Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 152 men and 15 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Mexico City
Competitors	167 (152 men, 15 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Raimondo D'Inzeo
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 9 Total 16
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Gold

• Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
• Primo Baran and Renzo Sambo (Bruno Cipolla coxswain) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

Silver

• Giordano Turrini — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
• Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Springboard
• Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
• Romano Garagnani — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting

Bronze

• Eddy Ottoz — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
• Giuseppe Gentile — Athletics, Men's triple jump
• Giorgio Bambini — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Lorenzo Bosisio, Cipriano Chemello, Giorgio Morbiato, and Luigi Roncaglia — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
• Giovanni Bramucci, Vittorio Marcelli, Mauro Simonetti, and Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
• Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée
• Abramo Albini, Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, and Pier Angelo Conti — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
• Fabio Albarelli — Sailing, Men's Finn
• Franco Cavallo and Camillo Gargano — Sailing, Men's Star

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Philippines (91-66)
• Defeated Panama (94-87)
• Defeated Puerto Rico (68-65)
• Defeated Senegal (81-55)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (69-80)
• Lost to United States (61-100)
• Defeated Spain (98-86)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Lost to Poland (52-66)
• 7th/8th place: Lost to Spain (72-88)

• Team Roster

• Carlo Recalcati
• Giusto Pellanera
• Gianfranco Lombardi
• Enrico Bovone
• Massimo Masini
• Paolo Vittori
• Gabriele Vianello
• Guido Gatti
• Ottorino Flaborea
• Sauro Bufalini
• Massimo Cosmelli
• Gianluigi Jessi

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sixteen cyclists represented Italy in 1968.

Individual road race

• Pierfranco Vianelli
• Giovanni Bramucci
• Flavio Martini
• Tino Conti

Team time trial

• Giovanni Bramucci
• Vittorio Marcelli
• Mauro Simonetti
• Pierfranco Vianelli

Sprint

• Giordano Turrini
• Dino Verzini

1000m time trial

• Gianni Sartori

Tandem

• Walter Gorini
• Luigi Borghetti

Individual pursuit

• Cipriano Chemello

Team pursuit

• Lorenzo Bosisio
• Cipriano Chemello
• Luigi Roncaglia
• Giorgio Morbiato
• Gino Pancino

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1968.

Men's foil

• Arcangelo Pinelli
• Pasquale La Ragione
• Nicola Granieri

Men's team foil

• Pasquale La Ragione, Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Arcangelo Pinelli, Michele Maffei

Men's épée

• Gianluigi Saccaro
• Gianfranco Paolucci
• Claudio Francesconi

Men's team épée

• Gianfranco Paolucci, Claudio Francesconi, Giovanni Battista Breda, Gianluigi Saccaro, Antonio Albanese

Men's sabre

• Rolando Rigoli
• Wladimiro Calarese
• Cesare Salvadori

Men's team sabre

• Wladimiro Calarese, Rolando Rigoli, Pierluigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori

Women's foil

• Giovanna Masciotta
• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
• Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

Women's team foil

• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Giovanna Masciotta, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Silvana Sconciafurno

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1968.

Individual

• Mario Medda
• Giancarlo Morresi
• Nicolo Deligia

Team

• Mario Medda
• Giancarlo Morresi
• Nicolo Deligia

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Seven shooters, all men, represented Italy in 1968.

25 m pistol

• Giovanni Liverzani
• Ugo Amicosante

50 m rifle, three positions

• Giuseppe De Chirico

50 m rifle, prone

• Giuseppe De Chirico

Trap

• Galliano Rossini
• Ennio Mattarelli

Skeet

• Romano Garagnani
• Giancarlo Chiono

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

• Pietro Boscaini, Michele D'Oppido, Franco Del Campo, Franco Chino, Antonio Attanasio, Angelo Tozzi, Giampiero Fossati, and Massimo Sacchi.

Women's Competition

• Mietta Strumolo and Novella Calligaris

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

• Alberto Alberani
• Eraldo Pizzo
• Mario Cevasco
• Gianni Lonzi
• Enzo Barlocco
• Franco Lavoratori
• Gianni de Magistris
• Alessandro Ghibellini
• Giancarlo Guerrini
• Paolo Ferrando
• Eugenio Merello

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics