Sporting event delegation
Italy competed at the1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles ,United States ; 268 competitors, 222 men and 46 women, took part in 151 events in 23 sports.[ 1]
Alberto Cova – Athletics, men's 10000 metresAlessandro Andrei – Athletics, men's shot putGabriella Dorio – Athletics, women's 1500 metresMaurizio Stecca – Boxing, men's bantamweightClaudio Vandelli ,Marcello Bartalini ,Marco Giovannetti , andEros Poli – Cycling, men's team road raceMauro Numa – Fencing, men's Foil individual competitionMauro Numa ,Angelo Scuri ,Andrea Borella ,Stefano Cerioni , andAndrea Cipressa – Fencing, men's foil team competitionNorberto Oberburger – Heavyweight 110 kgVincenzo Maenza – Light Flyweight, men's Greco-Roman wrestlingFerdinando Meglio ,Giovanni Scalzo ,Angelo Arcidiacono ,Gianfranco Dalla Barba , andMarco Marin – Fencing, men's Sabre team competitionDaniele Masala – Modern pentathlon, men's individual competitionDaniele Masala ,Pier Paolo Cristofori , andCarlo Massullo – Modern pentathlon, men's team competitionCarmine Abbagnale ,Giuseppe Abbagnale , andGiuseppe Di Capua – Rowing, men's coxed pairsLuciano Giovannetti – Shooting, trap individual competitionMaurizio Damilano – Athletics, men's 20 km walkSandro Bellucci – Athletics, men's 50 km walkGiovanni Evangelisti – Athletics, men's long jumpLuciano Bruno – Boxing, men's welterweightAngelo Musone – Boxing, men's heavyweightStefano Cerioni – Fencing, men's foil individual competitionRoberto Manzi ,Angelo Mazzoni ,Stefano Bellone ,Sandro Cuomo , andCosimo Ferro – Fencing, men's épée team competitionDorina Vaccaroni – Fencing, women's foil individual competitionCarlo Massullo – Modern pentathlon, men's individual competitionLuca Scribani Rossi – Shooting, skeet individual competitionFabio Vullo ,Piero Rebaudengo ,Paolo Vecchi ,Andrea Lucchetta ,Pier Paolo Lucchetta ,Marco Negri ,Guido de Luigi ,Giovanni Errichiello ,Giovanni Lanfranco ,Franco Bertoli ,Francesco Dall'Olio , andGiancarlo Dametto – Volleyball, men's team competitionGiorgio Gorla andAlfio Peraboni – Sailing, men's team competitionTwo time defendingbronze 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
Men's individual competition
Men's competition Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 800 metres
Men's 1500 metres
Men's 5000 metres
Heat – 13:46.32 Semifinals – 13:47.53 (→ did not advance) Heat – 14:04.74 (→ did not advance) Heat – 13:55.73 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres
Heat – 28:26.10 Final – 27:47.54 →gold medal Heat – 28:22.57 Final – 28:06.50 (→ 4th place) Heat – 29:00.78 (→ did not advance) Men's marathon
Final – 2:20:12 (→ 35th place) Final – 2:22:38 (→ 43rd place) Men's 110 metres hurdles
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Men's 4×100 metres relay
Men's 4×400 metres relay
Men's long jump
Qualification – 7.94m Final – 8.24m →bronze medal Men's triple jump
Qualification – 16.13m (→ did not advance) Men's javelin throw
Qualification – 72.96m (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's pole vault
Qualifying round – 5.35m Final – 5.30m (→ 8th place) Men's shot put
Qualification – 20.18 m Final – 21.26 m →gold medal Qualification – 20.14 m Final – 19.98 m (→ 6th place) Men's discus throw
Final – 63.50m (→ 7th place) Men's hammer throw
Qualification – 74.02m Final – 75.94m (→ 4th place) Qualification – 72.42m Final – 75.96m (→ finished fourth but was subsequently disqualified as hisdoping tests proved positive) Qualification – 70.64m (→ did not advance) Men's 20 km walk
Final – 1:23:26 →bronze medal Final – 1:25:07 (→ 5th place) Final – 1:32:27 (→ 28th place) Men's 50 km walk
Final – 3:53:45 →bronze medal Final – 3:59:26 (→ 5th place) Final – DNF (→ no ranking) Women's competition Women's 200 metres
Women's 400 metres
Women's 800 metres
Women's 1500 metres
Heat – 4:04.51 Final – 4:03.25 →gold medal Women's 3000 metres
Heat – 8.45.84 Final – 9.10.82 (→ 10th place) Women's marathon
Final – 2:29:28 (→ 9th place) Final – 2:33:01 (→ 12th place) Final – 2:37:06 (→ 20th place) Women's 400m hurdles
Heat – 57.49 Semifinal – 56.45 (→ did not advance) Women's 4×400 metres relay
Women's high jump
Qualification – 1.90m Final – 2.00m →silver medal Women's javelin throw
Qualification – 57.66m (→ did not advance) Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) Defeated Egypt (110-62) Defeated West Germany (80-72) Defeated Brazil (89-78) Defeated Australia (93-82) Lost to Yugoslavia (65-69) 5th/8th place : defeated West Germany (98-71)5th/6th place : defeated Uruguay (111-102) →fifth place Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)
Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)
Men's heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
Twenty-one cyclists represented Italy in 1984. They won gold in the team time trial event.
Men's individual road race Team time trial Sprint 1000m time trial Individual pursuit Team pursuit Points race Women's individual road race Men's 3m Springboard
Preliminary round – 573.69 Final – 578.94 (→ 6th place) 20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1984.
Men's foil Men's team foil Men's épée Men's team épée Men's sabre Men's team sabre Women's foil Women's team foil Men's team competition Preliminary round (group D) Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1984. Carlo Massullo won an individual bronze, Daniele Masala won an individual gold and the team also won gold.
Individual competition:
Team competition:
Daniele Masala, Carlo Massullo, and Pier Paolo Cristofori - 16060 points(gold medal) Rhythmic gymnastics [ edit ] Ruggero Verroca andFrancesco Esposito dominated thelightweight men'sdouble scull during the early 1980s, and they won theWorld Rowing Championships from1980 to1983 every year. Lightweight men's double scull was not an Olympic boat class at the time, and they qualified in the open weight class of themen's double scull , where they reached the A final and came a respectable fifth. Later that same month, they won the1984 World Rowing Championships , and continued to row in different boat classes thereafter.[ 2] [ 3]
Men's competition Men's 100m freestyle
Heat – 51.71 B-Final – 51.56 (→ 12th place) Heat – 52.34 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 200m freestyle
Heat – 1:51.67 Final – 1:52.20 (→ 6th place) Heat – 1:53.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 400m freestyle
Heat – 3:55.00 Final – 3:55.44 (→ 7th place) Heat – 3:56.23 B-Final – 3:57.17 (→ 12th place) Men's 1500m freestyle
Heat – 15:22.49 Final – 15:28.58 (→ 6th place) Men's 100m backstroke
Heat – 58.65 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Heat – 59.27 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 200m backstroke
Heat – 2:04.59 B-Final – 2:04.64 (→ 9th place) Heat – 2:06.46 B-Final – 2:05.86 (→ 15th place) Men's 100m breaststroke
Heat – 1:04.09 Final – 1:04.11 (→ 8th place) Heat – 1:04.37 B-Final – 1:03.99 (→ 9th place) Men's 200m breaststroke
Heat – 2:18.90 Final – DSQ (→ no ranking) Heat – 2:22.90 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 100m butterfly
Heat – 55.70 B-Final – DNS (→ no ranking) Men's 200m butterfly
Heat – 2:00.38 B-Final – 2:01.58 (→ 14th place) Heat – DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 200m individual medley
Heat – 2:06.76 B-Final – 2:06.10 (→ 11th place) Heat – 2:07.19 B-Final – 2:06.72 (→ 12th place) Men's 400m individual medley
Heat – 4:23.61 Final – 4:22.76 (→ 5th place) Heat – 4:23.03 Final – 4:26.05 (→ 8th place) Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Final – 3:24.97 (→ 8th place) Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Women's competition Silvia Persi ,Grazia Colombo ,Carla Lasi ,Monica Olmi ,Manuela Carosi ,Carlotta Tagnin ,Manuela Dalla Valle ,Laura Belotti ,Roberta Lanzarotti ,Cristina Quintarelli , andRoberta Felotti Women's 100m freestyle
Heat – 57.62 B-Final – 57.24 (→ 10th place) Heat – 59.43 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 200m freestyle
Heat – 2:03.98 B-Final – 2:03.17 (→ 9th place) Heat – 2:04.60 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 400m freestyle
Heat – 4:18.90 B-Final – 4:18.57 (→ 12th place) Heat – 4:18.70 B-Final – 4:19.22 (→ 13th place) Women's 800m freestyle
Heat – 8:41.84 Final – 8:42.45 (→ 5th place) Heat – 8:45.83 Final – 8:47.32 (→ 7th place) Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Heat – 3:52.89 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Heat – 4:17.90 Final – 4:17.40 (→ 5th place) Women's 100m backstroke
Heat – 1:04.77 B-Final – 1:04.52 (→ 10th place) Women's 200m backstroke
Heat – 2:25.45 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Women's 200m butterfly
Heat – 2:14.53 B-Final – 2:14.54 (→ 10th place) Heat – 2:18.72 B-Final – 2:16.47 (→ 13th place) Women's 200m individual medley
Heat – 2:20.50 Final – 2:19.69 (→ 6th place) Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Women's 400m individual medley
Heat – 4:54.14 B-Final – 4:57.74 (→ 12th place) Synchronized swimming [ edit ] Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Canada (3-1) Defeated China (3-0) Lost to Japan (2-3) Defeated Egypt (3-0) Defeated Canada (3-0) →bronze medal Men's team competition Preliminary round (group C) Defeated Japan (15-5) Drew with Australia (8-8) Lost to West Germany (4-10) Defeated Brazil (13-4) Defeated China (11-8) Drew with Greece (8-8) Defeated Canada (16-9) →7th place
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