Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Italy
games=1968 Summer
competitors=171 (156 men, 15 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Raimondo d'Inzeo
gold=3
silver=4
bronze=9
total=16
rank=13

Italy competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medalists

Gold

* Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race

* Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform

* Primo Baran, Bruno Cipolla, and Renzo Sambo — 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

Results by event

=Basketball=

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

=Swimming=

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=

Men's Team Competition

*Team Roster:*Alberto Alberani:*Eraldo Pizzo:*Mario Cevasco:*Gianni Lonzi:*Enzo Barlocco:*Franco Lavoratori:*Gianni de Magistris:*Alessadnro Ghibellini:*Giancarlo Guerrini:*Paolo Ferrando:*Eugenio Merello