Italy competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 224 competitors, 197 men and 27 women, took part in 123 events in 19 sports.
Medalists
Gold
- Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
- Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
- Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, and Mario Tullio Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
- Antonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
- Angelo Scalzone — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition
Silver
- Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard
- Alessandro Argenton — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
- Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Bronze
- Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200m
- Paola Pigni — Athletics, Women's 1.500m
- Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
- Anselmo Silvino — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Vittorio Orlandi, and Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
- Silvano Basagni — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition
- Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 800m Freestyle
- Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
- Giuseppe Bognanni — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
- Gian-Matteo Ranzi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Italy entered three men. Their highest placing competitor was Alfredo Massazza, at 31st place.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Alfredo Massazza - 2340 points (→ 31st place)
- Giancarlo Ferrari - 2322 points (→ 33rd place)
- Sante Spigarelli - 2300 points (→ 35th place)
Athletics
Men's 800 metres
- Franco Arese
- Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
- Franco Arese
- Heat — 3:44.0
- Semifinals — 3:41.1 (→ did not advance)
- Gianni del Buono
- Heat — 3:40.8
- Semifinals — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Vincenzo Guerini, Ennio Preatoni, Luigi Benedetti, and Pietro Mennea
- Heat — 39.29s
- Semifinals — 39.21s
- Final — 39.14s (→ 8th place)
Men's High Jump
- Enzo del Forno
- Qualifying Round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.15m (→ 10th place)
- Marco Schivo
- Qualifying Round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.10m (→ 17th place)
Basketball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (78-85)
- Defeated Senegal (92-56)
- Lost to Soviet Union (66-79)
- Defeated West Germany (68-57)
- Defeated Poland (71-59)
- Defeated Puerto Rico (71-54)
- Defeated Philippines (101-81)
- Semi Finals
- Lost to United States (38-68)
- Bronze Medal Match
- Lost to Cuba (65-66) → Fourth place
- Team Roster
- Ottorino Flaborea
- Giuseppe Brumatti
- Giorgio Giomo
- Mauro Cerioni
- Massimo Masini
- Renzo Bariviera
- Marino Zanatta
- Dino Meneghin
- Pierluigi Marzorati
- Luigi Serafini
- Ivan Bisson
- Giulio Iellini
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight:
- Gaetano Curcetti
- 1/16-Final - Lost to Kadir Syed Abdul of Singapore (3 round, RSC)
Men's Flyweight:
- Franco Udella
- 1/16-Final - Defeated Filex Maina of Kenya (5 - 0)
- 1/8-Final - Lost to Boris Zoriktuev of USSR (1 - 4)
Men's Featherweight:
- Pasqualino Morbidelli
- 1/32-Final - Defeated Morgan Mwenya of Zambia (5 - 0)
- 1/16-Final - Defeated Ebu Sef Tatar of Turkey (5 -0 )
- 1/8-Final - Lost to Royal Kobayashi of Japan (1 round, KO)
Men's Lightweight:
- Giambattista Capretti
- 1/32-Final - Defeated José Martinez of Canada (2 round, RSC)
- 1/16-Final - Lost to László Orbán of Hungary (1 - 4)
Men's Light Welterweight:
- Ernesto Bergamasco
- 1/16-Final - Lost to Srisook Bantow of Thailand (1 - 4)
Men's Welterweight:
- Damiano Lassandro
- 1/32-Final - Lost to Emilio Correa of Cuba (0 - 5)
Men's Light Middleweight:
- Antonio Castellini
- 1/16-Final - Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski of Poland (0 - 5)
Men's Light Heavyweight:
- Guglielmo Spinello
- 1/16-Final - Defeated Samson Laizer of Tanzania (2round KO)
- 1/8-Final - Lost to Rudi Hornig of West Germany (1 - 4)
Canoeing
Cycling
Fifteen cyclists represented Italy in 1972.
- Individual road race
- Francesco Moser — 8th place
- Walter Riccomi — 49th place
- Aldo Parecchini — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Franco Ongarato — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Team time trial
- Osvaldo Castellan
- Pasqualino Moretti
- Francesco Moser
- Giovanni Tonoli
- Sprint
- Massimo Marino
- Ezio Cardi
- 1000m time trial
- Ezio Cardi
- Final — 1:07.80 (→ 9th place)
- Tandem
- Dino Verzini and Giorgio Rossi → 9th place
- Individual pursuit
- Luciano Borgognoni
- Team pursuit
- Pietro Algeri
- Giacomo Bazzan
- Giorgio Morbiato
- Luciano Borgognoni
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
- Giorgio Cagnotto — 591.63 points (→ Silver Medal)
- Klaus Dibiasi — 559.05 points (→ 4th place)
Men's 10m Platform
- Klaus Dibiasi — 504.12 points (→ Gold Medal)
- Giorgio Cagnotto — 475.83 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Equestrian
Fencing
19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1972.
- Men's foil
- Nicola Granieri
- Stefano Simoncelli
- Arcangelo Pinelli
- Men's team foil
- Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Carlo Montano, Arcangelo Pinelli, Stefano Simoncelli
- Men's épée
- Nicola Granieri
- Claudio Francesconi
- Gianluigi Saccaro
- Men's team épée
- Claudio Francesconi, Nicola Granieri, Gianluigi Placella, Gianluigi Saccaro, Pier Alberto Testoni
- Men's sabre
- Michele Maffei
- Mario Aldo Montano
- Rolando Rigoli
- Men's team sabre
- Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Mario Aldo Montano, Mario Tullio Montano
- Women's foil
- Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
- Maria Consolata Collino
- Giulia Lorenzoni
- Women's team foil
- Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Der Reka Cipriani, Maria Consolata Collino, Giuseppina Bersani
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Mario Medda - 4850 points (→ 16th place)
- Giovanni Perugini - 4571 points (→ 34th place)
- Nicolo Deligia - 4492 points (→ 39th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Medda, Perugini, and Deligia - 13913 points (→ 10th place)
Rowing
Men's Coxed Pairs
- Giampaolo Tronchin, Mario Semenzato and Siro Kuhnke Meli
- Heat — 8:02.79
- Repechage — 8:10.46 (→ did not advance)
Sailing
Shooting
Eleven male shooters represented Italy in 1972. In the trap event, Angelo Scalzone won gold and Silvano Basagni won bronze.
- 25 m pistol
- Giovanni Liverzani
- Roberto Ferraris
- 50 m pistol
- Giuseppe De Chirico
- Piero Errani
- 50 m rifle, three positions
- Giuseppe De Chirico
- Walter Frescura
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Giovanni Mezzani
- Giancarlo Cecconi
- Trap
- Angelo Scalzone
- Silvano Basagni
- Skeet
- Romano Garagnani
- Carlo Alberto Lodi
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Roberto Pangaro
- Heat — 54.74s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Riccardo Targetti
- Heat — 2:02.58 (→ did not advance)
- Arnaldo Cinquetti
- Heat — 2:01.78 (→ did not advance)
- Roberto Pangaro
- Heat — 2:00.97 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci and Alberto Castagnetti
- Heat — 3:38.81 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Roberto Pangaro, Arnaldo Cinquetti, Lorenzo Marugo, and Riccardo Targetti
- Heat — 8:03.98 (→ did not advance)
Men's Competition
- Vincenzo Finocchiaro, Sergio Irredento, Massimo Nistri, Edmondo Mingione, Michele di Pietro, Angelo Tozzi, Gaetano Carboni, and Mauro Calligaris. Reserve: Sandro Grassi.
Women's Competition
- Laura Podestà, Novella Calligaris, Federica Stabilini, Patrizia Miserini, Donatella Talpo, Patrizia Lanfredini, Laura Gorgerino, and Alessandra Finesso. Reserve: Antonella Valentini.
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group C)
- Lost to Soviet Union (1-4)
- Defeated Bulgaria (8-5)
- Defeated Spain (6-2)
- Defeated Japan (12-5)
- Final Round (Group I)
- Lost to Hungary (7-8)
- Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6)
- Drew with West Germany (2-2)
- Lost to United States (5-6) → Sixth place
- Team Roster
- Alberto Alberani
- Eraldo Pizzo
- Roldano Simeoni
- Mario Cevasco
- Alessandro Ghibellini
- Gianni de Magistris
- Guglielmo Marsili
- Silvio Baracchini
- Franco Lavoratori
- Sante Marsili
- Ferdinande Ligano
Weightlifting
Men's Bantamweight:
- Gaetano Tosto - 325.0 kg (→ 16th place)
Men's Featherweight:
- Peppino Tanti - 372.5 kg (→ 8th place)
Men's Middleweight:
- Anselmo Silvino - 470.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)
- Salvatore Laudani - 440.0 kg (→ 11th place)
Men's Light Heavyweight:
- Dino Turcato - 455.0 (→ 9th place)
Men's Heavyweight:
- Roberto Vezzani - 545.0 (→ 5th place)
Wrestling
Water Skiing (demonstration sports)
Men's Slalom:
- Roby Zucchi - 44.0 points (→ Gold Medal)
Men's Figure Skiing:
- Max Hofer - 3850 points (→ 6th place)
- Roby Zucchi - 3560 points (→ 8th place)
Men's Jump:
- Max Hofer - 37.70 points (→ Silver Medal)
- Roby Zucchi - 35.10 points (→ 7th place)
References
External links
- Italy at the 1972 Munich Summer Games
- Media related to Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
