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Italy at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Italy at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Flag of Italy.svg
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Tokyo
Competitors168 (157 men, 11 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Giuseppe Delfino
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
10
Silver
10
Bronze
7
Total
27
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 168 competitors, 157 men and 11 women, took part in 91 events in 18 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

  • Abdon Pamich — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
  • Fernando Atzori — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
  • Cosimo Pinto — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
  • Giovanni Pettenella — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
  • Mario Zanin — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  • Sergio Bianchetto and Angelo Damiano — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
  • Mauro Checcoli — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
  • Paolo Angioni, Mauro Checcoli, and Giuseppe Ravano — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
  • Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
  • Ennio Mattarelli — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

Silver

  • Sergio Bianchetto — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
  • Giovanni Pettenella — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
  • Giorgio Ursi — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
  • Cencio Mantovani, Carlo Rancati, Luigi Roncaglia, and Franco Testa — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
  • Severino Andreoli, Luciano Dalla Bona, Pietro Guerra, and Ferruccio Manza — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
  • Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
  • Giovan Battista Breda, Giuseppe Delfino, Gianfranco Paolucci, Alberto Pellegrino, and Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
  • Giampaolo Calanchini, Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
  • Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
  • Renato Bosatta, Franco De Pedrina, Giuseppe Galante, Giovanni Spinola, and Emilio Trivini — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

Bronze

  • Salvatore Morale — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
  • Silvano Bertini — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
  • Franco Valle — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
  • Giuseppe Ros — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
  • Piero D'Inzeo, Raimondo D'Inzeo, and Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team
  • Antonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
  • Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

Athletics

Results

Men (22)
Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Ito Giani 23 Men's 100 metres 4 h8 r1/4
Livio Berruti 25 Men's 200 metres 5
Sergio Ottolina 21 Men's 200 metres 8
Sergio Bello 22 Men's 400 metres 6 h1 r2/4
Francesco Bianchi 24 Men's 800 metres 5 h6 r1/3
Francesco Bianchi 24 Men's 1,500 metres 7 h2 r1/3
Eddy Ottoz 20 Men's 110 metres Hurdles 4
Giovanni Cornacchia 25 Men's 110 metres Hurdles 7
Giorgio Mazza 25 Men's 110 metres Hurdles 8
Salvatore Morale 25 Men's 400 metres Hurdles 3 Bronze
Roberto Frinolli 23 Men's 400 metres Hurdles 6
Livio Berruti 25 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 7
Ennio Preatoni 19 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 7
Sergio Ottolina 21 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 7
Pasquale Giannattasio 23 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 7
Bruno Bianchi 25 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
Salvatore Morale 25 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
Roberto Frinolli 23 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
Sergio Bello 22 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
Giorgio Jegher 27 Men's Marathon1 7
Antonio Ambu 28 Men's Marathon 40
Abdon Pamich 31 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 1 Gold
Mauro Bogliatto 21 Men's High Jump 16
Carlo Lievore 26 Men's Javelin Throw 15 QR
Renato Dionisi 16 Men's Pole Vault 25T QR
Silvano Meconi 32 Men's Shot Put 17 QR
Franco Sar 30 Men's Decathlon 13
Women (1)
Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
Maria Vittoria Trio 16 Women's Long Jump 14

Basketball

Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Gianfranco Bertini
  • Sauro Bufalini
  • Ottorino Flaborea
  • Giovanni Gavagnin
  • Augusto Giomo
  • Gianfranco Lombardi
  • Massimo Masini
  • Giusto Pellanera
  • Gianfranco Pieri
  • Gianfranco Sardagna
  • Gabriele Vianello
  • Paolo Vittori

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

14 cyclists represented Italy in 1964.

Individual road race
Team time trial
  • Severino Andreoli
  • Luciano Dalla Bona
  • Pietro Guerra
  • Ferruccio Manza
Sprint
  • Giovanni Pettenella
  • Sergio Bianchetto
1000m time trial
  • Giovanni Pettenella
Tandem
  • Angelo Damiano
  • Sergio Bianchetto
Individual pursuit
  • Giorgio Ursi
Team pursuit
  • Luigi Roncaglia
  • Cencio Mantovani
  • Carlo Rancati
  • Franco Testa

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1964.

Men's foil
  • Mario Curletto
  • Nicola Granieri
  • Pasquale La Ragione
Men's team foil
  • Gianguido Milanesi, Pasquale La Ragione, Arcangelo Pinelli, Nicola Granieri, Mario Curletto
Men's épée
  • Gianluigi Saccaro
  • Alberto Pellegrino
  • Giuseppe Delfino
Men's team épée
  • Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Gianluigi Saccaro, Gianfranco Paolucci, Giovanni Battista Breda
Men's sabre
  • Pierluigi Chicca
  • Cesare Salvadori
  • Wladimiro Calarese
Men's team sabre
  • Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, Cesare Salvadori
Women's foil
  • Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
  • Giovanna Masciotta
  • Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini
Women's team foil
  • Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giovanna Masciotta, Irene Camber-Corno, Natalina Sanguinetti, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1964.

Individual
  • Alfonso Ottaviani

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Five shooters represented Italy in 1964. Ennio Mattarelli won the gold medal in the trap event.

25 m pistol
  • Giovanni Liverzani
  • Ugo Amicosante
50 m pistol
  • Ugo Simoni
Trap
  • Ennio Mattarelli
  • Galliano Rossini

Swimming

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Sergio De Gregorio, Bruno Bianchi, Giovanni Orlando, and Pietro Boscaini
  • Final — 8:18.1 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Chiaffredo Rora, Gian Corrado Gross, Giampiero Fossati, and Pietro Boscaini
  • Final — 4:10.3 (→ 7th place)

Water polo

Men's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
  • Danio Bardi
  • Mario Cevasco
  • Giuseppe d'Altrui
  • Federico Dennerlein
  • Giancarlo Guerrini
  • Franco Lavoratori
  • Gianni Lonzi
  • Eugenio Merello
  • Rosario Parmegiani
  • Eraldo Pizzo
  • Dante Rossi
  • Alberto Spinola

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "Italy at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

External links

  • Media related to Italy at the 1964 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
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