Italy_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Italy at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Italy at the; 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	174 (156 men, 18 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Carlo Galimberti
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 7 Silver 5 Bronze 7 Total 19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	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; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 174 competitors, 156 men and 18 women, took part in 81 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Vittorio Tamagnini	Boxing	Men's bantamweight	August 11
Gold	Carlo Orlandi	Boxing	Men's lightweight	August 11
Gold	Piero Toscani	Boxing	Men's middleweight	August 11
Gold	Giacomo Gaioni, Cesare Facciani, Mario Lusiani, Luigi Tasselli	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	August 6
Gold	Carlo Agostoni, Giulio Basletta, Marcello Bertinetti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Renzo Minoli, Franco Riccardi	Fencing	Men's team épée	August 5
Gold	Giorgio Chiavacci, Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Giorgio Pessina, Ugo Pignotti, Oreste Puliti	Fencing	Men's team foil	July 30
Gold	Giliante D'Este, Giovanni Delise, Valerio Perentin, Giorgio Pessina, Renato Petronio, Nicolò Vittori	Rowing	Men's coxed four	August 10
Silver	Renato Anselmi, Bino Bini, Gustavo Marzi, Oreste Puliti, Emilio Salafia, Giulio Sarrocchi	Fencing	Men's team sabre	August 9
Silver	Romeo Neri	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	August 9
Silver	Bianca Ambrosetti, Lavinia Gianoni, Luigina Giavotti, Virginia Giorgi, Germana Malabarba, Carla Marangoni, Luigina Perversi, Diana Pissavini, Anna Tanzini, Carolina Tronconi, Ines Vercesi, Rita Vittadini	Gymnastics	Women's team all-around	August 9
Silver	Pierino Gabetti	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	July 30
Silver	Carlo Galimberti	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg	July 29
Bronze	Carlo Cavagnoli	Boxing	Men's flyweight	August 11
Bronze	Giulio Gaudini	Fencing	Men's foil	August 1
Bronze	Bino Bini	Fencing	Men's sabre	August 11
Bronze	Italy national football team Adolfo Baloncieri Elvio Banchero Delfo Bellini Fulvio Bernardini Umberto Caligaris Gianpiero Combi Giovanni De Prà Valentino Degani Attilio Ferraris Felice Gasperi Pietro Genovesi Antonio Janni Virgilio Levratto Mario Magnozzi Pietro Pastore Silvio Pietroboni Alfredo Pitto Enrico Rivolta Virginio Rosetta Gino Rossetti Angelo Schiavio Andrea Viviano	Football		June 9
Bronze	Umberto Bonadè, Pietro Freschi, Paolo Gennari, Cesare Rossi	Rowing	Men's coxless four	August 10
Bronze	Giovanni Gozzi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight	August 4
Bronze	Gerolamo Quaglia	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight	August 5

Athletics edit

Results edit

Athlete	Age	Event	Rank
Men (18)
Luigi Beccali	20	Men's 1,500 metres	4 h1 r1/2
Edgardo Toetti	17	Men's 100 metres	3 h6 r1/4
Franco Reyser	24	Men's 100 metres	4 h2 r1/4
Giacomo Carlini	23	Men's 110 metres Hurdles	3 h7 r1/3
Giuseppe Castelli	20	Men's 200 metres	5 h6 r2/4
Edgardo Toetti	17	Men's 200 metres	3 h15r1/4
Nello Bartolini	23	Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase	6 h1 r1/2
Giuseppe Castelli	20	Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay	3 h1 r1/2
Franco Reyser	24	Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay	3 h1 r1/2
Edgardo Toetti	17	Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay	3 h1 r1/2
Enrico Torre	26	Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay	3 h1 r1/2
Giacomo Carlini	23	Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay	3 h2 r1/2
Luigi Facelli	30	Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay	3 h2 r1/2
Guido Cominotto	26	Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay	3 h2 r1/2
Ettore Tavernari	23	Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay	3 h2 r1/2
Luigi Facelli	30	Men's 400 metres Hurdles	6
Guido Cominotto	26	Men's 800 metres	6 h2 r2/3
Ettore Tavernari	23	Men's 800 metres	4 h4 r1/3
Albino Pighi	25	Men's Discus Throw	19 QR
Camillo Zemi	30	Men's Discus Throw	23 QR
Armando Poggioli	39	Men's Hammer Throw	4
Camillo Zemi	30	Men's Hammer Throw	13 QR
Virgilio Tommasi	23	Men's Long Jump	25T QR
Enrico Torre	26	Men's Long Jump	25T QR
Giuseppe Ferrera		Men's Marathon	34
Romeo Bertini	35	Men's Marathon	AC
Attilio Conton	25	Men's Marathon	AC
Stefano Natale	25	Men's Marathon	AC
Women (6)
Athlete	Age	Event	Rank
Derna Polazzo	16	Women's 100 metres	3 h1 r1/3
Luigia Bonfanti		Women's 100 metres	3 h5 r1/3
Matilde Moraschi	18	Women's 100 metres	4 h3 r1/3
Luigia Bonfanti		Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay	6
Giannina Marchini	22	Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay	6
Derna Polazzo	16	Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay	6
Vittorina Vivenza	15	Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay	6
Giannina Marchini	22	Women's 800 metres	9 h2 r1/2
Piera Borsani	18	Women's Discus Throw	13