# Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 152 men and 15 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.

## Medalists
### Gold

* Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
* Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Platform
* Primo Baran and Renzo Sambo (Bruno Cipolla coxswain) — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

### Silver

* Giordano Turrini — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
* Klaus Dibiasi — Diving, Men's Springboard
* Wladimiro Calarese, Pier-Luigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, and Cesare Salvadori — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
* Romano Garagnani — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting

### Bronze

* Eddy Ottoz — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
* Giuseppe Gentile — Athletics, Men's triple jump
* Giorgio Bambini — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
* Lorenzo Bosisio, Cipriano Chemello, Giorgio Morbiato, and Luigi Roncaglia — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
* Giovanni Bramucci, Vittorio Marcelli, Mauro Simonetti, and Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
* Gianluigi Saccaro — Fencing, Men's Épée
* Abramo Albini, Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, and Pier Angelo Conti — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
* Fabio Albarelli — Sailing, Men's Finn
* Franco Cavallo and Camillo Gargano — Sailing, Men's Star

## Basketball
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group A)
   * Defeated Philippines (91-66)
   * Defeated Panama (94-87)
   * Defeated Puerto Rico (68-65)
   * Defeated Senegal (81-55)
   * Lost to Yugoslavia (69-80)
   * Lost to United States (61-100)
   * Defeated Spain (98-86)
* Classification Matches
   * 5th/8th place: Lost to Poland (52-66)
   * 7th/8th place: Lost to Spain (72-88)
* Team Roster
   * Carlo Recalcati
   * Giusto Pellanera
   * Gianfranco Lombardi
   * Enrico Bovone
   * Massimo Masini
   * Paolo Vittori
   * Gabriele Vianello
   * Guido Gatti
   * Ottorino Flaborea
   * Sauro Bufalini
   * Massimo Cosmelli
   * Gianluigi Jessi

## Cycling

Sixteen cyclists represented Italy in 1968.

### Individual road race

* Pierfranco Vianelli
* Giovanni Bramucci
* Flavio Martini
* Tino Conti

### Team time trial

* Giovanni Bramucci
* Vittorio Marcelli
* Mauro Simonetti
* Pierfranco Vianelli

### Sprint

* Giordano Turrini
* Dino Verzini

### 1000m time trial

* Gianni Sartori

### Tandem

* Walter Gorini
* Luigi Borghetti

### Individual pursuit

* Cipriano Chemello

### Team pursuit

* Lorenzo Bosisio
* Cipriano Chemello
* Luigi Roncaglia
* Giorgio Morbiato
* Gino Pancino

## Fencing

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1968.

### Men's foil

* Arcangelo Pinelli
* Pasquale La Ragione
* Nicola Granieri

### Men's team foil

* Pasquale La Ragione, Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Arcangelo Pinelli, Michele Maffei

### Men's épée

* Gianluigi Saccaro
* Gianfranco Paolucci
* Claudio Francesconi

### Men's team épée

* Gianfranco Paolucci, Claudio Francesconi, Giovanni Battista Breda, Gianluigi Saccaro, Antonio Albanese

### Men's sabre

* Rolando Rigoli
* Wladimiro Calarese
* Cesare Salvadori

### Men's team sabre

* Wladimiro Calarese, Rolando Rigoli, Pierluigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori

### Women's foil

* Giovanna Masciotta
* Antonella Ragno-Lonzi
* Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

### Women's team foil

* Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia Lorenzoni, Giovanna Masciotta, Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Silvana Sconciafurno

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1968.

### Individual

* Mario Medda
* Giancarlo Morresi
* Nicolo Deligia

### Team

* Mario Medda
* Giancarlo Morresi
* Nicolo Deligia

## Shooting

Seven shooters, all men, represented Italy in 1968.

### 25 m pistol

* Giovanni Liverzani
* Ugo Amicosante

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Giuseppe De Chirico

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Giuseppe De Chirico

### Trap

* Galliano Rossini
* Ennio Mattarelli

### Skeet

* Romano Garagnani
* Giancarlo Chiono

## Swimming

Men's Competition
* Pietro Boscaini, Michele D'Oppido, Franco Del Campo, Franco Chino, Antonio Attanasio, Angelo Tozzi, Giampiero Fossati, and Massimo Sacchi.
Women's Competition
* Mietta Strumolo and Novella Calligaris

## Water polo
### Men's Team Competition

* Team Roster
   * Alberto Alberani
   * Eraldo Pizzo
   * Mario Cevasco
   * Gianni Lonzi
   * Enzo Barlocco
   * Franco Lavoratori
   * Gianni de Magistris
   * Alessandro Ghibellini
   * Giancarlo Guerrini
   * Paolo Ferrando
   * Eugenio Merello