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: Giovanna Aldegani – round of 32, 28th place (1–1) Paola Fantato – round of 64, 54th place (0–1) Giuseppina di Blasi – round of 64, 60th place (0–1) Men's Individual Competition: Michele Frangilli – quarterfinal, 6th place (3–1) Matteo Bisiani – round of 16, 9th place (2–1) Andrea Parenti – round of 32, 17th place (1–1) Women's Team Competition: Aldegani, Fantato, and di Blasi – round of 16, 9th place (0–1) Men's Team Competition: Frangilli, Bisiani, and Parenti – Bronze Medal Match (3–1) → Bronze Medal Athletics Men's 100 metres Ezio Madonia Stefano Tilli Men's 200 metres Sandro Floris Men's 800 metres Giuseppe D'Urso Andrea Benvenuti Andrea Giocondi Men's 5,000 metres Genny di Napoli Qualification — 14:03.56 Semifinal — 13:28.80 Final — 13:28.36 (→ 12th place) Stefano Baldini Qualification — 13:55.41 Semifinal — 14:06.45 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres Stefano Baldini Qualification — 27:55.79 Final — 29:07.77 (→ 18th place) Men's Marathon Danilo Goffi — 2:15.08 (→ 9th place) Salvatore Bettiol — 2:17.27 (→ 20th place) Davide Milesi — 2:21.45 (→ 50th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Giovanni Puggioni, Ezio Madonia, Angelo Cipolloni, and Sandro Floris Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Fabrizio Mori, Alessandro Aimar, Andrea Nuti, and Ashraf Saber Heat — 3:03.60 Semi Final — 3:02.56 (→ did not advance) Men's 400m Hurdles Fabrizio Mori Heat — 48.90s Semi Final — 48.43s Final — 48.41s (→ 6th place) Laurent Ottoz Heat — 48.92s Semi Final — 48.52s (→ did not advance) Ashraf Saber Heat — 49.71s (→ did not advance) Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase Alessandro Lambruschini Heat — 8:31.69 Semifinals — 8:27.32 Final — 8:11.28 (→ Bronze Medal) Angelo Carosi Heat — 8:30.83 Semifinals — 8:21.86 Final — 8:29.67 (→ 9th place) Men's Long Jump Simone Bianchi Qualification — 7.79m (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put Paolo Dal Soglio Corrado Fantini Giorgio Venturi Men's Discus Throw Diego Fortuna Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw Enrico Sgrulletti Qualification —