Nations 169
Athletes 9385 (6662 Uomini; 2723 Donne)
Italian athletes 304 (228 Uomini; 76 Donne)
The Olympic movement witnessed its complete reunification in Barcelona, the Catalan capital and birthplace of Juan Antonio Samaranch. The record participation, both in the number of countries and athletes, the beauty of the city and the sport facilities, the climate of friendship all made these Games the most exciting chapter in Olympic history. Barcelona also marked the end of discrimination between amateur and professional status. Among the most anticipated competitive performances were precisely the performances of the American Basketball team, "The Dream Team" made up of stars from the NBA. Italy, present with its largest team to date, had its greatest success in water polo by beating the hosts in extra time.
Giovanna Trillini gold Fencing foil individual women
Giovanni Lombardi gold Cicling Road individual points race
Fabio Casartelli gold Cicling Road INDIVIDUAL ROAD
Pierpaolo Ferrazzi gold Canoeing Slalom K1
Giovanna Trillini, Diana Bianchedi, Francesca Bortolozzi, Dorina Vaccaroni, Margherita Zalaffi gold Fencing foil team women
Marco D'Altrui, Francesco Attolico, Gianni Averaimo, Alessandro Bovo, Paolo Caldarella, Massimiliano Ferretti, Mario Fiorillo, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Amedeo Pomilio, Francesco Porzio, Carlo Silipo, Alessandro Campagna, Giuseppe Porzio gold Water Polo water polo
Giuseppe Abbagnale, Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di Capua silver Rowing Coxed pair
Flavio Anastasia, Luca Colombo, Gianfranco Contri, Andrea Peron silver Cicling Road 100 Km Team
Emanuela Pierantozzi silver Judo 66 Kg women
Vincenzo Maenza silver Wrestling wrestling greco-roman 48 Kg
Marco Marin silver Fencing Sabre individual
Giovanni De Benedictis bronze Athletics 20 Km Race walk
Antonio Rossi, Bruno Dreossi bronze Canoeing K2 500 m
Gianluca Farina, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessandro Corona bronze Rowing Quadruple sculls
Stefano Battistelli bronze Swimming 200 m backstroke
Luca Sacchi bronze Swimming 400 m individual medley
Carlo Massullo, Gianluca Tiberti, Roberto Bomprezzi bronze Modern Pentathlon equestrian, fencing, swimming, shooting, cross country running
Marco Venturini bronze Shotgun Trap
Bruno Rossetti bronze Shotgun skeet