- Italy at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Italy
games=1976 Summer
competitors=212 (185 men, 27 women)
sports=20
flagbearer=Klaus Dibiasi
gold=2
silver=7
bronze=4
total=13
rank=14Italy competed at the1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal ,Canada .Medalists
Gold
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Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform* Fabio Dal Zotto — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition
Silver
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Sara Simeoni — Athletics, Women's High Jump*
Giuseppe Martinelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race*
Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's Springboard*
Maria Consolata Collino — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition*
Fabio Dal Zotto ,Giambattista Coletti ,Attilio Calatroni ,Stefano Simoncelli , andCarlo Montano — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition*
Mario Tullio ,Tommaso Montano ,Angelo Arcidiacono ,Michele Maffei , andMario Aldo Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition*
Umberto Panerai ,Roldano Simeoni ,Riccardo De Magistris ,Alessandro Ghibellini ,Sante Marsili ,Vincenzo D'Angelo ,Marcello Del Duca ,Gianni De Magistris ,Alberto Alberani ,Silvio Baracchini , andLuigi Castagnola — Water Polo, Men's Team CompetitionBronze
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Giancarlo Ferrari — Archery, Men's Individual Competition*
Felice Mariani — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)*
Roberto Ferraris — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol*
Ubaldesco Baldi — Shooting, Men's Trap ShootingResults by event
=Archery=Competing for the second time in archery at the Olympics, Italy won its first medal (a bronze) in the sport. The medal was won by
Giancarlo Ferrari , one of two Italian men who had competed four years before.Sante Spigarelli , the other, also improved his rank drastically in 1976. For the first time, Italian women competed in Olympic archery, taking 12th and 19th place.Women's Individual Competition
*Franca Capetta — 2339 points (→ 12th place)
*Ida Dapoian — 2282 points (→ 19th place)Men's Individual Competition
*Giancarlo Ferrari — 2495 points (→ Bronze Medal)
*Sante Spigarelli — 2419 points (→ 10th place)Men's 800 metres
*Carlo Grippo :* Heat — 1:47.21:* Semi Final — 1:46.95:* Final — 1:48.39 (→ 8th place)Men's 5.000 metres
*Venanzio Ortis :* Heat — 13:52.40 (→ did not advance)Men's 4x100 metres Relay
*Vincenzo Guerini ,Luciano Caravani ,Luigi Benedetti , andPietro Mennea :* Heat — 39.35s :* Semi Final — 39.39s :* Final — 39.08s (→ 6th place)Men's Marathon
*Francesco Fava — 2:14:24 (→ 8th place)
*Massimo Magnani — 2:16:56 (→ 13th place)
*Giuseppe Cindolo — did not finish (→ no ranking)Men's High Jump
*Rodolfo Bergamo :* Qualification — 2.16m:* Final — 2.18m (→ 6th place)*
Riccardo Fortini :* Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)*
Oscar Raise :* Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)Men's Long Jump
*Roberto Veglia :* Heat — 7.48m (→ did not advance)Men's Discus Throw
*Armando Devincentis :* Qualification — 62.26m :* Final — 55.86m (→ 15th place)*
Silvano Simeon :* Qualification — 59.06m (→ did not advance)Men's 20km Race Walk
*Armando Zanbaldo — 1:28:25 (→ 6th place)
*Vitorio Visini — 1:29:31 (→ 8th place)
*Roberto Buccione — 1:30:40 (→ 10th place)Men's Team Competition
*Preliminary Round (Group B)::* Lost to United States (86-106):* Defeated Czechoslovakia (79-69) :* Lost to Yugoslavia (87-88) :* Defeated Puerto Rico (95-81)
*Classification Matches::* 5th/8th place: Defeated Australia (79-72):* 5th/6th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (98-75) → Fifth place
*Team Roster:*Giuseppe Brumatti :*Giulio Jellini :*Carlo Recalcati :*Luciano Vendemini :*Fabrizio Delia Fiori :*Renzo Bariviera :*Marino Zanatta :*Dino Meneghin :*Pier Luigi Marzorati :*Luigi Serafini:*Ivan Bisson :*Gianni Bertolotti
*Head Coach:Primo Giancarlo
=Cycling=Men's Individual Road Race
* Silver Medal)
*Vittorio Algeri — 4:47:23 (→ 8th place)
*Roberto Ceruti — 4:49:01 (→ 26th place)
*Carmelo Barone — 4:49:01 (→ 31st place)Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Massimo Marino — 1:08.488 (→ 10th place)Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
*Giorgio Rossi — eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 8th place)Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
*Orfeo Pizzoferrato — 5th place
=Swimming=Men's Competition
*Marcello Guarducci ,Roberto Pangaro ,Paolo Revelli ,Enrico Bisso ,Giorgio Lalle ,Paolo Barelli , andRiccardo Urbani Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
*Marcello Guarducci ,Roberto Pangaro ,Paolo Barelli , andPaolo Revelli :* Final — 7:43.39 (→ 8th place)Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
*Enrico Bisso ,Giorgio Lalle ,Paolo Barelli , andMarcello Guarducci :* Final — 3:52.92 (→ 7th place)Women's Competition
*Laura Bortolotti ,Giuditta Pandini ,Antonella Roncelli ,Iris Corniani ,Donatella Schiavon , andElisabetta Dessy Men's Team Competition
*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3):* Lost to Japan (0-3):* Lost to Brazil (2-3)
*Classification Matches:* 5th/8th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3):* 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 8th place
*Team Roster:*Andrea Nannini :*Paolo Montorsi :*Stefano Sibani :*Giorgio Goldoni :*Francesco Dall'Olio :*Fabrizio Nassi :*Rodolfo Giovenzana :*Andrea Nencini :*Mario Mattioli :*Giovanni Lanfranco :*Erasmo Salemme :*Marco Negri
*Head Coach:Franco Anderlini Men's Team Competition
*Team Roster:*
Alberto Alberani :*Roldano Simeoni :*Silvio Baracchini :*Sante Marsili :*Marcello Del Duca :*Gianni de Magistris :*Alessandro Ghibellini :*Luigi Castagnola :*Riccardo de Magistris :*Vincenzo d'Angelo :*Umberto Panerai
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