Sporting event delegation
Italy competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , Russian SFSR , USSR . In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics , Italy competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 159 competitors, 121 men and 38 women, took part in 88 events in 19 sports.[1]
Medalists [ edit ]
Marco Solfrini , Renzo Vecchiato , Renato Villalta , Dino Meneghin , Romeo Sacchetti , Michael Silvester , Pietro Generali , Enrico Gilardi , Pierluigi Marzorati , Marco Bonamico , Roberto Brunamonti , and Fabrizio Della Fiori — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
Marina Sciocchetti , Anna Casagrande , Federico Roman , and Mauro Roman — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
Ferdinando Meglio , Michele Maffei , Mario Aldo Montano , and Marco Romano — Fencing, Sabre Team Competition
Archery [ edit ]
For the first time, Italy entered a woman in the Olympic archery competition. She placed a respectable tenth place. Giancarlo Ferrari repeated his bronze medal -winning performance of four years earlier.
Women's Individual Competition :
Men's Individual Competition :
Athletics [ edit ]
Men's 100 metres
Heat — 10.56
Quarterfinals — 10.27
Semifinals — 10.58 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Heat — 1:48.9
Semifinals — 1:48.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
Heat — 3:40.1
Semifinals — 3:40.1
Final — 3:40.4 (→ 5th place)
Men's Marathon
Final — 2:13:12 (→ 8th place)
Final — 2:23:21 (→ 35th place)
Men's 4x400 metres Relay
Heat — 3:03.5
Final — 3:04.3 (→ Bronze Medal )
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Heat — 8:37.1
Semifinals — 8:27.2
Final — 8:18.5 (→ 6th place)
Heat — 8:35.6
Semifinals — 8:29.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Qualification — 2.21 m
Final — 2.15 m (→ 15th place)
Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Qualification — 72.20 m
Final Round — 73.90 m (→ 7th place)
Men's Decathlon
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 20 km Walk
Final — 1:23:35.5 (→ Gold Medal )
Final — 1:33:26.2 (→ 11th place)
Women's 100 metres
Heat — 11.77
Quarterfinals — 11.57 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
Heat — 2:01.4
Semifinals — 1:59.0
Final — 1:59.2 (→ 8th place)
Heat — 2:04.1 (→ did not advance)
Heat — 2:10.7 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
Heat — 4:05.0
Final — 4:00.3 (→ 4th place)
Heat — 4:14.7 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
Qualification — 1.88 m
Final — 1.97 m (→ Gold Medal )
Women's Javelin Throw
Qualification — 58.76 m
Final — 57.52 m (→ 12th place)
Women's Shot Put
Final — 17.27 m (→ 14th place)
Basketball [ edit ]
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group C)
Defeated Sweden (92-77)
Lost to Australia (77-84)
Defeated Cuba (79-72)
Semi Final Round (Group A)
Lost to Yugoslavia (81-102)
Defeated Soviet Union (87-85)
Lost to Brazil (77-90)
Defeated Spain (95-89)
Lost to Yugoslavia (77-86) → Silver Medal
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
Patrizio Oliva → Gold Medal
First Round — Defeated Aurelien Agnan (Benin) after referee stopped contest in first round
Second Round — Defeated Farez Halabi (Syria) after referee stopped contest in first round
Quarter Finals — Defeated Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (3-2)
Semi Finals — Defeated Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (5-0)
Final — Defeated Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Canoeing [ edit ]
Cycling [ edit ]
Ten cyclists represented Italy in 1980.
Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Men's Springboard
Preliminary Round — 556.32 points (→ 6th place)
Final — 871.500 points (→ Bronze Medal )
Equestrianism [ edit ]
Fencing [ edit ]
13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1980.
Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil
Modern pentathlon [ edit ]
One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1980.
Individual
Sailing [ edit ]
Shooting [ edit ]
Swimming [ edit ]
Men's 100m Freestyle
Heats — 52.74 (→ did not advance)
Heats — 52.71 (→ did not advance)
Heats — 52.26
Semi-Finals — 51,87
Final — 51.69 (→ 5th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Heats — 1:52.56
Final — 1:52.76 (→ 6th place)
Heats — 1:52.62
Final — 1:53.25 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Final — 7:30.37 (→ 5th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
Final — 1.05.10 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Heats — 1:12.36
Final — 1:12.51 (→ 8th place)
Heats — 1:13.76 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Final — 4:19.06 (→ 5th place)
Volleyball [ edit ]
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Cuba (0-3)
Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-2)
Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)
9th/10th place : Defeated Libya (3-0) → 9th place
Water polo [ edit ]
Men's Team Competition
Weightlifting [ edit ]
Wrestling [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
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