Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Italy entered three men. Their highest placing competitor was Alfredo Massazza, at 31st place.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Alfredo Massazza - 2340 points (→ 31st place)
• Giancarlo Ferrari - 2322 points (→ 33rd place)
• Sante Spigarelli - 2300 points (→ 35th place)

Men's 800 metres

• Franco Arese
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Franco Arese
  • Heat — 3:44.0
  • Semifinals — 3:41.1 (→ did not advance)
• Gianni del Buono
  • Heat — 3:40.8
  • Semifinals — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Vincenzo Guerini, Ennio Preatoni, Luigi Benedetti, and Pietro Mennea
  • Heat — 39.29s
  • Semifinals — 39.21s
  • Final — 39.14s (→ 8th place)

Men's High Jump

• Enzo del Forno
  • Qualifying Round — 2.15m
  • Final — 2.15m (→ 10th place)
• Marco Schivo
  • Qualifying Round — 2.15m
  • Final — 2.10m (→ 17th place)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (78-85)
  • Defeated Senegal (92-56)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (66-79)
  • Defeated West Germany (68-57)
  • Defeated Poland (71-59)
  • Defeated Puerto Rico (71-54)
  • Defeated Philippines (101-81)
• Semi Finals
  • Lost to United States (38-68)
• Bronze Medal Match
  • Lost to Cuba (65-66) → Fourth place
• Team Roster
  • Ottorino Flaborea
  • Giuseppe Brumatti
  • Giorgio Giomo
  • Mauro Cerioni
  • Massimo Masini
  • Renzo Bariviera
  • Marino Zanatta
  • Dino Meneghin
  • Pierluigi Marzorati
  • Luigi Serafini
  • Ivan Bisson
  • Giulio Iellini

Men's Light Flyweight:

• Gaetano Curcetti

1. 1/16-Final - Lost to Kadir Syed Abdul of Singapore (3 round, RSC)

Men's Flyweight:

• Franco Udella

1. 1/16-Final - Defeated Filex Maina of Kenya (5 - 0)
2. 1/8-Final - Lost to Boris Zoriktuev of USSR (1 - 4)

Men's Featherweight:

• Pasqualino Morbidelli

1. 1/32-Final - Defeated Morgan Mwenya of Zambia (5 - 0)
2. 1/16-Final - Defeated Ebu Sef Tatar of Turkey (5 -0 )
3. 1/8-Final - Lost to Royal Kobayashi of Japan (1 round, KO)

Men's Lightweight:

• Giambattista Capretti

1. 1/32-Final - Defeated José Martinez of Canada (2 round, RSC)
2. 1/16-Final - Lost to László Orbán of Hungary (1 - 4)

Men's Light Welterweight:

• Ernesto Bergamasco

1. 1/16-Final - Lost to Srisook Bantow of Thailand (1 - 4)

Men's Welterweight:

• Damiano Lassandro

1. 1/32-Final - Lost to Emilio Correa of Cuba (0 - 5)

Men's Light Middleweight:

• Antonio Castellini

1. 1/16-Final - Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski of Poland (0 - 5)

Men's Light Heavyweight:

• Guglielmo Spinello

1. 1/16-Final - Defeated Samson Laizer of Tanzania (2round KO)
2. 1/8-Final - Lost to Rudi Hornig of West Germany (1 - 4)

Fifteen cyclists represented Italy in 1972.

Individual road race

• Francesco Moser — 8th place
• Walter Riccomi — 49th place
• Aldo Parecchini — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Franco Ongarato — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Osvaldo Castellan
• Pasqualino Moretti
• Francesco Moser
• Giovanni Tonoli

Sprint

• Massimo Marino
• Ezio Cardi

1000m time trial

• Ezio Cardi
  • Final — 1:07.80 (→ 9th place)

Tandem

• Dino Verzini and Giorgio Rossi → 9th place

Individual pursuit

• Luciano Borgognoni

Team pursuit

• Pietro Algeri
• Giacomo Bazzan
• Giorgio Morbiato
• Luciano Borgognoni

Men's 3m Springboard

• Giorgio Cagnotto — 591.63 points (→ Silver Medal)
• Klaus Dibiasi — 559.05 points (→ 4th place)

Men's 10m Platform

• Klaus Dibiasi — 504.12 points (→ Gold Medal)
• Giorgio Cagnotto — 475.83 points (→ Bronze Medal)

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1972.

Men's foil

• Nicola Granieri
• Stefano Simoncelli
• Arcangelo Pinelli

Men's team foil

• Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Carlo Montano, Arcangelo Pinelli, Stefano Simoncelli

Men's épée

• Nicola Granieri
• Claudio Francesconi
• Gianluigi Saccaro

Men's team épée

• Claudio Francesconi, Nicola Granieri, Gianluigi Placella, Gianluigi Saccaro, Pier Alberto Testoni

Men's sabre

• Michele Maffei
• Mario Aldo Montano
• Rolando Rigoli

Men's team sabre

• Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Mario Aldo Montano, Mario Tullio Montano

Women's foil

• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
• Maria Consolata Collino
• Giulia Lorenzoni

Women's team foil

• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Der Reka Cipriani, Maria Consolata Collino, Giuseppina Bersani

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Mario Medda - 4850 points (→ 16th place)
• Giovanni Perugini - 4571 points (→ 34th place)
• Nicolo Deligia - 4492 points (→ 39th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Medda, Perugini, and Deligia - 13913 points (→ 10th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Giampaolo Tronchin, Mario Semenzato and Siro Kuhnke Meli
  • Heat — 8:02.79
  • Repechage — 8:10.46 (→ did not advance)

Eleven male shooters represented Italy in 1972. In the trap event, Angelo Scalzone won gold and Silvano Basagni won bronze.

25 m pistol

• Giovanni Liverzani
• Roberto Ferraris

50 m pistol

• Giuseppe De Chirico
• Piero Errani

50 m rifle, three positions

• Giuseppe De Chirico
• Walter Frescura

50 m rifle, prone

• Giovanni Mezzani
• Giancarlo Cecconi

Trap

• Angelo Scalzone
• Silvano Basagni

Skeet

• Romano Garagnani
• Carlo Alberto Lodi

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Roberto Pangaro
  • Heat — 54.74s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Riccardo Targetti
  • Heat — 2:02.58 (→ did not advance)
• Arnaldo Cinquetti
  • Heat — 2:01.78 (→ did not advance)
• Roberto Pangaro
  • Heat — 2:00.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci and Alberto Castagnetti
  • Heat — 3:38.81 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Roberto Pangaro, Arnaldo Cinquetti, Lorenzo Marugo, and Riccardo Targetti
  • Heat — 8:03.98 (→ did not advance)

Men's Competition

• Vincenzo Finocchiaro, Sergio Irredento, Massimo Nistri, Edmondo Mingione, Michele di Pietro, Angelo Tozzi, Gaetano Carboni, and Mauro Calligaris. Reserve: Sandro Grassi.

Women's Competition

• Laura Podestà, Novella Calligaris, Federica Stabilini, Patrizia Miserini, Donatella Talpo, Patrizia Lanfredini, Laura Gorgerino, and Alessandra Finesso. Reserve: Antonella Valentini.

Men's Bantamweight:

• Gaetano Tosto - 325.0 kg (→ 16th place)

Men's Featherweight:

• Peppino Tanti - 372.5 kg (→ 8th place)

Men's Middleweight:

• Anselmo Silvino - 470.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)
• Salvatore Laudani - 440.0 kg (→ 11th place)

Men's Light Heavyweight:

• Dino Turcato - 455.0 (→ 9th place)

Men's Heavyweight:

• Roberto Vezzani - 545.0 (→ 5th place)

Men's Slalom:

• Roby Zucchi - 44.0 points (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Figure Skiing:

• Max Hofer - 3850 points (→ 6th place)
• Roby Zucchi - 3560 points (→ 8th place)

Men's Jump:

• Max Hofer - 37.70 points (→ Silver Medal)
• Roby Zucchi - 35.10 points (→ 7th place)

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