1936 Summer Olympics / Participant (Italy)

ITA

8th	9	5

Italy took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with a delegation of 182 athletes (including 244 art competitions). In the medal table, Italy took fourth place with a total of 22 medals.

The youngest participant was Elda Cividino , a gymnast, at the age of 14, the oldest of the sailors Riccardo De Sangro Fondi at the age of 56. The fencers Giulio Gaudini and Gustavo Marzi won the most medals with three each.

Medalist

Gustavo Marzi		Giulio Gaudini

gold

• Trebisonda Valla - athletics, 80 m hurdles
• Ulderico Sergo - Boxing, Bantamweight
• Giulio Gaudini - fencing, foil
• Franco Riccardi - fencing, epee
• Giulio Gaudini , Gioacchino Guaragna , Gustavo Marzi , Giorgio Bocchino , Manlio Di Rosa and Ciro Verratti - fencing, foil - team competition
• Saverio Ragno , Alfredo Pezzana , Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Franco Riccardi and Giancarlo Brusati - fencing, epee - team ranking
• 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
• Giovanni Reggio , Bruno Bianchi , Luigi De Manincor , Domenico Mordini , Luigi Poggi and Enrico Poggi - sailing, 8 m class

silver

• Mario Lanzi - athletics, 800 m
• Orazio Mariani , Gianni Caldana , Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli - athletics, 4 x 100 m relay
• Almiro Bergamo , Guido Santin and Luciano Negrini - rowing, two with a helmsman
• Guglielmo Del Bimbo , Dino Barsotti , Oreste Grossi , Enzo Bartolini , Mario Checcacci , Dante Secchi , Ottorino Quaglierini , Enrico Garzelli and Cesare Milani - rowing, eighth
• Gavino Matta - boxing, flyweight
• Severino Rigoni , Bianco Bianchi , Mario Gentili and Armando Latini - cycling, team competition
• Saverio Ragno - fencing, epee
• Gustavo Marzi - fencing, saber
• Vincenzo Pinton , Giulio Gaudini , Aldo Masciotta , Gustavo Marzi , Aldo Montano and Athos Tanzini - fencing, saber, team competition

bronze

Luigi Beccali, bronze medalist 1500 m

• Luigi Beccali - athletics, 1500 m
• Giorgio Oberweger - athletics, discus
• Giorgio Bocchino - fencing, foil
• Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici - fencing, sword
• Silvano Abba - Modern Pentathlon

entry list

basketball

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player	discipline	space
Enrico Cestelli , Galeazzo Dondi , Livio Franceschini , Emilio Giosetti , Giancarlo Marinelli , Sergio Paganella , Egidio Premiani , Gino Basso	Men	7th

Boxing

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athlete	Weight	space
Gavino Matta	50.8 kg	silver
Ulderico Sergo	53.5 kg	gold
Giuseppe Farfanelli	57.2 kg	16.
Marino Facchin	61.2 kg	9.
Umberto Pittori	66.7 kg	17th
Benito Totti	72.6 kg	9.
Erminio Bolzan	79.4 kg	9.
Secondo De Marchi	over 79.4 kg	9.

fencing

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Fencing

Men

athlete	discipline	space
Giorgio Bocchino	foil	bronze
	Foil team	gold
Giancarlo Brusati	Epee team	gold
Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici	Sword	bronze
	Epee team	gold
Manilo Di Rosa	Foil team	gold
Giulio Gaudini	foil	gold
	Foil team	gold
	saber	6th
	Saber crew	silver
Gioacchino Guaragna	foil	5.
	Foil team	gold
Edoardo Mangiarotti	Epee team	gold
Gustavo Marzi	Foil team	gold
	saber	silver
	Saber crew	silver
Aldo Masciotta	Saber crew	silver
Aldo Montano	Saber crew	silver
Alfredo Pezzana	Epee team	gold
Vincenzo Pinton	saber	7th
	Saber crew	silver
Saverio Ragno	Sword	silver
	Epee team	gold
Franco Riccardi	Sword	gold
	Epee team	gold
Athos Tanzini	Saber crew	silver
Ciro Verratti	Foil team	gold

Soccer

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player	discipline	space
Bruno Venturini , Mario Giani , 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 Trainer: Vittorio Pozzo	Men	gold

Weightlifting

Carlo Galimberti

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

athlete	Weight class	Result	space
Attilio Bescapè	60 kg	262.5 kg	5.
Umberto Brizzi	60 kg	277.5 kg	9.
Gastone Pierini	67.5 kg	300 kg	10.
Carlo Galimberti	75 kg	332.5 kg	7th

canoe

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Canoe

athlete	discipline	space
Elio Sasso Sant	Single kayak, 1000 m	eliminated in the 1st round
	Single kayak, 10,000 m	8th.

Art competitions

Driver ( Sulky driver ) and Saltatore in Spoleto by Farpi Vignoli

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Artist	discipline	plant	space
Amedeo D'Albora	Architectural designs	Piscina	no placement
Dante D'Ambrosi	music	Danza Ginnico-Rurale	no placement
Giulio Arata	Architectural designs	Polisportivo stadium	no placement
Aldo Mario Aroldi	Painting and graphics	Partita di bocce	no placement
Armando Barabino	Painting and graphics	La parata	no placement
Eugenio Barisoni	literature	Cacciatore di Nasce	no placement
Aroldo Bellini	Sculpture	Marciatore	no placement
Gabriele Bianchi	Orchestral music	Due improvvisi	honorable mention
Enrico Bianchini	Architectural designs	unknown	no placement
Antonio Biggi	Sculpture	Discobolo	no placement
Alfonso Bortolotti	Sculpture	Aviators	no placement
Lino Businco	literature	Cinque poetry	no placement
Angelo Canevari	Painting and graphics	Cartone per musaico nella piscina del Foro Mussolini in Roma	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Cartone per musaico nella piscina del Foro Mussolini in Roma	no placement
Silvio Canevari	Sculpture	Il fromboliere	no placement
	Sculpture	L'arciere	no placement
	Sculpture	Pugile	no placement
	Sculpture	Rematore	no placement
Alba de Céspedes	literature	Io, Suo Padre	no placement
Franco Ciampitti	literature	Cerchi	no placement
Giulio Cisari	Painting and graphics	Pugilato	no placement
Pinetta Colonna-Gamero	Painting and graphics	Disco su ghiaccio	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Ciclisti su strada	no placement
Paride Contri	Architectural designs	Piscine Municipali in Genova, Stadio del Nuoto	no placement
Costantino Costantini	Architectural designs	Piscine del Foro Mussolini in Roma	honorable mention
	Architectural designs	Stadio del Tennis del Foro Mussolini in Roma	no placement
	Architectural designs	Alloggiamento Atleti e Campo di Allenamento	no placement
Tullio Crali	Painting and graphics	Lotta greco-romana	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Lotta libera	no placement
Romano Dazzi	Drawings and watercolors	Four cardboard boxes for frescoes	silver
Gerado Dottori	Painting and graphics	Somersault in altezza	no placement
Raffaello Fagnoni	Architectural designs	unknown	no placement
Bruno Fattori	Lyric works	Profili Azzurri	silver
Pietro Fervelli	Painting and graphics	Sciatore 117	no placement
Angelo Frisa	Architectural designs	Stadio dei cipressi del Foro Mussolini in Roma	no placement
Lina Galli	literature	Sette poetry	no placement
Ivanhoe Gambini	Painting and graphics	Scivolatore in volo	no placement
Mario Gamero	Painting and graphics	Ludi ginnici in palestra	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Ludi ginnici sulla neve	no placement
Guglielmo Giuliani	Architectural designs	Cabina per cronometristi	no placement
Lino Liviabella	Orchestral music	The winner	silver
Dilvo Lotti	Painting and graphics	La locomotiva	no placement
Carlo Lubelli	Sculpture	Nuotatore al via	no placement
Corrado Mancioli	Painting and graphics	Mischia di rugby	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Disco su ghiaccio	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Corsa ad ostacoli	no placement
Ottorino Mancioli	Painting and graphics	L'angolo	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Strappo muscolare	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Allenamento	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Pugile abbattuto	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Pugilatore	no placement
Giandomenico De Marchis	Sculpture	Salto con l'asta	no placement
	Sculpture	Traiettorie del lancio del disco	no placement
Renzo Massarani	music	Squilli e danze atletiche	no placement
Luciano Mercante	Plaques	Medals	silver
Francesco Messina	Sculpture	Pugile abbattuto	no placement
	Sculpture	Marciatore	no placement
Publio Morbiducci	Plaques	Medaglia del CONI	no placement
Luigi Moretti	Architectural designs	Accademia di scherma del Foro Mussolini in Roma	no placement
	Architectural designs	Centro sportivo dellà Citta Caserta	no placement
Mario Moschi	Plaques	Medagliere	no placement
	Statues	Calciatore I.	honorable mention
	Sculpture	Calciatore II	no placement
Pier Luigi Nervi	Architectural designs	unknown	no placement
Orlando Paladino Orlandini	Sculpture	Pattinatrice	no placement
Dagoberto Ortensi	Architectural designs	unknown	no placement
Rubens Pedrazzi	Sculpture	Mezzofondista	no placement
Achille Pintonello	Architectural designs	Accademia fascista femminile di educazione fisica in Orvieto	no placement
Enrico Prampolini	Painting and graphics	Trasfigurazione dell'Atleta	no placement
	Painting and graphics	Angeli dealla terra	no placement
Carlo Romagnoli	Painting and graphics	In Guardia	no placement
Romano Romanelli	Sculpture	Pugile	no placement
Omero Taddeini	Plaques	Medals	honorable mention
Roberto Terracini	Reliefs	Targa del CONI	honorable mention
Ernesto Thayaht	Sculpture	Tuffo	no placement
Comune della Città di Torino	Urban planning designs	Complesso dello Stadio Mussolini in Torino	honorable mention
Cesare Valle	Architectural designs	unknown	no placement
Luigi Velluti	Sculpture	Pugile abbattuto	no placement
Farpi Vignoli	Round sculptures	"Guidatore di sulky" (" Sulky driver ")	gold
Carlo Vitalei	Painting and graphics	Allenamento alla scuola di pugilato	no placement
Volterrano Volterrahi	Sculpture	Salto con l'asta	no placement
Paul Wissaert	Sculpture	Paso massimo	no placement

athletics

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Men

athlete	discipline	Rating	space
Luigi Beccali	1500 m	3: 49.2 min	bronze
Giuseppe Beviacqua	10,000 m	31: 57.0 min	11.
Bruno Betti	3000 m obstacle	???	eliminated in the first round
Ruggero Biancani	discus	???	not qualified
Mario Brignoli	50 km of walking	4: 58: 12.0 h	18th
Giannino Bulzone	marathon	AC	DNF
Gianni Caldana	110 m hurdles	15.1 s	eliminated in the 1st round
	4 × 100 m relay	41.1 s	silver
	Long jump	7.26 m	12.
Giovanni Cantagalli	Hammer throwing	47.42 m	15th
Umberto Cerati	5000 m	14: 44.4 min	7th
Luigi Facelli	400 m hurdles	55.1 s	eliminated in the first round
Angelo Ferrario	4 × 100 m relay	3: 16.6 min	eliminated in the first round
Aurelio Genghini	marathon	AC	DNF
Giuseppe Gobbato	50 km of walking	4: 49: 51.0 h	14th
Tullio Gonnelli	4 × 100 m relay	41.1 s	silver
Danilo Innocenti	Pole vault	4.00 m	6th
Mario Lanzi	400 m	48.2 s	eliminated in the semi-finals
	800 m	1: 53.3 min	silver
	4 × 100 m relay	3: 16.6 min	eliminated in the first round
Giuseppe Lippi	3000 m obstacle	???	eliminated in the first round
Arturo Maffei	Long jump	7.73 m	4th
Orazio Mariani	4 × 100 m relay	41.1 s	silver
Salvatore Mastroieni	5000 m	15:02.2 min	eliminated in the first round
Emilio Mori	400 m hurdles	55.6	eliminated in the first round
Giorgio Oberweger	discus	49.23 m	bronze
Elio Ragni	4 × 100 m relay	41.1 s	silver
Umberto Ridi	400 m hurdles	55.5 s	eliminated in the first round
Ettore Rivolta	50 km of walking	4: 38: 47.0 h	12.
Marsilio Rossi	4 × 100 m relay	3: 16.6 min	eliminated in the first round
Otello Spampani	4 × 100 m relay	3: 16.6 min	eliminated in the first round

Women

athlete	discipline	Rating	space
Lidia Bongiovanni	4 x 100 m relay	46.7	4th
Fernanda Bullano	4 x 100 m relay	46.7	4th
Gabre Gabric	discus	34.31 m	10.
Claudia Testoni	100 m	???	eliminated in the first round
	80 m hurdles	11.7 s	4th
4 x 100 m relay	46.7	4th
Trebisonda Valla	80 m hurdles	11.748	gold
	4 x 100 m relay	46.7	4th

Modern pentathlon

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Modern Pentathlon

Winner honor in pentathlon: First Lieutenant Abba with Hitler salute (far right)

Attendees	Points	rank
Silvano Abba	45.5	bronze
Ugo Ceccarelli	93.5	15th
Franco Orgera	109.5	22nd

Cycling

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athlete	discipline	space
Corrado Ardizzoni	Road race - individual classification	16.
	Road race - team competition	4th
Elio Bavutti	Road race - individual classification	AC
	Road race - team competition	4th
Bianco Bianchi	4000 m team pursuit	silver
Pierino Favalli	Road race - individual classification	7th
	Road race - team competition	4th
Mario Gentili	4000 m team pursuit	silver
Armando Latini	4000 m team pursuit	silver
Carlo Legutti	tandem	4th
Bruno Loatti	tandem	4th
Benedetto Pola	sprint	4th
	1000 m time trial	4th
Severino Rigoni	4000 m team pursuit	silver
Glauco Servadei	Road race - individual classification	15th
	Road race - team competition	4th

horse riding

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Riding

athlete	discipline	space
Renzo Bonivento	Show jumping - singles	15th
	Show jumping - team	DNF
Ranieri di Campello	Versatility - single	DQ
	Versatility - team	DNF
Giuseppe Chiantia	Show jumping - singles	DQ
	Show jumping - team	DNF
Gerardo Conforti	Show jumping - singles	16.
	Show jumping - team	DNF
Dino Ferruzzi	Versatility - single	DQ
	Versatility - team	DNF
Fernando Filipponi	Show jumping - singles	DNF
	Show jumping - team	DNF

Wrestling

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling

athlete	Weight	space
Dante Bertoli	56 kg	4: 6
Valentino Borgia	61 kg	6th
Alberto Molfino	66 kg	5.
Silvio Tozzi	72 kg	5.
Ercole Gallegati	79 kg	6th
Umberto Silvestri	87 kg	5.
Aleardo Donati	over 87 kg	6th

Freestyle

athlete	Weight	space
Marcello Nizzola	56 kg	3: 6
Marco Gavelli	61 kg	3: 6
Paride Romagnoli	66 kg	4: 6
Ercole Gallegati	79 kg	3: 6

rowing

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athlete	discipline	space
Riccardo Steinleitner	One	eliminated
Almiro Bergamo , Guido Santin , Luciano Negrini	Two with a helmsman	silver
Antonio Ghiardello , Luigi Luscardo , Aldo Pellizzoni , Francesco Pittaluga	Foursome without a helmsman	4th
Valerio Perentin , Giliante D'Este , Nicolò Vittori , Umberto Vittori , Renato Petronio	Foursome with a helmsman	eliminated
Guglielmo Del Bimbo , Dino Barsotti , Oreste Grossi , Enzo Bartolini , Mario Checcacci , Dante Secchi , Ottorino Quaglierini , Enrico Garzelli , Cesare Milani	Eighth	silver

shoot

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Shooting

Surname	discipline	Points	rank
Walter Boninsegni	Rapid fire pistol	29	6th
Giancarlo Boriani	Target gun	506	32.
Michelangelo Borriello	Rapid fire pistol	23	18th
Bruno Giacconi	Rapid fire pistol	28	11.
Stefano Margotti	Target gun	518	21st
Lodovico Nulli	Small caliber lying, 50 m	290	36.
Ugo Pistolesi	Target gun	502	36.
Calo Varetto	Small caliber lying, 50 m	292	23.
Mario Zorzi	Small caliber lying, 50 m	295	8th.

sailing

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Sailing

athlete	discipline	space
Giuseppe Fago	O-dinghy	5.
"Pegaso" Riccardo de Sangro Fondi Federico de Luca	star	6th
"Esperia" Renato Consentino Giuliano Oberti Massimo Oberti Giovanni Stampa Giuseppe Volpi	6 m class	5.
"Italy" Giovanni Reggio Bruno Bianchi Luigi De Manincor Domenico Mordini Luigi Poggi Enrico Poggi	8 meter class	gold

do gymnastics

Savino Guglielmetti

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / gymnastics

Men

athlete	discipline	Rating	space
Egidio Armelloni	Individual all-around	101,601	36.
	Team ranking	101,601	5.
	Floor exercise	16.634	50.
	Horse jump	16,900	41.
	Ingots	16,200	53.
	Horizontal bar	17,100	43.
	Rings	16,200	55.
	Pommel horse	18,567	11.
Oreste Capuzzo	Individual all-around	102,500	30th
	Team ranking	102,500	5.
	Floor exercise	17.233	30th
	Horse jump	14.966	79.
	Ingots	16,100	57.
	Horizontal bar	17,400	39.
	Rings	18,367	9.
	Pommel horse	18,434	14th
Danilo Fioravanti	Individual all-around	101.467	37.
	Team ranking	101.467	5.
	Floor exercise	17.233	30th
	Horse jump	18,067	12.
	Ingots	15,600	68.
	Horizontal bar	16.167	61.
	Rings	16,600	45.
	Pommel horse	17,800	31.
Savino Guglielmetti	Individual all-around	107.699	12.
	Team ranking	107.699	5.
	Floor exercise	17.167	33.
	Horse jump	18,034	13.
	Ingots	18,466	9.
	Horizontal bar	17.933	30th
	Rings	17.966	14th
	Pommel horse	18.133	20th
Romeo Neri	Individual all-around	26.267	111.
	Team ranking	-	5.
	Floor exercise	8,967	DNF
	Rings	8,773	DNF
	Pommel horse	8,567	DNF
Otello Ternelli	Individual all-around	100.498	42.
	Team ranking	-	5.
	Floor exercise	16.866	45.
	Horse jump	16,433	50.
	Ingots	15,500	50.
	Horizontal bar	17,533	38.
	Rings	16.066	61.
	Pommel horse	18,100	21st
Franco Tognini	Individual all-around	101.266	12.
	Team ranking	101.266	5.
	Floor exercise	17.367	23.
	Horse jump	17.367	26th
	Ingots	16,933	40.
	Horizontal bar	15.667	70.
	Rings	16.866	37.
	Pommel horse	17.066	43.
Nicolò Tronci	Individual all-around	100,600	41.
	Team ranking	100,600	5.
	Floor exercise	17.033	39.
	Horse jump	14.667	85.
	Ingots	17.333	31.
	Horizontal bar	15.933	66.
	Rings	17,700	19th
	Pommel horse	17,934	27.

Women

athlete	discipline	Rating	space
Anna Avanzini	Team ranking	55.20	7th
Vittoria Avanzini	Team ranking	54.75	7th
Clara Bimbocci	Team ranking	59.75	7th
Ebore Canella	Team ranking	61.75	7th
Pina Cipriotto	Team ranking	55.35	7th
Elda Cividino	Team ranking	59.75	7th
Gianna Guaita	Team ranking	51.40	7th
Carmela Toso	Team ranking	57.60	7th

Diving

→ Main article : 1936 Summer Olympics / Diving

athlete	discipline	Rating	space
Carlo Dibiasi	Jumping	90.66	10.
Franco Ferraris	Jumping	77.60	22nd
Ferrero Marianetti	Jumping	82.78	17th

Web links

• Italian Olympic Team 1936 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official Report of the 1936 Olympic Games: 1 , 2 (Archive.org)