Italy at the 1964 Summer Olympics
# Italy at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 168 competitors, 157 men and 11 women, took part in 91 events in 18 sports.

## Medalists

### Gold

* Abdon Pamich — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
* Fernando Atzori — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
* Cosimo Pinto — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
* Giovanni Pettenella — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
* Mario Zanin — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
* Sergio Bianchetto and Angelo Damiano — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
* Mauro Checcoli — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
* Paolo Angioni, Mauro Checcoli, and Giuseppe Ravano — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
* Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
* Ennio Mattarelli — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

### Silver

* Sergio Bianchetto — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
* Giovanni Pettenella — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
* Giorgio Ursi — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
* Cencio Mantovani, Carlo Rancati, Luigi Roncaglia, and Franco Testa — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
* Severino Andreoli, Luciano Dalla Bona, Pietro Guerra, and Ferruccio Manza — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
* Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
* Giovan Battista Breda, Giuseppe Delfino, Gianfranco Paolucci, Alberto Pellegrino, and Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
* Giampaolo Calanchini, Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
* Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
* Renato Bosatta, Franco De Pedrina, Giuseppe Galante, Giovanni Spinola, and Emilio Trivini — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

### Bronze

* Salvatore Morale — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
* Silvano Bertini — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
* Franco Valle — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
* Giuseppe Ros — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
* Piero D'Inzeo, Raimondo D'Inzeo, and Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team
* Antonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
* Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

## Athletics

### Results

Men (22) :

| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank | Medal |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ito Giani | 23 | Men's 100 metres | 4 h8 r1/4 | |
| Livio Berruti | 25 | Men's 200 metres | 5 | |
| Sergio Ottolina | 21 | Men's 200 metres | 8 | |
| Sergio Bello | 22 | Men's 400 metres | 6 h1 r2/4 | |
| Francesco Bianchi | 24 | Men's 800 metres | 5 h6 r1/3 | |
| Francesco Bianchi | 24 | Men's 1,500 metres | 7 h2 r1/3 | |
| Eddy Ottoz | 20 | Men's 110 metres Hurdles | 4 | |
| Giovanni Cornacchia | 25 | Men's 110 metres Hurdles | 7 | |
| Giorgio Mazza | 25 | Men's 110 metres Hurdles | 8 | |
| Salvatore Morale | 25 | Men's 400 metres Hurdles | 3 | Bronze |
| Roberto Frinolli | 23 | Men's 400 metres Hurdles | 6 | |
| Livio Berruti | 25 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 7 | |
| Ennio Preatoni | 19 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 7 | |
| Sergio Ottolina | 21 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 7 | |
| Pasquale Giannattasio | 23 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 7 | |
| Bruno Bianchi | 25 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 | |
| Salvatore Morale | 25 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 | |
| Roberto Frinolli | 23 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 | |
| Sergio Bello | 22 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 | |
| Giorgio Jegher | 27 | Men's Marathon1 | 7 | |
| Antonio Ambu | 28 | Men's Marathon | 40 | |
| Abdon Pamich | 31 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | 1 | Gold |
| Mauro Bogliatto | 21 | Men's High Jump | 16 | |
| Carlo Lievore | 26 | Men's Javelin Throw | 15 QR | |
| Renato Dionisi | 16 | Men's Pole Vault | 25T QR | |
| Silvano Meconi | 32 | Men's Shot Put | 17 QR | |
| Franco Sar | 30 | Men's Decathlon | 13 | |
| Women (1) |||||
| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank | Medal |
| Maria Vittoria Trio | 16 | Women's Long Jump | 14 | |

## Basketball

### Men's Team Competition

* Team Roster

   * Gianfranco Bertini

   * Sauro Bufalini

   * Ottorino Flaborea

   * Giovanni Gavagnin

   * Augusto Giomo

   * Gianfranco Lombardi

   * Massimo Masini

   * Giusto Pellanera

   * Gianfranco Pieri

   * Gianfranco Sardagna

   * Gabriele Vianello

   * Paolo Vittori

## Cycling

14 cyclists represented Italy in 1964.

### Individual road race

* Mario Zanin
* Severino Andreoli
* Felice Gimondi
* Ferruccio Manza

### Team time trial

* Severino Andreoli
* Luciano Dalla Bona
* Pietro Guerra
* Ferruccio Manza

### Sprint

* Giovanni Pettenella
* Sergio Bianchetto

### 1000m time trial

* Giovanni Pettenella

### Tandem

* Angelo Damiano
* Sergio Bianchetto

### Individual pursuit

* Giorgio Ursi

### Team pursuit

* Luigi Roncaglia
* Cencio Mantovani
* Carlo Rancati
* Franco Testa

## Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1964.

### Men's foil

* Mario Curletto
* Nicola Granieri
* Pasquale La Ragione

### Men's team foil

* Gianguido Milanesi, Pasquale La Ragione, Arcangelo Pinelli, Nicola Granieri, Mario Curletto

### Men's épée

* Gianluigi Saccaro
* Alberto Pellegrino
* Giuseppe Delfino

### Men's team épée

* Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Gianluigi Saccaro, Gianfranco Paolucci, Giovanni Battista Breda

### Men's sabre

* Pierluigi Chicca
* Cesare Salvadori
* Wladimiro Calarese

### Men's team sabre

* Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, Cesare Salvadori

### Women's foil

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

### Women's team foil

* Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giovanna Masciotta, Irene Camber-Corno, Natalina Sanguinetti, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

## Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1964.

### Individual

* Alfonso Ottaviani

## Shooting

Five shooters represented Italy in 1964. Ennio Mattarelli won the gold medal in the trap event.

### 25 m pistol

* Giovanni Liverzani
* Ugo Amicosante

### 50 m pistol

* Ugo Simoni

### Trap

* Ennio Mattarelli
* Galliano Rossini

## Swimming

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

* Sergio De Gregorio, Bruno Bianchi, Giovanni Orlando, and Pietro Boscaini

   * Final — 8:18.1 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* Chiaffredo Rora, Gian Corrado Gross, Giampiero Fossati, and Pietro Boscaini

   * Final — 4:10.3 (→ 7th place)

## Water polo

### Men's Team Competition

* Team Roster

   * Danio Bardi

   * Mario Cevasco

   * Giuseppe d'Altrui

   * Federico Dennerlein

   * Giancarlo Guerrini

   * Franco Lavoratori

   * Gianni Lonzi

   * Eugenio Merello

   * Rosario Parmegiani

   * Eraldo Pizzo

   * Dante Rossi

   * Alberto Spinola
