Italy competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 224 competitors, 197 men and 27 women, took part in 123 events in 19 sports.
Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's 10m PlatformGraziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Individual CompetitionRolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, and Mario Tullio Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team CompetitionAntonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual CompetitionAngelo Scalzone — Shooting, Trap Individual CompetitionGiorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 3m SpringboardAlessandro Argenton — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual CompetitionNovella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m FreestylePietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200mPaola Pigni — Athletics, Women's 1.500mGiorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 10m PlatformAnselmo Silvino — Weightlifting, Men's MiddleweightRaimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Vittorio Orlandi, and Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team CompetitionSilvano Basagni — Shooting, Trap Individual CompetitionNovella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 800m FreestyleNovella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual MedleyGiuseppe Bognanni — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman FlyweightGian-Matteo Ranzi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman LightweightIn the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Italy entered three men. Their highest placing competitor was Alfredo Massazza, at 31st place.
Men's Individual Competition:
Alfredo Massazza - 2340 points (→ 31st place)Giancarlo Ferrari - 2322 points (→ 33rd place)Sante Spigarelli - 2300 points (→ 35th place)Men's 800 metres
Franco AreseHeat — DNS (→ did not advance)Men's 1500 metres
Franco AreseHeat — 3:44.0Semifinals — 3:41.1 (→ did not advance)Gianni del BuonoHeat — 3:40.8Semifinals — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Vincenzo Guerini, Ennio Preatoni, Luigi Benedetti, and Pietro MenneaHeat — 39.29sSemifinals — 39.21sFinal — 39.14s (→ 8th place)Men's High Jump
Enzo del FornoQualifying Round — 2.15mFinal — 2.15m (→ 10th place)Marco SchivoQualifying Round — 2.15mFinal — 2.10m (→ 17th place)Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group B)Lost to Yugoslavia (78-85)Defeated Senegal (92-56)Lost to Soviet Union (66-79)Defeated West Germany (68-57)Defeated Poland (71-59)Defeated Puerto Rico (71-54)Defeated Philippines (101-81)Semi FinalsLost to United States (38-68)Bronze Medal MatchLost to Cuba (65-66) → Fourth placeTeam RosterOttorino FlaboreaGiuseppe BrumattiGiorgio GiomoMauro CerioniMassimo MasiniRenzo BarivieraMarino ZanattaDino MeneghinPierluigi MarzoratiLuigi SerafiniIvan BissonGiulio IelliniMen's Light Flyweight:
Gaetano Curcetti- 1/16-Final - Lost to Kadir Syed Abdul of Singapore (3 round, RSC)
Men's Flyweight:
Franco Udella- 1/16-Final - Defeated Filex Maina of Kenya (5 - 0)
- 1/8-Final - Lost to Boris Zoriktuev of USSR (1 - 4)
Men's Featherweight:
Pasqualino Morbidelli- 1/32-Final - Defeated Morgan Mwenya of Zambia (5 - 0)
- 1/16-Final - Defeated Ebu Sef Tatar of Turkey (5 -0 )
- 1/8-Final - Lost to Kazuo Kobayashi of Japan (1 round, KO)
Men's Lightweight:
Giambattista Capretti- 1/32-Final - Defeated José Martinez of Canada (2 round, RSC)
- 1/16-Final - Lost to László Orbán of Hungary (1 - 4)
Men's Light Welterweight:
Ernesto Bergamasco- 1/16-Final - Lost to Srisook Bantow of Thailand (1 - 4)
Men's Welterweight:
Damiano Lassandro- 1/32-Final - Lost to Emilio Correa of Cuba (0 - 5)
Men's Light Middleweight:
Antonio Castellini- 1/16-Final - Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski of Poland (0 - 5)
Men's Light Heavyweight:
Guglielmo Spinello- 1/16-Final - Defeated Samson Laizer of Tanzania (2round KO)
- 1/8-Final - Lost to Rudi Hornig of West Germany (1 - 4)
Fifteen cyclists represented Italy in 1972.
Individual road raceFrancesco Moser — 8th placeWalter Riccomi — 49th placeAldo Parecchini — did not finish (→ no ranking)Franco Ongarato — did not finish (→ no ranking)Team time trialOsvaldo CastellanPasqualino MorettiFrancesco MoserGiovanni TonoliSprintMassimo MarinoEzio Cardi1000m time trialEzio CardiFinal — 1:07.80 (→ 9th place)TandemDino Verzini and Giorgio Rossi → 9th placeIndividual pursuitLuciano BorgognoniTeam pursuitPietro AlgeriGiacomo BazzanGiorgio MorbiatoLuciano BorgognoniMen's 3m Springboard
Giorgio Cagnotto — 591.63 points (→ Silver Medal)Klaus Dibiasi — 559.05 points (→ 4th place)Men's 10m Platform
Klaus Dibiasi — 504.12 points (→ Gold Medal)Giorgio Cagnotto — 475.83 points (→ Bronze Medal)19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1972.
Men's foilNicola GranieriStefano SimoncelliArcangelo PinelliMen's team foilAlfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Carlo Montano, Arcangelo Pinelli, Stefano SimoncelliMen's épéeNicola GranieriClaudio FrancesconiGianluigi SaccaroMen's team épéeClaudio Francesconi, Nicola Granieri, Gianluigi Placella, Gianluigi Saccaro, Pier Alberto TestoniMen's sabreMichele MaffeiMario Aldo MontanoRolando RigoliMen's team sabreMichele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Mario Aldo Montano, Mario Tullio MontanoWomen's foilAntonella Ragno-LonziMaria Consolata CollinoGiulia LorenzoniWomen's team foilAntonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Der Reka Cipriani, Maria Consolata Collino, Giuseppina BersaniThree male pentathletes represented Italy in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
Mario Medda - 4850 points (→ 16th place)Giovanni Perugini - 4571 points (→ 34th place)Nicolo Deligia - 4492 points (→ 39th place)Men's Team Competition:
Medda, Perugini, and Deligia - 13913 points (→ 10th place)Men's Coxed Pairs
Giampaolo Tronchin, Mario Semenzato and Siro Kuhnke MeliHeat — 8:02.79Repechage — 8:10.46 (→ did not advance)Eleven male shooters represented Italy in 1972. In the trap event, Angelo Scalzone won gold and Silvano Basagni won bronze.
25 m pistolGiovanni LiverzaniRoberto Ferraris50 m pistolGiuseppe De ChiricoPiero Errani50 m rifle, three positionsGiuseppe De ChiricoWalter Frescura50 m rifle, proneGiovanni MezzaniGiancarlo CecconiTrapAngelo ScalzoneSilvano BasagniSkeetRomano GaragnaniCarlo Alberto LodiMen's 100m Freestyle
Roberto PangaroHeat — 54.74s (→ did not advance)Men's 200m Freestyle
Riccardo TargettiHeat — 2:02.58 (→ did not advance)Arnaldo CinquettiHeat — 2:01.78 (→ did not advance)Roberto PangaroHeat — 2:00.97 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci and Alberto CastagnettiHeat — 3:38.81 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Roberto Pangaro, Arnaldo Cinquetti, Lorenzo Marugo, and Riccardo TargettiHeat — 8:03.98 (→ did not advance)Men's Competition
Vincenzo Finocchiaro, Sergio Irredento, Massimo Nistri, Edmondo Mingione, Michele di Pietro, Angelo Tozzi, Gaetano Carboni, and Mauro Calligaris. Reserve: Sandro Grassi.Women's Competition
Laura Podestà, Novella Calligaris, Federica Stabilini, Patrizia Miserini, Donatella Talpo, Patrizia Lanfredini, Laura Gorgerino, and Alessandra Finesso. Reserve: Antonella Valentini.Preliminary Round (Group C)Lost to Soviet Union (1-4)Defeated Bulgaria (8-5)Defeated Spain (6-2)Defeated Japan (12-5)Final Round (Group I)Lost to Hungary (7-8)Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6)Drew with West Germany (2-2)Lost to United States (5-6) → Sixth placeTeam RosterAlberto AlberaniEraldo PizzoRoldano SimeoniMario CevascoAlessandro GhibelliniGianni de MagistrisGuglielmo MarsiliSilvio BaracchiniFranco LavoratoriSante MarsiliFerdinande LiganoMen's Bantamweight:
Gaetano Tosto - 325.0 kg (→ 16th place)Men's Featherweight:
Peppino Tanti - 372.5 kg (→ 8th place)Men's Middleweight:
Anselmo Silvino - 470.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)Salvatore Laudani - 440.0 kg (→ 11th place)Men's Light Heavyweight:
Dino Turcato - 455.0 (→ 9th place)Men's Heavyweight:
Roberto Vezzani - 545.0 (→ 5th place)Men's Slalom:
Roby Zucchi - 44.0 points (→ Gold Medal)Men's Figure Skiing:
Max Hofer - 3850 points (→ 6th place)Roby Zucchi - 3560 points (→ 8th place)Men's Jump:
Max Hofer - 37.70 points (→ Silver Medal)Roby Zucchi - 35.10 points (→ 7th place)