Possamai Heat – 8.45.84 Final – 9.10.82 (→ 10th place) Women's marathon Laura Fogli Final – 2:29:28 (→ 9th place) Alba Milana Final – 2:33:01 (→ 12th place) Paola Moro Final – 2:37:06 (→ 20th place) Women's 400m hurdles Giuseppina Cirulli Heat – 57.49 Semifinal – 56.45 (→ did not advance) Women's 4×400 metres relay Patrizia Lombardo Cosetta Campana Marisa Masullo Erica Rossi Giuseppina Cirulli Women's high jump Sara Simeoni Qualification – 1.90m Final – 2.00m → silver medal Women's javelin throw Fausta Quintavalla Qualification – 57.66m (→ did not advance) Basketball Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) Defeated Egypt (110-62) Defeated West Germany (80-72) Defeated Brazil (89-78) Defeated Australia (93-82) Lost to Yugoslavia (65-69) Quarterfinals Lost to Canada (72-78) Classification matches 5th/8th place: defeated West Germany (98-71) 5th/6th place: defeated Uruguay (111-102) → fifth place Team roster Carlo Caglieris Roberto Premier Marco Bonamico Enrico Gilardi Walter Magnifico Roberto Brunamonti Renato Villalta Dino Meneghin Antonello Riva Renzo Vecchiato Pierluigi Marzorati Romeo Sacchetti Boxing Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) Salvatore Todisco → silver medal First round – bye Second round – defeated Gerard Hawkins (IRL), 5:0 Quarterfinals – defeated Rafael Ramos (PUR), 4:1 Semifinals – defeated Keith Mwila (ZAM), 5:0 Final – lost to Paul Gonzales (USA), walkover Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg) Maurizio Stecca → gold medal First round – bye Second round – defeated Phillip Sutcliffe (IRE), 5:0 Third round – defeated Star Zulu (ZAM), 5:0 Quarterfinals – defeated Robinson Pitalua (COL), 5:0 Semifinals – defeated Pedro Nolasco (DOM), 5:0 Final – defeated Héctor Lopez (MEX), 4:1 Men's middleweight (– 75 kg) Noe Cruciani First round – defeated Paul Kamela (CMR), 5:0 Second round – lost to Pedro van Raamsdonk (HOL), 0:5 Men's heavyweight (– 91 kg) Angelo Musone → bronze medal First round – defeated James Omondi (KEN), 5:0 Second round – defeated Kaliq Singh (IND), walkover Quarterfinals – defeated Hakkan Brock (SWE), 5:0 Semifinals – lost to Henry Tillman (USA), 0:5 Men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) Francesco Damiani → silver medal First round – bye Quarterfinals – defeated Willie Isangura (TNZ), RSC-2 Semifinals – defeated Robert Wells (GBR), RSC-3 Final – lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 1:4 Canoeing Cycling Twenty-one cyclists represented Italy in 1984. They won gold in the team time trial event. Men's individual road race Alberto Volpi – + 4:10 (→ 13th place) Stefano Colagè – did not finish (→ no