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Italy at the Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Italy has sent athletes to most of the modern Olympic Games held since 1896, outside of not having "officially" participated (as a national delegation) in the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1]

Italy has taken part in all the Winter Olympic Games, winning 141 medals, and 618 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. Italy has won a total of 259 gold medals which makes them the 6th most successful country in Olympic history, after the USA, the Soviet Union, Germany, Great Britain and France. Italy has the sixth highest medal total of all time with 759. Italy has the third longest medaling streak after Sweden and Finland. Italy has medaled in 40 straight Olympic games, starting with the 1936 Summer Olympics.

The Italian National Olympic Committee was created in 1914 and recognised in 1915. As of 2020, Italy is the most successful nation at fencing in Olympic history.

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Hosted Games

Italy has hosted the Games on three occasions, with a fourth occasion is planning for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events
1956 Winter Olympics Cortina d'Ampezzo 26 January – 5 February 32 821 24
1960 Summer Olympics Rome 25 August – 11 September 83 5,338 150
2006 Winter Olympics Turin 10–26 February 80 2,508 84
2026 Winter Olympics Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 6–22 February TBD TBD TBD

Medal tables

Flag used from 1896 to 1946

According to the official count of the International Olympic Committee, Italy has won 618 medals at Summer Olympics.[2]

In the Summer Olympic Games, Italy has finished 2nd in 1932, 3rd in 1960, 4th in 1936, and 5th in 1924, 1928, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980 and 1984. In the Winter Olympic Games, Italy has finished 4th in 1968 and 1994, and 6th in 1952 and 1992.

Italy ranks 1st all-time in fencing, 2nd in cycling, 3rd in luge, 4th in boxing and shooting, 5th in alpine skiing, and 6th in bobsled, cross-country skiing and short track speed skating.


  Host country

Athletes with most appearances

Partecip. Athlete Born Edition Period
(age 1st / last)
Sport
Tot.
8 Piero D'Inzeo 1923 1948/1976 28 years (25/53) Equestrian 0 2 4 6
Raimondo D'Inzeo 1925 1948/1976 28 years (23/51) Equestrian 1 2 3 6
Josefa Idem[4] 1964 1984/2012 28 years (20/48) Canoeing 1 2 2 5
7 Giovanni Pellielo 1970 1992/2016 24 years (22/46) Shooting 0 3 1 4
6 Angelo Mazzoni 1961 1980/2000 20 years (19/39) Fencing 2 0 1 3
Andrea Benelli 1960 1988/2008 20 years (28/48) Shooting 1 0 1 2
Ilario Di Buò 1965 1984/2008 20 years (19/43) Archery 0 2 0 2
Marco De Nicolo 1976 2000/2020 21 years (22/45) Shooting 0 0 0 0
Wilfried Huber 1970 1988/2006 18 years (18/36) Luge 1 0 0 1
Alessandra Sensini 1970 1992/2012 20 years (22/42) Sailing 1 1 2 4
Gerda Weissensteiner 1969 1988/2006 18 years (19/37) Luge & Bobsleigh 1 0 1 2
Armin Zöggeler 1974 1994/2014 20 years (20/40) Luge 2 1 3 6
Roland Fischnaller 1980 2002/2022 20 years (22/42) Snowboarding 0 0 0 0
Natalia Valeeva[5] 1969 1992/2012 20 years (23/43) Archery 0 0 0 0

Notes: the names highlighted in pink indicate that they are female athletes. Notes: the names in bold indicate that they are still active.

Athletes with most medals

The Italian athlete who won the most medals in the history of the Olympic Games, is the fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti.[6]

  Still active
Athlete Sport Games
Total
Edoardo Mangiarotti Fencing 19361948195219561960 6 5 2 13
Arianna Fontana Short track speed skating 20062010201420182022 2 4 5 11
Stefania Belmondo Cross country skiing 1992199419982002 2 3 5 10
Valentina Vezzali Fencing 19962000200420082012 6 1 2 9
Giulio Gaudini Fencing 192819321936 3 4 2 9
Giovanna Trillini Fencing 19921996200020042008 4 1 3 8
Gustavo Marzi Fencing 192819321936 2 5 0 7
Manuela Di Centa Cross country skiing 199219941998 2 2 3 7
Nedo Nadi Fencing 19121920 6 0 0 6
Giuseppe Delfino Fencing 1952195619601964 4 2 0 6
Armin Zöggeler Luge 199419982002200620102014 2 1 3 6
Eugenio Monti Bobsleigh 195619641968 2 2 2 6
Raimondo D'Inzeo Equestrian 1956196019641972 1 2 3 6
Piero D'Inzeo Equestrian 1956196019641972 0 2 4 6
Oreste Puliti Fencing 192019241928 4 1 0 5
Giorgio Zampori Gymnastics 191219201924 4 0 1 5
Gabriella Paruzzi Cross country skiing 19921994199820022006 1 0 4 5
Klaus Dibiasi Diving 1964196819721976 3 2 0 5
Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing 198819921994 3 2 0 5
Antonio Rossi Canoeing 1992199620002004 3 1 1 5
Giancarlo Cornaggia Fencing 192819321936 3 1 1 5
Manlio Di Rosa Fencing 1936194819521956 2 2 1 5
Carlo Massullo Modern pentathlon 198419881992 1 2 2 5
Silvio Fauner Cross country skiing 199219941998 1 2 2 5
Franco Menichelli Artistic gymnastics 19601964 1 1 3 5
Marco Albarello Cross country skiing 199219941998 1 3 1 5

Men gold medalist

In this table (sorted by individual totals gold medals), the men who have won gold individual medals at the Olympics (but also at the World Championships).

  Still in activity
Athlete Sport Born Period Individual Team Total
Olympics World Ch. Olympics World Ch. Individual Team Individual + Team
Tot.
1 Gregorio Paltrinieri[7] Swimming 1994 2013-active 1 1 1 8 5 3 - - - 1 1 1 9 6 4 1 1 1 10 7 5 22
2 Armin Zöggeler Luge 1974 1994–2014 2 1 3 6 3 1 - - - 0 2 4 8 4 4 0 2 4 8 6 8 22
3 Jury Chechi Gymnastics 1969 1989–2004 1 0 1 5 0 2 - - - - - - 6 0 3 - - - 6 0 3 9
4 Klaus Dibiasi Diving 1946 1964–1976 3 2 0 2 2 0 - - - 5 4 0 - - - 5 4 0 9
5 Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing 1966 1987–1996 3 2 0 2 0 2 - - - 5 2 2 - - - 5 2 2 9
6 Gustav Thöni Alpine skiing 1951 1972–1976 1 2 0 4 0 0 - - - 5 2 0 - - - 5 2 0 7
7 Giorgio Zampori Gymnastics 1887 1909–1913 1 0 1 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 5 1 2 3 0 3 8 1 5 14
8 Leandro Faggin Cycling 1933 1956–1968 1 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 - - - 4 3 3 1 0 0 5 3 3 11
9 Vincenzo Maenza Wrestling 1962 1982–1992 2 1 0 2 1 0 - - - 4 2 0 - - - 4 2 0 6
10 Edoardo Mangiarotti Fencing 1919 1936–1960 1 1 2 2 5 2 5 4 0 11 3 3 3 6 4 16 7 3 19 13 7 39
11 Sante Gaiardoni Cycling 1939 1960–1970 2 0 0 1 3 2 - - - 3 3 2 - - - 3 3 2 8
12 Raimondo D'Inzeo Equestrian 1925 1955–1972 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 - - - 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 4 10
13 Andrea Benelli Shooting 1960 1981–2006 1 0 1 2 1 1 7 3 2 3 1 2 7 3 2 10 4 4 18
Roberto Cammarelle Boxing 1980 2004–2012 1 1 1 2 0 1 - - - 3 1 2 - - - 3 1 2 6
15 Paolo Bettini Cycling 1974 2001–2007 1 0 0 2 1 0 - - - 3 1 0 - - - 3 1 0 4
Zeno Colò Alpine skiing 1920 1950–1952 1 0 0 2 1 0 - - - 3 1 0 - - - 3 1 0 4
17 Maurizio Damilano Athletics 1957 1980–1991 1 0 2 2 0 0 - - - 3 0 2 - - - 3 0 2 5
Ercole Baldini Cycling 1933 1956–1964 1 0 0 2 0 2 - - - 3 0 2 - - - 3 0 2 5
19 Silvio Martinello Cycling 1963 1995–2000 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 3 2 1 6 2 2 10
Ennio Mattarelli Shooting 1928 1961–1973 1 0 0 2 0 1 - - - 3 0 1 - - - 3 0 1 4
21 Luciano Giovannetti Shooting 1945 1979–1986 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 6 1 0 7
22 Massimiliano Rosolino Swimming 1978 1998–2007 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 4 3 9
23 Carlo Pavesi Fencing 1923 1950–1960 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 4 1 0 2 2 1 7 1 0 9 3 1 13
Daniele Masala Modern pentathlon 1955 1979–1988 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 4 3 4 11
25 Mauro Numa Fencing 1961 1979–1990 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 4 2 2 6 3 4 11
Paul Hildgartner Luge 1952 1972-1988 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 3 8
26 Aldo Montano Fencing 1978 2002–2012 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 5 4 2 6 4 12
27 Alberto Cova Athletics 1958 1983–1984 1 0 0 1 0 0 - - - 2 0 0 - - - 2 0 0 2
Athletes in team sports
1 Eugenio Monti Bobsleigh 1928 1956–1968 - - - 2 2 2 9 1 0 11 3 2 11 3 2 16
2 Carmine Abbagnale Rowing 1962 1981–1993 - - - 2 1 0 7 4 1 9 5 1 9 5 1 15
3 Giuseppe Abbagnale Rowing 1959 1981–1993 - - - 2 1 0 7 3 1 9 4 1 9 4 1 14
4 Antonio Rossi Canoeing 1968 1992–2004 - - - 3 1 1 3 3 1 6 4 2 6 4 2 12
5 Agostino Straulino Sailing 1914 1939–1965 - - - 1 1 0 4 2 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 9
6 Rossano Galtarossa Rowing 1972 1992–2012 - - - 1 1 2 4 1 3 5 2 5 5 2 5 12
7 Agostino Abbagnale Rowing 1962 1985–2002 - - - 3 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 0 5 2 0 7

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity. For cycling was considered for world championships, only professional events.

Women gold medalist

The most successful Italian female athletes.

In this table, the women who have won gold individual medals at the Olympics and also at the World Championships. Updated to 16 February 2023.

  Still in activity
# Athlete Sport Born Period Olympics World Ch. Total
Tot.
Tot.
Tot.
1 Valentina Vezzali[8] Fencing 1974 1994–2016 3 1 1 5 6 2 4 12 9 3 5 17
2 Federica Pellegrini[9] Swimming 1988 2004–2019 1 1 0 2 6 3 1 10 7 4 1 12
3 Josefa Idem[10] Canoeing 1964 1990–2009 1 2 1 4 5 9 6 20 6 11 7 24
4 Stefania Belmondo[11] Cross-country skiing 1969 1992–2002 2 3 2 7 4 4 1 9 6 5 3 16
5 Deborah Compagnoni Alpine skiing 1970 1992–1998 3 1 0 4 3 0 0 3 6 1 0 7
6 Alessandra Sensini Windsurf 1970 1996–2012 1 1 2 4 4 3 1 8 5 4 3 12
7 Paola Pezzo[12] Mountain bike 1969 1993–2000 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 4 4 0 2 6
8 Arianna Fontana Green tickY Short track 1990 2006–2022 2 2 3 7 1 6 5 12 3 7 8 19
9 Giovanna Trillini[13] Fencing 1970 1992–2007 1 1 2 4 2 2 3 7 3 3 5 11
10 Gerda Weissensteiner[14][15] Luge 1969 1993–2006 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 2 5
11 Irene Camber[16] Fencing 1926 1952–1960 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 3
Others notables (at least one gold medal at the Olympics or World Championships and at least one medal in the other competition)
12 Deborah Gelisio Shooting 1976 1993–2007 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 5 4 2 0 6
13 Dorothea Wierer Green tickY Biathlon 1990 2014–2022 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 9 3 3 5 11
14 Manuela Di Centa[17][18] Cross-country skiing 1964 1991–1995 2 2 0 4 0 2 3 5 2 4 3 9
15 Fiona May[19] Athletics 1969 1995–2001 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 4 2 3 1 6
16 Isolde Kostner Alpine skiing 1975 1994–2002 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 3 2 2 2 6
17 Antonella Bellutti Track cycling 1968 1995–2000 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 4
18 Federica Brignone Green tickY Alpine skiing 1990 2011-2023 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 1 3 2 6
19 Carolina Kostner Green tickY Figure skating 1987 2002-2018 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 6 1 2 4 7
20 Sofia Goggia Green tickY Alpine skiing 1992 2017-2022 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 4
21 Chiara Cainero[20] Green tickY Shooting 1978 2006–2016 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 4
22 Sara Simeoni[21][22] Athletics 1953 1976–1984 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
23 Tania Cagnotto[23] Diving 1985 2004-2016 0 0 1[24] 1 1 1 5 7 1 1 6 8
24 Novella Calligaris[25] Swimming 1954 1968–1973 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 1 1 4 6
25 Simona Quadarella Green tickY Swimming 1998 2017-2022 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 3 5
26 Antonella Ragno[26] Fencing 1940 1960–1972 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3
27 Dorina Vaccaroni Fencing 1963 1982-1993 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 3

Summary by sport

Aquatics

Swimming

Italy first competed in swimming at the 1900 Games, with two swimmers in three events winning no medals.

Games Swimmers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 2 3/7 0 0 0 0
Total 5 5 12 22

Athletics

Italy first competed in athletics in 1900. After 121 years from first participation, Marcell Jacobs became the very first Italian athlete to win a gold medal in Men's 100 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics on 1 August 2021, with a time of 9"80.

Games Athletes Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 2 3/23 0 0 0 0
Total 19 15 26 60

Cycling

Italy first competed in cycling at the 1900 Games, with Enrico Brusoni winning a gold medal in the points race that year. Italy has the second-most gold medals (behind France) and third-most total medals (behind France and Great Britain) in the sport (as of the 2016 Games).

Games Cyclists Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 7 2/3 1 0 0 1
Total 33 16 10 59

Equestrian

Italy competed in equestrian at the first Games in which the sport was held, in Paris 1900. Six riders competed, including Italy's first female Olympian (Elvira Guerra). Gian Giorgio Trissino won a gold medal in the high jump and a silver in the long jump.

Overall, Italy has won the eighth-most gold medals and eighth-most total medals in the sport.

Games Riders Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 6 4/5 1 1 0 2
Total 7 9 7 23

Fencing

Italy first competed in fencing at the second edition of the Games in 1900. Italy has won more gold medals (49) and total medals (125) in the sport than any other nation. The nation's first medals were in its first appearance, as Italy's men's master sabreurs took gold and silver in that one-time-only event in 1900. Italy won six consecutive gold medals in the men's individual épée from 1932 to 1960 (including medal sweeps in 1936 and 1956), with a 7th in 2008; no other nation has more than 5 total gold medals (France) in the event.

Games Fencers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 8 6/7 1 1 0 2
Total 49 43 33 125

Gymnastics

Italy's first gymnastics appearance was when the nation sent one gymnast to the second Games in 1900; Camillo Pavanello finished 28th in the men's all-around, the only event held that Games.

Games Cyclists Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 1 1/1 0 0 0 0
Total 14 5 9 28

Sailing

Games No. Sailors Events Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
1896 Scheduled but event was not held
1900 0 0/13 0 0 0 0
1904 Not Scheduled
1908 0 0/4 0 0 0 0
1912 0 0/4 0 0 0 0
1896 Games Cancelled
1920 0 0/14 0 0 0 0
1924 8 2/3 0 0 0 0
1928 12 3/3 0 0 0 0
1932 1 1/4 0 0 0 0
1936 14 4/4 1 0 0 1 4
1940 Games Cancelled
1944 Games Cancelled
1948 15 5/5 0 0 0 0
1952 14 5/5 1 0 0 1 3
1956 12 5/5 0 1 0 1 7
1960 11 5/5 0 0 1 1 8
1964 10 4/5 0 0 0 0
1968 8 4/5 0 0 2 2 10
1972 10 5/6 0 0 0 0
1976 12 6/6 0 0 0 0
1980 6 3/6 0 0 1 1 9
1984 11 6/7 0 0 1 1 8
1988 15 8/8 0 0 0 0
1992 14 9/10 0 0 0 0
1996 16 10/10 0 0 1 1 19
2000 18 11/11 1 1 0 2 5
2004 18 11/11 0 0 1 1 15
2008 18 11/11 0 1 1 2 10
2012 11 8/10 0 0 0 0
2016 13 9/10 0 0 0 0
2020 9 6/10 1 0 0 1 5=
Total 4 3 8 15 13

Shooting

Italy's presence at the first Olympics in 1896 consisted of a single shooter, Giuseppe Rivabella, who entered one event and whose score and rank are unknown. The sport has remained a relatively strong one for Italy, which (after the 2016 Games) ranks fourth on the list of most gold medals in shooting with 16.

Games Shooters Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1896 Athens 1 1/5 0 0 0 0
Total 16 15 11 42

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Elio Trifari. "Che sorpresa: Italia presente a tutti i Giochi" (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Italy – Olympic Summer Games". olympic.org. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  3. ^ https://olympics.com/en/athletes/frank-bizzoni
  4. ^ Six for Italy and two for West Germany
  5. ^ Four for Italy, one for Moldavia and one for Unified Team
  6. ^ "Italy at the Olympics". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  7. ^ Included the medals at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
  8. ^ She won also 2 gold and 1 bronze at the Olympics and 5 gold 2 silver at the World Championships with the team.
  9. ^ She holds 2 swimming world records holder.
  10. ^ She won also 1 bronze at the Olympics and 2 bronze at the World Championshimps for West Germany.
  11. ^ She won also 2 bronze e 3 silver at the Olympics and 1 bronze at the World Championshimps with the team.
  12. ^ She won also 1 times la Mountain Bike World Cup on her sport.
  13. ^ She won also 3 gold and 1 bronze at the Olympics and 7 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze at the World Championships with the team.
  14. ^ She won also 2 times la Luge World Cup on her sport.
  15. ^ She won 1 gold also a bronze in bobsleigh double at 2006 Winter Olympics, 1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze in team events at World Luge Championships.
  16. ^ She won also 1 bronze at the Olympics and 1 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze at the World Championships with the team.
  17. ^ She won also 3 bronze ath the Olympics and 2 silver at the World Championships with the team.
  18. ^ She won also 2 Cross-Country World Cup in her sport.
  19. ^ Born in United Kingdom, but Italian for wedding.
  20. ^ She won also 1 bronze at the Olympics and 1 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze at the World Championships with the team.
  21. ^ She was the world record holder in high jump
  22. ^ She was able top participate just 1 edition of World Championships, because it was not held before 1983.
  23. ^ First Italian diver to win an olympic medals.
  24. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  25. ^ First Italian swimmer to win an Olympic medal.
  26. ^ She won also 1 bronze at the Olympics and 3 bronze at the World Championships with the team.

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