Gold

• Pierpaolo Ferrazzi
  Pierpaolo Ferrazzi
  Pierpaolo Ferrazzi is an Italian slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two gold medals in the K-1 event with a gold in 1992 and a bronze in 2000....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles

• Fabio Casartelli
  Fabio Casartelli
  Fabio Casartelli was an Italian cyclist and an Olympic gold medalist who died in a crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet, France, during the 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France.He was born in Como, Italy....
  
   — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race

• Giovanni Lombardi
  Giovanni Lombardi
  Giovanni Lombardi is an Italian former professional road bicycling racer who raced from 1992 to 2006. He started his career as a sprinter, winning multiple stages in the Giro d'Italia. He went on to ride as an important helper for the top sprinter names of Erik Zabel and Mario Cipollini. Most...
  
   — Cycling, Men's Points Race

• Giovanna Trillini
  Giovanna Trillini
  Giovanna Trillini is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion and she won an additional silver and 3 bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions....
  
   — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition

• Giovanna Trillini
  Giovanna Trillini
  Giovanna Trillini is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion and she won an additional silver and 3 bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions....
  
  , Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella
  Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella
  Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella is an Italian fencer. She won two gold medals and a silver in the women's team foil events between 1988 and 1996. She is married to Andrea Borella, who was also an Olympic fencing champion for Italy.-References:...
  
  , Diana Bianchedi, Margherita Zalaffi
  Margherita Zalaffi
  Margherita Zalaffi is an Italian fencer. She won a gold medal in the women's team foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics and silvers at the same event in 1988 and 1996. She competed at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000....
  
  , and Dorina Vaccaroni
  Dorina Vaccaroni
  Dorina Vaccaroni is an Italian fencer competing in the foil.-Career:She received a gold medal in the foil team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles she received a bronze medal in individual foil...
  
   — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition

• Carlo Silipo
  Carlo Silipo
  Carlo Silipo is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2004. After having won the gold medal in Barcelona, Spain he claimed bronze with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  , Amedeo Pomilio, Franco Porzio, Pino Porzio, Mario Fiorillo, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Alessandro Campagna
  Alessandro Campagna
  Alessandro Campagna is an Italian Welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Pro Fighting Roma in Rome, Italy. He recently won an 8 man tournament in Paramaribo in Surinam called "Soema Na Basi" beating more experienced and quoted fighters from Holland and Surinam.-Biography and career:Born in Rome,...
  
  , Marco D'Altrui
  Marco D'Altrui
  Marco D'Altrui is an Italian water polo player.His father Giuseppe was a member of the Italian water polo team which won the gold medal in 1960.-External links:*...
  
  , Massimiliano Ferretti, Francesco Attolico
  Francesco Attolico
  Francesco Attolico is a retired water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2000.-References:*...
  
  , Alessandro Bovo
  Alessandro Bovo
  Alessandro Bovo is a retired water polo defense player from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996....
  
  , and Paolo Caldarella — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Silver

• Andrea Peron
  Andrea Peron
  Andrea Peron is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Peron turned professional in 1993, riding for team Gatorade...
  
  , Flavio Anastasia, Luca Colombo, and Gianfranco Contri — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race

• Marco Marin
  Marco Marin
  Marco Marin is an Italian fencer. He won a gold, two silvers and a bronze in sabre events at three Olympic Games.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual Competition

• Emanuela Pierantozzi
  Emanuela Pierantozzi
  Emanuela Pierantozzi is an Italian judoka.She won two Olympic medals in different weight classes, in 1992 and 2000.-External links:*...
  
   — Judo, Women's Middleweight (66 kg)

• Carmine Abbagnale
  Carmine Abbagnale
  Carmine Abbagnale is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.-Career:Abbagnale received a gold medal in coxed pairs, with Giuseppe di Capua and his older brother Giuseppe, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  , Giuseppe Abbagnale
  Giuseppe Abbagnale
  Giuseppe Abbagnale is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.He received a gold medal in coxed pairs, with Giuseppe di Capua and his younger brother Carmine, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  , and Giuseppe di Capua
  Giuseppe di Capua
  Giuseppe di Capua is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.He received a gold medal in coxed pairs as cox, with Giuseppe Abbagnale and Carmine Abbagnale, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

• Vincenzo Maenza
  Vincenzo Maenza
  Vincenzo Maenza was an Italian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games.-Career:...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight

Bronze

• Giovanni de Benedictis
  Giovanni De Benedictis
  Giovanni De Benedictis is a retired Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk

• Bruno Dreossi
  Bruno Dreossi
  Bruno Dreossi is an Italian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.-References:*...
  
   and Antonio Rossi
  Antonio Rossi
  Antonio Rossi is an Italian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won five medals which included three golds , one silver , and one bronze .Rossi has also been successful at the ICF Canoe Sprint World...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 metres Kayak Pairs

• Carlo Massulo, Roberto Bomprezzi, and Gianluca Tiberti — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

• Filippo Soffici
  Filippo Soffici
  Filippo Soffici is an Italian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Alessandro Corona
  Alessandro Corona
  Alessandro Corona is an Italian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Gianluca Farina
  Gianluca Farina
  Gianluca Farina is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.He received a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Agostino Abbagnale, Davide Tizzano, and Piero Poli....
  
   and Rossano Galtarossa
  Rossano Galtarossa
  Rossano Galtarossa is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.He received a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, together with Agostino Abbagnale, Simone Raineri, and Alessio Sartori.He received a bronze medal in quadruple sculls at the 1992 Summer...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls

• Marco Venturini — Shooting, Men's Trap Individual Competition

• Bruno Rossetti — Shooting, Men's Skeet Individual Competition

• Stefano Battistelli
  Stefano Battistelli
  Stefano Battistelli is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Italy, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics , and won a bronze medal at each appearance....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke

• Luca Sacchi
  Luca Sacchi
  Luca Sacchi is a former medley swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley

Archery

Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

There were 4 different Archery competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The format of the previous Olympics was dropped for this Olympiad, with an entirely new system being put in place....

In Italy's first archery competition without Giancarlo Ferrari

Giancarlo Ferrari

Giancarlo Ferrari is an Italian archer, who has participated at the Olympic Games as in the discipline of archery on several occasions. In 1976 and 1980 he won bronze at the Summer Olympics.- References :* *...

, the four Italians went a combined 0-3 in the elimination round with Ilario Di Buò

Ilario di Buo

Ilario Di Buò is an archer from Italy.Di Buò won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the team archery competition. He placed 20th in the individual competition.-2004 Summer Olympics:...

 not even qualifying for the eliminations. The men's team also lost in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Maria Testa — Round of 32, 21st place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Andrea Parenti — Round of 32, 19th place (0-1)
• Alessandro Rivolta — Round of 32, 22nd place (0-1)
• Ilario Di Buò
  Ilario di Buo
  Ilario Di Buò is an archer from Italy.Di Buò won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the team archery competition. He placed 20th in the individual competition.-2004 Summer Olympics:...
  
   — Ranking round, 39th place (0-0)

Men's Team Competition:

• Parenti, Rivolta, and di Buo — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Alessandro Aimar
  Alessandro Aimar
  Alessandro Aimar is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.His personal best time is 45.76 seconds, achieved in July 1993 in Sestriere.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  , Marco Vaccari
  Marco Vaccari
  Marco Vaccari is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.His personal best time is 45.47 seconds, achieved in June 1992 in Bologna.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  , Fabio Grossi
  Fabio Grossi (athlete)
  Fabio Francesco Grossi is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.His personal best time is 45.92 seconds, achieved in September 1994 in Bologna.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  , and Andrea Nuti
  Andrea Nuti
  Andrea Nuti is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.-Career:His personal best time is 45.35 seconds, achieved in July 1993 in Sestriere....
  
  
• Heat — 3:02.09
• Final — 3:02.18 (→ 6th place)

Men's 800 metres

• Andrea Benvenuti
  Andrea Benvenuti
  Andrea Benvenuti is an Italian former 800 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. Previously, he had come fifth in the 1992 Olympic final and third in the World Cup 1992....
  
   — 1:45.23 (→ 5th place)

Men's 5.000 metres

• Salvatore Antibo
  Salvatore Antibo
  Salvatore Antibo is a former long distance runner from Italy.-Career:Antibo was born on February 7, 1962 in Altofonte, within the province of Palermo ....
  
  
• Heat — 13:33.71
• Final — 14:02.47 (→ 16th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Salvatore Antibo
  Salvatore Antibo
  Salvatore Antibo is a former long distance runner from Italy.-Career:Antibo was born on February 7, 1962 in Altofonte, within the province of Palermo ....
  
  
• Heat — 28:18.48
• Final — 28:11.39 (→ 4th place)

• Francesco Bennici
• Heat — 28:45.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Salvatore Bettiol
  Salvatore Bettiol
  Salvatore Bettiol is a retired long-distance runner from Italy, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics. He is best known for finishing in fourth place at the 1990 European Championships in Split, FR Yugoslavia.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 2:14.15 (→ 5th place)
• Alessio Faustini — 2:21.37 (→ 44th place)
• Gelindo Bordin
  Gelindo Bordin
  Gelindo Bordin is an Italian former athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Born at Vicenza, Bordin made his first breakthrough at the 1986 European Championships, where he won a gold medal....
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Fabrizio Mori
  Fabrizio Mori
  Fabrizio Mori is an Italian hurdler, best known for his gold medal at the 1999 World Championships. His personal best over 400 metres hurdles, which is also an Italian record, is 47.54 seconds, achieved at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Heat — 49.16 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Giovanni De Benedictis
  Giovanni De Benedictis
  Giovanni De Benedictis is a retired Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 1:23:11 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Maurizio Damilano
  Maurizio Damilano
  Maurizio Damilano is an Italian former race walker.He was the 1980 Olympic Champion and the 1987 and 1991 World Champion in the 20 km race walk....
  
   — 1:23:39 (→ 4th place)
• Walter Arena
  Walter Arena
  Walter Arena is a retired male race walker from Italy, who represented his native country at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 1:29:34 (→ 18th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Giuseppe de Gaetano
  Giuseppe de Gaetano
  Giuseppe de Gaetano is a retired male race walker from Italy. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 12th place in the men's 50 km walk event. De Gaetano set his personal best in the men's 50 km walk event in 1993.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 3:59:13 (→ 12th place)
• Massimo Quiriconi
  Massimo Quiriconi
  Massimo Quiriconi is a retired male race walker from Italy. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 13th place in the men's 50 km walk event. Pezzatini set his personal best in the men's 50 km walk event in 1993.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 4:00:28 (→ 13th place)
• Giovanni Perricelli
  Giovanni Perricelli
  Giovanni Perricelli is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

• Giovanni Evangelisti
  Giovanni Evangelisti
  Giovanni Evangelisti is a retired long jumper from Italy. His greatest achievements were the Olympic bronze medal in 1984 and three World Indoor bronze medals...
  
  
• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Enrico Sgrulletti
  Enrico Sgrulletti
  Enrico Sgrulletti is a retired male hammer thrower from Italy, whose personal best throw is 81.64 metres, achieved in March 1997 in Ostia.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Qualification — 75.40 m
• Final — 72.98 m (→ 11th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Andrea Pegoraro
• Qualification — 5.40 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Luciano Zerbini
  Luciano Zerbini
  Luciano Zerbini is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from Italy. He represented his native country at two Summer Olympics, starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. There he ended up in 7th place in the Men's Discus Throw competition.-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Luciano Zerbini
  Luciano Zerbini
  Luciano Zerbini is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from Italy. He represented his native country at two Summer Olympics, starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. There he ended up in 7th place in the Men's Discus Throw competition.-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 20.25 m
• Final — 19.88 m (→ 9th place)

• Alessandro Andrei
  Alessandro Andrei
  Alessandro Andrei is a former Italian shot putter. He was born in Florence.He won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California....
  
  
• Qualification — 20.14 m
• Final — 19.62 m (→ 11th place)

Women's 800 metres

• Fabia Trabaldo
  Fabia Trabaldo
  Fabia Trabaldo is a retired Italian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

• Rosanna Munerotto
  Rosanna Munerotto
  Rosanna Munerotto is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 8:53.00 min *5000 metres - 15:36.62 min...
  
  
• Heat — 32:17.01
• Final — 32:37.91 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Irmgard Trojer
• Heat — 55.49
• Semifinal — 56.34 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Emma Scaunich — 2:46.14 (→ 18th place)
• Anna Villani
  Anna Villani
  Anna Villani is a retired female marathon runner from Italy. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she ended up in 20th place in the women's marathon race. She set her personal best in 1991.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 2:46.44 (→ 20th place)
• Bettina Sabatini
  Bettina Sabatini
  Bettina Sabatini is a retired female marathon runner from Italy. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she ended up in 23rd place in the women's marathon race. She set her personal best in 1991.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 2:50.09 (→ 23rd place)

Women's Long Jump

• Valentina Uccheddu
  Valentina Uccheddu
  Valentina Uccheddu is a retired Italian long jumper. She briefly held the Italian record with 6.80 metres from Sestriere in 1994, but the same year Fiona May became an Italian citizen. May would later improve the Italian record to 7.11 m.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Heat — 6.40 m (→ did not advance)

• Antonella Capriotti
  Antonella Capriotti
  Antonella Capriotti is a retired Italian long jumper and triple jumper.She has won the Italian Championships 18 times .-Career:...
  
  
• Heat — 6.43 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Annarita Sidoti
  Annarita Sidoti
  Annarita Sidoti is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:**...
  
  
• Final — 45:23 (→ 7th place)

• Elisabetta Perrone
  Elisabetta Perrone
  Elisabetta Perrone is a retired female race walker from Italy.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Final — 46:43 (→ 19th place)

• Ileana Salvador
  Ileana Salvador
  Ileana Salvador is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:**...
  
  
• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Discus Throw

• Agnese Maffeis
  Agnese Maffeis
  Agnese Maffeis is an Italian discus thrower and shot putter.She finished twelfth at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 1997 World Championships. She also competed in the 1996 Olympics, but failed to qualify from her pool. At the Mediterranean Games she won gold medals in shot...
  
  
• Heat — 60.80m
• Final — 61.22m (→ 10th place)

Women's High Jump

• Antonella Bevilacqua
  Antonella Bevilacqua
  Antonella Bevilacqua is an Italian high jumper, whose personal best jump was 1.98 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Milan....
  
  
• Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place in the old Pavelló Club Joventut de Badalona in Barcelona. The boxing schedule began on July 26 and ended on August 9...

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Luigi Castiglione
  Luigi Castiglione
  Luigi "Gino" Castiglioni is a former professional boxer from Italy, who won the silver medal at the 1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In the final of the light flyweight he was defeated by Bulgaria's Ivailo Marinov. He turned professional in 1993, and retired in...
  
  
• First Round – Lost to Dong-Bum Cho (ITA), 2:8

Baseball

Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Baseball had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held, with the four highest ranked teams advancing...

Italy was not very successful at the premier of Olympic baseball. The Italians lost six of their seven preliminary round games, beating only the host nation Spain

Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Spain was the host nation for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The Games were quite exceptional for Spain because their athletes were competing not only in their home country, but also in the home city of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch....

. Their 1-6 record tied with that of Spain for seventh and eighth places, the Italians received the advantage in the tie-breaker because of the head-to-head result, barely avoiding last place.

Men's Team Competition:

• Italy - 7th place (1-6)

Team Roster

• Massimo Ciaramella
• Guglielmo Trinci
• Claudio Cecconi
• Elio Gambuti
• Marco Urbani
• Maurizio De Sanctis
• Francesco Petruzzelli
• Fulvio Valle
• Massimiliano Masin
• Andrea Succi
• Claudio Taglienti
• Paolo Ceccaroli
• Ruggero Bagialemani
• Rolando Cretis
• Alberto d'Auria
• Roberto Bianchi
• Leonardo Scianchi
• Luigi Carrozza
  Luigi Carrozza
  Luigi Carrozza is a former prominent player in Italian baseball. He played in Serie A1 from 1989 to 2009 and was on the Italian National Baseball Team for many years as well....
  
  
• Massimo Fochi
• Massimo Melassi

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Lost to Brazil (70-85)
• Lost to Unified Team (67-79)
• Lost to Cuba (53-60)
• Classification Matches
• 5th/8th place: Lost to Spain (80-92)
• 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (83-86) → 8th place
• Team Roster
• Elena Paparazzo
• Monica Bastiani
• Mara Fullin
• Stefania Salvemini
• Anna Costalunga
• Francesca Rossi
• Angela Arcangeli
• Catarina Pollini
• Susanna Stanzani
• Silvia Todeschini
• Giuseppina Tufano
• Stefania Passaro
  Stefania Passaro
  Stefania Passaro is an Italian retired basketball player. She is 1.93 m tall.Born at Rapallo, she played professionally in Italy for 17 seasons, from 1978 to 1995, earning the European Cup for Women's Champion Clubs for 6 times and National Championships for 10 times.She played 178 official...
  
  

Cycling

Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics. There were two categories of events – road cycling and track cycling...

Women's Individual Road Race

• Valeria Cappellotto
  Valeria Cappellotto
  Valeria Cappellotto is a retired female racing cyclist from Italy. She represented her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1992 and 2000.-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 2:05:03 (→ 17th place)

• Maria Turcutto
• Final — 2:05:03 (→ 32nd place)

• Roberta Bonanomi
  Roberta Bonanomi
  Roberta Bonanomi is a retired female racing cyclist from Italy. She represented her native country at five Summer Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000...
  
  
• Final — 2:05:58 (→ 39th place)

Diving

Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc, from 26 July to 4 August , comprising 95 divers from 30 nations.-Medal summary:...

Men's 3m Springboard

• Davide Lorenzini
  Davide Lorenzini
  Davide Lorenzini is a retired diver from Italy, who is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 3 m springboard at the 1991 European Championships in Athens, Greece....
  
  
• Preliminary Round — 375.57 points
• Final — 527.73 points (→ 12th place)

• Alessandro de Botton
• Preliminary Round — 312.69 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 10m Platform

• Alessandro de Botton
• Preliminary Round — 334.98 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Luisella Bisello
• Preliminary Round — 249.36 points (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Luisella Bisello
• Preliminary Round — 272.19 points (→ 19th place)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Defeated United States
  United States men's national soccer team
  The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
  
   (2-1)
• Lost to Poland
  Poland national football team
  The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
  
   (0-3)
• Defeated Kuwait
  Kuwait national football team
  The Kuwait National Football Team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. They made one World Cup Finals appearance, in 1982, managing a draw with Czechoslovakia but losing to England and France. During the match against France, France scored a goal...
  
   (1-0)
• Quarterfinals
• Lost to Spain
  Spain national football team
  The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
  
   (0-1) → Did not advance
• Team Roster
• ( 1) Francesco Antonioli
  Francesco Antonioli
  Francesco Antonioli is an Italian footballer and goalkeeper who currently plays for Cesena. He is currently the oldest Footballer in the Serie A.-Club career:...
  
  
• ( 2) Mauro Bonomi
  Mauro Bonomi
  -Career:Bonomi began playing in Serie B in Cremonese in 1990. The following year approach with grigiorossi in Serie A, where his debut on 1 September 1991 against the Ferraris in Genoa ....
  
  
• ( 3) Giuseppe Favalli
  Giuseppe Favalli
  Giuseppe Favalli is a retired Italian footballer who played as a defender for Serie A clubs Lazio, Internazionale and Milan.-Cremonese:He started his career with then-Serie B squad Cremonese...
  
  
• ( 4) Luca Luzardi
  Luca Luzardi
  Luca Luzardi is a retired Italian professional football player.He represented Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
  
  
• ( 5) Salvatore Matrecano
  Salvatore Matrecano
  Salvatore Matrecano is an Italian former footballer turned football coach, currently in charge of Lega Pro Prima Divisione team Foligno since April 27, 2010....
  
  
• ( 6) Alessandro Orlando
  Alessandro Orlando
  Alessandro Orlando is a retired Italian professional football player.He represented Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-Honours:...
  
  
• ( 7) Stefano Rossini
  Stefano Rossini
  Stefano Rossini is an Italian footballer, who has played for numerous clubs throughout his career.-Parma & Inter:...
  
  
• ( 8) Mirko Taccola
  Mirko Taccola
  Mirko Taccola is an Italian footballer. He plays as a Defender. He is currently playing for Sapri.-External links:...
  
  
• ( 9) Rufo Verga
• (10) Demetrio Albertini
  Demetrio Albertini
  Demetrio Albertini is a former professional Italian football midfielder who spent most of his career with AC Milan of the Italian Serie A, winning five Serie A titles and three UEFA Champions League titles with that club...
  
  
• (11) Dino Baggio
  Dino Baggio
  Dino Baggio is a retired Italian football defensive midfielder. He has 60 caps at international level for the Italian national team.-Clubs and achievements:...
  
  
• (12) Angelo Peruzzi
  Angelo Peruzzi
  Angelo Peruzzi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian former World Cup-winning football goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award....
  
  
• (13) Eugenio Corini
  Eugenio Corini
  Eugenio Corini is an Italian association football coach of Frosinone in Lega Pro Prima Divisioneand former player....
  
  
• (14) Dario Marcolin
  Dario Marcolin
  Dario Marcolin is an Italian football coach and former player.-Club career:During his career, Marcolin played for Cremonese, Lazio, Cagliari, Genoa, Blackburn Rovers , Sampdoria, Napoli, Piacenza, and A.C...
  
  
• (15) Gianluca Sordo
  Gianluca Sordo
  Gianluca Sordo is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.-Club career:Sordo made his professional debuts at not yet 18 with Torino FC, remaining seven seasons with the club...
  
  
• (16) Renato Buso
  Renato Buso
  Renato Buso is an Italian professional football coach and a former player. He currently manages the team of Gavorrano in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.- Player :He has represented Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics.- Coach :...
  
  
• (17) Pasquale Rocco
  Pasquale Rocco
  Pasquale Domenico Rocco is a retired Italian professional football player.He represented Italy at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
  
  
• (18) Marco Ferrante
  Marco Ferrante
  Marco Ferrante is a retired Italian football striker.As of the end of 2005/06 season, he played 172 Serie A games and scored 48 goals. He also played 290 Serie B games and scored 111 goals...
  
  
• (19) Alessandro Melli
  Alessandro Melli
  Alessandro Melli is a retired Italian footballer who played as a striker.-Club career:Melli's father was a professional footballer, playing as a centre forward for Parma FC, and the son followed in his footsteps...
  
  
• (20) Roberto Muzzi
  Roberto Muzzi
  Roberto Muzzi is an Italian retired football striker. During his career, he has played for several Italian clubs including A.S. Roma, Pisa Calcio, Cagliari Calcio, Udinese Calcio, and S.S...
  
  
• Head Coach: Cesare Maldini
  Cesare Maldini
  Cesare Maldini is an Italian football manager and former player. He played as a centre back and spent the majority of his career with AC Milan. Maldini also represented Italy at international level in the 1962 and 1966 World Cups. His son Paolo, also a defender, previously held the record for the...
  
  

Sailing

Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Riccardo Giordano
• Final Ranking — 182.1 points (→ 16th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Alessandra Sensini
  Alessandra Sensini
  Alessandra Sensini is an Italian windsurfer. She is a 4-time Olympian, winning a gold medal and two additional bronze medals. She also won 3 gold and 2 silver medals at World Championships, as well as 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals at European Championships...
  
  
• Final Ranking — 101.4 points (→ 7th place)

Women's 470 Class

• Maria Quarra and Anna Maria Barabino
• Final Ranking — 68.7 points (→ 7th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 31 swimming events were contested. There was a total of 641 participants from 92 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals....

Men's Competition

• René Gusperti
  René Gusperti
  René Gusperti is an Italian former swimmer. He was a world class freestyle sprinter during 1990s and unchallenged Italian Champion in the same years.-Biography:...
  
  , Giorgio Lamberti
  Giorgio Lamberti
  -Early life:Lamberti was born in Brescia, Lombardy.At six, he was advised to begin swimming to improve his light physique.-Career:At 17, in 1986, he won the first of his six Italian championships...
  
  , Roberto Gleria
  Roberto Gleria
  Roberto Gleria , born 15 October 1968, is a former freestyle swimmer from Italy.Gleria swam for Australia in the mid 1980s before taking up on an offer to swim for Italy leading up to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games...
  
  , Massimo Trevisan, Piermaria Siciliano
  Piermaria Siciliano
  Piermaria Siciliano is a retired freestyle swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. He won the bronze medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle at the 1995 European Aquatics Championships, alongside Massimiliano Rosolino, Emanuele...
  
  , Emanuele Merisi
  Emanuele Merisi
  Emanuele Merisi is an Italian former professional swimmer, specialized in backstroke, who won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.- Career :Merisi was born in Treviglio, province of Bergamo ....
  
  , Stefano Battistelli
  Stefano Battistelli
  Stefano Battistelli is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Italy, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics , and won a bronze medal at each appearance....
  
  , Luca Bianchin, Gianni Minervini, Andrea Cecchi, Francesco Postiglione
  Francesco Postiglione
  Francesco Postiglione is a former swimmer and water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at four Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. At his Olympic debut he competed as a breaststroke swimmer...
  
  , Leonardo Michelotti, Marco Braida, Luca Sacchi
  Luca Sacchi
  Luca Sacchi is a former medley swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988...
  
  , and Emanuele Idini
  Emanuele Idini
  Emanuele Idini is a retired freestyle swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996....
  
  

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Giorgio Lamberti
  Giorgio Lamberti
  -Early life:Lamberti was born in Brescia, Lombardy.At six, he was advised to begin swimming to improve his light physique.-Career:At 17, in 1986, he won the first of his six Italian championships...
  
  , Emanuele Idini
  Emanuele Idini
  Emanuele Idini is a retired freestyle swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996....
  
  , Roberto Gleria
  Roberto Gleria
  Roberto Gleria , born 15 October 1968, is a former freestyle swimmer from Italy.Gleria swam for Australia in the mid 1980s before taking up on an offer to swim for Italy leading up to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games...
  
  , and Massimo Trevisan
  1. Heat – 3:23.43 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle

• Roberto Gleria
  Roberto Gleria
  Roberto Gleria , born 15 October 1968, is a former freestyle swimmer from Italy.Gleria swam for Australia in the mid 1980s before taking up on an offer to swim for Italy leading up to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games...
  
  , Emanuele Idini
  Emanuele Idini
  Emanuele Idini is a retired freestyle swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996....
  
  , Pier Maria Siciliano, and Stefano Battistelli
  Stefano Battistelli
  Stefano Battistelli is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Italy, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics , and won a bronze medal at each appearance....
  
  
  1. Heat – 7:25.53
• Giorgio Lamberti
  Giorgio Lamberti
  -Early life:Lamberti was born in Brescia, Lombardy.At six, he was advised to begin swimming to improve his light physique.-Career:At 17, in 1986, he won the first of his six Italian championships...
  
  , Massimo Trevisan, Roberto Gleria
  Roberto Gleria
  Roberto Gleria , born 15 October 1968, is a former freestyle swimmer from Italy.Gleria swam for Australia in the mid 1980s before taking up on an offer to swim for Italy leading up to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games...
  
  , and Stefano Battistelli
  Stefano Battistelli
  Stefano Battistelli is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Italy, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics , and won a bronze medal at each appearance....
  
  
  1. Final – 7:18.10 (→ 5th place)

Women's Competition

• Cristina Chiuso
  Cristina Chiuso
  Cristina Chiuso is a former Italian swimmer.Italian record holder of 50 freestyle and 4x100 freestyle relay in short and long course, was captain of Italian women swimming team....
  
  , Ilaria Sciorelli, Manuela Melchiorri, Lorenza Vigarani
  Lorenza Vigarani
  Lorenza Vigarani is a retired backstroke swimmer from Italy, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. She won her first international senior medal as a member of the women's 4×100 medley relay team at the 1987 European Championships .-References:*...
  
  , Lara Bianconi, Francesca Salvalajo
  Francesca Salvalajo
  Francesca Salvalajo is a retired backstroke swimmer from Italy. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Salvalajo is a two-time gold medalist at the Mediterranean Games.-References:*...
  
  , Manuela Dalla Valle
  Manuela Dalla Valle
  Manuela Dalla Valle is a retired medley and breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. She won her first international senior medal, a silver in the women's 100 m breaststroke, at the 1987 European Championships...
  
  , Elena Donati, and Ilaria Tocchini
  Ilaria Tocchini
  Ilaria Tocchini is a retired butterfly swimmer from Italy, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. She won her first international senior medal, a silver with the women's 4×100 m medley relay team, at the 1987 European Championships in...
  
  

Tennis

Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

These are the final results for the tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.American teenager Jennifer Capriati stunned German Steffi Graf in the women's singles final to win the gold medal...

Men's Singles Competition

• Cristiano Caratti
  Cristiano Caratti
  Cristiano Caratti is a former ATP Tour tennis player from Italy.Caratti turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by France's Guy Forget...
  
  
  1. First round — Lost to Guy Forget
     Guy Forget
     Guy Forget is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.-Career:...
     
      (France) 3-6, 4-6, 2-6

• Omar Camporese
  Omar Camporese
  Omar Camporese is a former professional tennis player from Italy.Born in Bologna, Camporese turned professional in 1987. He reached his first top-level singles final in 1990 at San Marino, where he lost to Guillermo Pérez Roldán 6–3, 6–3....
  
  
  1. First round — Defeated Juan Rios
     Juan Rios
     Juan Oscar Ríos is a former tennis player from Puerto Rico.He represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Italy's Omar Camporese...
     
      (Puerto Rico) 6-2, 6-2, 6-0
  2. Second round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez
     Emilio Sánchez
     Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games...
     
      (Spain) 4-6, 2-6, 1-6

• Renzo Furlan
  Renzo Furlan
  Renzo Furlan is a former tennis player from Italy.Having turned professional in 1988, Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarter finals by India's Leander Paes...
  
  
  1. First round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka
     Shuzo Matsuoka
     , is a former professional tennis player from Japan.-Professional career:Matsuoka turned professional in 1986...
     
      (Japan) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
  2. Second round — Defeated Andrei Chesnokov
     Andrei Chesnokov
     Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov is a former professional tennis player from Russia.Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. The biggest tournament victories of his career came at the Monte Carlo Open in 1990, and at the Canadian Open in 1991 .Chesnokov's best performance at a...
     
      (Unified Team) 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
  3. Third round — Lost to Jordi Arrese
     Jordi Arrese
     Jordi Arrese i Castañé is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Born in Barcelona, Arrese won the men's singles Silver Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in his home-town of Barcelona...
     
      (Spain) 4-6, 3-6, 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Omar Camporese
  Omar Camporese
  Omar Camporese is a former professional tennis player from Italy.Born in Bologna, Camporese turned professional in 1987. He reached his first top-level singles final in 1990 at San Marino, where he lost to Guillermo Pérez Roldán 6–3, 6–3....
  
   and Diego Nargiso
  Diego Nargiso
  Diego Nargiso is a former tennis player from Italy.Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner-up Tim Mayotte...
  
  
  1. First round — Defeated Miguel Nido
     Miguel Nido
     Miguel Nido is a former tennis player from Puerto Rico, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Partnering Juan Rios, the pair was defeated in the first round by Italy's Diego Nargiso and Omar Camporese...
     
      and Juan Rios
     Juan Rios
     Juan Oscar Ríos is a former tennis player from Puerto Rico.He represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Italy's Omar Camporese...
     
      (Puerto Rico) 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
  2. Second round — Lost to George Cosac
     George Cosac
     George Cosac is a former tennis player from Romania, who represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Partnering Dinu Pescariu, the pair was eliminated in the quarter finals...
     
      and Dinu Pescariu
     Dinu Pescariu
     Dinu Dănuţ Mihai Pescariu is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in Barcelona and in Atlanta . He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on August 6, 1998, when he became the number 75 of...
     
      (Romania) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Katia Piccolini
  1. First Round – Lost to Nicole Provis (Australia) 1-6 0-6

• Raffaella Reggi-Concato
  Raffaella Reggi
  Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations....
  
  
  1. First Round – Defeated Jenny Byrne
     Jenny Byrne
     Jenny Byrne is a former professional tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1987 and retired from the tour in 1997. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 45 in singles and World No. 27 in doubles...
     
      (Australia) 6-4 7-6
  2. Second Round – Lost to Manuela Maleeva
     Manuela Maleeva
     Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994...
     
      (Switzerland) 2-6 4-6

• Sandra Cecchini
  Sandra Cecchini
  Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter...
  
  
  1. First Round – Defeated Paulina Sepulveda (Chile) 6-2 6-3
  2. Second Round – Lost to Conchita Martínez
     Conchita Martínez
     Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
     
      (Spain) 4-6 3-6

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Lorenzo Bernardi
  Lorenzo Bernardi
  Lorenzo Bernardi is an Italian volleyball player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994, and was elected "Volleyball Player of the Century" in 2001.-Career:...
  
  
• Marco Bracci
  Marco Bracci
  Marco Bracci is a former Italian volleyball player, ranked amongst the world's most valuable players of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 197 cm athlete, Bracci played as passer-hitter....
  
  
• Luca Cantagalli
  Luca Cantagalli
  Luca Cantagalli is an Italian volleyball player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994.-Career:Debuting on March 18, 1986, he totalled 330 caps for Italy men's national volleyball team...
  
  
• Claudio Marco Galli
• Andrea Gardini
  Andrea Gardini
  Andrea Gardini is an Italian former volleyball player. Standing at 202 cm, he played central blocker and totalled 418 caps for the Italian national volleyball team....
  
  
• Andrea Giani
  Andrea Giani
  Andrea Giani is an Italian coach and retired volleyball player who scored notable successes in the 1990s, winning three World Championships with his national team. He is 196 cm tall.-Career:...
  
  
• Andrea Lucchetta
  Andrea Lucchetta
  Andrea Lucchetta is an Italian former volleyball player who was World champion with his national team in 1990. He was born in Treviso and is nicknamed "Crazy Lucky" for his bizarre hair style....
  
  
• Roberto Masciarelli
• Michele Pasinato
  Michele Pasinato
  Michele Pasinato is a former Italian volleyball player, who earned a total number of 256 caps for the Men's National Team in the 1990s. Nicknamed Paso and Micky he was on the side that won the title at the 1998 World Championships in Japan.-References:...
  
  
• Paolo Tofoli
  Paolo Tofoli
  Paolo Tofoli is an Italian volleyball player, standing at 188 cm.He played 342 times for the Italy national volleyball team. Tofoli was two time world champion in 1990 and 1994. He was also four times gold medal at the European Championship...
  
  
• Fabio Vullo
  Fabio Vullo
  Fabio Vullo is an Italian former volleyball player.Vullo, standing at 1.98 m for 87 kg, was born in Massa, and played setter...
  
  
• Andrea Zorzi
  Andrea Zorzi
  Andrea Zorzi is a former Italian volleyball player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team . A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effective spiker playing usually as opposite hitter...
  
  

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• Italy – Hungary 7-7
• Italy – Netherlands 6-4
• Italy – Cuba 11-8
• Italy – Spain 9-9
• Italy – Greece 8-6
• Semi Finals
• Italy – Commonwealth of Independent States 9-8
• Final
• Italy – Spain 9-8 (→ Gold Medal)
• Team Roster
• Carlo Silipo
  Carlo Silipo
  Carlo Silipo is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2004. After having won the gold medal in Barcelona, Spain he claimed bronze with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Amedeo Pomilio
• Franco Porzio
• Pino Porzio
• Mario Fiorillo
• Ferdinando Gandolfi
• Alessandro Campagna
  Alessandro Campagna
  Alessandro Campagna is an Italian Welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Pro Fighting Roma in Rome, Italy. He recently won an 8 man tournament in Paramaribo in Surinam called "Soema Na Basi" beating more experienced and quoted fighters from Holland and Surinam.-Biography and career:Born in Rome,...
  
  
• Marco D'Altrui
  Marco D'Altrui
  Marco D'Altrui is an Italian water polo player.His father Giuseppe was a member of the Italian water polo team which won the gold medal in 1960.-External links:*...
  
  
• Massimiliano Ferretti
• Francesco Attolico
  Francesco Attolico
  Francesco Attolico is a retired water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2000.-References:*...
  
  
• Alessandro Bovo
  Alessandro Bovo
  Alessandro Bovo is a retired water polo defense player from Italy, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996....
  
  
• Paolo Caldarella