Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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| Italy at the Olympic Games | ||||
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| IOC code: ITA | ||||
| 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow | ||||
| Competitors | 289 (242 men, 47 women) | |||
| Medals | Gold 8 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 4 |
Total 15 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
Italy competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
Contents |
[edit] Medals
[edit] Gold
- Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Maurizio Damilano — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk
- Sara Simeoni — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Patrizio Oliva — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Federico Roman — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
- Ezio Gamba — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
- Luciano Giovannetti — Shooting, Men's Trap
- Claudio Pollio — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight
[edit] Silver
- Marco Solfrini, Renzo Vecchiato, Renato Villalta, Dino Meneghin, Romeo Sacchetti, Michael Silvester, Pietro Generali, Enrico Gilardi, Pierluigi Marzorati, Marco Bonamico, Roberto Brunamonti, and Fabrizio Della Fiori — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
- Marina Sciocchetti, Anna Casagrande, Federico Roman, and Mauro Roman — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
- Giovanni Scalzo, Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, and Marco Romano — Fencing, Sabre Team Competition
[edit] Bronze
- Giancarlo Ferrari — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
- Mauro Zuliani, Stefano Malinverni, Pietro Mennea, and Roberto Tozzi — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
- Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's Springboard
- Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Archery
For the first time, Italy entered a woman in the Olympic archery competition. She placed a respectable tenth place. Giancarlo Ferrari repeated his bronze medal-winning performance of four years earlier.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Franca Capetta — 2342 points (→ 10th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Giancarlo Ferrari — 2449 points (→ Bronze Medal)
- Sante Spigarelli — 2405 points (→ 14th place)
[edit] Athletics
Men's Marathon
- Massimo Magnani
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- Final — 2:13:12 (→ 8th place)
- Marco Marchei
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- Final — 2:23:21 (→ 35th place)
[edit] Basketball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group C)
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- Defeated Sweden (92-77)
- Lost to Australia (77-84)
- Defeated Cuba (79-72)
Semi Final Round (Group A)
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- Lost to Yugoslavia (81-102)
- Defeated Soviet Union (87-85)
- Lost to Brazil (77-90)
- Defeated Spain (95-89)
Final
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- Lost to Yugoslavia (77-86) → Silver Medal
- Team Roster:
[edit] Boxing
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
- Carlo Russolillo
- First Round — Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)
- Patrizio Oliva → Gold Medal
- First Round — Defeated Aurelien Agnan (Benin) after referee stopped contest in first round
- Second Round — Defeated Farez Halabi (Syria) after referee stopped contest in first round
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (3-2)
- Semi Finals — Defeated Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (5-0)
- Final — Defeated Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
- Francesco Damiani
- First Round — Defeated Teodor Pîrjol (Romania) on points (4-1)
- Quarter Finals — Lost to Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)
[edit] Diving
Men's Springboard
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- Preliminary Round — 556.32 points (→ 6th place)
- Final — 871.500 points (→ Bronze Medal)
[edit] Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Paolo Revelli
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- Heats — 52,74 (→ did not advance)
- Fabrizio Rampazzo
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- Heats — 52,71 (→ did not advance)
- Raffaele Franceschi
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- Heats — 52,26
- Semi-Finals — 51,87
- Final — 51,69 (→ 5th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Paolo Revelli
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- Heats — 1.52,56
- Final — 1.52,76 (→ 6th place)
- Fabrizio Rampezzo
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- Heats — 1.52,62
- Final — 1.53,25 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Paolo Revelli, Raffaele Franceschi, Andrea Ceccarini, and Fabrizio Rampazzo
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- Final — 7.30,37 (→ 5th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Manuela Carosi
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- Final — 1.05,10 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Monica Bonon
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- Final — 1.12,51 (→ 8th place)
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Laura Foralosso, Sabrina Seminatore, Cinzia Savi-Scarponi, and Monica Vallarin
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- Final — 4.19,06 (→ 5th place)
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Lost to Cuba (0-3)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-2)
- Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
- Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)
- Classification Match
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- 9th/10th place: Defeated Libya (3-0) → 9th place
- Team Roster
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- Antonio Bonini
- Claudio di Coste
- Mauro di Bernardo
- Sebastiano Greco
- Francesco Dall'Olio
- Giulio Belletti
- Fabrizio Nassi
- Giancarlo Dametto
- Stefano Sibani
- Giovanni Lanfranco
- Fabio Innocenti
- Franco Bertoli
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