Italy competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Italian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, with the disputed exception of the 1904 edition in which one Italian may have competed.
The opening ceremony flag-bearers for Italy were Gianmarco Tamberi and Arianna Errigo, while the flag bearers for the closing ceremony were Gregorio Paltrinieri and Rossella Fiamingo.
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Four Italian archers (three men's and one women's) qualified the recurve events; one women's qualified by winning a bronze medal and obtaining the last of two available spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland; and the men's team recurve qualified for the games through the 2024 European Archery Championships in Essen, Germany.
Italy fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the open team and women's duet events by virtue of the results of the five highest rank open teams, not yet qualified, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Italian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):
76 athletes were selected, 39 men and 37 women.
Italy entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
Italy entered eight boxers into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Giordana Sorrentino (women's flyweight) and bronze medalist Irma Testa (women's featherweight), along with two rookies (Cavallaro and Mouhiidine), secured the spots on the Italian squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or finishing in the top two, at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. The other four boxers, (Diego, Sirine, Alessia and Angela) qualified themself to the games, following the home-crowd triumph of winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio.
Italy entered one breakdancer to compete in the B-Girl dual battles for Paris 2024. Antilai Sandrini (Anti) outlasted the female breakdancers from 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary.
Italy entered four boat into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain.
Kayak cross
Italian canoeists qualified one boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 European Qualifier in Szeged, Hungary.
<small>Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to quarterfinals; SF = Qualify to semifinal; FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)</small>
Italy entered a team of seven road cyclists (three male and four female). Italy also qualified one female and two male athletes to the time trial competition through the UCI Individual Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Italy riders obtained a full squads of men's and women's team pursuit events; and two additional individual quotas for women's sprint and keirin, following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.
Italian mountain bikers secured two men's and two women's quota places in the Olympic through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.
Italy received a single quota place for BMX at the Olympics.
Italian divers secured ten quota places for Paris 2024. One of them successfully won a gold medal in the women's individual springboard at the 2023 European Games in Rzeszów, Poland, with four more spots awarded to the rest of the Italian diving squad, either by scoring a podium placement in the women's synchronized springboard or by advancing to the top twelve final of their respective individual events at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka. The nations also secured two additional spots, through 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. And the rest of them won the unused quota reallocation places.
Italy fielded a squad of three eventing riders and one jumping rider, into the team eventing and individual jumping competitions, by securing the only available berth for nations that had not yet qualified at the 2023 Eventing Nation's Cup for eventing events in Boekelo, Netherlands, and through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group B (South Western Europe).
Italy entered full-squad fencers into the Olympic competition. The nations men's and women's foil team, men's and women's épée team, and also women's sabre team, qualified for the games after becoming one of the four highest ranked worldwide teams; meanwhile, women's sabre team qualified after becoming the highest ranked team, eligible for European zone, through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.
Italy entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. Guido Migliozzi, Matteo Manassero, and Alessandra Fanali; all qualified directly for the games in the individual competitions, based on their own world ranking positions, on the IGF World Rankings.
Italy fielded a full-squad male and female gymnasts for Paris after advancing to the final round of team all-around, and obtained one of nine available team spot's for nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
Italy entered one rhythmic gymnast into the individual all-around tournament by winning a gold medal and securing one of the three available berths at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Italy has qualified thirteen judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Europe.
Italian modern pentathletes confirmed four quota places (one male and two female) for Paris 2024. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Elena Micheli secured an outright berth in the women's event by winning the gold medal at the 2023 UIPM World Cup Final in Antalya, Turkey. Meanwhile, Micheli's teammate and two-time Olympian Alice Sotero, with rookie Giorgio Malan joining her on the men's side, topped the overall rankings and the list of those eligible for qualification with a successful gold-medal triumph each in their respective individual races at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland. Mateo Cicinelli join the squad, through the release of final Olympic ranking.
Italian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, and the Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
<small>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</small>
Italian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands; the 2023 49erFX European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal; and the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France.
<small> EW= Earned wins; M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated â did not advance into the medal race</small>
Italian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Italy entered two male skateboarders to compete in the following event at the Games.
Italy qualified two climbers for Paris. Matteo Zurloni qualified for the games after winning the men's speed gold medal at the 2023 World Championships in Bern, Switzerland; meanwhile Beatrice Colli, Camilla Moroni and Laura Rogora qualified for the games through the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series ranking.
Italian surfers confirmed a single shortboard quota place for Tahiti. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Leonardo Fioravanti finished among the top ten of those eligible for qualification in the 2023 World Surf League rankings.
Italian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):
Italy entered two table tennis players into Paris 2024. Giorgia Piccolin and Debora Vivarelli qualified for the games by virtue of the top twelve ranked players, in the women's single class, through the release of the final world ranking for Paris 2024.
Italy qualified three athletes to compete at the Olympics. Tokyo 2020 gold medalist, Vito Dell'Aquila and Simone Alessio qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing in the top five in the Olympic rankings in their respective events. Meanwhile, Ilenia Matonti qualified for Paris 2024 by advancing to the women's under 49 kg final, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
For men's singles, Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti, Matteo Arnaldi, Luciano Darderi and Flavio Cobolli all secured a top 56 finish at the ATP Olympic race after the 2024 French Open. However, due to a maximum of four athletes per country being allowed to compete for the singles tournament, Cobolli didn't qualify. For men's doubles, Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli will compete with Luciano Darderi and Lorenzo Musetti. On 24 July, Sinner announced he would not be competing at the Games due to tonsillitis. As a result, Vavassori replaced him in the singles and Darderi in the doubles.
For women's singles, Jasmine Paolini, Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Lucia Bronzetti secured a qualification, while Sara Errani will complete the team for women's doubles.
Italy confirmed five quota places (two men's and three women's) in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final mixed relay and individual olympics qualification ranking.
Italian men's and women's pairs qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.
Italy men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics through the World Ranking qualification.
Italy women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics through the World Ranking qualification.
Italy men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.
Italy women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.
Italy entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Sergio Massidda (men's 61 kg), Antonino Pizzolato (men's 89 kg) and Lucrezia Magistris (women's 59 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
Italy qualified two wrestlers for the following class into the Olympic competition. Aurora Russo qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. However, Frank Chamizo joined the squad due to the reallocation of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) claimed by the IOC.