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 ÃÂpée Individual
- Roberto Battaglia, Franco Bertinetti, Giuseppe Delfino, Dario Mangiarotti, Edoardo Mangiarotti, and Carlo Pavesi — Fencing, Men's ÃÂpée 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 ÃÂpée 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
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) â did not advance, 17th place
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
* Final — 1:12.7 (â Silver Medal)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
* Final — defeated South Africa (â Gold Medal)
Diving
Men
Equestrian
Fencing
18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Italy in 1952.
Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Football
Men's Team Competition
* (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
Women's team competition
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1952.
Individual
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
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four
Men's eight
Sailing
Shooting
Eight shooters represented Italy in 1952.
25 m pistol
50 m pistol
100m running deer
Trap
Swimming
Men
<small>Ranks given are within the heat.</small>
Women
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Water polo
Men's Team Competition
*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
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