Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics

 

Italy at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	ITA
NOC:	Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano external link (Italian)
1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	227 (204 men, 23 women)
Flag bearer	Miranda Cicognani
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 8	Silver 9	Bronze 4	Total 21
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Italy competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Medals

Gold

• Pino Dordoni — Athletics, Men's 50km 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

Results by event

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)

Football (soccer)

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.) Pietro Biagioli
• (17.) Alberto Fontanesi
• (18.) Corrado Viciani
• (19.) Rino Ferrario
• (20.) Roberto Lovati

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

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland

Argentina • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Belgium • Bermuda • Brazil • British Guiana • Bulgaria • Burma • Canada • Ceylon • Chile • Republic of China • Cuba • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Egypt • Finland • France • Germany • Gold Coast • Great Britain • Greece • Guatemala • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • South Korea • Lebanon • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Mexico • Monaco • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Nigeria • Norway • Pakistan • Panama • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Romania • Saar • Singapore • South Africa • Soviet Union • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Thailand • Trinidad • Turkey • United States • Uruguay • Venezuela • Vietnam • Yugoslavia

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