Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Italy at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code ITA
NOC Italian National Olympic Committee
Website www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Sydney
Competitors 361 (246 men, 115 women) in 29 sports
Flag bearer Carlton Myers
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
13
Silver
8
Bronze
13
Total
34
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 361 competitors, 246 men and 115 women, took part in 175 events in 29 sports.[1]

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 20 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 16 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 Luigi Mastrangelo
Mirko Corsano Marco Meoni
Alessandro Fei Samuele Papi
Andrea Gardini Simone Rosalba
Andrea Giani Andrea Sartoretti
Pasquale Gravina Paolo Tofoli
 Volleyball Men's tournament 1 October

Archery

The men's team, which returned two members of the bronze medal-winning 1996 squad, did even better in 2000. They defeated the United States in the semifinal to guarantee themselves at least a silver medal. The Korean men, however, ensured that the Italians did not win the gold medal by defeating them in the final.

Men's individual
Michele Frangilli Matteo Bisiani Ilario Di Buò
1/32 eliminations Defeated Lars Erik Humlekjaer
Norway		 168-158 Defeated Martinus Grov
Norway		 166-158 Defeated Yuji Hamano
Japan		 163-158
1/16 eliminations Defeated Scott Hunter-Russell
Australia		 164-154 Lost to Masafumi Makiyama
Japan		 162-159 Lost to Chung-Tae Kim
Japan		 162-159
1/8 eliminations Lost to Chung-Tae Kim
Korea		 169-166 - - - - - -
Women's individual
Natalia Valeeva Cristina Ioriatti Irene Franchini
1/32 eliminations Defeated Henriette Youanga
Central African Republic		 166-126 Defeated Jill Borresen
South Africa		 154-145 Lost to Kateryna Serdyuk
Ukraine		 157-144
1/16 eliminations Defeated Karin Larsson
Sweden		 162-160 Defeated Hamdiah
Indonesia		 156-156 - - -
1/8 eliminations Defeated Cristina Ioriatti
Italy		 163-156 Lost to Natalia Valeeva
Italy		 163-156 - - -
Quarterfinal Lost to Ok Sil Choe
North Korea		 107-103 - - - - - -
7th place 15th place 58th place

Women's team:

  • Valeeva, Ioriatti, and Franchini – quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Men's team:

  • Frangilli, di Buo, and Bisiani – final, silver medal (3-1)

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 100 m

Men's 200 m

Men's 400 m

  • Alessandro Attene
    1. Round 1 – 45.79
    2. Round 2 – 45.35
    3. Semifinal – 46.41 (did not advance)

Men's 800 m

  • Andrea Longo
    1. Round 1 – 01:46.32
    2. Semifinal – 01:44.49
    3. Final – DQ

Men's 10,000 m

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Men's 400 m Hurdles

Men's 4 × 100 m

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

Men's Shot Put

Men's Discus

Men's Hammer Throw

Men's Triple Jump

Men's Pole Vault

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's marathon

Women's competition

Women's 200 m

Women's 5,000 m

Women's 10,000 m

Women's 400 m Hurdles

Women's 4 × 400 m

Women's Shot Put

Women's Javelin Throw

Women's Hammer Throw

Women's Long Jump

  • Fiona May
    1. Qualifying – 6.81
    2. Final – 6.92 (Silver medal)

Women's 20 km Walk

Women's Marathon

Women's Heptathlon

  • Gertrud Bacher
    1. 100 m Hurdles – 13.82
    2. High Jump – 1.75
    3. Shot Put – 12.75
    4. 200 m – 24.96
    5. Long Jump – 5.84
    6. Javelin Throw – 41.14
    7. 800 m – 02:09.08
    8. Points – 5989 (14th place)

Baseball

Italy was one of the four nations for which the third Olympic baseball tournament continued their streak of unbroken appearances. The Italians went 2-5 in the preliminary round, defeating the Netherlands and South Africa. This put them in seventh place and eliminated them from competition.

Men's:

  • Preliminaries (2-5)
    1. Lost to Korea 2-10
    2. Lost to Cuba 5-13
    3. Defeated South Africa 13-0
    4. Lost to Japan 1-6
    5. Lost to United States 2-4
    6. Defeated Australia 8-7
    7. Lost to Netherlands 2-3 (did not advance)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Defeated Lithuania (50-48)
  • Lost to United States (61-93)
  • Defeated New Zealand (78-66)
  • Defeated France (67-57)
  • Lost to China (76-85)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Australia (62-65)
  • Classification Match
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Yugoslavia (69-59) – Fifth place
  • Team Roster

Beach volleyball

Men's Beach Competition

  • Maurizio Pimponi and Andrea Raffaelli — 19th place (tied)

Women's Beach Competition

  • Preliminary Round — defeated Yuki Ishizaka and Rii Seike (JPN) 15-5
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Misty May-Treanor and Holly McPeak (USA) 13-15 (→ 9th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Sven Paris
    • Round 1 – Defeated Pongsak Rientuanthong of Thailand
    • Round 2 – Defeated Kay Huste of Germany
    • Quarterfinal – Lost to Mohamed Allalou of Algeria (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Ciro Fabio di Corcia
    • Round 1 – Lost to Marin Simion of Romania (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Ottavio Barone
    • Round 1 – Lost to Antonios Giannoulas of Greece (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Antonio Scaduto
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:43.289
    2. Semifinal – 01:43.432 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

  • Jacopo Majocchi
    1. Qualifying Heat – 03:39.176
    2. Semifinal – 03:39.157
    3. Final – 03:38.105 (8th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Josefa Idem Guerrini
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:49.889
    2. Semifinal – Bye
    3. Final – 02:13.848 (Gold medal)

Slalom

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike

Road Cycling

Men's Competition

Men's Road Race

Women's Competition

Women's Individual Time Trial

Women's Road Race

Track Cycling

Men's Competition

Men's Point Race

Men's Keirin

  • Roberto Chiappa
    • First Round – Heat – 2; Place – 2
    • Second Round – Heat – 2; Place – 4 (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Pursuit

Men's Madison

Women's Competition

Women's Individual Pursuit

Women's Point Race

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Donald Miranda
    1. Preliminary – 377.01
    2. Semi-final – 207.03 – 584.04 (16th place, did not advance)

place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Massimiliano Mazzucchi
    1. Preliminary – 386.91
    2. Semi-final – 172.8 – 559.71 (18th place, did not advance)

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Maria Marconi
    1. Preliminary – 229.11 (30th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Tania Cagnotto
    1. Preliminary – 259.74
    2. Semi-final – 206.55 – 466.29 (18th place, did not advance)

Equestrianism

Fencing

17 fencers, 12 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 2000.

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
Women's épée

Football

Men's team competition

  • Group A
  • Australia – Italy 0 – 56
  • Italy – Honduras 56 – 0
  • Italy – Nigeria 56 – 0
  • Quarter Finals
  • Italy – Spain 56 – 0
  • Team Roster

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Women's:

  • Claudia Cerutti – 5026 pts, 9th place
  • Fabiana Fares – 2863 pts, 24th place

Men's:

  • Stefano Pucci – 5121 pts, 13th place

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Rowing events, results, and competitors:[2]

Men's single sculls – 14th place
Mattia Righetti
Men's double sculls – 3rd place ( Bronze medal)
Giovanni Calabrese, Nicola Sartori
Men's quadruple sculls – 1st place ( Gold medal)
Agostino Abbagnale, Alessio Sartori, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri
Men's coxless pair – 12th place
Luigi Sorrentino, Pasquale Panzarino
Men's coxless four – 2nd place ( Silver medal)
Valter Molea, Riccardo Dei Rossi, Lorenzo Carboncini, Carlo Mornati
Men's coxed eight – 4th place
Gioacchino Cascone, Franco Berra, Mario Palmisano, Marco Penna, Valerio Pinton, Raffaello Leonardo, Alessandro Corona, Luca Ghezzi, Gaetano Iannuzzi
Men's lightweight double sculls – 2nd place ( Silver medal)
Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari
Men's lightweight coxless fours – 4th place
Salvatore Amitrano, Franco Sancassani, Catello Amarante, Carlo Gaddi

Italy did not compete in the following rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:

Sailing

Italy competed in ten of the Sailing events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won two medals.

Men's Mistral

  • Riccardo Giordano
    1. Race 1 – (25)
    2. Race 2 – 14
    3. Race 3 – 22
    4. Race 4 – (29)
    5. Race 5 – 6
    6. Race 6 – 21
    7. Race 7 – 11
    8. Race 8 – 21
    9. Race 9 – 3
    10. Race 10 – 18
    11. Race 11 – 12
    12. Final – 128 (17th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

  • Luca Devoti
    1. Race 1 – (19)
    2. Race 2 – 2
    3. Race 3 – 2
    4. Race 4 – (18)
    5. Race 5 – 4
    6. Race 6 – 2
    7. Race 7 – 3
    8. Race 8 – 15
    9. Race 9 – 11
    10. Race 10 – 1
    11. Race 11 – 6
    12. Final – 46 (Silver medal)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Matteo Ivaldi and Francesco Ivaldi
    1. Race 2 – 8
    2. Race 3 – 16
    3. Race 4 – 22
    4. Race 5 – 21
    5. Race 6 – (28)
    6. Race 7 – 9
    7. Race 8 – 10
    8. Race 9 – (26)
    9. Race 10 – 19
    10. Race 11 – 22
    11. Final – 139 (19th place)

Women's Mistral

  • Alessandra Sensini
    1. Race 1 – 3
    2. Race 2 – 1
    3. Race 3 – 3
    4. Race 4 – 2
    5. Race 5 – 1
    6. Race 6 – (4)
    7. Race 7 – 1
    8. Race 8 – 2
    9. Race 9 – 1
    10. Race 10 – (12)
    11. Race 11 – 1
    12. Final – 15 (Gold medal)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

  • Larissa Nevierov
    1. Race 1 – 3
    2. Race 2 – 9
    3. Race 3 – 4
    4. Race 4 – (19)
    5. Race 5 – 13
    6. Race 6 – (18)
    7. Race 7 – 7
    8. Race 8 – 11
    9. Race 9 – 8
    10. Race 10 – 8
    11. Race 11 – 12
    12. Final – 75 (8th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Federica Salva' and Emanuela Sossi
    1. Race 1 – 4
    2. Race 2 – 4
    3. Race 3 – 9
    4. Race 4 – (16)
    5. Race 5 – 2
    6. Race 6 – (18)
    7. Race 7 – 12
    8. Race 8 – 8
    9. Race 9 – 10
    10. Race 10 – 7
    11. Race 11 – 4
    12. Final – 60 (7th place)

Open Laser

  • Diego Negri
    1. Race 1 – 9
    2. Race 2 – 17
    3. Race 3 – (18)
    4. Race 4 – 11
    5. Race 5 – 8
    6. Race 6 – 15
    7. Race 7 – 1
    8. Race 8 – 8
    9. Race 9 – 13
    10. Race 10 – (20)
    11. Race 11 – 9
    12. Final – 91 (8th place)

Open Tornado

  • Lorenzo Giacomo Bodini and Marco Bruno Bodini
    1. Race 1 – (17) OCS
    2. Race 2 – 12
    3. Race 3 – 11
    4. Race 4 – 12
    5. Race 5 – 12
    6. Race 6 – 15
    7. Race 7 – (17) OCS
    8. Race 8 – 6
    9. Race 9 – 11
    10. Race 10 – 10
    11. Race 11 – 9
    12. Final – 98 (14th place)

Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

  • Pietro D'Ali and Ferdinando Colaninno
    1. Race 1 – 9
    2. Race 2 – 2
    3. Race 3 – 8
    4. Race 4 – 6
    5. Race 5 – 13
    6. Race 6 – 12
    7. Race 7 – 10
    8. Race 8 – (17) OCS
    9. Race 9 – (17) DNC
    10. Race 10 – 2
    11. Race 11 – 17 OCS
    12. Final – 79 (10th place)

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

  • Francesco Bruni and Gabriele Bruni
    1. Race 1 – 10
    2. Race 2 – 12
    3. Race 3 – 9
    4. Race 4 – 11
    5. Race 5 – 13
    6. Race 6 – 11
    7. Race 7 – (16)
    8. Race 8 – (18) OCS
    9. Race 9 – 5
    10. Race 10 – 7
    11. Race 11 – 9
    12. Race 12 – 7
    13. Race 13 – 11
    14. Race 14 – 8
    15. Race 15 – 16
    16. Race 16 – 5
    17. Final – 134 (11th place)

Shooting

Softball

Women's Team Competition

  • Team Roster

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Lorenzo Vismara
    1. Preliminary Heat – 22.62
    2. Semi-final – 22.3
    3. Final – 22.11 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Lorenzo Vismara
    1. Preliminary Heat – 49.74
    2. Semi-final – 49.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Massimiliano Rosolino
    1. Preliminary Heat – 1:47.37
    2. Semi-final – 1:46.60
    3. Final – 1:46.65 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Domenico Fioravanti
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:01.32
    2. Semi-final – 01:00.84
    3. Final – 01:00.46 (→ Gold Medal and World Record)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Domenico Fioravanti
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:15.04
    2. Semi-final – 02:12.37
    3. Final – 02:10.87 ( Gold Medal)
  • Davide Rummolo
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:12.75
    2. Semi-final – 02:13.23
    3. Final – 02:12.73 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Emanuele Merisi
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:59.92
    2. Semi-final – 01:59.78
    3. Final – 01:59.01 (→ 5th place)
  • Mirko Mazzari
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:02.13 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Massimiliano Rosolino
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:00.92
    2. Semi-final – 02:01.14
    3. Final – 01:58.98 (→ Gold Medal and Olympic Record)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Christina Chiuso
    1. Preliminary Heat – 25.99 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Sara Parise
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:01.31
    2. Semi-final – 02:00.07 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Sara Goffi
    1. Preliminary Heat – 04:18.16 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Federica Biscia
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:16.09
    2. Semi-final – 02:15.71 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

Synchronized swimming

Team

Duet

Taekwondo

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition:

Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Individual Competition:

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (3-2)
  • Defeated Argentina (3-0)
  • Defeated Russia (3-1)
  • Defeated United States (3-1)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Australia (3-1)
  • Semifinals
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (0-3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated Argentina (3-0) → Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to South Korea (2-3)
  • Defeated Peru (3-0)
  • Lost to Russia (1-3)
  • Lost to Cuba (0-3)
  • Lost to Germany (1-3) → did not advance, ninth place overall
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Angelo Frigoni

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • 4-0-1
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Hungary (5-8)
  • Classification Match
  • 5th-6th place: Defeated United States (10-8) → Fifth place
  • Team Roster

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Vincenzo 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

Sources

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

  1. ↑ "Italy at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Italy Rowing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
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