Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 231 competitors, 208 men and 23 women, took part in 114 events in 19 sports.

## Medalists

### Gold

* Pino Dordoni — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
* Aureliano Bolognesi — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
* Enzo Sacchi — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
* Loris Campana, Mino de Rossi, Guido Messina, and Marino Morettini — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
* Edoardo Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
* Roberto Battaglia, Franco Bertinetti, Giuseppe Delfino, Dario Mangiarotti, Edoardo Mangiarotti, and Carlo Pavesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
* Irene Camber — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
* Nicolò Rode and Agostino Straulino — Sailing, Men's Star

### Silver

* Adolfo Consolini — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
* Sergio Caprari — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
* Marino Morettini — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
* Dino Bruni, Gianni Ghidini, and Vincenzo Zucconelli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
* Edoardo Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Giancarlo Bergamini, Manlio di Rosa, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Renzo Nostini, Giorgio Pellini, and Antonio Spallino — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
* Dario Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
* Gastone Darè, Roberto Ferrari, Renzo Nostini, Giorgio Pellini, Vincenzo Pinton, and Mauro Racca — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
* Ignazio Fabra — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

### Bronze

* Bruno Visintin — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
* Raffaello Gambino, Cesare Rubini, Maurizio Mannelli, Geminio Ognio, Ermenegildo Arena, Renato De Sanzuane, Carlo Peretti, Renato Traiola, Vincenzo Polito, Salvatore Gionta and Lucio Ceccarini — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
* Antonio Maspes and Cesare Pinarello — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem
* Manlio di Rosa — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

## Athletics

### Results

Men (25) :

| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank | Medal |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Carlo Vittori | 21 | Men's 100 metres | 6 h4 r2/4 | |
| Franco Leccese | 27 | Men's 100 metres | 3 h8 r1/4 | |
| Wolfgango Montanari | 21 | Men's 100 metres | 7 h7 r1/4 | |
| Giorgio Sobrero | 22 | Men's 200 metres | 3 h13r1/4 | |
| Luigi Grossi | 27 | Men's 200 metres | 4 h12r1/4 | |
| Lucio Sangermano | 19 | Men's 200 metres | 4 h18r1/4 | |
| Gianni Rocca | 23 | Men's 400 metres | 3 h6 r1/4 | |
| Vincenzo Lombardo | 20 | Men's 400 metres | 3 h7 r1/4 | |
| Antonio Siddi | 29 | Men's 400 metres | 4 h11r1/4 | |
| Armando Filiput | 28 | Men's 400 metres Hurdles | 6 | |
| Franco Leccese | 27 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 2 h1 r1/3 | |
| Antonio Siddi | 29 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 2 h1 r1/3 | |
| Giorgio Sobrero | 22 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 2 h1 r1/3 | |
| Carlo Vittori | 21 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 2 h1 r1/3 | |
| Baldassare Porto | 29 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 4 h2 r1/2 | |
| Gianni Rocca | 23 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 4 h2 r1/2 | |
| Luigi Grossi | 27 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 4 h2 r1/2 | |
| Armando Filiput | 28 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 4 h2 r1/2 | |
| Asfò Bussotti | 26 | Men's Marathon | 46 | |
| Artidoro Berti | 31 | Men's Marathon | 53 | |
| Egilberto Martufi | 26 | Men's Marathon | AC | |
| Bruno Fait | 28 | Men's 10 kilometres Walk | 8 | |
| Telemaco Arcangeli | 29 | Men's 10 kilometres Walk | 7 h2 r1/2 | |
| Pino Dordoni | 26 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | 1 | Gold |
| Giuseppe Kressevich | 36 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | 10 | |
| Salvatore Cascino | 34 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk1 | 9 | |
| Adolfo Consolini | 35 | Men's Discus Throw | 2 | Silver |
| Giuseppe Tosi | 36 | Men's Discus Throw | 8 | |
| Teseo Taddia | 32 | Men's Hammer Throw | 10 | |
| Aivo Lucioli | 23 | Men's Hammer Throw | 26 QR | |
| Amos Matteucci | 37 | Men's Javelin Throw | 17 | |
| Angiolo Profeti | 34 | Men's Shot Put | 12 | |
| Women (8) |||||
| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank | Medal |
| Giuseppina Leone | 17 | Women's 100 metres | 4 h1 r2/4 | |
| Liliana Tagliaferri | 23 | Women's 100 metres | 6 h4 r2/4 | |
| Vittoria Cesarini | 19 | Women's 100 metres | 3 h3 r1/4 | |
| Vera Martelli | 21 | Women's 200 metres | 6 h3 r1/3 | |
| Vittoria Cesarini | 19 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 | |
| Milena Greppi | 23 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 | |
| Giuseppina Leone | 17 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 | |
| Liliana Tagliaferri | 23 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 | |
| Milena Greppi | 23 | Women's 80 metres Hurdles | 6 h1 r2/3 | |
| Maria Musso | 21 | Women's 80 metres Hurdle | s4 h5 r1/3 | |
| Edera Cordiale | 32 | Women's Discus Throw | 14 | |
| Ada Turci | 28 | Women's Javelin Throw | 11 | |

## Basketball

### Men's Team Competition

* Qualification Round (Group C)

   * Lost to Canada (57-68)

   * Defeated Turkey (49-37)

   * Defeated Romania (53-39)

   * Lost to Egypt (62-66) → did not advance, 17th place

## Cycling

### Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

* Dino Bruni — 5:10:54.0 (→ 5th place)
* Vincenzo Zucconelli — 5:11:16.5 (→ 6th place)
* Gianni Ghidini — 5:11:16.8 (→ 7th place)
* Bruno Monti — 5:11:35.0 (→ 15th place)

### Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

* Marino Morettini

   * Final — 1:12.7 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

* Enzo Sacchi — Gold Medal

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

* Guido Messina, Loris Campana, Marino Morettini, and Mino de Rossi

   * Final — defeated South Africa (→ Gold Medal)

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

* Lamberto Mari

   * Preliminary Round — 54.42 points (→ 32nd place)

## Fencing

18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Italy in 1952.

### Men's foil

* Edoardo Mangiarotti
* Manlio Di Rosa
* Giancarlo Bergamini

### Men's team foil

* Edoardo Mangiarotti, Manlio Di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Antonio Spallino, Giorgio Pellini, Renzo Nostini

### Men's épée

* Edoardo Mangiarotti
* Dario Mangiarotti
* Carlo Pavesi

### Men's team épée

* Edoardo Mangiarotti, Dario Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Franco Bertinetti, Roberto Battaglia

### Men's sabre

* Gastone Darè
* Vincenzo Pinton
* Renzo Nostini

### Men's team sabre

* Vincenzo Pinton, Renzo Nostini, Gastone Darè, Mauro Racca, Roberto Ferrari, Giorgio Pellini

### Women's foil

* Irene Camber-Corno
* Silvia Strukel
* Velleda Cesari

## Football

### Men's Team Competition

* Team Roster

   * (1.) Ottavio Bugatti

   * (2.) Giuseppe Corradi

   * (3.) Amos Cardarelli

   * (4.) Maino Neri

   * (5.) Giovanni Azzini

   * (6.) Arcadio Venturi

   * (7.) Giampiero Boniperti

   * (8.) Egisto Pandolfini

   * (9.) Pasquale Vivolo

   * (10.) Aredio Gimona

   * (11.) Francesco La Rosa

   * (12.) Anselmo Giorcelli

   * (13.) Amos Mariani

   * (14.) Giancarlo Cadé

   * (15.) Battista Rota

   * (16.) Giovani Capurro

   * (17.) Alberto Fontanesi

   * (18.) Corrado Viciani

   * (19.) Rino Ferrario

   * (20.) Roberto Lovati

## Gymnastics

### Men's team competition

* Team Roster
* Fabio Bonacina
* Silvio Brivio
* Arrigo Carnoli
* Guido Figone
* Orlando Polmonari
* Littorio Sampieri
* Quinto Vadi
* Luigi Zanetti

### Women's team competition

* Team Roster
* Renata Bianchi
* Grazia Bozzo
* Miranda Cicognani
* Elisabetta Durelli
* Licia Macchini
* Lidia Pitteri
* Luciana Reali
* Liliana Scaricabarozzi

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1952.

### Individual

* Alfonso Marotta
* Duilio Brignetti
* Giulio Palmonella

### Team

* Alfonso Marotta
* Duilio Brignetti
* Giulio Palmonella

## Rowing

Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.

### Men's single sculls

* Ugo Pifferi

### Men's double sculls

* Silvio Bergamini
* Lodovico Sommaruga

### Men's coxless pair

* Bruno Gamba
* Antonio Saverio

### Men's coxed pair

* Giuseppe Ramani
* Aldo Tarlao
* Luciano Marion (cox)

### Men's coxless four

* Giuseppe Moioli
* Elio Morille
* Giovanni Invernizzi
* Franco Faggi

### Men's coxed four

* Albino Trevisan
* Amadeo Scarpi
* Abbondio Smerghetto
* Tarquinio Angiolin
* Domenico Cambieri (cox)

### Men's eight

* Albino Baldan
* Savino Dalla Puppa
* Alberto Bozzato
* Ferdinando Smerghetto
* Montanino Nuvoli
* Dino Nardin
* Ottorino Enzo
* Pier Nicola Attorese
* Sergio Ghiatto (cox)

## Shooting

Eight shooters represented Italy in 1952.

### 25 m pistol

* Giorgio Pennacchietti
* Michelangelo Borriello

### 50 m pistol

* Luciano Galesi
* Renato Sacchi

### 100m running deer

* Luigi Ruspoli
* Ladislao Odescalchi

### Trap

* Galliano Rossini
* Italo Bellini

## Water polo

### Men's Team Competition

* Team Roster

   * Ermenegildo Arena

   * Lucio Ceccarini

   * Renato De Sanzuane

   * Raffaello Gambino

   * Salvatore Gionta

   * Maurizio Mannelli

   * Germinio Ognio

   * Carlo Peretti

   * Vincenzo Polito

   * Cesare Rubini

   * Renato Traiolo
