Italy at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Italy
Italy at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
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At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Competitors	168 (157 men, 11 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Giuseppe Delfino
	Olympic history (summary)
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Intercalated Games
	1906

Italy competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 168 competitors, 157 men and 11 women, took part in 91 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

Abdon Pamich — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
Fernando Atzori — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Cosimo Pinto — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Giovanni Pettenella — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
Mario Zanin — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
Sergio Bianchetto and Angelo Damiano — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
Mauro Checcoli — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
Paolo Angioni, Mauro Checcoli, and Giuseppe Ravano — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
Ennio Mattarelli — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

Silver

Sergio Bianchetto — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
Giovanni Pettenella — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
Giorgio Ursi — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
Cencio Mantovani, Carlo Rancati, Luigi Roncaglia, and Franco Testa — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
Severino Andreoli, Luciano Dalla Bona, Pietro Guerra, and Ferruccio Manza — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
Giovan Battista Breda, Giuseppe Delfino, Gianfranco Paolucci, Alberto Pellegrino, and Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
Giampaolo Calanchini, Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
Renato Bosatta, Franco De Pedrina, Giuseppe Galante, Giovanni Spinola, and Emilio Trivini — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

Bronze

Salvatore Morale — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
Silvano Bertini — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
Franco Valle — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Giuseppe Ros — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Piero D'Inzeo, Raimondo D'Inzeo, and Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team
Antonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Team Roster

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

14 cyclists represented Italy in 1964.

Individual road race

Team time trial

Sprint

1000m time trial

Giovanni Pettenella

Tandem

Individual pursuit

Giorgio Ursi

Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1964.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Gianguido Milanesi, Pasquale La Ragione, Arcangelo Pinelli, Nicola Granieri, Mario Curletto

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Gianluigi Saccaro, Gianfranco Paolucci, Giovanni Battista Breda

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, Cesare Salvadori

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giovanna Masciotta, Irene Camber-Corno, Natalina Sanguinetti, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1964.

Individual

Alfonso Ottaviani

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Five shooters represented Italy in 1964. Ennio Mattarelli won the gold medal in the trap event.

25 m pistol

50 m pistol

Ugo Simoni

Trap

Swimming

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Sergio De Gregorio, Bruno Bianchi, Giovanni Orlando, and Pietro Boscaini

Final — 8:18.1 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Chiaffredo Rora, Gian Corrado Gross, Giampiero Fossati, and Pietro Boscaini

Final — 4:10.3 (→ 7th place)

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Team Roster

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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External links

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