Italy at the 1956 Summer Olympics
# Italy at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 129 competitors, 114 men and 15 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Rome, an Italian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

## Medalists

### Gold

* Leandro Faggin — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
* Antonio Domenicali, Leandro Faggin, Valentino Gasparella, Franco Gandini and Virginio Pizzali — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
* Ercole Baldini — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
* Luigi Carpaneda, Manlio di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Antonio Spallino, and Vittorio Lucarelli — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
* Carlo Pavesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
* Giorgio Anglesio, Franco Bertinetti, Giuseppe Delfino, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Carlo Pavesi, and Alberto Pellegrino — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
* Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, and Ivo Stefanoni — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
* Galliano Rossini — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

### Silver

* Franco Nenci — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
* Guglielmo Pesenti — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
* Raimondo d'Inzeo — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
* Piero d'Inzeo, Raimondo d'Inzeo, and Salvatore Oppes — Equestrian, Jumping Team
* Giancarlo Bergamini — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Giuseppe Delfino — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
* Ignazio Fabra — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
* Agostino Straulino and Nicolò Rode — Sailing, Men's Star Competition

### Bronze

* Giacomo Bozzano — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
* Giuseppe Ogna and Cesare Pinarello — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem
* Piero d'Inzeo — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
* Antonio Spallino — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Edoardo Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
* Alessandro Ciceri — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
* Ermanno Pignatti — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
* Alberto Pigaiani — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
* Adelmo Bulgarelli — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

## Athletics

### Results

Men (15) :

| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Luigi Gnocchi | 23 | Men's 100 metres | 4 h2 r2/4 |
| Franco Galbiati | 18 | Men's 100 metres | 3 h5 r1/4 |
| Mario Colarossi | 27 | Men's 100 metres | 4 h1 r1/4 |
| Vincenzo Lombardo | 24 | Men's 200 metres | 4 h2 r2/4 |
| Sergio D'Asnasch | 22 | Men's 200 metres | 6 h3 r2/4 |
| Giovanni Ghiselli | 22 | Men's 200 metres | 5 h7 r1/4 |
| Gianfranco Baraldi | 21 | Men's 800 metres | 4 h4 r1/3 |
| Gianfranco Baraldi | 21 | Men's 1,500 metres | 6 h3 r1/2 |
| Franco Galbiati | 18 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 4 |
| Giovanni Ghiselli | 22 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 4 |
| Luigi Gnocchi | 23 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 4 |
| Vincenzo Lombardo | 24 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 4 |
| Giuseppe Lavelli | 28 | Men's Marathon | AC |
| Pino Dordoni | 30 | Men's 20 kilometres Walk | 9 |
| Abdon Pamich | 23 | Men's 20 kilometres Walk | 11 |
| Abdon Pamich | 23 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | 4 |
| Gian Mario Roveraro | 20 | Men's High Jump | 23 QR |
| Giulio Chiesa | 28 | Men's Pole Vault | 9T |
| Giovanni Lievore | 24 | Men's Javelin Throw | 6 |
| Silvano Meconi | 25 | Men's Shot Put | 10 |
| Adolfo Consolini | 39 | Men's Discus Throw | 6 |
| Women (6) ||||
| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank |
| Giuseppina Leone | 21 | Women's 100 metres | 5 |
| Maria Musso | 25 | Women's 100 metres | 5 h3 r1/3 |
| Franca Peggion | 22 | Women's 100 metres | 6 h2 r1/3 |
| Giuseppina Leone | 21 | Women's 200 metres | 3 h3 r1/3 |
| Letizia Bertoni | 19 | Women's 200 metres | 3 h4 r1/3 |
| Milena Greppi | 27 | Women's 80 metres Hurdles | 5 h1 r1/3 |
| Letizia Bertoni | 19 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 5 |
| Milena Greppi | 27 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 5 |
| Giuseppina Leone | 21 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 5 |
| Maria Musso | 25 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 5 |
| Paola Paternoster | 20 | Women's Discus Throw | 11 |
| Paola Paternoster | 20 | Women's Javelin Throw | 15 QR |

## Cycling

### Sprint

* Guglielmo Pesenti — Silver Medal

### Time trial

* Leandro Faggin — 1:09.8 (→ Gold Medal)

### Tandem

* Cesare Pinarello Giuseppe Ogna — Bronze Medal

### Team pursuit

* Antonio Domenicali Franco Gandini Leandro Faggin Valentino Gasparella Virginio Pizzali — 4:37.4 (→ Gold Medal)

### Team road race

* Ercole Baldini Arnaldo Pambianco Dino Bruni — 36 points (→ 4th place)

### Individual road race

* Ercole Baldini — 5:21:17 (→ Gold Medal)
* Arnaldo Pambianco — 5:23:40 (→ 7th place)
* Dino Bruni — 5:27:28 (→ 28th place)
* Aurelio Cestari — 5:34:20 (→ 34th place)

## Fencing

19 fencers, 17 men and 2 women, represented Italy in 1956.

### Men's foil

* Giancarlo Bergamini
* Antonio Spallino
* Edoardo Mangiarotti

### Men's team foil

* Edoardo Mangiarotti, Manlio Di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Antonio Spallino, Luigi Carpaneda, Vittorio Lucarelli

### Men's épée

* Carlo Pavesi
* Giuseppe Delfino
* Edoardo Mangiarotti

### Men's team épée

* Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Franco Bertinetti, Giorgio Anglesio, Alberto Pellegrino

### Men's sabre

* Luigi Narduzzi
* Roberto Ferrari
* Gastone Darè

### Men's team sabre

* Roberto Ferrari, Domenico Pace, Mario Ravagnan, Giuseppe Comini, Luigi Narduzzi, Gastone Darè

### Women's foil

* Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini
* Velleda Cesari

## Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1956.

### Individual

* Adriano Facchini

## Rowing

Italy had 21 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1956.

### Men's single sculls

* Stefano Martinoli

### Men's coxless pair

* Alvaro Banchi
* Maurizio Clerici

### Men's coxless four

* Giuseppe Moioli
* Attilio Cantoni
* Giovanni Zucchi
* Abbondio Marcelli

### Men's coxed four

* Alberto Winkler
* Romano Sgheiz
* Angelo Vanzin
* Franco Trincavelli
* Ivo Stefanoni (cox)

### Men's eight

* Antonio Amato
* Salvatore Nuvoli
* Cosimo Campioto
* Livio Tesconi
* Antonio Casoar
* Gian Carlo Casalini
* Sergio Tagliapietra
* Arrigo Menicocci
* Vincenzo Rubolotta (cox)

## Shooting

Five shooters represented Italy in 1956. In the trap event, Galliano Rossini won gold and Alessandro Ciceri won bronze.

### 25 m pistol

* Michelangelo Borriello

### 50 m pistol

* Claudio Fiorentini

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Carlo Varetto

### Trap

* Galliano Rossini
* Alessandro Ciceri

## Swimming

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

* Federico Dennerlein, Paolo Galletti, Guido Elmi, and Anthony Romani

   * Final — 8:46.2 (→ 7th place)

## Water polo

### Men's Team Competition

* Team Roster

   * Cosimo Antonelli

   * Alfonso Buonocore

   * Enzo Cavazzoni

   * Maurizio d'Achille

   * Giuseppe d'Altrui

   * Federico Dennerlein

   * Luigi Mannelli

   * Angelo Marciani

   * Paolo Pucci

   * Cesare Rubini
