Italy at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| Italy at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||
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| At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 134 (119 men, 15 women) | |||||||||
| Flag bearer | Edoardo Mangiarotti | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 5 |
Gold 8 |
Silver 8 |
Bronze 9 |
Total 25 |
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Italy competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).
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[edit] Medals
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Gold
- Leandro Faggin — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Antonio Domenicali, Leandro Faggin, Valentino Gasparella, and Franco Gandini — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
- Ercole Baldini — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Luigi Carpaneda, Manlio di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Antonio Spallino, and Vittorio Lucarelli — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
- Carlo Pavesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Giorgio Anglesio, Franco Bertinetti, Giuseppe Delfino, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Carlo Pavesi, and Alberto Pellegrino — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
- Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, and Ivo Stefanoni — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
- Galliano Rossini — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
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Silver
- Franco Nenzi — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Guglielmo Pesenti — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
- Raimondo d'Inzeo — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Piero d'Inzeo, Raimondo d'Inzeo, and Salvatore Oppes — Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Giancarlo Bergamini — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Giuseppe Delfino — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Ignazio Fabra — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
- Agostino Straulino and Nicolò Rode — Sailing, Men's Star Competition
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Bronze
- Giacomo Bozzano — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Giuseppe Ogna and Cesare Pinarello — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem
- Piero d'Inzeo — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Antonio Spallino — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Edoardo Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Alessandro Ciceri — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
- Ermanno Pignatti — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Alberto Pigaiani — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
- Adelmo Bulgarelli — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's Marathon
- Giuseppe Lavelli — did not finish (→ no ranking)
[edit] Cycling
Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint
- Guglielmo Pesenti — Silver Medal
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Leandro Faggin — 1:09.8 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 2.000m Tandem
- Cesare Pinarello
Giuseppe Ogna — Bronze Medal
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
- Antonio Domenicali
Franco Gandini
Leandro Faggin
Valentino Gasparella — 4:37.4 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's Team Time Trial
- Ercole Baldini
Arnaldo Pambianco
Dino Bruni — 36 points (→ 4th place)
Men's Individual Road Race
- Ercole Baldini — 5:21:17 (→ Gold Medal)
- Arnaldo Pambianco — 5:23:40 (→ 7th place)
- Dino Bruni — 5:27:28 (→ 28th place)
- Aurelio Cestari — 5:34:20 (→ 34th place)
[edit] Swimming
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Federico Dennerlein, Paolo Galletti, Guido Elmi, and Anthony Romani
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- Final — 8:46.2 (→ 7th place)
[edit] Water Polo
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Team Roster
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- Cosimo Antonelli
- Alfonso Buonocore
- Enzo Cavazzoni
- Maurizio d'Achille
- Giuseppe d'Altrui
- Federico Dennerlein
- Luigi Mannelli
- Angelo Marciani
- Paolo Pucci
- Cesare Rubini
[edit] References
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