Italy at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Italy at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Italy at the; 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Berlin
Competitors	244 (228 men and 16 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Giulio Gaudini
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 8 Silver 9 Bronze 5 Total 22
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 244 competitors, 228 men and 16 women, took part in 99 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medals

Gold

Ondina Valla - Track and field, women's 80 m Hurdles
Ulderico Sergo - Boxing, a series of 53.5 kg
Giulio Gaudini - Fencing, men's foil
Franco Riccardi - Fencing – Men's épée
Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino, Manlio Di Rosa and Ciro Verratti - Fencing, men's foil team competition
Saverio Ragno, Alfredo Pezzana, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Franco Riccardi and Giancarlo Brusati - Fencing, men's kalvan team competition
Bruno Venturini, Alfredo Foni, Pietro Rava, Giuseppe Baldo, Achille Piccini, Ugo Locatelli, Annibale Frossi, Libero Marchini, Sergio Bertoni, Carlo Biagi, Francesco Gabriotti, Giulio Cappelli, Alfonso Negro and Luigi Scarabello - Football, men
Giovanni Reggio, Bruno Bianchi, Luigi De Manincor, Domenico Mordini, Luigi Poggi and Enrico Poggi - Sailing, 8MR

Silver

Mario Lanzi - Track and field, men's 800 m
Orazio Mariani, Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli - Track and field, men's 4 × 100 m relay
Almiro Bergamo, Guido Santin and Luciano Negrini - Rowing, Men pair cox
Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Dino Barsotti, Oreste Grossi, Enzo Bartolini, Mario Checcacci, Dante Secchi, Ottorino Quaglierini, Enrico Garzelli and Cesare Milani - Rowing, men's eight
Gavino Matta - Boxing, a series of 50.8 kg
Severino Rigoni, Bianco Bianchi, Mario Gentili and Armando Latini - Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit
Saverio Ragno - Fencing, men épée
Gustavo Marzi - Fencing, men's sabre
Vincenzo Pinton, Giulio Gaudini, Aldo Masciotta, Gustavo Marzi, Aldo Montano and Athos Tanzini - Fencing, men's sabre team competition

Bronze

Luigi Beccali - Track and field, men's 1500 m
Giorgio Oberweger - Track and field, men's discus throw
Giorgio Bocchino - Fencing, men's foil
Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici - Fencing, men épée
Silvano Abba - Modern Pentathlon, men's individual competition

Athletics

Results

Athlete	Age	Event	Rank	Medal
Men (27)
Mario Lanzi	21	Men's 400 metres	4 h1 r3/4
Mario Lanzi	21	Men's 800 metres	2	Silver
Luigi Beccali	28	Men's 1,500 metres	3	Bronze
Umberto Cerati	25	Men's 5,000 metres	7
Salvatore Mastroieni	22	Men's 5,000 metres	6 h3 r1/2
Giuseppe Beviacqua	21	Men's 10,000 metres	11
Giannino Bulzone	25	Men's Marathon	AC
Aurelio Genghini	28	Men's Marathon	AC
Gianni Caldana	22	Men's 110 metres Hurdles	3 h6 r1/3
Luigi Facelli	38	Men's 400 metres Hurdles	3 h2 r1/3
Umberto Ridi	22		4 h4 r1/3
Emilio Mori	28		6 h3 r1/3
Bruno Betti	25	Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase	7 h3 r1/2
Giuseppe Lippi	32	Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase	8 h1 r1/2
Orazio Mariani	21	Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay	2	Silver
Gianni Caldana	22
Elio Ragni	25
Tullio Gonnelli	23
Angelo Ferrario	28	Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay	3 h3 r1/2
Marsilio Rossi	19
Otello Spampani	18
Mario Lanzi	21
Ettore Rivolta	31	Men's 50 kilometres Walk	12
Giuseppe Gobbato	32		14
Mario Brignoli	34		18
Danilo Innocenti	32	Men's Pole Vault	6T
Arturo Maffei	26	Men's Long Jump	4T
Gianni Caldana	22	Men's Long Jump	12
Giorgio Oberweger	22	Men's Discus Throw	3	Bronze
Ruggero Biancani	21	Men's Discus Throw	AC QR
Giovanni Cantagalli	22	Men's Hammer Throw	15
Women (5)
Athlete	Age	Event	Rank	Medal
Claudia Testoni	20	Women's 100 metres	5 h5 r1/3
Ondina Valla	20	Women's 80 metres Hurdles	1	Gold
Claudia Testoni	20	Women's 80 metres Hurdles	4
Lidia Bongiovanni	21	Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay	4
Ondina Valla	20
Fernanda Bullano	21
Claudia Testoni	20
Gabre Gabric-Calvesi	18	Women's Discus Throw	10

Basketball

First Round

7 August 1936
17:00

Report, p. 1078

Italy 44, Poland 28
Scoring by half: 25–12, 19–16

Tennis Courts, Court 1
Referees: A. Selenoi (Estonia), J. Christensen (Germany), H. Kalshaus (Germany)

Second Round

9 August 1936
17:00

Report, p. 1080

Italy 58, Germany 16
Scoring by half: 38–11, 20–5

Tennis Courts, Court 3
Referees: Sohaku Ri (Japan), K. Falk (Germany), H. Kascher (Germany)

Third Round

11 August 1936
16:00

Report, p. 1080

Italy 27, Chile 19
Scoring by half: 16–12, 11–7

Tennis Courts, Court 2
Referees: A. Selenoi (Estonia), Ch. Perschon (Germany), W. Balzereit (Germany)

Fourth Round

12 August 1936
17:00

Report, p. 1082

Mexico 34, Italy 17
Scoring by half: 20–7, 14–10

Tennis Courts, Court 5
Referees: E. Powers (Canada), F. Becker (Germany), H. Hammes (Germany)

5th–8th place semifinals

13 August 1936
17:00

Report, p. 1082

Philippines 32, Italy 14
Scoring by half: 18–6, 14–8

Tennis Courts, Court 5
Referees: R. Semerciyan (Turkey), H. Emschermann (Germany), H. Hammes (Germany)

7th place game

14 August 1936
16:00

Report, p. 1082

Italy vs. Peru
Match suspended after the entire peruvian delegation forfeited the Games.

Men's Team Competition

Team Roster

Boxing

Canoeing

K-1 1000 metres

Elio Sasso Sant

K-1 10000 metres

Elio Sasso Sant

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1936.

Individual road race

Team road race

Sprint

Benedetto Pola

Time trial

Benedetto Pola

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

3 August 1936 (1936-08-03) Round of 16	Italy	1–0	United States	Berlin
17:30	Frossi 58'	Report		Stadium: Poststadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Karl Weingartner (Germany)

7 August 1936 (1936-08-07) Quarter-finals	Italy	8–0	Japan	Berlin
17:30	Frossi 14', 75', 80' Biagi 32', 57', 81', 82' Cappelli 89'	Report		Stadium: Mommsenstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Otto Olsson (Sweden)

10 August 1936 (1936-08-10) Semi-finals	Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Norway	Berlin
17:00	Negro 15' Frossi 96'	Report	Brustad 58'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Pal von Hertzka (Hungary)

15 August 1936 (1936-08-15) Gold medal match	Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Austria	Berlin
16:00	Frossi 70', 92'	Report	Kainberger 79'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 85,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)

Men's Team Squad

Gymnastics

16 gymnasts, 8 men and 8 women, represented Italy in 1936.

Men's team

Women's team

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathlete represented Italy in 1936.

Rowing

Italy had 22 rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[2]

Men's single sculls

Riccardo Steinleitner

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxless four

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Italy in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

50 m pistol

50 m rifle, prone

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

^ "Italy at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Italy Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

External links

Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
Media related to Italy at the 1936 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

[sports-reference-1] "Italy at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Italy Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

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