Italy competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 215 competitors, 195 men and 20 women, took part in 89 events in 16 sports.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Athletics Men's discus throw Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight Water polo Men's tournament Cycling Men's sprint Fencing Men's épée Giovanni InvernizziGiuseppe MoioliElio Morille Rowing Men's coxless four Ferdinando Terruzzi Cycling Men's tandem Boxing Featherweight Athletics Women's discus throw Edoardo MangiarottiGiuliano NostiniRenzo NostiniGiorgio PelliniSaverio Ragno Fencing Men's team foil Athletics Men's discus throw Athletics Women's shot put Luigi CantoneMarco Antonio MandruzzatoDario MangiarottiEdoardo MangiarottiFiorenzo Marini Fencing Men's team épée Guido BernardiAnselmo CitterioRino Pucci Cycling Men's team pursuit Giovanni SteffèAldo Tarlao Rowing Men's coxed pair Aldo MontanoRenzo NostiniVincenzo PintonMauro RaccaCarlo Turcato Fencing Men's team sabre Boxing Flyweight Boxing Bantamweight Fencing Men's sabre Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight Enrico PerucconiAntonio SiddiMichele Tito Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Fencing Men's épée Boxing Welterweight Boxing Middleweight
Athletics
Results Men (17)Athlete Event Rank MedalSalvatore Costantino Men's Marathon AC Ottavio Missoni Men's 400 metres Hurdles 6 Enrico Perucconi Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 BronzeAntonio Siddi Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 BronzeCarlo Monti Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 BronzeMichele Tito Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 BronzeGianni Rocca Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay AC Ottavio Missoni Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay AC Luigi Paterlini Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay AC Antonio Siddi Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay AC Gianni Corsaro Men's 10 kilometres Walk 8 Pino Dordoni Men's 10 kilometres Walk 9 Salvatore Cascino Men's 50 kilometres Walk 14 Francesco Pretti Men's 50 kilometres Walk AC Valentino Bertolini Men's 50 kilometres Walk AC Adolfo Consolini Men's Discus Throw 1 GoldGiuseppe Tosi Men's Discus Throw 2 SilverGiorgio Oberweger Men's Discus Throw 15 QR Teseo Taddia Men's Hammer Throw 7 Women (8)Athlete Event Rank MedalLiliana Tagliaferri Women's 100 metres 5 h1 r2/3 Mirella Avalle Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay AC h2 r1/2 Anna Maria Cantù Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay AC h2 r1/2 Marcella Jeandeau Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay AC h2 r1/2 Liliana Tagliaferri Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay AC h2 r1/2 Silvana Pierucci Women's Long Jump 14 QR Amelia Piccinini Women's Shot Put 2 SilverEdera Cordiale-Gentile Women's Discus Throw 2 SilverGabre Gabric-Calvesi Women's Discus Throw 17
Basketball
Men's team competition Team Roster Gianfranco Bersani Carlo Cerioni Federico Marietti Giancarlo Marinelli Giancarlo Primo Renzo Ranuzzi Luigi Rapini Romeo Romanutti Sergio Stefanini Vittorio Tracuzzi
Boxing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1948.
Individual road race Adolfo Ferrari Silvio Pedroni Franco Fanti Livio Isotti
Team road race Adolfo Ferrari Silvio Pedroni Franco Fanti Livio Isotti
Sprint Mario Ghella
Time trial Gino Guerra
Tandem Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona
Team pursuit Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio Rino Pucci
Equestrian
Fencing
19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Italy in 1948.
Men's foil Manlio Di Rosa Renzo Nostini Giuliano Nostini
Men's team foil Edoardo Mangiarotti, Manlio Di Rosa, Renzo Nostini, Giuliano Nostini, Giorgio Pellini, Saverio Ragno
Men's épée Gino Cantone Edoardo Mangiarotti Carlo Agostoni
Men's team épée Edoardo Mangiarotti, Carlo Agostoni, Dario Mangiarotti, Gino Cantone, Marco Antonio Mandruzzato, Fiorenzo Marini
Men's sabre Vincenzo Pinton Gastone Darè Carlo Turcato
Men's team sabre Vincenzo Pinton, Gastone Darè, Carlo Turcato, Mauro Racca, Aldo Montano, Renzo Nostini
Women's foil Velleda Cesari Irene Camber-Corno Elena Libera
Football
Men's team competition Team Roster Giuseppe Casari Guglielmo Giovannini Adone Stellin Tommaso Maestrelli Maino Neri Giacomo Mari Emidio Cavigioli Angelo Turconi Francesco Pernigo Valerio Cassani Emilio Caprile Glauco Vanz Franco Antonazzi Romolo Bizzoto Renzo Burini Egisto Pandolfini Cesare Presca Enzo Menegotto
Gymnastics
Men's team competition Team roster Egidio Armelloni Guido Figone Danilo Fioravanti Domenico Grosso Savino Guglielmetti Ettore Perego Quinto Vadi Luigi Zanetti
Women's team competition Team roster Renata Bianchi Norma Icardi Licia Macchini Laura Micheli Wanda Nuti Luciana Pezzoni Elena Santoni Lilia Torriani
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1948.
Giulio Palmonella Roberto Curcio Duilio Brignetti
Rowing
Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1948.
Men's single sculls Romolo Catasta
Men's double sculls Francesco Dapiran Mario Ustolin
Men's coxless pair Bruno Boni Felice Fanetti
Men's coxed pair Alberto Radi Giovanni Steffè Aldo Tarlao
Men's coxless four Franco Faggi Giovanni Invernizzi Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille
Men's coxed four Domenico Cambieri Riccardo Cerutti Francesco Gotti Renato Macario Reginaldo Polloni
Men's eight Angelo Fioretti Mario Acchini Fortunato Maninetti Bonifacio De Bortoli Enrico Ruberti Pietro Sessa Ezio Acchini Luigi Gandini Alessandro Bardelli
Sailing
Shooting
Six shooters represented Italy in 1948.
25 metre pistol Michelangelo Borriello Walter Boninsegni Ferdinando Bernini
50 metre pistol Stefano Margotti
50 metre rifle Luigi Adami
Water polo
Men's team competition Team Roster Ermenegildo Arena Pasquale Buonocore Emilio Bulgarelli Aldo Ghira Mario Maioni Germinio Ognio Gianfranco Pandolfini Tullio Pandolfini Cesare Rubini
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database