Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Gold • Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's 10m Platform • Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition • Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, and Mario Tullio Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition • Antonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition • Angelo Scalzone — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition Silver • Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard • Alessandro Argenton — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition • Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle Bronze • Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200m • Paola Pigni — Athletics, Women's 1.500m • Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 10m Platform • Anselmo Silvino — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight • Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Vittorio Orlandi, and Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition • Silvano Basagni — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition • Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 800m Freestyle • Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley • Giuseppe Bognanni — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight • Gian-Matteo Ranzi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight ==Archery==

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Italy entered three men. Their highest placing competitor was Alfredo Massazza, at 31st place. '''Men's Individual Competition:''' • Alfredo Massazza - 2340 points (→ 31st place) • Giancarlo Ferrari - 2322 points (→ 33rd place) • Sante Spigarelli - 2300 points (→ 35th place) ==Athletics==

'''Men's 800 metres''' • Franco Arese • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance) '''Men's 1500 metres''' • Franco Arese • Heat — 3:44.0 • Semifinals — 3:41.1 (→ did not advance) • Gianni del Buono • Heat — 3:40.8 • Semifinals — 3:42.0 (→ did not advance) '''Men's 4 × 100 m Relay''' • Vincenzo Guerini, Ennio Preatoni, Luigi Benedetti, and Pietro Mennea • Heat — 39.29s • Semifinals — 39.21s • Final — 39.14s (→ 8th place) '''Men's High Jump''' • Enzo del Forno • Qualifying Round — 2.15m • Final — 2.15m (→ 10th place) • Marco Schivo • Qualifying Round — 2.15m • Final — 2.10m (→ 17th place) ==Basketball==

;Men's Team Competition • Preliminary Round (Group B) • Lost to Yugoslavia (78-85) • Defeated Senegal (92-56) • Lost to Soviet Union (66-79) • Defeated West Germany (68-57) • Defeated Poland (71-59) • Defeated Puerto Rico (71-54) • Defeated Philippines (101-81) • Semi Finals • Lost to United States (38-68) • Bronze Medal Match • Lost to Cuba (65-66) → Fourth place • Team Roster • Ottorino Flaborea • Giuseppe Brumatti • Giorgio Giomo • Mauro Cerioni • Massimo Masini • Renzo Bariviera • Marino Zanatta • Dino Meneghin • Pierluigi Marzorati • Luigi Serafini • Ivan Bisson • Giulio Iellini ==Boxing==

'''Men's Light Flyweight:''' • Gaetano Curcetti • 1/16-Final - Lost to Kadir Syed Abdul of Singapore (3 round, RSC) '''Men's Flyweight:''' • Franco Udella • 1/16-Final - Defeated Filex Maina of Kenya (5 - 0) • 1/8-Final - Lost to Boris Zoriktuev of USSR (1 - 4) '''Men's Featherweight:''' • Pasqualino Morbidelli • 1/32-Final - Defeated Morgan Mwenya of Zambia (5 - 0) • 1/16-Final - Defeated Ebu Sef Tatar of Turkey (5 -0 ) • 1/8-Final - Lost to Royal Kobayashi of Japan (1 round, KO) '''Men's Lightweight:''' • Giambattista Capretti • 1/32-Final - Defeated José Martinez of Canada (2 round, RSC) • 1/16-Final - Lost to László Orbán of Hungary (1 - 4) '''Men's Light Welterweight:''' • Ernesto Bergamasco • 1/16-Final - Lost to Srisook Bantow of Thailand (1 - 4) '''Men's Welterweight:''' • Damiano Lassandro • 1/32-Final - Lost to Emilio Correa of Cuba (0 - 5) '''Men's Light Middleweight:''' • Antonio Castellini • 1/16-Final - Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski of Poland (0 - 5) '''Men's Light Heavyweight:''' • Guglielmo Spinello • 1/16-Final - Defeated Samson Laizer of Tanzania (2round KO) • 1/8-Final - Lost to Rudi Hornig of West Germany (1 - 4) ==Canoeing==

Fifteen cyclists represented Italy in 1972. ;Individual road race • Francesco Moser — 8th place • Walter Riccomi — 49th place • Aldo Parecchini — did not finish (→ no ranking) • Franco Ongarato — did not finish (→ no ranking) ;Team time trial • Osvaldo Castellan • Pasqualino Moretti • Francesco Moser • Giovanni Tonoli ;Sprint • Massimo Marino • Ezio Cardi ;1000m time trial • Ezio Cardi • Final — 1:07.80 (→ 9th place) ;Tandem • Dino Verzini and Giorgio Rossi → 9th place ;Individual pursuit • Luciano Borgognoni ;Team pursuit • Pietro Algeri • Giacomo Bazzan • Giorgio Morbiato • Luciano Borgognoni ==Diving==

'''Men's 3m Springboard''' • Giorgio Cagnotto — 591.63 points (→ Silver Medal) • Klaus Dibiasi — 559.05 points (→ 4th place) '''Men's 10m Platform''' • Klaus Dibiasi — 504.12 points (→ Gold Medal) • Giorgio Cagnotto — 475.83 points (→ Bronze Medal) ==Equestrian==

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1972. ;Men's foil • Nicola Granieri • Stefano Simoncelli • Arcangelo Pinelli ;Men's team foil • Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Carlo Montano, Arcangelo Pinelli, Stefano Simoncelli ;Men's épée • Nicola Granieri • Claudio Francesconi • Gianluigi Saccaro ;Men's team épée • Claudio Francesconi, Nicola Granieri, Gianluigi Placella, Gianluigi Saccaro, Pier Alberto Testoni ;Men's sabre • Michele Maffei • Mario Aldo Montano • Rolando Rigoli ;Men's team sabre • Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Mario Aldo Montano, Mario Tullio Montano ;Women's foil • Antonella Ragno-Lonzi • Maria Consolata Collino • Giulia Lorenzoni ;Women's team foil • Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Der Reka Cipriani, Maria Consolata Collino, Giuseppina Bersani ==Gymnastics==

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1972. '''Men's Individual Competition:''' • Mario Medda - 4850 points (→ 16th place) • Giovanni Perugini - 4571 points (→ 34th place) • Nicolo Deligia - 4492 points (→ 39th place) '''Men's Team Competition:''' • Medda, Perugini, and Deligia - 13913 points (→ 10th place) ==Rowing==

'''Men's Coxed Pairs''' • Giampaolo Tronchin, Mario Semenzato and Siro Kuhnke Meli • Heat — 8:02.79 • Repechage — 8:10.46 (→ did not advance) ==Sailing==

Eleven male shooters represented Italy in 1972. In the trap event, Angelo Scalzone won gold and Silvano Basagni won bronze. ;25 m pistol • Giovanni Liverzani • Roberto Ferraris ;50 m pistol • Giuseppe De Chirico • Piero Errani ;50 m rifle, three positions • Giuseppe De Chirico • Walter Frescura ;50 m rifle, prone • Giovanni Mezzani • Giancarlo Cecconi ;Trap • Angelo Scalzone • Silvano Basagni ;Skeet • Romano Garagnani • Carlo Alberto Lodi ==Swimming==

'''Men's 100m Freestyle''' • Roberto Pangaro • Heat — 54.74s (→ did not advance) '''Men's 200m Freestyle''' • Riccardo Targetti • Heat — 2:02.58 (→ did not advance) • Arnaldo Cinquetti • Heat — 2:01.78 (→ did not advance) • Roberto Pangaro • Heat — 2:00.97 (→ did not advance) '''Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay''' • Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci and Alberto Castagnetti • Heat — 3:38.81 (→ did not advance) '''Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay''' • Roberto Pangaro, Arnaldo Cinquetti, Lorenzo Marugo, and Riccardo Targetti • Heat — 8:03.98 (→ did not advance) '''Men's Competition''' • Vincenzo Finocchiaro, Sergio Irredento, Massimo Nistri, Edmondo Mingione, Michele di Pietro, Angelo Tozzi, Gaetano Carboni, and Mauro Calligaris. Reserve: Sandro Grassi. '''Women's Competition''' • Laura Podestà, Novella Calligaris, Federica Stabilini, Patrizia Miserini, Donatella Talpo, Patrizia Lanfredini, Laura Gorgerino, and Alessandra Finesso. Reserve: Antonella Valentini. ==Water polo==

Men's Team Competition • Preliminary Round (Group C) • Lost to Soviet Union (1-4) • Defeated Bulgaria (8-5) • Defeated Spain (6-2) • Defeated Japan (12-5) • Final Round (Group I) • Lost to Hungary (7-8) • Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6) • Drew with West Germany (2-2) • Lost to United States (5-6) → Sixth place • Team Roster • Alberto Alberani • Eraldo Pizzo • Roldano Simeoni • Mario Cevasco • Alessandro Ghibellini • Gianni de Magistris • Guglielmo Marsili • Silvio Baracchini • Franco Lavoratori • Sante Marsili • Ferdinande Ligano ==Weightlifting==

'''Men's Bantamweight:''' • Gaetano Tosto - 325.0 kg (→ 16th place) '''Men's Featherweight:''' • Peppino Tanti - 372.5 kg (→ 8th place) '''Men's Middleweight:''' • Anselmo Silvino - 470.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal) • Salvatore Laudani - 440.0 kg (→ 11th place) '''Men's Light Heavyweight:''' • Dino Turcato - 455.0 (→ 9th place) '''Men's Heavyweight:''' • Roberto Vezzani - 545.0 (→ 5th place) ==Wrestling==

==Water Skiing (demonstration sports)==

'''Men's Slalom:''' • Roby Zucchi - 44.0 points (→ Gold Medal) '''Men's Figure Skiing:''' • Max Hofer - 3850 points (→ 6th place) • Roby Zucchi - 3560 points (→ 8th place) '''Men's Jump:''' • Max Hofer - 37.70 points (→ Silver Medal) • Roby Zucchi - 35.10 points (→ 7th place) ==References==