Olympic history of Italy
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Italy , whose NOK , the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano was founded in 1908 andrecognizedby the IOC in1915, has been taking part in the Summer Olympics since 1896. Since 1924 athletes have also been sent to the winter games.
history
Italy, with Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956 and Turin in 2006, has already hosted two Olympic Winter Games. In addition, Rome hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960 . Rome is also applying for the 2024 Summer Olympics . Applications had already been made for 2020 , but the application was withdrawn due to the financial crisis in 2012 .
A total of 4758 athletes, including 948 women, competed. Athletes from Italy have so far won 663 medals, 549 of them at summer and 114 at winter games. The most successful athlete is the fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti , who between 1936 and 1960 won a total of six gold, five silver and two bronze medals. The first medalist was Giangiorgio Trissino , who won one gold and one silver in riding at the 1900 Summer Olympics . Piero D'Inzeo , Raimondo D'Inzeo and Josefa Idem have the most participations in the Olympic Games with eight participations each. Idem started twice for Germany and six times for Italy.
The youngest member of a team from Italy in 1924 was the gymnast Luigina Giavotti , who started at the age of 11. In 1996, at the age of 63, the rider Fausto Puccini was the oldest participant in Italian Olympic history.
Edoardo Mangiarotti , Gustav Thöni and Paul Hildgartner each carried the flag of Italy at the opening ceremony of two Olympic Games.
Overview of the participants
Summer games
Winter games
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Press Agency : Rome's city council approves Olympic bid for 2024. In: sueddeutsche.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 25, 2015, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
Web links
- Italy in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Italy on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
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1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016 • 2020 |
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1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2018 |
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