Colombo, Marcello Guarducci, Fabrizio Rampazzo, and Marco Dell'Uomo Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay Paolo Falchini, Gianni Minervini, Fabrizio Rampazzo, and Marcello Guarducci Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Women's competition Silvia Persi, Grazia Colombo, Carla Lasi, Monica Olmi, Manuela Carosi, Carlotta Tagnin, Manuela Dalla Valle, Laura Belotti, Roberta Lanzarotti, Cristina Quintarelli, and Roberta Felotti Women's 100m freestyle Silvia Persi Heat – 57.62 B-Final – 57.24 (→ 10th place) Grazia Colombo Heat – 59.43 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 200m freestyle Silvia Persi Heat – 2:03.98 B-Final – 2:03.17 (→ 9th place) Carla Lasi Heat – 2:04.60 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 400m freestyle Carla Lasi Heat – 4:18.90 B-Final – 4:18.57 (→ 12th place) Monica Olmi Heat – 4:18.70 B-Final – 4:19.22 (→ 13th place) Women's 800m freestyle Carla Lasi Heat – 8:41.84 Final – 8:42.45 (→ 5th place) Monica Olmi Heat – 8:45.83 Final – 8:47.32 (→ 7th place) Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Monica Olmi, Silvia Persi, Grazia Colombo, and Manuela Dalla Valle Heat – 3:52.89 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay Manuela Carosi, Manuela Dalla Valle, Roberta Lanzarotti, and Silvia Persi Heat – 4:17.90 Final – 4:17.40 (→ 5th place) Women's 100m backstroke Manuela Carosi Heat – 1:04.77 B-Final – 1:04.52 (→ 10th place) Women's 200m backstroke Manuela Carosi Heat – 2:25.45 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Women's 200m butterfly Roberta Lanzarotti Heat – 2:14.53 B-Final – 2:14.54 (→ 10th place) Monica Olmi Heat – 2:18.72 B-Final – 2:16.47 (→ 13th place) Women's 200m individual medley Manuela Dalla Valle Heat – 2:20.50 Final – 2:19.69 (→ 6th place) Silvia Persi Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Women's 400m individual medley Roberta Felotti Heat – 4:54.14 B-Final – 4:57.74 (→ 12th place) Synchronized swimming Volleyball Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Canada (3-1) Defeated China (3-0) Lost to Japan (2-3) Defeated Egypt (3-0) Semifinals Lost to Brazil (1-3) Bronze-medal match Defeated Canada (3-0) → bronze medal Team roster Franco Bertoli Francesco Dall'Olio Giancarlo Dametto Guido de Luigi Giovanni Errichiello Giovanni Lanfranco Andrea Lucchetta Pier Paolo Lucchetta Marco Negri Piero Rebaudengo Amauri Ribeiro Paolo Vecchi Fabio Vullo Water polo Men's team competition Preliminary round (group C) Defeated Japan (15-5) Drew with Australia (8-8) Lost to West Germany (4-10)