Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  ITA
NOC Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 173
Medals
Rank: 5		 Gold
8		 Silver
3		 Bronze
4		 Total
15
Olympic history (summary)
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Italy competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Italy competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[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 (→ Image:Med_3.png 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)

Men's Decathlon

  • Alessandro Brogini
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[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) → Image:Med_2.png 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 → Image:Med_1.png 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 (→ Image:Med_3.png 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 4x200m 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

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Team Roster
  • Alberto Alberani
  • Roldano Simeoni
  • Alfio Misaggi
  • Sante Marsili
  • Massimo Fondelli
  • Gianni de Magistris
  • Antonello Steardo
  • Paolo Ragosa
  • Romeo Collina
  • Vincenzo d'Angelo
  • Umberto Panerai