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 â the inaugural Paralympic Games.
280 competitors, 246 men and 34 women, took part in 138 events in 19 sports.
Medals
Gold
- Livio Berruti â Athletics, 200m, men
- Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto, Marino Vigna â Track Cycling, team pursuit, 4000m, men
- Sante Gaiardoni â Track Cycling, sprint, men
- Sergio Bianchetto, Giuseppe Beghetto â Track Cycling, tandem, 2,000 men
- Sante Gaiardoni â Track Cycling, time trial, 1.000m, men
- Francesco Musso â Boxing, Featherweight (54âÂÂ57 kg), men
- Giovanni Benvenuti â Boxing, welterweight (63.5 to 67 kg), men
- Francesco De Piccoli â Boxing, Heavyweight (+81 kg), men
- Raimondo D'Inzeo â Equestrian, jumping, individual
- Giuseppe Delfino â Fencing, épée, men
- Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Carlo Pavesi, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro â 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 â Waterpolo, men
- Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati, Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè â Cycling, TTT, men
Silver
- Primo Zamparini â Boxing, Bantamweight (51âÂÂ54 kg), men
- Carmelo Bossi â Boxing, half-middleweight (67âÂÂ71 kg), men
- Alessandro Lopopolo â Boxing, lightweight (57âÂÂ60 kg), men
- Aldo Dezi, Francesco La Macchia â Canoeing, C-2 1000m, men
- Piero D'Inzeo â Equestrian, jumping, individual
- Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, Giancarlo Crosta, Giuseppe Galante â Rowing, four-without-mate, men
- Alberto Pellegrino, Luigi Arturo Carpaneda, Mario Curletto, Aldo Aureggi, Edoardo Mangiarotti â Screens, Foil, team, men
- Galliano Rossini â Shooting, stairway, 125 targets, men
- Giovanni Carminucci â Gymnastics, bridge, men
- Livio Trapè â Cycling, road race, men
Bronze
- Giuseppina Leone â Athletics, 100m, women
- Abdon Pamich â Athletics, 50 km walk, men
- Valentino Gasparella â Track Cycling, sprint, men
- Giulio Saraudi â Boxing, light heavyweight (75âÂÂ81 kg), men
- Sebastiano Mannironi â Weightlifting, Featherweight (56âÂÂ60 kg), men
- Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Antonio Oppes â Equestrian, jumping, team
- Fulvio Balatti, Romano Sgheiz, Franco Trincavelli, Giovanni Zucchi, Ivo Stefanoni â Rowing, four -with-mate
- Bruna Colombetti, Velleda Cesari, Claudia Pasini, Irene Camber, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi â Fencing, Foil, team, women
- Wladimiro Calarese â Fencing, saber, individual, men
- Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Roberto Ferrari, Mario Ravagnan â Fencing, saber, team, men
- Giovanni Carminucci, Pasquale Carminucci, Gianfranco Marzolla, Franco Menichelli, Orlando Polmonari, Angelo Vicardi â Gymnastics, men's team
- Franco Menichelli â Gymnastics, floor, men
- Antonio Cosentino, Antonio Ciciliano, Giulio De Stefano â Sailing, Dragon class
Athletics
Results
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
*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
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit
Diving
Men
Women
Equestrian
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1960.
Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil
Football
Men's Team Competition
*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
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
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
Nine shooters represented Italy in 1960.
25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap
Swimming
Men
Women
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
*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
References
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