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Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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Italy was the host nation for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was the first time that the nation had hosted the Summer Games, and the second time overall (after the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo). It also hosted the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome – the inaugural Paralympic Games.

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280 competitors, 246 men and 34 women, took part in 138 events in 19 sports.[1]

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Medals

Gold

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Italian medalists in boxing, left-right: Primo Zamparini, Francesco Musso, Sandro Lopopolo, Nino Benvenuti, Carmelo Bossi and Francesco de Piccoli

Silver

Bronze

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Italian sabre team, from top: Pierluigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, Giampaolo Calanchini, Wladimiro Calarese and Roberto Ferrari (injured)
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Athletics

Results

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Basketball

Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

14 cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit
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Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1960.

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

Football

Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
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Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1960.

Individual
Team
  • Adriano Facchini
  • Gaetano Scala
  • Giulio Giunta

Rowing

Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1960.[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

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Italy in 1960.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Final — 4:17.2 (→ 6th place)

Water polo

Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References

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