Italy was the host country of the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome. The country fielded the largest delegation at the Games, with twenty-seven athletes (twenty-three men and four women) competing in athletics, snooker, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair fencing.
Medals 27 of Italy's competitors won medals, in 6 sports, enabling the country to top the medal chart with 29 gold medals, 28 silver and 23 bronze.
Medalists The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960–1984), such as relay and team members. MedalNameSportEvent Grimaldi Athletics Precision javelin throw B Felice Lenardon Athletics Precision javelin throw C Enzo Santini Athletics Javelin throw C Maria Scutti Athletics Club throw A Maria Scutti Athletics Club throw B Maria Scutti Athletics Javelin throw A Maria Scutti Athletics Javelin throw B Maria Scutti Athletics Precision javelin throw A Maria Scutti Athletics Precision javelin throw B Maria Scutti Athletics Precision javelin throw C Maria Scutti Athletics Shot put A Maria Scutti Athletics Shot put B Carlo Jannucci Swimming 25 m crawl complete class 2 Carlo Jannucci Swimming 25 m breaststroke complete class 2 Ottavio Moscone Swimming 25 m backstroke incomplete class 2 Renzo Rogo Swimming 25 m crawl incomplete class 2 Renzo Rogo Swimming 25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2 Franco Rossi Swimming 50 m breaststroke complete class 5 Enzo Santini Swimming 50 m backstroke incomplete class 4 Enzo Santini Swimming 50 m crawl incomplete class 4 Maria Scutti Swimming 50 m breaststroke complete class 4 Anna Maria Toso Swimming 25 m crawl incomplete class 2 Anna Maria Toso Swimming 25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2 Giovanni Berghella Table tennis Singles C Giovanni Ferraris Federico Zarilli Table tennis Doubles B Franco Rossi Aroldo Ruschioni Table tennis Doubles C Aurelio Tedone Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre individual Giovanni Ferraris Aurelio Tedone Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre team Anna Maria Toso Wheelchair fencing Women's foil individual Anna Maria Galimberti Athletics Club throw AAnna Maria GalimbertiAthleticsJavelin throw A Anna Maria Galimberti Athletics Shot put A Anna Maria Galimberti Athletics Shot put B Anna Maria Toso Athletics Precision javelin throw A Anna Maria Toso Athletics Precision javelin throw B Anna Maria Toso Athletics Precision javelin throw C Felice Lenardon Athletics Javelin throw A Felice Lenardon Athletics Shot put A Felice Lenardon Athletics Shot put B Carmelo Russo Athletics Club throw B Carmelo Russo Athletics Javelin throw BCarfagnaSwimming50 m backstroke complete class 5 Carlo Jannucci Swimming 25 m backstroke complete class 2Di PasquoSwimming50 m breaststroke complete class 4GrimaldiSwimming25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2GirardiSwimming25 m crawl incomplete class 1GrimaldiSwimming25 m crawl incomplete class 2FontanaSwimming25 m crawl complete class 2 Maria Scutti Swimming 50 m backstroke complete class 4 Anna Maria Toso Swimming 25 m backstroke incomplete class 2 Domenico Cascella Table tennis Singles A Francesco Scalzo Table tennis Singles B Giovanni Ferraris Federico Zarilli Table tennis Doubles C Maria Scutti Anna Maria Toso Table tennis Doubles B Franco Rossi Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre individual Ottavio Moscone Aroldo Ruschioni Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre team Maria Scutti Wheelchair fencing Women's foil individual Domenico Avitabile Athletics Club throw ACastelliAthleticsPrecision javelin throw B Anna Maria Galimberti Athletics Club throw BMaria ScuttiAthleticsClub throw C Anna Maria Galimberti Athletics Javelin throw B Felice Lenardon Athletics Javelin throw B Maria Scutti Athletics Javelin throw C Anna Maria Toso Athletics Shot put A Giovanni Ferraris Snooker Men's paraplegicsPasquarelliSwimming25 m backstroke incomplete class 1FontanaSwimming25 m breaststroke complete class 2 Cipriano Gasperini Swimming 50 m breaststroke complete class 3 Ottavio Moscone Swimming 25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2Ottavio MosconeSwimming25 m crawl incomplete class 2 Franco Rossi Swimming 50 m crawl complete class 5 Aroldo Ruschioni Swimming 50 m backstroke complete class 3MazzoniSwimming25 m backstroke incomplete class 2 Anna Maria Toso Table tennis Singles B Federico Zarilli Table tennis Singles B Federico Zarilli Table tennis Singles C Giovanni Ferraris Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre individual Giovanni Berghella Franco Rossi Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre team Anna Maria Galimberti Wheelchair fencing Women's foil individual
Multiple medallists These are official report of International Paralympic Committee.
# Athlete 1Maria Scutti 10 3 2 2Anna Maria Toso 3 5 23Enzo Santini 3 0 04Franco Rossi 2 1 2Giovanni Ferraris 2 1 26Carlo Jannucci 2 1 07Renzo Rogo 2 0 0
See also Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics
References
External links Media Guide Tokyo 2020