Italy at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Italy, the previous host of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 168 competitors, 157 men and 11 women, took part in 91 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Gold

• Abdon Pamich — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
• Fernando Atzori — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Cosimo Pinto — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Giovanni Pettenella — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
• Mario Zanin — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Sergio Bianchetto and Angelo Damiano — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
• Mauro Checcoli — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
• Paolo Angioni, Mauro Checcoli, and Giuseppe Ravano — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
• Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
• Ennio Mattarelli — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

Silver

• Sergio Bianchetto — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
• Giovanni Pettenella — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
• Giorgio Ursi — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
• Cencio Mantovani, Carlo Rancati, Luigi Roncaglia, and Franco Testa — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
• Severino Andreoli, Luciano Dalla Bona, Pietro Guerra, and Ferruccio Manza — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
• Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
• Giovan Battista Breda, Giuseppe Delfino, Gianfranco Paolucci, Alberto Pellegrino, and Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
• Giampaolo Calanchini, Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
• Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
• Renato Bosatta, Franco De Pedrina, Giuseppe Galante, Giovanni Spinola, and Emilio Trivini — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

Bronze

• Salvatore Morale — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
• Silvano Bertini — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
• Franco Valle — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Giuseppe Ros — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Piero D'Inzeo, Raimondo D'Inzeo, and Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team
• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
• Franco Menichelli — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

Athletics

Results

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

*Gianfranco Bertini

*Sauro Bufalini

*Ottorino Flaborea

*Giovanni Gavagnin

*Augusto Giomo

*Gianfranco Lombardi

*Massimo Masini

*Giusto Pellanera

*Gianfranco Pieri

*Gianfranco Sardagna

*Gabriele Vianello

*Paolo Vittori

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

14 cyclists represented Italy in 1964.

Individual road race

• Mario Zanin
• Severino Andreoli
• Felice Gimondi
• Ferruccio Manza

Team time trial

• Severino Andreoli
• Luciano Dalla Bona
• Pietro Guerra
• Ferruccio Manza

Sprint

• Giovanni Pettenella
• Sergio Bianchetto

1000m time trial

• Giovanni Pettenella

Tandem

• Angelo Damiano
• Sergio Bianchetto

Individual pursuit

• Giorgio Ursi

Team pursuit

• Luigi Roncaglia
• Cencio Mantovani
• Carlo Rancati
• Franco Testa

Diving

Men

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1964.

Men's foil

• Mario Curletto
• Nicola Granieri
• Pasquale La Ragione

Men's team foil

• Gianguido Milanesi, Pasquale La Ragione, Arcangelo Pinelli, Nicola Granieri, Mario Curletto

Men's épée

• Gianluigi Saccaro
• Alberto Pellegrino
• Giuseppe Delfino

Men's team épée

• Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Gianluigi Saccaro, Gianfranco Paolucci, Giovanni Battista Breda

Men's sabre

• Pierluigi Chicca
• Cesare Salvadori
• Wladimiro Calarese

Men's team sabre

• Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, Cesare Salvadori

Women's foil

• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
• Giovanna Masciotta
• Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

Women's team foil

• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giovanna Masciotta, Irene Camber-Corno, Natalina Sanguinetti, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1964.

Individual

• Alfonso Ottaviani

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Five shooters represented Italy in 1964. Ennio Mattarelli won the gold medal in the trap event.

25 m pistol

• Giovanni Liverzani
• Ugo Amicosante

50 m pistol

• Ugo Simoni

Trap

• Ennio Mattarelli
• Galliano Rossini

Swimming

Men

Women

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

*Danio Bardi

*Mario Cevasco

*Giuseppe d'Altrui

*Federico Dennerlein

*Giancarlo Guerrini

*Franco Lavoratori

*Gianni Lonzi

*Eugenio Merello

*Rosario Parmegiani

*Eraldo Pizzo

*Dante Rossi

*Alberto Spinola

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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