Italy at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Italy at the
2017 World Aquatics Championships
Italy at the; 2017 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	ITA
National federation	Federazione Italiana Nuoto
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in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	89 in 6 sports
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 4 Silver 3 Bronze 9 Total 16
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July. Like the previous edition in 2015, it won at least one medal in all but one discipline: this time, both waterpolo teams were eliminated in quarterfinals, while in high diving Alessandro De Rose won the bronze, the first medal for Italy in this discipline.

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Manila Flamini Giorgio Minisini	Synchronized swimming	Mixed duet technical routine	July 17
Gold	Federica Pellegrini	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	July 26
Gold	Gabriele Detti	Swimming	Men's 800 m freestyle	July 26
Gold	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	July 30
Silver	Mario Sanzullo	Open water swimming	Men's 5 km	July 15
Silver	Matteo Furlan	Open water swimming	Men's 25 km	July 21
Silver	Mariangela Perrupato Giorgio Minisini	Synchronized swimming	Mixed duet free routine	July 22
Bronze	Elena Bertocchi	Diving	Women's 1 m springboard	July 15
Bronze	Arianna Bridi	Open water swimming	Women's 10 km	July 16
Bronze	Giovanni Tocci	Diving	Men's 1 m springboard	July 16
Bronze	Mario Sanzullo Federico Vanelli Rachele Bruni Giulia Gabbrielleschi	Open water swimming	Mixed team	July 20
Bronze	Arianna Bridi	Open water swimming	Women's 25 km	July 21
Bronze	Gabriele Detti	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	July 23
Bronze	Simona Quadarella	Swimming	Women's 1500 m freestyle	July 25
Bronze	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	Men's 800 m freestyle	July 26
Bronze	Alessandro De Rose	High diving	Men's high diving	July 30

Diving edit

Italy entered 11 divers (eight male and three female).^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tommaso Rinaldi	1 m springboard	340.15	19	—		Did not advance
Giovanni Tocci	1 m springboard	410.60	3 Q	—		444.25
Adriano Cristofori	3 m springboard	284.85	50	Did not advance
Giovanni Tocci	3 m springboard	388.05	24	Did not advance
Vladimir Barbu	10 m platform	404.95	18 Q	380.30	15	Did not advance
Mattia Placidi	10 m platform	346.00	30	Did not advance
Gabriele Auber Lorenzo Marsaglia	3 m synchronized springboard	374.40	12 Q	—		368.64	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elena Bertocchi	1 m springboard	263.05	4 Q	—		296.40
Chiara Pellacani	1 m springboard	216.15	31	—		Did not advance
Elena Bertocchi	3 m springboard	262.35	20	Did not advance
Noemi Batki Chiara Pellacani	10 m synchronized platform	262.50	12 Q	—		269.16	11

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Elena Bertocchi Maicol Verzotto	3 m synchronized springboard	277.35	7
Noemi Batki Maicol Verzotto	10 m synchronized platform	291.54	11
Noemi Batki Giovanni Tocci	Team	342.90	9

High diving edit

Italy qualified one male high diver.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Alessandro De Rose	Men's high diving	379.65

Open water swimming edit

Italy entered ten open water swimmers.^[3]^[4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Matteo Furlan	Men's 25 km	5:02:47.0
Andrea Manzi	Men's 5 km	54:47.6	6
Simone Ruffini	Men's 10 km	1:52:07.7	7
Simone Ruffini	Men's 25 km	5:02:53.1	4
Mario Sanzullo	Men's 5 km	54:32.1
Federico Vanelli	Men's 10 km	1:52:21.0	10
Arianna Bridi	Women's 10 km	2:00:17.2
Arianna Bridi	Women's 25 km	5:22:08.2
Rachele Bruni	Women's 10 km	2:00:21.4	5
Martina Caramignoli	Women's 5 km	1:00:48.3	12
Giulia Gabbrielleschi	Women's 5 km	59:26.4	6
Martina Grimaldi	Women's 25 km	5:23:54.6	4
Martina Caramignoli Giulia Gabbrielleschi Mario Sanzullo Federico Vanelli	Mixed team	54:31.0

Swimming edit

Italian swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giacomo Carini	100 m butterfly	53.13	35	Did not advance
Giacomo Carini	200 m butterfly	1:56.52	12 Q	1:56.59	13	Did not advance
Piero Codia	50 m butterfly	23.50	11 Q	23.41	10	Did not advance
Piero Codia	100 m butterfly	51.09 NR	2 Q	51.45	10	Did not advance
Gabriele Detti	400 m freestyle	3:45.72	7 Q	—		3:43.93
	800 m freestyle	7:49.67	6 Q	—		7:40.77 EU
	1500 m freestyle	14:50.10	3 Q	—		14:52.07	4
Luca Dotto	50 m freestyle	21.98	8 Q	21.92	11	Did not advance
Luca Dotto	100 m freestyle	48.91	22	Did not advance
Nicolò Martinenghi	50 m breaststroke	27.08	9 Q	27.01	9	Did not advance
Nicolò Martinenghi	100 m breaststroke	59.33 WJ	9 Q	59.41	9	Did not advance
Filippo Megli	200 m freestyle	1:47.94	28	Did not advance
Matteo Milli	50 m backstroke	25.24	18	Did not advance
Matteo Milli	100 m backstroke	54.17	11 Q	54.44	16	Did not advance
Gregorio Paltrinieri	800 m freestyle	7:45.31	1 Q	—		7:42.44
Gregorio Paltrinieri	1500 m freestyle	14:44.31	2 Q	—		14:35.85
Luca Pizzini	200 m breaststroke	2:09.86	6 Q	2:08.95	9	Did not advance
Matteo Ristivo	200 m backstroke	1:58.37	17	Did not advance
Fabio Scozzoli	50 m breaststroke	27.04	8 Q	26.96 NR	8 Q	26.91 NR	6
Fabio Scozzoli	100 m breaststroke	1:00.08	=18	Did not advance
Federico Turrini	200 m individual medley	2:00.23	16 Q	1:59.56	14	Did not advance
Federico Turrini	400 m individual medley	4:18.25	14	—		Did not advance
Ivano Vendrame	100 m freestyle	48.78	15 Q	48.71	13	Did not advance
Luca Dotto Filippo Magnini Alessandro Miressi Ivano Vendrame	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:13.26	4 Q	—		DSQ
Gabriele Detti Luca Dotto Filippo Megli Filippo Magnini	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:09.53	5 Q	—		7:09.44	6
Piero Codia Nicolò Martinenghi Matteo Milli Alessandro Miressi	4×100 m medley relay	3:34.11	11	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilaria Bianchi	100 m butterfly	57.98	9 Q	57.95	11	Did not advance
Ilaria Bianchi	200 m butterfly	2:09.12	13 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Martina Carraro	50 m breaststroke	30.92	13 Q	31.16	16	Did not advance
Martina Carraro	100 m breaststroke	1:08.11	22	Did not advance
Arianna Castiglioni	50 m breaststroke	30.33 NR	3 Q	30.46	=6 Q	30.74	7
Arianna Castiglioni	100 m breaststroke	1:07.43	=15 Q	1:07.19	12	Did not advance
Silvia di Pietro	50 m freestyle	25.07	17	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.74	19	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	26.24	15 Q	26.06	16	Did not advance
Alice Mizzau	200 m freestyle	2:00.10	24	Did not advance
Margherita Panziera	100 m backstroke	1:01.03	20	Did not advance
Margherita Panziera	200 m backstroke	2:09.43	9 Q	2:10.95	14	Did not advance
Federica Pellegrini	100 m freestyle	53.92	9 Q	54.26	15	Did not advance
Federica Pellegrini	200 m freestyle	1:56.07	1 Q	1:55.58	4 Q	1:54.73
Stefania Pirozzi	200 m butterfly	2:08.84	8 Q	2:08.62	11	Did not advance
Simona Quadarella	800 m freestyle	8:27.70	5 Q	—		8:26.50	7
Simona Quadarella	1500 m freestyle	16:07.08	4 Q	—		15:53.86
Giorgia Biondani Silvia di Pietro Erika Ferraioli Federica Pellegrini	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:39.08	10	—		Did not advance
Anna Mascolo Alice Mizzau Stefania Pirozzi Simona Quadarella	4×200 m freestyle relay	8:02.82	9	—		Did not advance
Ilaria Bianchi Arianna Castiglioni Margherita Panziera Federica Pellegrini	4×100 m medley relay	4:00.03	6 Q	—		3:59.98	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luca Dotto Silvia di Pietro Federica Pellegrini Ivano Vendrame	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:25.71	5 Q	3:24.89	5
Ilaria Bianchi Piero Codia* Silvia di Pietro* Federica Pellegrini Nicolò Martinenghi Matteo Milli Margherita Panziera*	4×100 m medley relay	3:46.75	7 Q	3:46.33	8

Synchronized swimming edit

Italy's synchronized swimming team consisted of 14 athletes (1 male and 13 female).^[6]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Linda Cerruti	Solo technical routine	87.8970	6 Q	88.3369	6
Linda Cerruti	Solo free routine	89.6000	6 Q	90.6000	5
Linda Cerruti Costanza Ferro Francesca Deidda (R)	Duet technical routine	87.8125	6 Q	89.2463	6
Linda Cerruti Costanza Ferro Francesca Deidda (R)	Duet free routine	90.7000	6 Q	90.5667	6
Beatrice Callegari Domiziana Cavanna Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Costanza Ferro Manila Flamini Gemma Galli Mariangela Perrupato Viola Musso (R) Alessia Pezone (R)	Team technical routine	89.5587	5 Q	90.7617	5
Beatrice Callegari Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Costanza Ferro Gemma Galli Viola Musso Alessia Pezone Enrica Piccoli Costanza di Camillo (R) Federica Sala (R)	Team free routine	90.4667	5 Q	91.7000	5
Beatrice Callegari Domiziana Cavanna Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Constanza di Camillo Costanza Ferro Manila Flamini Viola Musso Alessia Pezone Federica Sala Gemma Galli (R) Enrica Piccoli (R)	Free routine combination	90.7333	4 Q	91.6667	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Manila Flamini Giorgio Minisini	Duet technical routine	88.2492	2 Q	90.2979
Mariangela Perrupato Giorgio Minisini	Duet free routine	90.8333	2 Q	91.1000

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Water polo edit

Men's tournament edit

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	2	1	0	35	19	+16	5^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	40	23	+17	5^[a]	Playoffs
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	19	36	−17	2	Playoffs
4	France	3	0	0	3	26	42	−16	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) better result against higher placed team.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Hungary placed higher because of better goal difference against Australia.

17 July 2017 12:10	Report	France	9–18	Italy	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–3, 1–7, 2–3
		Crousillat 3	Goals	Di Fulvio 5

19 July 2017 20:10	Report	Hungary	9–9	Italy	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–1, 1–3, 2–1
		Varga, Vámos 3	Goals	Renzuto 3

21 July 2017 21:30	Report	Australia	5–13	Italy	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–3, 3–2, 0–3
		five players 1	Goals	Figlioli, Bodegas 3

Playoffs

23 July 2017 15:00	Report	Kazakhstan	7–12	Italy	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Nader Ghafouri (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 1–4, 4–3
		Shakenov 3	Goals	Mirarchi, Renzuto 3

Quarterfinals

25 July 2017 22:00	Report	Croatia	12–9	Italy	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–1, 4–3
		García, Sukno 4	Goals	Renzuto 3

5th–8th place semifinals

27 July 2017 15:00	Report	Australia	4–8	Italy	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–2, 1–1, 0–2
		Hollis 2	Goals	Di Fulvio, Figlioli 2

Fifth place game

29 July 2017 13:30	Report	Montenegro	5–4	Italy	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 3–2, 0–0
		Dr. Brguljan 3	Goals	Mirarchi 2

Women's tournament edit

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	43	16	+27	6	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	1	29	24	+5	4	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	2	27	28	−1	2	Playoffs
4	Brazil	3	0	3	14	45	−31	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2017 09:30	Report	Italy	10–4	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 3–0, 4–2
		Bianconi 4	Goals	Eggens 2

18 July 2017 21:30	Report	Italy	18–4	Brazil	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–1, 4–1, 3–1
		Emmolo, Palmieri 4	Goals	Zablith 2

20 July 2017 13:30	Report	Italy	15–8	China	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 6–0, 2–4
		Aiello, Palmieri 3	Goals	Chen 3

Quarterfinals

24 July 2017 14:50	Report	Italy	8–9	Russia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 4–1, 3–3, 1–2
		Emmolo 3	Goals	Ivanova 3

5th–8th place semifinals

26 July 2017 13:30	Report	Italy	11–11 ^{(7–6 PSO)}	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–3, 1–3, 3–2 PSO: 7–6
		Bianconi 5	Goals	Webster 4

Fifth place game

28 July 2017 13:30	Report	Italy	8–10	Hungary	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 2–2, 2–2
		Bianconi, Garibotti 4	Goals	Keszthelyi 3

References edit

^ "Entry List by NAT (Diving)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ "Qualified High Divers". www.fina.org/. International Swimming Federation (FINA). Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^ "Open Water Entry List by NAT - Men". www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ "Open Water Entry List by NAT - Women". www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ "Entry List by Nation (Swimming)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^ "Entry List by Nation (Synchronized swimming)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

External links edit

Official site of the Italian Swimming Federation (in Italian)

[table_hth_HUN0.97852769632755-7] Hungary placed higher because of better goal difference against Australia.

[1] "Entry List by NAT (Diving)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[2] "Qualified High Divers". www.fina.org/. International Swimming Federation (FINA). Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[3] "Open Water Entry List by NAT - Men". www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[4] "Open Water Entry List by NAT - Women". www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[5] "Entry List by Nation (Swimming)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[6] "Entry List by Nation (Synchronized swimming)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

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