Italy at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Italy competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Italy at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	ITA
National federation	Italian Swimming Federation
Website	federnuoto.it (in Italian)
in Gwangju, South Korea
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 4 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 15
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Simona Quadarella	Swimming	Women's 1500 metre freestyle	23 July
Gold	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	Men's 800 metre freestyle	24 July
Gold	Federica Pellegrini	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	24 July
Gold	Italy men's national water polo team Marco Del Lungo Pietro Figlioli Edoardo Di Somma Vincenzo Dolce Stefano Luongo Gianmarco Nicosia Matteo Aicardi Michaël Bodegas Francesco Di Fulvio Gonzalo Echenique Niccolò Figari Vincenzo Renzuto Iodice Alessandro Velotto	Water polo	Men's tournament	27 July
Silver	Beatrice Callegari Domiziana Cavanna Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Costanza Di Camillo Costanza Ferro Gemma Galli Alessia Pezone Enrica Piccoli Federica Sala	Artistic swimming	Women's highlight routine	15 July
Silver	Manila Flamini Giorgio Minisini	Artistic swimming	Mixed duet technical routine	15 July
Silver	Rachele Bruni Giulia Gabbrielleschi Domenico Acerenza Gregorio Paltrinieri	Open water swimming	Team relay	18 July
Silver	Manila Flamini Giorgio Minisini	Artistic swimming	Mixed duet free routine	20 July
Silver	Simona Quadarella	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	27 July
Silver	Benedetta Pilato	Swimming	Women's 50 m breaststroke	28 July
Bronze	Rachele Bruni	Open water swimming	Women's 10 km	14 July
Bronze	Alessio Occhipinti	Open water swimming	Men's 25 km	19 July
Bronze	Gabriele Detti	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle	21 July
Bronze	Martina Carraro	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	23 July
Bronze	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle	28 July

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Linda Cerruti	Solo technical routine	87.8093	6 Q	88.0378	6
	Solo free routine	90.2333	6 Q	90.4667	6
Linda Cerruti Costanza Ferro Francesca Deidda (R)	Duet technical routine	88.6622	5 Q	90.1743	5
Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Costanza Ferro (R)	Duet free routine	90.4667	6 Q	91.0000	6
Beatrice Callegari Domiziana Cavanna Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Costanza Di Camillo Costanza Ferro Gemma Galli Enrica Piccoli Alessia Pezone (R) Federica Sala (R)	Team technical routine	90.1049	5 Q	91.0411	5
Beatrice Callegari Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Costanza Di Camillo Costanza Ferro Gemma Galli Alessia Pezone Enrica Piccoli Domiziana Cavanna (R) Federica Sala (R)	Team free routine	91.2667	6 Q	91.6000	5
Beatrice Callegari Domiziana Cavanna Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Costanza Di Camillo Costanza Ferro Gemma Galli Alessia Pezone Enrica Piccoli Federica Sala Marta Murru (R) Francesca Zunino (R)	Highlight routine	—		91.7333
Beatrice Callegari Domiziana Cavanna Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Costanza Di Camillo Costanza Ferro Gemma Galli Alessia Pezone Enrica Piccoli Federica Sala Marta Murru (R) Francesca Zunino (R)	Free routine combination	90.9000	5 Q	91.4667	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Manila Flamini Giorgio Minisini	Duet technical routine	90.3829	2 Q	90.8511
	Duet free routine	91.6000	2 Q	91.8333

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Italy's diving team consisted of 7 athletes (4 male, 3 female).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lorenzo Marsaglia	1 m springboard	320.45	26	—		did not advance
	3 m springboard	379.00	23	did not advance
Giovanni Tocci	1 m springboard	357.50	8 Q	—		344.25	12
	3 m springboard	363.20	30	did not advance
Riccardo Giovannini	10 m platform	319.30	34	did not advance
Maicol Verzotto		346.20	24	did not advance
Lorenzo Marsaglia Giovanni Tocci	Synchronized 3 m springboard	320.64	17	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elena Bertocchi	1 m springboard	232.55	12 Q	—		251.95	6
	3 m springboard	235.45	34	did not advance
Chiara Pellacani		290.00	9 Q	275.10	17	did not advance
Noemi Batki	10 m platform	321.10	6 Q	328.60	5 Q	328.90	8
Elena Bertocchi Chiara Pellacani	Synchronized 3 m springboard	257.37	12 Q	—		274.74	9
Noemi Batki Chiara Pellacani	Synchronized 10 m platform	280.86	8 Q	—		280.38	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Maicol Verzotto Elena Bertocchi	Synchronized 3 m springboard	261.60	13
Maicol Verzotto Noemi Batki	Synchronized 10 m platform	259.62	6
Riccardo Giovannini Chiara Pellacani	Team event	301.05	13

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Italy qualified one male high diver.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Alessandro de Rose	Men's high diving	378.90	5

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Italy qualified six male and four female open water swimmers.^[4][5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Domenico Acerenza	5 km	53:34.0	5
Marcello Guidi		53:41.0	17
Alessio Occhipinti	25 km	4:51:09.5
Gregorio Paltrinieri	10 km	1:48:01.0	6
Simone Ruffini	25 km	4:51:14.9	4
Mario Sanzullo	10 km	1:48:04.7	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arianna Bridi	10 km	1:54:52.0	13
	25 km	5:11:52.6	7
Rachele Bruni	5 km	57:58.7	5
	10 km	1:54:49.9
Giulia Gabbrielleschi	5 km	57:59.0	6
Barbara Pozzobon	25 km	5:12:53.7	13

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rachele Bruni Giulia Gabbrielleschi Domenico Acerenza Gregorio Paltrinieri	Team	53:58.9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Italy has entered 33 swimmers.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Domenico Acerenza	1500 m freestyle	14:52.03	6 Q	—		14:52.05	6
Federico Burdisso	100 m butterfly	52.65	19	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:56.64	10 Q	1:55.92	6 Q	1:54.39	4
Thomas Ceccon	50 m backstroke	25.58	=26	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	54.04	17 Q	54.20	17	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	DNS		did not advance
Piero Codia	50 m butterfly	23.52	14 Q	23.29	=9	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.09	26	did not advance
Santo Condorelli	100 m freestyle	48.80	18	did not advance
Marco De Tullio	400 m freestyle	3:45.99	7 Q	—		3:44.86	5
Gabriele Detti	400 m freestyle	3:45.49	4 Q	—		3:43.23 NR
	800 m freestyle	7:46.46	4 Q	—		7:43.89	5
Luca Dotto	50 m freestyle	22.48	29	did not advance
Nicolo Martinenghi	50 m breaststroke	27.00	10 Q	27.31	=14	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	59.58	14 Q	DSQ		did not advance
Filippo Megli	200 m freestyle	1:46.95	15 Q	1:45.76	8 Q	1:45.67	5
Alessandro Miressi	100 m freestyle	48.57	8 Q	48.36	9	did not advance
Gregorio Paltrinieri	800 m freestyle	7:45.70	1 Q	—		7:39.27 ER
	1500 m freestyle	14:45.80	1 Q	—		14:38.75
Luca Pizzini	200 m breaststroke	2:10.88	21	did not advance
Matteo Restivo	200 m backstroke	1:57.67	10 Q	1:58.12	14	did not advance
Simone Sabbioni	50 m backstroke	25.28	17 QR	25.06	14	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	53.85	13 Q	53.71	12	did not advance
Fabio Scozzoli	50 m breaststroke	27.11	12 Q	26.70	3 Q	DSQ
	100 m breaststroke	59.61	15 Q	59.22	9	did not advance
Andrea Vergani	50 m freestyle	22.56	=34	did not advance
Santo Condorelli Manuel Frigo Luca Dotto Alessandro Miressi Alessandro Bori*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:12.66	5	—		3:11.39	4
Filippo Megli Gabriele Detti Stefano Ballo Stefano Di Cola Matteo Ciampi*	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:04.97	1 Q	—		7:02.01	4
Simone Sabbioni Nicolò Martinenghi Federico Burdisso Manuel Frigo	4×100 m medley relay	3:35.23	13	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilaria Bianchi	100 m butterfly	58.26	15 Q	57.92	12	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	DNS		did not advance
Martina Carraro	50 m breaststroke	30.38	3 Q	30.23	4 Q	30.49	5
	100 m breaststroke	1:06.62	3 Q	1:06.39	4 Q	1:06.36
	200 m breaststroke	2:27.41	18	did not advance
Arianna Castiglioni	100 m breaststroke	1:07.09	7 Q	1:06.97 SO: 1:06.39	=8 Q	1:07.06	8
Ilaria Cusinato	200 m butterfly	2:10.03	12 Q	2:09.18	9	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:12.16	12 Q	2:12.12	12	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:43.27	16	—		did not advance
Elena Di Liddo	50 m butterfly	26.03	7 Q	26.16	11	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.18	4 Q	57.04	6 Q	57.07	4
Giulia Gabbrielleschi	800 m freestyle	8:35.03	14	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:16.01	11	—		did not advance
Margherita Panziera	100 m backstroke	59.99	9 Q	59.83	11	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:08.51	3 Q	2:06.62	3 Q	2:06.67	4
Federica Pellegrini	50 m freestyle	25.08	17	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.68	=22	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:56.81	5 Q	1:55.14	1 Q	1:54.22
Benedetta Pilato	50 m breaststroke	29.98	1 Q	30.17	3 Q	30.00
Simona Quadarella	800 m freestyle	8:20.86	4 Q	—		8:14.99
	1500 m freestyle	15:51.59	2 Q	—		15:40.89
Silvia Scalia	50 m backstroke	28.30	17	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:00.74	17	did not advance
Margherita Panziera Martina Carraro Elena Di Liddo Federica Pellegrini Arianna Castiglioni* Ilaria Bianchi*	4×100 m medley relay	3:58.35	3 Q	—		3:56.50	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Manuel Frigo Alessandro Miressi Ilaria Bianchi Federica Pellegrini	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:25.06	5 Q	3:25.58	8
Simone Sabbioni Fabio Scozzoli Elena Di Liddo Federica Pellegrini Margherita Panziera* Nicolò Martinenghi* Manuel Frigo*	4×100 m medley relay	3:44.38	6 Q	3:43.27	6

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster^[7]

• Marco del Lungo
• Francesco di Fulvio
• Stefano Luongo
• Pietro Figlioli (C)
• Edoardo di Somma
• Alessandro Velotto
• Vincenzo Renzuto Iodice
• Gonzalo Echenique
• Niccolo Figari
• Michaël Bodegas
• Matteo Aicardi
• Vincenzo Dolce
• Gianmarco Nicosia
• Coach: Alessandro Campagna

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	31	19	+12	6	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	31	25	+6	3	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	27	27	0	3
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	22	40	−18	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.

15 July 2019 19:10	Report	Brazil	5–14	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–2, 0–5, 1–2
		Guimarães 2	Goals	Luongo 4

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17 July 2019 16:30	Report	Japan	7–9	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 4–4, 1–2
		Arai, Inaba 2	Goals	Figlioli 4

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19 July 2019 12:30	Report	Germany	7–8	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 3–2, 0–2
		Eidner 3	Goals	Aicardi, Di Fulvio 2

Quarterfinals

23 July 2019 18:30	Report	Italy	7–6	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 2–1, 2–3, 1–0
		Di Fulvio, Luongo 2	Goals	Genidounias, Gounas 2

Semifinals

25 July 2019 18:30	Report	Hungary	10–12	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1-5, 2-2, 3-3
		three players 2	Goals	Echenique 4

Final

27 July 2019 18:30	Report	Spain	5–10	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 1–3, 1–2
		Perrone 2	Goals	Dolce 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster^[8]

• Giulia Gorlero
• Chiara Tabani
• Arianna Garibotti
• Silvia Avegno
• Elisa Queirolo (C)
• Rosaria Aiello
• Domitilla Picozzi
• Roberta Bianconi
• Giulia Emmolo
• Valeria Palmieri
• Izabella Chiappini
• Giulia Viacava
• Federica Lavi
• Coach: Fabio Conti

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	33	22	+11	6	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	32	29	+3	4	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	0	2	26	34	−8	2
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	20	26	−6	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.

14 July 2019 20:30	Report	Italy	10–9	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–2, 3–3, 1–4
		Garibotti 3	Goals	Webster 4

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16 July 2019 17:50	Report	Japan	7–9	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Arima 3	Goals	Bianconi 5

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18 July 2019 12:30	Report	Italy	14–6	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–1, 4–2, 2–2
		Garibotti, Tabani 3	Goals	Xiong 2

Quarterfinals

22 July 2019 18:30	Report	Italy	6–7	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 1–1, 1–1
		six players 1	Goals	Gurisatti, Leimeter 2

5th–8th place semifinals

24 July 2019 15:30	Report	Netherlands	5–10	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 1–2, 1–2
		Megens 3	Goals	Avegno 4

Fifth place game

26 July 2019 15:30	Report	Russia	10–9	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 5–2, 1–2
		three players 2	Goals	Bianconi, Chiappini 3

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