Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy joined the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Many athletes from around the world met to compete in many sports. Italy sent 361 athletes, including 246 men and 115 women. They took part in 175 events across 29 sports, aiming to win medals.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Beniamino Bonomi, Antonio Rossi	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m	30 September
Gold	Josefa Idem	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 m	1 October
Gold	Paola Pezzo	Cycling	Women's cross-country	23 September
Gold	Antonella Bellutti	Cycling	Women's points race	21 September
Gold	Angelo Mazzoni, Paolo Milanoli, Maurizio Randazzo, Alfredo Rota	Fencing	Men's team épée	18 September
Gold	Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Women's foil	21 September
Gold	Diana Bianchedi, Giovanna Trillini, Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Women's team foil	23 September
Gold	Giuseppe Maddaloni	Judo	Men's 73 kg	18 September
Gold	Agostino Abbagnale, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri, Alessio Sartori	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	24 September
Gold	Alessandra Sensini	Sailing	Women's Mistral	24 September
Gold	Domenico Fioravanti	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	17 September
Gold	Domenico Fioravanti	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	20 September
Gold	Massimiliano Rosolino	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	21 September
Silver	Matteo Bisiani, Ilario Di Buò, Michele Frangilli	Archery	Men's team	22 September
Silver	Nicola Vizzoni	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	24 September
Silver	Fiona May	Athletics	Women's long jump	29 September
Silver	Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls	24 September
Silver	Lorenzo Carboncini, Riccardo Dei Rossi, Valter Molea, Carlo Mornati	Rowing	Men's coxless four	23 September
Silver	Luca Devoti	Sailing	Finn	30 September
Silver	Deborah Gelisio	Shooting	Women's double trap	19 September
Silver	Massimiliano Rosolino	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	16 September
Bronze	Paolo Vidoz	Boxing	Super Heavyweight	29 September
Bronze	Pierpaolo Ferrazzi	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1	20 September
Bronze	Silvio Martinello, Marco Villa	Cycling	Men's Madison	21 September
Bronze	Giovanna Trillini	Fencing	Women's foil	21 September
Bronze	Daniele Crosta, Gabriele Magni, Salvatore Sanzo, Matteo Zennaro	Fencing	Men's team foil	22 September
Bronze	Girolamo Giovinazzo	Judo	Men's 66 kg	17 September
Bronze	Ylenia Scapin	Judo	Women's 70 kg	18 September
Bronze	Emanuela Pierantozzi	Judo	Women's 78 kg	21 September
Bronze	Giovanni Calabrese, Nicola Sartori	Rowing	Men's double sculls	23 September
Bronze	Giovanni Pellielo	Shooting	Men's trap	17 September
Bronze	Massimiliano Rosolino	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	18 September
Bronze	Davide Rummolo	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	20 September
Bronze	Italy men's national volleyball team Marco Bracci Mirko Corsano Alessandro Fei Andrea Gardini Andrea Giani Pasquale Gravina Luigi Mastrangelo Marco Meoni Samuele Papi Simone Rosalba Andrea Sartoretti Paolo Tofoli	Volleyball	Men's tournament	1 October

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The men's archery team from Italy did very well in the 2000 Olympics. They beat the United States team in the semifinal, which meant they would win at least a silver medal. But the team from Korea won against them in the final, so Italy did not win the gold medal.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Matteo Bisiani	Men's individual	634	18	Grov (NOR) W 166–158	Makiyama (JPN) L 159–162	Did not advance
Ilario Di Buò		627	30	Hamano (JPN) W 163–158	Kim C-t (KOR) L 159–162	Did not advance
Michele Frangilli		634	19	Humlekjær (NOR) W 168–158	Hunter-Russell (AUS) W 164–154	Kim C-t (KOR) L 108–169	Did not advance
Matteo Bisiani Ilario Di Buò Michele Frangilli	Men's team	1895	6	—N/a		France W 250–239	Kazakhstan W 249–244	United States W 244–241	South Korea L 247–255

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Irene Franchini	Women's individual	611	55	Serdyuk (UKR) L 157–144	Did not advance
Cristina Ioriatti		618	47	Borresen (RSA) W 154–145	Hamdiah (INA) W 156 (7) – 156 (6)	Valeeva (ITA) L 156–163	Did not advance
Natalia Valeeva		667	2	Youanga (CAF) W 166–126	Larsson (SWE) W 162–160	Ioriatti (ITA) W 163–156	Choe (PRK) L 103–107	Did not advance
Irene Franchini Cristina Ioriatti Natalia Valeeva	Women's team	1896	7	—N/a		Australia W 237–236	Ukraine L 230–237	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy took part in the Athletics events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Italian athletes competed in track and field events for both men and women. They also joined in combined events, such as the women's heptathlon.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Colombo	100m	10.52	4	Did not advance
Francesco Scuderi		10.50	6	Did not advance
Stefano Tilli		10.40	4 q	10.27	6	Did not advance
Alessandro Cavallaro	200m	20.58	3 Q	20.95	6	Did not advance
Alessandro Attene	400m	45.79	3 Q	45.35	3 Q	46.41	7	Did not advance
Andrea Longo	800m	1:46.32	1 Q	—N/a		1:44.49	2 Q	DSQ
Rachid Berradi	10000m	28:01.18	12 q	—N/a				28:45.96	17
Daniele Caimmi	10000m	29:01.26	15	Did not advance
Andrea Giaconi	110m hurdles	13.62	3 Q	13.93	7	Did not advance
Emiliano Pizzoli	110m hurdles	13.65	4 Q	13.69	5	Did not advance
Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	400m hurdles	50.27	2 Q	—N/a		50.10	8	Did not advance
Fabrizio Mori	400m hurdles	49.35	1 Q	—N/a		48.40	2 Q	48.78	7
Giuseppe Maffei	3000m steeplechase	8:48.88	12	Did not advance
Stefano Baldini	Marathon	—N/a						DNF
Giacomo Leone		—N/a						2:12:14	5
Vincenzo Modica		—N/a						DNF
Giovanni de Benedictis	20km walk	—N/a						1:23:14	16
Michele Didoni		—N/a						1:21:43	12
Alessandro Gandellini		—N/a						1:21:14	9
Ivano Brugnetti	50km walk	—N/a						DNF
Arturo Di Mezza		—N/a						DNF
Giovanni Perricelli		—N/a						DNF
Alessandro Cavallaro Maurizio Checcucci Andrea Colombo Francesco Scuderi	4 × 100 m relay	38.84	2 Q	—N/a		38.67	4 q	38.67	7

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Diego Fortuna	Discus throw	62.26	14	Did not advance
Loris Paoluzzi	Hammer throw	76.91	9 q	78.18	6
Nicola Vizzoni	Hammer throw	77.56	5 Q	79.64
Giuseppe Gibilisco	Pole vault	5.70	6 Q	5.50	10
Paolo Dal Soglio	Shot put	19.39	19	Did not advance
Paolo Camossi	Triple jump	16.87	11 q	16.96	8
Fabrizio Donato	Triple jump	16.34	25	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Manuela Levorato	200m	DNS		Did not advance
Roberta Brunet	5000m	15:27.32	6	Did not advance
Silvia Sommaggio	10000m	33:24.13	13	Did not advance
Monika Niederstatter	400m hurdles	58.02	5	Did not advance
Ornella Ferrara	Marathon	—N/a						2:31:32	18
Maura Viceconte	Marathon	—N/a						2:29:26	12
Erica Alfridi	20km walk	—N/a						1:31:25	4
Elisabetta Perrone		—N/a						DSQ
Annarita Sidoti		—N/a						DNF
Francesca Carbone Virna De Angeli Daniela Graglia Fabiola Piroddi	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.23	4	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ester Balassini	Hammer throw	NM		Did not advance
Claudia Coslovich	Javelin throw	60.12	10 q	56.74	12
Mara Rosolen	Shot put	16.66	19	Did not advance
Fiona May	Long jump	6.81	2 Q	6.92

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Gertrud Bacher	Result	13.82	1.75	12.75	24.96	5.84	41.14	2:09.08	5989	14
Gertrud Bacher	Points	1004	916	711	890	801	689	978	5989	14

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy was one of four countries that had played in every Olympic baseball tournament up to that point. They played many games in the early rounds. They won against the Netherlands and South Africa. But they finished in sixth place, so they could not move on in the competition.

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy men's	Men's tournament	South Korea L 2-10	Cuba L 5-13	South Africa W 13–0	Japan L 1–6	United States L 2–4	Australia W 8–7	Netherlands L 2–3	6	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy had a men's basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Here is the list of players on the team:

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy men's	Men's tournament	Lithuania W 50–48	United States L 61–93	New Zealand W 78–66	France W 67–57	China L 85–76	2	Australia L 62–65	—N/a	5/6th classification match FR Yugoslavia W 69–59	5

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Preliminary elimination	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maurizio Pimponi Andrea Raffaelli	Men's	Conde – Martinez (ARG) L 15–7	Berger – Stamm (AUT) L 15–9	Did not advance				=19
Laura Bruschini Annamaria Solazzi	Women's	Karadassiou – Sfyri (GRE) W 15–2	Bye	Schmidt – Staub (GER) W 15–12	Cook – Pottharst (AUS) L 11–15	Did not advance		=5
Daniela Gattelli Lucilla Perrotta	Women's	Gooley – Manser (AUS) L 9–15	Ishizaka – Seike (JPN) W 15–5	May-Treanor – McPeak (USA) L 13–15	Did not advance			=9

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy sent athletes to compete in boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Their results are shown below.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sven Paris	Light welterweight	Rientuanthong (THA) W 14–3	Huste (GER) W 17–11	Allalou (ALG) L 8–22	Did not advance
Leonard Bundu	Welterweight	Geale (AUS) W 4–2	Munaytbasov (KAZ) L 4–13	Did not advance
Ciro Di Corcia	Light middleweight	Simion (ROM) L 8–19	Did not advance
Ottavio Barone	Middleweight	Giannoulas (GRE) L 10–17	Did not advance
Giacobbe Fragomeni	Light heavyweight	Alvarez (CUB) RSC	Did not advance
Paolo Vidoz	Super heavyweight	—N/a	Brock (USA) RSC	Peter (NGR) W 14–3	Harrison (GBR) L 16–32	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy joined in canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There were two kinds of canoeing: slalom and sprint.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Pierpaolo Ferrazzi	Men's K-1	127.59	4	127.04	5	261.19	11 Q	111.79	2	113.24	8	225.03
Enrico Lazzarotto	Men's K-1	135.18	18	127.04	5	262.22	13 Q	115.03	14	115.03	12	235.92	14
Cristina Giai Pron	Women's K-1	157.34	13	164.55	20	321.89	16	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antonio Scaduto	Men's K-1 500m	1:43.289	5 Q	1:43.432	6	Did not advance
Jacopo Majochi	Men's K-1 1000m	3:39.176	4 Q	3:39.157	3 Q	3:38.105	8
Beniamino Bonomi Antonio Rossi	Men's K-2 500m	1:32.902	3 q	1:29.886	1 Q	1:32.635	7
Beniamino Bonomi Antonio Rossi	Men's K-2 1000m	3:14.316	1 Q	—N/a		3:14.461
Josefa Idem Guerrini	Women's K-1 500m	1:49.889	1 Q	—N/a		2:13.848

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy had cyclists in many events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. They competed in cross country, road racing, and track cycling.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marco Bui	Men's cross-country	2:16.09	16
Hubert Pallhuber	Men's cross-country	2:22.55	31
Paola Pezzo	Women's cross-country	1:49.24

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Michele Bartoli	Men's road race	5:30:34	4
Paolo Bettini		5:30:34	9
Francesco Casagrande		5:30:46	66
Danilo Di Luca		5:30:37	11
Marco Pantani		5:30:46	69
Roberta Bonanomi	Women's road race	DNF
Alessandra Cappellotto		3:06:31	15
Valeria Cappellotto		3:09:17	31

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Silvio Martinello	Men's	5	1	8
Antonella Bellutti	Women's	19	0
Silvio Martinello Marco Villa	Madison	15	0

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Roberto Chiappa	Keirin	2 Q	4	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Antonella Bellutti	Women's individual pursuit	3:36.967	5	Did not advance
Mario Benetton Adler Capelli Cristiano Citton Marco Villa	Team pursuit	4:15.451	11	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy had divers compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There were events for both men and women.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals				Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Nicola Marconi	3m springboard	351.12	26	Did not advance
Donald Miranda	3m springboard	377.01	18 Q	207.03	14	584.04	16	Did not advance
Massimiliano Mazzucchi	10m platform	386.91	18 Q	172.80	18	559.71	18	Did not advance
Nicola Marconi Donald Miranda	Synchronized 3m springboard	—N/a							286.38	8

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals				Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Tania Cagnotto	3m springboard	259.74	18 Q	206.55	18	466.29	18	Did not advance
Maria Marconi	3m springboard	229.11	30	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy had athletes in equestrian events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The events were dressage, eventing, and show jumping. These events tested the skills of the riders and their horses in many ways.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special			Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Pia Laus	Renoir	Individual	67.68	16 Q	68.41	136.09	17 Q	69.35	4	205.44	14

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Show jumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Fabio Magni	Cool N' Breezy	Individual	44.0	10	0	1	5.0	7	49.0	5
Andrea Verdina	Donnizeti	Individual	53.8	27	20	16	14.0	22	87.8	15

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final				Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jerry Smit	Lux Z	Individual	16.00	49	16.00	32.00	15	16.00	48.00	54	Did not advance
Gianni Tovoni	Las Vegas	Individual	9.00	27	4.00	13.00	15	0.00	13.00	8 Q	4.00	5 Q	13.50	18	17.50	18

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy had 17 fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. This group included 12 men and 5 women.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Angelo Mazzoni	Men's épée	Bye	Milanoli (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Paolo Milanoli		Bye	Mazzoni (ITA) W 15–13	Vánky (SWE) L 6–15	Did not advance
Alfredo Rota		Bye	Switak (AUT) W 15–11	Trevejo (CUB) L 12–15	Did not advance
Daniele Crosta	Men's foil	Bye	Zennaro (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Salvatore Sanzo		Bye	Wang H (CHN) W 15–10	C Rodriguez (VEN) W 15–7	Shevchenko (RUS) L 14–15	Did not advance
Matteo Zennaro		Bye	Crosta (ITA) W 15–11	Holubytskiy (UKR) L 12–15	Did not advance
Raffaelo Caserta	Men's sabre	Bye	Lapkes (BLR) L 9–15	Did not advance
Luigi Tarantino		Bye	Găureanu (ROU) L 10–15	Did not advance
Tonhi Terenzi		Bye	Kaliuzhyniy (UKR) W 15–10	Köves (HUN) W 15–14	Ferjancsik (HUN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Angelo Mazzoni Paolo Milanoli Alfredo Rota Maurizio Randazzo	Men's team épée	—N/a			Australia W 45–34	South Korea W 44–43	France W 39–38
Daniele Crosta Gabriele Magni Salvatore Sanzo Matteo Zennaro	Men's team foil	—N/a			Ukraine W 41–40	China L 32–45	Poland W 45–38
Raffaelo Caserta Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino Tonhi Terenzi	Men's team sabre	—N/a			Germany L 42–45	5/8th classification Ukraine L 29–45	7/8th classification Poland L 39–45	8

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cristiana Cascioli	Women's épée	Bye	Lamon (SUI) L 12–15	Did not advance
Margherita Zalaffi	Women's épée	Bye	Liang Q (CHN) W 15–11	Mazina (RUS) W 15–13	Flessel-Colovic (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Diana Bianchedi	Women's foil	Bye	Yuan L (CHN) W 15–7	Ohayon (ISR) W 15–12	Badea-Cârlescu (ROU) L 4–15	Did not advance
Giovanna Trillini		Bye	Smith (GBR) W 15–2	Zimmermann (USA) W 15–4	Xiao A (CHN) W 9–8	König (GER) L 10–15	Badea-Cârlescu (ROU) W 15–9
Valentina Vezzali		Bye	Seo M-J (KOR) W 15–3	Gruchała (POL) W 15–8	Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) W 9–8	Badea-Cârlescu (ROU) W 15–8	König (GER) W 15–5
Diana Bianchedi Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali	Women's team foil	Bye			Ukraine W 45–39	United States W 45–38	Poland W 45–36

Football

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy's men's football team had many players in the competition. Some of the players were Morgan De Sanctis, Alessandro Grandoni, Luca Mezzano, and Marco Zanchi, among others.

The team played several matches during the group stage and the quarter-finals. These games took place in different stadiums in Australia, with many fans watching.

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13 September 2000

20:00

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

16 September 2000

18:30

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Referee: Lu Jun (China)

19 September 2000

18:30

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

Quarter-finals

23 September 2000

20:00

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	5
Honduras	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
Australia	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Italy	3–1	Honduras
Comandini 12', 22' Ambrosini 18'	Report	Comandini 29' (o.g.)

0–1	Spain
Report	Gabri 86'

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy had gymnasts in both men's and women's events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Both the men's and women's teams competed, as well as some individual athletes.

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Alberto Busnari	Individual	9.162	9.650	8.362	8.637	9.175	9.700	54.686	40	Did not advance
Igor Cassina	Individual	8.387	9.500	8.537	9.300	8.737	9.650	54.111	45	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Monica Bergamelli	Team	9.449	9.387	9.325	9.300	37.461	26 Q	Did not advance
Martina Bremini		9.043	9.550	9.275	9.137	37.005	36 Q
Alice Capitani		9.324	—N/a	9.325	9.100	27.749	73
Irene Castelli		9.075	8.812	8.437	—N/a	35.361	56
Adriana Crisci		8.937	9.500	9.437	9.312	37.186	31 Q
Laura Trefiletti		—N/a	9.137	—N/a		9.137	96
Total		36.853	37.574	37.362	36.849	148.638	11

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Monica Bergamelli	All-around	9.449	9.525	8.975	9.500	37.449	18
Martina Bremini		9.325	9.600	9.375	9.187	37.487	17
Adriana Crisci		9.187	9.062	8.962	9.675	36.886	25

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy sent athletes to compete in judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There were competitions for both men and women.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Girolamo Giovinazzo	66kg	Mendez (PUR) W 1000–0000	Guimarães (BRA) W 1000–0000	Vazagashvili (GEO) W 1010–0000	Benboudaoud (FRA) L 0000–1000	—N/a			Miresmaeili (IRI) W 0100–0010
Giuseppe Maddaloni	73kg	Waterhouse (SAM) W 0201–0000	Moussa (TUN) W 1000–0000	Zeļonijs (LAT) W 0011–0001	Laryukhov (BLR) W 1000–0010	—N/a			Camilo (BRA) W 1002–0000
Francesco Lepre	81kg	Delgado (POR) L 0000–0001	—N/a			Kelly (AUS) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Michele Monti	90kg	Costa (ARG) L 0100–1010	Did not advance
Luigi Guido	100kg	Bagdasarov (UZB) W 0100–0022	Khalki (TUN) W 1010–0000	Sabino (BRA) W 1001–0001	Inoue (JPN) L 0000–0210	—N/a			Styopkin (RUS) L 0000–1000	5

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cinzia Cavazzuti	57kg	Vernerová (CZE) W	Cavalleri (POR) W	Shen (CHN) L	—N/a		Ferreira (BRA) W	Harel (FRA) W	Pekli (AUS) L	5
Jenny Gal	63kg	Bye	Saraeva (RUS) W	Ishii (BRA) W	Li S (CHN) L	—N/a			Jung (KOR) L	5
Ylenia Scapin	70kg	Griffith (VEN) W	Cho (KOR) L	—N/a			Kuzina (RUS) W	Wansart (GER) W	Martin (ESP) W
Emanuela Pierantozzi	78kg	Bye	Anno (JPN) W	Rakels (BEL) L	—N/a		Keinhuis (NED) W	Silva (BRA) W	Luna (CUB) W

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Stefano Pecci	Men's	175	17	1036	13	8	880	2:09.72	14	1203	150	15	950	9:47.35	16	1052	5121	13
Claudia Cerutti	Women's	178	18	1072	11	13	800	2:17.18	2	1229	97	10	1003	11:39.90	16	922	5026	9
Fabiana Fares	Women's	161	24	868	13	6	880	2:28.56	19	1115	DNF	–	0	DNS	–	0	2863	24

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy sent athletes to compete in rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. They competed in both individual and team events.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Susanna Marchesi	Individual	9.725	9.725	9.741	9.733	38.924	7 Q	9.750	9.600	9.775	9.725	38.850	10

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Clubs	Hoops + Ribbon	Total	Rank	Clubs	Hoops + Ribbon	Total	Rank
Elena Amato Eva D'Amore Silvia Gregorini Noemi Iezzi Roberta Lucentini Arianna Rusca	Team	19.250	18.933	38.183	8 Q	19.250	19.233	38.483	6

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Twenty-seven Italian rowers competed in the rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mattia Righetti	Single sculls	7:24.80	4 R	7:21.20	3 SC/D	7:20.78	2 FC	7:08.16	14
Giovanni Calabrese Nicola Sartori	Double sculls	6:33.11	2 R	6:25.98	1 SA/B	6:24.99	2 FA	6:20.49
Agostino Abbagnale Rossano Galtarossa Simone Raineri Alessio Sartori	Quadruple sculls	5:45.67	1 Q	—N/a		5:44.08	1 FA	5:45.56
Pasquale Panzarino Luigi Sorrentino	Coxless pair	6:48.26	2 Q	—N/a		6:53.57	6 FB	6:40.35	12
Lorenzo Carboncini Riccardo Dei Rossi Valter Molea Carlo Mornati	Coxless four	6:04.59	1 Q	—N/a		6:02.31	2 FA	5:56.62
Franco Berra Gioacchino Cascone Alessandro Corona Luca Ghezzi Gaetano Iannuzzi Raffaello Leonardo Mario Palmisano Marco Penna Valerio Pinton	Eight	5:39.69	5 R	5:41.23	2 FA	—N/a		5:35.37	4
Elia Luini Leonardo Pettinari	Lightweight double sculls	6:24.73	1 Q	—N/a		6:21.59	2 FA	6:23.47
Catello Amarante Salvatore Amitrano Carlo Gaddi Franco Sancassani	Lightweight coxless four	6:14.89	1 SA/B	—N/a		6:00.82	1 FA	6:03.77	4

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy joined ten sailing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and won two medals.

Men

Women

Open events

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Riccardo Giordano	Mistral	25	14	22	29	6	21	11	21	3	18	12	182	17
Luca Devoti	Finn	19	2	2	18	4	2	3	15	11	1	6	83
Francesco Ivaldi Matteo Ivaldi	470	12	8	16	22	21	28	9	10	26	19	22	139	19

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Alessandra Sensini	Mistral	3	1	3	2	1	4	1	2	1	12	1	31
Larissa Nevierov	Europe	3	9	4	19	13	18	7	11	8	8	12	75	8
Federica Salva Emanuela Sossi	470	4	4	9	16	2	18	12	8	10	7	4	60	7

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Net points	Final rank
Diego Negri	Laser	9	17	18	11	8	15	1	8	13	20	9	—N/a					91	8
Lorenzo Giacomo Bodini Marco Bruno Bodini	Tornado	OCS (−17)	12	11	12	12	15	OCS (−17)	6	11	10	9	—N/a					98	14
Ferdinando Colaninno Pietro D'Alì	Star	9	2	8	6	13	12	10	OCS (−17)	DNC (−17)	2	OCS (−17)	—N/a					79	10
Francesco Bruni Gabriele Bruni	49er	10	12	9	11	13	11	16	OCS (−18)	5	7	9	7	11	8	16	5	134	11

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Andrea Benelli	Skeet	122	5 Q	146	5
Marco De Nicolo	10m air rifle	587	27	Did not advance
Marco De Nicolo	50m rifle prone	595	10	Did not advance
Roberto Di Donna	10m air pistol	581	6 Q	680.5	6
Roberto Di Donna	50m pistol	560	8 Q	657.3	7
Daniele Di Spigno	Double trap	129	17	Did not advance
Vigilio Fait	10m air pistol	571	27	Did not advance
Vigilio Fait	50m pistol	553	20	Did not advance
Ennio Falco	Skeet	121	14	Did not advance
Pietro Genga	Skeet	116	39	Did not advance
Marco Innocenti	Double trap	135	8	Did not advance
Giovanni Pellielo	Trap	116	4 Q	140
Paolo Ranno	10m air pistol	575	20	Did not advance
Marco Venturini	Trap	115	6 Q	138	5
Rodolfo Vigano	Trap	111	18	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Deborah Gelisio	Double trap	107	2 Q	144
Giulia Iannotti	Trap	52	17	Did not advance
Cristina Vitali	Skeet	68	11	Did not advance

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy had a team in softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Here are the players who were on the team:

The results of their games are shown below.

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy's women	Women's tournament	China L 0–5	Australia L 0–7	Cuba W 1–0	Canada L 1–7	New Zealand W 1–0	Japan L 0–2	United States L 0–6	5	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy had many swimmers in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Both men and women had their own events to compete in.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lorenzo Vismara	50m freestyle	22.62	13 Q	22.30	5 Q	22.11	4
Lorenzo Vismara	100m freestyle	49.74	10 Q	49.67	11	Did not advance
Massimiliano Rosolino	200m freestyle	1:47.37	3 Q	1:46.60	3 Q	1:46.65
Emiliano Brembilla	400m freestyle	3:48.41	4 Q	—N/a		3:47.01	4
Massimiliano Rosolino	400m freestyle	3:45.65	2 Q	—N/a		3:43.40
Emiliano Brembilla	1500m freestyle	15:27.65	19	Did not advance
Christian Minotti	1500m freestyle	15:12.72	10	Did not advance
Emanuele Merisi	100m backstroke	56.35	21	Did not advance
Mirko Mazzari	200m backstroke	2:02.13	25	Did not advance
Emanuele Merisi	200m backstroke	1:59.92	7 Q	1:59.78	8 Q	1:59.01	5
Domenico Fioravanti	100m breaststroke	1:01.32 NR	1 Q	1:00.84 NR	1 Q	1:00.46 OR
Domenico Fioravanti	200m breaststroke	2:15.04	9 Q	2:12.37 NR	1 Q	2:10.87 EU
Davide Rummolo	200m breaststroke	2:12.75 NR	1 Q	2:13.23	2 Q	2:12.73
Massimiliano Eroli	200m butterfly	2:01.32	30	Did not advance
Massimiliano Rosolino	200m individual medley	2:00.92 NR	1 Q	2:01.14	2 Q	1:58.98 OR
Alessio Boggiatto	400m individual medley	4:14.26 NR	1 Q	—N/a		4:15.93	4
Massimiliano Eroli	400m individual medley	4:22.38	19	Did not advance
Simone Cercato Mauro Gallo Klaus Lanzarini Massimiliano Rosolino Lorenzo Vismara	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:18.86	4 Q	—N/a		3:17.85	5
Andrea Beccari Emiliano Brembilla Simone Cercato Klaus Lanzarini Matteo Pelliciari Massimiliano Rosolino	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:17.69	3 Q	—N/a		7:12.91	4

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cristina Chiuso	50m freestyle	25.99	19	Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso	100m freestyle	57.09	21	Did not advance
Sara Parise	200m freestyle	2:01.31	16 Q	2:00.07	10	Did not advance
Sara Goffi	400m freestyle	4:18.16	28	Did not advance
Federica Biscia	200m individual medley	2:16.09	10 Q	2:15.71	10	Did not advance
Federica Biscia	400m individual medley	4:47.56	15	Did not advance
Cristina Chiuso Sara Parise Luisa Striani Cecilia Vianini	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:43.97	8 Q	—N/a		3:44.49	8
Sara Goffi Sara Parise Luisa Striani Cecilia Vianini	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:06.18	4 Q	—N/a		8:04.68	7

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Maurizia Cecconi Alessia Lucchini	Duet	33.203	7	61.750	94.953	6 Q	33.203	95.387	6
Giada Ballan Serena Bianchi Mara Brunetti Chiara Cassin Maurizia Cecconi Alice Dominici Alessia Lucchini Clara Porchetto	Team	—N/a					32.993	95.177	6

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy had athletes in the taekwondo events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The competition tested skills in speed and technique.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Claudio Nolano	Men's 68 kg	López (USA) L 0–7	—N/a		Massimino (AUS) L 7–9	Did not advance
Mario de Meo	Men's 80 kg	Mokhosi (LES) W 3+ – 3	Konan (CIV) L 3–4	Did not advance
Cristiana Corsi	Women's 57 kg	C Silva (BRA) W 5–2	Jung (KOR) L 1–8	—N/a		Lourens (NED) L 5–6	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gianluca Pozzi	Men's singles	Novák (CZE) W 6–1, 6–2	Alami (MAR) L 6–2, 6–4, 8–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The triathlon was one of the sports at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It was a fun race with swimming, cycling, and running.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)	Run (10 km)	Total time	Rank
Alessandro Bottoni	Men's	18:48.79	58:44.21	33:45.46	1:51:18.13	32
Edith Cigana	Women's	20:42.28	1:06:52.10	39:32.43	2:07:05.01	27
Silvia Gemignani	Women's	19:46.58	1:07:46.30	37:48.38	2:05:21.26	20

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy had both men's and women's volleyball teams in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

Team roster

Results

Women's team competition

Team roster

Results

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy men's	Men's tournament	South Korea W 3–0	FR Yugoslavia W 3–2	Argentina W 3–0	Russia W 3–1	United States W 3–1	1 Q	Australia W 3–1	FR Yugoslavia L 3–0	Argentina W 3–0

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy women's	Women's tournament	South Korea L 2–3	Peru W 3–0	Russia L 1–3	Cuba L 0–3	Germany L 1–3	5	Did not advance			=9

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Here is the team from Italy that played water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney:

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy men's	Men's tournament	Slovakia W 11–8	Russia D 7–7	Spain W 6–5	Australia W 6–5	Kazakhstan W 13–7	2 Q	Hungary L 5–8	Australia W 8–4	5–6th place match United States W 10–8	5

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Giuseppe Ficco	– 69 kg	127.5	132.5	132.5	165.0	170.0	—	302.5	13
Sergio Mannironi	– 85 kg	150.0	150.0	155.0	180.0	190.0	190.0	330.0	17
Moreno Boer	– 105 kg	165.0	165.0	172.5	200.0	210.0	210.0	365.0	12

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy sent athletes to compete in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Riccardo Magni	Men's 63 kg	Bracken (USA) L 2–2	Choi S-s (KOR) L 1–5	—N/a	3	Did not advance
Giuseppe Giunta	Men's 130 kg	Galstyan (ARM) W 1–0	Ayari (TUN) W 4–0	Gardner (USA) L 1–2	2	Did not advance

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Baseball

Basketball

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Softball

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Women's team competition

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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