Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 231 competitors, 208 men and 23 women, took part in 114 events in 19 sports.[1]

Italy at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Helsinki, Finland
July 19–August 3, 1952
Competitors231 (208 men, 23 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer Miranda Cicognani
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
8
Silver
9
Bronze
4
Total
21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Gold
  • Pino Dordoni — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
  • Aureliano Bolognesi — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
  • Enzo Sacchi — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
  • Loris Campana, Mino de Rossi, Guido Messina, and Marino Morettini — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Roberto Battaglia, Franco Bertinetti, Giuseppe Delfino, Dario Mangiarotti, Edoardo Mangiarotti, and Carlo Pavesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
  • Irene Camber — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
  • Nicolò Rode and Agostino Straulino — Sailing, Men's Star

Silver
  • Adolfo Consolini — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
  • Sergio Caprari — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
  • Marino Morettini — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
  • Dino Bruni, Gianni Ghidini, and Vincenzo Zucconelli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Giancarlo Bergamini, Manlio di Rosa, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Renzo Nostini, Giorgio Pellini, and Antonio Spallino — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
  • Dario Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Gastone Darè, Roberto Ferrari, Renzo Nostini, Giorgio Pellini, Vincenzo Pinton, and Mauro Racca — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
  • Ignazio Fabra — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

Bronze
  • Bruno Visintin — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  • Raffaello Gambino, Cesare Rubini, Maurizio Mannelli, Geminio Ognio, Ermenegildo Arena, Renato De Sanzuane, Carlo Peretti, Renato Traiola, Vincenzo Polito, Salvatore Gionta and Lucio Ceccarini — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
  • Antonio Maspes and Cesare Pinarello — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem
  • Manlio di Rosa — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Results
Men (25)
AthleteAgeEventRankMedal
Carlo Vittori21Men's 100 metres6 h4 r2/4
Franco Leccese27Men's 100 metres3 h8 r1/4
Wolfgango Montanari21Men's 100 metres7 h7 r1/4
Giorgio Sobrero22Men's 200 metres3 h13r1/4
Luigi Grossi27Men's 200 metres4 h12r1/4
Lucio Sangermano19Men's 200 metres4 h18r1/4
Gianni Rocca23Men's 400 metres3 h6 r1/4
Vincenzo Lombardo20Men's 400 metres3 h7 r1/4
Antonio Siddi29Men's 400 metres4 h11r1/4
Armando Filiput28Men's 400 metres Hurdles6
Franco Leccese27Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay2 h1 r1/3
Antonio Siddi29Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay2 h1 r1/3
Giorgio Sobrero22Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay2 h1 r1/3
Carlo Vittori21Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay2 h1 r1/3
Baldassare Porto29Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay4 h2 r1/2
Gianni Rocca23Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay4 h2 r1/2
Luigi Grossi27Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay4 h2 r1/2
Armando Filiput28Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay4 h2 r1/2
Asfò Bussotti26Men's Marathon46
Artidoro Berti31Men's Marathon53
Egilberto Martufi26Men's MarathonAC
Bruno Fait28Men's 10 kilometres Walk8
Telemaco Arcangeli29Men's 10 kilometres Walk7 h2 r1/2
Pino Dordoni26Men's 50 kilometres Walk1Gold
Giuseppe Kressevich36Men's 50 kilometres Walk10
Salvatore Cascino34Men's 50 kilometres Walk19
Adolfo Consolini35Men's Discus Throw2Silver
Giuseppe Tosi36Men's Discus Throw8
Teseo Taddia32Men's Hammer Throw10
Aivo Lucioli23Men's Hammer Throw26 QR
Amos Matteucci37Men's Javelin Throw17
Angiolo Profeti34Men's Shot Put12
Women (8)
AthleteAgeEventRankMedal
Giuseppina Leone17Women's 100 metres4 h1 r2/4
Liliana Tagliaferri23Women's 100 metres6 h4 r2/4
Vittoria Cesarini19Women's 100 metres3 h3 r1/4
Vera Martelli21Women's 200 metres6 h3 r1/3
Vittoria Cesarini19Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay3 h2 r1/2
Milena Greppi23Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay3 h2 r1/2
Giuseppina Leone17Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay3 h2 r1/2
Liliana Tagliaferri23Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay3 h2 r1/2
Milena Greppi23Women's 80 metres Hurdles6 h1 r2/3
Maria Musso21Women's 80 metres Hurdles4 h5 r1/3
Edera Cordiale32Women's Discus Throw14
Ada Turci28Women's Javelin Throw11

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Qualification Round (Group C)
  • Lost to Canada (57-68)
  • Defeated Turkey (49-37)
  • Defeated Romania (53-39)
  • Lost to Egypt (62-66) → did not advance, 17th place

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

  • Dino Bruni — 5:10:54.0 (→ 5th place)
  • Vincenzo Zucconelli — 5:11:16.5 (→ 6th place)
  • Gianni Ghidini — 5:11:16.8 (→ 7th place)
  • Bruno Monti — 5:11:35.0 (→ 15th place)
Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Marino Morettini
  • Final — 1:12.7 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

  • Enzo Sacchi — Gold Medal

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Guido Messina, Loris Campana, Marino Morettini, and Mino de Rossi
  • Final — defeated South Africa (→ Gold Medal)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Lamberto Mari
  • Preliminary Round — 54.42 points (→ 32nd place)

Fencing

18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Italy in 1952.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti, Manlio Di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Antonio Spallino, Giorgio Pellini, Renzo Nostini
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
  • Gastone Darè
  • Vincenzo Pinton
  • Renzo Nostini
Men's team sabre
  • Vincenzo Pinton, Renzo Nostini, Gastone Darè, Mauro Racca, Roberto Ferrari, Giorgio Pellini
Women's foil

Football
Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • (1.) Ottavio Bugatti
  • (2.) Giuseppe Corradi
  • (3.) Amos Cardarelli
  • (4.) Maino Neri
  • (5.) Giovanni Azzini
  • (6.) Arcadio Venturi
  • (7.) Giampiero Boniperti
  • (8.) Egisto Pandolfini
  • (9.) Pasquale Vivolo
  • (10.) Aredio Gimona
  • (11.) Francesco La Rosa
  • (12.) Anselmo Giorcelli
  • (13.) Amos Mariani
  • (14.) Giancarlo Cadé
  • (15.) Battista Rota
  • (16.) Giovani Capurro
  • (17.) Alberto Fontanesi
  • (18.) Corrado Viciani
  • (19.) Rino Ferrario
  • (20.) Roberto Lovati

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition
  • Team Roster
  • Fabio Bonacina
  • Silvio Brivio
  • Arrigo Carnoli
  • Guido Figone
  • Orlando Polmonari
  • Littorio Sampieri
  • Quinto Vadi
  • Luigi Zanetti

Women's team competition
  • Team Roster
  • Renata Bianchi
  • Grazia Bozzo
  • Miranda Cicognani
  • Elisabetta Durelli
  • Licia Macchini
  • Lidia Pitteri
  • Luciana Reali
  • Liliana Scaricabarozzi

Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1952.

Individual
  • Alfonso Marotta
  • Duilio Brignetti
  • Giulio Palmonella
Team
  • Alfonso Marotta
  • Duilio Brignetti
  • Giulio Palmonella

Rowing

Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's single sculls
  • Ugo Pifferi
Men's double sculls
  • Silvio Bergamini
  • Lodovico Sommaruga
Men's coxless pair
  • Bruno Gamba
  • Antonio Saverio
Men's coxed pair
  • Giuseppe Ramani
  • Aldo Tarlao
  • Luciano Marion (cox)
Men's coxless four
  • Giuseppe Moioli
  • Elio Morille
  • Giovanni Invernizzi
  • Franco Faggi
Men's coxed four
  • Albino Trevisan
  • Amadeo Scarpi
  • Abbondio Smerghetto
  • Tarquinio Angiolin
  • Domenico Cambieri (cox)
Men's eight
  • Albino Baldan
  • Savino Dalla Puppa
  • Alberto Bozzato
  • Ferdinando Smerghetto
  • Montanino Nuvoli
  • Dino Nardin
  • Ottorino Enzo
  • Pier Nicola Attorese
  • Sergio Ghiatto (cox)

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Eight shooters represented Italy in 1952.

25 m pistol
  • Giorgio Pennacchietti
  • Michelangelo Borriello
50 m pistol
  • Luciano Galesi
  • Renato Sacchi
100m running deer
  • Luigi Ruspoli
  • Ladislao Odescalchi
Trap
  • Galliano Rossini
  • Italo Bellini

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Ermenegildo Arena
  • Lucio Ceccarini
  • Renato De Sanzuane
  • Raffaello Gambino
  • Salvatore Gionta
  • Maurizio Mannelli
  • Germinio Ognio
  • Carlo Peretti
  • Vincenzo Polito
  • Cesare Rubini
  • Renato Traiolo

References
  1. "Italy at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Italy Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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