Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Italy (Spanish: Italia) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 152 men and 15 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.[1]

Italy at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Mexico City
Competitors167 (152 men, 15 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearerRaimondo D'Inzeo
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
9
Total
16
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Gold
  • Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  • Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
  • Primo Baran and Renzo Sambo (Bruno Cipolla coxswain) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

Silver
  • Giordano Turrini — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
  • Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Springboard
  • Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
  • Romano Garagnani — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting

Bronze
  • Eddy Ottoz — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
  • Giuseppe Gentile — Athletics, Men's triple jump
  • Giorgio Bambini — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
  • Lorenzo Bosisio, Cipriano Chemello, Giorgio Morbiato, and Luigi Roncaglia — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
  • Giovanni Bramucci, Vittorio Marcelli, Mauro Simonetti, and Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
  • Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée
  • Abramo Albini, Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, and Pier Angelo Conti — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
  • Fabio Albarelli — Sailing, Men's Finn
  • Franco Cavallo and Camillo Gargano — Sailing, Men's Star

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Philippines (91-66)
  • Defeated Panama (94-87)
  • Defeated Puerto Rico (68-65)
  • Defeated Senegal (81-55)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (69-80)
  • Lost to United States (61-100)
  • Defeated Spain (98-86)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Poland (52-66)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Spain (72-88)
  • Team Roster
  • Carlo Recalcati
  • Giusto Pellanera
  • Gianfranco Lombardi
  • Enrico Bovone
  • Massimo Masini
  • Paolo Vittori
  • Gabriele Vianello
  • Guido Gatti
  • Ottorino Flaborea
  • Sauro Bufalini
  • Massimo Cosmelli
  • Gianluigi Jessi

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Sixteen cyclists represented Italy in 1968.

Individual road race
  • Pierfranco Vianelli
  • Giovanni Bramucci
  • Flavio Martini
  • Tino Conti
Team time trial
  • Giovanni Bramucci
  • Vittorio Marcelli
  • Mauro Simonetti
  • Pierfranco Vianelli
Sprint
  • Giordano Turrini
  • Dino Verzini
1000m time trial
  • Gianni Sartori
Tandem
  • Walter Gorini
  • Luigi Borghetti
Individual pursuit
  • Cipriano Chemello
Team pursuit
  • Lorenzo Bosisio
  • Cipriano Chemello
  • Luigi Roncaglia
  • Giorgio Morbiato
  • Gino Pancino

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Fencing

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1968.

Men's foil
  • Arcangelo Pinelli
  • Pasquale La Ragione
  • Nicola Granieri
Men's team foil
  • Pasquale La Ragione, Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Arcangelo Pinelli, Michele Maffei
Men's épée
  • Gianluigi Saccaro
  • Gianfranco Paolucci
  • Claudio Francesconi
Men's team épée
  • Gianfranco Paolucci, Claudio Francesconi, Giovanni Battista Breda, Gianluigi Saccaro, Antonio Albanese
Men's sabre
  • Rolando Rigoli
  • Wladimiro Calarese
  • Cesare Salvadori
Men's team sabre
  • Wladimiro Calarese, Rolando Rigoli, Pierluigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori
Women's foil
  • Giovanna Masciotta
  • Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
  • Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini
Women's team foil
  • Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Giovanna Masciotta, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Silvana Sconciafurno

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1968.

Individual
  • Mario Medda
  • Giancarlo Morresi
  • Nicolo Deligia
Team
  • Mario Medda
  • Giancarlo Morresi
  • Nicolo Deligia

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Seven shooters, all men, represented Italy in 1968.

25 m pistol
  • Giovanni Liverzani
  • Ugo Amicosante
50 m rifle, three positions
  • Giuseppe De Chirico
50 m rifle, prone
  • Giuseppe De Chirico
Trap
  • Galliano Rossini
  • Ennio Mattarelli
Skeet
  • Romano Garagnani
  • Giancarlo Chiono

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

  • Pietro Boscaini, Michele D'Oppido, Franco Del Campo, Franco Chino, Antonio Attanasio, Angelo Tozzi, Giampiero Fossati, and Massimo Sacchi.

Women's Competition

  • Mietta Strumolo and Novella Calligaris

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Alberto Alberani
  • Eraldo Pizzo
  • Mario Cevasco
  • Gianni Lonzi
  • Enzo Barlocco
  • Franco Lavoratori
  • Gianni de Magistris
  • Alessandro Ghibellini
  • Giancarlo Guerrini
  • Paolo Ferrando
  • Eugenio Merello

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "Italy at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
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