Italy at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Italy at the Olympic Games
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
Competitors	174 (156 men, 18 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Carlo Galimberti
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 7	Silver 5	Bronze 7	Total 19
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Italy competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 174 competitors, 156 men and 18 women, took part in 81 events in 15 sports.

Medalists

Further information: 1928 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1928 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 ! Gold	Tamagnini, VittorioVittorio Tamagnini	Boxing	Men's bantamweight	02013-08-11August 11
1 ! Gold	Orlandi, CarloCarlo Orlandi	Boxing	Men's lightweight	02013-08-11August 11
1 ! Gold	Toscani, PieroPiero Toscani	Boxing	Men's middleweight	02013-08-11August 11
1 ! Gold	Gaioni, GiacomoGiacomo Gaioni, Cesare Facciani, Mario Lusiani, Luigi Tasselli	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	02013-08-06August 6
1 ! Gold	Agostoni, CarloCarlo Agostoni, Giulio Basletta, Marcello Bertinetti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Renzo Minoli, Franco Riccardi	Fencing	Men's team épée	02013-08-05August 5
1 ! Gold	Chiavacci, GiorgioGiorgio Chiavacci, Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Giorgio Pessina, Ugo Pignotti, Oreste Puliti	Fencing	Men's team foil	02013-07-30July 30
1 ! Gold	D'Este, GilianteGiliante D'Este, Giovanni Delise, Valerio Perentin, Giorgio Pessina, Renato Petronio, Nicolò Vittori	Rowing	Men's coxed four	02013-08-10August 10
2 ! Silver	Anselmi, RenatoRenato Anselmi, Bino Bini, Gustavo Marzi, Oreste Puliti, Emilio Salafia, Giulio Sarrocchi	Fencing	Men's team sabre	02013-08-09August 9
2 ! Silver	Neri, RomeoRomeo Neri	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	02013-08-09August 9
2 ! Silver	Ambrosetti, BiancaBianca Ambrosetti, Lavinia Gianoni, Luigina Giavotti, Virginia Giorgi, Germana Malabarba, Clara Marangoni, Luigina Perversi, Diana Pizzavini, Anna Tanzini, Carolina Tronconi, Ines Vercesi, Rita Vittadini	Gymnastics	Women's team all-around	02013-08-09August 9
2 ! Silver	Gabetti, PierinoPierino Gabetti	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	02013-07-30July 30
2 ! Silver	Galimberti, CarloCarlo Galimberti	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg	02013-07-29July 29
3 ! Bronze	Cavagnoli, CarloCarlo Cavagnoli	Boxing	Men's flyweight	02013-08-11August 11
3 ! Bronze	Gaudini, GiulioGiulio Gaudini	Fencing	Men's foil	02013-08-01August 1
3 ! Bronze	Bini, BinoBino Bini	Fencing	Men's sabre	02013-08-11August 11
3 ! Bronze	national football team, ItalyItaly national football team Adolfo Baloncieri   Antonio Janni Elvio Banchero   Virgilio Levratto Delfo Bellini   Mario Magnozzi Fulvio Bernardini   Pietro Pastore Umberto Caligaris   Silvio Pietroboni Gianpiero Combi   Alfredo Pitto Giovanni De Prà   Enrico Rivolta Valentino Degani   Virginio Rosetta Attilio Ferraris   Gino Rossetti Felice Gasperi   Angelo Schiavio Pietro Genovesi   Andrea Viviano	Football		02013-06-09June 9
3 ! Bronze	Bonadè, UmbertoUmberto Bonadè, Pietro Freschi, Paolo Gennari, Cesare Rossi	Rowing	Men's coxless four	02013-08-10August 10
3 ! Bronze	Gozzi, GiovanniGiovanni Gozzi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight	02013-08-04August 4
3 ! Bronze	Quaglia, GerolamoGerolamo Quaglia	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight	02013-08-05August 5

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

• Carlo Covagnioli → Bronze Medal

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Robert Sartos (BEL), points
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Alfredo Gaona (MEX), points
• Semifinals — Lost to Antal Kocsis (HUN), points
• Third Place Match — Defeated Baddie Lebanon (RSA), points

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kg)

• Domenico Ceccerelli

• First Round — Lost to Donald McCorkindale (RSA), points

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

18 fencers, all men, represented Italy in 1928.

Men's foil

• Giulio Gaudini
• Oreste Puliti
• Ugo Pignotti

Men's team foil

• Ugo Pignotti, Giulio Gaudini, Giorgio Pessina, Gioacchino Guaragna, Oreste Puliti, Giorgio Chiavacci

Men's team épée

• Giulio Basletta, Marcello Bertinetti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Carlo Agostoni, Renzo Minoli, Franco Riccardi

Men's sabre

• Bino Bini
• Gustavo Marzi
• Arturo De Vecchi

Men's team sabre

• Bino Bini, Oreste Puliti, Giulio Sarrocchi, Renato Anselmi, Emilio Salafia, Gustavo Marzi

Football

Main article: Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1928.

• Eugenio Pagnini
• Luigi Petrillo
• Carlo Simonetti

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Media related to Italy at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons