1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Italy)

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Italy took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 224 athletes (197 men and 27 women) in 123 competitions in nineteen sports. Flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the walkers Abdon Pamich .

Participants by sport

basketball

Men

• 4th Place

• Squad

  Renzo Bariviera

  Ivan Bisson

  Giuseppe Brumatti

  Mauro Cerioni

  Ottorino Flaborea

  Giorgio Giomo

  Giulio Iellini

  Pierluigi Marzorati

  Massimo Masini

  Dino Meneghin

  Luigi Serafini

  Marino Zanatta

Archery

Men

• Giancarlo Ferrari

  Singles: 33rd place

• Alfredo Massazza

  Singles: 31st place

• Sante Spigarelli

  Singles: 35th place

Boxing

Men

• Ernesto Bergamasco

  Light welterweight: 1st round

• Giambattista Capretti

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Antonio Castellini

  Light middleweight: 2nd round

• Gaetano Curcetti

  Light flyweight: 1st round

• Damiano Lassandro

  Welterweight: 2nd round

• Pasqualino Morbidelli

  Featherweight: Round of 16

• Guglielmo Spinello

  Light Heavyweight: Round of 16

• Franco Udella

  Flyweight: Round of 16

fencing

Men Claudio Francesconi Epee, singles: Round of 16 Epee, team: preliminary round Alfredo Del Francia Foil, team: preliminary round Nicola Granieri Foil, singles: semi-finals Foil, team: preliminary round Epee, singles: quarter-finals Epee, team: preliminary round Michele Maffei Saber, singles: 4th place Saber, team: gold Carlo Montano Foil, team: preliminary round Mario Aldo Montano Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals Saber, team: gold Mario Tullio Montano Saber, team: gold Arcangelo Pinelli Foil, singles: preliminary round Foil, team: preliminary round Gianluigi Placella Epee, team: preliminary round Rolando Rigoli Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals Saber, team: gold Gianluigi Saccaro Epee, singles: preliminary round Epee, team: preliminary round Cesare Salvadori Saber, team: gold Stefano Simoncelli Foil, singles: preliminary round Foil, team: preliminary round Pier Alberto Testoni Epee, team: preliminary round

Women Giuseppina Bersani Foil, team: 4th place The Reka Cipriani Foil, team: 4th place Maria Consolata Collino Foil, singles: semi-finals Foil, team: 4th place Giulia Lorenzoni Foil, singles: semi-finals Foil, team: 4th place Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Foil, single: gold Foil, team: 4th place

Weightlifting

Men

• Salvatore Laudani

  Middleweight: 10th place

• Anselmo Silvino

  Middleweight: bronze

• Peppino Tanti

  Featherweight: 8th place

• Gaetano Tosto

  Bantamweight: 16th place

• Dino Turcato

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Roberto Vezzani

  Heavyweight: 5th place

Judo

Men

• Luciano Di Palma

  Light middleweight: 18th place

• Giuseppe Tommasi

  Lightweight: 19th place

canoe

Men

• Mauro Chiostri

  Kayak single, 1000 meters: hope run

• Paolo Malacarne & Francesco De Santis

  Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Pierangelo Congiu , Mario Pedretti , Oreste Perri & Alberto Ughi

  Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: 4th place

• Roberto D'Angelo

  Kayak single, slalom: 12th place

• Mario Di Stazio

  Kayak single, slalom: 17th place

• Giuseppe D'Angelo

  Kayak single, slalom: 18th place

athletics

Men Pasqualino Abeti 200 meters: quarter-finals Marco Acerbi 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals Francesco Arese 1500 meters: semi-finals Giorgio Ballati 400 meter hurdles: prelims Antonio Grossi Marathon: 21st place Gianni Del Buono 1500 meters: semi-finals Giuseppe Buttari 110 meters: disqualified (prelims) Domenico Carpentieri 50 kilometers of walking: 23rd place Giuseppe Cindolo 10,000 meters: heats Renzo Cramerotti Javelin throw: 20th place in qualification Renato Dionisi Pole vault: no valid attempt in qualification Franco Fava 3000 meter obstacle: prelims Enzo Del Forno High jump: 10th place Silvio Fraquelli Pole vault: 15th place in qualification Roberto Frinolli 400 meter hurdles: prelims Giuseppe Gentile Triple jump: 16th place in qualification Sergio Liani 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals Renato Martini Marathon: 24th place Franco De Menego Marathon: 38th place Pietro Mennea 200 meters: bronze Abdon Pamich 50 kilometers of walking: disqualified Gian Marco Schivo High jump: 17th place Silvano Simeon Discus throw: 10th place Mario Vecchiato Hammer throw: 9th place Armando De Vincentis Discus throw: no valid attempt in qualification Vittorio Visini 20 kilometers of walking: 8th place 50 kilometers of walking: 7th place Luigi Benedetti , Vincenzo Guerini , Pietro Mennea & Ennio Preatoni 4 x 100 meters: 8th place Sergio Bello , Lorenzo Cellerino , Daniele Giovanardi & Giacomo Puosi 4 x 400 meters: prelims

Women Donata Govoni 400 meters: quarter-finals 800 meters: heats Maddalena Grassano 4 x 100 meters: prelims Cecilia Molinari 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: prelims Laura Nappi 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: prelims Alessandra Orselli 4 x 100 meters: prelims Paola Pigni 1500 meters: bronze Sara Simeoni High jump: 6th place

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Nicolo Deligia

  Singles: 39th place

  Team: 10th place

• Mario Medda

  Individual: 16th place

  Team: 10th place

• Giovanni Perugini

  Singles: 34th place

  Team: 10th place

Cycling

Men

• Luciano Borgognoni

  4000 meters single pursuit: 5th place

• Ezio Cardi

  Sprint: 6th lap

  1000 meter time trial: 9th place

• Massimo Marino

  Sprint: 5th place

• Francesco Moser

  Road race: 8th place

• Franco Ongarato

  Road race: DNF

• Aldo Parecchini

  Road race: DNF

• Walter Riccomi

  Road race: 49th place

• Osvaldo Castellan , Pasqualino Moretti , Francesco Moser & Giovanni Tonoli

  100 kilometers team time trial: 9th place

• Giorgio Rossi & Dino Verzini

  2000 meter tandem sprint: 9th place

• Pietro Algeri , Giacomo Bazzan , Luciano Borgognoni & Giorgio Morbiato

  4000 meters team pursuit: 9th place in qualification

horse riding

• Stefano Angioni

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: 8th place

• Alessandro Argenton

  Eventing, individual: silver

  Eventing, team: 8th place

• Dino Costantini

  Eventing, individual: 29th place

  Eventing, team: 8th place

• Piero D'Inzeo

  Jumping, singles: 22nd place

  Jumping, team: bronze

• Raimondo D'Inzeo

  Jumping, team: bronze

• Graziano Mancinelli

  Jumping, singles: gold

  Jumping, team: bronze

• Vittorio Orlandi

  Jumping, singles: 22nd place

  Jumping, team: bronze

• Mario Turner

  Eventing, individual: 37th place

  Eventing, team: 8th place

Wrestling

Men

• Giuseppe Bognanni

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Lorenzo Calafiore

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Vincenzo Grassi

  Flyweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Umberto Marcheggiani

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Gian Matteo Ranzi

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Francesco Scuderi

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Julio Tamussin

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

rowing

Men

• Siro Meli , Mario Semenzato & Giampaolo Tronchin

  Two with a helmsman: hope run

• Abramo Albini , Primo Baran , Pier Angelo Conti-Manzini & Angelo Rossetto

  Four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Antonio Baldacci , Alberto Cecchi , Pasquale Chiabai , Claudio Padoan & Renzo Sambo

  Four with helmsman: 11th place

• Renzo Bulgarello , Serafino Carminati , Maurizio Danielli , Giuliano Galiazzo , Mariano Gottifredi , Gianfranco Grasselli , Giuseppe Noal , Francesco Pigozzo & Giuliano Rossi

  Eighth: Hope run

shoot

• Silvano Basagni

  Trap: bronze

• Giancarlo Cecconi

  Running target: 27th place

• Giuseppe De Chirico

  Small caliber, three-position battle: 21st place

  Small bore, lying: 4th place

• Piero Errani

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 37th place

• Roberto Ferraris

  Rapid Fire Pistol: 49th place

• Walter Frescura

  Small bore, lying: 43rd place

• Romano Garagnani

  Skeet: 10th place

• Giovanni Liverzani

  Rapid fire pistol: 6th place

• Carlo Alberto Lodi

  Skeet: 18th place

• Giovanni Mezzani

  Running target: 10th place

• Angelo Scalzone

  Trap: gold

swim

Men Paolo Barelli 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims Mauro Calligaris 400 meter individual medley: prelims Gaetano Carboni 200 meters butterfly: heats Alberto Castagnetti 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims Arnaldo Cinquetti 200 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 200 meter freestyle: prelims Vincenzo Finocchiaro 1500 meters freestyle: prelims Marcello Guarducci 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims Sergio Irredento 1500 meters freestyle: prelims Lorenzo Marugo 4 x 200 meter freestyle: prelims 200 meter medley: prelims Edmondo Mingione 100 meter chest: heats Massimo Nistri 200 meters back: heats Michele Di Pietro 200 meters chest: heats Roberto Pangaro 100 meters freestyle: prelims 200 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims 4 x 200 meter freestyle: prelims Riccardo Targetti 200 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 200 meter freestyle: prelims Angelo Tozzi 200 meter butterfly: disqualified (prelims)

Women Novella Calligaris 400 meters freestyle: silver 800 meters freestyle: bronze 400 meter medley: bronze Alessandra Finesso 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Laura Gorgerino 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims Patrizia Lanfredini 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims Patrizia Miserini 200 meters chest: heats 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Laura Podestá 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Federica Stabilini 400 meters freestyle: prelims 800 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: prelims Donatella Talpo-Schiavon 100 meter butterfly: prelims 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Antonella Valentini 800 meters freestyle: prelims

sailing

• Mauro Pelaschiar

  Finn dinghy: 13th place

• Flavio Scala & Mauro Testa

  Star: 5th place

• Carlo Croce & Luciano Zinali

  Flying Dutchman: 11th place

• Giampiero Dotti & Francesco Sibello

  Tempest: 14th place

• Giuseppe Milone , Roberto Mottola Di Amato & Antonio Oliviero

  Soling: 19th place

do gymnastics

Men Luigi Coppa Individual all-around: 85th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 16th place Floor: 98th place in qualification Horse: 95th place in qualification Bars: 85th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 60th place in qualification Rings: 88th place in qualification Pommel horse: 79th place in qualification Franco Donegá Individual all-around: 75th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 16th place Floor: 96th place in qualification Horse: 95th place in qualification Bars: 60th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 56th place in qualification Rings: 94th place in qualification Pommel horse: 55th place in qualification Adolfo Lampronti Individual all-around: 101st place in qualification Team all-around competition: 16th place Floor: 103rd place in qualification Horse: 105th place in qualification Bars: 72nd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 96th place in qualification Rings: 63rd place in qualification Pommel horse: 101st place in qualification Carmine Luppino Individual all-around: 99th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 16th place Floor: 96th place in qualification Horse: 102nd place in qualification Bars: 60th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 108th place in qualification Rings: 85th place in qualification Pommel horse: 92nd place in qualification Maurizio Milanetto Individual all-around: 87th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 16th place Floor: 68th place in qualification Horse: 95th place in qualification Bars: 91st place in qualification Horizontal bar: 89th place in qualification Rings: 73rd place in qualification Pommel horse: 85th place in qualification Fedele Spatazza Individual all-around: 108th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 16th place Floor: 83rd place in qualification Horse: 110th place in qualification Bars: 93rd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 103rd place in qualification Rings: 69th place in qualification Pommel horse: 195th place in qualification

Women Angela Alberti Individual all-around: 83rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 112th place in qualification Horse: 97th place in qualification Uneven bars: 77th place in qualification Balance beam: 47th place in qualification Cinzia Delisi Individual all-around: 73rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 87th place in qualification Horse: 105th place in qualification Uneven bars: 67th place in qualification Balance beam: 42nd place in qualification Maria Grazia Mancuso Individual all-around: 80th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 74th place in qualification Horse: 110th place in qualification Uneven bars: 63rd place in qualification Balance beam: 79th place in qualification Gabriella Marchi Individual all-around: 48th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 33rd place in qualification Horse: 91st place in qualification Uneven bars: 26th place in qualification Balance beam: 47th place in qualification Rita Peri Individual all-around: 75th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 53rd place in qualification Horse: 116th place in qualification Uneven bars: 39th place in qualification Balance beam: 72nd place in qualification Monica Stefani Individual all-around: 63rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 12th place Floor: 62nd place in qualification Horse: 91st place in qualification Uneven bars: 47th place in qualification Balance beam: 72nd place in qualification

Water polo

Men

• 6th place

• Squad

  Alberto Alberani Samaritani

  Silvio Baracchini

  Mario Cevasco

  Gianni De Magistris

  Alessandro Ghibellini

  Franco Lavoratori

  Ferdinando Lignano

  Guglielmo Marsili

  Sante Marsili

  Eraldo Pizzo

  Roldano Simeoni

Diving

Men

• Franco Cagnotto

  Art jumping: silver

  Diving: bronze

• Klaus Dibiasi

  Art jumping: 4th place

  Diving: gold

Web links

• Italian Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )