Italy at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Gold

• Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
• Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
• Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, and Mario Tullio Montano — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Competition
• Angelo Scalzone — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition

  Silver

• Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard
• Alessandro Argenton — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
• Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle

  Bronze

• Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200m
• Paola Pigni — Athletics, Women's 1.500m
• Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's 10m Platform
• Anselmo Silvino — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Vittorio Orlandi, and Graziano Mancinelli — Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
• Silvano Basagni — Shooting, Trap Individual Competition
• Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 800m Freestyle
• Novella Calligaris — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
• Giuseppe Bognanni — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
• Gian-Matteo Ranzi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

  Archery

• Alfredo Massazza - 2340 points
• Giancarlo Ferrari - 2322 points
• Sante Spigarelli - 2300 points

  Athletics

• Franco Arese
• * Heat — DNS

• Franco Arese
• * Heat — 3:44.0
• * Semifinals — 3:41.1
• Gianni del Buono
• * Heat — 3:40.8
• * Semifinals — 3:42.0

• Vincenzo Guerini, Ennio Preatoni, Luigi Benedetti, and Pietro Mennea
• * Heat — 39.29s
• * Semifinals — 39.21s
• * Final — 39.14s

• Enzo del Forno
• * Qualifying Round — 2.15m
• * Final — 2.15m
• Marco Schivo
• * Qualifying Round — 2.15m
• * Final — 2.10m

  Basketball

• Preliminary Round
• *Lost to Yugoslavia
• *Defeated Senegal
• *Lost to Soviet Union
• *Defeated West Germany
• *Defeated Poland
• *Defeated Puerto Rico
• *Defeated Philippines
• Semi Finals
• *Lost to United States
• Bronze Medal Match
• *Lost to Cuba → Fourth place
• Team Roster
• *Ottorino Flaborea
• *Giuseppe Brumatti
• *Giorgio Giomo
• *Mauro Cerioni
• *Massimo Masini
• *Renzo Bariviera
• *Marino Zanatta
• *Dino Meneghin
• *Pierluigi Marzorati
• *Luigi Serafini
• *Ivan Bisson
• *Giulio Iellini

  Boxing

• Gaetano Curcetti

1. 1/16-Final - Lost to Kadir Syed Abdul of Singapore

• Franco Udella

1. 1/16-Final - Defeated Filex Maina of Kenya
2. 1/8-Final - Lost to Boris Zoriktuev of USSR

• Pasqualino Morbidelli

1. 1/32-Final - Defeated Morgan Mwenya of Zambia
2. 1/16-Final - Defeated Ebu Sef Tatar of Turkey
3. 1/8-Final - Lost to Royal Kobayashi of Japan

• Giambattista Capretti

1. 1/32-Final - Defeated José Martinez of Canada
2. 1/16-Final - Lost to László Orbán of Hungary

• Ernesto Bergamasco

1. 1/16-Final - Lost to Srisook Bantow of Thailand

• Damiano Lassandro

1. 1/32-Final - Lost to Emilio Correa of Cuba

• Antonio Castellini

1. 1/16-Final - Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski of Poland

• Guglielmo Spinello

1. 1/16-Final - Defeated Samson Laizer of Tanzania
2. 1/8-Final - Lost to Rudi Hornig of West Germany

   Canoeing

Cycling

• Francesco Moser — 8th place
• Walter Riccomi — 49th place
• Aldo Parecchini — did not finish
• Franco Ongarato — did not finish

• Osvaldo Castellan
• Pasqualino Moretti
• Francesco Moser
• Giovanni Tonoli

• Massimo Marino
• Ezio Cardi

• Ezio Cardi
• * Final — 1:07.80

• Dino Verzini and Giorgio Rossi → 9th place

• Luciano Borgognoni

• Pietro Algeri
• Giacomo Bazzan
• Giorgio Morbiato
• Luciano Borgognoni

  Diving

• Giorgio Cagnotto — 591.63 points
• Klaus Dibiasi — 559.05 points

• Klaus Dibiasi — 504.12 points
• Giorgio Cagnotto — 475.83 points

  Equestrian

Fencing

• Nicola Granieri
• Stefano Simoncelli
• Arcangelo Pinelli

• Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Carlo Montano, Arcangelo Pinelli, Stefano Simoncelli

• Nicola Granieri
• Claudio Francesconi
• Gianluigi Saccaro

• Claudio Francesconi, Nicola Granieri, Gianluigi Placella, Gianluigi Saccaro, Pier Alberto Testoni

• Michele Maffei
• Mario Aldo Montano
• Rolando Rigoli

• Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Mario Aldo Montano, Mario Tullio Montano

• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
• Maria Consolata Collino
• Giulia Lorenzoni

• Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Der Reka Cipriani, Maria Consolata Collino, Giuseppina Bersani

  Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

• Mario Medda - 4850 points
• Giovanni Perugini - 4571 points
• Nicolo Deligia - 4492 points

• Medda, Perugini, and Deligia - 13913 points

  Rowing

• Giampaolo Tronchin, Mario Semenzato and Siro Kuhnke Meli
• *Heat — 8:02.79
• *Repechage — 8:10.46

  Sailing

Shooting

• Giovanni Liverzani
• Roberto Ferraris

• Giuseppe De Chirico
• Piero Errani

• Giuseppe De Chirico
• Walter Frescura

• Giovanni Mezzani
• Giancarlo Cecconi

• Angelo Scalzone
• Silvano Basagni

• Romano Garagnani
• Carlo Alberto Lodi

  Swimming

• Roberto Pangaro
• * Heat — 54.74s

• Riccardo Targetti
• * Heat — 2:02.58
• Arnaldo Cinquetti
• * Heat — 2:01.78
• Roberto Pangaro
• * Heat — 2:00.97

• Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci and Alberto Castagnetti
• * Heat — 3:38.81

• Roberto Pangaro, Arnaldo Cinquetti, Lorenzo Marugo, and Riccardo Targetti
• * Heat — 8:03.98

• Vincenzo Finocchiaro, Sergio Irredento, Massimo Nistri, Edmondo Mingione, Michele di Pietro, Angelo Tozzi, Gaetano Carboni, and Mauro Calligaris. Reserve: Sandro Grassi.

• Laura Podestà, Novella Calligaris, Federica Stabilini, Patrizia Miserini, Donatella Talpo, Patrizia Lanfredini, Laura Gorgerino, and Alessandra Finesso. Reserve: Antonella Valentini.

  Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• * Lost to Soviet Union
• * Defeated Bulgaria
• * Defeated Spain
• * Defeated Japan
• Final Round
• * Lost to Hungary
• * Drew with Yugoslavia
• * Drew with West Germany
• * Lost to United States → Sixth place
• Team Roster
• * Alberto Alberani
• * Eraldo Pizzo
• * Roldano Simeoni
• * Mario Cevasco
• * Alessandro Ghibellini
• * Gianni de Magistris
• * Guglielmo Marsili
• * Silvio Baracchini
• * Franco Lavoratori
• * Sante Marsili
• * Ferdinande Ligano

  Weightlifting

• Gaetano Tosto - 325.0 kg

• Peppino Tanti - 372.5 kg

• Anselmo Silvino - 470.0 kg
• Salvatore Laudani - 440.0 kg

• Dino Turcato - 455.0

• Roberto Vezzani - 545.0

  Wrestling

Water Skiing (demonstration sports)

• Roby Zucchi - 44.0 points

• Max Hofer - 3850 points
• Roby Zucchi - 3560 points

• Max Hofer - 37.70 points
• Roby Zucchi - 35.10 points