title: Italy at the 1936 Summer Olympics
text: # Italy at the 1936 Summer Olympics
  
  Italy competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 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 - Boxing, a series of 53.5 kg
  * Giulio Gaudini - Fencing, men's foil
  * Franco Riccardi - Fencing – Men's épée
  * Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino, Manlio Di Rosa and Ciro Verratti - Fencing, men's foil team competition
  * Saverio Ragno, Alfredo Pezzana, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Franco Riccardi and Giancarlo Brusati - Fencing, men's kalvan team competition
  * Bruno Venturini, Alfredo Foni, Pietro Rava, Giuseppe Baldo, Achille Piccini, Ugo Locatelli, Annibale Frossi, Libero Marchini, Sergio Bertoni, Carlo Biagi, Francesco Gabriotti, Giulio Cappelli, Alfonso Negro and Luigi Scarabello - Football, men
  * Giovanni Reggio, Bruno Bianchi, Luigi De Manincor, Domenico Mordini, Luigi Poggi and Enrico Poggi - Sailing, 8MR
  
  ### Silver
  
  * Mario Lanzi - Track and field, men's 800 m
  * Orazio Mariani, Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli - Track and field, men's 4 × 100 m relay
  * Almiro Bergamo, Guido Santin and Luciano Negrini - Rowing, Men pair cox
  * Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Dino Barsotti, Oreste Grossi, Enzo Bartolini, Mario Checcacci, Dante Secchi, Ottorino Quaglierini, Enrico Garzelli and Cesare Milani - Rowing, men's eight
  * Gavino Matta - Boxing, a series of 50.8 kg
  * Severino Rigoni, Bianco Bianchi, Mario Gentili and Armando Latini - Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
  * Saverio Ragno - Fencing, men épée
  * Gustavo Marzi - Fencing, men's sabre
  * Vincenzo Pinton, Giulio Gaudini, Aldo Masciotta, Gustavo Marzi, Aldo Montano and Athos Tanzini - Fencing, men's sabre team competition
  
  ### Bronze
  
  * Luigi Beccali - 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
  
  Men (27) :
  
  | Athlete | Age | Event | Rank | Medal |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mario Lanzi | 21 | Men's 400 metres | 4 h1 r3/4 | |
  | Mario Lanzi | 21 | Men's 800 metres | 2 | Silver |
  | Luigi Beccali | 28 | Men's 1,500 metres | 3 | Bronze |
  | Umberto Cerati | 25 | Men's 5,000 metres | 7 | |
  | Salvatore Mastroieni | 22 | Men's 5,000 metres | 6 h3 r1/2 | |
  | Giuseppe Beviacqua | 21 | Men's 10,000 metres | 11 | |
  | Giannino Bulzone | 25 | Men's Marathon | AC | |
  | Aurelio Genghini | 28 | Men's Marathon | AC | |
  | Gianni Caldana | 22 | Men's 110 metres Hurdles | 3 h6 r1/3 | |
  | Luigi Facelli | 38 | Men's 400 metres Hurdles | 3 h2 r1/3 | |
  | Umberto Ridi | 22 | Men's 400 metres Hurdles | 4 h4 r1/3 | |
  | Emilio Mori | 28 | Men's 400 metres Hurdles | 6 h3 r1/3 | |
  | Bruno Betti | 25 | Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase | 7 h3 r1/2 | |
  | Giuseppe Lippi | 32 | Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase | 8 h1 r1/2 | |
  | Orazio Mariani | 21 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 2 | Silver |
  | Gianni Caldana | 22 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 2 | Silver |
  | Elio Ragni | 25 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 2 | Silver |
  | Tullio Gonnelli | 23 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 2 | Silver |
  | Angelo Ferrario | 28 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h3 r1/2 | |
  | Marsilio Rossi | 19 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h3 r1/2 | |
  | Otello Spampani | 18 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h3 r1/2 | |
  | Mario Lanzi | 21 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h3 r1/2 | |
  | Ettore Rivolta | 31 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | 12 | |
  | Giuseppe Gobbato | 32 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | 14 | |
  | Mario Brignoli | 34 | Men's 50 kilometres Walk | 18 | |
  | Danilo Innocenti | 32 | Men's Pole Vault | 6T | |
  | Arturo Maffei | 26 | Men's Long Jump | 4T | |
  | Gianni Caldana | 22 | Men's Long Jump | 12 | |
  | Giorgio Oberweger | 22 | Men's Discus Throw | 3 | Bronze |
  | Ruggero Biancani | 21 | Men's Discus Throw | AC QR | |
  | Giovanni Cantagalli | 22 | Men's Hammer Throw | 15 | |
  | Women (5) |||||
  | Athlete | Age | Event | Rank | Medal |
  | Claudia Testoni | 20 | Women's 100 metres | 5 h5 r1/3 | |
  | Ondina Valla | 20 | Women's 80 metres Hurdles | 1 | Gold |
  | Claudia Testoni | 20 | Women's 80 metres Hurdles | 4 | |
  | Lidia Bongiovanni | 21 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 4 | |
  | Ondina Valla | 20 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 4 | |
  | Fernanda Bullano | 21 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 4 | |
  | Claudia Testoni | 20 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 4 | |
  | Gabre Gabric-Calvesi | 18 | Women's Discus Throw | 10 | |
  
  ## Basketball
  
  ### First Round
  
  * 7 August 1936 17:00
  * Report, p. 1078
  
  Italy 44,  Poland 28 :
  
  * Scoring by half: 25–12, 19–16 ||
  * Tennis Courts, Court 1 Referees: A. Selenoi (Estonia), J. Christensen (Germany), H. Kalshaus (Germany)
  
  ### Second Round
  
  * 9 August 1936 17:00
  * Report, p. 1080
  
  Italy 58,  Germany 16 :
  
  * Scoring by half: 38–11, 20–5 ||
  * Tennis Courts, Court 3 Referees: Sohaku Ri (Japan), K. Falk (Germany), H. Kascher (Germany)
  
  ### Third Round
  
  * 11 August 1936 16:00
  * Report, p. 1080
  
  Italy 27,  Chile 19 :
  
  * Scoring by half: 16–12, 11–7 ||
  * Tennis Courts, Court 2 Referees: A. Selenoi (Estonia), Ch. Perschon (Germany), W. Balzereit (Germany)
  
  ### Fourth Round
  
  * 12 August 1936 17:00
  * Report, p. 1082
  
  Mexico 34,  Italy 17 :
  
  * Scoring by half: 20–7, 14–10 ||
  * Tennis Courts, Court 5 Referees: E. Powers (Canada), F. Becker (Germany), H. Hammes (Germany)
  
  ### 5th–8th place semifinals
  
  * 13 August 1936 17:00
  * Report, p. 1082
  
  Philippines 32,  Italy 14 :
  
  * Scoring by half: 18–6, 14–8 ||
  * Tennis Courts, Court 5 Referees: R. Semerciyan (Turkey), H. Emschermann (Germany), H. Hammes (Germany)
  
  ### 7th place game
  
  * 14 August 1936 16:00
  * Report, p. 1082
  
  Italy vs.  Peru :
  
  * Match suspended after the entire peruvian delegation forfeited the Games. ||
  
  ### Men's Team Competition
  
  * Team Roster
  
     * Enrico Cestelli
  
     * Galeazzo Dondi
  
     * Livio Franceschini
  
     * Emilio Giosetti
  
     * Giancarlo Marinelli
  
     * Sergio Paganella
  
     * Egidio Premiani
  
     * Gino Basso
  
  ## 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
  
  * Benedetto Pola
  
  ### Tandem
  
  * Carlo Legutti
  * Bruno Loatti
  
  ### Team pursuit
  
  * Bianco Bianchi
  * Mario Gentili
  * Armando Latini
  * Severino Rigoni
  
  ## Fencing
  
  16 fencers, all men, represented Italy in 1936.
  
  ### Men's foil
  
  * Giulio Gaudini
  * Giorgio Bocchino
  * Gioacchino Guaragna
  
  ### Men's team foil
  
  * Manlio Di Rosa, Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino, Ciro Verratti
  
  ### Men's épée
  
  * Franco Riccardi
  * Saverio Ragno
  * Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
  
  ### Men's team épée
  
  * Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Saverio Ragno, Franco Riccardi, Giancarlo Brusati, Alfredo Pezzana
  
  ### 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
  
  ## Football
  
  ### Men's Team Squad
  
     * Bruno Venturini
  
     * Gianni Ferrero
  
     * Alfredo Foni
  
     * Pietro Rava
  
     * Giuseppe Baldo
  
     * Achille Piccini
  
     * Ugo Locatelli
  
     * Annibale Frossi
  
     * Libero Marchini
  
     * Luigi Scarabello
  
     * Carlo Biagi
  
     * Giulio Cappelli
  
     * Sergio Bertoni
  
     * Alfonso Negro
  
     * Francesco Gabriotti
  
     * Adolfo Giuntoli
  
     * Mario Nicolini
  
     * Carlo Girometta
  
     * Sandro Puppo
  
     * Corrado Tamietti
  
     * Paolo Vannucci
  
     * Lamberto Petri
  
  ## Gymnastics
  
  16 gymnasts, 8 men and 8 women, represented Italy in 1936.
  
  ### Men's team
  
  * Egidio Armelloni
  * Oreste Capuzzo
  * Danilo Fioravanti
  * Savino Guglielmetti
  * Romeo Neri
  * 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 events in 1936.
  
  ### Men's single sculls
  
  * Riccardo Steinleitner
  
  ### Men's coxed pair
  
  * Almiro Bergamo
  * 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
  * Enrico Garzelli
  * Cesare Milani (cox)
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Nine shooters represented Italy in 1936.
  
  ### 25 m rapid fire pistol
  
  * Walter Boninsegni
  * Bruno Giacconi
  * Michelangelo Borriello
  
  ### 50 m pistol
  
  * Stefano Margotti
  * Giancarlo Boriani
  * Ugo Pistolesi
  
  ### 50 m rifle, prone
  
  * Mario Zorzi
  * Carlo Varetto
  * Lodovico Nulli
  