Italy at the 1959 Summer Universiade
# Italy at the 1959 Summer Universiade

Italy competed at the 1959 Summer Universiade in Turin, Italy.

The 38 medals are the highest level of all-time for the Italy at the Universiade.

## Medals

| Sport | | | | Tot. |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| Swimming | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Fencing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Basketball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Water polo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 18 | 10 | 10 | 38 |

## Details

| Sport | | | |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | Livio Berruti (100 m) | Nereo Svara (100 m hs) | Giorgio Mazza (110 m hs) |
| Athletics | Livio Berruti (200 m) | Germano Gimelli (400 m hs) | |
| Athletics | Salvatore Morale (400 m hs) | Elio Catola Nereo Fossati Mario Fraschini Germano Gimelli (Men's 4x400 metres relay) | |
| Athletics | Guido De Murtas Salvatore Giannone Giorgio Mazza Livio Berruti (Men's 4x100 metres relay) | Maurizio Terenziani (long jump) | |
| Athletics | Attilio Bravi (long jump) | Anna Doro Fausta Galluzzi Giuseppina Leone Nadia Mecocci (Women's 4x100 metres relay) | |
| Athletics | Giuseppina Leone (100 m) | Elvia Ricci (discus throw) | |
| Athletics | Giuseppina Leone (200 m) | | |
| Swimming | Gilberto Elsa (100 m dorso) | Roberto Lazzari (200 m backstroke) | Paolo Pucci (100 m freestyle) |
| Swimming | Fritz Dennerlein (200 m butterfly) | Alessandra Salvi (200 m backstroke) | Mario Liotti (400 m freestyle) |
| Swimming | Men's 4x200 relay freestyle | | Nicoletta Sacco (400 m freestyle) |
| Swimming | Men's 4x200 relay medley | | Cornelia Hruska (100 m butterfly) |
| Swimming | Rita Androsoni (100 m backstroke) | | Women's 4x100 relay freestyle |
| Swimming | Nicoletta Sacco (100 m freestyle) | | |
| Swimming | Men's 4x200 relay medley | | |
| Tennis | Maria Chiara Ramorino Maria Teresa Riedl (women's doubles) | | Massimo Drisaldi (men's single) |
| Tennis | Maria Chiara Ramorino Massimo Drisaldi (mixed doubles) | | Maria Teresa Riedl (women's single) |
| Fencing | Wladimiro Calarese (sabre) | Men's Team Sabre | Women's Team Foil |
| Fencing | Men's Team Épée | | |
| Basketball | | Men's National Team | |
| Water polo | | | Men's National Team |
