Italy at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 244 competitors, 228 men and 16 women, took part in 99 events in 17 sports.[1]

Italy at the
1936 Summer Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Berlin
Competitors244 (228 men and 16 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearerGiulio Gaudini
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
8
Silver
9
Bronze
5
Total
22
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medals

Gold

  • Ondina Valla - Track and field, women's 80 m Hurdles
  • Ulderico Sergo - Boxing, a series of 53.5 kg
  • Giulio Gaudini - Fencing, men's foil
  • Franco Riccardi - Fencing – Men's épée
  • Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino, Manlio Di Rosa and Ciro Verratti - Fencing, men's foil team competition
  • Saverio Ragno, Alfredo Pezzana, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Franco Riccardi and Giancarlo Brusati - Fencing, men's kalvan team competition
  • Bruno Venturini, Alfredo Foni, Pietro Rava, Giuseppe Baldo, Achille Piccini, Ugo Locatelli, Annibale Frossi, Libero Marchini, Sergio Bertoni, Carlo Biagi, Francesco Gabriotti, Giulio Cappelli, Alfonso Negro and Luigi Scarabello - Football, men
  • Giovanni Reggio, Bruno Bianchi, Luigi De Manincor, Domenico Mordini, Luigi Poggi and Enrico Poggi - Sailing, 8MR

Silver

  • Mario Lanzi - Track and field, men's 800 m
  • Orazio Mariani, Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli - Track and field, men's 4 × 100 m relay
  • Almiro Bergamo, Guido Santin and Luciano Negrini - Rowing, Men pair cox
  • Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Dino Barsotti, Oreste Grossi, Enzo Bartolini, Mario Checcacci, Dante Secchi, Ottorino Quaglierini, Enrico Garzelli and Cesare Milani - Rowing, men's eight
  • Gavino Matta - Boxing, a series of 50.8 kg
  • Severino Rigoni, Bianco Bianchi, Mario Gentili and Armando Latini - Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
  • Saverio Ragno - Fencing, men épée
  • Gustavo Marzi - Fencing, men's sabre
  • Vincenzo Pinton, Giulio Gaudini, Aldo Masciotta, Gustavo Marzi, Aldo Montano and Athos Tanzini - Fencing, men's sabre team competition

Bronze

  • Luigi Beccali - Track and field, men's 1500 m
  • Giorgio Oberweger - Track and field, men's discus throw
  • Giorgio Bocchino - Fencing, men's foil
  • Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici - Fencing, men épée
  • Silvano Abba - Modern Pentathlon, men's individual competition

Athletics

Results

Men (27)
AthleteAgeEventRankMedal
Mario Lanzi21Men's 400 metres4 h1 r3/4
21Men's 800 metres2Silver
Luigi Beccali28Men's 1,500 metres3Bronze
Umberto Cerati25Men's 5,000 metres7
Salvatore Mastroieni226 h3 r1/2
Giuseppe Beviacqua21Men's 10,000 metres11
Giannino Bulzone25Men's MarathonAC
Aurelio Genghini28AC
Gianni Caldana22Men's 110 metres Hurdles3 h6 r1/3
Luigi Facelli38Men's 400 metres Hurdles3 h2 r1/3
Umberto Ridi224 h4 r1/3
Emilio Mori286 h3 r1/3
Bruno Betti25Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase7 h3 r1/2
Giuseppe Lippi328 h1 r1/2
Orazio Mariani21Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay2Silver
Gianni Caldana22
Elio Ragni25
Tullio Gonnelli23
Angelo Ferrario28Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay3 h3 r1/2
Marsilio Rossi19
Otello Spampani18
Mario Lanzi21
Ettore Rivolta31Men's 50 kilometres Walk12
Giuseppe Gobbato3214
Mario Brignoli3418
Danilo Innocenti32Men's Pole Vault6T
Arturo Maffei26Men's Long Jump4T
Gianni Caldana2212
Giorgio Oberweger22Men's Discus Throw3Bronze
Ruggero Biancani21AC QR
Giovanni Cantagalli22Men's Hammer Throw15
Women (5)
AthleteAgeEventRankMedal
Claudia Testoni20Women's 100 metres5 h5 r1/3
Ondina Valla20Women's 80 metres Hurdles1Gold
Claudia Testoni204
Lidia Bongiovanni21Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay4
Ondina Valla20
Fernanda Bullano21
Claudia Testoni20
Gabre Gabric-Calvesi18Women's Discus Throw10

Basketball

First Round
7 August 1936
17:00
Report, p. 1078
 Italy 44,  Poland 28
Scoring by half: 25–12, 19–16
Tennis Courts, Court 1
Referees: A. Selenoi (Estonia), J. Christensen (Germany), H. Kalshaus (Germany)
Second Round
9 August 1936
17:00
Report, p. 1080
 Italy 58,  Germany 16
Scoring by half: 38–11, 20–5
Tennis Courts, Court 3
Referees: Sohaku Ri (Japan), K. Falk (Germany), H. Kascher (Germany)
Third Round
11 August 1936
16:00
Report, p. 1080
 Italy 27,  Chile 19
Scoring by half: 16–12, 11–7
Tennis Courts, Court 2
Referees: A. Selenoi (Estonia), Ch. Perschon (Germany), W. Balzereit (Germany)
Fourth Round
12 August 1936
17:00
Report, p. 1082
 Mexico 34,  Italy 17
Scoring by half: 20–7, 14–10
Tennis Courts, Court 5
Referees: E. Powers (Canada), F. Becker (Germany), H. Hammes (Germany)
5th–8th place semifinals
13 August 1936
17:00
Report, p. 1082
 Philippines 32,  Italy 14
Scoring by half: 18–6, 14–8
Tennis Courts, Court 5
Referees: R. Semerciyan (Turkey), H. Emschermann (Germany), H. Hammes (Germany)
7th place game
14 August 1936
16:00
Report, p. 1082
 Italy vs.  Peru
Match suspended after the entire peruvian delegation forfeited the Games.

Men's Team Competition

  • Team Roster
  • Enrico Cestelli
  • Galeazzo Dondi
  • Livio Franceschini
  • Emilio Giosetti
  • Giancarlo Marinelli
  • Sergio Paganella
  • Egidio Premiani
  • Gino Basso

Boxing

Canoeing

K-1 1000 metres
  • Elio Sasso Sant
K-1 10000 metres
  • Elio Sasso Sant

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1936.

Individual road race
  • Pierino Favalli
  • Glauco Servadei
  • Corrado Ardizzoni
  • Elio Bavutti
Team road race
  • Pierino Favalli
  • Glauco Servadei
  • Corrado Ardizzoni
  • Elio Bavutti
Sprint
  • Benedetto Pola
Time trial
  • Benedetto Pola
Tandem
  • Carlo Legutti
  • Bruno Loatti
Team pursuit
  • Bianco Bianchi
  • Mario Gentili
  • Armando Latini
  • Severino Rigoni

Equestrian

Fencing

16 fencers, all men, represented Italy in 1936.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
  • Manlio Di Rosa, Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino, Ciro Verratti
Men's épée
  • Franco Riccardi
  • Saverio Ragno
  • Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
Men's team épée
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Saverio Ragno, Franco Riccardi, Giancarlo Brusati, Alfredo Pezzana
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
  • Giulio Gaudini, Gustavo Marzi, Aldo Masciotta, Vincenzo Pinton, Aldo Montano, Athos Tanzini

Football

3 August 1936 (1936-08-03) Round of 16 Italy  1–0  United States Berlin
17:30 Frossi 58' Report Stadium: Poststadion
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Karl Weingartner (Germany)
7 August 1936 (1936-08-07) Quarter-finals Italy  8–0  Japan Berlin
17:30 Frossi 14', 75', 80'
Biagi 32', 57', 81', 82'
Cappelli 89'
Report Stadium: Mommsenstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Otto Olsson (Sweden)
10 August 1936 (1936-08-10) Semi-finals Italy  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Norway Berlin
17:00 Negro 15'
Frossi 96'
Report Brustad 58' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Pal von Hertzka (Hungary)
15 August 1936 (1936-08-15) Gold medal match Italy  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Austria Berlin
16:00 Frossi 70', 92' Report Kainberger 79' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)

Men's Team Squad

Gymnastics

16 gymnasts, 8 men and 8 women, represented Italy in 1936.

Men's team
  • Egidio Armelloni
  • Oreste Capuzzo
  • Danilo Fioravanti
  • Savino Guglielmetti
  • Romeo Neri
  • Otello Ternelli
  • Franco Tognini
  • Nicolò Tronci
Women's team
  • Anna Avanzini
  • Vittoria Avanzini
  • Clara Bimbocci
  • Ebore Canella
  • Pina Cipriotto
  • Elda Cividino
  • Gianna Guaita
  • Carmela Toso

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathlete represented Italy in 1936.

  • Silvano Abbà
  • Ugo Ceccarelli
  • Franco Orgera

Rowing

Italy had 22 rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1936.[2]

Men's single sculls
  • Riccardo Steinleitner
Men's coxed pair
  • Almiro Bergamo
  • Guido Santin
  • Luciano Negrini (cox)
Men's coxless four
  • Antonio Ghiardello
  • Luigi Luxardo
  • Aldo Pellizzoni
  • Francesco Pittaluga
Men's coxed four
  • Valerio Perentin
  • Giliante D'Este
  • Nicolò Vittori
  • Umberto Vittori
  • Renato Petronio (cox)
Men's eight
  • Guglielmo Del Bimbo
  • Dino Barsotti
  • Oreste Grossi
  • Enzo Bartolini
  • Mario Checcacci
  • Dante Secchi
  • Ottorino Quaglierini
  • Enrico Garzelli
  • Cesare Milani (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Italy in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol
  • Walter Boninsegni
  • Bruno Giacconi
  • Michelangelo Borriello
50 m pistol
  • Stefano Margotti
  • Giancarlo Boriani
  • Ugo Pistolesi
50 m rifle, prone
  • Mario Zorzi
  • Carlo Varetto
  • Lodovico Nulli

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

  1. "Italy at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Italy Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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