Italy at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   ITA
1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors	212 (185 men, 27 women)
Flag Bearer	Klaus Dibiasi
Medals	Gold  2	Silver 7	Bronze 4	Total 13
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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Italy competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Swimming

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform

• Fabio Dal Zotto — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Competition

[edit] Silver

• Sara Simeoni — Athletics, Women's High Jump

• Giuseppe Martinelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race

• Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's Springboard

• Welleda Cesari — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition

• Fabio Dal Zotto, Giambattista Coletti, Attilio Calatroni, Stefano Simoncelli, and Carlo Montano — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition

• Mario Tullio, Tommaso Montano, Angelo Arcidiacomo, Michele Maffei, and Mario Aldo Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition

• Umberto Penerai, Roldano Simeoni, Riccardo De Magistris, Alessandro Ghibellini, Sante Marsili, Vincenzo D'Angelo, Marcello Del Duca, Gianni De Magistris, Alberto Alberani, Silvio Baracchini, and Luigi Castagnola — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

[edit] Bronze

• Giancarlo Ferrari — Archery, Men's Individual Competition

• Felice Mariani — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)

• Roberto Ferraris — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

• Ubaldesco Baldi — Fencing, Men's Trap Shooting

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Competing for the second time in archery at the Olympics, Italy won its first medal (a bronze) in the sport. The medal was won by Giancarlo Ferrari, one of two Italian men who had competed four years before. Sante Spigarelli, the other, also improved his rank drastically in 1976. For the first time, Italian women competed in Olympic archery, taking 12th and 19th place.

Women's Individual Competition

• Franca Capetta — 2339 points (→ 12th place)
• Ida Dapoian — 2282 points (→ 19th place)

Men's Individual Competition

• Giancarlo Ferrari — 2495 points (→ Bronze Medal)
• Sante Spigarelli — 2419 points (→ 10th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Carlo Grippo

• Heat — 1:47.21
• Semi Final — 1:46.95
• Final — 1:48.39 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 metres Relay

• Vincenzo Guerini, Luciano Caravani, Luigi Benedetti, and Pietro Mennea

• Heat — 39.35s
• Semi Final — 39.39s
• Final — 39.08s (→ 6th place)

Men's Marathon

• Francesco Fava — 2:14:24 (→ 8th place)
• Massimo Magnani — 2:16:56 (→ 13th place)
• Giuseppe Cindolo — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

• Rodolfo Bergamo

• Qualification — 2.16m
• Final — 2.18m (→ 6th place)

• Riccardo Fortini

• Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

• Oscar Raise

• Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Roberto Veglia

• Heat — 7.48m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Armando Devincentis

• Qualification — 62.26m
• Final — 55.86m (→ 15th place)

• Silvano Simeon

• Qualification — 59.06m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20km Race Walk

• Armando Zanbaldo — 1:28:25 (→ 6th place)
• Vitorio Visini — 1:29:31 (→ 8th place)
• Roberto Buccione — 1:30:40 (→ 10th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's Competition

• Marcello Guarducci, Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Revelli, Enrico Bisso, Giorgio Lalle, Paolo Barelli, and Riccardo Urbani

Women's Competition

• Laura Bortolotti, Giuditta Pandini, Antonella Roncelli, Iris Corniani, Donatella Schiavon, and Elisabetta Dessy

Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada

Andorra • Antigua‑Barbuda • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Barbados • Belgium • Belize • Bermuda • Bolivia • Brazil • Bulgaria • Canada • Cayman Islands • Chile • Colombia • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Cuba • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Dominican Republic • East Germany • Ecuador • Egypt • Fiji • Finland • France • Great Britain • Greece • Guatemala • Haiti • Honduras • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • Korea • DPR Korea • Kuwait • Lebanon • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Malaysia • Mexico • Monaco • Mongolia • Morocco • Nepal • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Nicaragua • Norway • Pakistan • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Romania • San Marino • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Singapore • Spain • Suriname • Sweden • Switzerland • Thailand • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • United States • Uruguay • USSR • Venezuela • Virgin Islands • West Germany • Yugoslavia