title: Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics
text: # Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  
  Italy (Spanish: Italia) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 152 men and 15 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Gold
  
  * Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  * Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
  * Primo Baran and Renzo Sambo (Bruno Cipolla coxswain) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
  
  ### Silver
  
  * Giordano Turrini — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
  * Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Springboard
  * Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
  * Romano Garagnani — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting
  
  ### Bronze
  
  * Eddy Ottoz — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
  * Giuseppe Gentile — Athletics, Men's triple jump
  * Giorgio Bambini — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
  * Lorenzo Bosisio, Cipriano Chemello, Giorgio Morbiato, and Luigi Roncaglia — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
  * Giovanni Bramucci, Vittorio Marcelli, Mauro Simonetti, and Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
  * Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée
  * Abramo Albini, Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, and Pier Angelo Conti — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
  * Fabio Albarelli — Sailing, Men's Finn
  * Franco Cavallo and Camillo Gargano — Sailing, Men's Star
  
  ## Basketball
  
  ### Men's Team Competition
  
  * Preliminary Round (Group A)
  
     * Defeated Philippines (91-66)
  
     * Defeated Panama (94-87)
  
     * Defeated Puerto Rico (68-65)
  
     * Defeated Senegal (81-55)
  
     * Lost to Yugoslavia (69-80)
  
     * Lost to United States (61-100)
  
     * Defeated Spain (98-86)
  * Classification Matches
  
     * 5th/8th place: Lost to Poland (52-66)
  
     * 7th/8th place: Lost to Spain (72-88)
  * Team Roster
  
     * Carlo Recalcati
  
     * Giusto Pellanera
  
     * Gianfranco Lombardi
  
     * Enrico Bovone
  
     * Massimo Masini
  
     * Paolo Vittori
  
     * Gabriele Vianello
  
     * Guido Gatti
  
     * Ottorino Flaborea
  
     * Sauro Bufalini
  
     * Massimo Cosmelli
  
     * Gianluigi Jessi
  
  ## Cycling
  
  Sixteen cyclists represented Italy in 1968.
  
  ### Individual road race
  
  * Pierfranco Vianelli
  * Giovanni Bramucci
  * Flavio Martini
  * Tino Conti
  
  ### Team time trial
  
  * Giovanni Bramucci
  * Vittorio Marcelli
  * Mauro Simonetti
  * Pierfranco Vianelli
  
  ### Sprint
  
  * Giordano Turrini
  * Dino Verzini
  
  ### 1000m time trial
  
  * Gianni Sartori
  
  ### Tandem
  
  * Walter Gorini
  * Luigi Borghetti
  
  ### Individual pursuit
  
  * Cipriano Chemello
  
  ### Team pursuit
  
  * Lorenzo Bosisio
  * Cipriano Chemello
  * Luigi Roncaglia
  * Giorgio Morbiato
  * Gino Pancino
  
  ## Fencing
  
  19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1968.
  
  ### Men's foil
  
  * Arcangelo Pinelli
  * Pasquale La Ragione
  * Nicola Granieri
  
  ### Men's team foil
  
  * Pasquale La Ragione, Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Arcangelo Pinelli, Michele Maffei
  
  ### Men's épée
  
  * Gianluigi Saccaro
  * Gianfranco Paolucci
  * Claudio Francesconi
  
  ### Men's team épée
  
  * Gianfranco Paolucci, Claudio Francesconi, Giovanni Battista Breda, Gianluigi Saccaro, Antonio Albanese
  
  ### Men's sabre
  
  * Rolando Rigoli
  * Wladimiro Calarese
  * Cesare Salvadori
  
  ### Men's team sabre
  
  * Wladimiro Calarese, Rolando Rigoli, Pierluigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori
  
  ### Women's foil
  
  * Giovanna Masciotta
  * Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
  * Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini
  
  ### Women's team foil
  
  * Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Giovanna Masciotta, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Silvana Sconciafurno
  
  ## Modern pentathlon
  
  Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1968.
  
  ### Individual
  
  * Mario Medda
  * Giancarlo Morresi
  * Nicolo Deligia
  
  ### Team
  
  * Mario Medda
  * Giancarlo Morresi
  * Nicolo Deligia
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Seven shooters, all men, represented Italy in 1968.
  
  ### 25 m pistol
  
  * Giovanni Liverzani
  * Ugo Amicosante
  
  ### 50 m rifle, three positions
  
  * Giuseppe De Chirico
  
  ### 50 m rifle, prone
  
  * Giuseppe De Chirico
  
  ### Trap
  
  * Galliano Rossini
  * Ennio Mattarelli
  
  ### Skeet
  
  * Romano Garagnani
  * Giancarlo Chiono
  
  ## Swimming
  
  Men's Competition
  
  * Pietro Boscaini, Michele D'Oppido, Franco Del Campo, Franco Chino, Antonio Attanasio, Angelo Tozzi, Giampiero Fossati, and Massimo Sacchi.
  
  Women's Competition
  
  * Mietta Strumolo and Novella Calligaris
  
  ## Water polo
  
  ### Men's Team Competition
  
  * Team Roster
  
     * Alberto Alberani
  
     * Eraldo Pizzo
  
     * Mario Cevasco
  
     * Gianni Lonzi
  
     * Enzo Barlocco
  
     * Franco Lavoratori
  
     * Gianni de Magistris
  
     * Alessandro Ghibellini
  
     * Giancarlo Guerrini
  
     * Paolo Ferrando
  
     * Eugenio Merello
  