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competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in

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. In partial support of the

American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union, which hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and its allies late ...

, Italy competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 159 competitors, 121 men and 38 women, took part in 88 events in 19 sports.

Medalists

Gold

* Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200 metres *

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— Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk *

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— Athletics, Women's High Jump *

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— Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight *

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— Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition *

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— Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg) *

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— Shooting, Men's Trap * Claudio Pollio — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight

Silver

* Marco Solfrini, Renzo Vecchiato, Renato Villalta,

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, Michael Silvester,

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, Enrico Gilardi, Pierluigi Marzorati,

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, and Fabrizio Della Fiori — Basketball, Men's Team Competition * Marina Sciocchetti, Anna Casagrande,

, and Mauro Roman — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition *

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, and Marco Romano — Fencing, Sabre Team Competition

Bronze

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— Archery, Men's Individual Competition * Mauro Zuliani, Stefano Malinverni, Pietro Mennea, and Roberto Tozzi — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's Springboard * Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition

Archery

For the first time, Italy entered a woman in the Olympic archery competition. She placed a respectable tenth place.

repeated his bronze medal-winning performance of four years earlier. Women's Individual Competition: * Franca Capetta — 2342 points (→ 10th place) Men's Individual Competition: *

— 2449 points (→ Bronze Medal) * Sante Spigarelli — 2405 points (→ 14th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres * Pietro Mennea :* Heat — 10.56 :* Quarterfinals — 10.27 :* Semifinals — 10.58 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres * Carlo Grippo :* Heat — 1:48.9 :* Semifinals — 1:48.7 (→ did not advance) Men's 1,500 metres * Vittorio Fontanella :* Heat — 3:40.1 :* Semifinals — 3:40.1 :* Final — 3:40.4 (→ 5th place) Men's Marathon * Massimo Magnani :* Final — 2:13:12 (→ 8th place) * Marco Marchei :* Final — 2:23:21 (→ 35th place) Men's 4x400 metres Relay * Stefano Malinverni, Mauro Zuliani, Roberto Tozzi, and Pietro Mennea :* Heat — 3:03.5 :* Final — 3:04.3 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase * Giuseppe Gerbi :* Heat — 8:37.1 :* Semifinals — 8:27.2 :* Final — 8:18.5 (→ 6th place) *

Roberto Volpi Roberto Volpi (born 15 August 1952) was an Italian predominantly steeplechase runner who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, National titles He won four times the national championships at senior level. *Italian Athletics Championships T ...

:* Heat — 8:35.6 :* Semifinals — 8:29.7 (→ did not advance) Men's High Jump * Marco Tamberi :* Qualification — 2.21 m :* Final — 2.15 m (→ 15th place) * Oscar Raise :* Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance) * Paolo Borghi :* Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw *

Giampaolo Urlando Giampaolo Urlando (born 7 January 1945, in Padova) is a retired Italian hammer thrower. Biography He ended up in fourth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for testosterone use. Achievements National titles Giampaolo Urlan ...

:* Qualification — 72.20 m :* Final Round — 73.90 m (→ 7th place) Men's Decathlon * Alessandro Brogini :* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's 20 km Walk *

:* Final — 1:23:35.5 (→ Gold Medal) *

Giorgio Damilano Giorgio Damilano (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian former race walker. He is the twin brother of Italian race walker legend Maurizio Damilano and brother of the coach Sandro Damilano. Biography He was 11th at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in ...

:* Final — 1:33:26.2 (→ 11th place) Women's 100 metres * Marisa Masullo :* Heat — 11.77 :* Quarterfinals — 11.57 (→ did not advance) Women's 800 metres *

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:* Heat — 2:01.4 :* Semifinals — 1:59.0 :* Final — 1:59.2 (→ 8th place) * Agnese Possamai :* Heat — 2:04.1 (→ did not advance) * Daniela Porcelli :* Heat — 2:10.7 (→ did not advance) Women's 1,500 metres *

:* Heat — 4:05.0 :* Final — 4:00.3 (→ 4th place) * Agnese Possamai :* Heat — 4:14.7 (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump *

:* Qualification — 1.88 m :* Final — 1.97 m (→ Gold Medal) Women's Javelin Throw * Fausta Quintavalla :* Qualification — 58.76 m :* Final — 57.52 m (→ 12th place) Women's Shot Put * Cinzia Petrucci :* Final — 17.27 m (→ 14th place)

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group C) :* Defeated Sweden (92-77) :* Lost to Australia (77-84) :* Defeated Cuba (79-72) *Semi Final Round (Group A) :* Lost to Yugoslavia (81-102) :* Defeated Soviet Union (87-85) :* Lost to Brazil (77-90) :* Defeated Spain (95-89) *Final :* Lost to Yugoslavia (77-86) → Silver Medal *Team Roster: :*

:* Michael Silvester :* Enrico Gilardi :* Fabrizio Della Fiori :* Marco Solfrini :*

:* Renato Villalta :* Renzo Vecchiato :* Pierluigi Marzorati :*

Boxing

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) * Carlo Russolillo *# First Round — Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) *

→ Gold Medal *# First Round — Defeated Aurelien Agnan (Benin) after referee stopped contest in first round *# Second Round — Defeated Farez Halabi (Syria) after referee stopped contest in first round *# Quarter Finals — Defeated

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(Yugoslavia) on points (3-2) *# Semi Finals — Defeated Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (5-0) *# Final — Defeated Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) *

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*# First Round — Defeated

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(Romania) on points (4-1) *# Quarter Finals — Lost to

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(Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Canoeing

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Italy in 1980. ; Individual road race * Marco Cattaneo *

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; Team time trial *

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; Sprint *

Ottavio Dazzan Ottavio Dazzan (2 January 1958) is an Argentine-born Italian former cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiys ...

; 1000m time trial *

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;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

Pierangelo Bincoletto Pierangelo Bincoletto (born 14 March 1959) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France and seven editions of the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in two events at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Majo ...

;

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 ...

* Silvestro Milani

Diving

Men's Springboard * Giorgio Cagnotto :* Preliminary Round — 556.32 points (→ 6th place) :* Final — 871.500 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Equestrianism

Fencing

13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1980. ; Men's foil * Federico Cervi ; Men's épée *

Stefano Bellone Stefano Bellone (born 23 April 1955) is an Italian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) w ...

* Marco Falcone *

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; Men's sabre *

; Men's team sabre *

, Marco Romano ; Women's foil *

Dorina Vaccaroni Dorina Vaccaroni (born 24 September 1963 in Mestre) is an Italian former fencer, competing in the foil. Biography She received a gold medal in the foil team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul ...

Anna Rita Sparaciari Anna Rita Sparaciari (born 3 March 1959) is an Italian fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal in the individual foil event at the 1979 Mediterranean Games The ...

* Susanna Batazzi ; Women's team foil *

, Susanna Batazzi,

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, Clara Mochi

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1980. ;Individual *

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Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Paolo Revelli :* Heats — 52.74 (→ did not advance) * Fabrizio Rampazzo :* Heats — 52.71 (→ did not advance) * Raffaele Franceschi :* Heats — 52.26 :* Semi-Finals — 51,87 :* Final — 51.69 (→ 5th place) Men's 200m Freestyle * Paolo Revelli :* Heats — 1:52.56 :* Final — 1:52.76 (→ 6th place) * Fabrizio Rampezzo :* Heats — 1:52.62 :* Final — 1:53.25 (→ 8th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Paolo Revelli, Raffaele Franceschi, Andrea Ceccarini, and Fabrizio Rampazzo :* Final — 7:30.37 (→ 5th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke * Manuela Carosi :* Final — 1.05.10 (→ 8th place) Women's 100m Breaststroke * Monica Bonon :* Heats — 1:12.36 :* Final — 1:12.51 (→ 8th place) * Sabrina Seminatore :* Heats — 1:13.76 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Laura Foralosso, Sabrina Seminatore, Cinzia Savi-Scarponi, and Monica Vallarin :* Final — 4:19.06 (→ 5th place)

Volleyball

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group A) :* Lost to Cuba (0-3) :* Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-2) :* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) :* Lost to Bulgaria (1-3) *Classification Match :* 9th/10th place: Defeated Libya (3-0) → 9th place *Team Roster :* Antonio Bonini :* Claudio di Coste :* Mauro di Bernardo :*

Sebastiano Greco Sebastiano Greco (born 11 February 1953) is an Italian volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under o ...

:* Francesco Dall'Olio :* Giulio Belletti :* Fabrizio Nassi :*

Giancarlo Dametto Giancarlo Dametto (born January 6, 1959) is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Dametto was born in Turin. In 1980, Dametto was part of the Italian team that finished ni ...

:* Stefano Sibani :* Giovanni Lanfranco :*

Fabio Innocenti Fabio Innocenti (born 8 April 2002) is an Italian Entrepreneur. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Innocenti, Fabio 1950 births Living people Olympic volleyball players of Italy Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics It ...

Franco Bertoli Franco Bertoli (born 29 April 1959 in Udine) is an Italian former volleyball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. As a volleyball player, he gained the nickname of ''mano di ...

Water polo

;Men's Team Competition *Team Roster :* Alberto Alberani :* Roldano Simeoni :* Alfio Misaggi :* Sante Marsili :* Massimo Fondelli :* Gianni de Magistris :* Antonello Steardo :* Paolo Ragosa :* Romeo Collina :* Vincenzo d'Angelo :*

Umberto Panerai Umberto Panerai (born March 13, 1953) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976. He was born in Florence. Panerai was a member ...

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

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