Italy at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | ITA |
NOC | Italian National Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Antwerp | |
Competitors | 174 (173 men, 1 woman) in 18 sports |
Flag bearer | Nedo Nadi |
Medals Ranked 7th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Italy competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 174 competitors, 173 men and 1 woman, took part in 79 events in 18 sports.[1]
A single diver represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. De Sanctis was unable to advance past the first round in either of his two events.
Ranks given are within the semifinal group.
Diver | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Points | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank | ||
Guglielmo De Sanctis | 3 m springboard | 29 | 451.35 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
Plain high dive | 33 | 98.0 | 7 | Did not advance |
Four swimmers, all men, represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. None of the individual swimmers advanced to the finals, though the relay did advance before finishing fifth in the final.
Ranks given are within the heat.
Swimmer | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Gilio Bisagno | 400 m free | Unknown | 6 | Did not advance | |||
1500 m free | 25:18.0 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
Agostino Frassinetti | 100 m free | 1:11.8 | 1 Q | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | |
Mario Massa | 100 m free | 1:10.4 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Antonio Quarantotto | 400 m free | Unknown | 5 | Did not advance | |||
1500 m free | Unknown | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
Gilio Bisagno Agostino Frassinetti Mario Massa Antonio Quarantotto |
4 × 200 m free relay | N/A | 11:01.2 | 2 Q | Unknown | 5 |
Italy competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the first time in 1920. The Bergvall System was in use at the time. Italy forfeited its round of 16 match with Spain, then was defeated by Greece in the bronze medal tournament.
Spain | 1–1 | Italy | Antwerp |
Greece | 5–1 | Italy | Antwerp |
24 athletes represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in athletics. Frigerio gave the nation its first gold medals in the sport by winning both of the racewalking competitions. Italy's long-distance successes also included a bronze in the marathon and a bronze in the steeplechase. Overall, the nation placed fourth on the athletics medals leaderboard.
Ranks given are within the heat.
Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Ernesto Ambrosini | 800 m | — | 1:59.4 | 4 Q | 1:59.5 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
3000 m steeplechase | — | 10:33.6 | 2 Q | 10:32.0 | |||||
Valerio Arri | Marathon | — | 2:36:32.8 | ||||||
Giuseppe Bernardoni | 400 m | 52.8 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
Ettore Blasi | Marathon | — | Did not finish | ||||||
Giuseppe Bonini | 800 m | — | 1:58.8 | 2 Q | 1:59.0 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
1500 m | — | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
Oprando Bottura | Javelin throw | 42.70 | 17 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Carlo Butti | Decathlon | — | Did not finish | ||||||
Daciano Colbacchini | 110 m hurdles | — | 15.6 | 1 Q | 6 | Did not advance | |||
Giorgio Croci | 100 m | 11.2 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
Ugo Frigerio | 3 km walk | — | 13:40.2 OR | 1 Q | 13:14.2 OR | ||||
10 km walk | — | 47:06.4 | 1 Q | 48:06.2 | |||||
Aurelio Lenzi | Shot put | 12.325 | 13 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Discus throw | 37.75 | 9 | — | Did not advance | |||||
Costante Lussana | 10000 m | — | 10 | Did not advance | |||||
Augusto Maccario | 5000 m | — | 15:23.2 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
10000 m | — | 34:06.8 | 3 Q | 32:02.0 | 4 | ||||
Carlo Martinenghi | 1500 m | — | Did not start | ||||||
5000 m | — | Did not finish | Did not advance | ||||||
3000 m steeplechase | — | Did not finish | Did not advance | ||||||
Giovanni Orlandi | 100 m | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
200 m | 23.8 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||||
Donato Pavesi | 3 km walk | — | 13:46.8 OR | 1 Q | Disqualified | ||||
10 km walk | — | 48:12.0 | 4 Q | Disqualified | |||||
Antonio Persico | Marathon | — | Did not finish | ||||||
Arturo Porro | 800 m | — | Did not advance | ||||||
1500 m | — | 4:09.0 | 2 Q | 4:12.4 | 7 | ||||
Mario Riccoboni | 100 m | 11.2 | 2 Q | 11.5 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
200 m | 4 | Did not advance | |||||||
Agide Simonazzi | 400 m | 53.0 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
800 m | — | Did not advance | |||||||
Carlo Speroni | 5000 m | — | 15:27.6 | 1 Q | 15:21.2 | 7 | |||
10000 m | — | 32:13.1 | 4 Q | Did not finish | |||||
Giovanni Tosi | 400 m | 52.6 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
Giuseppe Tugnoli | Shot put | 12.07 | 14 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Vittorio Zucca | 100 m | 11.4 | 1 Q | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
Ernesto Ambrosini Augusto Maccario Carlo Speroni |
3000 m team | — | 25 | 3 Q | 36 | 5 | |||
Giorgio Croci Giovanni Orlandi Mario Riccobono Vittorio Zucca |
4 × 100 m relay | — | Disqualified | Did not advance |
Five boxers represented Italy at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's debut in boxing. Garzena had the best performance for Italy, taking all three of the nation's wins on his way to a bronze medal.
Boxer | Weight class | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / Bronze match | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Mariano Barbaresi | Heavyweight | N/A | Eluère (FRA) L |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Dario Della Valle | Welterweight | Steen (NOR) L |
Did not advance | 17 | |||
Vincenzo Dell'Oro | Flyweight | N/A | Albert (FRA) L |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Edoardo Garzena | Featherweight | Bye | Vincken (BEL) W |
Cater (GBR) W |
Fritsch (FRA) L |
Zivic (USA) W |
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Leo Giunchi | Lightweight | N/A | Van Muyzen (BEL) L |
Did not advance | 9 |
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Twelve cyclists represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Italy took its first Olympic cycling medal when its pursuit team won the gold. Italy also had three cyclists place in the top eight of the 50 kilometres event, though none was able to secure a medal.
Cyclist | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Camillo Arduino | Time trial | 5:03:16.8 | 23 |
Pietro Bestetti | Time trial | 5:02:15.0 | 21 |
Federico Gay | Time trial | 4:57:21.8 | 16 |
Dante Ghindani | Time trial | 5:21:50.4 | 32 |
Camillo Arduino Pietro Bestetti Federico Gay Dante Ghindani |
Team time trial | 20:24:44.0 | 5 |
Ranks given are within the heat.
Cyclist | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Repechage semis | Repechage final | Semifinals | Final | ||||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Vittorio Cavalotti | Sprint | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Ruggero Ferrario | 50 km | N/A | Unknown | 4 | |||||||||
Luigi Gilardi | 50 km | N/A | Did not finish | ||||||||||
Francesco Giorgetti | Sprint | Unknown | 2 Q | Unknown | 2 R | Did not start | Did not advance | ||||||
50 km | N/A | Unknown | 6 | ||||||||||
Primo Magnani | 50 km | N/A | Unknown | 8 | |||||||||
Pietro Martinelli | Sprint | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Armido Rizzetto | Sprint | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | |||||||||
Arnaldo Carli Ruggerio Ferrario Franco Giorgetti Primo Magnani |
Team pursuit | N/A | 6:20.0 | 1 Q | N/A | 5:10.8 | 1 Q | 5:14.2 |
Ten equestrians represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The Italian equestrians were fairly successful, winning five medals to take third place on the equestrian leader board for the Games. Italians took the top two spots in the individual jumping competition, as well as a bronze in the individual eventing. The nation also earned a medal in each of the two team events in which it participated, a silver in the eventing and a bronze in jumping (which, by the rules of the day, had to consist of entirely different riders than the individual jumping event).
Equestrian | Horse | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | |||
Carlo Asinari | Savari | Eventing | 1245.00 | 19 |
Emilio Benini | Passero | Jumping | 13.00 | 19 |
Giulio Cacciandra | Facetto | Eventing | 1353.75 | 14 |
Ettore Caffaratti | Caniche | Eventing | 1733.75 | |
Santorre de Rossi di Santa Rosa | Neruccio | Jumping | 7.00 | 7 |
Tommaso Lequio di Assaba | Trebecco | Jumping | 2.00 | |
Garibaldi Spighi | Otello | Eventing | 1647.50 | 5 |
Virginia | Jumping | 8.00 | 10 | |
Ruggero Ubertalli | Proton | Jumping | 10.25 | 17 |
Alessandro Valerio | Cento | Jumping | 3.00 | |
Alessandro Alvisi Carlo Asinari Giulio Cacciandra Ettore Caffaratti |
Raggio di Sole Varone Fortunello Tradittore |
Team jumping | 18.75 | |
Carlo Asinari Giulio Cacciandra Ettore Caffaratti Garibaldi Spighi |
Savari Facetto Caniche Otello |
Team eventing | 4735.00 |
Nineteen fencers represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. The Italian fencers took five of the six gold medals; the individual épée was the only event not won by an Italian (Italy's best result in that event was sixth place). Nedo Nadi took the individual gold medals in the foil and sabre; both he and his brother Aldo were on all three of the gold-medal teams. Aldo Nadi also took a silver medal in the individual sabre.
Ranks given are within the group.
Fencer | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Olivier Abelardo | Épée | 3–3 | 6 q | 7–3 | 1 Q | 6–5 | 2 Q | 5–6 | 6 |
Foil | N/A | 7–1 | 1 Q | 4–1 | 2 Q | 3–8 | 9 | ||
Baldo Baldi | Sabre | N/A | 3–3 | 4 Q | 5–1 | 2 Q | 3–8 | 12 | |
Aldo Boni | Épée | 3–5 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
Tullio Bozza | Épée | 5–2 | 2 Q | 5–5 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
Giovanni Canova | Épée | 3–5 | 5 Q | 5–6 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
Federico Cesarano | Foil | N/A | 4–0 | 1 Q | 0–5 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
Sabre | N/A | 5–2 | 2 Q | 5–1 | 1 Q | 3–8 | 10 | ||
Tommaso Constantino | Foil | N/A | 4–1 | 2 Q | 2–3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
Francesco Gargano | Sabre | N/A | 5–2 | 2 Q | 3–3 | 3 Q | 3–8 | 11 | |
Aldo Nadi | Foil | N/A | 6–0 | 1 Q | 4–1 | 1 Q | 6–5 | 5 | |
Sabre | N/A | 6–1 | 1 Q | 3–3 | 4 Q | 9–2 | |||
Nedo Nadi | Foil | N/A | 7–1 | 1 Q | 5–0 | 1 Q | 10–1 | ||
Sabre | N/A | 5–1 | 1 Q | 6–0 | 1 Q | 11–0 | |||
Oreste Puliti | Foil | N/A | 4–1 | 2 Q | 4–1 | 2 Q | 5–6 | 7 | |
Sabre | N/A | 6–1 | 1 Q | 4–2 | 3 Q | 6–5 | 4 | ||
Giulio Rusconi | Sabre | N/A | 4–3 | 3 Q | 3–3 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
Giorgio Santelli | Sabre | N/A | 5–3 | 3 Q | 2–4 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
Pietro Speciale | Foil | N/A | 4–2 | 2 Q | 2–3 | 3 Q | 1–10 | 12 | |
Rodolfo Terlizzi | Foil | N/A | 2–4 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
Paolo Thaon | Épée | 3–6 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||
Dino Urbani | Épée | 5–3 | 2 Q | 6–4 | 3 Q | 4–7 | 7 | Did not advance | |
Olivier Abelardo Baldo Baldi Tommaso Constantino Aldo Nadi Nedo Nadi Oreste Puliti Pietro Speciale Rodolfo Terlizzi |
Team foil | N/A | 4–0 | 1 Q | 4–0 | ||||
Antonio Allochio Baldo Baldi Frederico Cesarano Francesco Gargano Aldo Nadi Nedo Nadi Oreste Puliti Giorgio Santelli Dino Urbani |
Team sabre | N/A | 7–0 | ||||||
Olivier Abelardo Antonio Allochio Tullio Bozza Giovanni Canova Tommaso Constantino Andrea Marrazzi Aldo Nadi Nedo Nadi Paolo Thaon Dino Urbani |
Team épée | N/A | 3–1 | 2 Q | 5–0 |
Italy competed in the Olympic football tournament for the second time. The team beat Egypt in the first round before falling to France in the quarterfinals. In the tournament for second place, the Italians beat Norway before losing to Spain in the consolation semis.
Twenty-seven gymnasts represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. The Italians took gold medals in both of the events in which they competed, with Zampori taking the men's individual all-around and leading the Italians to a team gold. Italy did not compete in the free system or Swedish system team events.
Gymnast | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Luigi Costigliolo | All-around | 84.90 | 8 |
Vittorio Lucchetti | All-around | 80.12 | 18 |
Luigi Maiocco | All-around | 85.38 | 7 |
Giorgio Zampori | All-around | 88.35 | |
Angelo Zorzi | All-around | 80.51 | 16 |
Arnaldo Andreoli Ettore Bellotto Pietro Bianchi Fernando Bonatti Luigi Cambiaso Luigi Contessi Carlo Costigliolo Luigi Costigliolo Giuseppe Domenichelli Roberto Ferrari Carlo Fregosi Romualdo Ghiglione Ambrogio Levati Francesco Loi Vittorio Lucchetti Luigi Maiocco Ferdinando Mandrini Lorenzo Mangiante Antonio Marovelli Michele Mastromarino Giuseppe Paris Manlio Pastorini Ezio Roselli Paolo Salvi Giovanni Tubino Giorgio Zampori Angelo Zorzi |
Team | 359.855 |
A single pentathlete represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport.
A point-for-place system was used, with the lowest total score winning.
Pentathlete | Final | ||||||
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Riding | Fencing | Shooting | Swimming | Running | Total | Rank | |
Adriano Lanza | 21 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 91 | 22 |
Six rowers represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Italian rowers reached the finals for the first time, winning the nation's first two Olympic rowing medals: a gold in the coxed pairs and a silver in the double sculls.
Ranks given are within the heat.
Rower | Cox | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Nino Castelli | N/A | Single sculls | 7:59.0 | 2 | Did not advance | |||
Pietro Annoni Erminio Dones |
N/A | Double sculls | N/A | 7:25.4 | 1 Q | 7:19.0 | ||
Ercole Olgeni Giovanni Scatturin |
Guido De Felip | Coxed pair | N/A | 8:10.0 | 1 Q | 7:56.0 |
Ten shooters represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, and the first since 1896. Greece took a silver medal in the team military pistol, its first medal in shooting since 1896. Italy's best result was a fourth-place finish in the team standing military rifle.
Four tennis players, three men and one woman, competed for Italy in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Balbi and Colombo reached the quarterfinals in the men's doubles, the best result for Italy that year.
Player | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score | |||
Mino Balbi | Men's singles | Bye | Flaquer (ESP) W 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 |
Turnbull (GBR) L 3–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–8, 6–2 |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Alberto Bonacossa | Men's singles | von Braun (SWE) L 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2 |
Did not advance | 32 | ||||
Cesare Colombo | Men's singles | Bye | Nielsen (NOR) W 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 |
Lowe (GBR) L 6–4, 6–0, 2–6, 7–5 |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Rosetta Gagliardi | Women's singles | N/A | Lindberg (SWE) W 6–0 |
McKane (GBR) L 6–1, 1–6, 6–2 |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Mino Balbi Cesare Colombo |
Men's doubles | N/A | Bye | Simon & Syz (SUI) W 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
Turnbull & Woosnam (GBR) L 6–2, 6–8, 6–1, 6–3 |
Did not advance | 5 | |
Cesare Colombo Rosetta Gagliardi |
Mixed doubles | N/A | Bye | Halot & Storms (BEL) L 8–6, 6–3 |
Did not advance | 8 |
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Italy competed in the Olympic tug of war tournament for the first time in 1920, the final appearance of the sport in the Olympics. The Bergvall System was used in 1920. Italy lost its first match in the semifinals to the Netherlands. Because the Dutch went on to win the silver medal, Italy received an opportunity to contest the bronze. In the bronze medal semifinals, the Italians lost again, this time to the United States, to finish fifth and last in the tournament.
All matches were best-of-three pulls.
Netherlands (NED) | 2–0 | Italy (ITA) |
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United States (USA) | 2–0 | Italy (ITA) |
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Five weightlifters, one in each weight class, represented Italy in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. No Italian weightlifter placed worse than sixth, with two winning medals (including Bottino's gold) and two others just missing with fourth-place finishes.
Weightlifter | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Pietro Bianchi | 75 kg | 235.0 | |
Filippo Bottino | +82.5 kg | 265.0 | |
Luigi Gatti | 60 kg | 195.0 | 4 |
Gino Mattiello | 82.5 kg | 235.0 | 6 |
Giulio Monti | 67.5 kg | 230.0 | 4 |
Eight wrestlers, all in the Greco-Roman style, competed for Italy in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. None of the Italian wrestlers advanced past the quarterfinals, or qualified for the silver or bronze rounds.
Wrestler | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
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Silver quarters | Silver semis | Silver match | |||||
Bronze quarters | Bronze semis | Bronze match | |||||
Giorgio Calza | Heavyweight | Kraus (TCH) (W) | Vassboten (NOR) (L) | Did not advance | 12 | ||
Did not advance | |||||||
Did not advance | |||||||
Giovanni Cardinale | Light heavyweight | Bye | Wahlem (BEL) (L) | Did not advance | 10 | ||
N/A | Did not advance | ||||||
N/A | |||||||
Carlo Corsanego | Middleweight | Gorbière (FRA) (W) | Balej (TCH) (L) | Did not advance | 13 | ||
Did not advance | |||||||
Did not advance | |||||||
Giuseppe Gorletti | Middleweight | Bye | Fältström (SWE) (L) | Did not advance | 13 | ||
Did not advance | |||||||
Did not advance | |||||||
Enrico Porro | Featherweight | Bye | Svensson (SWE) (W) | Boumans (BEL) (L) | Did not advance | 9 | |
N/A | Did not advance | ||||||
Did not advance | |||||||
Walter Ranghieri | Lightweight | Swigart (USA) (L) | Did not advance | Did not advance | 18 | ||
Did not advance | |||||||
Did not advance | |||||||
Bruto Testoni | Light heavyweight | Bye | Sint (NED) (L) | Did not advance | 10 | ||
N/A | Did not advance | ||||||
N/A | |||||||
Piero Vaglio | Featherweight | Bye | Boumans (BEL) (L) | Did not advance | 11 | ||
N/A | Did not advance | ||||||
Did not advance |
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