Olympic Summer Games 1896 / Participant (Italy)

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Italy took part in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens with an athlete. The only representative was the civil engineer Giuseppe Rivabella, who was based in Athens for professional reasons.

A second Italian athlete was present in Athens, the marathon runner Carlo Airoldi . He had walked most of the way between Milan and Athens. There he was not admitted to the games, as he had received prize money in a race from Milan to Barcelona and was therefore no longer considered an amateur.

Along with three other participating countries, Italy remained without a medal.

Participants by sport

shoot

• Giuseppe Rivabella

  Military rifle (200 m), men

Web links

• Italian Olympic Team 1896 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )