Italy at the 1997 Summer Universiade

Sporting event delegation

Italy at the
1997 Summer Universiade

IOC code| ITA
NOC| Italian National Olympic Committee
in Sicily
Medals
Ranked 6th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Universiade appearances (overview)

* 1959
* 1961
* 1963
* 1965
* 1967
* 1970
* 1973
* 1975
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* 1979
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* 2027

Italy competed at the 1997 Summer Universiade, as host nation, in Catania and won 32 medals.[1]

## Medals

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Sport  |  |  |  | Tot.

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Fencing | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6
Swimming | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9
Athletics | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8
Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
Water polo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2
Total | 7 | 14 | 10 | 31

## Details

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Sport  |  |  |

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Fencing | Valentina Vezzali (foil) | Anna Giacometti (foil) | Alessandro Puccini (foil)
Men's Team Sabre | Women's Team Foil | Davide Burroni (épée)
| Luigi Tarantino (sabre) |
Swimming | Emanuele Merisi (200 mbackstroke) | Marco Formentini (1500 m freestyle) | Marco Formentini (800 m freestyle)
| Lorenzo Vismara (50 m freestyle) | Stefano Battistelli (400 m medley)
Lorenzo Vismara (100 m freestyle) | Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Men's 4×100 m medley relay |
Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Athletics | Simone Zanon (5000 metres) | Paolo Dal Soglio (shot put) | Rachid Berradi (10,000 metres)
| Lucilla Andreucci (10,000 metres) | Arturo Di Mezza (20 km walk)
Agata Balsamo (half marathon) | Annarita Sidoti (10 km walk)
Rossella Giordano (10 km walk) |
Gymnastics | Jury Chechi (rings) | Roberto Galli (rings) | Alberto Busnari (pommell horse)
Football | Men's National Team |  |
Water polo | Men's National Team |  |
Volleyball |  | Men's National Team |
Tennis |  |  | Massimo Calvelli
Lorenzo Pennisi (Men's doubles)
Germana Di Natale (Single)

## References

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1. ^ "Medaglie vinte dalle rappresentative italiane alle Universiadi Estive" (PDF) (in Italian). cusi.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

## External links

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* Catania 1997 complete results at FISU web site
* Universiade (World University Games)
* WORLD STUDENT GAMES (UNIVERSIADE - MEN)
* WORLD STUDENT GAMES (UNIVERSIADE - WOMEN)