Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of Italy.svg
IOC code ITA
NOC Italian National Olympic Committee
Website www.coni.it  (in Italian)
in London, United Kingdom
July 29–August 14, 1948
Competitors215 (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)
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]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Adolfo Consolini Athletics Men's discus throw 2 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Pietro Lombardi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight 6 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Italy men's national water polo team
Water polo Men's tournament7 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mario Ghella Cycling Men's sprint 9 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Luigi Cantone Fencing Men's épée 9 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Franco Faggi
Giovanni Invernizzi
Giuseppe Moioli
Elio Morille
Rowing Men's coxless four 9 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Renato Perona
Ferdinando Terruzzi
Cycling Men's tandem 11 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ernesto Formenti Boxing Featherweight 13 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Edera Gentile Athletics Women's discus throw 30 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Manlio Di Rosa
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Giuliano Nostini
Renzo Nostini
Giorgio Pellini
Saverio Ragno
Fencing Men's team foil 31 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Giuseppe Tosi Athletics Men's discus throw 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Amelia Piccinini Athletics Women's shot put 4 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Carlo Agostoni
Luigi Cantone
Marco Antonio Mandruzzato
Dario Mangiarotti
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Fiorenzo Marini
Fencing Men's team épée 6 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Rino Pucci
Cycling Men's team pursuit 9 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Alberto Radi
Giovanni Steffè
Aldo Tarlao
Rowing Men's coxed pair 9 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gastone Darè
Aldo Montano
Renzo Nostini
Vincenzo Pinton
Mauro Racca
Carlo Turcato
Fencing Men's team sabre 11 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Spartaco Bandinelli Boxing Flyweight 12 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Giovanni Zuddas Boxing Bantamweight 13 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Vincenzo Pinton Fencing Men's sabre 11 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ercole Gallegati Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Guido Fantoni Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Carlo Monti
Enrico Perucconi
Antonio Siddi
Michele Tito
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 7 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Edoardo Mangiarotti Fencing Men's épée 9 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Alessandro D'Ottavio Boxing Welterweight 13 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ivano Fontana Boxing Middleweight 13 August

Athletics

Results

Men (17)
AthleteEventRankMedal
Salvatore Costantino Men's MarathonAC
Ottavio Missoni Men's 400 metres Hurdles6
Enrico Perucconi Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay3Bronze
Antonio Siddi Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay3Bronze
Carlo Monti Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay3Bronze
Michele Tito Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay3Bronze
Gianni Rocca Men's 4 × 400 metres RelayAC
Ottavio Missoni Men's 4 × 400 metres RelayAC
Luigi Paterlini Men's 4 × 400 metres RelayAC
Antonio Siddi Men's 4 × 400 metres RelayAC
Gianni Corsaro Men's 10 kilometres Walk8
Pino Dordoni Men's 10 kilometres Walk9
Salvatore Cascino Men's 50 kilometres Walk14
Francesco Pretti Men's 50 kilometres WalkAC
Valentino Bertolini Men's 50 kilometres WalkAC
Adolfo Consolini Men's Discus Throw1Gold
Giuseppe Tosi Men's Discus Throw2Silver
Giorgio Oberweger Men's Discus Throw15 QR
Teseo Taddia Men's Hammer Throw7
Women (8)
AthleteEventRankMedal
Liliana Tagliaferri Women's 100 metres5 h1 r2/3
Mirella Avalle Women's 4 × 100 metres RelayAC h2 r1/2
Anna Maria Cantù Women's 4 × 100 metres RelayAC h2 r1/2
Marcella Jeandeau Women's 4 × 100 metres RelayAC h2 r1/2
Liliana Tagliaferri Women's 4 × 100 metres RelayAC h2 r1/2
Silvana Pierucci Women's Long Jump14 QR
Amelia Piccinini Women's Shot Put2Silver
Edera Cordiale-Gentile Women's Discus Throw2Silver
Gabre Gabric-Calvesi Women's Discus Throw17

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Boxing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1948.

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

Equestrian

Fencing

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

Men's Team Competition

Gymnastics

Men's team competition
Women's team competition

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1948.

Rowing

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

Shooting

Six shooters represented Italy in 1948.

25 metre pistol
50 metre pistol
50 metre rifle

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

  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.