- Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Italy
games=1972 Summer
competitors=239 (210 men, 29 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Abdon Pamich
gold=5
silver=3
bronze=10
total=18
rank=10Italy competed at the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich ,West Germany .Medalists
Italy finished in tenth position in the final medal rankings, with five gold medals and 18 medals overall.
Gold
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Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's 10m Platform*
Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition*
Rolando Rigoli ,Cesare Salvadori ,Michele Maffei ,Mario Aldo Montano , andMario Tullio Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition*
Antonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Sabre Foil Individual Competition*
Angelo Scalzone — Shooting, Trap Individual CompetitionSilver
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Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard*
Alessandro Argenton — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition*
Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m FreestyleBronze
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Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200m* Paola Pigni — Athletics, Women's 1.500m
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Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 10m Platform*
Anselmo Silvino — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight*
Raimondo d'Inzeo ,Piero d'Inzeo ,Vittorio Orlandi , andGraziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition*
Silvano Basagni — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition*
Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 800m Freestyle*
Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley*
Giuseppe Bognanni — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight*
Gian-Matteo Ranzi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman LightweightResults by event
=Archery=In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Italy entered three men. Their highest placing competitor was
Alfredo Massazza , at 31st place.Men's Individual Competition:
*Alfredo Massazza - 2340 points (→ 31st place)
*Giancarlo Ferrari - 2322 points (→ 33rd place)
*Sante Spigarelli - 2300 points (→ 35th place)Men's 800 metres
*Franco Arese :* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)Men's 1500 metres
*Franco Arese :* Heat — 3:44.0:* Semifinals — 3:41.1 (→ did not advance)*
Gianni del Buono :* Heat — 3:40.8:* Semifinals — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)Men's 4x100m Relay
*Vincenzo Guerini ,Ennio Preatoni ,Luigi Benedetti , andPietro Mennea :* Heat — 39.29s :* Semifinals — 39.21s:* Final — 39.14s (→ 8th place)Men's High Jump
*Enzo del Forno :* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.15m (→ 10th place)*
Marco Schivo :* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.10m (→ 17th place)Men's Team Competition
*Team Roster:*
Ottorino Flaborea :*Giuseppe Brumatti :*Giorgio Giomo :*Mauro Cerioni :*Massimo Masini :*Renzo Bariviera :*Marino Zanatta :*Dino Meneghin :*Pierluigi Marzorati :*Luigi Serafini:*Ivan Bisson :*Giulio Iellini
=Boxing=Men's Light Flyweight:
*Gaetano Curcetti :# 1/16-Final - Lost toKadir Syed Abdul of Singapore (3 round, RSC)Men's Flyweight:
*Franco Udella :# 1/16-Final - DefeatedFilex Maina of Kenya (5 - 0):# 1/8-Final - Lost toBoris Zoriktuev of USSR (1 - 4)Men's Featherweight:
*Pasqualino Morbidelli :# 1/32-Final - DefeatedMorgan Mwenya of Zambia (5 - 0):# 1/16-Final - DefeatedEbu Sef Tatar of Turkey (5 -0 ):# 1/8-Final - Lost toKazuo Kobayashi of Japan (1 round, KO)Men's Lightweight:
*Giambattista Capretti :# 1/32-Final - DefeatedJosé Martinez of Canada (2 round, RSC):# 1/16-Final - Lost toLászló Orbán of Hungary (1 - 4)Men's Light Welterweight:
*Ernesto Bergamasco :# 1/16-Final - Lost toSrisook Bantow of Thailand (1 - 4)Men's Welterweight:
*Damiano Lassandro :# 1/32-Final - Lost toEmilio Correa of Cuba (0 - 5)Men's Light Middleweight:
*Antonio Castellini :# 1/16-Final - Lost toWieslaw Rudkowski of Poland (0 - 5)Men's Light Heavyweight:
*Guglielmo Spinello :# 1/16-Final - DefeatedSamson Laizer of Tanzania (2round KO):# 1/8-Final - Lost toRudi Hornig of West Germany (1 - 4)
=Cycling=Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race
*Francesco Moser — 8th place
*Walter Riccomi — 49th place
*Aldo Parecchini — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Franco Ongarato — did not finish (→ no ranking)Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Ezio Cardi :* Final — 1:07.80 (→ 9th place)Men's Tandem
*Dino Verzini andGiorgio Rossi → 9th place
=Diving=Men's 3m Springboard
*Giorgio Cagnotto — 591.63 points (→ Silver Medal)
*Klaus Dibiasi — 559.05 points (→ 4th place)Men's 10m Platform
*Klaus Dibiasi — 504.12 points (→ Gold Medal)
*Giorgio Cagnotto — 475.83 points (→ Bronze Medal)Men's Individual Competition:
*Mario Medda - 4850 points (→ 16th place)
*Giovanni Perugini - 4571 points (→ 34th place)
*Nicolo Deligia - 4492 points (→ 39th place)Men's Team Competition:
* Medda, Perugini, and Deligia - 13913 points (→ 10th place)
=Rowing=Men's Coxed Pairs
*Giampaolo Tronchin ,Mario Semenzato andSiro Kuhnke Meli :*Heat — 8:02.79:*Repechage — 8:10.46 (→ did not advance)
=Swimming=Men's 100m Freestyle
*Roberto Pangaro :* Heat — 54.74s (→ did not advance)Men's 200m Freestyle
*Riccardo Targetti :* Heat — 2:02.58 (→ did not advance)*
Arnaldo Cinquetti :* Heat — 2:01.78 (→ did not advance)*
Roberto Pangaro :* Heat — 2:00.97 (→ did not advance)Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
*Roberto Pangaro ,Paolo Barelli ,Marcello Guarducci andAlberto Castagnetti :* Heat — 3:38.81 (→ did not advance)Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Roberto Pangaro ,Arnaldo Cinquetti ,Lorenzo Marugo , andRiccardo Targetti :* Heat — 8:03.98 (→ did not advance)Men's Competition
*Vincenzo Finocchiaro ,Sergio Irredento ,Massimo Nistri ,Edmondo Mingione ,Michele di Pietro ,Angelo Tozzi ,Gaetano Carboni , andMauro Calligaris . Reserve:Sandro Grassi .Women's Competition
*Laura Podestà ,Novella Calligaris ,Federica Stabilini ,Patrizia Miserini ,Donatella Talpo ,Patrizia Lanfredini ,Laura Gorgerino , andAlessandra Finesso . Reserve:Antonella Valentini .Men's Team Competition
*Preliminary Round (Group C):* Lost to Soviet Union (1-4):* Defeated Bulgaria (8-5):* Defeated Spain (6-2):* Defeated Japan (12-5)
*Final Round (Group I):* Lost to Hungary (7-8):* Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6):* Drew with West Germany (2-2):* Lost to United States (5-6) → Sixth place
* Team Roster:*Alberto Alberani :*Eraldo Pizzo :*Roldano Simeoni :*Mario Cevasco :*Alessandro Ghibellini :*Gianni de Magistris :*Guglielmo Marsili :*Silvio Baracchini :*Franco Lavoratori :*Sante Marsili :*Ferdinande Ligano Men's Bantamweight:
*Gaetano Tosto - 325.0 kg (→ 16th place)Men's Featherweight:
*Peppino Tanti - 372.5 kg (→ 8th place)Men's Middleweight:
*Anselmo Silvino - 470.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)
*Salvatore Laudani - 440.0 kg (→ 11th place)Men's Light Heavyweight:
*Dino Turcato - 455.0 (→ 9th place)Men's Heavyweight:
*Roberto Vezzani - 545.0 (→ 5th place)
=Water Skiing (demonstration sports)=Men's Slalom:
*Roby Zucchi - 44.0 points (→ Gold Medal)Men's Figure Skiing:
*Max Hofer - 3850 points (→ 6th place)
* Roby Zucchi - 3560 points (→ 8th place)Men's Jump:
* Max Hofer - 37.70 points (→ Silver Medal)
* Roby Zucchi - 35.10 points (→ 7th place)
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