Italy competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 152 men and 15 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.
Medalists Gold Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform Primo Baran and Renzo Sambo (Bruno Cipolla coxswain) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
Silver Giordano Turrini — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch) Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Springboard Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Romano Garagnani — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
Bronze Eddy Ottoz — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles Giuseppe Gentile — Athletics, Men's triple jump Giorgio Bambini — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight Lorenzo Bosisio, Cipriano Chemello, Giorgio Morbiato, and Luigi Roncaglia — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit Giovanni Bramucci, Vittorio Marcelli, Mauro Simonetti, and Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée Abramo Albini, Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, and Pier Angelo Conti — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours Fabio Albarelli — Sailing, Men's Finn Franco Cavallo and Camillo Gargano — Sailing, Men's Star
Athletics
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Defeated Philippines (91-66) Defeated Panama (94-87) Defeated Puerto Rico (68-65) Defeated Senegal (81-55) Lost to Yugoslavia (69-80) Lost to United States (61-100) Defeated Spain (98-86) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Lost to Poland (52-66) 7th/8th place: Lost to Spain (72-88)
Team Roster Carlo Recalcati Giusto Pellanera Gianfranco Lombardi Enrico Bovone Massimo Masini Paolo Vittori Gabriele Vianello Guido Gatti Ottorino Flaborea Sauro Bufalini Massimo Cosmelli Gianluigi Jessi
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists represented Italy in 1968.
Individual road race Pierfranco Vianelli Giovanni Bramucci Flavio Martini Tino Conti
Team time trial Giovanni Bramucci Vittorio Marcelli Mauro Simonetti Pierfranco Vianelli
Sprint Giordano Turrini Dino Verzini
1000m time trial Gianni Sartori
Tandem Walter Gorini Luigi Borghetti
Individual pursuit Cipriano Chemello
Team pursuit Lorenzo Bosisio Cipriano Chemello Luigi Roncaglia Giorgio Morbiato Gino Pancino
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1968.
Men's foil Arcangelo Pinelli Pasquale La Ragione Nicola Granieri
Men's team foil Pasquale La Ragione, Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Arcangelo Pinelli, Michele Maffei
Men's épée Gianluigi Saccaro Gianfranco Paolucci Claudio Francesconi
Men's team épée Gianfranco Paolucci, Claudio Francesconi, Giovanni Battista Breda, Gianluigi Saccaro, Antonio Albanese
Men's sabre Rolando Rigoli Wladimiro Calarese Cesare Salvadori
Men's team sabre Wladimiro Calarese, Rolando Rigoli, Pierluigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori
Women's foil Giovanna Masciotta Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini
Women's team foil Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Giovanna Masciotta, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Silvana Sconciafurno
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1968.
Individual Mario Medda Giancarlo Morresi Nicolo Deligia
Team Mario Medda Giancarlo Morresi Nicolo Deligia
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Seven shooters, all men, represented Italy in 1968.
25 m pistol Giovanni Liverzani Ugo Amicosante
50 m rifle, three positions Giuseppe De Chirico
50 m rifle, prone Giuseppe De Chirico
Trap Galliano Rossini Ennio Mattarelli
Skeet Romano Garagnani Giancarlo Chiono
Swimming
Men's Competition Pietro Boscaini, Michele D'Oppido, Franco Del Campo, Franco Chino, Antonio Attanasio, Angelo Tozzi, Giampiero Fossati, and Massimo Sacchi.
Women's Competition Mietta Strumolo and Novella Calligaris
Water polo
Men's Team Competition Team Roster Alberto Alberani Eraldo Pizzo Mario Cevasco Gianni Lonzi Enzo Barlocco Franco Lavoratori Gianni de Magistris Alessandro Ghibellini Giancarlo Guerrini Paolo Ferrando Eugenio Merello
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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