Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics
# Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Italy (Spanish: Italia) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 152 men and 15 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.

## Medalists

### Gold

* Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
* Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
* Primo Baran and Renzo Sambo (Bruno Cipolla coxswain) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

### Silver

* Giordano Turrini — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
* Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Springboard
* Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
* Romano Garagnani — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting

### Bronze

* Eddy Ottoz — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
* Giuseppe Gentile — Athletics, Men's triple jump
* Giorgio Bambini — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
* Lorenzo Bosisio, Cipriano Chemello, Giorgio Morbiato, and Luigi Roncaglia — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
* Giovanni Bramucci, Vittorio Marcelli, Mauro Simonetti, and Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
* Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée
* Abramo Albini, Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, and Pier Angelo Conti — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
* Fabio Albarelli — Sailing, Men's Finn
* Franco Cavallo and Camillo Gargano — Sailing, Men's Star

## Basketball

### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group A)

   * Defeated Philippines (91-66)

   * Defeated Panama (94-87)

   * Defeated Puerto Rico (68-65)

   * Defeated Senegal (81-55)

   * Lost to Yugoslavia (69-80)

   * Lost to United States (61-100)

   * Defeated Spain (98-86)
* Classification Matches

   * 5th/8th place: Lost to Poland (52-66)

   * 7th/8th place: Lost to Spain (72-88)
* Team Roster

   * Carlo Recalcati

   * Giusto Pellanera

   * Gianfranco Lombardi

   * Enrico Bovone

   * Massimo Masini

   * Paolo Vittori

   * Gabriele Vianello

   * Guido Gatti

   * Ottorino Flaborea

   * Sauro Bufalini

   * Massimo Cosmelli

   * Gianluigi Jessi

## Cycling

Sixteen cyclists represented Italy in 1968.

### Individual road race

* Pierfranco Vianelli
* Giovanni Bramucci
* Flavio Martini
* Tino Conti

### Team time trial

* Giovanni Bramucci
* Vittorio Marcelli
* Mauro Simonetti
* Pierfranco Vianelli

### Sprint

* Giordano Turrini
* Dino Verzini

### 1000m time trial

* Gianni Sartori

### Tandem

* Walter Gorini
* Luigi Borghetti

### Individual pursuit

* Cipriano Chemello

### Team pursuit

* Lorenzo Bosisio
* Cipriano Chemello
* Luigi Roncaglia
* Giorgio Morbiato
* Gino Pancino

## Fencing

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1968.

### Men's foil

* Arcangelo Pinelli
* Pasquale La Ragione
* Nicola Granieri

### Men's team foil

* Pasquale La Ragione, Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Arcangelo Pinelli, Michele Maffei

### Men's épée

* Gianluigi Saccaro
* Gianfranco Paolucci
* Claudio Francesconi

### Men's team épée

* Gianfranco Paolucci, Claudio Francesconi, Giovanni Battista Breda, Gianluigi Saccaro, Antonio Albanese

### Men's sabre

* Rolando Rigoli
* Wladimiro Calarese
* Cesare Salvadori

### Men's team sabre

* Wladimiro Calarese, Rolando Rigoli, Pierluigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori

### Women's foil

* Giovanna Masciotta
* Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
* Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

### Women's team foil

* Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Giovanna Masciotta, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Silvana Sconciafurno

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1968.

### Individual

* Mario Medda
* Giancarlo Morresi
* Nicolo Deligia

### Team

* Mario Medda
* Giancarlo Morresi
* Nicolo Deligia

## Shooting

Seven shooters, all men, represented Italy in 1968.

### 25 m pistol

* Giovanni Liverzani
* Ugo Amicosante

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Giuseppe De Chirico

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Giuseppe De Chirico

### Trap

* Galliano Rossini
* Ennio Mattarelli

### Skeet

* Romano Garagnani
* Giancarlo Chiono

## Swimming

Men's Competition

* Pietro Boscaini, Michele D'Oppido, Franco Del Campo, Franco Chino, Antonio Attanasio, Angelo Tozzi, Giampiero Fossati, and Massimo Sacchi.

Women's Competition

* Mietta Strumolo and Novella Calligaris

## Water polo

### Men's Team Competition

* Team Roster

   * Alberto Alberani

   * Eraldo Pizzo

   * Mario Cevasco

   * Gianni Lonzi

   * Enzo Barlocco

   * Franco Lavoratori

   * Gianni de Magistris

   * Alessandro Ghibellini

   * Giancarlo Guerrini

   * Paolo Ferrando

   * Eugenio Merello
