Italy competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 129 competitors, 114 men and 15 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Rome, the flag of Italy was hoisted at the closing ceremony.
Medalists Gold Leandro Faggin — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial Antonio Domenicali, Leandro Faggin, Valentino Gasparella, Franco Gandini and Virginio Pizzali — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit Ercole Baldini — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race Luigi Carpaneda, Manlio di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Antonio Spallino, and Vittorio Lucarelli — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Carlo Pavesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Giorgio Anglesio, Franco Bertinetti, Giuseppe Delfino, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Carlo Pavesi, and Alberto Pellegrino — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, and Ivo Stefanoni — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours Galliano Rossini — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
Silver Franco Nenci — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight Guglielmo Pesenti — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch) Raimondo d'Inzeo — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Piero d'Inzeo, Raimondo d'Inzeo, and Salvatore Oppes — Equestrian, Jumping Team Giancarlo Bergamini — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Giuseppe Delfino — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Ignazio Fabra — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight Agostino Straulino and Nicolò Rode — Sailing, Men's Star Competition
Bronze Giacomo Bozzano — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight Giuseppe Ogna and Cesare Pinarello — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem Piero d'Inzeo — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Antonio Spallino — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Edoardo Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Alessandro Ciceri — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting Ermanno Pignatti — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight Alberto Pigaiani — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight Adelmo Bulgarelli — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
Athletics
Results Men (15)Athlete Age Event Rank Luigi Gnocchi 23 Men's 100 metres 4 h2 r2/4Franco Galbiati 18 Men's 100 metres 3 h5 r1/4Mario Colarossi 27 Men's 100 metres 4 h1 r1/4Vincenzo Lombardo 24 Men's 200 metres 4 h2 r2/4Sergio D'Asnasch 22 Men's 200 metres 6 h3 r2/4Giovanni Ghiselli 22 Men's 200 metres 5 h7 r1/4Gianfranco Baraldi 21 Men's 800 metres 4 h4 r1/3Gianfranco Baraldi 21 Men's 1,500 metres 6 h3 r1/2Franco Galbiati 18 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 4Giovanni Ghiselli 22 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 4Luigi Gnocchi 23 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 4Vincenzo Lombardo 24 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 4Giuseppe Lavelli 28 Men's Marathon ACPino Dordoni 30 Men's 20 kilometres Walk 9Abdon Pamich 23 Men's 20 kilometres Walk 11Abdon Pamich 23 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 4Gian Mario Roveraro 20 Men's High Jump 23 QRGiulio Chiesa 28 Men's Pole Vault 9TGiovanni Lievore 24 Men's Javelin Throw 6Silvano Meconi 25 Men's Shot Put 10Adolfo Consolini 39 Men's Discus Throw 6Women (6)Athlete Age Event Rank Giuseppina Leone 21 Women's 100 metres 5Maria Musso 25 Women's 100 metres 5 h3 r1/3Franca Peggion 22 Women's 100 metres 6 h2 r1/3Giuseppina Leone 21 Women's 200 metres 3 h3 r1/3Letizia Bertoni 19 Women's 200 metres 3 h4 r1/3Milena Greppi 27 Women's 80 metres Hurdles 5 h1 r1/3Letizia Bertoni 19 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 5Milena Greppi 27 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 5Giuseppina Leone 21 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 5Maria Musso 25 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 5Paola Paternoster 20 Women's Discus Throw 11Paola Paternoster 20 Women's Javelin Throw 15 QR
Boxing
Cycling
Sprint Guglielmo Pesenti — Silver Medal
Time trial Leandro Faggin — 1:09.8 (→ Gold Medal)
Tandem Cesare PinarelloGiuseppe Ogna — Bronze Medal
Team pursuit Antonio DomenicaliFranco GandiniLeandro FagginValentino GasparellaVirginio Pizzali — 4:37.4 (→ Gold Medal)
Team road race Ercole BaldiniArnaldo PambiancoDino Bruni — 36 points (→ 4th place)
Individual road race Ercole Baldini — 5:21:17 (→ Gold Medal) Arnaldo Pambianco — 5:23:40 (→ 7th place) Dino Bruni — 5:27:28 (→ 28th place) Aurelio Cestari — 5:34:20 (→ 34th place)
Fencing
19 fencers, 17 men and 2 women, represented Italy in 1956.
Men's foil Giancarlo Bergamini Antonio Spallino Edoardo Mangiarotti
Men's team foil Edoardo Mangiarotti, Manlio Di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Antonio Spallino, Luigi Carpaneda, Vittorio Lucarelli
Men's épée Carlo Pavesi Giuseppe Delfino Edoardo Mangiarotti
Men's team épée Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Franco Bertinetti, Giorgio Anglesio, Alberto Pellegrino
Men's sabre Luigi Narduzzi Roberto Ferrari Gastone Darè
Men's team sabre Roberto Ferrari, Domenico Pace, Mario Ravagnan, Giuseppe Comini, Luigi Narduzzi, Gastone Darè
Women's foil Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini Velleda Cesari
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1956.
Individual Adriano Facchini
Rowing
Italy had 21 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1956.
Men's single sculls Stefano Martinoli
Men's coxless pair Alvaro Banchi Maurizio Clerici
Men's coxless four Giuseppe Moioli Attilio Cantoni Giovanni Zucchi Abbondio Marcelli
Men's coxed four Alberto Winkler Romano Sgheiz Angelo Vanzin Franco Trincavelli Ivo Stefanoni (cox)
Men's eight Antonio Amato Salvatore Nuvoli Cosimo Campioto Livio Tesconi Antonio Casoar Gian Carlo Casalini Sergio Tagliapietra Arrigo Menicocci Vincenzo Rubolotta (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Five shooters represented Italy in 1956. In the trap event, Galliano Rossini won gold and Alessandro Ciceri won bronze.
25 m pistol Michelangelo Borriello
50 m pistol Claudio Fiorentini
50 m rifle, three positions Carlo Varetto
Trap Galliano Rossini Alessandro Ciceri
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCarlo Pedersoli100 m freestyle 58.5 =14 Q 59.0 16 Did not advancePaolo Pucci 58.3 =10 Q 58.8 14 Did not advanceAngelo Romani400 m freestyle 4:37.6 8 Q colspan=2 4:41.7 8Fritz DennerleinPaolo GallettiGuido ElmiAngelo Romani4 × 200 m freestyle 8:43.1 8 Q colspan=2 8:46.2 7
Women AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankElena Zennaro200 m breaststroke 3:05.2 13 Did not advance
Water polo
Men's Team Competition Team Roster Cosimo Antonelli Alfonso Buonocore Enzo Cavazzoni Maurizio d'Achille Giuseppe d'Altrui Federico Dennerlein Luigi Mannelli Angelo Marciani Paolo Pucci Cesare Rubini
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database