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competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in
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. 244 competitors, 228 men and 16 women, took part in 99 events in 17 sports.


Medals


Gold

* Ondina Valla - Track and field, women's 80 m Hurdles *
Ulderico Sergo Ulderico Sergo (Fiume, 4 July 1913 – Cleveland, 20 February 1967) was a bantamweight professional boxer from Italy, who won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He defeated Jackie Wilson of the United States by decision in ...
- Boxing, a series of 53.5 kg * Giulio Gaudini - Fencing, men's foil *
Franco Riccardi Franco Riccardi (13 June 1905 – 24 May 1968) was one of the greatest Italian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition. Biography He received a gold medal in ''épée individual'' at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Berlin ( , ...
- Fencing – Men's épée * Giulio Gaudini,
Gioacchino Guaragna Gioacchino Guaragna (14 June 1908 – 19 April 1971) was an Italian fencer. He won two gold medals and a silver in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rollin ...
, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino,
Manlio Di Rosa Manlio Di Rosa (11 September 1914 – 15 March 1989) was an Italian fencer. He won two golds, two silvers and bronze at four different Olympic Games. See also * Italy national fencing team - Multiple medallist References External links * ...
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Ciro Verratti Ciro Verratti (17 August 1907 – 6 July 1971) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was cast as the lead in the 1937 pirate swashbuckler ''The Black Corsair ''The Black Cors ...
- Fencing, men's foil team competition *
Saverio Ragno Saverio Ragno (6 December 1902 – 22 April 1969) was an Italian fencer. He competed at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Olympics and won a gold and three silver medals. He also won 14 medals at the world championships and five Italian titles. His da ...
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Alfredo Pezzana Alfredo Pezzana (31 March 1893 – 7 May 1986) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as th ...
, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici,
Edoardo Mangiarotti Edoardo Mangiarotti (; 7 April 1919 – 25 May 2012) was an Italian fencer. He won a total of 39 Olympic titles and World championships, more than any other fencer in the history of the sport. His Olympic medals include one individual go ...
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Franco Riccardi Franco Riccardi (13 June 1905 – 24 May 1968) was one of the greatest Italian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition. Biography He received a gold medal in ''épée individual'' at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Berlin ( , ...
and Giancarlo Brusati - Fencing, men's kalvan team competition * Bruno Venturini,
Alfredo Foni Alfredo Foni (; 20 January 1911 – 28 January 1985) was an Italian footballer in the 1930s and later on a coach, who played as a defender. He is one of only four players to have won both an Olympic gold medal and the FIFA World Cup with the I ...
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Pietro Rava Pietro Rava (; 21 January 1916 – 5 November 2006) was an Italian football defender and coach, who played as a full-back. He won the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1938 FIFA World Cup with the Italian national team. Club career Rava, born in ...
, Giuseppe Baldo, Achille Piccini,
Ugo Locatelli Ugo Locatelli (; 5 February 1916 – 28 May 1993) was an Italian international footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. Regarded as one of Italy's greatest players, he won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics and a winner's m ...
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Annibale Frossi Annibale Frossi (; 6 July 1911 – 26 February 1999) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward. Frossi is perhaps best known for wearing correctional glasses during his playing years after suffering from myopia from ...
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Libero Marchini Libero Marchini (; 31 October 1914 – 1 November 2003) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder, and who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Italian team, which won the gold medal in the football tournam ...
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Sergio Bertoni Sergio Bertoni (; 23 September 1915 – 15 February 1995) was an Italian association football manager and player, who played as a striker. With the Italy national team, he won the 1936 Summer Olympics football tournament and the 1938 FIFA Wor ...
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Carlo Biagi Carlo Biagi (; 20 April 1914 – 16 April 1986) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Biagi played club football for Pisa SC. Biagi competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and was a member of the Italy team which won th ...
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Francesco Gabriotti Francesco Gabriotti (; 12 August 1914 – 11 February 1987) was an Italian association footballer who played as a forward and who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Italian team, which won the gold medal in the foo ...
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Giulio Cappelli Giulio Cappelli (; 4 March 1911 – 16 December 1995) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics with the Italy national football team, winning a gold medal in the tournament. Club career Born ...
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Alfonso Negro Alfonso Negro (; 5 July 1915 – 7 November 1984) was an American-born Italian football (soccer) player, who played as a forward; he is believed to be the first American-born player in Serie A and the first American-born player to have played ...
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Luigi Scarabello Luigi Scarabello (; 17 June 1916 – 2 July 2007) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder, and who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Italian team, which won the gold medal in the 1936 Olympic football ...
- Football, men * Giovanni Reggio, Bruno Bianchi, Luigi De Manincor, Domenico Mordini,
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and Enrico Poggi - Sailing, 8MR


Silver

* Mario Lanzi - Track and field, men's 800 m *
Orazio Mariani Orazio Mariani (January 21, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metre sprint. Biography He competed for Italy in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where h ...
, Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli - Track and field, men's 4 × 100 m relay *
Almiro Bergamo Almiro Bergamo (20 September 1912 – 4 July 1994) was an Italian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was, with Guido Santin, four times Italian champion and two times European champion with the coxed pairs (Italian ''duecon'') r ...
, Guido Santin and Luciano Negrini - Rowing, Men pair cox * Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Dino Barsotti, Oreste Grossi, Enzo Bartolini, Mario Checcacci, Dante Secchi,
Ottorino Quaglierini Ottorino Quaglierini (18 May 1915 – 26 July 1992), born in Livorno, was an Italian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. On 15 August 1936 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Italian boat ( Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Dino ...
, Enrico Garzelli and Cesare Milani - Rowing, men's eight *
Gavino Matta Gavino Matta (June 9, 1910 in Sassari – January 20, 1954) was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936, Matta won the silver medal in the flyweight class after losing the final fight to Willy Kaiser, the Ge ...
- Boxing, a series of 50.8 kg *
Severino Rigoni Severino Rigoni (3 October 1914 – 14 December 1992) was an Italian cyclist who won a silver medal in the 4 km team pursuit at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics he turned professional and competed on track in Italy (1938–45) a ...
, Bianco Bianchi, Mario Gentili and Armando Latini - Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit *
Saverio Ragno Saverio Ragno (6 December 1902 – 22 April 1969) was an Italian fencer. He competed at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Olympics and won a gold and three silver medals. He also won 14 medals at the world championships and five Italian titles. His da ...
- Fencing, men épée * Gustavo Marzi - Fencing, men's sabre * Vincenzo Pinton, Giulio Gaudini, Aldo Masciotta, Gustavo Marzi, Aldo Montano and
Athos Tanzini Athos Tanzini (30 January 1913 – 28 September 2008) was an Italian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre A sabre ( French: sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with ...
- Fencing, men's sabre team competition


Bronze

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Luigi Beccali Luigi Beccali (19 November 1907 – 29 August 1990) was the first Italian to win an Olympic gold medal in running, in the 1500 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics, and the first Italian to win a European Championship title in athletics. Biograph ...
- Track and field, men's 1500 m * Giorgio Oberweger - Track and field, men's discus throw * Giorgio Bocchino - Fencing, men's foil * Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici - Fencing, men épée * Silvano Abba - Modern Pentathlon, men's individual competition


Athletics


Results


Basketball

;First Round ;Second Round ;Third Round ;Fourth Round ;5th–8th place semifinals ;7th place game


Men's Team Competition

*Team Roster :* Enrico Cestelli :* Galeazzo Dondi :* Livio Franceschini :* Emilio Giosetti :*
Giancarlo Marinelli Giancarlo Marinelli (4 December 1915 – 12 May 1987) was an Italian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emi ...
:* Sergio Paganella :* Egidio Premiani :* Gino Basso


Boxing


Canoeing

; K-1 1000 metres * Elio Sasso Sant ; K-1 10000 metres * Elio Sasso Sant


Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1936. ; Individual road race * Pierino Favalli * Glauco Servadei * Corrado Ardizzoni * Elio Bavutti ; Team road race * Pierino Favalli * Glauco Servadei * Corrado Ardizzoni * Elio Bavutti ; Sprint * Benedetto Pola ;
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
* Benedetto Pola ;
Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
* Carlo Legutti *
Bruno Loatti Bruno Loatti (26 February 1915 – 25 September 1962) was an Italian cyclist. He competed in the tandem event at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Game ...
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Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
* Bianco Bianchi * Mario Gentili * Armando Latini *
Severino Rigoni Severino Rigoni (3 October 1914 – 14 December 1992) was an Italian cyclist who won a silver medal in the 4 km team pursuit at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics he turned professional and competed on track in Italy (1938–45) a ...


Diving


Equestrian


Fencing

16 fencers, all men, represented Italy in 1936. ; Men's foil * Giulio Gaudini * Giorgio Bocchino *
Gioacchino Guaragna Gioacchino Guaragna (14 June 1908 – 19 April 1971) was an Italian fencer. He won two gold medals and a silver in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rollin ...
; Men's team foil *
Manlio Di Rosa Manlio Di Rosa (11 September 1914 – 15 March 1989) was an Italian fencer. He won two golds, two silvers and bronze at four different Olympic Games. See also * Italy national fencing team - Multiple medallist References External links * ...
, Giulio Gaudini,
Gioacchino Guaragna Gioacchino Guaragna (14 June 1908 – 19 April 1971) was an Italian fencer. He won two gold medals and a silver in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rollin ...
, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino,
Ciro Verratti Ciro Verratti (17 August 1907 – 6 July 1971) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was cast as the lead in the 1937 pirate swashbuckler ''The Black Corsair ''The Black Cors ...
; Men's épée *
Franco Riccardi Franco Riccardi (13 June 1905 – 24 May 1968) was one of the greatest Italian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition. Biography He received a gold medal in ''épée individual'' at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Berlin ( , ...
*
Saverio Ragno Saverio Ragno (6 December 1902 – 22 April 1969) was an Italian fencer. He competed at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Olympics and won a gold and three silver medals. He also won 14 medals at the world championships and five Italian titles. His da ...
* Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici ; Men's team épée *
Edoardo Mangiarotti Edoardo Mangiarotti (; 7 April 1919 – 25 May 2012) was an Italian fencer. He won a total of 39 Olympic titles and World championships, more than any other fencer in the history of the sport. His Olympic medals include one individual go ...
, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici,
Saverio Ragno Saverio Ragno (6 December 1902 – 22 April 1969) was an Italian fencer. He competed at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Olympics and won a gold and three silver medals. He also won 14 medals at the world championships and five Italian titles. His da ...
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Franco Riccardi Franco Riccardi (13 June 1905 – 24 May 1968) was one of the greatest Italian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition. Biography He received a gold medal in ''épée individual'' at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Berlin ( , ...
, Giancarlo Brusati,
Alfredo Pezzana Alfredo Pezzana (31 March 1893 – 7 May 1986) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as th ...
; Men's sabre * Gustavo Marzi * Vincenzo Pinton * Giulio Gaudini ; Men's team sabre * Giulio Gaudini, Gustavo Marzi, Aldo Masciotta, Vincenzo Pinton, Aldo Montano,
Athos Tanzini Athos Tanzini (30 January 1913 – 28 September 2008) was an Italian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre A sabre ( French: sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with ...


Football


Men's Team Squad

:* Bruno Venturini :* Gianni Ferrero :*
Alfredo Foni Alfredo Foni (; 20 January 1911 – 28 January 1985) was an Italian footballer in the 1930s and later on a coach, who played as a defender. He is one of only four players to have won both an Olympic gold medal and the FIFA World Cup with the I ...
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Pietro Rava Pietro Rava (; 21 January 1916 – 5 November 2006) was an Italian football defender and coach, who played as a full-back. He won the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1938 FIFA World Cup with the Italian national team. Club career Rava, born in ...
:* Giuseppe Baldo :* Achille Piccini :*
Ugo Locatelli Ugo Locatelli (; 5 February 1916 – 28 May 1993) was an Italian international footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. Regarded as one of Italy's greatest players, he won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics and a winner's m ...
:*
Annibale Frossi Annibale Frossi (; 6 July 1911 – 26 February 1999) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward. Frossi is perhaps best known for wearing correctional glasses during his playing years after suffering from myopia from ...
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Libero Marchini Libero Marchini (; 31 October 1914 – 1 November 2003) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder, and who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Italian team, which won the gold medal in the football tournam ...
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Luigi Scarabello Luigi Scarabello (; 17 June 1916 – 2 July 2007) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder, and who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Italian team, which won the gold medal in the 1936 Olympic football ...
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Carlo Biagi Carlo Biagi (; 20 April 1914 – 16 April 1986) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Biagi played club football for Pisa SC. Biagi competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and was a member of the Italy team which won th ...
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Giulio Cappelli Giulio Cappelli (; 4 March 1911 – 16 December 1995) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics with the Italy national football team, winning a gold medal in the tournament. Club career Born ...
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Sergio Bertoni Sergio Bertoni (; 23 September 1915 – 15 February 1995) was an Italian association football manager and player, who played as a striker. With the Italy national team, he won the 1936 Summer Olympics football tournament and the 1938 FIFA Wor ...
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Alfonso Negro Alfonso Negro (; 5 July 1915 – 7 November 1984) was an American-born Italian football (soccer) player, who played as a forward; he is believed to be the first American-born player in Serie A and the first American-born player to have played ...
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Francesco Gabriotti Francesco Gabriotti (; 12 August 1914 – 11 February 1987) was an Italian association footballer who played as a forward and who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Italian team, which won the gold medal in the foo ...
:* Adolfo Giuntoli :* Mario Nicolini :* Carlo Girometta :*
Sandro Puppo Sandro Puppo (; 28 January 1918 – 16 October 1986) was an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Club career During his playing days, Puppo played for Italian clubs Piacenza, Ambrosiana, Venezia and A.S. Roma i ...
:* Corrado Tamietti :* Paolo Vannucci :* Lamberto Petri


Gymnastics

16 gymnasts, 8 men and 8 women, represented Italy in 1936. ;Men's team *
Egidio Armelloni Egidio "Fofò" Armelloni (22 July 1909 – 4 May 1997) was an Italian gymnast. He at the 1936 and 1948 Olympics and finished in fifth place with the Italian team. His best individual result was 11th place on the pommel horse in 1936. In 1929 Ar ...
* Oreste Capuzzo * Danilo Fioravanti *
Savino Guglielmetti Savino Guglielmetti (26 November 1911 – 23 January 2006) was an Italian gymnast. He competed at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Olympics and won two gold medals in 1932. Biography A taxi ran over Guglielmetti when he was a child, but he escaped unhar ...
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Romeo Neri Romeo Neri (26 March 1903 – 23 September 1961) was an Italian gymnast. He won three gold medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming, along with Helene Madison of United States, the most successful athlete there. He previousl ...
* Otello Ternelli * Franco Tognini * Nicolò Tronci ;Women's team * Anna Avanzini * Vittoria Avanzini * Clara Bimbocci * Ebore Canella * Pina Cipriotto * Elda Cividino * Gianna Guaita * Carmela Toso


Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathlete represented Italy in 1936. * Silvano Abbà * Ugo Ceccarelli * Franco Orgera


Rowing

Italy had 22 rowers participate in five out of seven
rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...
events in 1936. ; Men's single sculls * Riccardo Steinleitner ; Men's coxed pair *
Almiro Bergamo Almiro Bergamo (20 September 1912 – 4 July 1994) was an Italian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was, with Guido Santin, four times Italian champion and two times European champion with the coxed pairs (Italian ''duecon'') r ...
* Guido Santin * Luciano Negrini (cox) ; Men's coxless four * Antonio Ghiardello * Luigi Luxardo * Aldo Pellizzoni * Francesco Pittaluga ; Men's coxed four * Valerio Perentin * Giliante D'Este * Nicolò Vittori * Umberto Vittori * Renato Petronio (cox) ; Men's eight * Guglielmo Del Bimbo * Dino Barsotti * Oreste Grossi * Enzo Bartolini * Mario Checcacci * Dante Secchi *
Ottorino Quaglierini Ottorino Quaglierini (18 May 1915 – 26 July 1992), born in Livorno, was an Italian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. On 15 August 1936 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Italian boat ( Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Dino ...
* Enrico Garzelli * Cesare Milani (cox)


Sailing


Shooting

Nine shooters represented Italy in 1936. ;
25 m rapid fire pistol 25 meter rapid fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events and is shot with .22 LR pistols. The event has been a part of the Olympic program ever since the beginning in 1896, although its rules changed greatly before World War II, after whic ...
* Walter Boninsegni * Bruno Giacconi * Michelangelo Borriello ;
50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...
* Stefano Margotti * Giancarlo Boriani * Ugo Pistolesi ; 50 m rifle, prone * Mario Zorzi * Carlo Varetto * Lodovico Nulli


Weightlifting


Wrestling


Art competitions


References


External links


Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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