Italy competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Fencing Foil Gymnastics All-around Pietro BianchiGuido BoniAlberto BragliaGiuseppe DomenichelliCarlo FregosiAlfredo GolliniFrancesco LoiLuigi MaioccoGiovanni MangianteLorenzo MangianteSerafino MazzarochiGuido RomanoPaolo SalviLuciano SavoriniAdolfo TunesiGiorgio ZamporiUmberto ZanoliniAngelo Zorzi Gymnastics Team Fencing Foil Athletics 10 km walk Gymnastics All-around
Aquatics
Diving
A single diver represented Italy. It was Italy's second appearance in diving, with Carlo Bonfanti being the nation's only diver both in 1912 and 1908. Bonfanti did not reach the final in either of his two events.
Rankings given are within the diver's heat.
DiverEventsHeatsFinalResultRankResultRank Carlo Bonfanti3 m board 46.81 4 Did not advancePlain high dive 28.5 6 Did not advance
Swimming
Two swimmers competed for Italy at the 1912 Games. It was the third time the nation appeared in swimming, and both swimmers had previously competed in 1908.
Neither Massa nor Baiardo was able to advance to an event final. Massa's second-place finish in his initial heat of the 100 metre freestyle was the only race in which either was not eliminated. Massa did not appear for his quarterfinal race, but was allowed to compete in the semifinals.
Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat.
Men
SwimmerEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Davide Baiardo100 m freestyle Unknown 4–6 Did not advance400 m freestyle N/A Unknown 5 Did not advance Mario Massa100 m freestyle 1:11.8 2 Q – – q Did not finish Did not advance400 m freestyle N/A Did not finish Did not advance1500 m freestyle N/A Did not finish Did not advance
Athletics
14 athletes represented Italy. It was the nation's third appearance in athletics. Fernando Altimani's bronze medal in the 10 kilometre racewalk was Italy's best result and only medal in the sport.
Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events.
AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Fernando Altimani10 km walk N/A 48:54.2 4 Q 47:37.6 Guido Calvi800 m ? 4 Did not advance1500 m N/A Did not finish Did not advance Nino CazzanigaMarathon N/A Did not start Orlando CesaroniMarathon N/A Did not start Daciano Colbacchini110 m hurdles 16.1 2 Q 16.0 2 Did not advance Franco Giongo100 m ? 2 Q ? 4 Did not advance200 m ? 2 Q ? 4 Did not advance200 m ? 3 Did not advance Manlio LegatLong jump N/A 5.50 29 Did not advancePole vault N/A 3.00 23 Did not advanceDecathlon N/A 1563.200 28 Aurelio LenziShot put N/A 11.57 12 Did not advanceDiscus throw N/A 38.19 18 Did not advance Emilio Lunghi400 m 50.5 2 Q ? 2 Did not advance800 m ? 2 Q ? 5 Did not advance Alfonso Orlando5000 m N/A Did not finish Did not advance10000 m N/A 33:44.6 5 Q 33:31.2 5 Alfredo Pagani110 m hurdles ? 3 Did not advanceLong jump N/A 5.95 27 Did not advanceHigh jump N/A 1.60 28 Did not advancePentathlon N/A Elim-3 68 24Decathlon N/A 4425.550 18 Francesco RuggeroMarathon N/A Did not finish Carlo SperoniMarathon N/A Did not finish Angelo ToniniLong jump N/A 6.44 19 Did not advanceHigh jump N/A No mark 34 Did not advance
Fencing
Nine fencers represented Italy. It was the third appearance of the nation in fencing. Italy's foilists did well, taking the gold and silver medals as well as having a third finalist. The medals were Italy's first in individual amateur events. Nedo Nadi, the gold medalist in the foil, was also the only non-Hungarian to reach the final in the sabre, placing fifth.
FencerEventRound 1QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRecordRankRecordRankRecordRankRecordRank Edoardo AlaimoFoil 0 losses 1 Q 0 losses 1 Q 1 loss 1 Q 4–3 5Sabre 4 wins 1 Q Did not start Did not advance Giovanni BenfratelloSabre 3 wins 1 Q 3 losses 4 Did not advance Fernando CavalliniFoil 1 loss 1 Q 1 loss 1 Q Did not finish Did not advance Nedo NadiFoil 0 losses 1 Q 1 loss 2 Q 0 losses 1 Q 7–0 Sabre 2 wins 2 Q 1 loss 1 Q 3 wins 2 Q 4–3 5 Francesco PietrasantaFoil 0 losses 1 Q 4 losses 5 Did not advanceSabre 3 wins 1 Q 1 loss 4 Did not advance Aristide PontananiSabre 2 wins 2 Q 3 losses 4 Did not advance Pietro SpecialeFoil 2 losses 3 Q 0 losses 1 Q 0 losses 1 Q 5–2 Edoardo Alaimo Gino Belloni Giovanni Benfratello Fernando Cavallini Ugo Di Nola Nedo NadiSabre N/A 1–0 1 Q 1–2 3 Did not advance
Football
Team Roster Edoardo Mariani Enrico Sardi Felice Berardo Franco Bontadini Enea Zuffi Pietro Leone Giuseppe Milano Carlo De Marchi Renzo De Vecchi Angelo Binaschi Piero Campelli Luigi Barbesino Modesto Valle Vittorio Morelli Di Popolo
Results
First round
Consolation quarterfinals
Consolation semifinals
Final rank 7th place
Gymnastics
Eighteen gymnasts represented Italy. It was the third appearance of the nation in gymnastics. Italy entered six gymnasts in the individual competition, winning the gold and bronze medals and having all six gymnasts place in the top ten. Alberto Braglia, the defending Olympic champion, was the individual champion again. The Italian team also entered one of the three team competitions to win their second gymnastics gold of 1912.
Artistic
GymnastEventsFinalResultRank Pietro BianchiAll-around 127.75 6 Guido BoniAll-around 128.00 4 Alberto BragliaAll-around 135.00 Guido RomanoAll-around 126.25 9 Adolfo TunesiAll-around 131.50 Giorgio ZamporiAll-around 128.00 4 ItalyTeam 53.15
Wrestling
Greco-Roman
Italy was represented by six wrestlers in its second Olympic wrestling appearance. None of the six advanced past the fourth round, as the team compiled a combined record of 8-12.
WrestlerClassFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFifth roundSixth roundSeventh roundFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMatch AOppositionResultMatch BOppositionResultMatch COppositionResultRank Oreste Arpe Light heavyweight W W L L Did not advance N/A Did not advance 11 Zavirre Carcereri Middleweight W L L Did not advance 20 Mariano Ciai Featherweight L L Did not advance 26 Alessandro Covre Lightweight W L L Did not advance 23 Renato Gardini Light heavyweight W W L L Did not advance N/A Did not advance 11 Andrea Gargano Middleweight L W W L Did not advance 11
External links Italy at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database