Italy competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 210 competitors, 183 men and 27 women, took part in 122 events in 20 sports.
Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
Fabio Dal Zotto — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition
Sara Simeoni — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Giuseppe Martinelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's Springboard
Maria Consolata Collino — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
Fabio Dal Zotto, Giambattista Coletti, Attilio Calatroni, Stefano Simoncelli, and Carlo Montano — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
Mario Tullio Montano, Tommaso Montano, Angelo Arcidiacono, Michele Maffei, and Mario Aldo Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
Umberto Panerai, Roldano Simeoni, Riccardo De Magistris, Alessandro Ghibellini, Sante Marsili, Vincenzo D'Angelo, Marcello Del Duca, Gianni De Magistris, Alberto Alberani, Silvio Baracchini, and Luigi Castagnola — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
Giancarlo Ferrari — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
Felice Mariani — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)
Roberto Ferraris — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
Ubaldesco Baldi — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
Competing for the second time in archery at the Olympics, Italy won its first medal (a bronze) in the sport. The medal was won by Giancarlo Ferrari, one of two Italian men who had competed four years before. Sante Spigarelli, the other, also improved his rank drastically in 1976. For the first time, Italian women competed in Olympic archery, taking 12th and 19th place.
Women's Individual Competition
Franca Capetta — 2339 points (→ 12th place)
Ida Dapoian — 2282 points (→ 19th place)
Men's Individual Competition
Giancarlo Ferrari — 2495 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Sante Spigarelli — 2419 points (→ 10th place)
Men's 800 metres
Carlo Grippo
Heat — 1:47.21
Semi Final — 1:46.95
Final — 1:48.39 (→ 8th place)
Men's 5.000 metres
Venanzio Ortis
Heat — 13:52.40 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metres Relay
Vincenzo Guerini, Luciano Caravani, Luigi Benedetti, and Pietro Mennea
Heat — 39.35s
Semi Final — 39.39s
Final — 39.08s (→ 6th place)
Men's Marathon
Francesco Fava — 2:14:24 (→ 8th place)
Massimo Magnani — 2:16:56 (→ 13th place)
Giuseppe Cindolo — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's High Jump
Rodolfo Bergamo
Qualification — 2.16m
Final — 2.18m (→ 6th place)
Riccardo Fortini
Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Oscar Raise
Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
Roberto Veglia
Heat — 7.48m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Armando Devincentis
Qualification — 62.26m
Final — 55.86m (→ 15th place)
Silvano Simeon
Qualification — 59.06m (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
Armando Zanbaldo — 1:28:25 (→ 6th place)
Vitorio Visini — 1:29:31 (→ 8th place)
Roberto Buccione — 1:30:40 (→ 10th place)
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B):
Lost to United States (86-106)
Defeated Czechoslovakia (79-69)
Lost to Yugoslavia (87-88)
Defeated Puerto Rico (95-81)
Classification Matches:
5th/8th place: Defeated Australia (79-72)
5th/6th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (98-75) → Fifth place
Team Roster
Giuseppe Brumatti
Giulio Jellini
Carlo Recalcati
Luciano Vendemini
Fabrizio Delia Fiori
Renzo Bariviera
Marino Zanatta
Dino Meneghin
Pier Luigi Marzorati
Luigi Serafini
Ivan Bisson
Gianni Bertolotti
Head Coach: Primo Giancarlo
Fourteen cyclists represented Italy in 1976.
Individual road race
Giuseppe Martinelli — 4:47:23 (→ Silver Medal)
Vittorio Algeri — 4:47:23 (→ 8th place)
Roberto Ceruti — 4:49:01 (→ 26th place)
Carmelo Barone — 4:49:01 (→ 31st place)
Team time trial
Carmelo Barone
Vito Da Ros
Gino Lori
Dino Porrini
Sprint
Giorgio Rossi — eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 8th place)
1000m time trial
Massimo Marino — 1:08.488 (→ 10th place)
Individual pursuit
Orfeo Pizzoferrato — 5th place
Team pursuit
Sandro Callari
Cesare Cipollini
Rino De Candido
Giuseppe Saronni
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1976.
Men's foil
Fabio Dal Zotto
Carlo Montano
Stefano Simoncelli
Men's team foil
Carlo Montano, Fabio Dal Zotto, Stefano Simoncelli, Giovanni Battista Coletti, Attilio Calatroni
Men's épée
John Pezza
Nicola Granieri
Marcello Bertinetti
Men's team épée
John Pezza, Nicola Granieri, Fabio Dal Zotto, Marcello Bertinetti, Giovanni Battista Coletti
Men's sabre
Mario Aldo Montano
Michele Maffei
Angelo Arcidiacono
Men's team sabre
Mario Aldo Montano, Mario Tullio Montano, Michele Maffei, Tommaso Montano, Angelo Arcidiacono
Women's foil
Maria Consolata Collino
Carola Mangiarotti
Giulia Lorenzoni
Women's team foil
Maria Consolata Collino, Giulia Lorenzoni, Doriana Pigliapoco, Susanna Batazzi, Carola Mangiarotti
Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1976.
Individual
Daniele Masala
Pierpaolo Cristofori
Mario Medda
Team
Daniele Masala
Pierpaolo Cristofori
Mario Medda
Men's Competition
Marcello Guarducci, Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Revelli, Enrico Bisso, Giorgio Lalle, Paolo Barelli, and Riccardo Urbani
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Marcello Guarducci, Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, and Paolo Revelli
Final — 7:43.39 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Enrico Bisso, Giorgio Lalle, Paolo Barelli, and Marcello Guarducci
Final — 3:52.92 (→ 7th place)
Women's Competition
Laura Bortolotti, Giuditta Pandini, Antonella Roncelli, Iris Corniani, Donatella Schiavon, and Elisabetta Dessy
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
Lost to Japan (0-3)
Lost to Brazil (2-3)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 8th place
Team Roster
Andrea Nannini
Paolo Montorsi
Stefano Sibani
Giorgio Goldoni
Francesco Dall'Olio
Fabrizio Nassi
Rodolfo Giovenzana
Andrea Nencini
Mario Mattioli
Giovanni Lanfranco
Erasmo Salemme
Marco Negri
Head Coach: Franco Anderlini
Men's Team Competition
Team Roster
Alberto Alberani
Roldano Simeoni
Silvio Baracchini
Sante Marsili
Marcello Del Duca
Gianni de Magistris
Alessandro Ghibellini
Luigi Castagnola
Riccardo de Magistris
Vincenzo d'Angelo
Umberto Panerai
