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Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Italy at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg
IOC code ITA
NOC Italian National Olympic Committee
Website www.coni.it (Italian)
in Athens
Competitors 364 in 27 sports
Flag bearer Jury Chechi
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
10 11 11 32
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the quarterfinals

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).

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.


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:


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