Italy competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 340 competitors, 236 men and 104 women, took part in 172 events in 27 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

The Italian men received unfortunate rankings in the open round, and both Andrea Parenti and Matteo Bisiani quickly found themselves losing to eventual silver medallist Magnus Petersson, in the second and third rounds, respectively. Both had the highest score of any archer to lose in their round. Michele Frangilli advanced to the quarterfinal before facing eventual gold medallist Justin Huish. They won the bronze medal in the team round. Women's Individual Competition: Men's Individual Competition: Women's Team Competition: Men's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's 100 metres Men's 200 metres Men's 800 metres Men's 5,000 metres Men's 10,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Men's 400m Hurdles Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase Men's Long Jump Men's Shot Put Men's Discus Throw Men's Hammer Throw Men's Decathlon Men's 20 kilometres Walk Men's 50 kilometres Walk Women's 400 metres Women's 5,000 metres Women's 10,000 metres Women's Marathon Women's 100m Hurdles Women's 400m Hurdles Women's Discus Throw Women's High Jump Women's Long Jump Women's Triple Jump Women's Heptathlon Women's 10 km Walk

Baseball

The Italians were one of four teams that made their second appearance in Olympic baseball in 1996. They improved slightly, upon their seventh-place finish of four years earlier by taking the middle place in a three-way tie for fifth through seventh places. They had defeated Korea and Australia in the preliminary round but had lost their other five preliminary games. Men's Team Competition: Team roster

Basketball

Women's tournament

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg) Men's Lightweight (60 kg) Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial Women's Individual Road Race Women's Individual Time Trial

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Women's Cross Country

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard Women's 3m Springboard Women's 10m Platform

Equestrian

Fencing

Sixteen fencers, nine men and seven women, represented Italy in 1996.

Football

Men's team competition

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Men's 400m Freestyle Men's 1500m Freestyle Men's 100m Backstroke Men's 200m Backstroke Men's 100m Butterfly Men's 200m Butterfly Men's 200m Individual Medley Men's 400m Individual Medley Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Women's 100m Freestyle Women's 200m Backstroke Women's 100m Breaststroke Women's 100m Butterfly Women's 200m Butterfly Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

Men's Indoor Team Competition

Water polo

Men's team competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling