Italy at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Italy at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Italy at the; 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it Template:It icon
in Amsterdam
Competitors	174 (156 men, 18 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Carlo Galimberti
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 7 Silver 5 Bronze 7 Total 19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Vittorio Tamagnini	Boxing	Men's bantamweight	August 11
Gold	Carlo Orlandi	Boxing	Men's lightweight	August 11
Gold	Piero Toscani	Boxing	Men's middleweight	August 11
Gold	Giacomo Gaioni, Cesare Facciani, Mario Lusiani, Luigi Tasselli	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	August 6
Gold	Carlo Agostoni, Giulio Basletta, Marcello Bertinetti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Renzo Minoli, Franco Riccardi	Fencing	Men's team épée	August 5
Gold	Giorgio Chiavacci, Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Giorgio Pessina, Ugo Pignotti, Oreste Puliti	Fencing	Men's team foil	July 30
Gold	Giliante D'Este, Giovanni Delise, Valerio Perentin, Giorgio Pessina, Renato Petronio, Nicolò Vittori	Rowing	Men's coxed four	August 10
Silver	Renato Anselmi, Bino Bini, Gustavo Marzi, Oreste Puliti, Emilio Salafia, Giulio Sarrocchi	Fencing	Men's team sabre	August 9
Silver	Romeo Neri	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	August 9
Silver	Bianca 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	August 9
Silver	Pierino Gabetti	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	July 30
Silver	Carlo Galimberti	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg	July 29
Bronze	Carlo Cavagnoli	Boxing	Men's flyweight	August 11
Bronze	Giulio Gaudini	Fencing	Men's foil	August 1
Bronze	Bino Bini	Fencing	Men's sabre	August 11
Bronze	Italy national football team Template:CompactTable	Football		June 9
Bronze	Umberto Bonadè, Pietro Freschi, Paolo Gennari, Cesare Rossi	Rowing	Men's coxless four	August 10
Bronze	Giovanni Gozzi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight	August 4
Bronze	Gerolamo Quaglia	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight	August 5

Athletics

Boxing

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

12 cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1928.

Individual road race

Team road race

Sprint

Edoardo Severgnini

Time trial

Angelo Cattaneo

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

18 fencers, all men, represented Italy in 1928.

Men's foil

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

Men's team sabre

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

Football

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1928.

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

^ "Italy at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2010-04-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

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

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