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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1968.
Individual
Mario Medda
Giancarlo Morresi
Nicolo Deligia
Team
Mario Medda
Giancarlo Morresi
Nicolo Deligia
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
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
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
