Italy competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 244 competitors, 228 men and 16 women, took part in 99 events in 17 sports.
| Italy at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | ITA |
| NOC | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Berlin | |
| Competitors | 244 (228 men and 16 women) in 17 sports |
| Flag bearer | Giulio Gaudini |
| Medals Ranked 4th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Medals
Gold
- Ondina Valla - Track and field, women's 80 m Hurdles
- Ulderico Sergo - Boxing, a series of 53.5 kg
- Giulio Gaudini - Fencing, men's foil
- Franco Riccardi - Fencing – Men's épée
- Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino, Manlio Di Rosa and Ciro Verratti - Fencing, men's foil team competition
- Saverio Ragno, Alfredo Pezzana, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Franco Riccardi and Giancarlo Brusati - Fencing, men's kalvan team competition
- Bruno Venturini, Alfredo Foni, Pietro Rava, Giuseppe Baldo, Achille Piccini, Ugo Locatelli, Annibale Frossi, Libero Marchini, Sergio Bertoni, Carlo Biagi, Francesco Gabriotti, Giulio Cappelli, Alfonso Negro and Luigi Scarabello - Football, men
- Giovanni Reggio, Bruno Bianchi, Luigi De Manincor, Domenico Mordini, Luigi Poggi and Enrico Poggi - Sailing, 8MR
Silver
- Mario Lanzi - Track and field, men's 800 m
- Orazio Mariani, Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli - Track and field, men's 4 × 100 m relay
- Almiro Bergamo, Guido Santin and Luciano Negrini - Rowing, Men pair cox
- Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Dino Barsotti, Oreste Grossi, Enzo Bartolini, Mario Checcacci, Dante Secchi, Ottorino Quaglierini, Enrico Garzelli and Cesare Milani - Rowing, men's eight
- Gavino Matta - Boxing, a series of 50.8 kg
- Severino Rigoni, Bianco Bianchi, Mario Gentili and Armando Latini - Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
- Saverio Ragno - Fencing, men épée
- Gustavo Marzi - Fencing, men's sabre
- Vincenzo Pinton, Giulio Gaudini, Aldo Masciotta, Gustavo Marzi, Aldo Montano and Athos Tanzini - Fencing, men's sabre team competition
Bronze
- Luigi Beccali - Track and field, men's 1500 m
- Giorgio Oberweger - Track and field, men's discus throw
- Giorgio Bocchino - Fencing, men's foil
- Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici - Fencing, men épée
- Silvano Abba - Modern Pentathlon, men's individual competition
Athletics
Results
| Men (27) | ||||
| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lanzi | 21 | Men's 400 metres | 4 h1 r3/4 | |
| 21 | Men's 800 metres | 2 | Silver | |
| Luigi Beccali | 28 | Men's 1,500 metres | 3 | Bronze |
| Umberto Cerati | 25 | Men's 5,000 metres | 7 | |
| Salvatore Mastroieni | 22 | 6 h3 r1/2 | ||
| Giuseppe Beviacqua | 21 | Men's 10,000 metres | 11 | |
| Giannino Bulzone | 25 | Men's Marathon | AC | |
| Aurelio Genghini | 28 | AC | ||
| Gianni Caldana | 22 | Men's 110 metres Hurdles | 3 h6 r1/3 | |
| Luigi Facelli | 38 | Men's 400 metres Hurdles | 3 h2 r1/3 | |
| Umberto Ridi | 22 | 4 h4 r1/3 | ||
| Emilio Mori | 28 | 6 h3 r1/3 | ||
| Bruno Betti | 25 | Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase | 7 h3 r1/2 | |
| Giuseppe Lippi | 32 | 8 h1 r1/2 | ||
| Orazio Mariani | 21 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 2 | Silver |
| Gianni Caldana | 22 | |||
| Elio Ragni | 25 | |||
| Tullio Gonnelli | 23 | |||
| Angelo Ferrario | 28 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h3 r1/2 | |
| Marsilio Rossi | 19 | |||
| Otello Spampani | 18 | |||
| Mario Lanzi | 21 | |||
| Ettore Rivolta | 31 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | 12 | |
| Giuseppe Gobbato | 32 | 14 | ||
| Mario Brignoli | 34 | 18 | ||
| Danilo Innocenti | 32 | Men's Pole Vault | 6T | |
| Arturo Maffei | 26 | Men's Long Jump | 4T | |
| Gianni Caldana | 22 | 12 | ||
| Giorgio Oberweger | 22 | Men's Discus Throw | 3 | Bronze |
| Ruggero Biancani | 21 | AC QR | ||
| Giovanni Cantagalli | 22 | Men's Hammer Throw | 15 | |
| Women (5) | ||||
| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank | Medal |
| Claudia Testoni | 20 | Women's 100 metres | 5 h5 r1/3 | |
| Ondina Valla | 20 | Women's 80 metres Hurdles | 1 | Gold |
| Claudia Testoni | 20 | 4 | ||
| Lidia Bongiovanni | 21 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 4 | |
| Ondina Valla | 20 | |||
| Fernanda Bullano | 21 | |||
| Claudia Testoni | 20 | |||
| Gabre Gabric-Calvesi | 18 | Women's Discus Throw | 10 | |
Basketball
- First Round
7 August 1936 17:00 |
Report, p. 1078 |
| Italy 44, Poland 28 | ||
| Scoring by half: 25–12, 19–16 |
Tennis Courts, Court 1 Referees: A. Selenoi (Estonia), J. Christensen (Germany), H. Kalshaus (Germany) |
- Second Round
9 August 1936 17:00 |
Report, p. 1080 |
| Italy 58, Germany 16 | ||
| Scoring by half: 38–11, 20–5 |
Tennis Courts, Court 3 Referees: Sohaku Ri (Japan), K. Falk (Germany), H. Kascher (Germany) |
- Third Round
11 August 1936 16:00 |
Report, p. 1080 |
| Italy 27, Chile 19 | ||
| Scoring by half: 16–12, 11–7 |
Tennis Courts, Court 2 Referees: A. Selenoi (Estonia), Ch. Perschon (Germany), W. Balzereit (Germany) |
- Fourth Round
12 August 1936 17:00 |
Report, p. 1082 |
| Mexico 34, Italy 17 | ||
| Scoring by half: 20–7, 14–10 |
Tennis Courts, Court 5 Referees: E. Powers (Canada), F. Becker (Germany), H. Hammes (Germany) |
- 5th–8th place semifinals
13 August 1936 17:00 |
Report, p. 1082 |
| Philippines 32, Italy 14 | ||
| Scoring by half: 18–6, 14–8 |
Tennis Courts, Court 5 Referees: R. Semerciyan (Turkey), H. Emschermann (Germany), H. Hammes (Germany) |
- 7th place game
14 August 1936 16:00 |
Report, p. 1082 |
| Italy vs. Peru | ||
| Match suspended after the entire peruvian delegation forfeited the Games. |
Men's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- Enrico Cestelli
- Galeazzo Dondi
- Livio Franceschini
- Emilio Giosetti
- Giancarlo Marinelli
- Sergio Paganella
- Egidio Premiani
- Gino Basso
Boxing
Canoeing
- K-1 1000 metres
- Elio Sasso Sant
- K-1 10000 metres
- Elio Sasso Sant
Cycling
Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1936.
- Individual road race
- Pierino Favalli
- Glauco Servadei
- Corrado Ardizzoni
- Elio Bavutti
- Team road race
- Pierino Favalli
- Glauco Servadei
- Corrado Ardizzoni
- Elio Bavutti
- Sprint
- Benedetto Pola
- Time trial
- Benedetto Pola
- Tandem
- Carlo Legutti
- Bruno Loatti
- Team pursuit
- Bianco Bianchi
- Mario Gentili
- Armando Latini
- Severino Rigoni
Diving
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | ||
| Carlo Dibiasi | 10 m platform | 90.66 | 10 |
| Franco Ferraris | 77.60 | 22 | |
| Ferrero Marianetti | 82.78 | 17 | |
Equestrian
Fencing
16 fencers, all men, represented Italy in 1936.
- Men's foil
- Giulio Gaudini
- Giorgio Bocchino
- Gioacchino Guaragna
- Men's team foil
- Manlio Di Rosa, Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino, Ciro Verratti
- Men's épée
- Franco Riccardi
- Saverio Ragno
- Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
- Men's team épée
- Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Saverio Ragno, Franco Riccardi, Giancarlo Brusati, Alfredo Pezzana
- Men's sabre
- Gustavo Marzi
- Vincenzo Pinton
- Giulio Gaudini
- Men's team sabre
- Giulio Gaudini, Gustavo Marzi, Aldo Masciotta, Vincenzo Pinton, Aldo Montano, Athos Tanzini
Football
| 3 August 1936 Round of 16 | Italy | 1–0 | United States | Berlin |
| 17:30 | Frossi 58' | Report | Stadium: Poststadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Karl Weingartner (Germany) |
| 7 August 1936 Quarter-finals | Italy | 8–0 | Japan | Berlin |
| 17:30 | Frossi 14', 75', 80' Biagi 32', 57', 81', 82' Cappelli 89' | Report | Stadium: Mommsenstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Otto Olsson (Sweden) |
| 10 August 1936 Semi-finals | Italy | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Norway | Berlin |
| 17:00 | Negro 15' Frossi 96' | Report | Brustad 58' | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Pal von Hertzka (Hungary) |
| 15 August 1936 Gold medal match | Italy | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Austria | Berlin |
| 16:00 | Frossi 70', 92' | Report | Kainberger 79' | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany) |
Men's Team Squad
- Bruno Venturini
- Gianni Ferrero
- Alfredo Foni
- Pietro Rava
- Giuseppe Baldo
- Achille Piccini
- Ugo Locatelli
- Annibale Frossi
- Libero Marchini
- Luigi Scarabello
- Carlo Biagi
- Giulio Cappelli
- Sergio Bertoni
- Alfonso Negro
- Francesco Gabriotti
- Adolfo Giuntoli
- Mario Nicolini
- Carlo Girometta
- Sandro Puppo
- Corrado Tamietti
- Paolo Vannucci
- Lamberto Petri
Gymnastics
16 gymnasts, 8 men and 8 women, represented Italy in 1936.
- Men's team
- Egidio Armelloni
- Oreste Capuzzo
- Danilo Fioravanti
- Savino Guglielmetti
- Romeo Neri
- Otello Ternelli
- Franco Tognini
- Nicolò Tronci
- Women's team
- Anna Avanzini
- Vittoria Avanzini
- Clara Bimbocci
- Ebore Canella
- Pina Cipriotto
- Elda Cividino
- Gianna Guaita
- Carmela Toso
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathlete represented Italy in 1936.
- Silvano Abbà
- Ugo Ceccarelli
- Franco Orgera
Rowing
Italy had 22 rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1936.
- Men's single sculls
- Riccardo Steinleitner
- Men's coxed pair
- Almiro Bergamo
- Guido Santin
- Luciano Negrini (cox)
- Men's coxless four
- Antonio Ghiardello
- Luigi Luxardo
- Aldo Pellizzoni
- Francesco Pittaluga
- Men's coxed four
- Valerio Perentin
- Giliante D'Este
- Nicolò Vittori
- Umberto Vittori
- Renato Petronio (cox)
- Men's eight
- Guglielmo Del Bimbo
- Dino Barsotti
- Oreste Grossi
- Enzo Bartolini
- Mario Checcacci
- Dante Secchi
- Ottorino Quaglierini
- Enrico Garzelli
- Cesare Milani (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Italy in 1936.
- 25 m rapid fire pistol
- Walter Boninsegni
- Bruno Giacconi
- Michelangelo Borriello
- 50 m pistol
- Stefano Margotti
- Giancarlo Boriani
- Ugo Pistolesi
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Mario Zorzi
- Carlo Varetto
- Lodovico Nulli
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
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