# Italy at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 174 competitors, 156 men and 18 women, took part in 81 events in 15 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Vittorio Tamagnini | Boxing | Men's bantamweight | August 11 |
| Gold | Carlo Orlandi | Boxing | Men's lightweight | August 11 |
| Gold | Piero Toscani | Boxing | Men's middleweight | August 11 |
| Gold | Giacomo Gaioni, Cesare Facciani, Mario Lusiani, Luigi Tasselli | Cycling | Men's team pursuit | August 6 |
| Gold | Carlo Agostoni, Giulio Basletta, Marcello Bertinetti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Renzo Minoli, Franco Riccardi | Fencing | Men's team épée | August 5 |
| Gold | Giorgio Chiavacci, Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Giorgio Pessina, Ugo Pignotti, Oreste Puliti | Fencing | Men's team foil | July 30 |
| Gold | Giliante D'Este, Giovanni Delise, Valerio Perentin, Giorgio Pessina, Renato Petronio, Nicolò Vittori | Rowing | Men's coxed four | August 10 |
| Silver | Renato Anselmi, Bino Bini, Gustavo Marzi, Oreste Puliti, Emilio Salafia, Giulio Sarrocchi | Fencing | Men's team sabre | August 9 |
| Silver | Romeo Neri | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | August 9 |
| Silver | Bianca Ambrosetti, Lavinia Gianoni, Luigina Giavotti, Virginia Giorgi, Germana Malabarba, Carla Marangoni, Luigina Perversi, Diana Pissavini, Anna Tanzini, Carolina Tronconi, Ines Vercesi, Rita Vittadini | Gymnastics | Women's team all-around | August 9 |
| Silver | Pierino Gabetti | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg | July 30 |
| Silver | Carlo Galimberti | Weightlifting | Men's 75 kg | July 29 |
| Bronze | Carlo Cavagnoli | Boxing | Men's flyweight | August 11 |
| Bronze | Giulio Gaudini | Fencing | Men's foil | August 1 |
| Bronze | Bino Bini | Fencing | Men's sabre | August 11 |
| Bronze | Italy national football team Adolfo BaloncieriElvio BancheroDelfo BelliniFulvio BernardiniUmberto CaligarisGianpiero CombiGiovanni De PràValentino DeganiAttilio FerrarisFelice GasperiPietro GenovesiAntonio JanniVirgilio LevrattoMario MagnozziPietro PastoreSilvio PietroboniAlfredo PittoEnrico RivoltaVirginio RosettaGino RossettiAngelo SchiavioAndrea Viviano | Football | Football | June 9 |
| Bronze | Umberto Bonadè, Pietro Freschi, Paolo Gennari, Cesare Rossi | Rowing | Men's coxless four | August 10 |
| Bronze | Giovanni Gozzi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight | August 4 |
| Bronze | Gerolamo Quaglia | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman featherweight | August 5 |

## Athletics
### Results

Men (18) :
| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank |
| Luigi Beccali | 20 | Men's 1,500 metres | 4 h1 r1/2 |
| Edgardo Toetti | 17 | Men's 100 metres | 3 h6 r1/4 |
| Franco Reyser | 24 | Men's 100 metres | 4 h2 r1/4 |
| Giacomo Carlini | 23 | Men's 110 metres Hurdles | 3 h7 r1/3 |
| Giuseppe Castelli | 20 | Men's 200 metres | 5 h6 r2/4 |
| Edgardo Toetti | 17 | Men's 200 metres | 3 h15r1/4 |
| Nello Bartolini | 23 | Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase | 6 h1 r1/2 |
| Giuseppe Castelli | 20 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h1 r1/2 |
| Franco Reyser | 24 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h1 r1/2 |
| Edgardo Toetti | 17 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h1 r1/2 |
| Enrico Torre | 26 | Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 3 h1 r1/2 |
| Giacomo Carlini | 23 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 |
| Luigi Facelli | 30 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 |
| Guido Cominotto | 26 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 |
| Ettore Tavernari | 23 | Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay | 3 h2 r1/2 |
| Luigi Facelli | 30 | Men's 400 metres Hurdles | 6 |
| Guido Cominotto | 26 | Men's 800 metres | 6 h2 r2/3 |
| Ettore Tavernari | 23 | Men's 800 metres | 4 h4 r1/3 |
| Albino Pighi | 25 | Men's Discus Throw | 19 QR |
| Camillo Zemi | 30 | Men's Discus Throw | 23 QR |
| Armando Poggioli | 39 | Men's Hammer Throw | 4 |
| Camillo Zemi | 30 | Men's Hammer Throw | 13 QR |
| Virgilio Tommasi | 23 | Men's Long Jump | 25T QR |
| Enrico Torre | 26 | Men's Long Jump | 25T QR |
| Giuseppe Ferrera | | Men's Marathon | 34 |
| Romeo Bertini | 35 | Men's Marathon | AC |
| Attilio Conton | 25 | Men's Marathon | AC |
| Stefano Natale | 25 | Men's Marathon | AC |
| Women (6) ||||
| Athlete | Age | Event | Rank |
| Derna Polazzo | 16 | Women's 100 metres | 3 h1 r1/3 |
| Luigia Bonfanti | | Women's 100 metres | 3 h5 r1/3 |
| Matilde Moraschi | 18 | Women's 100 metres | 4 h3 r1/3 |
| Luigia Bonfanti | | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 6 |
| Giannina Marchini | 22 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 6 |
| Derna Polazzo | 16 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 6 |
| Vittorina Vivenza | 15 | Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay | 6 |
| Giannina Marchini | 22 | Women's 800 metres | 9 h2 r1/2 |
| Piera Borsani | 18 | Women's Discus Throw | 13 |

## Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)
* Carlo Covagnioli → Bronze Medal
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Defeated Robert Sartos (BEL), points
   * Quarterfinals — Defeated Alfredo Gaona (MEX), points
   * Semifinals — Lost to Antal Kocsis (HUN), points
   * Third Place Match — Defeated Baddie Lebanon (RSA), points
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kg)
* Domenico Ceccerelli
   * First Round — Lost to Donald McCorkindale (RSA), points

## Cycling

12 cyclists, all men, represented Italy in 1928.

### Individual road race

* Allegro Grandi
* Michele Orecchia
* Ambrogio Beretta
* Marcello Neri

### Team road race

* Allegro Grandi
* Michele Orecchia
* Ambrogio Beretta
* Marcello Neri

### Sprint

* Edoardo Severgnini

### Time trial

* Angelo Cattaneo

### Tandem

* Francesco Malatesta
* Adolfo Corsi

### Team pursuit

* Luigi Tasselli
* Giacomo Gaioni
* Cesare Facciani
* Mario Lusiani

## Fencing

18 fencers, all men, represented Italy in 1928.

### Men's foil

* Giulio Gaudini
* Oreste Puliti
* Ugo Pignotti

### Men's team foil

* Ugo Pignotti, Giulio Gaudini, Giorgio Pessina, Gioacchino Guaragna, Oreste Puliti, Giorgio Chiavacci

### Men's team épée

* Giulio Basletta, Marcello Bertinetti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Carlo Agostoni, Renzo Minoli, Franco Riccardi

### Men's sabre

* Bino Bini
* Gustavo Marzi
* Arturo De Vecchi

### Men's team sabre

* Bino Bini, Oreste Puliti, Giulio Sarrocchi, Renato Anselmi, Emilio Salafia, Gustavo Marzi

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1928.
* Eugenio Pagnini
* Luigi Petrillo
* Carlo Simonetti