title: Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics
text: # Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  
  Italy competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 224 competitors, 197 men and 27 women, took part in 123 events in 19 sports.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Gold
  
  * Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
  * Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
  * Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, and Mario Tullio Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
  * Antonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
  * Angelo Scalzone — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition
  
  ### Silver
  
  * Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard
  * Alessandro Argenton — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
  * Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
  
  ### Bronze
  
  * Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200m
  * Paola Pigni — Athletics, Women's 1.500m
  * Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
  * Anselmo Silvino — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
  * Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Vittorio Orlandi, and Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
  * Silvano Basagni — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition
  * Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 800m Freestyle
  * Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
  * Giuseppe Bognanni — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
  * Gian-Matteo Ranzi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
  
  ## Archery
  
  In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Italy entered three men. Their highest placing competitor was Alfredo Massazza, at 31st place.
  
  Men's Individual Competition:
  
  * Alfredo Massazza - 2340 points (→ 31st place)
  * Giancarlo Ferrari - 2322 points (→ 33rd place)
  * Sante Spigarelli - 2300 points (→ 35th place)
  
  ## Athletics
  
  Men's 800 metres
  
  * Franco Arese
     * Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 1500 metres
  
  * Franco Arese
     * Heat — 3:44.0
     * Semifinals — 3:41.1 (→ did not advance)
  * Gianni del Buono
     * Heat — 3:40.8
     * Semifinals — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
  
  * Vincenzo Guerini, Ennio Preatoni, Luigi Benedetti, and Pietro Mennea
     * Heat — 39.29s
     * Semifinals — 39.21s
     * Final — 39.14s (→ 8th place)
  
  Men's High Jump
  
  * Enzo del Forno
     * Qualifying Round — 2.15m
     * Final — 2.15m (→ 10th place)
  * Marco Schivo
     * Qualifying Round — 2.15m
     * Final — 2.10m (→ 17th place)
  
  ## Basketball
  
  ### Men's Team Competition
  
  * Preliminary Round (Group B)
     * Lost to Yugoslavia (78-85)
     * Defeated Senegal (92-56)
     * Lost to Soviet Union (66-79)
     * Defeated West Germany (68-57)
     * Defeated Poland (71-59)
     * Defeated Puerto Rico (71-54)
     * Defeated Philippines (101-81)
  * Semi Finals
     * Lost to United States (38-68)
  * Bronze Medal Match
     * Lost to Cuba (65-66) → Fourth place
  * Team Roster
     * Ottorino Flaborea
     * Giuseppe Brumatti
     * Giorgio Giomo
     * Mauro Cerioni
     * Massimo Masini
     * Renzo Bariviera
     * Marino Zanatta
     * Dino Meneghin
     * Pierluigi Marzorati
     * Luigi Serafini
     * Ivan Bisson
     * Giulio Iellini
  
  ## Boxing
  
  Men's Light Flyweight:
  
  * Gaetano Curcetti
  * 1/16-Final - Lost to Kadir Syed Abdul of Singapore (3 round, RSC)
  
  Men's Flyweight:
  
  * Franco Udella
  * 1/16-Final - Defeated Filex Maina of Kenya (5 - 0)
  * 1/8-Final - Lost to Boris Zoriktuev of USSR (1 - 4)
  
  Men's Featherweight:
  
  * Pasqualino Morbidelli
  * 1/32-Final - Defeated Morgan Mwenya of Zambia (5 - 0)
  * 1/16-Final - Defeated Ebu Sef Tatar of Turkey (5 -0 )
  * 1/8-Final - Lost to Royal Kobayashi of Japan (1 round, KO)
  
  Men's Lightweight:
  
  * Giambattista Capretti
  * 1/32-Final - Defeated José Martinez of Canada (2 round, RSC)
  * 1/16-Final - Lost to László Orbán of Hungary (1 - 4)
  
  Men's Light Welterweight:
  
  * Ernesto Bergamasco
  * 1/16-Final - Lost to Srisook Bantow of Thailand (1 - 4)
  
  Men's Welterweight:
  
  * Damiano Lassandro
  * 1/32-Final - Lost to Emilio Correa of Cuba (0 - 5)
  
  Men's Light Middleweight:
  
  * Antonio Castellini
  * 1/16-Final - Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski of Poland (0 - 5)
  
  Men's Light Heavyweight:
  
  * Guglielmo Spinello
  * 1/16-Final - Defeated Samson Laizer of Tanzania (2round KO)
  * 1/8-Final - Lost to Rudi Hornig of West Germany (1 - 4)
  
  ## Cycling
  
  Fifteen cyclists represented Italy in 1972.
  
  ### Individual road race
  
  * Francesco Moser — 8th place
  * Walter Riccomi — 49th place
  * Aldo Parecchini — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  * Franco Ongarato — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  
  ### Team time trial
  
  * Osvaldo Castellan
  * Pasqualino Moretti
  * Francesco Moser
  * Giovanni Tonoli
  
  ### Sprint
  
  * Massimo Marino
  * Ezio Cardi
  
  ### 1000m time trial
  
  * Ezio Cardi
     * Final — 1:07.80 (→ 9th place)
  
  ### Tandem
  
  * Dino Verzini and Giorgio Rossi → 9th place
  
  ### Individual pursuit
  
  * Luciano Borgognoni
  
  ### Team pursuit
  
  * Pietro Algeri
  * Giacomo Bazzan
  * Giorgio Morbiato
  * Luciano Borgognoni
  
  ## Diving
  
  Men's 3m Springboard
  
  * Giorgio Cagnotto — 591.63 points (→ Silver Medal)
  * Klaus Dibiasi — 559.05 points (→ 4th place)
  
  Men's 10m Platform
  
  * Klaus Dibiasi — 504.12 points (→ Gold Medal)
  * Giorgio Cagnotto — 475.83 points (→ Bronze Medal)
  
  ## Fencing
  
  19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1972.
  
  ### Men's foil
  
  * Nicola Granieri
  * Stefano Simoncelli
  * Arcangelo Pinelli
  
  ### Men's team foil
  
  * Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Carlo Montano, Arcangelo Pinelli, Stefano Simoncelli
  
  ### Men's épée
  
  * Nicola Granieri
  * Claudio Francesconi
  * Gianluigi Saccaro
  
  ### Men's team épée
  
  * Claudio Francesconi, Nicola Granieri, Gianluigi Placella, Gianluigi Saccaro, Pier Alberto Testoni
  
  ### Men's sabre
  
  * Michele Maffei
  * Mario Aldo Montano
  * Rolando Rigoli
  
  ### Men's team sabre
  
  * Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Mario Aldo Montano, Mario Tullio Montano
  
  ### Women's foil
  
  * Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
  * Maria Consolata Collino
  * Giulia Lorenzoni
  
  ### Women's team foil
  
  * Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Der Reka Cipriani, Maria Consolata Collino, Giuseppina Bersani
  
  ## Modern pentathlon
  
  Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1972.
  
  Men's Individual Competition:
  
  * Mario Medda - 4850 points (→ 16th place)
  * Giovanni Perugini - 4571 points (→ 34th place)
  * Nicolo Deligia - 4492 points (→ 39th place)
  
  Men's Team Competition:
  
  * Medda, Perugini, and Deligia - 13913 points (→ 10th place)
  
  ## Rowing
  
  Men's Coxed Pairs
  
  * Giampaolo Tronchin, Mario Semenzato and Siro Kuhnke Meli
     * Heat — 8:02.79
     * Repechage — 8:10.46 (→ did not advance)
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Eleven male shooters represented Italy in 1972. In the trap event, Angelo Scalzone won gold and Silvano Basagni won bronze.
  
  ### 25 m pistol
  
  * Giovanni Liverzani
  * Roberto Ferraris
  
  ### 50 m pistol
  
  * Giuseppe De Chirico
  * Piero Errani
  
  ### 50 m rifle, three positions
  
  * Giuseppe De Chirico
  * Walter Frescura
  
  ### 50 m rifle, prone
  
  * Giovanni Mezzani
  * Giancarlo Cecconi
  
  ### Trap
  
  * Angelo Scalzone
  * Silvano Basagni
  
  ### Skeet
  
  * Romano Garagnani
  * Carlo Alberto Lodi
  
  ## Swimming
  
  Men's 100m Freestyle
  
  * Roberto Pangaro
     * Heat — 54.74s (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 200m Freestyle
  
  * Riccardo Targetti
     * Heat — 2:02.58 (→ did not advance)
  * Arnaldo Cinquetti
     * Heat — 2:01.78 (→ did not advance)
  * Roberto Pangaro
     * Heat — 2:00.97 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
  
  * Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci and Alberto Castagnetti
     * Heat — 3:38.81 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
  
  * Roberto Pangaro, Arnaldo Cinquetti, Lorenzo Marugo, and Riccardo Targetti
     * Heat — 8:03.98 (→ did not advance)
  
  Men's Competition
  
  * Vincenzo Finocchiaro, Sergio Irredento, Massimo Nistri, Edmondo Mingione, Michele di Pietro, Angelo Tozzi, Gaetano Carboni, and Mauro Calligaris. Reserve: Sandro Grassi.
  
  Women's Competition
  
  * Laura Podestà, Novella Calligaris, Federica Stabilini, Patrizia Miserini, Donatella Talpo, Patrizia Lanfredini, Laura Gorgerino, and Alessandra Finesso. Reserve: Antonella Valentini.
  
  ## Water polo
  
  ### Men's Team Competition
  
  * Preliminary Round (Group C)
     * Lost to Soviet Union (1-4)
     * Defeated Bulgaria (8-5)
     * Defeated Spain (6-2)
     * Defeated Japan (12-5)
  * Final Round (Group I)
     * Lost to Hungary (7-8)
     * Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6)
     * Drew with West Germany (2-2)
     * Lost to United States (5-6) → Sixth place
  * Team Roster
     * Alberto Alberani
     * Eraldo Pizzo
     * Roldano Simeoni
     * Mario Cevasco
     * Alessandro Ghibellini
     * Gianni de Magistris
     * Guglielmo Marsili
     * Silvio Baracchini
     * Franco Lavoratori
     * Sante Marsili
     * Ferdinande Ligano
  
  ## Weightlifting
  
  Men's Bantamweight:
  
  * Gaetano Tosto - 325.0 kg (→ 16th place)
  
  Men's Featherweight:
  
  * Peppino Tanti - 372.5 kg (→ 8th place)
  
  Men's Middleweight:
  
  * Anselmo Silvino - 470.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)
  * Salvatore Laudani - 440.0 kg (→ 11th place)
  
  Men's Light Heavyweight:
  
  * Dino Turcato - 455.0 (→ 9th place)
  
  Men's Heavyweight:
  
  * Roberto Vezzani - 545.0 (→ 5th place)
  
  ## Water Skiing (demonstration sports)
  
  Men's Slalom:
  
  * Roby Zucchi - 44.0 points (→ Gold Medal)
  
  Men's Figure Skiing:
  
  * Max Hofer - 3850 points (→ 6th place)
  * Roby Zucchi - 3560 points (→ 8th place)
  
  Men's Jump:
  
  * Max Hofer - 37.70 points (→ Silver Medal)
  * Roby Zucchi - 35.10 points (→ 7th place)
  