Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics
# Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Adolfo Consolini | Athletics | Men's discus throw | 2 August |
| Gold | Pietro Lombardi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman flyweight | 6 August |
| Gold | Italy men's national water polo teamGildo ArenaEmilio BulgarelliPasquale BuonocoreAldo GhiraMario MajoniGeminio OgnioGianfranco PandolfiniTullio PandolfiniCesare Rubini | Water polo | Men's tournament | 7 August |
| Gold | Mario Ghella | Cycling | Men's sprint | 9 August |
| Gold | Luigi Cantone | Fencing | Men's épée | 9 August |
| Gold | Franco Faggi Giovanni Invernizzi Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille | Rowing | Men's coxless four | 9 August |
| Gold | Renato Perona Ferdinando Terruzzi | Cycling | Men's tandem | 11 August |
| Gold | Ernesto Formenti | Boxing | Featherweight | 13 August |
| Silver | Edera Gentile | Athletics | Women's discus throw | 30 July |
| Silver | Manlio Di Rosa Edoardo Mangiarotti Giuliano Nostini Renzo Nostini Giorgio Pellini Saverio Ragno | Fencing | Men's team foil | 31 July |
| Silver | Giuseppe Tosi | Athletics | Men's discus throw | 2 August |
| Silver | Amelia Piccinini | Athletics | Women's shot put | 4 August |
| Silver | Carlo Agostoni Luigi Cantone Marco Antonio Mandruzzato Dario Mangiarotti Edoardo Mangiarotti Fiorenzo Marini | Fencing | Men's team épée | 6 August |
| Silver | Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio Rino Pucci | Cycling | Men's team pursuit | 9 August |
| Silver | Alberto Radi Giovanni Steffè Aldo Tarlao | Rowing | Men's coxed pair | 9 August |
| Silver | Gastone Darè Aldo Montano Renzo Nostini Vincenzo Pinton Mauro Racca Carlo Turcato | Fencing | Men's team sabre | 11 August |
| Silver | Spartaco Bandinelli | Boxing | Flyweight | 12 August |
| Silver | Giovanni Zuddas | Boxing | Bantamweight | 13 August |
| Silver | Vincenzo Pinton | Fencing | Men's sabre | 11 August |
| Bronze | Ercole Gallegati | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman middleweight | 6 August |
| Bronze | Guido Fantoni | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight | 6 August |
| Bronze | Carlo Monti Enrico Perucconi Antonio Siddi Michele Tito | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 7 August |
| Bronze | Edoardo Mangiarotti | Fencing | Men's épée | 9 August |
| Bronze | Alessandro D'Ottavio | Boxing | Welterweight | 13 August |
| Bronze | Ivano Fontana | Boxing | Middleweight | 13 August |

## Athletics

### Results

Men (17) :

| Athlete | Event | Rank | Medal |
| - | - | - | - |
| Salvatore Costantino | Men's Marathon | AC | |
| Ottavio Missoni | Men's 400 metres Hurdles | 6 | |
| Enrico Perucconi | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 | Bronze |
| Antonio Siddi | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 | Bronze |
| Carlo Monti | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 | Bronze |
| Michele Tito | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 | Bronze |
| Gianni 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 | Gold |
| Giuseppe Tosi | Men's Discus Throw | 2 | Silver |
| Giorgio Oberweger | Men's Discus Throw | 15 QR | |
| Teseo Taddia | Men's Hammer Throw | 7 | |
| Women (8) |||||
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Medal |
| Liliana 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 | Silver |
| Edera Cordiale-Gentile | Women's Discus Throw | 2 | Silver |
| Gabre 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

## 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

## 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

## Shooting

Six shooters represented Italy in 1948.

### 25 metre pistol

* Michelangelo Borriello
* Walter Boninsegni
* Ferdinando Bernini

### 50 metre pistol

* Stefano Margotti

### 50 metre rifle

* Rinaldo Capuzzi
* 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
