Baseball
Italy was not very successful at the premier of Olympic baseball. The Italians lost six of their seven preliminary round games, beating only the host nation Spain. Their 1-6 record tied with that of Spain for seventh and eighth places, the Italians received the advantage in the tie-breaker because of the head-to-head result, barely avoiding last place.
Men's Team Competition:
- Italy - 7th place (1-6)
Team Roster
- Massimo Ciaramella
- Guglielmo Trinci
- Claudio Cecconi
- Elio Gambuti
- Marco Urbani
- Maurizio De Sanctis
- Francesco Petruzzelli
- Fulvio Valle
- Massimiliano Masin
- Andrea Succi
- Claudio Taglienti
- Paolo Ceccaroli
- Ruggero Bagialemani
- Rolando Cretis
- Alberto d'Auria
- Roberto Bianchi
- Leonardo Scianchi
- Luigi Carrozza
- Massimo Fochi
- Massimo Melassi
Read more about this topic: Italy At The 1992 Summer Olympics
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