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Largest city: Rome
Official languages: Italian (official)
National languages: Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
Total area: 116,306 miles² (301,230 km²)
2008 Estimated population: 58,145,321 people

Italy Medal Count

Gold 8
Silver 10
Bronze 10
Total 28

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Record Breakers

Archery: Women's Team (70m) Round of 16 - Match 2: Italy (Natalia Valeeva, Pia Carmen Lionetti, Elena Tonetta) 215 (OR)
Swimming: Women's 400m Free Qualification - Heat 6: Italy (Federica Pellegrini) 4:02.19 (OR)
Swimming: Women's 200m Free Qualification: Italy (Federica Pellegrini) 1:55.45 (WR)
Swimming: Women's 200m Freestyle - Heat 6: Italy (Federica Pellegrini) 1:55.45 (WR)
Swimming: Men's 200m Breast Qualification - Heat 5: Italy (Paolo Bossini) 2:08.98 (OR)
Swimming: Women's 200m Free Final: Italy (Federica Pellegrini) 1:54.82 (WR)
Shooting: Women's skeet (75 targets) Qualification: Italy (Chiara Cainero) 72 (OR)
Shooting: Women's skeet (75 targets) Final: Italy (Chiara Cainero) 93 (OR)
Track & Field: Men's 50km Race Walk Final: Italy (Alex Schwazer) 3h37:09 (OR)

All Medals

All Medals
Medal	Sport	Event	Athlete
Gold	Boxing	Super Heavyweight (Over 91 kg)	Roberto Cammarelle
Silver	Boxing	Heavyweight (81-91 kg)	Clemente Russo
Bronze	Boxing	Flyweight (48-51 kg)	Vincenzo Picardi
Silver	Canoe/Kayak	Women's Kayak Singles 500m	Josefa Idem
Silver	Taekwondo	Men's Welterweight (68-80 kg)	Mauro Sarmiento
Bronze	Canoe/Kayak	Men's Kayak Doubles 1000m	Andrea Facchin, Antonio Massimiliano Scaduto
Bronze	Track & Field	Women's 20-Kilometer Race Walk	Elisa Rigaudo
Silver	Sailing	Women's RS:X - Windsurfer	Alessandra Sensini
Bronze	Sailing	Men's Laser - One-Person Dinghy	Diego Romero
Bronze	Fencing	Men's Team Sabre	Diego Occhiuzzi, Luigi Tarantino, Giampiero Pastore, Aldo Montano
Silver	Rowing	Men's Quadruple Sculls Without Coxswain	Luca Agamennoni, Simone Venier, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri
Bronze	Fencing	Women's Team Foil	Maria Valentina Vezzali, Margherita Granbassi, Ilaria Salvatori, Giovanna Trillini
Silver	Swimming	Women's 800-Meter Freestyle	Alessia Filippi
Bronze	Fencing	Men's Team Epee	Diego Confalonieri, Stefano Carozzo, Matteo Tagliariol, Alfredo Rota
Gold	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74-84 kg	Andrea Minguzzi
Gold	Shooting	Women's Skeet (75 Targets)	Chiara Cainero
Bronze	Fencing	Men's Individual Foil	Salvatore Sanzo
Silver	Shooting	Men's Double Trap (150 Targets)	Francesco D Aniello
Gold	Fencing	Women's Individual Foil	Maria Valentina Vezzali
Bronze	Fencing	Women's Individual Foil	Margherita Granbassi
Gold	Judo	Women's Lightweight (52-58 kg)	Giulia Quintavalle
Silver	Archery	Men's Team	Ilario Di Buo', Marco Galiazzo, Mauro Nespoli
Gold	Fencing	Men's Individual Epee	Matteo Tagliariol
Silver	Shooting	Men's Trap (125 Targets)	Giovanni Pellielo
Bronze	Cycling	Women's Road Race	Tatiana Guderzo
Silver	Cycling	Men's Road Race	Davide Rebellin

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Overall Medal Count
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Flag of United States	36	38	36	110
2	Flag of China	51	21	28	100
3	Flag of Russia	23	21	28	72
4	Flag of Britain	19	13	15	47
5	Flag of Australia	14	15	17	46
6	Flag of Germany	16	10	15	41
7	Flag of France	7	16	17	40
8	Flag of South Korea	13	10	8	31

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