Baseball
The Italians were one of four teams that made their second appearance in Olympic baseball in 1996. They improved slightly, upon their seventh-place finish of four years earlier by taking the middle place in a three-way tie for fifth through seventh places. They had defeated Korea and Australia in the preliminary round but had lost their other five preliminary games.
Men's Team Competition:
- Italy – 6th place (2–5)
Team Roster
- Claudio Liverzani
- Pier Paolo Illuminati
- Roberto De Franceschi
- David Rigoli
- Marco Urbani
- Francesco Casolari
- Andrea Evangelisti
- Enrico Vecchi
- Massimiliano Masin
- Paolo Ceccaroli
- Ruggero Bagialemani
- Paolo Passerini
- Massimo Fochi
- Alberto d'Auria
- Roberto Cabalisti
- Dante Cabrini
- Marco Barboni
- Rolando Cretis
- Luigi Carrozza
- Fabio Betto
Read more about this topic: Italy At The 1996 Summer Olympics
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