Sporting event delegation
Italy 1960 Summer Olympics 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo ). It also hosted the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome – the inaugural Paralympic Games .
280 competitors, 246 men and 34 women, took part in 138 events in 19 sports.[1]
Medals
Gold Italian medalists in boxing, left-right: Primo Zamparini , Francesco Musso , Sandro Lopopolo , Nino Benvenuti , Carmelo Bossi and Francesco de Piccoli Livio Berruti – Athletics , 200m, menLuigi Arienti , Franco Testa , Mario Vallotto , Marino Vigna – Track Cycling , team pursuit, 4000m, menSante Gaiardoni – Track Cycling , sprint, menSergio Bianchetto , Giuseppe Beghetto – Track Cycling , tandem, 2,000 menSante Gaiardoni – Track Cycling , time trial, 1.000m, menFrancesco Musso – Boxing , Featherweight (54–57 kg), menGiovanni Benvenuti – Boxing , welterweight (63.5 to 67 kg), menFrancesco De Piccoli – Boxing , Heavyweight (+81 kg), menRaimondo D'Inzeo – Equestrian , jumping, individualGiuseppe Delfino – Screens , épée, menGiuseppe Delfino , Alberto Pellegrino , Carlo Pavesi , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Fiorenzo Marini , Gianluigi Saccaro – Fencing , sword, team, menDanio Bardi , Giuseppe D'Altrui , Franco Lavoratori , Gianni Lonzi , Rosario Parmegiani , Eraldo Pizzo , Dante Rossi , Amedeo Ambron , Salvatore Gionta , Luigi Mannelli , Brunello Spinelli , Giancarlo Guerrini – Waterpolo , menAntonio Bailetti , Ottavio Cogliati , Giacomo Fornoni , Livio Trapè – Cycling , TTT, men
Silver Primo Zamparini – Boxing , Bantamweight (51–54 kg), menCarmelo Bossi – Boxing , half-middleweight (67–71 kg), menAlessandro Lopopolo – Boxing , lightweight (57–60 kg), menAldo Dezi , Francesco La Macchia – Canoeing , C-2 1000m, menPiero D'Inzeo – Equestrian , jumping, individualTullio Baraglia , Renato Bosatta , Giancarlo Crosta , Giuseppe Galante – Rowing , four-without-mate, menAlberto Pellegrino , Luigi Arturo Carpaneda , Mario Curletto , Aldo Aureggi , Edoardo Mangiarotti – Screens , Foil, team, menGalliano Rossini – Shooting , stairway, 125 targets, menGiovanni Carminucci – Gymnastics , bridge, menLivio Trapè – Cycling , road race, men
Bronze Italian sabre team, from top: Pierluigi Chicca , Mario Ravagnan , Giampaolo Calanchini , Wladimiro Calarese and Roberto Ferrari (injured) Giuseppina Leone – Athletics , 100m, womenAbdon Pamich – Athletics , 50 km walk, menValentino Gasparella – Track Cycling , sprint, menGiulio Saraudi – Boxing , light heavyweight (75–81 kg), menSebastiano Mannironi – Weightlifting , Featherweight (56–60 kg), menRaimondo D'Inzeo , Piero D'Inzeo , Antonio Oppes – Equestrian , jumping, teamFulvio Balatti , Romano Sgheiz , Franco Trincavelli , Giovanni Zucchi , Ivo Stefanoni – Rowing , four -with-mateBruna Colombetti , Velleda Cesari , Claudia Pasini , Irene Camber , Antonella Ragno-Lonzi – Fencing , Foil, team, womenWladimiro Calarese – Fencing , saber, individual, menWladimiro Calarese , Giampaolo Calanchini , Pierluigi Chicca , Roberto Ferrari , Mario Ravagnan – Fencing , saber, team, menGiovanni Carminucci , Pasquale Carminucci , Gianfranco Marzolla , Franco Menichelli , Orlando Polmonari , Angelo Vicardi – Gymnastics , men's teamFranco Menichelli – Gymnastics , floor, menAntonio Cosentino , Antonio Ciciliano , Giulio De Stefano – Sailing , Dragon class
Athletics
Results
Basketball Men's Team Competition
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling 14 cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1960.
Individual road race Team time trial Sprint 1000m time trial Tandem Team pursuit
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing 20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1960.
Men's foil Men's team foil Men's épée Men's team épée Men's sabre Men's team sabre Women's foil Women's team foil
Football Men's Team Competition
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1960.
Individual Team Adriano Facchini Gaetano Scala Giulio Giunta
Rowing Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1960.[2]
Men's single sculls Men's double sculls Men's coxless pair Men's coxed pair Men's coxless four Men's coxed four Men's eight
Sailing
Shooting Nine shooters represented Italy in 1960.
25 m pistol 50 m pistol 50 m rifle, three positions 50 m rifle, prone Trap
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Final — 4:17.2 (→ 6th place)
Water polo Men's Team Competition
Weightlifting
Wrestling
See also
References ^ "Italy at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com . Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014 . ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Italy Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018 .
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database
Media related to Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons