Italy at the 1932 Summer Olympics
# Italy at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 112 competitors, all men, took part in 61 events in 13 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Luigi Beccali | Athletics | Men's 1500 m | August 4 |
| Gold | Attilio Pavesi | Cycling | Men's individual road race | August 4 |
| Gold | Giuseppe Olmo, Attilio Pavesi, Guglielmo Segato | Cycling | Men's team road race | August 4 |
| Gold | Nino Borsari, Marco Cimatti, Alberto Ghilardi, Paolo Pedretti | Cycling | Men's team pursuit | August 2 |
| Gold | Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici | Fencing | Men's épée | August 9 |
| Gold | Gustavo Marzi | Fencing | Men's foil | August 4 |
| Gold | Romeo Neri | Gymnastics | Men's individual all-around | August 10 |
| Gold | Romeo Neri | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | August 12 |
| Gold | Oreste Capuzzo, Savino Guglielmetti, Mario Lertora, Romeo Neri, Franco Tognini | Gymnastics | Men's team all-around | August 10 |
| Gold | Savino Guglielmetti | Gymnastics | Men's vault | August 10 |
| Gold | Renzo Morigi | Shooting | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | August 12 |
| Gold | Giovanni Gozzi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman featherweight | August 7 |
| Silver | Gino Rossi | Boxing | Men's light heavyweight | August 13 |
| Silver | Luigi Rovati | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | August 13 |
| Silver | Guglielmo Segato | Cycling | Men's individual road race | August 4 |
| Silver | Carlo Agostoni, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Renzo Minoli, Saverio Ragno, Franco Riccardi | Fencing | Men's team épée | August 7 |
| Silver | Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Pessina, Ugo Pignotti, Rodolfo Terlizzi | Fencing | Men's team foil | August 1 |
| Silver | Giulio Gaudini | Fencing | Men's sabre | August 13 |
| Silver | Renato Anselmi, Arturo De Vecchi, Giulio Gaudini, Gustavo Marzi, Ugo Pignotti, Emilio Salafia | Fencing | Men's team sabre | August 11 |
| Silver | Omero Bonoli | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse | August 11 |
| Silver | Riccardo Divora, Bruno Parovel, Giovanni Plazzer, Guerrino Scher, Bruno Vattovaz | Rowing | Men's coxed four | August 13 |
| Silver | Mario Balleri, Renato Barbieri, Dino Barsotti, Renato Bracci, Vittorio Cioni, Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Enrico Garzelli, Cesare Milani, Roberto Vestrini | Rowing | Men's eight | August 13 |
| Silver | Carlo Galimberti | Weightlifting | Men's 75 kg | July 31 |
| Silver | Marcello Nizzola | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight | August 7 |
| Bronze | Giuseppe Castelli, Ruggero Maregatti, Gabriele Salviati, Edgardo Toetti | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay | August 7 |
| Bronze | Ugo Frigerio | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk | August 3 |
| Bronze | Bruno Pellizzari | Cycling | Men's sprint | August 3 |
| Bronze | Carlo Agostoni | Fencing | Men's épée | August 9 |
| Bronze | Giulio Gaudini | Fencing | Men's foil | August 4 |
| Bronze | Mario Lertora | Gymnastics | Men's floor | August 8 |
| Bronze | Giovanni Lattuada | Gymnastics | Men's rings | August 12 |
| Bronze | Francesco Cossu, Giliante D'Este, Antonio Garzoni Provenzani, Antonio Ghiardello | Rowing | Men's coxless four | August 13 |
| Bronze | Domenico Matteucci | Shooting | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | August 12 |
| Bronze | Gastone Pierini | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | July 30 |
| Bronze | Ercole Gallegati | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman welterweight | August 7 |
| Bronze | Mario Gruppioni | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight | August 7 |

## Athletics

### Results

Men (21) :

| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank | Medal |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Luigi Facelli | 34 | Men's 400 metres Hurdles | 5 | |
| Luigi Beccali | 24 | Men's 1,500 metres | 1 | Gold |
| Alfredo Furia | 26 | Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase | 6 h2 r1/2 | |
| Giuseppe Lippi | 28 | Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase | 7 | |
| Nello Bartolini | 28 | Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase | 10 | |
| Edgardo Toetti | 22 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 | Bronze |
| Gabriele Salviati | 22 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 | Bronze |
| Giuseppe Castelli | 24 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 | Bronze |
| Ruggero Maregatti | 27 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 | Bronze |
| Giacomo Carlini | 27 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 6 | |
| Giovanni Turba | 26 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 6 | |
| Luigi Facelli | 34 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 6 | |
| Mario De Negri | 30 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 6 | |
| Ettore Rivolta | 27 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | 5 | |
| Francesco Pretti | 28 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | AC | |
| Ugo Frigerio | 30 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | 3 | Bronze |
| Francesco Roccati | 24 | Men's Marathon | AC | |
| Michele Fanelli | 24 | Men's Marathon | 13 | |
| Armando Poggioli | 44 | Men's Hammer Throw | 8 | |
| Fernando Vandelli | 25 | Men's Hammer Throw | 9 | |
| Angelo Tommasi | 20 | Men's High Jump | 9T | |
| Francesco Tabai | 24 | Men's Triple Jump | 10 | |

## Cycling

Ten cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1932.

### Individual road race

* Attilio Pavesi
* Guglielmo Segato
* Giuseppe Olmo
* Giovanni Cazzulani

### Team road race

* Attilio Pavesi
* Guglielmo Segato
* Giuseppe Olmo

### Sprint

* Bruno Pellizzari

### Time trial

* Luigi Consonni

### Team pursuit

* Marco Cimatti
* Paolo Pedretti
* Alberto Ghilardi
* Nino Borsari

## Fencing

14 fencers, all men, represented Italy in 1932.

### Men's foil

* Gustavo Marzi
* Giulio Gaudini
* Gioacchino Guaragna

### Men's team foil

* Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Ugo Pignotti, Rodolfo Terlizzi, Giorgio Pessina

### Men's épée

* Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
* Carlo Agostoni
* Saverio Ragno

### Men's team épée

* Carlo Agostoni, Franco Riccardi, Renzo Minoli, Saverio Ragno, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici

### Men's sabre

* Giulio Gaudini
* Arturo De Vecchi
* Emilio Salafia

### Men's team sabre

* Gustavo Marzi, Giulio Gaudini, Renato Anselmi, Emilio Salafia, Arturo De Vecchi, Ugo Pignotti

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1932.

* Carlo Simonetti
* Eugenio Pagnini
* Francesco Pacini

## Shooting

Six shooters represented Italy in 1932, winning a gold and bronze medal in the 25 m pistol event.

### 25 m rapid fire pistol

* Renzo Morigi
* Domenico Matteucci
* Walter Boninsegni

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Mario Zorzi
* Ugo Cantelli
* Amedeo Bruni
