Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics

For the first time, Italy entered a woman in the Olympic archery competition. She placed a respectable tenth place. Giancarlo Ferrari repeated his bronze medal-winning performance of four years earlier.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Franca Capetta — 2342 points (→ 10th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Giancarlo Ferrari — 2449 points (→ Bronze Medal)
• Sante Spigarelli — 2405 points (→ 14th place)

Men's 100 metres

• Pietro Mennea

• Heat — 10.56
• Quarterfinals — 10.27
• Semifinals — 10.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Carlo Grippo

• Heat — 1:48.9
• Semifinals — 1:48.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Vittorio Fontanella

• Heat — 3:40.1
• Semifinals — 3:40.1
• Final — 3:40.4 (→ 5th place)

Men's Marathon

• Massimo Magnani

• Final — 2:13:12 (→ 8th place)

• Marco Marchei

• Final — 2:23:21 (→ 35th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Stefano Malinverni, Mauro Zuliani, Roberto Tozzi, and Pietro Mennea

• Heat — 3:03.5
• Final — 3:04.3 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Giuseppe Gerbi

• Heat — 8:37.1
• Semifinals — 8:27.2
• Final — 8:18.5 (→ 6th place)

• Roberto Volpi

• Heat — 8:35.6
• Semifinals — 8:29.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Marco Tamberi

• Qualification — 2.21 m
• Final — 2.15 m (→ 15th place)

• Oscar Raise

• Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)

• Paolo Borghi

• Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Giampaolo Urlando

• Qualification — 72.20 m
• Final Round — 73.90 m (→ 7th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Alessandro Brogini

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Maurizio Damilano

• Final — 1:23:35.5 (→ Gold Medal)

• Giorgio Damilano

• Final — 1:33:26.2 (→ 11th place)

Women's 100 metres

• Marisa Masullo

• Heat — 11.77
• Quarterfinals — 11.57 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Gabriella Dorio

• Heat — 2:01.4
• Semifinals — 1:59.0
• Final — 1:59.2 (→ 8th place)

• Agnese Possamai

• Heat — 2:04.1 (→ did not advance)

• Daniela Porcelli

• Heat — 2:10.7 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Gabriella Dorio

• Heat — 4:05.0
• Final — 4:00.3 (→ 4th place)

• Agnese Possamai

• Heat — 4:14.7 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Sara Simeoni

• Qualification — 1.88 m
• Final — 1.97 m (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Fausta Quintavalla

• Qualification — 58.76 m
• Final — 57.52 m (→ 12th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Cinzia Petrucci

• Final — 17.27 m (→ 14th place)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group C)

• Defeated Sweden (92-77)
• Lost to Australia (77-84)
• Defeated Cuba (79-72)

• Semi Final Round (Group A)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (81-102)
• Defeated Soviet Union (87-85)
• Lost to Brazil (77-90)
• Defeated Spain (95-89)

• Final

• Lost to Yugoslavia (77-86) → Silver Medal

• Team Roster:

• Romeo Sacchetti
• Roberto Brunamonti
• Michael Silvester
• Enrico Gilardi
• Fabrizio Della Fiori
• Marco Solfrini
• Marco Bonamico
• Dino Meneghin
• Renato Villalta
• Renzo Vecchiato
• Pierluigi Marzorati
• Pietro Generali

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Carlo Russolillo
  1. First Round — Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Patrizio Oliva → Gold Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Aurelien Agnan (Benin) after referee stopped contest in first round
  2. Second Round — Defeated Farez Halabi (Syria) after referee stopped contest in first round
  3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (3-2)
  4. Semi Finals — Defeated Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (5-0)
  5. Final — Defeated Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Francesco Damiani
  1. First Round — Defeated Teodor Pîrjol (Romania) on points (4-1)
  2. Quarter Finals — Lost to Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Ten cyclists represented Italy in 1980.

Individual road race

• Marco Cattaneo
• Gianni Giacomini
• Giuseppe Petito
• Alberto Minetti

Team time trial

• Mauro De Pellegrini
• Gianni Giacomini
• Ivano Maffei
• Alberto Minetti

Sprint

• Ottavio Dazzan

1000m time trial

• Guido Bontempi

Individual pursuit

• Pierangelo Bincoletto

Team pursuit

• Pierangelo Bincoletto
• Guido Bontempi
• Ivano Maffei
• Silvestro Milani

Men's Springboard

• Giorgio Cagnotto

• Preliminary Round — 556.32 points (→ 6th place)
• Final — 871.500 points (→ Bronze Medal)

13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1980.

Men's foil

• Federico Cervi

Men's épée

• Stefano Bellone
• Marco Falcone
• Angelo Mazzoni

Men's sabre

• Michele Maffei
• Ferdinando Meglio
• Mario Aldo Montano

Men's team sabre

• Mario Aldo Montano, Michele Maffei, Ferdinando Meglio, Marco Romano

Women's foil

• Dorina Vaccaroni
• Anna Rita Sparaciari
• Susanna Batazzi

Women's team foil

• Dorina Vaccaroni, Anna Rita Sparaciari, Susanna Batazzi, Carola Mangiarotti, Clara Mochi

One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1980.

Individual

• Pierpaolo Cristofori

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Paolo Revelli

• Heats — 52.74 (→ did not advance)

• Fabrizio Rampazzo

• Heats — 52.71 (→ did not advance)

• Raffaele Franceschi

• Heats — 52.26
• Semi-Finals — 51,87
• Final — 51.69 (→ 5th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Paolo Revelli

• Heats — 1:52.56
• Final — 1:52.76 (→ 6th place)

• Fabrizio Rampezzo

• Heats — 1:52.62
• Final — 1:53.25 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Paolo Revelli, Raffaele Franceschi, Andrea Ceccarini, and Fabrizio Rampazzo

• Final — 7:30.37 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Manuela Carosi

• Final — 1.05.10 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Monica Bonon

• Heats — 1:12.36
• Final — 1:12.51 (→ 8th place)

• Sabrina Seminatore

• Heats — 1:13.76 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Laura Foralosso, Sabrina Seminatore, Cinzia Savi-Scarponi, and Monica Vallarin

• Final — 4:19.06 (→ 5th place)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Cuba (0-3)
• Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-2)
• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
• Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)

• Classification Match

• 9th/10th place: Defeated Libya (3-0) → 9th place

• Team Roster

• Antonio Bonini
• Claudio di Coste
• Mauro di Bernardo
• Sebastiano Greco
• Francesco Dall'Olio
• Giulio Belletti
• Fabrizio Nassi
• Giancarlo Dametto
• Stefano Sibani
• Giovanni Lanfranco
• Fabio Innocenti
• Franco Bertoli

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

• Alberto Alberani
• Roldano Simeoni
• Alfio Misaggi
• Sante Marsili
• Massimo Fondelli
• Gianni de Magistris
• Antonello Steardo
• Paolo Ragosa
• Romeo Collina
• Vincenzo d'Angelo
• Umberto Panerai

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