Italy competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Italy has competed in every Summer Olympics, except the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.
Medalists
Italy's medalists.
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Date Elia Viviani Cycling Men's omnium Niccolò Campriani Shooting Men's 50 m air rifle three positions Gregorio Paltrinieri Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Gabriele Rossetti Shooting Men's skeet Diana Bacosi Shooting Women's skeet Niccolò Campriani Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle Daniele Garozzo Fencing Men's foil Fabio Basile Judo Men's 66 kg Italy men's national volleyball team Volleyball Men's indoor tournament Italy women's national water polo team Water polo Women's tournament Daniele LupoPaolo Nicolai Volleyball Men's beach volleyball Rachele Bruni Swimming Women's 10 km open water Marco FicheraEnrico GarozzoPaolo PizzoAndrea Santarelli Fencing Men's team épée Chiara Cainero Shooting Women's skeet Elisa Di Francisca Fencing Women's foil Marco Innocenti Shooting Men's double trap Giovanni Pellielo Shooting Men's trap Odette Giuffrida Judo Women's 52 kg Tania Cagnotto Francesca Dallapé Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard Rossella Fiamingo Fencing Women's épée Frank Chamizo Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg Italy men's national water polo team Water polo Men's tournament Tania Cagnotto Diving Women's 3 m springboard Gabriele Detti Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Domenico Montrone Matteo CastaldoMatteo LodoGiuseppe Vicino Rowing Men's four Marco Di Costanzo Giovanni Abagnale Rowing Men's pair Elisa Longo Borghini Cycling Women's road race Gabriele Detti Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
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Medals by sportSport TotalShooting 4 3 0 7Fencing 1 3 0 4Swimming 1 1 2 4Judo 1 1 0 2Cycling 1 0 1 2Diving 0 1 1 2Volleyball 0 2 0 2Water polo 0 1 1 2Rowing 0 0 2 2Wrestling 0 0 1 1Total 8 12 8 28
Medals by dayDayDate Total1 August 6 0 1 1 22 August 7 2 2 1 53 August 8 1 1 0 24 August 9 0 0 0 05 August 10 0 2 0 26 August 11 0 0 1 17 August 12 1 1 1 38 August 13 2 0 1 39 August 14 1 1 1 310 August 15 1 1 0 211 August 16 0 0 0 012 August 17 0 0 0 013 August 18 0 1 0 114 August 19 0 1 0 115 August 20 0 0 1 116 August 21 0 1 1 2Total 8 12 8 28
Medals by genderGender TotalMale75618Female17210Mixed0000Total 8 12 8 28
Multiple medalistsNameSport Total Niccolò Campriani Shooting 2 0 0 2 Tania Cagnotto Diving 0 1 1 2 Gabriele Detti Swimming 0 0 2 2
Competitors
| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 15 23 38Badminton 0 1 1Boxing 6 1 7Canoeing 7 1 8Cycling 14 9 23Diving 4 4 8Equestrian 4 2 6Fencing 8 6 14Golf 2 2 4Gymnastics 1 11 12Judo 3 3 6Modern pentathlon 2 2 4Rowing 22 4 26Sailing 6 7 13Shooting 10 4 14Swimming 20 18 38Synchronized swimming — 9 9Tennis 4 3 7Triathlon 2 2 4Volleyball 16 14 30Water polo 13 13 26Weightlifting 1 1 2Wrestling 2 0 2 Total 170 144 314
Archery
Three Italian archers qualified for the men's events after having secured a top eight finish in the men's team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Another set of three archers qualified for the women's events by virtue of the nation's podium finish in the team recurve competition at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey.
The full Italian archery team, led by London 2012 champions Marco Galiazzo and Mauro Nespoli was named on July 6, 2016.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMarco GaliazzoIndividual65147L 5–6did not advanceMauro Nespoli67116W 7–3W 6–0W 6–0L 5–6did not advanceDavid Pasqualucci6853W 6–0L 2–6did not advanceMarco GaliazzoMauro NespoliDavid PasqualucciTeam20073colspan=2 L 0–6did not advance
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLucilla BoariIndividual6517L 1–7did not advanceClaudia Mandia61246L 4–6did not advanceGuendalina Sartori64813W 6–0L 2–6did not advanceLucilla BoariClaudia MandiaGuendalina SartoriTeam19116colspan=2 W 6–0W 5–3L 3–5L 3–54
Athletics
Italian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Following the end of the qualifying period, a total of 35 athletes (15 men and 20 women) were officially named to Italy's track and field roster for the Games on July 14, 2016, with triple jumper and London 2012 bronze medalist Fabrizio Donato matching the record with sprinter Pietro Mennea as the only men competing in five straight Olympics. A day later, high jumper and London 2012 Olympian Gianmarco Tamberi was forced to withdraw from the team after sustaining a partial rupture of his ankle ligament shortly upon clearing a national record of 2.39 m in Monaco. Three more athletes (Lingua, Magnani, & Malavisi) were added to the team on July 18, bringing the roster size to 38. On 27 July, Jamel Chatbi was suspended for missing out the doping test.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAbdoullah Bamoussa3000 m steeplechase8:42.8112colspan=2 did not advanceGiordano Benedetti800 m1:49.403 Q1:46.416did not advanceTeodorico Caporaso50 km walkcolspan=4 Marco De Lucacolspan=4 3:54:4021Eseosa Desalu200 m20.655did not advanceYuri Floriani3000 m steeplechase8:40.8010colspan=2 did not advanceMatteo Galvan200 m20.582 Q20.888did not advance400 m46.074did not advanceMatteo Giupponi20 km walkcolspan=4 1:20:27850 km walkcolspan=4 Stefano La RosaMarathoncolspan=4 2:18:5757Davide Manenti200 m20.514did not advanceDaniele MeucciMarathoncolspan=4 Ruggero Pertilecolspan=4 2:17:3038
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankCatherine BertoneMarathoncolspan=4 2:33:2925Marzia Caravelli400 m hurdles57.776did not advanceMaria Benedicta Chigbolu400 m52.063did not advanceAyomide Folorunso400 m hurdles55.783 Q56.377did not advanceEleonora Giorgi20 km walkcolspan=4 Libania Grenot400 m51.172 Q50.603 q51.258Gloria Hooper200 m23.056did not advanceAnna IncertiMarathoncolspan=4 Veronica Inglese10000 mcolspan=4 32:11.6730Margherita Magnani1500 m4:09.7411did not advanceAntonella Palmisano20 km walkcolspan=4 1:29:034Yadisleidy Pedroso400 m hurdles55.914 q55.785did not advanceElisa Rigaudo20 km walkcolspan=4 1:31:0411Yusneysi Santiusti800 m2:00.452 Q2:00.807did not advanceValeria StraneoMarathoncolspan=4 2:29:4413Chiara BazzoniElena Maria BonfantiMaria Benedicta ChigboluLibania GrenotMarta MilaniMaria Enrica Spacca4 × 400 m relay3:25.164 qcolspan=2 3:27.056
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionSilvano ChesaniHigh jump2.2233did not advanceFabrizio DonatoTriple jump16.5417did not advanceMarco LinguaHammer throw—did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionDariya DerkachTriple jump13.5628did not advanceSonia MalavisiPole vault4.45=21did not advanceDesirée RossitHigh jump1.94=15 Q1.8816Alessia Trost1.94=7 Q1.935
Badminton
Italy has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. Having previously competed for Switzerland in Beijing 2008, Jeanine Cicognini claimed her second Olympic spot as one of top 34 individual shuttlers in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJeanine CicogniniWomen's singlesL (11–21, 8–21)L (14–21, 7–21)3did not advance
Boxing
Italy has entered six boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Valentino Manfredonia became the first Italian boxer to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish in the World Series of Boxing, while two-time Olympic silver medalist Clemente Russo did so in the AIBA Pro Boxing series.
Three further boxers, including London 2012 Olympians Manuel Cappai and bronze medalist Vincenzo Mangiacapre, claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey. Meanwhile, Guido Vianello secured an additional place on the Italian roster as the winner and sole recipient of the men's super heavyweight division at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. Carmine Tommasone completed the nation's boxing lineup with his box-off victory at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankManuel CappaiLight flyweightL 0–3did not advanceCarmine TommasoneLightweightW 3–0L 0–3did not advanceVincenzo MangiacapreWelterweightW 2–1L did not advanceValentino ManfredoniaLight heavyweightL 1–2did not advanceClemente RussoHeavyweightW 3–0L 0–3did not advanceGuido VianelloSuper heavyweightL 0–3did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIrma TestaLightweightW 2–1L 0–3did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom Italian canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. Giovanni de Gennaro and Stefanie Horn were selected to the Italian team on May 15, 2016, as a result of their performances at the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankGiovanni De GennaroMen's K-186.85190.74986.851 Q95.599 Q91.777Stefanie HornWomen's K-1106.90799.07199.071 Q108.308 Q107.228
Sprint Italian canoeists have qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games by virtue of a top two finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany. As a response to the "multiple positive" cases on doping that provoked a one-year suspension for Belarus and Romania, the men's K-4 1000 m crew (Crenna, Dressino, Ricchetti, & Ripamonti) received a spare berth from the International Canoe Federation for the Italians.
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlberto RicchettiMen's K-1 1000 m3:37.6106did not advanceManfredi RizzaMen's K-1 200 m34.7262 Q34.6863 FA36.0005Carlo TacchiniMen's C-1 200 m41.3683 Q41.4684 FB40.73315Men's C-1 1000 m4:04.6974 Q4:02.4612 FA4:15.3688Mauro CrennaAlberto RicchettiMen's K-2 200 m34.0007 Q34.3185 FB35.51613Giulio DressinoNicola RipamontiMen's K-2 1000 m3:30.4295 Q3:17.9422 FA3:14.8836Mauro CrennaGiulio DressinoAlberto RicchettiNicola RipamontiMen's K-4 1000 m3:10.2667 Q3:03.8685 FB3:14.39914 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road Italian riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women). The road cycling team was officially named to the Italian roster on July 17, 2016.
Men AthleteEventTimeRankFabio AruRoad race6:10:276Damiano CarusoRoad race6:22:2340Time trial1:19:46.5327Alessandro De MarchiRoad race6:30:1063Vincenzo Nibalidid not finishDiego Rosadid not finish
Women AthleteEventTimeRankGiorgia BronziniRoad race4:01:3342Elena Cecchini3:55:3420Tatiana Guderzo3:53:4614Elisa Longo BorghiniRoad race3:51:27Time trial44:51.945
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