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1 Medalists  



1.1  Gold  





1.2  Silver  





1.3  Bronze  







2 Athletics  



2.1  Results  







3 Basketball  





4 Boxing  





5 Canoeing  





6 Cycling  





7 Diving  





8 Equestrian  





9 Fencing  





10 Football  





11 Gymnastics  



11.1  Men's team competition  





11.2  Women's team competition  







12 Hockey  





13 Modern pentathlon  





14 Rowing  





15 Sailing  





16 Shooting  





17 Swimming  





18 Water polo  





19 Weightlifting  





20 Wrestling  





21 References  





22 External links  














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Italy at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
inHelsinki, Finland
July 19–August 3, 1952
Competitors231 (208 men, 23 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer Miranda Cicognani
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
8
Silver
9
Bronze
4
Total
21
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    Italy competed at the 1952 Summer OlympicsinHelsinki, Finland. 231 competitors, 208 men and 23 women, took part in 114 events in 19 sports.[1]

    Medalists[edit]

    Gold[edit]

    Silver[edit]

    Bronze[edit]

    Athletics[edit]

    Results[edit]

    Men (25)
    Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
    Carlo Vittori 21 Men's 100 metres 6 h4 r2/4
    Franco Leccese 27 Men's 100 metres 3 h8 r1/4
    Wolfgango Montanari 21 Men's 100 metres 7 h7 r1/4
    Giorgio Sobrero 22 Men's 200 metres 3 h13r1/4
    Luigi Grossi 27 Men's 200 metres 4 h12r1/4
    Lucio Sangermano 19 Men's 200 metres 4 h18r1/4
    Gianni Rocca 23 Men's 400 metres 3 h6 r1/4
    Vincenzo Lombardo 20 Men's 400 metres 3 h7 r1/4
    Antonio Siddi 29 Men's 400 metres 4 h11r1/4
    Armando Filiput 28 Men's 400 metres Hurdles 6
    Franco Leccese 27 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3
    Antonio Siddi 29 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3
    Giorgio Sobrero 22 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3
    Carlo Vittori 21 Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay 2 h1 r1/3
    Baldassare Porto 29 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2
    Gianni Rocca 23 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2
    Luigi Grossi 27 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2
    Armando Filiput 28 Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay 4 h2 r1/2
    Asfò Bussotti 26 Men's Marathon 46
    Artidoro Berti 31 Men's Marathon 53
    Egilberto Martufi 26 Men's Marathon AC
    Bruno Fait 28 Men's 10 kilometres Walk 8
    Telemaco Arcangeli 29 Men's 10 kilometres Walk 7 h2 r1/2
    Pino Dordoni 26 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 1 Gold
    Giuseppe Kressevich 36 Men's 50 kilometres Walk 10
    Salvatore Cascino 34 Men's 50 kilometres Walk1 9
    Adolfo Consolini 35 Men's Discus Throw 2 Silver
    Giuseppe Tosi 36 Men's Discus Throw 8
    Teseo Taddia 32 Men's Hammer Throw 10
    Aivo Lucioli 23 Men's Hammer Throw 26 QR
    Amos Matteucci 37 Men's Javelin Throw 17
    Angiolo Profeti 34 Men's Shot Put 12
    Women (8)
    Athlete Age Event Rank Medal
    Giuseppina Leone 17 Women's 100 metres 4 h1 r2/4
    Liliana Tagliaferri 23 Women's 100 metres 6 h4 r2/4
    Vittoria Cesarini 19 Women's 100 metres 3 h3 r1/4
    Vera Martelli 21 Women's 200 metres 6 h3 r1/3
    Vittoria Cesarini 19 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
    Milena Greppi 23 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
    Giuseppina Leone 17 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
    Liliana Tagliaferri 23 Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay 3 h2 r1/2
    Milena Greppi 23 Women's 80 metres Hurdles 6 h1 r2/3
    Maria Musso 21 Women's 80 metres Hurdle s4 h5 r1/3
    Edera Cordiale 32 Women's Discus Throw 14
    Ada Turci 28 Women's Javelin Throw 11

    Basketball[edit]

    Men's Team Competition
    • Lost to Canada (57-68)
    • Defeated Turkey (49-37)
    • Defeated Romania (53-39)
    • Lost to Egypt (62-66) → did not advance, 17th place

    Boxing[edit]

    Canoeing[edit]

    Cycling[edit]

    Road Competition

    Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

    Track Competition

    Men's 1.000m Time Trial

    • Final — 1:12.7 (→ Silver Medal)

    Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

    Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

    • Final — defeated South Africa (→ Gold Medal)

    Diving[edit]

    Men's 3m Springboard

    • Preliminary Round — 54.42 points (→ 32nd place)

    Equestrian[edit]

    Fencing[edit]

    18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Italy in 1952.

    Men's foil
    Men's team foil
    Men's épée
    Men's team épée
    Men's sabre
    Men's team sabre
    Women's foil

    Football[edit]

    Men's Team Competition

    Gymnastics[edit]

    Men's team competition[edit]

    Women's team competition[edit]

    Hockey[edit]

    Modern pentathlon[edit]

    Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1952.

    Individual
    Team

    Rowing[edit]

    Italy had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

    Men's single sculls
    Men's double sculls
    Men's coxless pair
    Men's coxed pair
    Men's coxless four
    Men's coxed four
    Men's eight

    Sailing[edit]

    Shooting[edit]

    Eight shooters represented Italy in 1952.

    25 m pistol
    50 m pistol
    100m running deer
    Trap

    Swimming[edit]

    Water polo[edit]

    Men's Team Competition

    Weightlifting[edit]

    Wrestling[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Italy at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  • ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Italy Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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