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Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Italy at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Flag of Italy.svg
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Helsinki
Competitors231 (208 men, 23 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer Miranda Cicognani
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
8
Silver
9
Bronze
4
Total
21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 231 competitors, 208 men and 23 women, took part in 114 events in 19 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

  • Adolfo Consolini — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
  • Sergio Caprari — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
  • Marino Morettini — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
  • Dino Bruni, Gianni Ghidini, and Vincenzo Zucconelli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Giancarlo Bergamini, Manlio di Rosa, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Renzo Nostini, Giorgio Pellini, and Antonio Spallino — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
  • Dario Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Gastone Darè, Roberto Ferrari, Renzo Nostini, Giorgio Pellini, Vincenzo Pinton, and Mauro Racca — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
  • Ignazio Fabra — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

Bronze

  • Bruno Visintin — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  • Raffaello Gambino, Cesare Rubini, Maurizio Mannelli, Geminio Ognio, Ermenegildo Arena, Renato De Sanzuane, Carlo Peretti, Renato Traiola, Vincenzo Polito, Salvatore Gionta and Lucio Ceccarini — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
  • Antonio Maspes and Cesare Pinarello — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem
  • Manlio di Rosa — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Results

Men (25)
Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Carlo Vittori 21 Men's 100 metres 6 h4 r2/4
Franco Leccese 27 Men's 100 metres 3 h8 r1/4
Wolfgango Montanari 21 Men's 100 metres 7 h7 r1/4
Giorgio Sobrero 22 Men's 200 metres 3 h13r1/4
Luigi Grossi 27 Men's 200 metres 4 h12r1/4
Lucio Sangermano 19 Men's 200 metres 4 h18r1/4
Gianni Rocca 23 Men's 400 metres 3 h6 r1/4
Vincenzo Lombardo 20 Men's 400 metres 3 h7 r1/4
Antonio Siddi 29 Men's 400 metres 4 h11r1/4
Armando Filiput 28 Men's 400 metres Hurdles 6
Franco Leccese 27 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3
Antonio Siddi 29 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3
Giorgio Sobrero 22 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3
Carlo Vittori 21 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3
Baldassare Porto 29 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2
Gianni Rocca 23 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2
Luigi Grossi 27 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2
Armando Filiput 28 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2
Asfò Bussotti 26 Men's Marathon 46
Artidoro Berti 31 Men's Marathon 53
Egilberto Martufi 26 Men's Marathon AC
Bruno Fait 28 Men's 10 kilometres Walk 8
Telemaco Arcangeli 29 Men's 10 kilometres Walk 7 h2 r1/2
Pino Dordoni 26 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 1 Gold
Giuseppe Kressevich 36 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 10
Salvatore Cascino 34 Men's 50 kilometres Walk1 9
Adolfo Consolini 35 Men's Discus Throw 2 Silver
Giuseppe Tosi 36 Men's Discus Throw 8
Teseo Taddia 32 Men's Hammer Throw 10
Aivo Lucioli 23 Men's Hammer Throw 26 QR
Amos Matteucci 37 Men's Javelin Throw 17
Angiolo Profeti 34 Men's Shot Put 12
Women (8)
Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Giuseppina Leone 17 Women's 100 metres 4 h1 r2/4
Liliana Tagliaferri 23 Women's 100 metres 6 h4 r2/4
Vittoria Cesarini 19 Women's 100 metres 3 h3 r1/4
Vera Martelli 21 Women's 200 metres 6 h3 r1/3
Vittoria Cesarini 19 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
Milena Greppi 23 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
Giuseppina Leone 17 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
Liliana Tagliaferri 23 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
Milena Greppi 23 Women's 80 metres Hurdles 6 h1 r2/3
Maria Musso 21 Women's 80 metres Hurdle s4 h5 r1/3
Edera Cordiale 32 Women's Discus Throw 14
Ada Turci 28 Women's Javelin Throw 11

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Qualification Round (Group C)
  • Lost to Canada (57-68)
  • Defeated Turkey (49-37)
  • Defeated Romania (53-39)
  • Lost to Egypt (62-66) → did not advance, 17th place

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Final — 1:12.7 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Final — defeated South Africa (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Lamberto Mari
  • Preliminary Round — 54.42 points (→ 32nd place)

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Italy in 1952.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti, Manlio Di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Antonio Spallino, Giorgio Pellini, Renzo Nostini
Men's épée
Men's team épée
  • Edoardo Mangiarotti, Dario Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Franco Bertinetti, Roberto Battaglia
Men's sabre
  • Gastone Darè
  • Vincenzo Pinton
  • Renzo Nostini
Men's team sabre
  • Vincenzo Pinton, Renzo Nostini, Gastone Darè, Mauro Racca, Roberto Ferrari, Giorgio Pellini
Women's foil
  • Irene Camber-Corno
  • Silvia Strukel
  • Velleda Cesari

Football

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • (1.) Ottavio Bugatti
  • (2.) Giuseppe Corradi
  • (3.) Amos Cardarelli
  • (4.) Maino Neri
  • (5.) Giovanni Azzini
  • (6.) Arcadio Venturi
  • (7.) Giampiero Boniperti
  • (8.) Egisto Pandolfini
  • (9.) Pasquale Vivolo
  • (10.) Aredio Gimona
  • (11.) Francesco La Rosa
  • (12.) Anselmo Giorcelli
  • (13.) Amos Mariani
  • (14.) Giancarlo Cadé
  • (15.) Battista Rota
  • (16.) Giovani Capurro
  • (17.) Alberto Fontanesi
  • (18.) Corrado Viciani
  • (19.) Rino Ferrario
  • (20.) Roberto Lovati

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

  • Team Roster
  • Fabio Bonacina
  • Silvio Brivio
  • Arrigo Carnoli
  • Guido Figone
  • Orlando Polmonari
  • Littorio Sampieri
  • Quinto Vadi
  • Luigi Zanetti

Women's team competition

  • Team Roster
  • Renata Bianchi
  • Grazia Bozzo
  • Miranda Cicognani
  • Elisabetta Durelli
  • Licia Macchini
  • Lidia Pitteri
  • Luciana Reali
  • Liliana Scaricabarozzi

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1952.

Individual
  • Alfonso Marotta
  • Duilio Brignetti
  • Giulio Palmonella
Team
  • Alfonso Marotta
  • Duilio Brignetti
  • Giulio Palmonella

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's single sculls
  • Ugo Pifferi
Men's double sculls
  • Silvio Bergamini
  • Lodovico Sommaruga
Men's coxless pair
  • Bruno Gamba
  • Antonio Saverio
Men's coxed pair
  • Giuseppe Ramani
  • Aldo Tarlao
  • Luciano Marion (cox)
Men's coxless four
  • Giuseppe Moioli
  • Elio Morille
  • Giovanni Invernizzi
  • Franco Faggi
Men's coxed four
  • Albino Trevisan
  • Amadeo Scarpi
  • Abbondio Smerghetto
  • Tarquinio Angiolin
  • Domenico Cambieri (cox)
Men's eight
  • Albino Baldan
  • Savino Dalla Puppa
  • Alberto Bozzato
  • Ferdinando Smerghetto
  • Montanino Nuvoli
  • Dino Nardin
  • Ottorino Enzo
  • Pier Nicola Attorese
  • Sergio Ghiatto (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Eight shooters represented Italy in 1952.

25 m pistol
  • Giorgio Pennacchietti
  • Michelangelo Borriello
50 m pistol
  • Luciano Galesi
  • Renato Sacchi
100m running deer
  • Luigi Ruspoli
  • Ladislao Odescalchi
Trap
  • Galliano Rossini
  • Italo Bellini

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Ermenegildo Arena
  • Lucio Ceccarini
  • Renato De Sanzuane
  • Raffaello Gambino
  • Salvatore Gionta
  • Maurizio Mannelli
  • Germinio Ognio
  • Carlo Peretti
  • Vincenzo Polito
  • Cesare Rubini
  • Renato Traiolo

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Italy at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Italy Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

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