| Noc: | ITA |
| Nocname: | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Games: | Summer Universiade |
| Location: | Turin |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Gold: | 18 |
| Silver: | 10 |
| Bronze: | 10 |
| Rank: | 1 |
Italy competed at the 1959 Summer Universiade in Turin, Italy.
The 38 medals are the highest level of all-time for the Italy at the Universiade.[1]
| Sport | Tot. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Basketball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 10 | 10 | 38 |
| Sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | Livio Berruti (100 m) | Nereo Svara (100 m hs) | Giorgio Mazza (110 m hs) | |
| Livio Berruti (200 m) | Germano Gimelli (400 m hs) | |||
| Salvatore Morale (400 m hs) | Elio Catola Nereo Fossati Mario Fraschini Germano Gimelli (Men's 4x400 metres relay) | |||
| Guido De Murtas Salvatore Giannone Giorgio Mazza Livio Berruti (Men's 4x100 metres relay) | Maurizio Terenziani (long jump) | |||
| Attilio Bravi (long jump) | Anna Doro Fausta Galluzzi Giuseppina Leone Nadia Mecocci (Women's 4x100 metres relay) | |||
| Giuseppina Leone (100 m) | Elvia Ricci (discus throw) | |||
| Giuseppina Leone (200 m) | ||||
| Swimming | Gilberto Elsa (100 m dorso) | Roberto Lazzari (200 m backstroke) | Paolo Pucci (100 m freestyle) | |
| Fritz Dennerlein (200 m butterfly) | Alessandra Salvi (200 m backstroke) | Mario Liotti (400 m freestyle) | ||
| Men's 4x200 relay freestyle | Nicoletta Sacco (400 m freestyle) | |||
| Men's 4x200 relay medley | Cornelia Hruska (100 m butterfly) | |||
| Rita Androsoni (100 m backstroke) | Women's 4x100 relay freestyle | |||
| Nicoletta Sacco (100 m freestyle) | ||||
| Men's 4x200 relay medley | ||||
| Maria Chiara Ramorino Maria Teresa Riedl (women's doubles) | Massimo Drisaldi (men's single) | |||
| Maria Chiara Ramorino Massimo Drisaldi (mixed doubles) | Maria Teresa Riedl (women's single) | |||
| Wladimiro Calarese (sabre) | Men's Team Sabre | Women's Team Foil | ||
| Men's Team Épée | ||||
| Basketball | ||||
| Water polo | Men's National Team | |||