Italy at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Italy at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ITA
NPC	Comitato Italiano Paralimpico
Website	www.comitatoparalimpico.it (in Italian)
in Athens
Competitors	77 in 12 sports
Medals Ranked 31st	Gold 4 Silver 8 Bronze 7 Total 19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 76 athletes, 62 men and 14 women.^[1] Competitors from Italy won 19 medals, including 4 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze to finish 31st in the medal table.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Sport	Event
Gold	Paola Fantato	Archery	Women's individual W1/W2
Gold	Alvise De Vidi	Athletics	Men's marathon T51
Gold	Immacolata Cerasuolo	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly S8
Gold	Alberto Pellegrini	Wheelchair fencing	Men's individual sabre A
Silver	Paola Fantato Anna Menconi Sandra Truccolo	Archery	Women's team
Silver	Stefano Lippi	Athletics	Men's long jump F42
Silver	Roberto La Barbera	Athletics	Men's long jump F44
Silver	Francesca Porcellato	Athletics	Women's 100 m T53
Silver	Francesca Porcellato	Athletics	Women's 800 m T53
Silver	Fabio Triboli	Cycling	Men's bicycle road race/time trial LC1
Silver	Immacolata Cerasuolo	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley SM8
Silver	Valeria Zorzetto	Table tennis	Women's singles class 4
Bronze	Alvise De Vidi	Athletics	Men's 200 m T51
Bronze	Andrea Cionna	Athletics	Women's 10000 m T11
Bronze	Andrea Cionna	Athletics	Women's marathon T11
Bronze	Francesca Porcellato	Athletics	Women's 400 m T53
Bronze	Fabio Triboli	Cycling	Men's individual 4 km pursuit LC1
Bronze	Fabrizio Macchi	Cycling	Men's individual 4 km pursuit LC3
Bronze	Carlo Piccoli	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle S3

Sports

Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Daniele Cassiani	Men's individual W1	386	12	N/A	Cavanagh (GBR) L 114-164	did not advance
Salvartore Carrubba	Men's individual W2	555	29	Tseng (TPE) L 126-155	did not advance
Oscar de Pellegrin		626	2	Bye	Sakodo (JPN) W 151-147	Lee (KOR) W 94-91	Oehme (GER) L 97-98	Lee (KOR) L 96-104	4
Marco Vitale		568	24	Sawicki (POL) W 153-137	Zhang (CHN) L 139-158	did not advance
Salvatore Carrubba Oscar de Pellegrin Marco Vitale	Men's team	1749	10	N/A	France (FRA) W *197-197	United States (USA) L 223-226	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Paola Fantato	Women's individual W1/2	570	4	N/A	Nakanishi (JPN) W 154-127	Cerna (CZE) W 85-80	Hirasawa (JPN) W 96-88	Isozaki (JPN) W 97-83
Anna Menconi		514	14	N/A	Isozaki (JPN) L 128-129	did not advance
Sandra Truccolo		533	12	N/A	Cerna (CZE) L 117-119	did not advance
Paola Fantato Anna Menconi Sandra Truccolo	Women's team	1617	6	N/A		Czech Republic (CZE) W 201-176	South Korea (KOR) W 205-194	Great Britain (GBR) L 157-184

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paolo Barbera	T13	800m	N/A				2:05.47	8
		1500m	4:16.21	16	did not advance
Daniele Bonacini	T44	100m	12.95	12	did not advance
		200m	26.18	11	did not advance
Alessio Carosi	T11	100m	12.27	17	did not advance
Andrea Cionna	T11	10000m	N/A				33:59.98
		Marathon	N/A				2:49:59
Fabrizio Cocchi	T13	Marathon	N/A				2:51:16	9
Paolo D'Agostini	T51	200m	N/A				43.77	7
		Marathon	N/A				3:48:28	5
Alvise de Vidi	T51	200m	N/A				40.30
		Marathon	N/A				2:53:38
Carlo Durante	T11	10000m	N/A				37:46.96	12
		Marathon	N/A				3:05:01	7
Stefano Lippi	T42	100m	N/A				13.09	4
		200m	N/A				28.10	6
Aldo Manganaro	T13	100m	11.32	7 q	N/A		11.39	7
		200m	23.30	8 Q	N/A		23.62	6
Heros Marai	T44	100m	12.27	6 q	N/A		12.12	6
		200m	25.23	9	did not advance
Lorenzo Ricci	T11	100m	DNF		did not advance
		200m	DNS		did not advance
Matteo Tassetti	T12	100m	11.91	23	did not advance
		200m	24.41	22	did not advance
Daniele Bonacini Roberto la Barbera Stefano Lippi Heros Marai	T42-46	4 × 100 m relay	N/A				DNF

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Germano Bernardi	F54	Shot put	7.38	-	9
Daniele Bonacini	F44	Long jump	5.72	-	6
Roberto La Barbera	F44	Long jump	6.45	-
	P44	Pentathlon	4127		4
Stefano Lippi	F42	Long jump	5.63	-
Renato Misturini	F55	Discus	29.40	-	7
	F55-56	Javelin	22.51	770	16
Maurizio Nalin	F57	Javelin	29.30	-	7
		Shot put	11.95	-	5

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Francesca Porcellato	T53	100m	N/A				17.63
		400m	57.46	2 Q	N/A		59.59
		800m	2:07.67	5 Q	N/A		1:59.55

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Carmen Acunto	F54/55	Shot put	7.07	816	10
Giuliana Cum	F42-46	Discus	29.45	910	11
		Shot put	8.43	786	14
	F44/46	Long jump	3.62	900	12

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andreas Gemassmer	Men's road race / time trial LC3	-	4
Fabrizio Macchi	Men's road race / time trial LC3	-	8
Roland Reupp	Men's handcycle road race HC div B/C	1:27:31	8
	Men's handcycle time trial HC div B/C	19:41.40	10
Pierangelo Vignati	Men's road race / time trial LC1	-	10
Fabio Triboli	Men's road race / time trial LC1	-
Emanuele Bersini Fabrizio Di Somma	Men's road race / time trial tandem B1-3	3:08:23	11

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Fabrizio Macchi	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:10.43	6
	Men's individual pursuit LC3	4:10.41	3 Q	Jesson (NZL) W 4:11.63	4 q	Garcia (ESP) W 4:07.43
Fabio Triboli	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:12.67	12
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	5:00.47	3 Q	Schambek (GER) W 5:01.71	3 q	Renggli (SUI) W 5:03.43
Pierangelo Vignati	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:16.22	24
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	5:04.18	4 Q	Renggli (SUI) L 5:15.00	7	did not advance
Emanuele Bersini Fabrizio Di Somma	Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3	N/A				1:10.91	16
	Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3	4:43.45	11	did not advance

Equestrian

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
Mauro Caredda	Mixed individual championship test grade I	65.368	10
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade I	65.875	10

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Diego Poli	Men's 81kg	Vincze (HUN) L 0000–0210	N/A		Pominov (UKR) L 0000-1010	did not advance

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Ivano Borgato	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	551	21	did not advance
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	538	20	did not advance
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	528	14	did not advance
Daniele de Michiel	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1114	14	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	581	46	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	585	10	did not advance
Giancarlo Iori	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	563	4 Q	93.9	656.9	6
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	549	13	did not advance
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	515	14	did not advance
Lauro Pederzoli	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	596	22	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	571	30	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Azzurra Ciani	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	600 =WR	1 Q	102.9	702.9	6
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	582	13	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Matteo Lenza	S8	50m freestyle	31.67	9	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:07.82	14	did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:14.45	9	did not advance
Luca Mazzone	S4	50m freestyle	43.17	6 Q	39.78	5
		100m freestyle	1:39.05	7 Q	1:37.01	5
		200m freestyle	3:31.03	7 Q	3:39.05	7
		50m butterfly	1:11.93	9	did not advance
Andrea Palantrani	S13	50m freestyle	27.39	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:01.95	12	did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:12.70	11	did not advance
	SB13	100m breaststroke	1:14.33	1 Q	1:14.60	5
	SM13	200m individual medley	2:40.37	9	did not advance
Carlo Piccoli	S3	50m freestyle	53.13	4 Q	54.15	5
		100m freestyle	2:05.01	6 Q	1:57.22	4
		200m freestyle	4:15.09	4 Q	4:06.20
	SM3	150m individual medley	DSQ		did not advance
Alessandro Serpico	S12	100m freestyle	1:01.87	11	did not advance
		400m freestyle	4:54.83	8 Q	4:52.08	8
		100m backstroke	1:10.94	10	did not advance
	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:24.15	18	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Immacolata Cerasuolo	S8	100m freestyle	1:20.82	12	did not advance
		400m freestyle	6:09.17	12	did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:24.15	1 Q	1:23.04
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:36.40	8 Q	1:34.97	8
	SM8	200m individual medley	3:02.27	2 Q	3:02.03
Dalia Dameno	S5	50m freestyle	46.77	7 Q	45.71	7
		100m freestyle	1:44.52	9	did not advance
		200m freestyle	3:53.22	8 Q	3:53.62	8
		50m butterfly	N/A		1:04.08	7

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Salvatore Caci	Men's singles 4	Sutter (SUI) L 2–3	Benedetti (FRA) W 3–2	Eid (EGY) W 3–0	1 Q	Martin (FRA) L 1–3	did not advance
Andrea Furlan	Men's singles 7	Morales (ESP) W 3-2	Duracka (CZE) W 3-0	Lima (BRA) W 3-0	1 Q	Meyer (GER) W 3-0	Wollmert (GER) L 1-3	Morales (ESP) L 0-3	4
Paolo Pietro Puglisi	Men's singles 10	Gaspar (SVK) L 0-3	Andersson (SWE) L 0-3	Bereczki (HUN) W 3-1	3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Clara Podda	Women's singles 1-2	Marziou (FRA) L 1–3	Riding (GBR) W 3–1	Garcia Ble (MEX) W 3–0	2 Q	N/A	Clot (FRA) L 1–3	Mitton (GBR) L 0-3	4
Valeria Zorzetto	Women's singles 4	Dolinar (SLO) W 3-1	Arenales (MEX) W 3-1	Johnson (USA) W 3-0	1 Q	Bye	Pape (GER) W 3-2	Weinmann (GER) L 1-3

Wheelchair basketball

The men's wheelchair basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out of 12 teams.

Players

• Damiano Airoldi
• Fabio Bernadis
• Matteo Cavagnini
• Salvatore Cherchi
• Sandr Cherubini
• Sergio Cherubini
• Alberto Pellegrini
• Mauro Pennino
• Fabio Raimondi
• Emiliano Rocca
• Stefano Rossetti
• Ali Mohamed Sanna

Tournament

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Italy vs.  Canada (CAN)	54 - 83	4 Q
2	Italy vs.  Australia (AUS)	52 - 57
3	Italy vs.  Great Britain (GBR)	51 - 48
4	Italy vs.  Brazil (BRA)	67 - 50
5	Italy vs.  France (FRA)	52 - 69
Quarter finals	Italy vs.  Netherlands (NED)	64 - 70	L
5th/6th classification	Italy vs.  Germany (GER)	62 - 76	6

Wheelchair fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gerardo Mari	Men's foil B	Chung (HKG)	L 2-5	3 Q	Francois (FRA) W 15-14	Komar (UKR) L 10-15	did not advance
		Szekeres (HUN)	L 1-5
		Durand (FRA)	W 5-2
		Arnau (ESP)	W 5-0
	Men's sabre B	Czop (POL)	W 5-2	2 Q	Bye	Szekeres (HUN) L 14-15	did not advance
		Hui (HKG)	L 1-5
		Park (KOR)	W 5-4
		Arnau (ESP)	W 5-1
		Moreno (USA)	W 5-4
Alberto Pellegrini	Men's foil A	Zhang (CHN)	L 2-5	2 Q	Kwong (HKG) W 15-8	Zhang (CHN) L 10-15	did not advance
		Maillard (FRA)	W 5-3
		Almansouri (KUW)	W 5-0
		Rodriguez (ESP)	W 5-3
	Men's sabre A	Fung (HKG)	W 5-2	1 Q	Bye	More (FRA) W 15-7	Jablonski (POL) W 15-12	Makowski (POL) W 15-12
		Rodriguez (USA)	W 5-1
		Lipinski (GER)	W 5-1
		Sanchez (ESP)	W 5-1
Alessio Sarri	Men's épée B	Chung (HKG)	L 1–5	4 Q	Shenkevych (UKR) L 5–15	did not advance
		Komar (UKR)	L 2-5
		Park (KOR)	L 3-5
		Hisakawa (JPN)	W 5-3
		Soler (ESP)	W 5-4
	Men's foil B	Czop (POL)	L 2-5	4 Q	Chung (HKG) L 7-15	did not advance
		Latreche (FRA)	L 4-5
		Moreno (USA)	L 3-5
		Bogdos (GRE)	W 5-0
Alberto Serafini	Men's foil A	Fung (HKG)	L 2-5	5	did not advance
		Al Qallaf (KUW)	L 3-5
		Walisiewicz (POL)	L 3-5
		El Assine (FRA)	L 3-5
		Dulah (MAS)	W 5-2
	Men's sabre A	Jablonski (POL)	L 1-5	4 Q	Fung (HKG) L 2-15	did not advance
		Tai (HKG)	L 0-5
		More (FRA)	L 1-5
		Ahner (GER)	W 5-2
		Dulah (MAS)	W 5-2

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laura Presutto	Women's épée A	Krajnyak (HUN)	L 0–5	4 Q	Polasik (POL) L 6-15	did not advance
		Polasik (POL)	L 1-5
		Assmann (FRA)	L 2-5
		Gilmore (USA)	W 5-3
		Tani (JPN)	W 5-0
	Women's foil A	Yu (HKG)	L 2-5	5 Q	Picot (FRA) L 5-15	did not advance
		Trigilia (ITA)	L 0-5
		Witos (POL)	L 2-5
		Assmann (FRA)	L 4-5
		Jurak (HUN)	W 5-4
Loredana Trigilia	Women's épée A	Yu (HKG)	W 5-2	1 Q	Gilmore (USA) W 15-13	Polasik (POL) W 15-12	Fan (HKG) L 9-15	Krajnyak (HUN) L 8-15	4
		Rossek (GER)	W 5-4
		Jurak (HUN)	W 5-4
		Meyer (FRA)	W 5-2
		Frelik (POL)	W 5-1
	Women's foil A	Yu (HKG)	L 3-5	2 Q	Frelik (POL) W 15-4	Picot (FRA) L 14-15	did not advance
		Witos (POL)	W 5-0
		Assmann (FRA)	W 5-2
		Presutto (ITA)	W 5-0
		Jurak (HUN)	W 5-1
Rosalba Vettraino	Women's épée B	Wyrzykowska (POL)	L 3-5	2 Q	N/A	Jana (THA) L 13-15	did not advance
		Lykyanenko (UKR)	W 5-2
		Hassen Bey (ESP)	W 5-1
		Masciotra (ARG)	W 5-0
	Women's foil B	Jana (THA)	L 2-5	5	did not advance
		Palfi (HUN)	L 1-5
		Magnat (FRA)	L 1-5
		Weber Kranz (GER)	L 4-5

Teams

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gerardo Mari Alberto Pellegrini Alessio Sarri Alberto Serafini	Men's foil team	Kuwait (KUW) L 45-38	Spain (ESP) W 45-2	5th classification  France (FRA) W 45-39	5
Gerardo Mari Alberto Pellegrini Alberto Serafini	Men's sabre team	United States (USA) W 45-25	Hong Kong (HKG) L 38-45	France (FRA) L 44-45	4
Laura Presutto Loredana Trigilia Rosalba Vettraino	Women's épée team	France (FRA) L 35-45	N/A	5th classification  Germany (GER) L 43-45	6
	Women's foil team	France (FRA) L 41-45	United States (USA) W 45-19	5th classification  Germany (GER) W 45-43	5

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mario Gatelli	Open	Men's singles	Pellegrina (SUI) W 6–1, 7-5, 6–0	Saida (JPN) L 0–6, 2–6	did not advance
Mario Gatelli Fabian Mazzei		Men's doubles	N/A	Nakano (JPN) /  To (JPN) W 7-6, 6-7, 6-3	Jaroszewski (POL) /  Kruszelnicki (POL) L 2-6, 2-6	did not advance

Quads

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Giuseppe Polidori	Open	Quads' singles	Eccleston (GBR) L 6–3, 3-6, 2-6	did not advance
Antonio Raffaele			Wagner (USA) L 2-6, 1-6	did not advance
Giuseppe Polidori Antonio Raffaele		Quads' doubles	N/A	de Beer (NED) /  van Erp (NED) L 3-6, 1-6	did not advance

See also

• Italy at the Paralympics
• Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
2. "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.