Italy_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics

Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation


Italy competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation 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 smallest delegation to the Games since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A total of 285 athletes, 162 men and 123 women, competed in 22 sports.

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Italy left London with a total of 28 Olympic medals (8 gold, 9 silver, and 11 bronze), finishing eighth in the overall medal standings. Seven of these medals were awarded to the athletes in fencing, five in shooting, and three in boxing. Six Italian athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. After suffering a major setback from Beijing, Italy's team-based athletes recaptured their success at these games as the men's water polo team and the men's indoor volleyball team won silver and bronze medals respectively. For the first time since 1984, Italy did not win an Olympic medal in swimming, except for the open water marathon.

Among the nation's medalists were shooters Niccolò Campriani and Jessica Rossi, who broke an Olympic and a world record to win gold medals in their respective events. Two Italian athletes won gold medals for the first time in Olympic history: archer Michele Frangilli, who competed at his fifth Olympics, in team archery, and taekwondo jin Carlo Molfetta in men's super heavyweight division. Foil fencer Valentina Vezzali, who won gold and bronze in London, became one of the most successful Italian athletes in history, with a total of eight Olympic medals. Meanwhile, boxer Clemente Russo managed to repeat his silver medal from Beijing.

Medalists

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Delegation

Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI) selected a team of 285 athletes, 162 men and 123 women, to compete in 22 sports; it was the nation's smallest team sent to the Olympics since 1988. Italy did not qualify teams in basketball, field hockey, football, and handball. There was only a single competitor in badminton, track cycling, BMX cycling, equestrian dressage, trampoline gymnastics, weightlifting, and Greco-Roman wrestling.

The Italian team featured past Olympic champions, four of them defending (super heavyweight boxer Roberto Cammarelle, foil fencer Valentina Vezzali, judoka Giulia Quintavalle, and freestyle swimmer Federica Pellegrini). Vezzali, who competed at her fifth Olympics as the most experienced athlete, became Italy's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.[1]

Two naturalized Italian athletes made their multiple Olympic appearances as individuals. Sprint kayaker Josefa Idem, the oldest of the team at age 47, became the first female athlete to compete in eight Olympic Games, although she played for the former West Germany in her first two appearances. Archer Natalia Valeeva, on the other hand, competed at her sixth Olympics as an individual athlete, having played under three different banners (the other two were the Unified Team and her native land Moldova). Along with Valeeva, two other Italian athletes made their sixth Olympic appearance: trap shooter Giovanni Pellielo and windsurfer and four-time Olympic medalist Alessandra Sensini. Along with Vezzali, three other athletes made their fifth Olympic appearance: archer Michele Frangilli, sabre fencer and two-time world champion Luigi Tarantino, and skeet shooter and former Olympic gold medalist Ennio Falco. Meanwhile, gymnast Erika Fasana, at age 16, was the youngest athlete of the team.

Other notable Italian athletes featured taekwondo jin and Olympic silver medalist Mauro Sarmiento, sabre fencer and former Olympic gold medalist Aldo Montano, and rifle shooter and multiple-time World Cup champion Niccolò Campriani.

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Archery

Qualified six athletes.[2]

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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):[3][4]

On June 30, 39 Italian athletes were qualified with the A Standard,[5] or as first 12 team relay,[6] reduced to 38 because of an injury waiver for the champion of high jump (5 medals in international competitions 1st level), Antonietta Di Martino.[7] On August 8, Alex Schwazer, the defending Olympic champion in the men's 50 km race walk, was disqualified after he failed the doping test for using the blood-boosting agent recombinant erythropoietin (rhEPO).[8]

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
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Field events
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Women
Track & road events
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Badminton

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Boxing

Italy has so far qualified boxers for the following events

Men
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Canoeing

Eight Italian athletes have qualified for the following events.[9]

Slalom

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Sprint

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Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

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Women
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Track

Omnium
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Mountain biking

Gerhard Kerschbaumer in men's cross-country race
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BMX

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Diving

Eight divers qualified.[10]

Men
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Equestrian

Dressage

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Eventing

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Fencing

Italy has qualified 15 fencers.[11]

Men
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Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team
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Individual finals
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Women
Team
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Individual finals
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Rhythmic

Italy performs a ball routine in the team all-around final
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Trampoline

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Judo

Italy has qualified 9 judokas. [12]

Men
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Modern pentathlon

Italy has qualified 2 men and 2 women.[13]

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Rowing

Italy has qualified the following boats.

Men
Italy during the final of the men's coxless pair.
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Women
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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; R=Repechage

Sailing

Italy has so far qualified 1 boat for each of the following events.[14]

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Open
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M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Italy has gained fifteen quota places in the shooting events;[15]

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Swimming

Italian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST):[16][17] In the list, the names of the swimmers qualified at an individual event.

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Synchronized swimming

Italy has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.

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Table tennis

Italy has qualified the following table tennis players.

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Taekwondo

Mauro Sarmiento has ensured a quota place for Italy in the men's −80 kg by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament.[18] Italy also qualified in the men's +80 kg during the European Championships.

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Tennis

Italy had qualified players from the top 54 rankings of ATP and WTA rankings (up to 4 players per nation, with the possibility of forming two teams of doubles) at the end of 2012 French Open, on 11 June 2012.[19]

Men [20]
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Mixed
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Triathlon

Three athletes have qualified for the Italian team. [22]

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Volleyball

Beach

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Indoor

Italy has qualified both a men's and women's team for the indoor tournaments.

  • Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[25]

Head coach: Mauro Berruto

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29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)
20:00
Italy  1–3  Poland Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Zorica Bjelić (SRB)
(25–21, 20–25, 23–25, 14–25)
Results Statistics

31 July 2012 (2012-07-31)
14:45
Italy  3–1  Argentina Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Frans Loderus (NED)
(25–17, 21–25, 25–17, 25–23)
Results Statistics

2 August 2012 (2012-08-02)
22:30
Great Britain  0–3  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY)
(19–25, 16–25, 20–25)
Results Statistics

4 August 2012 (2012-08-04)
14:45
Australia  2–3  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
(25–21, 25–18, 21–25, 14–25, 13–15)
Results Statistics

6 August 2012 (2012-08-06)
14:45
Italy  0–3  Bulgaria Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Bela Hobor (HUN)
(30–32, 20–25, 19–25)
Results Statistics
Quarterfinal
8 August 2012 (2012-08-08)
16:00
United States  0–3  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
(26–28, 20–25, 20–25)
Results Statistics
Semifinal
10 August 2012 (2012-08-10)
19:30
Brazil  3–0  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Akihiko Tano (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(25–21, 25–12, 25–21)
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Bronze medal match
12 August 2012 (2012-08-12)
09:30
Bulgaria  1–3  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
(19–25, 25–23, 22–25, 21–25)
Results Statistics

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Italian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[26]

Head coach: Massimo Barbolini

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28 July 2012
16:45
Italy  3–1  Dominican Republic Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Rolando Cholakian (ARG)
(25–17, 23–25, 25–19, 25–15)
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30 July 2012
20:00
Italy  3–1  Japan Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Jose Mercado (PUR), Patricia Salvatore (USA)
(25–22, 25–21, 20–25, 25–22)
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1 August 2012
16:45
Great Britain  0–3  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,800
Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Denny Lassi (DOM)
(25–27, 12–25, 12–25)
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3 August 2012
22:00
Algeria  0–3  Italy Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Wang Ning (CHN)
(11–25, 12–25, 17–25)
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5 August 2012
16:45
Italy  2–3  Russia Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Wang Ning (CHN)
(28–26, 19–25, 25–22, 16–25, 11–15)
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Quarterfinals
7 August 2012
21:00
Italy  1–3  South Korea Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Jose Mercado (PUR)
(25–18, 21–25, 20–25, 18–25)
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Water polo

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Italian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[27]

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Head coach: Alessandro Campagna
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29 July 2012
14:10
Report Italy  85  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–2, 0–1, 3–2
Felugo, Giorgetti 2 Goals five players 1

31 July 2012
15:30
Report Greece  77  Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 2–3, 2–1
Fountoulis, Afroudakis 2 Goals Presciutti 2

2 August 2012
19:40
Report Italy  611  Croatia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–1, 1–3, 1–3
Figlioli, Gallo 2 Goals Bošković, Sukno 3

4 August 2012
15:30
Report Italy  96  Kazakhstan Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Anton Bervoets (NED), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 1–1, 0–1
four players 2 Goals Shmider, Zhilyayev 2

6 August 2012
19:40
Report Spain  710  Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dragan Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–4, 1–2, 3–2
Español 3 Goals Premuš 3
Quarterfinal
8 August 2012
18:40
Report Italy  119  Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–1, 3–4
three players 3 Goals Madaras 3
Semifinal
10 August 2012
19:50
Report Italy  97  Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 2–1, 1–2
Gallo 3 Goals Udovičić 3
Gold medal game
12 August 2012
15:50
Report 1st place, gold medalist(s) Croatia  86  Italy 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sancherz (ESP), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 3–3
Joković 3 Goals Felugo 3

Women's tournament

The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[28]

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Head coach: Fabio Conti
Group play
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30 July 2012
15:30
Report Italy  810  Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Steven Rotsart (USA), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 0–4, 4–2
Di Mario, Radicchi 2 Goals Gynther 3

1 August 2012
15:30
Report Italy  47  Russia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–1, 1–4, 2–1
Di Mario 2 Goals Lisunova 3

3 August 2012
18:20
Report Great Britain  510  Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–2, 1–2, 1–2
Gibson-Byrne 2 Goals Emmolo, Di Mario 3
Quarter-final
5 August 2012
19:00
Report United States  96  Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–0, 0–1, 3–2
Seidemann 3 Goals Di Mario 3
5–8th place semifinals
7 August 2012
14:10
Report Italy  1014  China Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Anton Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 2–2, 4–2
Di Mario 4 Goals six players 2
Seventh place game
9 August 2012
14:30
Report Italy  117  Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–0, 3–2, 2–2
Di Mario 4 Goals McCann, Clayton 2

Weightlifting

Italy has qualified the following quota places.

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Wrestling

Italy has qualified 1 quota.

Key:

  • VTVictory by Fall.
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
Men's Greco-Roman
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