Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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. It also hosted the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome – the inaugural Paralympic Games.
280 competitors, 246 men and 34 women, took part in 138 events in 19 sports.Medals
Gold
- Livio Berruti – Athletics, 200m, men
- Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto, Marino Vigna – Track Cycling, team pursuit, 4000m, men
- Sante Gaiardoni – Track Cycling, sprint, men
- Sergio Bianchetto, Giuseppe Beghetto – Track Cycling, tandem, 2,000 men
- Sante Gaiardoni – Track Cycling, time trial, 1.000m, men
- Francesco Musso – Boxing, Featherweight, men
- Giovanni Benvenuti – Boxing, welterweight, men
- Francesco De Piccoli – Boxing, Heavyweight, men
- Raimondo D'Inzeo – Equestrian, jumping, individual
- Giuseppe Delfino – Screens, épée, men
- Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Carlo Pavesi, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro – 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 – Waterpolo, men
- Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati, Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè – Cycling, TTT, men
Silver
- Primo Zamparini – Boxing, Bantamweight, men
- Carmelo Bossi – Boxing, half-middleweight, men
- Alessandro Lopopolo – Boxing, lightweight, men
- Aldo Dezi, Francesco La Macchia – Canoeing, C-2 1000m, men
- Piero D'Inzeo – Equestrian, jumping, individual
- Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, Giancarlo Crosta, Giuseppe Galante – Rowing, four-without-mate, men
- Alberto Pellegrino, Luigi Arturo Carpaneda, Mario Curletto, Aldo Aureggi, Edoardo Mangiarotti – Screens, Foil, team, men
- Galliano Rossini – Shooting, stairway, 125 targets, men
- Giovanni Carminucci – Gymnastics, bridge, men
- Livio Trapè – Cycling, road race, men
Bronze
- Giuseppina Leone – Athletics, 100m, women
- Abdon Pamich – Athletics, 50 km walk, men
- Valentino Gasparella – Track Cycling, sprint, men
- Giulio Saraudi – Boxing, light heavyweight, men
- Sebastiano Mannironi – Weightlifting, Featherweight, men
- Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Antonio Oppes – Equestrian, jumping, team
- Fulvio Balatti, Romano Sgheiz, Franco Trincavelli, Giovanni Zucchi, Ivo Stefanoni – Rowing, four -with-mate
- Bruna Colombetti, Velleda Cesari, Claudia Pasini, Irene Camber, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi – Fencing, Foil, team, women
- Wladimiro Calarese – Fencing, saber, individual, men
- Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Roberto Ferrari, Mario Ravagnan – Fencing, saber, team, men
- Giovanni Carminucci, Pasquale Carminucci, Gianfranco Marzolla, Franco Menichelli, Orlando Polmonari, Angelo Vicardi – Gymnastics, men's team
- Franco Menichelli – Gymnastics, floor, men
- Antonio Cosentino, Antonio Ciciliano, Giulio De Stefano – Sailing, Dragon class
Athletics
Results
Basketball
;Men's Team Competition
Canoeing
Cycling
14 cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1960.
;Individual road race
;Team time trial
- Antonio Bailetti
- Ottavio Cogliati
- Giacomo Fornoni
- Livio Trapè
;Sprint
- Sante Gaiardoni
- Valentino Gasparella
;1000m time trial
;Tandem
- Giuseppe Beghetto
- Sergio Bianchetto
;Team pursuit
- Luigi Arienti
- Franco Testa
- Mario Vallotto
- Marino Vigna
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1960.
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
- Edoardo Mangiarotti, Luigi Carpaneda, Alberto Pellegrino, Mario Curletto, Aldo Aureggi
;Men's épée
;Men's team épée
- Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Alberto Pellegrino, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro
;Men's sabre
- Wladimiro Calarese
- Roberto Ferrari
- Pierluigi Chicca
;Men's team sabre
- Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Mario Ravagnan, Roberto Ferrari
;Women's foil
;Women's team foil
- Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Irene Camber-Corno, Velleda Cesari, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Claudia Pasini
Football
;Men's Team Competition
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
- Tullio Baraglia
- Renato Bosatta
- Giancarlo Crosta
- Giuseppe Galante
; Men's coxed four
- Fulvio Balatti
- Romano Sgheiz
- Franco Trincavelli
- Giovanni Zucchi
- Ivo Stefanoni
; Men's eight
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Italy in 1960.
;25 m pistol
;50 m pistol
;50 m rifle, three positions
;50 m rifle, prone
;Trap
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
;Men's Team Competition
Wrestling
