Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Italy at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Italy at the; 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in London, United Kingdom; July 29–August 14, 1948
Competitors	215 (195 men, 20 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Giovanni Rocca
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 8 Silver 11 Bronze 8 Total 27
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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]

Quick facts Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...

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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 Gildo Arena Emilio Bulgarelli Pasquale Buonocore Aldo Ghira Mario Majoni Geminio Ognio Gianfranco Pandolfini Tullio Pandolfini Cesare Rubini	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

Athlete	Event	Rank	Medal
Men (17)
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

Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Athletics

Results

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Boxing

Cycling

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Men's Team Competition

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

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