Italy at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Italy at the 1900 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Paris
Competitors	24 in 7 sports
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 5
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1906 Intercalated Games

Italy competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Medalists

Antonio Conte

Gian Giorgio Trissino

Italo Santelli

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Enrico Brusoni	Cycling	Points Race
Gold	Antonio Conte	Fencing	Masters Sabre
Gold	Gian Giorgio Trissino	Equestrian	High jump
Silver	Italo Santelli	Fencing	Masters Sabre
Silver	Gian Giorgio Trissino	Equestrian	Long jump

Italy had two swimmers compete in 1900, the nation's first appearance in the sport. Maioni and Bussetti each advanced to one event final, taking 6th and 7th place, respectively.

In Italy's first appearance on the athletics program, two Italian athletes entered three events. They did not advance to the finals in any event and won no medals.

Track events

Italy's first cycling appearance was at the second Olympic cycling competition, 1900. Seven cyclists from Italy competed in two events, winning a gold medal in the points race.^[1]

Cyclist	Event	Prime 1	Prime 2	Prime 3	Prime 4	Prime 5	Prime 6	Prime 7	Prime 8	Prime 9	Prime 10	Total	Rank
Enrico Brusoni	Men's points race	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	9	21
Luigi Colombo		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	12
Giacomo Stratta		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9

Italy had several competitors at the first Olympic equestrian events. The names of some or all of these are known. Trissino competed on multiple horses in the high jump. Elvira Guerra, Italy's first female Olympian, competed in the hacks and hunter combined.

Equestrian	Event	Time, height, or distance	Rank
Federico Caprilli (x2)	Jumping	Unknown	DNS
Ferdinand Po		Unknown	DNS
Up to 3 unknown[a]		Unknown	4–37
Gian Giorgio Trissino	High jump	1.85
Gian Giorgio Trissino		1.70	4
Gian Giorgio Trissino		Unknown	9–19
Up to 3 unknown[b]		Unknown	9–19
Uberto Visconti di Modrone	Long jump	Unknown	9–17
Gian Giorgio Trissino		6.10
Elvira Guerra	Hacks and hunter combined	Unknown	5–51

Italy first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent 12 fencers, winning the top two places in the masters sabre event.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinals		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Olivier Collarini	Men's foil	Advanced		Not advanced		Did not advance
Giunio Fedreghini		Not advanced		Did not advance
Giuseppe Giurato		Not advanced		Did not advance
Palardi		Not advanced		Did not advance
Olivier Collarini	Men's épée	Unknown	3–6	Did not advance		—		Did not advance
Giunio Fedreghini		Unknown	3–7	Did not advance				Did not advance
Giuseppe Giurato		Unknown	1 Q	Unknown	4–6			Did not advance
Giunio Fedreghini	Men's sabre	Unknown	1–4 Q	—				Unknown	5–8	Did not advance
Stagliano		Unknown	5 q[c]					Unknown	5–8	Did not advance
Antonio Conte	Men's masters foil	Advanced		Advanced		Bye		5–2	3 Q	4–3	4
Italo Santelli		Advanced		Advanced		Bye		4–3	4 Q	0–7	7
2 unknown competitors	Men's masters épée	Unknown	3–6	—				Did not advance
Antonio Conte	Men's masters sabre	Unknown	1–4 Q	—				6–1	1 Q	7–0
Italo Santelli		Unknown	1–4 Q					6–1	1 Q	6–1
Orazio Santelli		Unknown	1–4 Q					3–4	8	Did not advance

Italy's first appearance in Olympic gymnastics competition was at the second gymnastics tournament, in 1900. The one Italian gymnast won no medals in a heavily France-dominated single event.

Italy had one rower compete in 1900.

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