Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ITA
Nocname:	Italian National Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Games Link:	1952 Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Date:	July 19–August 3, 1952
Website:
Location:	Helsinki, Finland
Competitors:	231 (208 men, 23 women)
Sports:	19
Flagbearer:	Miranda Cicognani
Rank:	5
Gold:	8
Silver:	9
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 231 competitors, 208 men and 23 women, took part in 114 events in 19 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Pino Dordoni - Athletics, Men's 50 km 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

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Results

Men (25)
Athlete	Age	Event !	Rank	Medal
	21	Men's 100 metres	6 h4 r2/4
	27	Men's 100 metres	3 h8 r1/4
	21	Men's 100 metres	7 h7 r1/4
	22	Men's 200 metres	3 h13r1/4
	27	Men's 200 metres	4 h12r1/4
	19	Men's 200 metres	4 h18r1/4
	23	Men's 400 metres	3 h6 r1/4
	20	Men's 400 metres	3 h7 r1/4
	29	Men's 400 metres	4 h11r1/4
	28	Men's 400 metres Hurdles	6
	27	Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay	2 h1 r1/3
	29	Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay	2 h1 r1/3
	22	Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay	2 h1 r1/3
	21	Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay	2 h1 r1/3
	29	Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay	4 h2 r1/2
	23	Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay	4 h2 r1/2
	27	Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay	4 h2 r1/2
	28	Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay	4 h2 r1/2
	26	Men's Marathon	46
	31	Men's Marathon	53
	26	Men's Marathon	AC
	28	Men's 10 kilometres Walk	8
	29	Men's 10 kilometres Walk	7 h2 r1/2
	26	Men's 50 kilometres Walk	1	bgcolor=gold	Gold
	36	Men's 50 kilometres Walk	10
	34	Men's 50 kilometres Walk1	9
	35	Men's Discus Throw	2	bgcolor=silver	Silver
	36	Men's Discus Throw	8
	32	Men's Hammer Throw	10
	23	Men's Hammer Throw	26 QR
	37	Men's Javelin Throw	17
	34	Men's Shot Put	12
Women (8)
Athlete	Age	Event !	Rank	Medal
	17	Women's 100 metres	4 h1 r2/4
	23	Women's 100 metres	6 h4 r2/4
	19	Women's 100 metres	3 h3 r1/4
	21	Women's 200 metres	6 h3 r1/3
	19	Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay	3 h2 r1/2
	23	Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay	3 h2 r1/2
	17	Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay	3 h2 r1/2
	23	Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay	3 h2 r1/2
	23	Women's 80 metres Hurdles	6 h1 r2/3
	21	Women's 80 metres Hurdle	s4 h5 r1/3
	32	Women's Discus Throw	14
	28	Women's Javelin Throw	11

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road CompetitionMen'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 CompetitionMen'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

• Final - defeated South Africa (→ Gold Medal)

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Men's 3m Springboard

• Lamberto Mari

• Preliminary Round - 54.42 points (→ 32nd place)

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. 18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Italy in 1952.

Men's foil

• Edoardo Mangiarotti
• Manlio Di Rosa
• Giancarlo Bergamini

Men's team foil

• Edoardo Mangiarotti, Manlio Di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Antonio Spallino, Giorgio Pellini, Renzo Nostini

Men's épée

• Edoardo Mangiarotti
• Dario Mangiarotti
• Carlo Pavesi

Men's team épée

• Edoardo Mangiarotti, Dario Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Franco Bertinetti, Roberto Battaglia

Men's sabre

• Gastone Darè
• Vincenzo Pinton
• Renzo Nostini

Men's team sabre

• Vincenzo Pinton, Renzo Nostini, Gastone Darè, Mauro Racca, Roberto Ferrari, Giorgio Pellini

Women's foil

• Irene Camber-Corno
• Silvia Strukel
• Velleda Cesari

Football

See main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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.) Giovani Capurro

• (17.) Alberto Fontanesi

• (18.) Corrado Viciani

• (19.) Rino Ferrario

• (20.) Roberto Lovati

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Team Roster
• Fabio Bonacina
• Silvio Brivio
• Arrigo Carnoli
• Guido Figone
• Orlando Polmonari
• Littorio Sampieri
• Quinto Vadi
• Luigi Zanetti

Women's team competition

• Team Roster
• Renata Bianchi
• Grazia Bozzo
• Miranda Cicognani
• Elisabetta Durelli
• Licia Macchini
• Lidia Pitteri
• Luciana Reali
• Liliana Scaricabarozzi

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1952.

Individual

• Alfonso Marotta
• Duilio Brignetti
• Giulio Palmonella

Team

• Alfonso Marotta
• Duilio Brignetti
• Giulio Palmonella

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's single sculls

• Ugo Pifferi

Men's double sculls

• Silvio Bergamini
• Lodovico Sommaruga

Men's coxless pair

• Bruno Gamba
• Antonio Saverio

Men's coxed pair

• Giuseppe Ramani
• Aldo Tarlao
• Luciano Marion (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Giuseppe Moioli
• Elio Morille
• Giovanni Invernizzi
• Franco Faggi

Men's coxed four

• Albino Trevisan
• Amadeo Scarpi
• Abbondio Smerghetto
• Tarquinio Angiolin
• Domenico Cambieri (cox)

Men's eight

• Albino Baldan
• Savino Dalla Puppa
• Alberto Bozzato
• Ferdinando Smerghetto
• Montanino Nuvoli
• Dino Nardin
• Ottorino Enzo
• Pier Nicola Attorese
• Sergio Ghiatto (cox)

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Eight shooters represented Italy in 1952.

25 m pistol

• Giorgio Pennacchietti
• Michelangelo Borriello

50 m pistol

• Luciano Galesi
• Renato Sacchi

100m running deer

• Luigi Ruspoli
• Ladislao Odescalchi

Trap

• Galliano Rossini
• Italo Bellini

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Italy at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . 17 February 2015 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150326163619/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1952/ . 26 March 2015 .
2. Italy Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417095452/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 March 2018.