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.
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
Results Men (25)Athlete Age Event Rank MedalCarlo Vittori 21 Men's 100 metres 6 h4 r2/4 Franco Leccese 27 Men's 100 metres 3 h8 r1/4 Wolfgango Montanari 21 Men's 100 metres 7 h7 r1/4 Giorgio Sobrero 22 Men's 200 metres 3 h13r1/4 Luigi Grossi 27 Men's 200 metres 4 h12r1/4 Lucio Sangermano 19 Men's 200 metres 4 h18r1/4 Gianni Rocca 23 Men's 400 metres 3 h6 r1/4 Vincenzo Lombardo 20 Men's 400 metres 3 h7 r1/4 Antonio Siddi 29 Men's 400 metres 4 h11r1/4 Armando Filiput 28 Men's 400 metres Hurdles 6 Franco Leccese 27 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3 Antonio Siddi 29 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3 Giorgio Sobrero 22 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3 Carlo Vittori 21 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3 Baldassare Porto 29 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2 Gianni Rocca 23 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2 Luigi Grossi 27 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2 Armando Filiput 28 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2 Asfò Bussotti 26 Men's Marathon 46 Artidoro Berti 31 Men's Marathon 53 Egilberto Martufi 26 Men's Marathon AC Bruno Fait 28 Men's 10 kilometres Walk 8 Telemaco Arcangeli 29 Men's 10 kilometres Walk 7 h2 r1/2 Pino Dordoni 26 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 1 GoldGiuseppe Kressevich 36 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 10 Salvatore Cascino 34 Men's 50 kilometres Walk1 9 Adolfo Consolini 35 Men's Discus Throw 2 SilverGiuseppe Tosi 36 Men's Discus Throw 8 Teseo Taddia 32 Men's Hammer Throw 10 Aivo Lucioli 23 Men's Hammer Throw 26 QR Amos Matteucci 37 Men's Javelin Throw 17 Angiolo Profeti 34 Men's Shot Put 12 Women (8)Athlete Age Event Rank MedalGiuseppina Leone 17 Women's 100 metres 4 h1 r2/4 Liliana Tagliaferri 23 Women's 100 metres 6 h4 r2/4 Vittoria Cesarini 19 Women's 100 metres 3 h3 r1/4 Vera Martelli 21 Women's 200 metres 6 h3 r1/3 Vittoria Cesarini 19 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2 Milena Greppi 23 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2 Giuseppina Leone 17 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2 Liliana Tagliaferri 23 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2 Milena Greppi 23 Women's 80 metres Hurdles 6 h1 r2/3 Maria Musso 21 Women's 80 metres Hurdle s4 h5 r1/3 Edera Cordiale 32 Women's Discus Throw 14 Ada Turci 28 Women's Javelin Throw 11
Basketball
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
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition Men'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 Competition Men'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 Guido Messina, Loris Campana, Marino Morettini, and Mino de Rossi Final — defeated South Africa (→ Gold Medal)
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankLamberto Mari3 m springboard54.4232 Did not advance10 m platform60.4426 Did not advance
Equestrian
Fencing
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
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
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
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1952.
Individual Alfonso Marotta Duilio Brignetti Giulio Palmonella
Team Alfonso Marotta Duilio Brignetti Giulio Palmonella
Rowing
Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.
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
Shooting
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
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlfonso Buonocore100 m freestyle 1:02.3 6 Did not advanceCarlo Pedersoli 58.8 3 58.9 5 Did not advanceAngelo Romani400 m freestyle 5:05.1 4 Did not advanceEgidio Massaria100 m backstroke 1:08.8 1 Q 1:09.7 7 Did not advanceGiorgio Grilz200 m breaststroke Did not advanceCarlo PedersoliEgidio MassariaAngelo RomaniGiovanni Paliaga4 × 200 m freestyle relay 9:17.9 5 colspan=2 Did not advance
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRomana Calligaris100 m freestyle 1:11.0 6 Did not advanceMaria Nardi 1:13.2 5 Did not advanceMaria NardiFides BeniniEva BelaiseRomana Calligaris4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:52.6 5 colspan=2 Did not advance
Water polo
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
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database