Italy at the 1997 Summer Universiade
# Italy at the 1997 Summer Universiade

Italy competed at the 1997 Summer Universiade, as host nation, in Catania and won 32 medals.

## Medals

| Sport | | | | Tot. |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Fencing | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Swimming | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Athletics | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water polo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 14 | 10 | 31 |

## Details

| Sport | | | |
| - | - | - | - |
| Fencing | Valentina Vezzali (foil) | Anna Giacometti (foil) | Alessandro Puccini (foil) |
| Fencing | Men's Team Sabre | Women's Team Foil | Davide Burroni (épée) |
| Fencing | | Luigi Tarantino (sabre) | |
| Swimming | Emanuele Merisi (200 mbackstroke) | Marco Formentini (1500 m freestyle) | Marco Formentini (800 m freestyle) |
| Swimming | | Lorenzo Vismara (50 m freestyle) | Stefano Battistelli (400 m medley) |
| Swimming | | Lorenzo Vismara (100 m freestyle) | Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay |
| Swimming | | Men's 4×100 m medley relay | |
| Swimming | | Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay | |
| Athletics | Simone Zanon (5000 metres) | Paolo Dal Soglio (shot put) | Rachid Berradi (10,000 metres) |
| Athletics | | Lucilla Andreucci (10,000 metres) | Arturo Di Mezza (20 km walk) |
| Athletics | | Agata Balsamo (half marathon) | Annarita Sidoti (10 km walk) |
| Athletics | | Rossella Giordano (10 km walk) | |
| Gymnastics | Jury Chechi (rings) | Roberto Galli (rings) | Alberto Busnari (pommell horse) |
| Football | Men's National Team | | |
| Water polo | Men's National Team | | |
| Volleyball | | Men's National Team | |
| Tennis | | | Massimo Calvelli Lorenzo Pennisi (Men's doubles) |
| Tennis | | | Germana Di Natale (Single) |
