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 Antonio Rossi — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 metres Kayak Singles Antonio Rossi and Daniele Scarpa — Canoeing, Men's K2 1.000 metres Kayak Pairs Andrea Collinelli — Cycling, Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit Silvio Martinello — Cycling, Men's Points Race Antonella Bellutti — Cycling, Women's Individual Pursuit Paola Pezzo — Cycling, Women's Cross-country Mountainbike Alessandro Puccini — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition Maurizio Randazzo, Sandro Cuomo, and Angelo Mazzoni — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition Giovanna Trillini, Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, and Valentina Vezzali — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition Yuri Chechi — Gymnastics, Men's Rings Agostino Abbagnale and Davide Tizzano — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls Roberto Di Donna — Shooting, Men's Air Pistol Ennio Falco — Shooting, Men's Skeet Silver Fiona May — Athletics, Women's Long Jump Elisabetta Perrone — Athletics, Women's 10 km Walk Beniamino Bonomi — Canoeing, Men's K1 1.000 metres Kayak Singles Beniamino Bonomi and Daniele Scarpa — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 metres Kayak Pairs Imelda Chiappa — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race Margherita Zalaffi, Laura Chiesa, and Elisa Uga — Fencing, Women's Épée Team Competition Valentina Vezzali — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition Girolamo Giovinazzo — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg) Albano Pera — Shooting, Men's Double Trap Andrea Sartoretti, Paolo Tofoli, Andrea Zorzi, Pasquale Gravina, Marco Meoni, Samuele Papi, Luca Cantagalli, Andrea Gardini, Andrea Giani, Lorenzo Bernardi, Vigor Bovolenta, and Marco Bracci — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition Bronze Michele Frangilli, Matteo Bisiani, and Andrea Parenti — Archery, Men's Team Competition Alessandro Lambruschini — Athletics, Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase Roberta Brunet — Athletics, Women's 5.000 metres Josefa Idem Guerrini — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 metres Kayak Singles Raffaello Caserta, Luigi Tarantino, and Tonhi Terenzi – Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition Giovanna Trillini — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition Ylenia Scapin — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg) Roberto Didonna — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol Andrea Benelli — Shooting, Men's Skeet Emanuele Merisi — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke Leonardo Sottani, Carlo Silipo, Luca Giustolisi, Amedeo Pomilio, Francesco Postiglione, Roberto Calcaterra, Marco Gerini, Alberto Ghibellini, Alessandro Bovo, Alessandro Calcaterra, Alberto Angelini, Francesco Attolico, and Fabio Bencivenga — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition Alessandra Sensini — Sailing, Women's Mistral Individual Competition Archery The Italian men received unfortunate rankings in the open round,