Italy competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States; 268 competitors, 222 men and 46 women, took part in 151 events in 23 sports.
Medalists
Gold Alberto Cova – Athletics, men's 10000 metres Alessandro Andrei – Athletics, men's shot put Gabriella Dorio – Athletics, women's 1500 metres Maurizio Stecca – Boxing, men's bantamweight Claudio Vandelli, Marcello Bartalini, Marco Giovannetti, and Eros Poli – Cycling, men's team road race Mauro Numa – Fencing, men's Foil individual competition Mauro Numa, Angelo Scuri, Andrea Borella, Stefano Cerioni, and Andrea Cipressa – Fencing, men's foil team competition Norberto Oberburger – Heavyweight 110 kg Vincenzo Maenza – Light Flyweight, men's Greco-Roman wrestling Ferdinando Meglio, Giovanni Scalzo, Angelo Arcidiacono, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, and Marco Marin – Fencing, men's Sabre team competition Daniele Masala – Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition Daniele Masala, Pier Paolo Cristofori, and Carlo Massullo – Modern pentathlon, men's team competition Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, and Giuseppe Di Capua – Rowing, men's coxed pairs Luciano Giovannetti – Shooting, trap individual competition
Silver Sara Simeoni – Athletics, women's high jump Salvatore Todisco – Boxing, men's light flyweight Francesco Damiani – Boxing, men's super heavyweight Ezio Gamba – Judo, men's lightweight (71 kg) Edith Gufler – Shooting, women's air rifle individual competition Marco Marin – Fencing, men's sabre
Bronze Maurizio Damilano – Athletics, men's 20 km walk Sandro Bellucci – Athletics, men's 50 km walk Giovanni Evangelisti – Athletics, men's long jump Luciano Bruno – Boxing, men's welterweight Angelo Musone – Boxing, men's heavyweight Stefano Cerioni – Fencing, men's foil individual competition Roberto Manzi, Angelo Mazzoni, Stefano Bellone, Sandro Cuomo, and Cosimo Ferro – Fencing, men's épée team competition Dorina Vaccaroni – Fencing, women's foil individual competition Carlo Massullo – Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition Luca Scribani Rossi – Shooting, skeet individual competition Fabio Vullo, Piero Rebaudengo, Paolo Vecchi, Andrea Lucchetta, Pier Paolo Lucchetta, Marco Negri, Guido de Luigi, Giovanni Errichiello, Giovanni Lanfranco, Franco Bertoli, Francesco Dall'Olio, and Giancarlo Dametto – Volleyball, men's team competition Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni – Sailing, men's team competition
Archery
Two time defending bronze 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 Ester Robertson – 2435 points (→ 21st place)
Men's individual competition Giancarlo Ferrari – 2455 points (→ 25th place) Ilario Di Buò – 2437 points (→ 29th place)
Athletics
Men's competition Men's 100 metres Stefano Tilli Antonio Ullo Pierfrancesco Pavoni
Men's 200 metres Pietro Mennea Stefano Tilli Carlo Simionato
Men's 800 metres Donato Sabia Riccardo Materazzi
Men's 1500 metres Riccardo Materazzi Stefano Mei Claudio Patrignani
Men's 5000 metres Salvatore Antibo Heat – 13:46.32 Semifinals – 13:47.53 (→ did not advance)
Piero Selvaggio Heat – 14:04.74 (→ did not advance)
Antonio Selvaggio Heat – 13:55.73 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres Alberto Cova Heat – 28:26.10 Final – 27:47.54 → gold medal
Salvatore Antibo Heat – 28:22.57 Final – 28:06.50 (→ 4th place)
Francesco Panetta Heat – 29:00.78 (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon Giovanni d'Aleo Final – 2:20:12 (→ 35th place)
Marco Marchei Final – 2:22:38 (→ 43rd place)
Men's 110 metres hurdles Daniele Fontecchio
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Francesco Panetta Franco Boffi
Men's 4×100 metres relay Antonio Ullo Giovanni Bongiorni Stefano Tilli Pietro Mennea
Men's 4×400 metres relay Roberto Tozzi Ernesto Nocco Roberto Ribaud Pietro Mennea Donato Sabia Mauro Zuliani
Men's long jump Giovanni Evangelisti Qualification – 7.94m Final – 8.24m → bronze medal
Men's triple jump Dario Badinelli Qualification – 16.13m (→ did not advance)
Men's javelin throw Agostino Ghesini Qualification – 72.96m (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's pole vault Mauro Barella Qualifying round – 5.35m Final – 5.30m (→ 8th place)
Men's shot put Alessandro Andrei Qualification – 20.18 m Final – 21.26 m → gold medal
Marco Montelatici Qualification – 20.14 m Final – 19.98 m (→ 6th place)
Men's discus throw Luciano Zerbini Final – 63.50m (→ 7th place)
Men's hammer throw Orlando Bianchini Qualification – 74.02m Final – 75.94m (→ 4th place)
Giampaolo Urlando Qualification – 72.42m Final – 75.96m (→ finished fourth but was subsequently disqualified as his doping tests proved positive)
Lucio Serrani Qualification – 70.64m (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km walk Maurizio Damilano Final – 1:23:26 → bronze medal
Carlo Mattioli Final – 1:25:07 (→ 5th place)
Alessandro Pezzatini Final – 1:32:27 (→ 28th place)
Men's 50 km walk Sandro Bellucci Final – 3:53:45 → bronze medal
Raffaello Ducceschi Final – 3:59:26 (→ 5th place)
Maurizio Damilano Final – DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's competition Women's 200 metres Marisa Masullo
Women's 400 metres Erica Rossi
Women's 800 metres Gabriella Dorio
Women's 1500 metres Gabriella Dorio Heat – 4:04.51 Final – 4:03.25 → gold medal
Women's 3000 metres Agnese Possamai Heat – 8.45.84 Final – 9.10.82 (→ 10th place)
Women's marathon Laura Fogli Final – 2:29:28 (→ 9th place)
Alba Milana Final – 2:33:01 (→ 12th place)
Paola Moro Final – 2:37:06 (→ 20th place)
Women's 400m hurdles Giuseppina Cirulli Heat – 57.49 Semifinal – 56.45 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4×400 metres relay Patrizia Lombardo Cosetta Campana Marisa Masullo Erica Rossi Giuseppina Cirulli
Women's high jump Sara Simeoni Qualification – 1.90m Final – 2.00m → silver medal
Women's javelin throw Fausta Quintavalla Qualification – 57.66m (→ did not advance)
Basketball
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) Quarterfinals Lost to Canada (72-78) Classification matches 5th/8th place: defeated West Germany (98-71) 5th/6th place: defeated Uruguay (111-102) → fifth place
Team roster Carlo Caglieris Roberto Premier Marco Bonamico Enrico Gilardi Walter Magnifico Roberto Brunamonti Renato Villalta Dino Meneghin Antonello Riva Renzo Vecchiato Pierluigi Marzorati Romeo Sacchetti
Boxing
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) Salvatore Todisco → silver medal First round – bye Second round – defeated Gerard Hawkins (IRL), 5:0 Quarterfinals – defeated Rafael Ramos (PUR), 4:1 Semifinals – defeated Keith Mwila (ZAM), 5:0 Final – lost to Paul Gonzales (USA), walkover
Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg) Maurizio Stecca → gold medal First round – bye Second round – defeated Phillip Sutcliffe (IRE), 5:0 Third round – defeated Star Zulu (ZAM), 5:0 Quarterfinals – defeated Robinson Pitalua (COL), 5:0 Semifinals – defeated Pedro Nolasco (DOM), 5:0 Final – defeated Héctor Lopez (MEX), 4:1
Men's middleweight (– 75 kg) Noe Cruciani First round – defeated Paul Kamela (CMR), 5:0 Second round – lost to Pedro van Raamsdonk (HOL), 0:5
Men's heavyweight (– 91 kg) Angelo Musone → bronze medal First round – defeated James Omondi (KEN), 5:0 Second round – defeated Kaliq Singh (IND), walkover Quarterfinals – defeated Hakkan Brock (SWE), 5:0 Semifinals – lost to Henry Tillman (USA), 0:5
Men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) Francesco Damiani → silver medal First round – bye Quarterfinals – defeated Willie Isangura (TNZ), RSC-2 Semifinals – defeated Robert Wells (GBR), RSC-3 Final – lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 1:4
Canoeing
Cycling
Twenty-one cyclists represented Italy in 1984. They won gold in the team time trial event.
Men's individual road race Alberto Volpi – + 4:10 (→ 13th place) Stefano Colagè – did not finish (→ no ranking) Roberto Pagnin – did not finish (→ no ranking) Renato Piccolo – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial Marcello Bartalini Marco Giovannetti Eros Poli Claudio Vandelli
Sprint Gabriele Sella Vincenzo Ceci
1000m time trial Stefano Baudino
Individual pursuit Roberto Calovi Maurizio Colombo
Team pursuit Roberto Amadio Massimo Brunelli Maurizio Colombo Silvio Martinello
Points race Stefano Allocchio Silvio Martinello
Women's individual road race Maria Canins – 2:11:14 (→ 5th place) Luisa Seghezzi – 2:13:28 (→ 9th place) Roberta Bonanomi – 2:15:13 (→ 23rd place) Emanuela Menuzzo
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard Piero Italiani Preliminary round – 573.69 Final – 578.94 (→ 6th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1984.
Men's foil Mauro Numa Stefano Cerioni Andrea Borella
Men's team foil Mauro Numa, Andrea Borella, Andrea Cipressa, Stefano Cerioni, Angelo Scuri
Men's épée Stefano Bellone Angelo Mazzoni Sandro Cuomo
Men's team épée Stefano Bellone, Sandro Cuomo, Cosimo Ferro, Roberto Manzi, Angelo Mazzoni
Men's sabre Marco Marin Giovanni Scalzo Gianfranco Dalla Barba
Men's team sabre Marco Marin, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, Giovanni Scalzo, Ferdinando Meglio, Angelo Arcidiacono
Women's foil Dorina Vaccaroni Carola Cicconetti Margherita Zalaffi
Women's team foil Dorina Vaccaroni, Clara Mochi, Margherita Zalaffi, Lucia Traversa, Carola Cicconetti
Football
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group D) Italy – Egypt 1-0 Italy – United States 1-0 Italy – Costa Rica 0-1 Quarterfinals Italy – Chile 1-0 (after extra time) Semifinals Italy – Brazil 1-2 (after extra time) Bronze-medal match Italy – Yugoslavia 1-2
Team roster ( 1.) Franco Tancredi (gk) ( 2.) Riccardo Ferri ( 3.) Filippo Galli ( 4.) Sebastiano Nela ( 5.) Roberto Tricella ( 6.) Pietro Vierchowod ( 7.) Salvatore Bagni ( 8.) Franco Baresi ( 9.) Sergio Battistini (10.) Antonio Sabato (11.) Beniamo Vignola (12.) Walter Zenga (gk) (13.) Pietro Fanna (14.) Daniele Massaro (15.) Massimo Briaschi (16.) Maurizio Iorio (17.) Aldo Serena Head Coach: Enzo Bearzot
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
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: Daniele Masala - 5469 points (gold medal) Carlo Massullo - 5406 points (bronze medal) Pier Paolo Cristofori - 5185 points (11th place)
Team competition: Daniele Masala, Carlo Massullo, and Pier Paolo Cristofori - 16060 points (gold medal)
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Ruggero Verroca and Francesco Esposito dominated the lightweight men's double scull during the early 1980s, and they won the World Rowing Championships from 1980 to 1983 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 the men's double scull, where they reached the A final and came a respectable fifth. Later that same month, they won the 1984 World Rowing Championships, and continued to row in different boat classes thereafter.
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's competition Men's 100m freestyle Fabrizio Rampazzo Heat – 51.71 B-Final – 51.56 (→ 12th place)
Marco Colombo Heat – 52.34 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 200m freestyle Marco Dell'Uomo Heat – 1:51.67 Final – 1:52.20 (→ 6th place)
Paolo Revelli Heat – 1:53.46 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 400m freestyle Marco Dell'Uomo Heat – 3:55.00 Final – 3:55.44 (→ 7th place)
Stefano Grandi Heat – 3:56.23 B-Final – 3:57.17 (→ 12th place)
Men's 1500m freestyle Stefano Grandi Heat – 15:22.49 Final – 15:28.58 (→ 6th place)
Men's 100m backstroke Paolo Falchini Heat – 58.65 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Fabrizio Bortolon Heat – 59.27 (→ did not advance, 24th place)