Italy at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 129 competitors, 114 men and 15 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports.[1] As the country hosted the next Olympics in Rome, an Italian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Italy at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors129 (114 men, 15 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearerEdoardo Mangiarotti
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
8
Silver
8
Bronze
9
Total
25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Gold
  • Leandro Faggin — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
  • Antonio Domenicali, Leandro Faggin, Valentino Gasparella, Franco Gandini and Virginio Pizzali — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
  • Ercole Baldini — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  • Luigi Carpaneda, Manlio di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Antonio Spallino, and Vittorio Lucarelli — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
  • Carlo Pavesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Giorgio Anglesio, Franco Bertinetti, Giuseppe Delfino, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Carlo Pavesi, and Alberto Pellegrino — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
  • Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, and Ivo Stefanoni — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
  • Galliano Rossini — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

Silver
  • Franco Nenci — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  • Guglielmo Pesenti — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
  • Raimondo d'Inzeo — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
  • Piero d'Inzeo, Raimondo d'Inzeo, and Salvatore Oppes — Equestrian, Jumping Team
  • Giancarlo Bergamini — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Giuseppe Delfino — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Ignazio Fabra — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
  • Agostino Straulino and Nicolò Rode — Sailing, Men's Star Competition

Bronze
  • Giacomo Bozzano — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
  • Giuseppe Ogna and Cesare Pinarello — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem
  • Piero d'Inzeo — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
  • Antonio Spallino — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Alessandro Ciceri — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
  • Ermanno Pignatti — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
  • Alberto Pigaiani — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
  • Adelmo Bulgarelli — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Results
Men (15)
AthleteAgeEventRank
Luigi Gnocchi23Men's 100 metres4 h2 r2/4
Franco Galbiati18Men's 100 metres3 h5 r1/4
Mario Colarossi27Men's 100 metres4 h1 r1/4
Vincenzo Lombardo24Men's 200 metres4 h2 r2/4
Sergio D'Asnasch22Men's 200 metres6 h3 r2/4
Giovanni Ghiselli22Men's 200 metres5 h7 r1/4
Gianfranco Baraldi21Men's 800 metres4 h4 r1/3
Gianfranco Baraldi21Men's 1,500 metres6 h3 r1/2
Franco Galbiati18Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay4
Giovanni Ghiselli22Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay4
Luigi Gnocchi23Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay4
Vincenzo Lombardo24Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay4
Giuseppe Lavelli28Men's MarathonAC
Pino Dordoni30Men's 20 kilometres Walk9
Abdon Pamich23Men's 20 kilometres Walk11
Abdon Pamich23Men's 50 kilometres Walk4
Gian Mario Roveraro20Men's High Jump23 QR
Giulio Chiesa28Men's Pole Vault9T
Giovanni Lievore24Men's Javelin Throw6
Silvano Meconi25Men's Shot Put10
Adolfo Consolini39Men's Discus Throw6
Women (6)
AthleteAgeEventRank
Giuseppina Leone21Women's 100 metres5
Maria Musso25Women's 100 metres5 h3 r1/3
Franca Peggion22Women's 100 metres6 h2 r1/3
Giuseppina Leone21Women's 200 metres3 h3 r1/3
Letizia Bertoni19Women's 200 metres3 h4 r1/3
Milena Greppi27Women's 80 metres Hurdles5 h1 r1/3
Letizia Bertoni19Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay5
Milena Greppi27Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay5
Giuseppina Leone21Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay5
Maria Musso25Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay5
Paola Paternoster20Women's Discus Throw11
Paola Paternoster20Women's Javelin Throw15 QR

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Sprint
  • Guglielmo Pesenti — Silver Medal
Time trial
Tandem
  • Cesare Pinarello
    Giuseppe Ogna — Bronze Medal
Team pursuit
  • Antonio Domenicali
    Franco Gandini
    Leandro Faggin
    Valentino Gasparella
    Virginio Pizzali — 4:37.4 (→ Gold Medal)
Team road race
  • Ercole Baldini
    Arnaldo Pambianco
    Dino Bruni — 36 points (→ 4th place)
Individual road race
  • Ercole Baldini — 5:21:17 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Arnaldo Pambianco — 5:23:40 (→ 7th place)
  • Dino Bruni — 5:27:28 (→ 28th place)
  • Aurelio Cestari — 5:34:20 (→ 34th place)

Fencing

19 fencers, 17 men and 2 women, represented Italy in 1956.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti, Manlio Di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Antonio Spallino, Luigi Carpaneda, Vittorio Lucarelli
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
  • Luigi Narduzzi
  • Roberto Ferrari
  • Gastone Darè
Men's team sabre
  • Roberto Ferrari, Domenico Pace, Mario Ravagnan, Giuseppe Comini, Luigi Narduzzi, Gastone Darè
Women's foil
  • Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini
  • Velleda Cesari

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1956.

Individual
  • Adriano Facchini

Rowing

Italy had 21 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1956.[2]

Men's single sculls
  • Stefano Martinoli
Men's coxless pair
  • Alvaro Banchi
  • Maurizio Clerici
Men's coxless four
  • Giuseppe Moioli
  • Attilio Cantoni
  • Giovanni Zucchi
  • Abbondio Marcelli
Men's coxed four
  • Alberto Winkler
  • Romano Sgheiz
  • Angelo Vanzin
  • Franco Trincavelli
  • Ivo Stefanoni (cox)
Men's eight
  • Antonio Amato
  • Salvatore Nuvoli
  • Cosimo Campioto
  • Livio Tesconi
  • Antonio Casoar
  • Gian Carlo Casalini
  • Sergio Tagliapietra
  • Arrigo Menicocci
  • Vincenzo Rubolotta (cox)

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Five shooters represented Italy in 1956. In the trap event, Galliano Rossini won gold and Alessandro Ciceri won bronze.

25 m pistol
  • Michelangelo Borriello
50 m pistol
  • Claudio Fiorentini
50 m rifle, three positions
  • Carlo Varetto
Trap
  • Galliano Rossini
  • Alessandro Ciceri

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Federico Dennerlein, Paolo Galletti, Guido Elmi, and Anthony Romani
  • Final — 8:46.2 (→ 7th place)

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Cosimo Antonelli
  • Alfonso Buonocore
  • Enzo Cavazzoni
  • Maurizio d'Achille
  • Giuseppe d'Altrui
  • Federico Dennerlein
  • Luigi Mannelli
  • Angelo Marciani
  • Paolo Pucci
  • Cesare Rubini

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "Italy at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Italy Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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