Italy was the host nation for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. It was the first time that the nation had hosted the Summer Games, and the second time overall (after the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo). It also hosted the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome – the inaugural Paralympic Games.
280 competitors, 246 men and 34 women, took part in 138 events in 19 sports.
Medals
Gold
Livio Berruti – Athletics, 200m, men Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto, Marino Vigna – Track Cycling, team pursuit, 4000m, men Sante Gaiardoni – Track Cycling, sprint, men Sergio Bianchetto, Giuseppe Beghetto – Track Cycling, tandem, 2,000 men Sante Gaiardoni – Track Cycling, time trial, 1.000m, men Francesco Musso – Boxing, Featherweight (54–57 kg), men Giovanni Benvenuti – Boxing, welterweight (63.5 to 67 kg), men Francesco De Piccoli – Boxing, Heavyweight (+81 kg), men Raimondo D'Inzeo – Equestrian, jumping, individual Giuseppe Delfino – Fencing, épée, men Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Carlo Pavesi, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro – Fencing, sword, team, men Danio Bardi, Giuseppe D'Altrui, Franco Lavoratori, Gianni Lonzi, Rosario Parmegiani, Eraldo Pizzo, Dante Rossi, Amedeo Ambron, Salvatore Gionta, Luigi Mannelli, Brunello Spinelli, Giancarlo Guerrini – Waterpolo, men Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati, Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè – Cycling, TTT, men
Silver Primo Zamparini – Boxing, Bantamweight (51–54 kg), men Carmelo Bossi – Boxing, half-middleweight (67–71 kg), men Alessandro Lopopolo – Boxing, lightweight (57–60 kg), men Aldo Dezi, Francesco La Macchia – Canoeing, C-2 1000m, men Piero D'Inzeo – Equestrian, jumping, individual Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, Giancarlo Crosta, Giuseppe Galante – Rowing, four-without-mate, men Alberto Pellegrino, Luigi Arturo Carpaneda, Mario Curletto, Aldo Aureggi, Edoardo Mangiarotti – Screens, Foil, team, men Galliano Rossini – Shooting, stairway, 125 targets, men Giovanni Carminucci – Gymnastics, bridge, men Livio Trapè – Cycling, road race, men
Bronze
Giuseppina Leone – Athletics, 100m, women Abdon Pamich – Athletics, 50 km walk, men Valentino Gasparella – Track Cycling, sprint, men Giulio Saraudi – Boxing, light heavyweight (75–81 kg), men Sebastiano Mannironi – Weightlifting, Featherweight (56–60 kg), men Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Antonio Oppes – Equestrian, jumping, team Fulvio Balatti, Romano Sgheiz, Franco Trincavelli, Giovanni Zucchi, Ivo Stefanoni – Rowing, four -with-mate Bruna Colombetti, Velleda Cesari, Claudia Pasini, Irene Camber, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi – Fencing, Foil, team, women Wladimiro Calarese – Fencing, saber, individual, men Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Roberto Ferrari, Mario Ravagnan – Fencing, saber, team, men Giovanni Carminucci, Pasquale Carminucci, Gianfranco Marzolla, Franco Menichelli, Orlando Polmonari, Angelo Vicardi – Gymnastics, men's team Franco Menichelli – Gymnastics, floor, men Antonio Cosentino, Antonio Ciciliano, Giulio De Stefano – Sailing, Dragon class
Athletics
Results Men (39)Athlete Age Event Rank MedalLivio Berruti 21 Men's 200 metres 1 GoldSalvatore Giannone 24 Men's 200 metres 7 h3 r2/4 Armando Sardi 19 Men's 200 metres 3 h10r1/4 Giuseppe Bommarito 26 Men's 400 metres 5 h4 r2/4 Gianfranco Baraldi 24 Men's 800 metres 5 h8 r1/4 Alfredo Rizzo 27 Men's 1,500 metres 8 h2 r1/2 Luigi Conti 22 Men's 5,000 metres 12 Franco Antonelli 26 Men's 10,000 metres 27 Francesco Perrone 29 Men's Marathon 37 Silvio De Florentis 25 Men's Marathon 38 Vito Di Terlizzi 30 Men's Marathon AC Nereo Svara 24 Men's 110 metres Hurdles 4 h1 r3/4 Giovanni Cornacchia 21 Men's 110 metres Hurdles 4 h1 r2/4 Paolo Zamboni 21 Men's 110 metres Hurdles 6 h2 r2/4 Salvatore Morale 21 Men's 400 metres Hurdles 4 h2 r2/3 Elio Catola 24 Men's 400 metres Hurdles 5 h1 r2/3 Moreno Martini 25 Men's 400 metres Hurdles 7 h1 r2/3 Armando Sardi 19 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 4 Pier Giorgio Cazzola 23 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 4 Salvatore Giannone 24 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 4 Livio Berruti 21 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 4 Giuseppe Bommarito 26 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h1 r2/3 Mario Fraschini 21 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h1 r2/3 Nereo Fossati 23 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h1 r2/3 Renato Panciera 25 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h1 r2/3 Stefano Serchinich 30 Men's 20 kilometres Walk 21 Luigi De Rosso 25 Men's 20 kilometres Walk 22 Gianni Corsaro 35 Men's 20 kilometres Walk 26 Abdon Pamich 26 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 3 BronzePino Dordoni 34 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 7 Antonio De Gaetano 26 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 10 Attilio Bravi 23 Men's Long Jump 10 Luigi Ulivelli 24 Men's Long Jump AC QR Pier Luigi Gatti 22 Men's triple jump AC r2/2 Enzo Cavalli 22 Men's triple jump 16 QR Frederico Bisson 24 Men's triple jump 27 QR Silvano Meconi 28 Men's Shot Put 13 Carmelo Rado 27 Men's Discus Throw 7 Adolfo Consolini 43 Men's Discus Throw 17 Franco Grossi 21 Men's Discus Throw 29 QR Carlo Lievore 22 Men's Javelin Throw 9 Franco Sar 26 Men's Decathlon 6 Luciano Paccagnella 21 Men's Decathlon 13 Women (8)Athlete Age Event Rank MedalGiuseppina Leone 25 Women's 100 metres 3 BronzeGiuseppina Leone 25 Women's 200 metres 6 Gilda Jannaccone 20 Women's 800 metres 5 h2 r1/2 Letizia Bertoni 23 Women's 80 metres Hurdles 3 h6 r1/3 Letizia Bertoni 23 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 5 Sandra Valenti 20 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 5 Piera Tizzoni 20 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 5 Giuseppina Leone 25 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 5 Marinella Bortoluzzi 21 Women's High Jump 19 QR Piera Tizzoni 20 Women's Long Jump 21 QR Elivia Ricci 23 Women's Discus Throw 15 QR Paola Paternoster 24 Women's Discus Throw 20 QR
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Team Roster Mario Alesini Antonio Calebotta Achille Canna Alessandro Gamba Giovanni Gavagnin Augusto Giomo Gianfranco Lombardi Gianfranco Pieri Alessandro Riminucci Gianfranco Sardagna Gabriele Vianello Paolo Vittori
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
14 cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1960.
Individual road race Livio Trapè Antonio Bailetti Giuseppe Tonucci Vendramino Bariviera
Team time trial Antonio Bailetti Ottavio Cogliati Giacomo Fornoni Livio Trapè
Sprint Sante Gaiardoni Valentino Gasparella
1000m time trial Sante Gaiardoni
Tandem Giuseppe Beghetto Sergio Bianchetto
Team pursuit Luigi Arienti Franco Testa Mario Vallotto Marino Vigna
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankLamberto Mari3 m springboard55.045 Q41.45496.494 Q47.486143.976Walter Messa53.479 Q38.81=1192.2810Did not advanceFabio Paiella10 m platform50.01=18Did not advanceAntonio Sbordone51.9011 Q36.871388.7714Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankLaura Conter10 m platform45.5517Did not advance
Equestrian
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1960.
Men's foil Luigi Carpaneda Alberto Pellegrino Mario Curletto
Men's team foil Edoardo Mangiarotti, Luigi Carpaneda, Alberto Pellegrino, Mario Curletto, Aldo Aureggi
Men's épée Giuseppe Delfino Giovanni Battista Breda Alberto Pellegrino
Men's team épée Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Alberto Pellegrino, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro
Men's sabre Wladimiro Calarese Roberto Ferrari Pierluigi Chicca
Men's team sabre Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, Roberto Ferrari
Women's foil Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Irene Camber-Corno Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini
Women's team foil Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Irene Camber-Corno, Velleda Cesari, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Claudia Pasini
Football
Men's Team Competition Team Roster Luciano Alfieri Tarcisio Burgnich Mario Trebbi Paride Tumburus Sandro Salvadore Giovanni Trapattoni Giancarlo Cella Giovanni Rivera Ugo Tomeazzi Giacomo Bulgarelli Giorgio Rossano Orazio Rancati Giorgio Ferrini Giovanni Fanello Gilberto Noletti Luciano Magistrelli Giandomenico Baldiserri Armando Favali Ambrogio Pelagalli
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1960.
Individual Adriano Facchini Gaetano Scala Giulio Giunta
Team Adriano Facchini Gaetano Scala Giulio Giunta
Rowing
Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1960.
Men's single sculls Savino Rebek
Men's double sculls Severino Lucini Cesarino Pestuggia
Men's coxless pair Paolo Mosetti Mario Petri
Men's coxed pair Giancarlo Piretta Renzo Ostino Vincenzo Bruno (cox)
Men's coxless four Tullio Baraglia Renato Bosatta Giancarlo Crosta Giuseppe Galante
Men's coxed four Fulvio Balatti Romano Sgheiz Franco Trincavelli Giovanni Zucchi Ivo Stefanoni (cox)
Men's eight Paolo Amorini Vasco Cantarello Gian Carlo Casalini Luigi Prato Vincenzo Prina Nazzareno Simonato Luigi Spozio Armido Torri Giuseppe Pira (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Italy in 1960.
25 m pistol Roberto Mazzoni Sergio Varetto
50 m pistol Piercarlo Beroldi Giorgio Ercolani
50 m rifle, three positions Vincenzo Biava Sergio Rolandi
50 m rifle, prone Mariano Antonelli
Trap Galliano Rossini Edoardo Casciano
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEzio Della Savia100 m freestyle 58.2 =23 Q 58.4 =20 Did not advanceGiorgio Perondini 58.9 30 Did not advancePaolo Galletti400 m freestyle 4:36.6 17 colspan=2 Did not advanceMassimo Rosi 4:45.1 28 colspan=2 Did not advancePaolo Galletti1500 m freestyle 20:28.2 28 colspan=2 Did not advanceMassimo Rosi 19:52.9 26 colspan=2 Did not advanceGiuseppe Avellone100 m backstroke 1:05.4 16 Q 1:06.5 16 Did not advanceGilberto Elsa 1:05.8 =18 Did not advanceRoberto Lazzari200 m breaststroke 2:41.2 =8 Q 2:40.3 7 Q 2:40.1 5Pierpaolo Spangaro 2:53.8 34 Did not advanceFritz Dennerlein200 m butterfly 2:18.3 4 Q 2:20.5 4 Q 2:16.0 4Giampiero Fossati 2:31.9 26 Did not advanceFritz DennerleinBruno BianchiAngelo RomaniPaolo Galletti4 × 200 m freestyle 8:38.1 11 colspan=2 Did not advanceGiuseppe AvelloneRoberto LazzariFritz DennerleinBruno Bianchi4 × 100 m medley 4:16.0 =4 Q colspan=2 4:17.2 6
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMaria Cristina Pacifici100 m freestyle 1:07.1 20 Did not advancePaola Saini 1:04.4 =7 Q 1:05.4 =11 Did not advance400 m freestyle 5:13.1 14 colspan=2 Did not advanceWelleda Veschi 5:18.3 16 colspan=2 Did not advanceArlette Faidiga100 m backstroke 1:18.5 23 colspan=2 Did not advanceDaniela Serpilli 1:20.3 26 colspan=2 Did not advanceLuciana Marcellini200 m breaststroke 2:57.0 10 colspan=2 Did not advanceElena Zennaro 1:20.3 26 colspan=2 Did not advanceAnna Beneck100 m butterfly 1:18.4 =20 colspan=2 Did not advanceAnna Maria Cecchi 1:19.5 23 colspan=2 Did not advancePaola SainiAnna Maria CecchiRosanna ContardoMaria Cristina PacificiDaniela Beneck4 × 100 m freestyle 4:31.8 7 Q colspan=2 4:26.8 7Daniela SerpilliElena ZennaroAnna BeneckPaola Saini4 × 100 m medley 5:04.4 11 colspan=2 Did not advance
Water polo
Men's Team Competition Team Roster Amedeo Ambron Danio Bardi Giuseppe d'Altrui Salvatore Gionta Giancarlo Guerrini Franco Lavoratori Gianni Lonzi Luigi Mannelli Rosario Parmegiani Eraldo Pizzo Dante Rossi Brunella Spinelli
Weightlifting
Wrestling
See also Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database