title: Italy at the 1997 Summer Universiade
text: # Italy at the 1997 Summer Universiade
  
  Italy competed at the 1997 Summer Universiade, as host nation, in Catania and won 32 medals.
  
  ## Medals
  
  | Sport | | | | Tot. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Fencing | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
  | Swimming | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
  | Athletics | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
  | Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Water polo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | Total | 7 | 14 | 10 | 31 |
  
  ## Details
  
  | Sport | | | |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Fencing | Valentina Vezzali (foil) | Anna Giacometti (foil) | Alessandro Puccini (foil) |
  | Fencing | Men's Team Sabre | Women's Team Foil | Davide Burroni (épée) |
  | Fencing | | Luigi Tarantino (sabre) | |
  | Swimming | Emanuele Merisi (200 mbackstroke) | Marco Formentini (1500 m freestyle) | Marco Formentini (800 m freestyle) |
  | Swimming | | Lorenzo Vismara (50 m freestyle) | Stefano Battistelli (400 m medley) |
  | Swimming | | Lorenzo Vismara (100 m freestyle) | Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay |
  | Swimming | | Men's 4×100 m medley relay | |
  | Swimming | | Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay | |
  | Athletics | Simone Zanon (5000 metres) | Paolo Dal Soglio (shot put) | Rachid Berradi (10,000 metres) |
  | Athletics | | Lucilla Andreucci (10,000 metres) | Arturo Di Mezza (20 km walk) |
  | Athletics | | Agata Balsamo (half marathon) | Annarita Sidoti (10 km walk) |
  | Athletics | | Rossella Giordano (10 km walk) | |
  | Gymnastics | Jury Chechi (rings) | Roberto Galli (rings) | Alberto Busnari (pommell horse) |
  | Football | Men's National Team | | |
  | Water polo | Men's National Team | | |
  | Volleyball | | Men's National Team | |
  | Tennis | | | Massimo Calvelli Lorenzo Pennisi (Men's doubles) |
  | Tennis | | | Germana Di Natale (Single) |
  