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Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
ITA

Flag bearer
  
Edoardo Mangiarotti

Website
  
www.coni.it (Italian)

Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Italian National Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
280 (246 men, 34 women) in 19 sports

MedalsRanked 3rd
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal13101336

Italy was the host nation for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was the first time that the nation had hosted the Summer Games, and the second time overall (after the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo). It also hosted the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome – the inaugural Paralympic Games.

Contents

280 competitors, 246 men and 34 women, took part in 138 events in 19 sports.

01 ! Gold

  • Livio Berruti – Athletics, 200m, men
  • Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto, Marino Vigna – Track Cycling, team pursuit, 4000m, men
  • Sante Gaiardoni – Track Cycling, sprint, men
  • Sergio Bianchetto, Giuseppe Beghetto – Track Cycling, tandem, 2,000 men
  • Sante Gaiardoni – Track Cycling, time trial, 1.000m, men
  • Francesco Musso – Boxing, Featherweight (54–57 kg), men
  • Giovanni Benvenuti – Boxing, welterweight (63.5 to 67 kg), men
  • Francesco De Piccoli – Boxing, Heavyweight (+81 kg), men
  • Raimondo D'Inzeo – Equestrian, jumping, individual
  • Giuseppe Delfino – Screens, épée, men
  • Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Carlo Pavesi, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro – Fencing, sword, team, men
  • Danio Bardi, Giuseppe D'Altrui, Franco Lavoratori, Gianni Lonzi, Rosario Parmegiani, Eraldo Pizzo, Dante Rossi, Amedeo Ambron, Salvatore Gionta, Luigi Mannelli, Brunello Spinelli, Giancarlo Guerrini – Waterpolo, men
  • Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati, Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè – Cycling, TTT, men

    • 02 ! Silver

  • Primo Zamparini – Boxing, Bantamweight (51–54 kg), men
  • Carmelo Bossi – Boxing, half-middleweight (67–71 kg), men
  • Alessandro Lopopolo – Boxing, lightweight (57–60 kg), men
  • Aldo Dezi, Francesco La Macchia – Canoeing, C-2 1000m, men
  • Piero D'Inzeo – Equestrian, jumping, individual
  • Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, Giancarlo Crosta, Giuseppe Galante – Rowing, four-without-mate, men
  • Alberto Pellegrino, Luigi Arturo Carpaneda, Mario Curletto, Aldo Aureggi, Edoardo Mangiarotti – Screens, Foil, team, men
  • Galliano Rossini – Shooting, stairway, 125 targets, men
  • Giovanni Carminucci – Gymnastics, bridge, men
  • Livio Trapè – Cycling, road race, men

    • 03 ! Bronze

  • Giuseppina Leone – Athletics, 100m, women
  • Abdon Pamich – Athletics, 50 km walk, men
  • Valentino Gasparella – Track Cycling, sprint, men
  • Giulio Saraudi – Boxing, light heavyweight (75–81 kg), men
  • Sebastiano Mannironi – Weightlifting, Featherweight (56–60 kg), men
  • Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Antonio Oppes – Equestrian, jumping, team
  • Fulvio Balatti, Romano Sgheiz, Franco Trincavelli, Giovanni Zucchi, Ivo Stefanoni – Rowing, four -with-mate
  • Bruna Colombetti, Velleda Cesari, Claudia Pasini, Irene Camber, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi – Fencing, Foil, team, women
  • Wladimiro Calarese – Fencing, saber, individual, men
  • Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Roberto Ferrari, Mario Ravagnan – Fencing, saber, team, men
  • Giovanni Carminucci, Pasquale Carminucci, Gianfranco Marzolla, Franco Menichelli, Orlando Polmonari, Angelo Vicardi – Gymnastics, men's team
  • Franco Menichelli – Gymnastics, floor, men
  • Antonio Cosentino, Antonio Ciciliano, Giulio De Stefano – Sailing, Dragon class

    • Basketball

    Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Mario Alesini
  • Antonio Calebotta
  • Achille Canna
  • Alessandro Gamba
  • Giovanni Gavagnin
  • Augusto Giomo
  • Gianfranco Lombardi
  • Gianfranco Pieri
  • Alessandro Riminucci
  • Gianfranco Sardagna
  • Gabriele Vianello
  • Paolo Vittori

    • Cycling

    14 cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1960.

    Individual road race
  • Livio Trapè
  • Antonio Bailetti
  • Giuseppe Tonucci
  • Vendramino Bariviera
    • Team time trial
  • Antonio Bailetti
  • Ottavio Cogliati
  • Giacomo Fornoni
  • Livio Trapè
    • Sprint
  • Sante Gaiardoni
  • Valentino Gasparella
    • 1000m time trial
  • Sante Gaiardoni
    • Tandem
  • Giuseppe Beghetto
  • Sergio Bianchetto
    • Team pursuit
  • Luigi Arienti
  • Franco Testa
  • Mario Vallotto
  • Marino Vigna

    • Fencing

    20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1960.

    Men's foil
  • Luigi Carpaneda
  • Alberto Pellegrino
  • Mario Curletto
    • Men's team foil
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti, Luigi Carpaneda, Alberto Pellegrino, Mario Curletto, Aldo Aureggi
    • Men's épée
  • Giuseppe Delfino
  • Giovanni Battista Breda
  • Alberto Pellegrino
    • Men's team épée
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Alberto Pellegrino, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro
    • Men's sabre
  • Wladimiro Calarese
  • Roberto Ferrari
  • Pierluigi Chicca
    • Men's team sabre
  • Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, Roberto Ferrari
    • Women's foil
  • Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
  • Irene Camber-Corno
  • Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini
    • Women's team foil
  • Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Irene Camber-Corno, Velleda Cesari, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Claudia Pasini

    • Football

    Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Luciano Alfieri
  • Tarcisio Burgnich
  • Mario Trebbi
  • Paride Tumburus
  • Sandro Salvadore
  • Giovanni Trapattoni
  • Giancarlo Cella
  • Giovanni Rivera
  • Ugo Tomeazzi
  • Giacomo Bulgarelli
  • Giorgio Rossano
  • Orazio Rancati
  • Giorgio Ferrini
  • Giovanni Fanello
  • Gilberto Noletti
  • Luciano Magistrelli
  • Giandomenico Baldiserri
  • Armando Favali
  • Ambrogio Pelagalli

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1960.

    Individual
  • Adriano Facchini
  • Gaetano Scala
  • Giulio Giunta
    • Team
  • Adriano Facchini
  • Gaetano Scala
  • Giulio Giunta

    • Shooting

    Nine shooters represented Italy in 1960.

    25 m pistol
  • Roberto Mazzoni
  • Sergio Varetto
    • 50 m pistol
  • Piercarlo Beroldi
  • Giorgio Ercolani
    • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Vincenzo Biava
  • Sergio Rolandi
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Mariano Antonelli
    • Trap
  • Galliano Rossini
  • Edoardo Casciano

    • Swimming

    Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Giuseppe Avellone, Roberto Lazzari, Federico Dennerlein, and Bruno Bianchi
  • Final — 4:17.2 (→ 6th place)

    • Water polo

    Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Amedeo Ambron
  • Danio Bardi
  • Giuseppe d'Altrui
  • Salvatore Gionta
  • Giancarlo Guerrini
  • Franco Lavoratori
  • Gianni Lonzi
  • Luigi Mannelli
  • Rosario Parmegiani
  • Eraldo Pizzo
  • Dante Rossi
  • Brunella Spinelli

    • References

    Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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