Italy competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States; 268 competitors, 222 men and 46 women, took part in 151 events in 23 sports. Medalists Gold Alberto Cova – Athletics, men's 10.000 metres Alessandro Andrei – Athletics, men's shot put Gabriella Dorio – Athletics, women's 1.500 metres Maurizio Stecca – Boxing, men's bantamweight Claudio Vandelli, Marcello Bartalini, Marco Giovannetti, and Eros Poli – Cycling, men's team road race Mauro Numa – Fencing, men's Foil individual competition Mauro Numa, Angelo Scuri, Andrea Borella, Stefano Cerioni, and Andrea Cipressa – Fencing, men's foil team competition Norberto Oberburger – Heavyweight 110 kg Vincenzo Maenza – Light Flyweight, men's Greco-Roman wrestling Ferdinando Meglio, Giovanni Scalzo, Angelo Arcidiacono, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, and Marco Marin – Fencing, men's Sabre team competition Daniele Masala – Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition Daniele Masala, Pier Paolo Cristofori, and Carlo Massullo – Modern pentathlon, men's team competition Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, and Giuseppe Di Capua – Rowing, men's coxed pairs Luciano Giovannetti – Shooting, trap individual competition Silver Sara Simeoni – Athletics, women's high jump Salvatore Todisco – Boxing, men's light flyweight Francesco Damiani – Boxing, men's super heavyweight Ezio Gamba – Judo, men's lightweight (71 kg) Edith Gufler – Shooting, women's air rifle individual competition Marco Marin – Fencing, men's sabre Bronze Maurizio Damilano – Athletics, men's 20 km walk Sandro Bellucci – Athletics, men's 50 km walk Giovanni Evangelisti – Athletics, men's long jump Luciano Bruno – Boxing, men's welterweight Angelo Musone – Boxing, men's heavyweight Stefano Cerioni – Fencing, men's foil individual competition Roberto Manzi, Angelo Mazzoni, Stefano Bellone, Sandro Cuomo, and Cosimo Ferro – Fencing, men's épée team competition Dorina Vaccaroni – Fencing, women's foil individual competition Carlo Massullo – Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition Luca Scribani Rossi – Shooting, skeet individual competition Fabio Vullo, Piero Rebaudengo, Amauri Ribeiro, Paolo Vecchi, Andrea Lucchetta, Pier Paolo Lucchetta, Marco Negri, Guido de Luigi, Giovanni Errichiello, Giovanni Lanfranco, Franco Bertoli, Francesco Dall'Olio, and Giancarlo Dametto – Volleyball, men's team competition Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni – Sailing, men's team competition Archery Two time defending bronze medallist Giancarlo Ferrari improved upon his 1980 score, but in the more competitive field in Los Angeles, his ranking fell all the way to 25th place. Women's individual competition Ester Robertson – 2435 points (→ 21st place) Men's individual competition Giancarlo Ferrari – 2455 points (→ 25th place) Ilario Di Buò