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Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in London, United Kingdom
July 29–August 14, 1948
Competitors215 (195 men, 20 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearerGiovanni Rocca
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
8
Silver
11
Bronze
8
Total
27
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 215 competitors, 195 men and 20 women, took part in 89 events in 16 sports.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Adolfo Consolini Athletics Men's discus throw 2 August
 Gold Pietro Lombardi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight 6 August
 Gold Italy men's national water polo team
Water polo Men's tournament 7 August
 Gold Mario Ghella Cycling Men's sprint 9 August
 Gold Luigi Cantone Fencing Men's épée 9 August
 Gold Franco Faggi
Giovanni Invernizzi
Giuseppe Moioli
Elio Morille
Rowing Men's coxless four 9 August
 Gold Renato Perona
Ferdinando Terruzzi
Cycling Men's tandem 11 August
 Gold Ernesto Formenti Boxing Featherweight 13 August
 Silver Edera Gentile Athletics Women's discus throw 30 July
 Silver Manlio Di Rosa
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Giuliano Nostini
Renzo Nostini
Giorgio Pellini
Saverio Ragno
Fencing Men's team foil 31 July
 Silver Giuseppe Tosi Athletics Men's discus throw 2 August
 Silver Amelia Piccinini Athletics Women's shot put 4 August
 Silver Carlo Agostoni
Luigi Cantone
Marco Antonio Mandruzzato
Dario Mangiarotti
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Fiorenzo Marini
Fencing Men's team épée 6 August
 Silver Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Rino Pucci
Cycling Men's team pursuit 9 August
 Silver Alberto Radi
Giovanni Steffè
Aldo Tarlao
Rowing Men's coxed pair 9 August
 Silver Gastone Darè
Aldo Montano
Renzo Nostini
Vincenzo Pinton
Mauro Racca
Carlo Turcato
Fencing Men's team sabre 11 August
 Silver Spartaco Bandinelli Boxing Flyweight 12 August
 Silver Giovanni Zuddas Boxing Bantamweight 13 August
 Silver Vincenzo Pinton Fencing Men's sabre 11 August
 Bronze Ercole Gallegati Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight 6 August
 Bronze Guido Fantoni Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight 6 August
 Bronze Carlo Monti
Enrico Perucconi
Antonio Siddi
Michele Tito
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 7 August
 Bronze Edoardo Mangiarotti Fencing Men's épée 9 August
 Bronze Alessandro D'Ottavio Boxing Welterweight 13 August
 Bronze Ivano Fontana Boxing Middleweight 13 August

Athletics

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Results

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Men (17)
Athlete Event Rank Medal
Salvatore Costantino Men's Marathon AC
Ottavio Missoni Men's 400 metres Hurdles 6
Enrico Perucconi Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 Bronze
Antonio Siddi Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 Bronze
Carlo Monti Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 Bronze
Michele Tito Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 Bronze
Gianni Rocca Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay AC
Ottavio Missoni Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay AC
Luigi Paterlini Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay AC
Antonio Siddi Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay AC
Gianni Corsaro Men's 10 kilometres Walk 8
Pino Dordoni Men's 10 kilometres Walk 9
Salvatore Cascino Men's 50 kilometres Walk 14
Francesco Pretti Men's 50 kilometres Walk AC
Valentino Bertolini Men's 50 kilometres Walk AC
Adolfo Consolini Men's Discus Throw 1 Gold
Giuseppe Tosi Men's Discus Throw 2 Silver
Giorgio Oberweger Men's Discus Throw 15 QR
Teseo Taddia Men's Hammer Throw 7
Women (8)
Athlete Event Rank Medal
Liliana Tagliaferri Women's 100 metres 5 h1 r2/3
Mirella Avalle Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay AC h2 r1/2
Anna Maria Cantù Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay AC h2 r1/2
Marcella Jeandeau Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay AC h2 r1/2
Liliana Tagliaferri Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay AC h2 r1/2
Silvana Pierucci Women's Long Jump 14 QR
Amelia Piccinini Women's Shot Put 2 Silver
Edera Cordiale-Gentile Women's Discus Throw 2 Silver
Gabre Gabric-Calvesi Women's Discus Throw 17

Basketball

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Men's Team Competition

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  • Team Roster

Boxing

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Cycling

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Twelve cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1948.

Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Equestrian

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Fencing

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19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Italy in 1948.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Football

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Men's Team Competition

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  • Team Roster

Gymnastics

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Men's team competition
  • Team roster
Women's team competition
  • Team roster

Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1948.

Rowing

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Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1948.[2]

Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four
Men's eight

Sailing

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Shooting

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Six shooters represented Italy in 1948.

25 metre pistol
50 metre pistol
50 metre rifle

Water polo

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Men's Team Competition

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  • Team Roster

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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Art competitions

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References

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  1. ^ "Italy at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Italy Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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