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Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from the 13th to the 29th of August 2004. This nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games in the modern era, except for the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Italian National Olympic Committee (Italian: Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, CONI) sent the nation's largest ever delegation in history to the Games. A total of 364 athletes, 229 men and 135 women, competed in 27 sports.
Three Italian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams. Marco Galiazzo earned the first archery gold medal in Italy's history. On his way to the final, he defeated countryman Ilario Di Buò in the round of 16. The three men did well enough in the ranking round to receive a bye in the first round of team competition, but were defeated by the United States in their first team match.
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).[2][3]
The Italian baseball team tied for 7th in the preliminary round and did not advance to the semifinals.
Manager: 30 – Giampiero Faraone
Coaches: 8 – Claudio Corradi, 12 – Manuel Cortina, 27 – Salvatore Varriale.
The following is the Italy roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[4]
Italy sent six boxers to Athens, winning a bronze medal to join a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medals count. Both boxers that had matches in the round of 32 won those bouts, (two more had byes). Four boxers won in the round of 16 to advance to quarterfinals, while two fell in that round. Only the super heavyweight Roberto Cammarelle survived the quarterfinal round, not falling until the semifinals to win the bronze medal. The combined record of the Italian boxers was 7-6.
Italian divers qualified for eight individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.
Twelve Italian fencers (seven men and five women) qualified for the following events:
The following is the Italian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[5]
Head coach: Claudio Gentile
* Over-aged player.
Nine Italian judoka (four men and five women) qualified for the following events.
Four Italian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the 2003 UIPM World Championships
Italian rowers qualified the following boats:
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage
Italian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Italian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
* Competed only in heats and received medals
Nine Italian synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.
Five Italian table tennis players qualified for the following events.
Three Italian taekwondo jin qualified to compete.
Six Italian tennis players (one male and five females) qualified to compete in the tennis tournament.
Italy was again represented by three triathletes at the 2004 event, but unlike in the first competition in 2000 all the Italians in 2004 were women. Gemignani, who had been the nation's best finisher four years earlier, dropped one place in the rankings. However, the two Olympic rookies both placed better than Gemignani had in the first race.
The following is the Italian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[6]
Head coach: Gian Paolo Montali
The following is the Italian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[7]
Head coach: Marco Bonitta
The following is the Italian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[8]
Head coach: Paolo de Crescenzo
The following is the Italian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[9]
Head coach: Pierluigi Formiconi
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