Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics

IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Munich
Competitors	224 (197 men and 27 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Abdon Pamich
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 5 Silver 3 Bronze 10 Total 18
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1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 224 competitors, 197 men and 27 women, took part in 123 events in 19 sports.^[1]

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Medalists

Gold

Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, and Mario Tullio Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
Antonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
Angelo Scalzone — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition

Silver

Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard
Alessandro Argenton — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle

Bronze

Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200m
Paola Pigni — Athletics, Women's 1.500m
Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
Anselmo Silvino — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Vittorio Orlandi, and Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
Silvano Basagni — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition
Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 800m Freestyle
Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
Giuseppe Bognanni — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
Gian-Matteo Ranzi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Italy entered three men. Their highest placing competitor was Alfredo Massazza, at 31st place.

Men's Individual Competition:

Alfredo Massazza - 2340 points (→ 31st place)
Giancarlo Ferrari - 2322 points (→ 33rd place)
Sante Spigarelli - 2300 points (→ 35th place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

Franco Arese
- Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

Franco Arese
- Heat — 3:44.0
- Semifinals — 3:41.1 (→ did not advance)
Gianni del Buono
- Heat — 3:40.8
- Semifinals — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Vincenzo Guerini, Ennio Preatoni, Luigi Benedetti, and Pietro Mennea
- Heat — 39.29s
- Semifinals — 39.21s
- Final — 39.14s (→ 8th place)

Men's High Jump

Enzo del Forno
- Qualifying Round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.15m (→ 10th place)
Marco Schivo
- Qualifying Round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.10m (→ 17th place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (78-85)
- Defeated Senegal (92-56)
- Lost to Soviet Union (66-79)
- Defeated West Germany (68-57)
- Defeated Poland (71-59)
- Defeated Puerto Rico (71-54)
- Defeated Philippines (101-81)
Semi Finals
- Lost to United States (38-68)
Bronze Medal Match
- Lost to Cuba (65-66) → Fourth place
Team Roster

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight:

Gaetano Curcetti

1/16-Final - Lost to Kadir Syed Abdul of Singapore (3 round, RSC)

Men's Flyweight:

Franco Udella

1/16-Final - Defeated Filex Maina of Kenya (5 - 0)
1/8-Final - Lost to Boris Zoriktuev of USSR (1 - 4)

Men's Featherweight:

Pasqualino Morbidelli

1/32-Final - Defeated Morgan Mwenya of Zambia (5 - 0)
1/16-Final - Defeated Ebu Sef Tatar of Turkey (5 -0 )
1/8-Final - Lost to Royal Kobayashi of Japan (1 round, KO)

Men's Lightweight:

Giambattista Capretti

1/32-Final - Defeated José Martinez of Canada (2 round, RSC)
1/16-Final - Lost to László Orbán of Hungary (1 - 4)

Men's Light Welterweight:

Ernesto Bergamasco

1/16-Final - Lost to Srisook Bantow of Thailand (1 - 4)

Men's Welterweight:

Damiano Lassandro

1/32-Final - Lost to Emilio Correa of Cuba (0 - 5)

Men's Light Middleweight:

Antonio Castellini

1/16-Final - Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski of Poland (0 - 5)

Men's Light Heavyweight:

Guglielmo Spinello

1/16-Final - Defeated Samson Laizer of Tanzania (2round KO)
1/8-Final - Lost to Rudi Hornig of West Germany (1 - 4)

Canoeing

Cycling

Fifteen cyclists represented Italy in 1972.

Individual road race

Francesco Moser — 8th place
Walter Riccomi — 49th place
Aldo Parecchini — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Franco Ongarato — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

Sprint

1000m time trial

Ezio Cardi
- Final — 1:07.80 (→ 9th place)

Tandem

Dino Verzini and Giorgio Rossi → 9th place

Individual pursuit

Luciano Borgognoni

Team pursuit

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

Giorgio Cagnotto — 591.63 points (→

Silver Medal)
Klaus Dibiasi — 559.05 points (→ 4th place)

Men's 10m Platform

Klaus Dibiasi — 504.12 points (→

Gold Medal)
Giorgio Cagnotto — 475.83 points (→

Bronze Medal)

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1972.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Carlo Montano, Arcangelo Pinelli, Stefano Simoncelli

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Claudio Francesconi, Nicola Granieri, Gianluigi Placella, Gianluigi Saccaro, Pier Alberto Testoni

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Mario Aldo Montano, Mario Tullio Montano

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Der Reka Cipriani, Maria Consolata Collino, Giuseppina Bersani

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Mario Medda - 4850 points (→ 16th place)
Giovanni Perugini - 4571 points (→ 34th place)
Nicolo Deligia - 4492 points (→ 39th place)

Men's Team Competition:

Medda, Perugini, and Deligia - 13913 points (→ 10th place)

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs

Giampaolo Tronchin, Mario Semenzato and Siro Kuhnke Meli
- Heat — 8:02.79
- Repechage — 8:10.46 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Shooting

Eleven male shooters represented Italy in 1972. In the trap event, Angelo Scalzone won gold and Silvano Basagni won bronze.

25 m pistol

50 m pistol

50 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, prone

Trap

Skeet

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

Roberto Pangaro
- Heat — 54.74s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Riccardo Targetti
- Heat — 2:02.58 (→ did not advance)
Arnaldo Cinquetti
- Heat — 2:01.78 (→ did not advance)
Roberto Pangaro
- Heat — 2:00.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci and Alberto Castagnetti
- Heat — 3:38.81 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Roberto Pangaro, Arnaldo Cinquetti, Lorenzo Marugo, and Riccardo Targetti
- Heat — 8:03.98 (→ did not advance)

Men's Competition

Vincenzo Finocchiaro, Sergio Irredento, Massimo Nistri, Edmondo Mingione, Michele di Pietro, Angelo Tozzi, Gaetano Carboni, and Mauro Calligaris. Reserve: Sandro Grassi.

Women's Competition

Laura Podestà, Novella Calligaris, Federica Stabilini, Patrizia Miserini, Donatella Talpo, Patrizia Lanfredini, Laura Gorgerino, and Alessandra Finesso. Reserve: Antonella Valentini.

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group C)
- Lost to Soviet Union (1-4)
- Defeated Bulgaria (8-5)
- Defeated Spain (6-2)
- Defeated Japan (12-5)
Final Round (Group I)
- Lost to Hungary (7-8)
- Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6)
- Drew with West Germany (2-2)
- Lost to United States (5-6) → Sixth place
Team Roster
- Alberto Alberani
- Eraldo Pizzo
- Roldano Simeoni
- Mario Cevasco
- Alessandro Ghibellini
- Gianni de Magistris
- Guglielmo Marsili
- Silvio Baracchini
- Franco Lavoratori
- Sante Marsili
- Ferdinande Ligano

Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight:

Gaetano Tosto - 325.0 kg (→ 16th place)