(Kyrgyzstan), 11–12 Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) Antonio Perugino First Round — Defeated José Quinones (Puerto Rico), 10–8 Second Round — Defeated Roger Pettersson (Sweden), 18–4 Quarter Finals — Lost to Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba), 8–15 Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) Pietro Aurino First Round — Defeated Yusuf Öztürk (Turkey), 15–7 Second Round — Lost to Vassili Jirov (Kazakhstan), 13–18 Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg) Paolo Vidoz First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba), referee stopped contest in first round Canoeing Cycling Road Competition Men's Individual Time Trial Maurizio Fondriest Final — 1:05:01 (→ 4th place) Francesco Casagrande Final — 1:09:18 (→ 19th place) Women's Individual Road Race Imelda Chiappa Final — 02:36:38 (→ Silver Medal) Alessandra Cappellotto Final — 02:37:06 (→ 7th place) Roberta Bonanomi Final — 02:37:06 (→ 32nd place) Women's Individual Time Trial Imelda Chiappa Final – 38:47 (→ 8th place) Track Competition Men's Points Race Silvio Martinello Final — 37 points (→ Gold Medal) Mountain Bike Men's Cross Country Daniele Pontoni Final — 2:25:08 (→ 5th place) Luca Bramati Final — 2:26:05 (→ 8th place) Women's Cross Country Paola Pezzo Final — 1:50.51 (→ Gold Medal) Annabella Stropparo Final — 1:55.56 (→ 6th place) Diving Men's 3m Springboard Davide Lorenzini Preliminary Round — 356.55 Semi Final — 202.80 (→ 15th place) Women's 3m Springboard Francesca d'Oriano Preliminary Heat — 208.77 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 10m Platform Francesca d'Oriano Preliminary Heat — 202.86 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Equestrian Fencing Sixteen fencers, nine men and seven women, represented Italy in 1996. Men's foil Alessandro Puccini Stefano Cerioni Marco Arpino Men's team foil Alessandro Puccini, Marco Arpino, Stefano Cerioni Men's épée Sandro Cuomo Angelo Mazzoni Maurizio Randazzo Men's team épée Sandro Cuomo, Angelo Mazzoni, Maurizio Randazzo Men's sabre Tonhi Terenzi Luigi Tarantino Raffaelo Caserta Men's team sabre Luigi Tarantino, Raffaelo Caserta, Tonhi Terenzi Women's foil Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Diana Bianchedi Women's team foil Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella, Giovanna Trillini, Valentina Vezzali Women's épée Margherita Zalaffi Elisa Uga Laura Chiesa Women's team épée Elisa Uga, Laura Chiesa, Margherita Zalaffi Football Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group C) Lost to (0–1) Lost to (2–3) Defeated (2–1) → Did not advance Team Roster Gianluca Pagliuca Christian Panucci Alessandro Nesta Fabio Cannavaro Fabio Galante Salvatore Fresi Raffaele Ametrano Massimo Crippa Marco Branca Massimo Brambilla Marco Delvecchio Gianluigi Buffon Alessandro Pistone Damiano Tommasi Fabio Pecchia