1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Italy)
ITA
8th | 11 | 8th |
Italy took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 215 athletes (195 men and 20 women) in 89 competitions in 16 competitions.
The Italian athletes won eight gold, eleven silver and eight bronze medals. This put Italy in fifth place in the medal table . The medal wins in the art competitions , which are not included in the official medal table for the games, are not taken into account . The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Gianni Rocca .
Participants by sport
basketball
- 17th place
Boxing
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Spartaco Bandinelli
- Flyweight: silver
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Giovanni Zuddas
- Bantam weight: silver
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Ernesto Formenti
- Featherweight: gold
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Mario Minatelli
- Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Alessandro D'Ottavio
- Welterweight: bronze
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Ivano Fontana
- Middleweight: bronze
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Giacomo Di Segni
- Light Heavyweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals
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About baccilieri
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
fencing
- Men
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Manlio Di Rosa
- Foil: 6th place
- Foil team: silver
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Renzo Nostini
- Foil: eliminated in the semi-finals
- Foil team: silver
- Saber team: silver
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Giuliano Nostini
- Foil: eliminated in the semi-finals
- Foil team: silver
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Saverio Ragno
- Foil team: silver
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Giorgio Pellini
- Foil team: silver
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Edoardo Mangiarotti
- Epee: bronze
- Foil team: silver
- Epee team: silver
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Luigi Cantone
- Epee: gold
- Epee team: silver
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Carlo Agostoni
- Epee: 7th place
- Epee team: silver
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Marco Antonio Mandruzzato
- Epee team: silver
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Dario Mangiarotti
- Epee team: silver
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Fiorenzo Marini
- Epee team: silver
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Vincenzo Pinton
- Saber: silver
- Saber team: silver
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Gastone Darè
- Saber: 6th place
- Saber team: silver
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Carlo Turcato
- Saber: eliminated in the semifinals
- Saber team: silver
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Mauro Racca
- Saber team: silver
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Aldo Montano
- Saber team: silver
- Women
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Velleda Cesari
- Foil: 7th place
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Irene Camber
- Foil: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Elena Libera
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
Soccer
- Eliminated in the quarterfinals
Weightlifting
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Giuseppe Colantuono
- Lightweight: 12th place
Art competitions
- Filippo Tallone
- Omero Taddeini
- Filippo Sgarlata
- Angelo Savelli
- Mimma Riccobaldi del Bava
- Giuseppe Riccobaldi del Bava
- Domenico Purificato
- Vittorio Piscopo
- Mario Panunzi
- Dagoberto Ortensi
- Marino Mazzacurati
- Alessandro Manzo
- Corrado Mancioli
- Mino Maccari
- Felice Ludovisi
- Leoncillo Leonardi
- Emilio Greco
- Renato Giovanelli
- Mario Ghedina
- Carlo Di Maria
- Angelo Di Castro
- Gino De Finetti
- Hugo Daini
- Mario Cortiello
- Giorgio Caproni
- Giuseppe Capogrossi
- Michele Caballo Galleano
- Luigi Bartolini
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Sergio Lauricella
- Solo instruments and chamber music: bronze
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Gabriele Bianchi
- Compositions for voice: bronze
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Giovanni Stradone
- Oil paintings and watercolors: silver
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Giani Stuparich
- Epic works: gold
athletics
- Men
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Salvatore Costantino
- Marathon: race not finished
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Ottavio Missoni
- 400 m hurdles: 6th place
- 4 x 400 meter relay: race not finished
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Enrico Perucconi
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Antonio Siddi
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
- 4 x 400 meter relay: race not finished
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Carlo Monti
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Michele Tito
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Gianni Rocca
- 4 x 400 meter relay: race not finished
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Luigi Paterlini
- 4 x 400 meter relay: race not finished
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Gianni Corsaro
- 10 km walking: 8th place
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Pino Dordoni
- 10 km walking: 9th place
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Salvatore Cascino
- 50 km walking: 14th place
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Francesco Pretti
- 50 km walking: race not finished
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Valentino Bertolini
- 50 km walking: race not finished
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Adolfo Consolini
- Discus throw: gold
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Giuseppe Tosi
- Discus throw: silver
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Giorgio Oberweger
- Discus throw: 15th place
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Teseo Taddia
- Hammer throw: 7th place
- Women
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Liliana Tagliaferri
- 100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Mirella Avalle
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Anna Maria Cantù
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Marcella Jeandeau
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Silvana Pierucci
- Long jump: 14th place
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Amelia Piccinini
- Shot put: silver
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Edera Cordiale
- Discus throw: silver
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Gabre Gabric
- Discus throw: 17th place
Modern pentathlon
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Giulio Palmonella
- Individual: 15th place
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Roberto Curcio
- Individual: 19th place
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Duilio Brignetti
- Singles: 25th place
Cycling
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Adolfo Ferrari
- Road race: 9th place
- Road race team ranking: 4th place
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Silvio Pedroni
- Road race: 10th place
- Road race team ranking: 4th place
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Franco Fanti
- Road race: 19th place
- Road race team ranking: 4th place
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Livio Isotti
- Road race: 20th place
- Road race team ranking: 4th place
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Mario Ghella
- Rail sprint: gold
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Gino Guerra
- Track 1000 m time trial: 9th place
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Ferdinando Terruzzi
- Track tandem sprint 2000 m: Gold
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Renato Perona
- Track tandem sprint 2000 m: Gold
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Arnaldo Benfenati
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: silver
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Guido Bernardi
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: silver
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Anselmo Citterio
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: silver
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Rino Pucci
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: silver
horse riding
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Alessandro Bettoni Cazzago
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Gerardo Conforti
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Piero D'Inzeo
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Fabio Mangilli
- Versatility: 8th place
- Versatility team: eliminated
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Raimondo D'Inzeo
- Versatility: 30th place
- Versatility team: eliminated
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Eugenio Monterosso
- Versatility: Eliminated
- Versatility team: eliminated
Wrestling
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Pietro Lombardi
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Francesco Suppo
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Luigi Campanella
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place
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Giacomo Gesino
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Luigi Rigamonti
- Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Ercole Gallegati
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: bronze
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Umberto Silvestri
- Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Guido Fantoni
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: bronze
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Marco Gavelli
- Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Garibaldo Nizzola
- Lightweight, freestyle: 4th place
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Oscar Verona
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round
rowing
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Romolo Catasta
- One: bronze
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Mario Ustolin
- Doubles-twos: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Francesco Dapiran
- Doubles-twos: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Felice Fanetti
- Two without a helmsman: bronze
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Bruno bonuses
- Two without a helmsman: bronze
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Giovanni Steffè
- Two with helmsman: silver
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Aldo Tarlao
- Two with helmsman: silver
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Alberto Radi
- Two with helmsman: silver
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Giuseppe Moioli
- Four without a helmsman: gold
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Elio Morille
- Four without a helmsman: gold
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Giovanni Invernizzi
- Four without a helmsman: gold
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Franco Faggi
- Four without a helmsman: gold
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Reginaldo Polloni
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Francesco Gotti
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Renato Macario
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Riccardo Cerutti
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Domenico Cambieri
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Angelo Fioretti
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Mario Acchini
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Fortunato Maninetti
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Bonifacio De Bortoli
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Enrico Ruberti
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Pietro Sessa
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Ezio Acchini
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Luigi Gandini
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Alessandro Bardelli
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
shoot
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Michelangelo Borriello
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 9th place
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Walter Boninsegni
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 15th place
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Ferdinando Bernini
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 49th place
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Stefano Margotti
- Free pistol 50 m: 36th place
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Rinaldo Capuzzi
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 54th place
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Luigi Adami
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 59th place
sailing
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Livio Spanghero
- Firefly: 14th place
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Dario Salata
- Swallow: 6th place
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Achille Roncoroni
- Swallow: 6th place
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Agostino Straulino
- Star: 5th place
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Nicolò Rode
- Star: 5th place
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Giuseppe Canessa
- Dragons: 5th place
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Bruno Bianchi
- Dragons: 5th place
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Luigi De Manincor
- Dragons: 5th place
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Giovanni Reggio
- 6-meter class: 8th place
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Giorgio Audizio
- 6-meter class: 8th place
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Renato Cosentino
- 6-meter class: 8th place
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Beppe Croce
- 6-meter class: 8th place
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Gennaro De Luca
- 6-meter class: 8th place
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Luigi Poggi
- 6-meter class: 8th place
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Enrico Poggi
- 6-meter class: 8th place
do gymnastics
- Men
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Guido Figone
- Individual all-around: 9th place
- Floor: 16th place
- Horse jump: 18th place
- Bars: 13th place
- Horizontal bar: 15th place
- Rings: 39th place
- Pommel horse: 5th place
- Team all-around competition: 5th place
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Luigi Zanetti
- Individual all-around: 26th place
- Floor: 10th place
- Horse jump: 73rd place
- Bars: 26th place
- Horizontal bar: 25th place
- Rings: 62nd place
- Pommel horse: 4th place
- Team all-around competition: 5th place
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Savino Guglielmetti
- Individual all-around: 32nd place
- Floor: 76th place
- Horse jump: 55th place
- Bars: 11th place
- Horizontal bar: 27th place
- Rings: 40th place
- Pommel horse: 19th place
- Team all-around competition: 5th place
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Domenico Grosso
- Individual all-around: 40th place
- Floor: 59th place
- Horse jump: 44th place
- Bars: 49th place
- Horizontal bar: 33rd place
- Rings: 60th place
- Pommel horse: 22nd place
- Team all-around competition: 5th place
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Quinto Vadi
- Individual all-around: 42nd place
- Floor: 65th place
- Horse jump: 60th place
- Bars: 44th place
- Horizontal bar: 33rd place
- Rings: 57th place
- Pommel horse: 13th place
- Team all-around competition: 5th place
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Danilo Fioravanti
- Individual all-around: 51st place
- Floor: 34th place
- Horse jump: 79th place
- Bars: 39th place
- Horizontal bar: 33rd place
- Rings: 67th place
- Pommel horse: 52nd place
- Team all-around competition: 5th place
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Ettore Perego
- Individual all-around: 57th place
- Floor: 54th place
- Horse jump: 56th place
- Bars: 71st place
- Horizontal bar: 49th place
- Rings: 101st place
- Pommel horse: 12th place
- Team all-around competition: 5th place
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Egidio Armelloni
- Individual all-around: 72nd place
- Floor: 75th place
- Horse jump: 110th place
- Bars: 52nd place
- Horizontal bar: 53rd place
- Rings: 72nd place
- Pommel horse: 38th place
- Team all-around competition: 5th place
- Women
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Laura Micheli
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Elena Santoni
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Licia Macchini
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Wanda Nuti
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Lilia Torriani
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Renata Bianchi
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Norma Icardi
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Luciana Pezzoni
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
Water polo
- gold
Web links
- Italian Olympic team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )