Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Italy at the Olympic Games
Flag of Italy IOC code  ITA NOC Italian National Olympic Committee Website www.coni.it (Italian)
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Competitors	167 (152 men, 15 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Raimondo D'Inzeo
Medals Rank: 13	Gold 3	Silver 4	Bronze 9	Total 16
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Italy competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 152 men and 15 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

 Gold

• Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
• Primo Baran and Renzo Sambo (Bruno Cipolla coxswain) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

 Silver

• Giordano Turrini — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
• Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Springboard
• Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
• Romano Garagnani — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting

 Bronze

• Eddy Ottoz — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
• Giuseppe Gentile — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
• Giorgio Bambini — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Lorenzo Bosisio, Cipriano Chemello, Giorgio Morbiato, and Luigi Roncaglia — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
• Giovanni Bramucci, Vittorio Marcelli, Mauro Simonetti, and Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
• Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée
• Abramo Albini, Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, and Pier Angelo Conti — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• Fabio Albarelli — Sailing, Men's Finn
• Franco Cavallo and Camillo Gargano — Sailing, Men's Star

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Philippines (91-66)
• Defeated Panama (94-87)
• Defeated Puerto Rico (68-65)
• Defeated Senegal (81-55)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (69-80)
• Lost to United States (61-100)
• Defeated Spain (98-86)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Lost to Poland (52-66)
• 7th/8th place: Lost to Spain (72-88)

• Team Roster

• Carlo Recalcati
• Giusto Pellanera
• Gianfranco Lombardi
• Enrico Bovone
• Massimo Masini
• Paolo Vittori
• Gabriele Vianello
• Guido Gatti
• Ottorino Flaborea
• Sauro Bufalini
• Massimo Cosmelli
• Gianluigi Jessi

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Sixteen cyclists represented Italy in 1968.

Individual road race

• Pierfranco Vianelli
• Giovanni Bramucci
• Flavio Martini
• Tino Conti

Team time trial

• Giovanni Bramucci
• Vittorio Marcelli
• Mauro Simonetti
• Pierfranco Vianelli

Sprint

• Giordano Turrini
• Dino Verzini

1000m time trial

• Gianni Sartori

Tandem

• Walter Gorini
• Luigi Borghetti

Individual pursuit

• Cipriano Chemello

Team pursuit

• Lorenzo Bosisio
• Cipriano Chemello
• Luigi Roncaglia
• Giorgio Morbiato
• Gino Pancino

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1968.

Men's foil

• Arcangelo Pinelli
• Pasquale La Ragione
• Nicola Granieri

Men's team foil

• Pasquale La Ragione, Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Arcangelo Pinelli, Michele Maffei

Men's épée

• Gianluigi Saccaro
• Gianfranco Paolucci
• Claudio Francesconi

Men's team épée

• Gianfranco Paolucci, Claudio Francesconi, Giovanni Battista Breda, Gianluigi Saccaro, Antonio Albanese

Men's sabre

• Rolando Rigoli
• Wladimiro Calarese
• Cesare Salvadori

Men's team sabre

• Wladimiro Calarese, Rolando Rigoli, Pierluigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori

Women's foil

• Giovanna Masciotta
• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
• Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

Women's team foil

• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Giovanna Masciotta, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Silvana Sconciafurno

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1968.

Individual

• Mario Medda
• Giancarlo Morresi
• Nicolo Deligia

Team

• Mario Medda
• Giancarlo Morresi
• Nicolo Deligia

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Seven shooters, all men, represented Italy in 1968.

25 m pistol

• Giovanni Liverzani
• Ugo Amicosante

50 m rifle, three positions

• Giuseppe De Chirico

50 m rifle, prone

• Giuseppe De Chirico

Trap

• Galliano Rossini
• Ennio Mattarelli

Skeet

• Romano Garagnani
• Giancarlo Chiono

Swimming

Men's Competition

• Pietro Boscaini, Michele D'Oppido, Franco Del Campo, Franco Chino, Antonio Attanasio, Angelo Tozzi, Giampiero Fossati, and Massimo Sacchi.

Women's Competition

• Mietta Strumolo and Novella Calligaris

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

• Alberto Alberani
• Eraldo Pizzo
• Mario Cevasco
• Gianni Lonzi
• Enzo Barlocco
• Franco Lavoratori
• Gianni de Magistris
• Alessadnro Ghibellini
• Giancarlo Guerrini
• Paolo Ferrando
• Eugenio Merello

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Italy at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

External links

• Media related to Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons