# Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Italian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, with the disputed exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis where one Italian may have participated.
The Italian National Olympic Committee will reward the gold medalists with €180,000, the silver medalists with €90,000 and the bronze medalists with €60,000.
Italy competed in all sports except badminton, field hockey, football, handball and rugby sevens.
Italy has ended the 2020 Summer Olympics winning 10 gold, 10 silver and 20 bronze medals, setting a new record in number of medals won (36 medals was first reached in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932, and then again in the Rome Olympics of 1960). Moreover, for the first time the country has received at least one medal in each day.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Vito Dell'Aquila | Taekwondo | Men's 58 kg | 24 July |
| Gold | Valentina Rodini Federica Cesarini | Rowing | Women's lightweight double sculls | 29 July |
| Gold | Gianmarco Tamberi | Athletics | Men's high jump | 1 August |
| Gold | Marcell Jacobs | Athletics | Men's 100 metres | 1 August |
| Gold | Ruggero Tita Caterina Banti | Sailing | Mixed Nacra 17 | 3 August |
| Gold | Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan | Cycling | Men's team pursuit | 4 August |
| Gold | Massimo Stano | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres walk | 5 August |
| Gold | Antonella Palmisano | Athletics | Women's 20 kilometres walk | 6 August |
| Gold | Luigi Busà | Karate | Men's 75 kg | 6 August |
| Gold | Eseosa Desalu Marcell Jacobs Lorenzo Patta Filippo Tortu | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 6 August |
| Silver | Luigi Samele | Fencing | Men's sabre | 24 July |
| Silver | Thomas Ceccon Santo Condorelli Manuel Frigo Alessandro Miressi Lorenzo Zazzeri | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 26 July |
| Silver | Diana Bacosi | Shooting | Women's skeet | 26 July |
| Silver | Daniele Garozzo | Fencing | Men's foil | 26 July |
| Silver | Giorgia Bordignon | Weightlifting | Women's 64 kg | 27 July |
| Silver | Luca Curatoli Luigi Samele Enrico Berrè Aldo Montano | Fencing | Men's team sabre | 28 July |
| Silver | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Swimming | Men's 800 metre freestyle | 29 July |
| Silver | Mauro Nespoli | Archery | Men's individual | 31 July |
| Silver | Vanessa Ferrari | Gymnastics | Women's floor | 2 August |
| Silver | Manfredi Rizza | Canoeing | Men's K-1 200 metres | 5 August |
| Bronze | Elisa Longo Borghini | Cycling | Women's individual road race | 25 July |
| Bronze | Odette Giuffrida | Judo | Women's 52 kg | 25 July |
| Bronze | Mirko Zanni | Weightlifting | Men's 67 kg | 25 July |
| Bronze | Nicolò Martinenghi | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | 26 July |
| Bronze | Maria Centracchio | Judo | Women's 63 kg | 27 July |
| Bronze | Rossella Fiamingo Federica Isola Mara Navarria Alberta Santuccio | Fencing | Women's team épée | 27 July |
| Bronze | Matteo Castaldo Marco Di Costanzo Bruno Rosetti Matteo Lodo Giuseppe Vicino | Rowing | Men's coxless four | 28 July |
| Bronze | Federico Burdisso | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly | 28 July |
| Bronze | Pietro Ruta Stefano Oppo | Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls | 29 July |
| Bronze | Martina Batini Erica Cipressa Arianna Errigo Alice Volpi | Fencing | Women's team foil | 29 July |
| Bronze | Lucilla Boari | Archery | Women's individual | 30 July |
| Bronze | Simona Quadarella | Swimming | Women's 800 metre freestyle | 31 July |
| Bronze | Irma Testa | Boxing | Women's featherweight | 31 July |
| Bronze | Antonino Pizzolato | Weightlifting | Men's 81 kg | 31 July |
| Bronze | Federico Burdisso Thomas Ceccon Nicolò Martinenghi Alessandro Miressi | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 1 August |
| Bronze | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Swimming | Men's 10 kilometre open water | 5 August |
| Bronze | Elia Viviani | Cycling | Men's omnium | 5 August |
| Bronze | Viviana Bottaro | Karate | Women's kata | 5 August |
| Bronze | Abraham Conyedo | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 97 kg | 7 August |
| Bronze | Alessia Maurelli Martina Centofanti Martina Santandrea Agnese Duranti Daniela Mogurean | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic group all-around | 8 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Karate | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Swimming | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
Medals by date :
| Date | | | | Total |
| 24 July | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 July | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 July | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 July | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 July | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 July | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 30 July | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 July | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 August | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 August | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 August | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Female | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| Male | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Mixed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
Multiple medalists :
| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| Marcell Jacobs | Athletics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luigi Samele | Fencing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gregorio Paltrinieri | Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Ceccon | Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alessandro Miressi | Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nicolò Martinenghi | Swimming | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Federico Burdisso | Swimming | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in athletics (alternate) are not counted:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Artistic swimming | — | 8 | 8 |
| Athletics | 41 | 34 | 75 |
| Basketball | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Boxing | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Canoeing | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Cycling | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| Diving | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Fencing | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Golf | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Judo | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Karate | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Modern pentathlon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rowing | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| Sailing | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Shooting | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Skateboarding | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Softball | — | 15 | 15 |
| Sport climbing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Surfing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 22 | 16 | 38 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tennis | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Triathlon | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Volleyball | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| Water polo | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 193 | 180 | 373 |

## Notable moments
### Historical records in 2021

* On 30 July, Lucilla Boari became the first Italian woman to win an Olympic medal in archery, winning the bronze medal in the women's individual.
* On 31 July, Irma Testa became the first Italian woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing, ending with a bronze in the women's featherweight.
* On 1 August, Marcell Jacobs became the first Italian to compete in the 100 metres final and to win the gold medal, with a time of 9.80 seconds, setting a new record for Italian team after 121 years from the first participation in this Olympic discipline.
* On 1 August, Thomas Ceccon, Nicolò Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso and Alessandro Miressi got on podium winning the bronze medal in Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, setting the first time an Italian Team's swimmer succeeded in winning an Olympic medal in that event. Previously, on 26 July, both Ceccon and Miressi, along with Lorenzo Zazzeri and Manuel Frigo, succeeded in winning the first Olympic medal for the Italian team in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, ending with a silver medal.
* On 1 August, the high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi became the first Italian man to be on podium of Men's high jump, winning a joint gold medal with Qatar athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim. Overall, he is the second Italian athlete to win an Olympic medal in this sport after Sara Simeoni who won 1 gold and 2 silver medals respectively at the Moscow 1980 (gold), Montreal 1976 (first silver) and Los Angeles 1984 (second silver). Moreover, both Tamberi and Barshim agreed to share the gold medal, after a nail-biting tie between both of them as they cleared 2.37m with identical paths, in a rare instance where the athletes of different nations agreed to share the same medal in the history of Olympics. Barshim in particular was quoted in his post-match presentation asking, "Can we have two golds?", representing one of the Olympic's most memorable moment ever.
* On 2 August, the artistic gymnast Vanessa Ferrari succeeded in winning the silver medal in the women's floor, representing the first individual Olympic medal ever for a female Italian gymnast. It is also the first Olympic medal for Italian women gymnastics in 93 years, since Amsterdam 1928 when Italian Women Team won the silver medal in Women's all-around.
* On 6 August, Italy reached and surpassed its own record for the highest number of Olympic medals won in a single edition. Such record of 36 medals was first reached in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932, and then again in the Rome Olympics of 1960. Italy ended the Olympics with 40 medals. Moreover, for the first time the country has clinched at least one medal per day.
* After winning no medal at all in 2016, Italy reached its best Olympic performance ever in athletics, winning five gold medals (Gianmarco Tamberi in high jump, Lamont Marcell Jacobs in 100 metres, Massimo Stano and Antonella Palmisano in their respective 20 km racewalking events, and the 4x100 men relay).

## Archery

One Italian archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by reaching the quarterfinal stage and obtaining one of the four available spots at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Another Italian archer secured a spot in the women's individual recurve by winning the mixed team title at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. Meanwhile, three Italian archers qualified for the women's events by securing the last of three quota places available in the team recurve at the 2021 WA Final Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mauro Nespoli | Men's individual | 658 | 24 | Ravnikar (SLO) W 6–0 | Gankin (KAZ) W 6–2 | D'Almeida (BRA) W 6–0 | Unruh (GER) W 6–4 | Tang C-c (TPE) W 6–2 | Gazoz (TUR) L 4–6 | |
| Tatiana Andreoli | Women's individual | 627 | 52 | Barbelin (FRA) L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lucilla Boari | Women's individual | 651 | 23 | Zyzańska (POL) W 6–0 | Rebagliati (ITA) W 6–4 | Marusava (BLR) W 6–5 | Wu Jx (CHN) W 6–2 | Osipova (ROC) L 6–0 | Brown (USA) W 1–7 | |
| Chiara Rebagliati | Women's individual | 658 | 10 | Bjerendal (SWE) W 6–2 | Boari (ITA) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tatiana Andreoli Lucilla Boari Chiara Rebagliati | Women's team | 1936 | 8 | — | — | Great Britain (GBR) W 5–3 | South Korea (KOR) L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mauro Nespoli Chiara Rebagliati | Mixed team | 1316 | 11 Q | — | — | Netherlands (NED) L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Artistic swimming

Italy fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in both the women's team and duet routine the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | Free routine (final) | Free routine (final) |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank |
| Linda Cerruti Costanza Ferro | Duet | 91.1035 | 6 | 91.2000 | 182.3035 | 6 Q | 92.4667 | 183.5702 | 6 |
| Beatrice Callegari Domiziana Cavanna Linda Cerruti Francesca Deidda Costanza Di Camillo Costanza Ferro Gemma Galli Enrica Piccoli | Team | 91.3372 | 6 | — | — | — | 92.8000 | 184.1372 | 5 |

## Athletics

On 28 June 2021, La Gazzetta dello Sport announced initially an Italian team of 72 (40 men and 32 women), the largest team ever in athletics. The official composition of the Italian team have been confirmed on 2 July and it reaches finally 76 athletes (41 men and 35 women) without alternate athletes. 2 more qualified athletes have been withdrawn after their qualification. It is the largest team ever, since Los Angeles 1984 (50).
Italian athletes further achieved the qualification, either by entry standard (qualifying time or mark) or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event).
All the 5 relay teams, also a record for Italy, are qualified by designated competition (5 athletes per each relay team and 4 athletes only, 2 men and 2 women, for the mixed team). The athletes already qualified for 100 m and 400 m shall be part of their respective relay teams.

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Marcell Jacobs | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 9.94 PB | 1 Q | 9.84 | 3 q | 9.80 AR | |
| Filippo Tortu | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.10 | 4 q | 10.16 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eseosa Desalu | 200 m | 20.29 | 3 Q | — | — | 20.43 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antonio Infantino | 200 m | 20.90 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Davide Re | 400 m | 45.46 | 5 Q | — | — | 44.94 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Edoardo Scotti | 400 m | 45.71 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yemaneberhan Crippa | 5000 m | 13:47.12 | 15 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yemaneberhan Crippa | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27:54.05 | 11 |
| Paolo Dal Molin | 110 m hurdles | 13.44 | 4 Q | — | — | 13.40 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hassane Fofana | 110 m hurdles | 13.70 | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alessandro Sibilio | 400 m hurdles | 49.11 | 3 Q | — | — | 47.93 | 3 Q | 48.77 | 8 |
| Ahmed Abdelwahed | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:12.71 | 3 Q | — | — | — | — | 8:24.34 | 14 |
| Ala Zoghlami | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:14.06 | 4 Q | — | — | — | — | 8:18.50 | 9 |
| Osama Zoghlami | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:19.51 | 4 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eseosa Desalu Marcell Jacobs Lorenzo Patta Filippo Tortu | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.95 NR | 3 Q | — | — | — | — | 37.50 NR | |
| Vladimir Aceti Davide Re Edoardo Scotti Alessandro Sibilio | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:58.91 NR | 4 Q | — | — | — | — | 2:58.81 NR | 7 |
| Yassine El Fathaoui | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:19:44 | 47 |
| Eyob Faniel | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:15:11 | 20 |
| Yassine Rachik | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Francesco Fortunato | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:23:43 | 15 |
| Massimo Stano | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:21:05 | |
| Federico Tontodonati | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:31:19 | 44 |
| Andrea Agrusti | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:01:10 | 23 |
| Teodorico Caporaso | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Marco De Luca | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Anna Bongiorni | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.35 | 3 Q | 11.38 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vittoria Fontana | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.53 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gloria Hooper | 200 m | 23.16 | 4 Q | — | — | 23.28 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dalia Kaddari | 200 m | 23.26 | 3 Q | — | — | 23.41 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elena Bellò | 800 m | 2:01.07 | 5 q | — | — | 2:02.35 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Federica Del Buono | 1500 m | 4:07.70 | 11 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gaia Sabbatini | 1500 m | 4:05.41 | 4 Q | — | — | 4:02.25 PB | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nadia Battocletti | 5000 m | 14:55.83 | 3 Q | — | — | — | — | 14:46.29 | 7 |
| Luminosa Bogliolo | 100 m hurdles | 12.93 | 3 Q | — | — | 12.75 NR | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elisa Di Lazzaro | 100 m hurdles | 13.08 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eleonora Marchiando | 400 m hurdles | 56.82 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Linda Olivieri | 400 m hurdles | 55.54 PB | 4 Q | — | — | 57.03 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yadisleidy Pedroso | 400 m hurdles | 55.57 SB | 5 Q | — | — | 55.80 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anna Bongiorni Zaynab Dosso* Vittoria Fontana Johanelis Herrera* Gloria Hooper Irene Siragusa | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.84 NR | 6 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rebecca Borga Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Ayomide Folorunso* Raphaela Lukudo Alice Mangione Eleonora Marchiando Petra Nardelli Anna Polinari Giancarla Trevisan* | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.74 SB | 7 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Giovanna Epis | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:35:09 SB | 32 |
| Eleonora Giorgi | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:46:36 | 52 |
| Antonella Palmisano | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:29:12 | |
| Valentina Trapletti | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:33:12 | 18 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Vladimir Aceti Edoardo Scotti Rebecca Borga Alice Mangione | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.51 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Filippo Randazzo | Long jump | 8.10 | 6 q | 7.99 | 8 |
| Tobia Bocchi | Triple jump | 16.78 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrea Dallavalle | Triple jump | 16.99 | 7 Q | 16.85 | 9 |
| Emmanuel Ihemeje | Triple jump | 16.88 | 9 Q | 16.52 | 11 |
| Stefano Sottile | High jump | 2.17 | =26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gianmarco Tamberi | High jump | 2.28 | 9 q | 2.37 | |
| Claudio Stecchi | Pole vault | NM | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leonardo Fabbri | Shot put | 20.80 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nick Ponzio | Shot put | 20.28 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zane Weir | Shot put | 21.25 | 5 Q | 21.41 | 5 PB |
| Giovanni Faloci | Discus throw | 57.33 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Dariya Derkach | Triple jump | 13.90 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alessia Trost | High jump | 1.90 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elena Vallortigara | High jump | 1.93 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roberta Bruni | Pole vault | 4.25 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elisa Molinarolo | Pole vault | 4.40 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daisy Osakue | Discus throw | 63.66 | 5 Q | 59.97 | 12 |
| Sara Fantini | Hammer throw | 71.68 | 12 q | 69.10 | 12 |

## Basketball
### Men's tournament

At the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, held in Belgrad, Serbia, Italy men's team qualified, beating Serbia 102 to 95 on 4 July 2021. It is the Italian return to Olympics after 17 years, Athens 2004.

#### Team roster

The roster was announced on 6 July 2021.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 226 | +33 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 255 | 239 | +16 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 257 | 273 | −16 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 263 | −33 | 3 | |
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| Germany | 82–92 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 14–21, 26–25, 10–24 |||
| Pts: Lô 24 Rebs: Voigtmann 6 Asts: three players 4 | | Pts: Fontecchio 20 Rebs: Melli 9 Asts: Mannion 7 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 17:20 v
* Boxscore
| Italy | 83–86 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 20–19, 17–21, 21–21 |||
| Pts: Fontecchio 22 Rebs: Polonara 7 Asts: Mannion 7 | | Pts: Landale 18 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Ingles, Mills 5 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Steven Anderson (USA), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)
* 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| Italy | 80–71 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 11–22, 16–24, 24–8 |||
| Pts: Melli 15 Rebs: Vitali 6 Asts: Fontecchio, Pajola 4 | | Pts: Metu 22 Rebs: Metu 10 Asts: Metu 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Takaki Kato (JPN)

#### Quarterfinal

* 3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 17:20 v
* Boxscore
| Italy | 75–84 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 17–23, 12–21, 21–20 |||
| Pts: Fontecchio 23 Rebs: Gallinari 10 Asts: Pajola 6 | | Pts: Gobert 22 Rebs: Batum 14 Asts: De Colo 7 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Juan Fernández (ARG), Steven Anderson (USA)

### 3×3 basketball
#### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Italy women's 3×3 | Women's 3×3 tournament | Mongolia W 15–14 | France L 16–19 | Romania W 22–14 | China L 13–22 | Japan L 10–22 | United States L 13–17 | ROC L 9–17 | 6 | China L 13–19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Women's tournament

Italy women's national 3x3 team qualified directly for the Olympics by winning the 2020 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

##### Team roster

* Chiara Consolini
* Rae Lin D'Alie
* Marcella Filippi
* Giulia Rulli

##### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 7 | 6 | 1 | 136 | 98 | +38 | Semifinals |
| 2 | ROC | 7 | 5 | 2 | 129 | 90 | +39 | Semifinals |
| 3 | China | 7 | 5 | 2 | 127 | 97 | +30 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Japan (H) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 130 | 97 | +33 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | France | 7 | 4 | 3 | 118 | 116 | +2 | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Italy | 7 | 2 | 5 | 98 | 125 | −27 | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Romania | 7 | 1 | 6 | 89 | 142 | −53 | |
| 8 | Mongolia | 7 | 0 | 7 | 79 | 141 | −62 | |
* 1 2 3 ROC 2–0, China 1–1, Japan 0–2
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 17:30 v
* Report
| Italy | 15–14 | Mongolia |
| Pts: D'Alie 8 | | Pts: Solongo 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 21:25 v
* Report
| France | 19–16 | Italy |
| Pts: Cata-Chitiga, Guapo 6 | | Pts: D'Alie 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 10:40 v
* Report
| Romania | 14–22 | Italy |
| Pts: Mărginean 6 | | Pts: D'Alie 13 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Su Yu-yen (TPE), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 14:25 v
* Report
| China | 22–13 | Italy |
| Pts: Zhang 8 | | Pts: D'Alie 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 14:25 v
* Report
| Italy | 10–22 | Japan |
| Pts: Consolini 4 | | Pts: Mawuli 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Su Yu-yen (TPE)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 17:55 v
* Report
| Italy | 13–17 | United States |
| Pts: D'Alie, Rulli 4 | | Pts: Dolson, Gray 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 17:25 v
* Report
| ROC | 17–9 | Italy |
| Pts: O. Frolkina 6 | | Pts: Rulli 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)

##### Quarterfinal

* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 20:30 v
* Report
| China | 19–13 | Italy |
| Pts: Wang 11 | | Pts: Consolini, D'Alie 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vanessa Devlin (AUS), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

## Boxing

Italy entered four female boxers into the Olympic tournament. Giordana Sorrentino (women's flyweight), Rio 2016 Olympian Irma Testa (women's featherweight), Rebecca Nicoli (women's lightweight), and 2019 world silver medalist Angela Carini (women's welterweight) secured the spots on the Italian squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Giordana Sorrentino | Women's flyweight | Cardozo (VEN) W 5–0 | Huang H-w (TPE) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irma Testa | Women's featherweight | Vorontsova (ROC) W 4–1 | Walsh (IRL) W 5–0 | Veyre (CAN) W 5–0 | Petecio (PHI) L 1–4 | Did not advance | |
| Rebecca Nicoli | Women's lightweight | Falcón (MEX) W 4–1 | Harrington (IRL) L 5–0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Angela Carini | Women's welterweight | Bye | Chen N-c (TPE) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

Italian canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. The slalom canoeists, highlighted by Rio 2016 Olympians Giovanni De Gennaro and Stefanie Horn were named to the Italian roster for the Games on 22 June 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Giovanni De Gennaro | Men's K-1 | 90.92 | 1 | 90.65 | 2 | 90.65 | 2 Q | 100.23 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marta Bertoncelli | Women's C-1 | 121.83 | 13 | 113.91 | 8 | 113.91 | 10 Q | 145.71 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stefanie Horn | Women's K-1 | 109.82 | 9 | 104.79 | 4 | 104.79 | 4 Q | 108.52 | 4 Q | 106.93 | 4 |

### Sprint

Italian canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. The sprint canoeing team was named to the Italian roster for the Games on 22 June 2021, including Rio 2016 Olympian Manfredi Rizza.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Manfredi Rizza | Men's K-1 200 m | 34.867 | 1 SF | Bye | Bye | 35.171 | 2 FA | 35.080 | |
| Luca Beccaro Samuele Burgo | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:28.047 | 4 QF | 3:12.667 | 3 SF | 3:20.591 | 5 FB | 3:22.408 | 11 |
| Francesca Genzo | Women's K-1 200 m | 42.198 | 2 SF | Bye | Bye | 40.000 | 4 FA | 40.184 | 7 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

Italy entered a squad of nine riders (five men and four women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.

#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Alberto Bettiol | Road race | 6:09:04 | 14 |
| Alberto Bettiol | Time trial | 57:38.06 | 11 |
| Damiano Caruso | Road race | 6:11:46 | 24 |
| Giulio Ciccone | Road race | 6:16:53 | 60 |
| Filippo Ganna | Time trial | 56:09.93 | 5 |
| Gianni Moscon | Road race | 6:09:04 | 20 |
| Vincenzo Nibali | Road race | 6:16:53 | 53 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Marta Bastianelli | Road race | 4:02:16 | 44 |
| Marta Cavalli | Road race | 3:54:31 | 8 |
| Elisa Longo Borghini | Road race | 3:54:14 | |
| Elisa Longo Borghini | Time trial | 33:00.89 | 10 |
| Soraya Paladin | Road race | 4:08:40 | 48 |

### Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Italian riders accumulated spots for both men and women in team pursuit, omnium, and madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank |
| Simone Consonni Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Jonathan Milan | Men's team pursuit | 3:45.895 | 2 Q | New Zealand (NZL) W 3:42.307 WR | 1 | Denmark (DEN) W 3:42.032 WR | |
| Martina Alzini Rachele Barbieri Martina Fidanza Vittoria Guazzini Letizia Paternoster | Women's team pursuit | 4:11.666 | 4 Q | Germany (GER) L 4:10.063 | 6 | Australia (AUS) L 4:11.108 | 6 |

#### Omnium

| Athlete | Event | Scratch race | Scratch race | Tempo race | Tempo race | Elimination race | Elimination race | Points race | Points race | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total points | Rank |
| Elia Viviani | Men's omnium | 13 | 16 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 40 | 42 | 4 | 124 | |
| Elisa Balsamo | Women's omnium | DNF | 16 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 50 | 14 |

#### Madison

| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| Simone Consonni Elia Viviani | Men's madison | −9 | 100 | 10 |
| Elisa Balsamo Letizia Paternoster | Women's madison | 2 | 120 | 8 |

### Mountain biking

Italian mountain bikers qualified for four quota places (three men's and one women's) into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's runner-up finish for men and ninth for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Luca Braidot | Men's cross-country | 1:31:30 | 25 |
| Nadir Colledani | Men's cross-country | LAP (1 lap) | 34 |
| Gerhard Kerschbaumer | Men's cross-country | 1:29:48 | 20 |
| Eva Lechner | Women's cross-country | 1:26:26 | 25 |

### BMX

Italy received a single quota place for BMX at the Olympics by topping the field of nations vying for qualification in the men's race at the 2019 UCI BMX World Championships.

#### Race

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Giacomo Fantoni | Men's race | 14 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving

Italian divers qualified for three individual spots and two synchronized teams at the Games through the 2019 FINA World Championships and the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Lorenzo Marsaglia | 3 metre springboard | 369.60 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lorenzo Marsaglia Giovanni Tocci | 3 m synchronized springboard | — | — | — | — | 388.05 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Noemi Batki | 10 m platform | 226.95 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sarah Jodoin Di Maria | 10 m platform | 291.05 | 15 Q | 294.00 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elena Bertocchi Chiara Pellacani | 3 m synchronized springboard | — | — | — | — | 267.48 | 7 |

## Equestrian

Italy fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team eventing competition by securing an outright berth as one of the two top-ranked nations, not yet qualified, at the 2019 European Championships (for Groups A and B) in Luhmühlen, Germany. Meanwhile, one jumping rider was added to the Italian roster by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups B (South Western Europe).

### Dressage

Following the withdrawal of Norway, Italy received a reallocation to compete in the individual dressage competition.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank |
| Francesco Zaza | Wispering Romance | Individual | 66.941 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

### Eventing

Stefano Brecciaroli and Bolivar Gio Granno have been named the travelling alternates.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final | Final | Final | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Susanna Bordone | Imperial van de Holtakkers | Individual | 33.90 | 36 | 11.00 | 44.90 | 29 | 0.00 | 44.90 | 22 Q | 11.00 | 50.50 | 18 | 50.50 | 18 |
| Vittoria Panizzon | Super Cillious | Individual | 38.60 | 52 | 3.60 | 42.20 | 25 | 8.00 | 50.20 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 50.20 | 27 |
| Arianna Schivo | Quefira de l'Ormeau | Individual | 42.90 | 58 | 2.80 | 45.70 | 28 | 4.00 | 49.70 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 49.70 | 26 |
| Susanna Bordone Vittoria Panizzon Arianna Schivo | See above | Team | 115.40 | 15 | 17.40 | 132.80 | 7 | 12.00 | 144.80 | 7 | — | — | — | 144.80 | 7 |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank |
| Emanuele Gaudiano | Chalou | Individual | 9 | =47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

Italian fencers qualified a full squad each in the team foil, team sabre, and the men's team épée at the Games, by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the women's épée team claimed the spot as the highest-ranked nation from the European zone outside the world's top four. It is the first Olympics ever where Italy will have a team in all events.
The fencing team was officially selected to the Italian roster for the Games on 11 June 2021, with three-time medalist Andrea Cassarà in the men's foil remarkably going to his fifth straight Games. Notable fencers also featured the defending champion Daniele Garozzo in the men's foil, Rio 2016 silver medalist Rossella Fiamingo in the women's épée, and London 2012 silver medalist Arianna Errigo in the women's foil.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Marco Fichera | Épée | Bye | Kurbanov (KAZ) L 7–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Enrico Garozzo | Épée | Bye | Kano (JPN) L 12–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrea Santarelli | Épée | Bye | Khodos (ROC) W 15–10 | Bardenet (FRA) W 15–11 | Yamada (JPN) W 15–13 | Siklósi (HUN) L 10–15 | Reizlin (UKR) L 12–15 | 4 |
| Marco Fichera Enrico Garozzo Andrea Santarelli Gabriele Cimini | Team épée | — | — | Bye | ROC L 34–45 | Classification semifinal Ukraine (UKR) L 39–45 | Seventh place final Switzerland (SUI) W 36–34 | 7 |
| Andrea Cassarà | Foil | Bye | Schenkel (CAN) W 15–11 | Hamza (EGY) L 13–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alessio Foconi | Foil | Bye | Sanità (GER) W 15–8 | Cheung (HKG) L 3–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniele Garozzo | Foil | Bye | Hassan (EGY) W 15–6 | Matsuyama (JPN) W 15–14 | Lefort (FRA) W 15–10 | Shikine (JPN) W 15–9 | Cheung K-l (HKG) L 15–11 | |
| Andrea Cassarà Alessio Foconi Daniele Garozzo Giorgio Avola | Team foil | — | — | Bye | Japan (JPN) L 43–45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Enrico Berrè | Sabre | Bye | Ferjani (TUN) W 15–10 | Teodosiu (ROU) W 15–12 | Samele (ITA) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luca Curatoli | Sabre | Bye | Teodosiu (ROU) L 13–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luigi Samele | Sabre | Bye | Xu Ym (CHN) W 15–12 | Rahbari (IRI) W 15–7 | Berrè (ITA) W 15–10 | Kim J-h (KOR) W 15–12 | Szilágyi (HUN) L 7–15 | |
| Enrico Berrè Luca Curatoli Luigi Samele Aldo Montano | Team sabre | — | — | Bye | Iran (IRI) W 45–44 | Hungary W 45–43 | South Korea L 26–45 | |
$^b$ Because of physical injury, Samele could not compete in the semifinal against the Hungarian team and was replaced by Montano, who also competed in the final against South Korea.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Rossella Fiamingo | Épée | Bye | Moellhausen (BRA) W 10–9 | Jarecka (POL) W 15–13 | Lehis (EST) L 15–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Federica Isola | Épée | Bye | Besbes (TUN) W 14–12 | Lin S (CHN) W 15–9 | Sun Yw (CHN) L 10–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mara Navarria | Épée | Bye | Lichagina (ROC) W 15–12 | Lehis (EST) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rossella Fiamingo Federica Isola Mara Navarria Alberta Santuccio | Team épée | — | — | — | ROC W 33–31 | Estonia (EST) L 34–42 | China (CHN) W 23–21 | |
| Martina Batini | Foil | Bye | Kreiss (HUN) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arianna Errigo | Foil | Bye | El-Sharkawy (EGY) W 15–2 | Guo (CAN) W 15–8 | Volpi (ITA) L 7–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alice Volpi | Foil | Bye | Kondricz (HUN) W 15–5 | Ebert (GER) W 15–13 | Errigo (ITA) W 15–7 | Deriglazova (ROC) L 10–15 | Korobeynikova (ROC) L 14–15 | 4 |
| Martina Batini Arianna Errigo Alice Volpi Erica Cipressa | Team foil | — | — | — | Hungary (HUN) W 45–32 | France (FRA) L 43–45 | United States (USA) W 45–23 | |
| Martina Criscio | Sabre | Bye | Yoon J-s (KOR) L 11–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rossella Gregorio | Sabre | Bye | Pozdniakova (ROC) L 12–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irene Vecchi | Sabre | Bye | Lembach (FRA) W 15–11 | Velikaya (ROC) L 15–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Criscio Rossella Gregorio Irene Vecchi Michela Battiston | Team sabre | — | — | Bye | China (CHN) W 45–41 | France (FRA) L 39–45 | South Korea (KOR) L 42–45 | 4 |
$^c$ Cipressa replaced Batini in the bronze medal match against the American team.

## Golf

Italy entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament. Guido Migliozzi (world no. 72) and Francesco Molinari (world no. 133) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the men's event based on the IGF World Rankings of 20 June 2021. Molinari later withdrew thorough injury and was replaced by Renato Paratore.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank |
| Guido Migliozzi | Men's | 71 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 276 | −8 | =32 |
| Renato Paratore | Men's | 71 | 70 | 67 | 67 | 275 | −9 | =27 |
| Giulia Molinaro | Women's | 75 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 286 | +2 | =46 |
| Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso | Women's | 75 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 302 | +18 | 59 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Italy fielded a full squad of seven gymnasts (two men and five women) into the Olympic competition. The women's squad finished fifth out of nine nations eligible for qualification in the team all-around to assure its Olympic berth at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. On the men's side, Rio 2016 Olympian Ludovico Edalli and rookie Marco Lodadio booked their spots in the individual all-around and apparatus events at the same tournament, with the latter bagging the silver medal in the rings exercise. Vanessa Ferrari initially qualified as an individual; however, Giorgia Villa's injury resulted in Ferrari's placement on the team. As a result, teammate Lara Mori took the individual berth.

#### Men

| Athlete | Events | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Events | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Ludovico Edalli | All-around | 13.733 | 13.600 | 13.333 | 13.666 | 13.166 | 13.766 | 81.231 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marco Lodadio | Rings | — | — | 14.633 | — | — | — | 14.633 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Alice D'Amato | Team | 14.333 | 14.233 | 12.600 | 13.033 | 54.199 | 20 Q | 14.166 | 14.166 | 13.133 | 13.100 | — | — |
| Asia D'Amato | Team | 14.233 | 13.933 | 13.133 | 11.833 | 53.132 | 34 | 14.266 | 13.900 | 12.900 | 13.166 | — | — |
| Vanessa Ferrari | Team | 14.167 | — | 12.500 | 14.166 Q | — | — | 14.233 | — | — | 14.100 | — | — |
| Martina Maggio | Team | 14.067 | 13.700 | 13.066 | 12.733 | 53.566 | 27 Q | — | 13.433 | 13.075 | — | — | — |
| Total | Team | 42.733 | 41.866 | 38.799 | 39.932 | 163.330 | 7 Q | 42.665 | 41.499 | 39.108 | 40.366 | 163.638 | 4 |

#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Alice D'Amato | All-around | See team results | See team results | See team results | See team results | See team results | See team results | 14.300 | 13.000 | 11.633 | 12.966 | 51.899 | 20 |
| Vanessa Ferrari | Floor | — | — | — | 14.166 | 14.166 | 1 Q | — | — | — | 14.200 | 14.200 | |
| Martina Maggio | All-around | See team results | See team results | See team results | See team results | See team results | See team results | 14.033 | 12.466 | 13.066 | 13.000 | 52.565 | 19 |
| Lara Mori | Balance beam | — | — | 12.133 | — | 12.133 | 62 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lara Mori | Floor | — | — | — | 13.400 | 13.400 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Rhythmic

Italy qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the group all-around by virtue of a top-three finish at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia. Two more rhythmic gymnasts were added to the roster by finishing in the top sixteen of the individual all-around at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Alexandra Agiurgiuculese | Individual | 22.050 | 25.600 | 24.150 | 19.250 | 91.050 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Milena Baldassarri | Individual | 24.550 | 25.700 | 25.650 | 20.150 | 96.050 | 6 Q | 25.100 | 25.625 | 26.300 | 22.400 | 99.625 | 6 |
| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | 5 apps | 3+2 apps | Total | Rank | 5 apps. | 3+2 apps | Total | Rank |
| Martina Centofanti Agnese Duranti Alessia Maurelli Daniela Mogurean Martina Santandrea | Group | 44.600 | 42.550 | 87.150 | 3 Q | 44.850 | 42.850 | 87.700 | |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Manuel Lombardo | −66 kg | — | Bye | Serikzhanov (KAZ) W 11–00 | Cargnin (BRA) L 00–01 | — | Yondonperenlei (MGL) W 10–00 | An B-u (KOR) L 00–10 | 5 |
| Fabio Basile | −73 kg | Bye | An C-r (KOR) L 00–01 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christian Parlati | −81 kg | Bye | Abdelaal (EGY) W 01–00 | Nagase (JPN) L 00–01 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nicholas Mungai | −90 kg | Bye | Bobonov (UZB) L 00–01 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Francesca Milani | −48 kg | Lin C-h (TPE) L 01–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Odette Giuffrida | −52 kg | Bye | Chițu (ROU) W 10–00 | van Snick (BEL) W 01–00 | Abe (JPN) L 00–01 | — | Pupp (HUN) W 10–00 | |
| Maria Centracchio | −63 kg | Nomenjanahary (MAD) W 01–00 | Özbas (HUN) W 01–00 | Ozdoba-Błach (POL) W 01–00 | Trstenjak (SLO) L 01–00 | — | Franssen (NED) W 01–00 | |
| Alice Bellandi | −70 kg | Niang (MAR) W 01–00 | Bernholm (SWE) W 01–00 | van Dijke (NED) L 01–11 | Did not advance | Matić (CRO) L 00–10 | Did not advance | 7 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Fabio Basile Nicholas Mungai Christian Parlati Alice Bellandi Maria Centracchio Odette Giuffrida | Team | Israel (ISR) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Karate

Italy entered five karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world champion Angelo Crescenzo (men's 67 kg), runner-up Luigi Busà (men's 75 kg), and bronze medalists Mattia Busato (men's kata) and Viviana Bottaro (women's kata) qualified directly for their respective kumite and kata categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings. Meanwhile, Silvia Semeraro finished second in the final pool round to secure a spot in the women's kumite +61-kg category at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.

### Kumite

| Athlete | Event | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Angelo Crescenzo | Men's −67 kg | Madera (VEN) L 0–5 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luigi Busà | Men's −75 kg | Yahiro (AUS) W 0–5 | Azhikanov (KAZ) L 0–2 | Bitsch (GER) W 2–2 | Aghayev (AZE) W 3–1 | 1 Q | Horuna (UKR) W 3–0 | Aghayev (AZE) W 1–0 | |
| Silvia Semeraro | Women's +61 kg | Uekusa (JPN) W 4–3 | Berultseva (KAZ) L 1–5 | Zaretska (AZE) L 2–3 | Hocaoğlu (TUR) W 9–4 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Kata

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Elimination round | Ranking round | Ranking round | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mattia Busato | Men's kata | 25.50 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Viviana Bottaro | Women's kata | 25.57 | 2 Q | 26.46 | 2 q | Kokumai (USA) W 26.48 | |

## Modern pentathlon

Italian athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Elena Micheli secured her selection in the women's event with a runner-up finish at the 2019 UIPM World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
| Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | RR | BR | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Elena Micheli | Women's | 17–18 | 6 | 15 | 208 | 2:09.22 | 6 | 292 | EL | 31 | 0 | 12:31.91 | 15 | 549 | 1049 | 33 |
| Alice Sotero | Women's | 21–14 | 1 | 30 | 227 | 2:07.88 | 5 | 295 | 15 | 20 | 285 | 12:24.38 | 13 | 556 | 1363 | 4 |

## Rowing

Italy qualified nine out of fourteen boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Gennaro Di Mauro | Single sculls | 7:06.87 | 2 QF | Bye | Bye | 7:26.25 | 3 SA/B | 6:50.19 | 4 FB | 6:47.38 | 8 |
| Giovanni Abagnale Marco Di Costanzo | Pair | 6:48.74 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | — | — | 6:20.29 | 5 FB | 6:31.43 | 7 |
| Stefano Oppo Pietro Ruta | Lightweight double sculls | 6:24.25 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | — | — | 6:07.70 | 2 FA | 6:14.30 | |
| Matteo Castaldo Matteo Lodo Bruno Rosetti Giuseppe Vicino | Four | 5:57.67 | 2 FA | Bye | Bye | — | — | — | — | 5:43.60 | |
| Giacomo Gentili Andrea Panizza Luca Rambaldi Simone Venier | Quadruple sculls | 5:39.28 | 2 FA | Bye | Bye | — | — | — | — | 5:37.29 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aisha Rocek Kiri Tontodonati | Pair | 7:22.79 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 7:04.52 | 6 FB | 7:04.46 | 12 |
| Chiara Ondoli Alessandra Patelli | Double sculls | 6:59.58 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 7:19.25 | 4 FB | 6:58.88 | 9 |
| Federica Cesarini Valentina Rodini | Lightweight double sculls | 7:04.66 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:41.36 WR | 1 FA | 6:47.54 | |
| Stefania Gobbi Valentina Iseppi Veronica Lisi Alessandra Montesano | Quadruple sculls | 6:20.45 | 3 R | 6:37.44 | 1 FA | — | — | 6:13.33 | 4 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Sailing

Italian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.
On 19 February 2021, the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV) nominated three crews to compete in the rescheduled Tokyo 2020, including Rio 2016 Olympians Silvia Zennaro (women's Laser Radial) and 2018 world champion Ruggero Tita, along with his rookie partner Caterina Banti, in the mixed Nacra 17 catamaran. The women's 470 crew (Berta and Caruso) and Rio 2016 windsurfer Mattia Camboni were officially named to the Italian team on 19 March 2021.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Mattia Camboni | RS:X | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | EL | 76 | 5 |
| Giulio Calabrò Giacomo Ferrari | 470 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 81 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Marta Maggetti | RS:X | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 66 | 4 |
| Silvia Zennaro | Laser Radial | 13 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | — | — | 22 | 106 | 7 |
| Elena Berta Bianca Caruso | 470 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 | — | — | 22 | 102 | 13 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Ruggero Tita Caterina Banti | Nacra 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 35 | |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

## Shooting

Italian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.
On 2 March 2020, the Italian Shotgun Federation officially announced the names of skeet shooters to compete in Tokyo 2020, namely defending champions Gabriele Rossetti and Diana Bacosi, Beijing 2008 gold medalist Chiara Cainero, and rookie Tammaro Cassandro. The rifle and pistol shooters were added to the Italian roster on 11 June 2021, with Marco de Nicolo aiming to collect a single medal at his sixth straight Games.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Lorenzo Bacci | 10 m air rifle | 622.2 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lorenzo Bacci | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1159 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tammaro Cassandro | Skeet | 124 | 2 Q | 16 | 6 |
| Tommaso Chelli | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 577 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mauro de Filippis | Trap | 122 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marco de Nicolo | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1168 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Riccardo Mazzetti | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 572 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paolo Monna | 10 m air pistol | 570 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriele Rossetti | Skeet | 121 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marco Suppini | 10 m air rifle | 622.1 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Diana Bacosi | Skeet | 123 | 2 Q | 55 | |
| Chiara Cainero | Skeet | 114 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofia Ceccarello | 10 m air rifle | 627.3 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofia Ceccarello | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1163 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jessica Rossi | Trap | 119 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Silvana Stanco | Trap | 121 | 3 Q | 22 | 5 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Qualification 1 | Qualification 1 | Qualification 2 | Qualification 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Marco Suppini Sofia Ceccarello | 10 m air rifle team | 622.1 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mauro De Filippis Jessica Rossi | Trap team | 141 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Skateboarding

Italy entered two skateboarders to compete in the men's park at the Games. Ivan Federico and Alessandro Mazzara were automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings of 30 June 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ivan Federico | Men's park | 46.90 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alessandro Mazzara | Men's park | 65.25 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Asia Lanzi | Women's street | 6.13 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Softball

Italy women's softball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing a lone outright berth at the final match of the WBSC Women's Softball Qualifying Event for Europe and Africa in Utrecht, Netherlands.

### Summary

| Team | Event | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Italy women's | Women's tournament | United States L 0–2 | Australia L 0–1 | Japan L 0–5 | Mexico L 0–5 | Canada L 1–8 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Team roster

The roster was released on 4 July 2021.

### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 1.000 | — | Gold medal match |
| 2 | Japan (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | .800 | 1 | Gold medal match |
| 3 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 4 | +15 | .600 | 2 | Bronze medal match |
| 4 | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | .400 | 3 | Bronze medal match |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | −16 | .200 | 4 | |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | −20 | .000 | 5 | |
21 July 12:00 (JST) Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium 31 °C (88 °F) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Cat Osterman (1–0) LP: Greta Cecchetti (0–1) Sv: Monica Abbott (1) Boxscore |||||||||||
22 July 15:00 (JST) Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium 31 °C (88 °F) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Kaia Parnaby (1–1) LP: Greta Cecchetti (0–2) Sv: Ellen Roberts (1) Boxscore |||||||||||
24 July 20:00 (JST) Yokohama Stadium 28 °C (82 °F) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| WP: Miu Goto (2–0) LP: Alexia Lacatena (0–1) Home runs: JPN: Yu Yamamoto (2), Yamato Fujita (3) ITA: None Boxscore |||||||||||
25 July 20:00 (JST) Yokohama Stadium 29 °C (84 °F) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Dallas Escobedo (1–2) LP: Greta Cecchetti (0–3) Home runs: ITA: None MEX: Sydney Romero (1), Anissa Urtez (2), Brittany Cervantes (1) Boxscore |||||||||||
26 July 14:30 (JST) Yokohama Stadium 31 °C (88 °F) :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| Canada (6) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| WP: Lauren Bay-Regula (1–0) LP: Greta Cecchetti (0–4) Home runs: CAN: Jennifer Gilbert (1) ITA: None Boxscore |||||||||||

## Sport climbing

Italy entered three sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Ludovico Fossali qualified directly for the men's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji, Japan. On the women's side, 18-year-old Laura Rogora finished in the top six of those eligible for qualification at the IFSC World Olympic Qualifying Event in Toulouse, France, earning a quota place and joining with Fossali on the Italian roster. The third and final slot was awarded to Michael Piccolruaz, after accepting an unused berth, as the next highest-ranked sport climber vying for qualification on the men's side at the Worlds.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Speed | Speed | Boulder | Boulder | Lead | Lead | Lead | Total | Rank | Speed | Speed | Boulder | Boulder | Lead | Lead | Lead | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Best | Place | Result | Place | Hold | Time | Place | Total | Rank | Best | Place | Result | Place | Hold | Time | Place | Total | Rank |
| Ludovico Fossali | Men's | 6.71 | 13 | 0T0z 0 0 | 19.5 | 25 | 2:48 | 18 | 4563.00 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michael Piccolruaz | Men's | 6.33 | 8 | 1T1z 12 4 | 14 | 28+ | 2:33 | 12 | 1248.00 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Laura Rogora | Women's | 10.50 | 19 | 1T4z 1 5 | 7 | 25 | — | 10 | 1330.00 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Surfing

Italy sent one surfer.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Leonardo Fioravanti | Men's shortboard | 9.43 | 3 q | 12.53 | 1 Q | Mesinas (PER) L 8.86—10.77 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified directly for the third round; q = Qualified for the second round

## Swimming

Italian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must finish in the top two of the final (or in heat-declared winner races on time for long-distance freestyle) inside the federation's target standards at the 2019 Italian Open Championships (12 to 14 December), 2020 Italian Open Championships (17 to 19 December), 2021 Italian Absolute Championships (31 March to 3 April), and 2021 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary (17 to 23 May).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Domenico Acerenza | 1500 m freestyle | 14:53.84 | 9 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stefano Ballo | 200 m freestyle | 1:45.80 | 7 Q | 1:45.84 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Federico Burdisso | 100 m butterfly | 51.82 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Federico Burdisso | 200 m butterfly | 1:55.14 | 7 Q | 1:55.11 | 4 Q | 1:54.45 | |
| Giacomo Carini | 200 m butterfly | 1:55.33 | 10 Q | 1:55.95 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thomas Ceccon | 100 m freestyle | 47.71 | 1 Q | 48.05 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thomas Ceccon | 100 m backstroke | 52.49 | 2 Q | 52.78 | 4 Q | 52.30 | 4 |
| Santo Condorelli | 50 m freestyle | 22.14 | =19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Santo Condorelli | 100 m butterfly | 52.32 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriele Detti | 400 m freestyle | 3:44.67 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:44.88 | 6 |
| Gabriele Detti | 800 m freestyle | 7:49.47 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marco De Tullio | 400 m freestyle | 3:45.85 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stefano Di Cola | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.67 | 16 Q | 1:47.19 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nicolò Martinenghi | 100 m breaststroke | 58.68 | 4 Q | 58.28 | 3 Q | 58.33 | |
| Pier Andrea Matteazzi | 400 m individual medley | 4:16.31 | 19 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alessandro Miressi | 100 m freestyle | 47.83 | 4 Q | 47.52 | 3 Q | 47.86 | 6 |
| Gregorio Paltrinieri | 800 m freestyle | 7:47.73 | 8 Q | — | — | 7:42.11 | |
| Gregorio Paltrinieri | 1500 m freestyle | 14:49.17 | 4 Q | — | — | 14:45.01 | 4 |
| Gregorio Paltrinieri | 10 km open water | — | — | — | — | 1:49:01.1 | |
| Federico Poggio | 100 m breaststroke | 59.33 | =9 Q | 59.91 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alberto Razzetti | 200 m individual medley | 1:57.46 | 8 Q | 1:57.70 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alberto Razzetti | 400 m individual medley | 4:09.91 | =5 Q | — | — | 4:11.32 | 8 |
| Matteo Restivo | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.36 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Simone Sabbioni | 100 m backstroke | 53.79 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mario Sanzullo | 10 km open water | — | — | — | — | 1:53:08.6 | 14 |
| Lorenzo Zazzeri | 50 m freestyle | 21.86 | 9 Q | 21.75 | 7 Q | 21.78 | 7 |
| Thomas Ceccon Santo Condorelli Manuel Frigo Alessandro Miressi Lorenzo Zazzeri | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:10.29 | 1 Q | — | — | 3:10.11 NR | |
| Stefano Ballo Matteo Ciampi Marco De Tullio Stefano Di Cola Filippo Megli | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:05.05 | 3 Q | — | — | 7:03.24 | 5 |
| Federico Burdisso Thomas Ceccon Nicolò Martinenghi Alessandro Miressi | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:30.02 | 1 Q | — | — | 3:29.17 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ilaria Bianchi | 100 m butterfly | 57.70 | 12 Q | 58.07 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rachele Bruni | 10 km open water | — | — | — | — | 2:02:10.2 | 14 |
| Martina Caramignoli | 800 m freestyle | 8:33.15 | 20 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Caramignoli | 1500 m freestyle | 16:02.43 | 13 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Carraro | 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.85 | 5 Q | 1:06.50 | 7 Q | 1:06.19 | 7 |
| Martina Carraro | 200 m breaststroke | 2:26.17 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ilaria Cusinato | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.41 | 13 Q | 2:12.10 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ilaria Cusinato | 400 m individual medley | 4:37.37 | 8 Q | — | — | 4:40.65 | 8 |
| Elena di Liddo | 100 m butterfly | 57.41 | 9 Q | 57.60 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Francesca Fangio | 200 m breaststroke | 2:23.89 | 13 Q | 2:27.56 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Franceschi | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.47 | 14 Q | 2:11.71 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Franceschi | 400 m individual medley | 4:39.93 | 9 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Margherita Panziera | 100 m backstroke | 59.74 | 8 Q | 59.75 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Margherita Panziera | 200 m backstroke | 2:10.26 | 12 Q | 2:09.54 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Federica Pellegrini | 100 m freestyle | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Federica Pellegrini | 200 m freestyle | 1:57.33 | 15 Q | 1:56.44 | 7 Q | 1:55.91 | 7 |
| Benedetta Pilato | 100 m breaststroke | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Simona Quadarella | 800 m freestyle | 8:17.32 | 3 Q | — | — | 8:18.35 | |
| Simona Quadarella | 1500 m freestyle | 15:47.34 | 4 Q | — | — | 15:53.97 | 5 |
| Anna Chiara Mascolo Federica Pellegrini Stefania Pirozzi Giulia Vetrano | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | DSQ | DSQ | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Carraro Arianna Castiglioni Elena Di Liddo Margherita Panziera Federica Pellegrini | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:55.79 NR | 4 Q | — | — | 3:56.68 | 6 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Thomas Ceccon Elena Di Liddo Nicolò Martinenghi Federica Pellegrini Simone Sabbioni | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:42.65 | 5 Q | 3:39.28 | 4 |
$^a$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

## Table tennis

Italy entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since London 2012. Debora Vivarelli was automatically selected among the top ten table tennis players vying for qualification in the women's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of 1 June 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Debora Vivarelli | Women's singles | Bye | Lay (AUS) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Italy entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games for the first time since London 2012. Vito Dell'Aquila qualified directly for the men's flyweight category (58 kg) by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings. Meanwhile, 2019 world champion Simone Alessio scored a semifinal victory in the men's welterweight category (80 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Italian taekwondo squad at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Vito Dell'Aquila | Men's −58 kg | Salim (HUN) W 26–13 | Sawekwiharee (THA) W 37–17 | Guzmán (ARG) W 29–10 | Bye | Jendoubi (TUN) W 16–12 | |
| Simone Alessio | Men's −80 kg | Soares (BRA) W 22–3 | Eissa (EGY) L 5–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

Italy entered five tennis players (four men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. Matteo Berrettini (world no. 9), Jannik Sinner (world no. 23), Lorenzo Sonego (world no. 26) and Fabio Fognini (world no. 29), qualified directly for the men's singles as four of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while Camila Giorgi (world no. 76) did so for the women's singles along with rookie Jasmine Paolini (world no. 87) based on their WTA World Rankings of 14 June 2021. On 3 July, rookie Lorenzo Musetti (world no. 61) replaces Sinner, who withdrew due to personal concerns. On 18 July, Matteo Berrettini withdrew due to a thigh injury.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Fabio Fognini | Singles | Sugita (JPN) W 6–4, 6–3 | Gerasimov (BLR) W 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ | Medvedev (ROC) L 2–6, 6–3, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lorenzo Sonego | Singles | Daniel (JPN) W 4–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ | Basilashvili (GEO) L 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lorenzo Musetti | Singles | Millman (AUS) L 3–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lorenzo Musetti Lorenzo Sonego | Doubles | — | Andújar / Carballés (ESP) W 7–5, 6–4 | Mektić / Pavić (CRO) L 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [7–10] | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Camila Giorgi | Singles | Brady (USA) W 6–3, 6–2 | Vesnina (ROC) W 6–3, 6–1 | Plíšková (CZE) W 6–4, 6–2 | Svitolina (UKR) L 4–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jasmine Paolini | Singles | Kvitová (CZE) L 3–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Errani | Singles | Pavlyuchenkova (ROC) L 0–6, 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini | Doubles | — | Melichar / Riske (USA) W 6–3, 5–7, [10–2] | N Kichenok / L Kichenok (UKR) L 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Triathlon

Italy qualified five triathletes (three men and two women) for the following events at the Games by winning the silver medal and securing the first of three available berths at the 2021 ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Tournament in Lisbon, Portugal.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total | Rank |
| Gianluca Pozzatti | Men's | 18:00 | 0:43 | 56:24 | 0:36 | 33:31 | 1:49:14 | 37 |
| Delian Stateff | Men's | 17:54 | 0:42 | 56:31 | 0:29 | 34:24 | 1:50:00 | 39 |
| Alice Betto | Women's | 19:14 | 0:42 | 1:03:11 | 0:33 | 34:42 | 1:58:22 | 7 |
| Angelica Olmo | Women's | 20:15 | 0:45 | 1:06:01 | 0:36 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Verena Steinhauser | Women's | 19:42 | 0:44 | 1:04:52 | 0:33 | 35:56 | 2:01:47 | 20 |

### Relay

| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Swim (300 m) | Trans 1 | Bike (7 km) | Trans 2 | Run (2 km) | Total group | Rank |
| Gianluca Pozzatti | Mixed relay | 4:04 | 0:37 | 9:25 | 0:29 | 5:50 | 20:25 | — |
| Delian Stateff | Mixed relay | 4:02 | 0:37 | 9:19 | 0:28 | 5:59 | 21:25 | — |
| Alice Betto | Mixed relay | 4:24 | 0:39 | 10:41 | 0:30 | 6:31 | 22:45 | — |
| Verena Steinhauser | Mixed relay | 4:03 | 0:39 | 10:21 | 0:28 | 6:17 | 21:48 | — |
| Total | Mixed relay | — | — | — | — | — | 1:26:23 | 8 |

## Volleyball
### Beach

Italy men's beach volleyball pair qualified for the Games by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FIVB World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Haiyang, China. Another slot was awarded to the Italian female beach volleyball pair by virtue of its top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings of 13 June 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Repechage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Adrian Carambula Enrico Rossi | Men's | Crabb / Gibb (USA) L (18–21, 19–21) | Ahmed / Cherif (QAT) L (22–24, 13–21) | Gerson / Heidrich (SUI) L (14–21, 26–24, 13–15) | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai | Men's | Thole / Wickler (GER) W (19–21, 21–19, 15–13) | Ishijima / Shiratori (JPN) W (21–19, 21–16) | Kantor / Łosiak (POL) W (21–19, 17–21, 15–10) | 1 Q | Bye | Bryl / Fijałek (POL) W (22–20, 21–18) | Ahmed / Cherif (QAT) L (17–21, 21–23) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marta Menegatti Viktoria Orsi Toth | Women's | Kholomina / Makroguzova (ROC) L (18–21, 15–21) | Artacho / Clancy (AUS) L (20–22, 19–21) | Leila / Lidy (CUB) L (16–21, 16–21) | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Indoor
#### Summary

| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Italy men's | Men's tournament | Canada W 3–2 | Poland L 0–3 | Japan W 3–1 | Iran W 3–1 | Venezuela W 3–0 | 2 Q | Argentina L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Italy women's | Women's tournament | ROC W 3–0 | Turkey W 3–1 | Argentina W 3–0 | China L 0–3 | United States L 2–3 | 2 Q | Serbia L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Men's tournament

Italy men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked nation for pool C at the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bari.

##### Team roster

The Italy roster was announced on 21 June 2021.
Head coach: Gianlorenzo Blengini
* 2 Jiří Kovář OH
* 4 Luca Vettori OP
* 5 Osmany Juantorena OH
* 6 Simone Giannelli S
* 9 Ivan Zaytsev (C) OP
* 11 Matteo Piano MB
* 13 Massimo Colaci L
* 14 Gianluca Galassi MB
* 15 Riccardo Sbertoli S
* 17 Simone Anzani MB
* 18 Alessandro Michieletto OH
* 19 Daniele Lavia OH

##### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3.500 | 435 | 365 | 1.192 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 447 | 411 | 1.088 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Japan (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | 437 | 433 | 1.009 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 396 | 387 | 1.023 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Iran | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 453 | 460 | 0.985 | |
| 6 | Venezuela | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | 281 | 393 | 0.715 | |

##### Quarterfinal
#### Women's tournament

Italy women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked nation for pool F at the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament in Catania.

##### Team roster

The roster was announced on 5 July 2021.
Head coach: Davide Mazzanti
* 1 Indre Sorokaite OS
* 5 Ofelia Malinov S
* 6 Monica De Gennaro L
* 7 Raphaela Folie MB
* 8 Alessia Orro S
* 9 Caterina Bosetti OS
* 10 Cristina Chirichella MB
* 11 Anna Danesi MB
* 13 Sarah Fahr MB
* 14 Elena Pietrini OS
* 17 Miriam Sylla OS
* 18 Paola Egonu OP

##### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 418 | 401 | 1.042 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 409 | 377 | 1.085 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 434 | 416 | 1.043 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | ROC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 422 | 378 | 1.116 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 374 | 385 | 0.971 | |
| 6 | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 275 | 375 | 0.733 | |

##### Quarterfinal
## Water polo
### Summary

* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Italy men's | Men's tournament | South Africa W 21–2 | Greece D 6–6 | United States W 11–12 | Japan W 16–8 | Hungary D 5–5 | 2 | Serbia L 6–10 | Classification semifinal United States L 6–7 | Seventh place final Montenegro W 18–17 | 7 |

### Men's tournament

Italy men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

#### Team roster

Italy's final squad was announced on 2 July 2021.
Head coach: Sandro Campagna
| No. | Player | Pos. | L/R | Height | Weight | Date of birth (age) | Apps | OG/ Goals | Club |
| 1 | Marco Del Lungo | 10GK | 2R | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 31) | 190 | 1/0 | Brescia |
| 2 | Francesco Di Fulvio | 50D | 2R | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | (1993-08-15)15 August 1993 (aged 27) | 192 | 1/8 | Pro Recco |
| 3 | Stefano Luongo | 50D | 2R | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | (1990-01-05)5 January 1990 (aged 31) | 167 | 0/0 | Pro Recco |
| 4 | Pietro Figlioli (C) | 50D | 2R | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | (1984-05-29)29 May 1984 (aged 37) | 263 | 4/42 | Pro Recco |
| 5 | Nicholas Presciutti | 20CB | 2R | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (198 lb) | (1993-12-14)14 December 1993 (aged 27) | 109 | 0/0 | Pro Recco |
| 6 | Alessandro Velotto | 50D | 2R | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1995-02-12)12 February 1995 (aged 26) | 153 | 1/1 | Pro Recco |
| 7 | Vincenzo Renzuto | 50D | 2R | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 80 kg (176 lb) | (1993-04-08)8 April 1993 (aged 28) | 95 | 0/0 | Brescia |
| 8 | Gonzalo Echenique | 50D | 1L | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | (1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 31) | 59 | 1/11 | Pro Recco |
| 9 | Niccolò Figari | 20CB | 2R | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | (1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 33) | 170 | 0/0 | Pro Recco |
| 10 | Michaël Bodegas | 40CF | 2R | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | (1987-05-03)3 May 1987 (aged 34) | 122 | 1/3 | Barceloneta |
| 11 | Matteo Aicardi | 40CF | 2R | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | (1986-04-19)19 April 1986 (aged 35) | 265 | 2/9 | Pro Recco |
| 12 | Vincenzo Dolce | 50D | 2R | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | (1995-05-11)11 May 1995 (aged 26) | 56 | 0/0 | Brescia |
| 13 | Gianmarco Nicosia | 10GK | 2R | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | (1998-02-12)12 February 1998 (aged 23) | 58 | 0/0 | Telimar Palermo |
| Average | Average | Average | Average | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 30 years, 118 days | 146 | | |
Note: Age as of 23 July 2021 Source: Italy Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 34 | +34 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Japan (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 2 | |
| 6 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 116 | −96 | 0 | |
| 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 10:00 v | Report | South Africa | 2–21 | Italy | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |||
| 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 10:00 v | Report | Rezelman, Stone 1 | Goals | Di Fulvio 5 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
| 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 15:30 v | Report | Italy | 6–6 | Greece | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |||
| 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 15:30 v | Report | Aicardi, Figlioli 2 | Goals | six players 1 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
| 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 14:00 v | Report | United States | 11–12 | Italy | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Nenad Periš (CRO) |||
| 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 14:00 v | Report | four players 2 | Goals | Di Fulvio 5 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 18:20 v | Report | Italy | 16–8 | Japan | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Periš (CRO) |||
| 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 18:20 v | Report | Bodagas, Figlioli 3 | Goals | Inaba 3 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| 2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 10:00 v | Report | Hungary | 5–5 | Italy | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |||
| 2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 10:00 v | Report | Varga 3 | Goals | Figlioli 2 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |

#### Quarterfinal

| 4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 18:20 v | Report | Italy | 6–10 | Serbia | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 18:20 v | Report | Presciutti 2 | Goals | Filipović 3 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |

#### 5–8th place semifinal

| 6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 18:20 v | Report | Italy | 6–7 | United States | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Xevi Buch (ESP) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Xevi Buch (ESP) |||
| 6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 18:20 v | Report | Figlioli, Renzuto 2 | Goals | Bowen 3 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Xevi Buch (ESP) |

#### Seventh place game

| 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 09:30 v | Report | Montenegro | 14–14 | Italy | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |
| Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |||
| 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 09:30 v | Report | Ivović 6 | Goals | Velotto 5 | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |

## Weightlifting

Italy entered four weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Mirko Zanni (men's 67 kg), Antonino Pizzolato (men's 81 kg), and Rio 2016 Olympian Giorgia Bordignon (women's 64 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, with Davide Ruiu topping the field of weightlifters from the European zone in the men's 61 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Davide Ruiu | Men's −61 kg | 127 | 7 | 159 | 6 | 286 | 6 |
| Mirko Zanni | Men's −67 kg | 145 | 5 | 177 | 3 | 322 | |
| Antonino Pizzolato | Men's −81 kg | 165 | 2 | 200 | 3 | 365 | |
| Maria Grazia Alemanno | Women's −59 kg | 85 | 11 | 100 | 11 | 185 | 11 |
| Giorgia Bordignon | Women's −64 kg | 104 | 3 | 128 | 2 | 232 | |

## Wrestling

Italy qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to claim an Olympic slot in the men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2019 World Championships, while an additional license was awarded to the Italian wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's freestyle 97 kg at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Key:
* VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
* VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
* PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Frank Chamizo | Men's −74 kg | Kentchadze (GEO) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Bayramov (AZE) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Kadimagomedov (BLR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Bye | Dake (USA) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | 5 |
| Abraham Conyedo | Men's −97 kg | Saritov (ROU) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Snyder (USA) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Steen (CAN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Karadeniz (TUR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |