history. On his way to the final, he defeated countryman Ilario di Buo 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.
Individual:
| Event | Archer | Place | Ranking score |
Round of 64 |
Round of 32 |
Round of 16 |
Quarter- finals |
Semi- finals |
Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | Marco Galiazzo | 1st | 672 | Won 156-122 |
Won 164-163 |
Won 162-155 |
Won 109-108 |
Won 110-108 |
Won 111-109 |
| Ilario di Buo | 16th | 659 | Won 151-146 |
Won 164-160 |
Lost 162-155 |
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| Michele Frangilli | 31st | 654 | Won 153-141 |
Lost 162-154 |
— | — | — | — | |
| Women's | Natalia Valeeva | 53rd | 650 | Lost 132-130 |
— | — | — | — | — |
Team:
| Event | Archers | Place | Ranking score |
Round of 16 |
Quarter- finals |
Semi- finals |
Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | Ilario di Buo Michele Frangilli Marco Galiazzo |
7th | 1985 | Bye | Lost 243-240 |
— | — |
[edit] Athletics
Men's 100 metres:
- Simone Collio - Round 2, 10.29 s (did not advance)
Men's 200 metres:
- Marco Torrieri - Round 2, 20.89 s (did not advance)
- Andrew Howe - Round 2, 21.17 s (did not advance)
Women's 400 metre hurdles:
- Monika Niederstätter - Round 1: 55.57 s
- Benedetta Ceccarelli - Round 1: 56.28 s
Men's 800 metres:
- Andrea Longo - Semifinal, 1:46.0 (did not advance)
Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:
- Giuseppe Maffei - Round 1, DNF (did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metre relay:
- Marco Torrieri, Simone Collio, Massimiliano Donati, and Maurizio Checcucci - Round 1, 0:38.79 (did not advance)
Men's decathlon:
- Paolo Casarsa - 7404 points (28th place)
Men's marathon:
- Stefano Baldini - 2:10:55 (gold medal)
- Alberico di Cecco - 2:14:34 (9th place)
- Daniele Caimmi - 2:23:07 (52nd place)
Women's marathon:
- Bruna Genovese - 2:32:50 (10th place)
- Rosaria Console - 2:35:56 (16th place)
Men's 20 km walk:
- Ivano Brugnetti - 1:19:40 (gold medal)
- Marco Giungi - 1:23:30 (13th place)
- Alessandro Gandellini - DNF
Women's 20 km walk:
- Elisa Rigaudo - 1:29:57 (6th place)
- Rossella Giordano - 1:30:39 (11th place)
- Elisabetta Perrone - 1:32:21 (18th place)
Men's 50 km walk:
- Giovanni de Benedictis - DQ
Men's long jump:
- Nicola Trentin - Round 1, 7.86 metres (did not advance)
Women's long jump:
- Fiona May - Round 1: 6.38 metres
Men's triple jump:
- Fabrizio Donato - Round 1, 16.45 metres (did not advance)
Women's triple jump:
- Magdelin Martinez - Round 1: 14.57 metres, Final: 14.85 metres (7th place)
- Simona la Mantia - Round 1: 14.39 metres
Men's high jump:
- Alessandro Talotti - Final, 2.25 metres (12th place)
- Nicola Ciotti - Round 1, 2.25 metres (did not advance)
Men's pole vault:
- Giuseppe Gibilisco - Final, 5.85 metres (bronze medal)
Women's javelin:
- Claudia Coslovich - Round 1: 60.58 metres
- Elisabetta Marin - Round 1: 56.34 metres
Men's hammer:
- Nicola Vizzoni - Final, 74.27 metres (10th place)
Women's hammer:
- Ester Balassini - Round 1: 65.58 metres
- Clarissa Claretti - Round 1: 65.06 metres
[edit] Baseball
The Italian baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.
- Players: Luca Bischeri, James Buccheri, Francesco Casolari, Mario Chiarini, Davide Dallospedale, Seth la Fera, David Francia, Daniele Frignani, Claudio Liverziani, William Lucena, Marcello Malagoli, Michael Marchesano, Anthony Massimino, Giuseppe Mazzanti, Fabio Milano, Peter Nyari, Kasey Olenberger, Giovanni Pantaleoni, Vincent Parisi, Jairo Ramos-Gizzi, Carlo Richetti, David Rollandini, Riccardo de Santis, Igor Schiavetti
- Manager: Giampiero Faraone
- Coaches: Claudio Corradi, Manuel Cortina, Salvatore Varriale
[edit] Basketball
Men's: silver medal
- Preliminary round: 3-2
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Puerto Rico, 83-70
- Semifinal: Defeated Lithuania, 100-91
- Final: Lost to Argentina, 84-69
[edit] 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.
Light Flyweight (48kg)
- Alfonso Pinto
- Round of 32 - Defeated Effiong Okon of Nigeria, outscored
- Round of 16 - Defeated Carlos José Tamara of Colombia, 49-35
- Quarterfinal - Lost to Atagun Yalcinkaya of Turkey, 33-24
Lightweight (60kg)
- Domenico Valentino
- Round of 32 - Bye
- Round of 16 - Defeated Mohammad Asheri of Iran, 37-18
- Quarterfinal - Lost to Serik Yeleuov of Kazakhstan, 29-23
Light Welterweight (64kg)
- Michele di Rocco
- Round of 32 - Defeated Patriz Adelis Lopez Rojas of Venezuela, 37-30
- Round of 16 - Defeated Anoushirvan Nourian of Australia, 33-25
- Quarterfinal - Lost to Ionuţ Gheorghe of Romania, 29-18
Light Heavyweight (81kg)
- Clemente Russo
- Round of 32 - Bye
- Round of 16 - Lost to Andre Ward of United States, 17-9
Heavyweight (91kg)
- Daniel Betti
- Round of 16 - Lost to Viktar Zuyev of Belarus, injured
Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)
- Roberto Cammarelle - bronze medal
- Round of 16 - Defeated Gbenga Oluokun of Nigeria, 29-13
- Quarterfinal - Defeated Oleksii Mazikin of Ukraine, 23-21
- Semifinal - Lost to Alexander Povetkin of Russia, 31-19
[edit] Canoeing
[edit] Flatwater
Men's K1 500 metres:
- Andrea Facchin - final, 9th place
Women's K1 500 metres:
- Josefa Idem - final, silver medal
Men's K1 1000 metres:
- Andrea Facchin - semifinal, 20th place
Men's K2 500 metres:
- Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi - final, 8th place
Men's K2 1000 metres:
- Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi - final, silver medal
[edit] Slalom
Men's C2 slalom:
- Andrea Benetti and Erik Masoero - final, 6th place
Men's K1 slalom:
- Pierpaolo Ferrazzi - semifinal, 19th place
Women's K1 slalom:
- Maria Cristina Giaipron - final, 8th place
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Road cycling
Men's road race:
- Paolo Bettini - gold medal, 5:41:44
- Daniele Nardello - 38th place, 5:42:03
- Luca Paolini - 39th place, 5:42:03
- Cristian Moreni - 46th place, 5:44:13
- Filippo Pozzato - 67th place, 5:50:35
Women's road race:
- Noemi Cantele - 13th place, 3:25:42
- Tatiana Guderzo - 26th place, 3:25:42
- Giorgia Bronzini - 37th place, 3:28:39
Men's time trial:
- Filippo Pozzato - did not start
Women's time trial:
- Tatiana Guderso - 21st place, 34:14.47
[edit] Track cycling
Men's points race:
- Angelo Ciccone - 8th place, 49 points
Women's points race:
- Vera Carrara - 4th place, 8 points
[edit] Mountain biking
Men's cross country:
- Marco Bui - 10th place, 2:20:45
- Yader Zoli - 35th place, 2:31:39
Women's cross country:
- Paola Pezzo - did not finish
[edit] Diving
Men's 3 metre Springboard:
- Nicola Marconi
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- Prelim: 384.63 (→ 20th place)
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- Prelim: 378.72 (→ 24th place)
Women's 3 metre Springboard:
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- Prelim: 298.77
- Semifinal: 231.15
- Final: 319.23 (→ 8th place)
- Valentina Marocchi
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- Prelim: 243.45 (→ 23rd place)
Men's 10 metre Platform:
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- Final (→ 9th place)
- Massimiliano Mazzucchi
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- Preliminary (→ 20th place)
Women's 10 metre Platform:
- Tania Cagnotto
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- Final (→ 8th place)
- Valentina Marocchi
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- Preliminary (→ 32nd place)
[edit] Equestrian
Individual eventing:
- Giovanni Menchi riding Hunefer - final, 24th place
- Stefano Brecciaroli riding Cappa Hill - third round, 35th place
- Fabio Magni riding Vent d'Arade - third round, 48th place
- Susanna Bordone riding Ava - third round, 56th place
Team eventing:
- Bordone, Brecciaroli, Magni, and Menchi - 10th place, 257.2 penalties
Individual jumping:
- Juan Carlos Garcia riding Albin III - final round B, 17th place
- Bruno Chimirri riding Landknecht - final round B, 21st place
- Vincenzo Chimirri riding Delfi Platiere - final round B, 26th place
- Roberto Arioldi riding Dime de la Cour - qualifier, 56th place
Team jumping:
- Arioldi, Chimirri, Chimirri, and Garcia - final, 8th place
[edit] Fencing
Men's épée individual:
- Alfredo Rota - defeated in round of 16
Women's épée individual:
- Cristiana Cascioli - defeated in round of 16
Men's foil individual:
- Salvatore Sanzo - silver medal
- Andrea Cassara - bronze medal
- Simone Vanni - defeated in quarterfinals
Women's foil individual:
- Valentina Vezzali - gold medal
- Giovanna Trillini - silver medal
- Margherita Granbassi - defeated in round of 16
Men's sabre individual:
- Aldo Montano - gold medal
- Luigi Tarantino - defeated in round of 16
- Gianpiero Pastore - defeated in round of 32
Women's sabre individual:
- Gioia Marzocca - defeated in round of 16
Men's foil team:
- Salvatore Sanzo, Simone Vanni, and Andrea Cassara - gold medal
Men's sabre team:
- Luigi Tarantino, Gianpiero Pastore, and Aldo Montano - silver medal
[edit] Football (soccer)
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Italy - Ghana 2-2
- Italy - Japan 3-2
- Italy - Paraguay 0-1
- Quarterfinals
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- Italy - Mali 1-0
- Semifinals
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- Italy - Argentina 0-3
- Bronze Medal Match
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- Italy - Iraq 1-0
- Team Roster
[edit] Gymnastics
Men's artistic: 12th place team
- Igor Cassina - advanced in one exercise
- Horizontal bar - gold medal
- Jury Chechi - advanced in one exercise
- Rings - bronze medal
- Matteo Morandi - advanced in one exercise
- Rings - 5th place
- Matteo Angioletti - did not advance in any exercise
- Alberto Busnari - did not advance in any exercise
- Enrico Pozzo - did not advance in any exercise
Women's artistic:
- Monica Bergamelli - did not advance in any exercise
- Maria Teresa Gargano - did not advance in any exercise
Women's rhythmic:
- Individual
- Laura Zacchilli - 13th place
- Team - silver medal
- Elisa Blanchi
- Fabrizia D'Ottavio
- Marinella Falca
- Daniela Masseroni (hoops and balls)
- Elisa Santoni
- Laura Vernizzi (ribbons)
Men's trampoline:
- Flavio Cannone - 13th place
[edit] Judo
Men's 81 kg:
- Roberto Meloni - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16
Men's 90 kg:
- Francesco Lepre - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32
Men's 100 kg:
- Michele Monti - defeated in round of 16
Men's 100+ kg:
- Paolo Bianchessi - defeated in semifinals; lost in repechage finals
Women's 48 kg:
- Giuseppina Marci - defeated in round of 16
Women's 57 kg:
- Cinzia Cavazzuti - defeated in round of 32; repechage quarterfinals
Women's 63 kg:
- Ylenia Scapin - defeated in round of 32
Women's 78 kg:
- Lucia Morico - bronze medal; defeated in quarterfinals; won repechage finals
Women's 78+ kg:
- Barbara Andolina - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage round of 16
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Men's:
- Andrea Valentini - 19th place
- Enrico Dell'Amore - 26th place
Women's:
- Claudia Corsini - 4th place
- Federica Foghetti - 32nd place
[edit] Softball
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
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- Lost to United States (0:7)
- Defeated PR China (7:5)
- Lost to Greece (1:2)
- Lost to Australia (0:8)
- Lost to Taipei (0:1)
- Lost to Japan (0:1)
- Lost to Canada (0:1)
- Semifinals
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- Did not advance → 8th place
- Team Roster
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- Marta Gambella
- Daniela Castellani
- Susan Bugliarello
- Francesca Francolini
- Nicole Di Salvio
- Eva Trevisan
- Sabrina Del Mastio
- Natalia Cimin
- Jennifer Spediacci
- Natalie Anter
- Samanta Bardini
- Ilaria Pino
- Stefania Vitaliani
- Leslie Malerich
- Annalisa Turci
[edit] 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.
Women's:
- Nadia Cortassa - 2:05:45.35 (5th place)
- Beatrice Lanza - 2:07:59.26 (15th place)
- Silvia Gemignani - 2:08:56.94 (21st place)
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Indoor Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Defeated United States (3-1)
- Lost to Brazil (2-3)
- Defeated Australia (3-0)
- Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
- Lost to Russia (1-3)
- Quarterfinals
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- Defeated Argentina (3-1)
- Semifinals
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- Defeated Russia (3-0)
- Final
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- Lost to Brazil (1-3) →
Silver Medal
- Lost to Brazil (1-3) →
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Gian Paolo Montali
[edit] Women's Indoor Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated South Korea (3-0)
- Defeated Japan (3-0)
- Lost to Brazil (2-3)
- Defeated Kenya (3-0)
- Defeated Greece (3-0)
- Quarterfinals
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- Lost to Cuba (2-3) → Fifth place
- Team Roster
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- Jenny Barazza
- Antonella Del Core
- Paola Cardullo
- Nadia Centoni
- Francesca Ferretti
- Manuela Leggeri
- Eleonora Lo Bianco
- Paola Paggi
- Francesca Piccinini
- Simona Rinieri
- Manuela Secolo
- Elisa Togut
- Head Coach: Marco Bonitta
[edit] Women's Beach Competition
- Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta
- Prelims: 1-2
- Round of 16: Won 2-1 against Susanne Lahme and Danja Musch, Germany
- Quarterfinal: Defeated 2-1 by Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson, Australia
[edit] Water polo
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Lost to Spain (4:5)
- Defeated Australia (8:4)
- Defeated Germany (10:5)
- Defeated Egypt (13:4)
- Lost to Greece (4:6)
- Classification Matches
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- 7th/10th place: Defeated Croatia (11:7)
- 7th/8th place: Lost to United States (8:9) → 8th place
- Team Roster
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- Stefano Tempesti
- Francesco Postiglione
- Leonardo Binchi
- Fabrizio Buonocore
- Marco Gerini
- Roberto Calcaterra
- Goran Fiorentini
- Alberto Angelini
- Maurizio Felugo
- Alessandro Calcaterra
- Bogdan Rath
- Carlo Silipo
- Fabio Bencivegna
- Head Coach: Paolo de Crescenzo
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Lost to Australia (5:6)
- Defeated Greece (7:2)
- Defeated Kazakhstan (8:6)
- Quarterfinals
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- Defeated Hungary (8:5)
- Semifinals
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- Defeated United States (6:5)
- Final
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- Defeated Greece (10:9) →
Gold Medal
- Defeated Greece (10:9) →
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Pierluigi Formiconi
[edit] Officials
- President: Gianni Petrucci
- Secretary General: Raffaele Pagnozzi
