Italy at the Summer Olympics

Italy at the Summer Olympics
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IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 229 Silver 201 Bronze 228 Total 658
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Main article: Italy at the Olympics

Marcell Jacobs and Filippo Tortu, gold with the 4 × 100 m relay team at Tokyo 2020.

Italy has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Summer Olympic Games, with the uncertain exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics where one Italian may have competed. The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) is the National Olympic Committee for Italy. ^[1]

Medals

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896 Athens	1	0	0	0	0	–
1900 Paris	24	3	2	0	5	8
1904 St. Louis	1 [a]	0	0	0	0	–
1908 London	68	2	2	0	4	9
1912 Stockholm	61	3	1	2	6	11
1920 Antwerp	174	13	5	5	23	7
1924 Paris	200	8	3	5	16	5
1928 Amsterdam	174	7	5	7	19	5
1932 Los Angeles	112	12	12	12	36	2
1936 Berlin	243	8	9	5	22	4
1948 London	213	8	11	8	27	5
1952 Helsinki	231	8	9	4	21	5
1956 Melbourne	129	8	8	9	25	5
1960 Rome	280	13	10	13	36	3
1964 Tokyo	168	10	10	7	27	5
1968 Mexico City	167	3	4	9	16	13
1972 Munich	224	5	3	10	18	10
1976 Montreal	210	2	7	4	13	14
1980 Moscow	159	8	3	4	15	5
1984 Los Angeles	268	14	6	12	32	5
1988 Seoul	253	6	4	4	14	10
1992 Barcelona	304	6	5	8	19	12
1996 Atlanta	340	13	10	12	35	6
2000 Sydney	361	13	8	13	34	7
2004 Athens	364	10	11	11	32	8
2008 Beijing	344	8	9	10	27	9
2012 London	285	8	9	11	28	9
2016 Rio de Janeiro	314	8	12	8	28	9
2020 Tokyo	372	10	10	20	40	10
2024 Paris	402	12	13	15	40	9
2028 Los Angeles	future event
2032 Brisbane
Total (30/30)	6,446	229	201	228	658	6

• ^a Cyclist Frank Bizzoni, who immigrated from Italy to the United States but still was an Italian citizen in 1904, was disputed and not recognized by the International Olympic Committee until the 21st century. ^[2]

Medals by sport

Update to Tokyo 2020. ^[3]

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Fencing	50	49	36	135
Cycling	36	17	13	66
Athletics	24	16	29	69
Shooting	17	18	12	47
Boxing	15	15	18	48
Gymnastics	15	8	12	35
Rowing	11	16	16	43
Equestrian	7	9	7	23
Swimming	7	8	20	35
Canoeing	7	8	4	19
Wrestling	7	4	11	22
Sailing	6	3	8	17
Weightlifting	5	5	8	18
Judo	5	4	9	18
Water polo	4	3	3	10
Diving	3	5	3	11
Archery	2	3	4	9
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4	8
Taekwondo	2	1	2	5
Volleyball	1	3	3	7
Football	1	0	2	3
Tennis	1	0	2	3
Karate	1	0	1	2
Basketball	0	2	0	2
Beach volleyball	0	1	0	1
Totals (25 entries)	229	200	227	656

Athletes with most appearances

Piero (left on the horse) and Raimondo D'Inzeo (right on the horse).

Source the website Olympedia. ^[4]

  Still active

#	Athlete	Birth/death	Games	Period (age)	Sport	App.
1	Piero D'Inzeo	1923–2014	1948–1976	28 years (25/53)	Equestrian	8
	Raimondo D'Inzeo	1925–2013	1948–1976	28 years (23/51)	Equestrian
	Giovanni Pellielo	1970	1992–2016, 2024	32 years (22/54)	Shooting
4	Andrea Benelli	1960	1988–2008	20 years (28/48)	Shooting	6
	Marco De Nicolo	1976	2000–2020	21 years (23/45)	Shooting
	Ilario Di Buò	1956	1984–1992, 2000–2008	24 years (27/51)	Archery
	Josefa Idem [a]	1964	1992–2012	20 years (28/48)	Canoeing
	Angelo Mazzoni	1961	1980–2000	20 years (19/39)	Fencing
	Alessandra Sensini	1970	1992–2012	20 years (22/42)	Sailing

See also

• Italy at the Olympics
  • Italy at the Olympics in athletics
• Italy at the Winter Olympics

Notes

1. She has participated in a total of 8 Olympic Games, having represented Germany in Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988.

References

1. "Italy - Overview". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
2. https://olympics.com/en/athletes/frank-bizzoni ^{[ bare URL ]}
3. "Team Italy Italy Profile - Medals per year". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
4. "Participations by athlete". olympedia.org. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

External links

• Official website