Italy competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 244 competitors, 228 men and 16 women, took part in 99 events in 17 sports.
Medals
Gold Ondina Valla - Track and field, women's 80 m Hurdles Ulderico Sergo - Boxing, a series of 53.5 kg Giulio Gaudini - Fencing, men's foil Franco Riccardi - Fencing – Men's épée Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino, Manlio Di Rosa and Ciro Verratti - Fencing, men's foil team competition Saverio Ragno, Alfredo Pezzana, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Franco Riccardi and Giancarlo Brusati - Fencing, men's kalvan team competition Bruno Venturini, Alfredo Foni, Pietro Rava, Giuseppe Baldo, Achille Piccini, Ugo Locatelli, Annibale Frossi, Libero Marchini, Sergio Bertoni, Carlo Biagi, Francesco Gabriotti, Giulio Cappelli, Alfonso Negro and Luigi Scarabello - Football, men Giovanni Reggio, Bruno Bianchi, Luigi De Manincor, Domenico Mordini, Luigi Poggi and Enrico Poggi - Sailing, 8MR
Silver Mario Lanzi - Track and field, men's 800 m Orazio Mariani, Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli - Track and field, men's 4 × 100 m relay Almiro Bergamo, Guido Santin and Luciano Negrini - Rowing, Men pair cox Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Dino Barsotti, Oreste Grossi, Enzo Bartolini, Mario Checcacci, Dante Secchi, Ottorino Quaglierini, Enrico Garzelli and Cesare Milani - Rowing, men's eight Gavino Matta - Boxing, a series of 50.8 kg Severino Rigoni, Bianco Bianchi, Mario Gentili and Armando Latini - Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit Saverio Ragno - Fencing, men épée Gustavo Marzi - Fencing, men's sabre Vincenzo Pinton, Giulio Gaudini, Aldo Masciotta, Gustavo Marzi, Aldo Montano and Athos Tanzini - Fencing, men's sabre team competition
Bronze Luigi Beccali - Track and field, men's 1500 m Giorgio Oberweger - Track and field, men's discus throw Giorgio Bocchino - Fencing, men's foil Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici - Fencing, men épée Silvano Abba - Modern Pentathlon, men's individual competition
Athletics
Results Men (27)Athlete Age Event Rank MedalMario Lanzi 21 Men's 400 metres 4 h1 r3/4 21 Men's 800 metres 2 SilverLuigi Beccali 28 Men's 1,500 metres 3 BronzeUmberto Cerati 25 Men's 5,000 metres 7 Salvatore Mastroieni 22 6 h3 r1/2 Giuseppe Beviacqua 21 Men's 10,000 metres 11 Giannino Bulzone 25 Men's Marathon AC Aurelio Genghini 28 AC Gianni Caldana 22 Men's 110 metres Hurdles 3 h6 r1/3 Luigi Facelli 38 Men's 400 metres Hurdles 3 h2 r1/3 Umberto Ridi 22 4 h4 r1/3 Emilio Mori 28 6 h3 r1/3 Bruno Betti 25 Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase 7 h3 r1/2 Giuseppe Lippi 32 8 h1 r1/2 Orazio Mariani 21 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 SilverGianni Caldana 22 Elio Ragni 25 Tullio Gonnelli 23 Angelo Ferrario 28 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h3 r1/2 Marsilio Rossi 19 Otello Spampani 18 Mario Lanzi 21 Ettore Rivolta 31 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 12 Giuseppe Gobbato 32 14 Mario Brignoli 34 18 Danilo Innocenti 32 Men's Pole Vault 6T Arturo Maffei 26 Men's Long Jump 4T Gianni Caldana 22 12 Giorgio Oberweger 22 Men's Discus Throw 3 BronzeRuggero Biancani 21 AC QR Giovanni Cantagalli 22 Men's Hammer Throw 15 Women (5)Athlete Age Event Rank MedalClaudia Testoni 20 Women's 100 metres 5 h5 r1/3 Ondina Valla 20 Women's 80 metres Hurdles 1 GoldClaudia Testoni 20 4 Lidia Bongiovanni 21 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 4 Ondina Valla 20 Fernanda Bullano 21Claudia Testoni 20 Gabre Gabric-Calvesi 18 Women's Discus Throw 10
Basketball
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
5th–8th place semifinals
7th place game
Men's team competition Team Roster Enrico Cestelli Galeazzo Dondi Livio Franceschini Emilio Giosetti Giancarlo Marinelli Sergio Paganella Egidio Premiani Gino Basso
Boxing
Canoeing
K-1 1000 metres Elio Sasso Sant
K-1 10000 metres Elio Sasso Sant
Cycling
Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1936.
Individual road race Pierino Favalli Glauco Servadei Corrado Ardizzoni Elio Bavutti
Team road race Pierino Favalli Glauco Servadei Corrado Ardizzoni Elio Bavutti
Sprint Benedetto Pola
Time trial Benedetto Pola
Tandem Carlo Legutti Bruno Loatti
Team pursuit Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini Severino Rigoni
Diving
Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankCarlo Dibiasi10 m platform90.6610Franco Ferraris77.6022Ferrero Marianetti82.7817
Equestrian
Fencing
16 fencers, all men, represented Italy in 1936.
Men's foil Giulio Gaudini Giorgio Bocchino Gioacchino Guaragna
Men's team foil Manlio Di Rosa, Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino, Ciro Verratti
Men's épée Franco Riccardi Saverio Ragno Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
Men's team épée Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Saverio Ragno, Franco Riccardi, Giancarlo Brusati, Alfredo Pezzana
Men's sabre Gustavo Marzi Vincenzo Pinton Giulio Gaudini
Men's team sabre Giulio Gaudini, Gustavo Marzi, Aldo Masciotta, Vincenzo Pinton, Aldo Montano, Athos Tanzini
Football
Men's Team Squad Bruno Venturini Gianni Ferrero Alfredo Foni Pietro Rava Giuseppe Baldo Achille Piccini Ugo Locatelli Annibale Frossi Libero Marchini Luigi Scarabello Carlo Biagi Giulio Cappelli Sergio Bertoni Alfonso Negro Francesco Gabriotti Adolfo Giuntoli Mario Nicolini Carlo Girometta Sandro Puppo Corrado Tamietti Paolo Vannucci Lamberto Petri
Gymnastics
16 gymnasts, 8 men and 8 women, represented Italy in 1936.
Men's team Egidio Armelloni Oreste Capuzzo Danilo Fioravanti Savino Guglielmetti Romeo Neri Otello Ternelli Franco Tognini Nicolò Tronci
Women's team Anna Avanzini Vittoria Avanzini Clara Bimbocci Ebore Canella Pina Cipriotto Elda Cividino Gianna Guaita Carmela Toso
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathlete represented Italy in 1936.
Silvano Abbà Ugo Ceccarelli Franco Orgera
Rowing
Italy had 22 rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1936.
Men's single sculls Riccardo Steinleitner
Men's coxed pair Almiro Bergamo Guido Santin Luciano Negrini (cox)
Men's coxless four Antonio Ghiardello Luigi Luxardo Aldo Pellizzoni Francesco Pittaluga
Men's coxed four Valerio Perentin Giliante D'Este Nicolò Vittori Umberto Vittori Renato Petronio (cox)
Men's eight Guglielmo Del Bimbo Dino Barsotti Oreste Grossi Enzo Bartolini Mario Checcacci Dante Secchi Ottorino Quaglierini Enrico Garzelli Cesare Milani (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Italy in 1936.
25 m rapid fire pistol Walter Boninsegni Bruno Giacconi Michelangelo Borriello
50 m pistol Stefano Margotti Giancarlo Boriani Ugo Pistolesi
50 m rifle, prone Mario Zorzi Carlo Varetto Lodovico Nulli
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database