History

Italy made its first Summer Olympic appearance at the inaugural 1896 Olympics and has competed ever since though their participation in 1904 is currently disputed as their athlete is listed as representing the United States by the International Olympic Committee. Italy hosted the Summer Olympics in Rome in 1960. The nation sends one of the largest delegations to the Olympics with at least 200 athletes competing in most games since 1948 where they participate in almost all sports available on the Olympic program.

Italy has won at least one medal at all games it has participated in with the exception of 1986 and 1904. The nation has won around 575 medals across 21 sports and typically finishes in the top 10 of the medal table. Their most successful sports are fencing, athletics, cycling, boxing, shooting and rowing. Their most successful athlete is fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti whom won a total of 13 medals. His medals came in individual epee (one gold; 1952 and two bronze; 1948 & 1956), team epee (four gold; 1936, 1952, 1956 & 1960 and one silver; 1948), individual foil (one silver; 1952) and team foil (one gold; 1956 and three silver; 1948, 1952 & 1956). In 2016 Italy won 28 medals.

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Mauro Nespoli
Women’s Individual	Lucilla Boari
Mixed Team	Lucilla Boari Mauro Nespoli

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m	Lamont Jacobs
Men’s 400m	Davide Re
Men’s 50000m	Yemaneberhan Crippa
Men’s 3000m Steeplechase	Osama Zoghlami
Men’s 20km Walk	Massimo Stano
	Giorgio Rubino
Men’s 50km Walk	Teodorico Caporaso
Men’s Marathon	Yassine Rachik
Men’s High Jump	Stefano Sottile

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m Hurdles	Luminosa Bogliolo
Women’s 400m Hurdles	Ayomide Folorunso
Women’s 20km Walk	Eleonaro Giorgi
	Eleonora Dominici
Women’s Marathon	Sara Dossena
	Giovanna Epis

Baseball/Softball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Softball	Lisa Ann Birocci Ilaria Cacciamani Emily Carosone Greta Cecchetti Elisa Cecchetti Amanda Fama Marta Gasparotto Andrea Howard Giulia Longhi Fabrizia Marrone Alice Nicolini Erika Piancastelli Beatrice Ricchi Alessandra Rotondo Laura Vigna

Diving

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 10m Platform	Noemi Batki

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Rhythmic Group All-Around	Anna Basta Martina Centofanti Letizia Cicconcelli Agnese Duranti Alessia Maurelli Martina Santandrea

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s RS:X	Mattia Camboni
Women’s RS:X	Marta Maggetti
Women’s Laser Radial	Carolina Albano
Men’s 470	Giacomo Ferrari Giulio Calabro
Women’s 470	Benedetta di Salle Alessandra Dubbini
Mixed Nacra 17 Foiling	Ruggero Tita Caterina Marianna Banti

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Marco de Nicolo
Men’s 10m Air Rifle	Marco Suppini
Women’s Trap (1) (2)	Silvanna Stanco
	Jessica Rossi
Men’s Skeet (1) (2)	Riccardo Filippelli
	Gabriele Rossetti
Women’s Skeet	Diana Bacosi
	Chiara Cainero

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Freestyle	Andrea Vergani
	Luca Dotto
Men’s 100m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 200m Freestyle	Filippo Megli
	Gabriele Detti
Men’s 400m Freestyle	Gabriele Detti
	Marco De Tullio
Men’s 800m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 1500m Freestyle	Gregorio Paltrinieri
	Domenico Acerenza
Men’s 100m Backstroke	Thomas Ceccon
	Simone Sabbioni
Men’s 200m Backstroke	Matteo Restivo
Men’s 100m Breaststroke	Fabio Scozzoli
	Nicolo Martinenghi
Men’s 200m Breaststroke	Luca Pizzini
Men’s 100m Butterfly	Piero Codia
Men’s 200m Butterfly	Federico Burdisso
Men’s 400m Individual Medley	Pier Matteazzi
Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Santo Condorelli Manuel Frigo Luca Doto Alessandro Miressi Alessandro Bori
Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Filippo Megli Gabriele Detti Stefano Ballo Stefano Di Cola Matteo Ciampi
Men’s 10km Open Water	Gregorio Paltrinieri
	Mario Sanzullo

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m Freestyle	Federica Pellegrini
Women’s 200m Freestyle	Federica Pellegrini
Women’s 400m Freestyle	Simona Quadarella
Women’s 800m Freestyle	Simona Quadarella
Women’s 1500m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athlete
Women’s 100m Backstroke	Margherita Panziera
	Silvia Scalia
Women’s 200m Backstroke	Margherita Panziera
Women’s 100m Breaststroke	Arianna Castiglioni
	Martina Carraro
Women’s 200m Breaststroke	Francesca Fangio
Women’s 100m Butterfly	Ilaria Bianchi
	Elena Di Liddo
Women’s 200m Individual Medley	Ilaria Cusinato
Women’s 400m Individual Medley	Ilaria Cusinato
Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay	Margherita Panziera Martina Carraro Elena Di Liddo Federica Pellegrini Arianna Castiglioni Ilaria Bianchi
Women’s 10km Open Water	Rachele Bruni

Mixed Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay	Simone Sabbioni Fabio Scozzoli Elena Di Liddo Federica Pellegrini Margherita Panziera Nicolo Martinenghi Manuel Frigo

Volleyball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Indoor Volleyball	Riccardo Sbertoli Osmany Juantorena Simone Giannelli Ivan Zaytsev Filippo Lanza Fabio Balaso Massimo Colaci Matteo Piano Roberto Russo Oleg Antonov Simone Anzani Nicola Pesaresi Daniele Lavia Gabriele Nelli
Women’s Indoor Volleyball	Indre Sorokaite Ofelia Malinov Monica De Gennaro Raphaela Folie Alessia Orro Cristina Chirichella Anna Danesi Sarah Fahr Elena Pietrini Sylvia Nwakalor Lucia Bosetti Miryam Sylla Paola Egonu Beatrice Parrocchiale

Water Polo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament	Marco Del Lungo Francesco Di Fulvio Stefano Luongo Pietro Figlioli Edoardo Di Somma Alessandro Velotto Vincenzo Renzuto Gonzalo Echenique Niccolo Figari Michael Bodegas Matteo Aicardi Vincenzo Dolce Gianmarco Nicosia