Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained
| Noc: | ITA |
| Nocname: | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Olympic Movement |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Moscow |
| Competitors: | 159 (121 men and 38 women) |
| Sports: | 19 |
| Rank: | 5 |
| Gold: | 8 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 4 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
Italy competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Italy competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 159 competitors, 121 men and 38 women, took part in 88 events in 19 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
Silver
- Marco Solfrini, Renzo Vecchiato, Renato Villalta, Dino Meneghin, Romeo Sacchetti, Michael Silvester, Pietro Generali, Enrico Gilardi, Pierluigi Marzorati, Marco Bonamico, Roberto Brunamonti, and Fabrizio Della Fiori - Basketball, Men's Team Competition
- Marina Sciocchetti, Anna Casagrande, Federico Roman, and Mauro Roman - Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
- Ferdinando Meglio, Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, and Marco Romano - Fencing, Sabre Team Competition
Bronze
Archery
See main article: Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics. For the first time, Italy entered a woman in the Olympic archery competition. She placed a respectable tenth place. Giancarlo Ferrari repeated his bronze medal-winning performance of four years earlier.
Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Individual Competition:
Athletics
See main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's 100 metres
- Semifinals - 10.58 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
- Semifinals - 1:48.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
- Final - 3:40.4 (→ 5th place)
Men's Marathon
- Final - 2:23:21 (→ 35th place)
Men's 4x400 metres Relay
- Final - 3:04.3 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
- Semifinals - 8:29.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Qualification - 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Final Round - 73.90 m (→ 7th place)
Men's Decathlon
- Final - did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Final - 1:33:26.2 (→ 11th place)
Women's 100 metres
- Quarterfinals - 11.57 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
- Heat - 2:10.7 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
- Heat - 4:14.7 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
- Final - 1.97 m (→ Gold Medal)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Final - 57.52 m (→ 12th place)
Women's Shot Put
- Final - 17.27 m (→ 14th place)
Basketball
See main article: Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group C)
- Lost to Australia (77–84)
- Defeated Cuba (79–72)
- Semi Final Round (Group A)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (81–102)
- Defeated Soviet Union (87–85)
- Defeated Spain (95–89)
- Final
- Lost to Yugoslavia (77–86) → Silver Medal
- Team Roster:
Boxing
See main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's Lightweight ( - 60 kg)
Men's Light-Welterweight ( - 63,5 kg)
- Patrizio Oliva → Gold Medal
- First Round - Defeated Aurelien Agnan (Benin) after referee stopped contest in first round
- Second Round - Defeated Farez Halabi (Syria) after referee stopped contest in first round
- Quarter Finals - Defeated Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (3–2)
- Semi Finals - Defeated Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (5–0)
- Final - Defeated Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (4–1)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Canoeing
See main article: Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Cycling
See main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Ten cyclists represented Italy in 1980.
- Individual road race
- Team time trial
- Sprint
- 1000m time trial
- Individual pursuit
- Team pursuit
Diving
See main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's Springboard
- Preliminary Round - 556.32 points (→ 6th place)
- Final - 871.500 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Equestrianism
See main article: Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Fencing
See main article: Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. 13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1980.
- Men's foil
- Men's épée
- Men's sabre
- Men's team sabre
- Women's foil
- Women's team foil
Judo
See main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Modern pentathlon
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1980.
- Individual
Rowing
See main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Sailing
See main article: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Shooting
See main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Swimming
See main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m Freestyle
- Final - 51.69 (→ 5th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Final - 1:52.76 (→ 6th place)
- Final - 1:53.25 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Final - 7:30.37 (→ 5th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Final - 1.05.10 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Heats - 1:13.76 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Final - 4:19.06 (→ 5th place)
Volleyball
See main article: Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–2)
- Lost to Soviet Union (0–3)
- Lost to Bulgaria (1–3)
- Classification Match
- 9th/10th place: Defeated Libya (3–0) → 9th place
- Team Roster
Water polo
See main article: Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
- Men's Team Competition
Weightlifting
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Wrestling
See main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Notes and References
- Web site: Italy at the 1980 Summer Games . 2011-04-24 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110406185821/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1980/ . 2011-04-06 .
