Italy at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the Olympic Games
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IOC code: ITA
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors	289 (237 men, 52 women)
Flag Bearer	Sara Simeoni
Medals	Gold 14	Silver 6	Bronze 12	Total 32
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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Italy competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

1 Medals
2 Results by event

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

Alberto Cova — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres

Alessandro Andrei — Athletics, Men's Shot Put

Gabriella Dorio — Athletics, Women's 1.500 metres

Maurizio Stecca — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Claudio Vandelli, Marcello Bartalini, Marco Giovannetti, and Eros Poli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race

Mauro Numa — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition

Mauro Numa, Angelo Scuri, Andrea Borella, Stefano Cerioni, and Andrea Cipressa — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition

Ferdinando Meglio, Giovanni Scalzo, Angelo Arcidiacomo, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, and Marco Marin — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition

Daniele Masala — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition

Daniele Masala, Pier Paolo Cristofori, and Carlo Massulo — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, and Giuseppe di Capua — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

Luciano Giovannetti — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition

[edit] Silver

Sara Simeoni — Athletics, Women's High Jump

Salvatore Todisco — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

Francesco Damiani — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight

Ezio Gamba — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)

Edith Gufler — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle Individual Competition

Marco Marin — Fencing, Men's Sabre

[edit] Bronze

Maurizio Damilano — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk

Sandro Bellucci — Athletics, Men's 50km Walk

Giovanni Evangelisti — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

Luciano Bruno — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

Angelo Musone — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

Stefano Cerioni — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition

Roberto Manzi, Angelo Mazzoni, Stefano Bellone, Sandro Cuomo, and Cosimo Ferro — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition

Dorina Vaccaroni — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition

Carlo Massulo — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition

Luca Scribani — Shooting, Skeet Individual Competition

Fabio Vullo, Piero Rebaudengo, Amauri Ribeiro, Paolo Vecchi, Andrea Lucchetta, Pier Paolo Lucchetta, Marco Negri, Guido de Luigi, Giovanni Errichiello, Giovanni Lanfranco, Franco Bertoli, Francesco Dall'Olio, and Giancarlo Dametto — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni — Sailing, Men's Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Two time defending bronze medallist Giancarlo Ferrari improved upon his 1980 score, but in the more competitive field in Los Angeles, his ranking fell all the way to 25th place.

Women's Individual Competition

Ester Robertson — 2435 points (→ 21st place)

Men's Individual Competition

Giancarlo Ferrari — 2455 points (→ 25th place)
Ilario di Buo — 2437 points (→ 29th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

Giovanni d'Aleo — 2:20:12 (→ 35th place)
Marco Marchei — 2:22:38 (→ 43rd place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Salvatore Todisco → Silver Medal
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Gerard Hawkins (IRL), 5:0
3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Rafael Ramos (PUR), 4:1
4. Semifinals — Defeated Keith Mwila (ZAM), 5:0
5. Final — Lost to Paul Gonzales (USA), walk-over

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Maurizio Stecca → Gold Medal
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Phillip Sutcliffe (IRE), 5:0
3. Third Round — Defeated Star Zulu (ZAM), 5:0
4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Robinson Pitalua (COL), 5:0
5. Semi Finals — Defeated Pedro Nolasco (DOM), 5:0
6. Final — Defeated Héctor Lopez (MEX), 4:1

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Noe Cruciani
1. First Round – Defeated Paul Kamela (CMR), 5:0
2. Second Round – Lost to Pedro van Raamsdonk (NED), 0:5

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group D)

Italy – Egypt 1-0
Italy – United States 1-0
Italy – Costa Rica 0-1

Quarterfinals

Italy – Chile 1-0 (after extra time)

Semifinals

Italy – Brazil 1-2 (after extra time)

Bronze Medal Match

Italy – Yugoslavia 1-2

Team Roster

( 1.) Franco Tancredi (gk)
( 2.) Riccardo Ferri
( 3.) Filippo Galli
( 4.) Sebastiano Nela
( 5.) Roberto Tricella
( 6.) Pietro Vierchowod
( 7.) Salvatore Bagni
( 8.) Franco Baresi
( 9.) Sergio Battistini
(10.) Antonio Sabato
(11.) Beniamino Vignola
(12.) Walter Zenga (gk)
(13.) Pietro Fanna
(14.) Daniele Massaro
(15.) Massimo Briaschi
(16.) Maurizio Iorio
(17.) Aldo Serena

Head Coach: Enzo Bearzot

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Individual Competition:

Daniele Masala - 5469 points (Gold Medal)
Carlo Massullo - 5406 points (Bronze Medal)
Pier Paolo Cristofori - 5185 points (11th place)

Team Competition:

Daniele Masala, Carlo Massullo, and Pier Paolo Cristofori - 16060 points (Gold Medal)

[edit] Swimming

Men's Competition

Fabrizio Rampazzo, Marco Colombo, Marco Dell'Uomo, Paolo Revelli, Stefano Grandi, Paolo Falchini, Fabrizio Bortolon, Raffaele Avagnano, Gianni Minervini, Marco Del Prete, Giovanni Franceschi, Maurizio Divano, Marcello Guarducci, Raffaele Franceschi, and Metello Savino

Women's Competition

Silvia Persi, Grazia Colombo, Carla Lasi, Monica Olmi, Manuela Carosi, Carlotta Tagnin, Manuela Dalla Valle, Laura Belotti, Roberta Lanzarotti, Cristina Quintarelli, and Roberta Felotti