Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the Olympic Games

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IOC code:   ITA
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 289 (242 men, 47 women) 
Medals Gold
8		 Silver
3		 Bronze
4		 Total
15
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Italy competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

  • Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
  • Maurizio Damilano — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk
  • Sara Simeoni — Athletics, Women's High Jump
  • Patrizio Oliva — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  • Federico Roman — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
  • Ezio Gamba — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
  • Luciano Giovannetti — Shooting, Men's Trap
  • Claudio Pollio — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

  • Giancarlo Ferrari — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
  • Mauro Zuliani, Stefano Malinverni, Pietro Mennea, and Roberto Tozzi — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
  • Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's Springboard
  • Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

For the first time, Italy entered a woman in the Olympic archery competition. She placed a respectable tenth place. Giancarlo Ferrari repeated his bronze medal-winning performance of four years earlier.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Franca Capetta — 2342 points (→ 10th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Giancarlo Ferrari — 2449 points (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Sante Spigarelli — 2405 points (→ 14th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Massimo Magnani
  • Final — 2:13:12 (→ 8th place)
  • Marco Marchei
  • Final — 2:23:21 (→ 35th place)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group C)

  • Defeated Sweden (92-77)
  • Lost to Australia (77-84)
  • Defeated Cuba (79-72)

Semi Final Round (Group A)

  • Lost to Yugoslavia (81-102)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (87-85)
  • Lost to Brazil (77-90)
  • Defeated Spain (95-89)

Final

  • Lost to Yugoslavia (77-86) → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster:

[edit] Boxing

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Carlo Russolillo
    1. First Round — Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0-5)


Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

  • Patrizio Oliva → Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Aurelien Agnan (Benin) after referee stopped contest in first round
    2. Second Round — Defeated Farez Halabi (Syria) after referee stopped contest in first round
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (3-2)
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (5-0)
    5. Final — Defeated Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)


Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

  • Francesco Damiani
    1. First Round — Defeated Teodor Pîrjol (Romania) on points (4-1)
    2. Quarter Finals — Lost to Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

[edit] Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 556.32 points (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 871.500 points (→ Bronze Medal)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Paolo Revelli
  • Heats — 52,74 (→ did not advance)
  • Fabrizio Rampazzo
  • Heats — 52,71 (→ did not advance)
  • Raffaele Franceschi
  • Heats — 52,26
  • Semi-Finals — 51,87
  • Final — 51,69 (→ 5th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Paolo Revelli
  • Heats — 1.52,56
  • Final — 1.52,76 (→ 6th place)
  • Fabrizio Rampezzo
  • Heats — 1.52,62
  • Final — 1.53,25 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Paolo Revelli, Raffaele Franceschi, Andrea Ceccarini, and Fabrizio Rampazzo
  • Final — 7.30,37 (→ 5th place)


Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Manuela Carosi
  • Final — 1.05,10 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Monica Bonon
  • Final — 1.12,51 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Laura Foralosso, Sabrina Seminatore, Cinzia Savi-Scarponi, and Monica Vallarin
  • Final — 4.19,06 (→ 5th place)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Cuba (0-3)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-2)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)
  • Classification Match
  • 9th/10th place: Defeated Libya (3-0) → 9th place
  • Team Roster
  • Antonio Bonini
  • Claudio di Coste
  • Mauro di Bernardo
  • Sebastiano Greco
  • Francesco Dall'Olio
  • Giulio Belletti
  • Fabrizio Nassi
  • Giancarlo Dametto
  • Stefano Sibani
  • Giovanni Lanfranco
  • Fabio Innocenti
  • Franco Bertoli


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