Italy at the Olympics

**Italy at the Olympics** includes 50 games in 23 countries and 4,000+ athletes. Since 1896, Italy (ITA) has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".

## History

The Italian National Olympic Committee was formed in 1908.  It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1915.

Italy's team first competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Italy has been at most of the **Olympic Games**, missing only the 1904 Summer Olympics.  Italian athletes have won 550 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 106 medals at the Winter Olympic Games.  Italy has won a total of 236 gold medals which makes them the 5th most successful country in Olympic history, below USA, Soviet Union, Germany and Great Britain.

Fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti has won the most medals for Italy.

### Summer Games

|Total|199|166|185|550||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1896 Athens|0|0|0|0||
|1900 Paris|3|2|0|5||
|1904 St. Louis|0|0|0|0||
|1908 London|2|2|0|4||
|1912 Stockholm|3|1|2|6||
|1920 Antwerp|13|5|5|23||
|1924 Paris|8|3|5|16||
|1928 Amsterdam|7|5|7|19||
|1932 Los Angeles|12|12|12|36||
|1936 Berlin|8|9|5|22||
|1948 London|8|11|8|27||
|1952 Helsinki|8|9|4|21||
|1956 Melbourne/Stockholm|8|8|9|25||
|1960 Rome (host nation)|13|10|13|36||
|1964 Tokyo|10|10|7|27||
|1968 Mexico City|3|4|9|16||
|1972 Munich|5|3|10|18||
|1976 Montreal|2|7|4|13||
|1980 Moscow|8|3|4|15||
|1984 Los Angeles|14|6|12|32||
|1988 Seoul|6|4|4|14||
|1992 Barcelona|6|5|8|19||
|1996 Atlanta|13|10|12|35||
|2000 Sydney|13|8|13|34||
|2004 Athens|10|11|11|32||
|2008 Beijing|8|9|10|27||
|2012 London|8|9|11|28||

#### Medals by summer sport

<span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;background:#E9D66B">    </span> **Leading in that sport**
|width=30%|Sport|width=14% style="background-color:gold"|Gold|width=14% style="background-color:silver"|Silver|width=14% style="background-color:#cc9966"|Bronze|width=14%|Total|width=14%|Details|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Fencing|48|40|33|121||||||||
|Cycling|33|16|9|58||||||||
|Athletics|19|15|26|60||||||||
|Boxing|15|15|17|47||||||||
|Gymnastics|14|6|10|30||||||||
|Rowing|10|14|12|36||||||||
|Shooting|12|12|11|35||||||||
|Equestrian|7|9|7|23||||||||
|Wrestling|7|4|9|20||||||||
|Canoeing|6|6|4|16||||||||
|Weightlifting|5|4|5|14||||||||
|Swimming|4|4|10|18||||||||
|Water polo|4|2|2|8||||||||
|Diving|3|4|2|9||||||||
|Sailing|3|3|8|14||||||||
|Judo|3|3|7|13||||||||
|Modern pentathlon|2|2|3|7||||||||
|Archery|2|2|3|7||||||||
|Taekwondo|1|1|1|3||||||||
|Football|1|0|2|3||||||||
|Volleyball|0|2|3|5||||||||
|Basketball|0|2|0|2||||||||
|Tennis|0|0|1|1||||||||

### Winter Games

|Total|37|32|37|106|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1924 Chamonix|0|0|0|0|
|1928 St. Moritz|0|0|0|0|
|1932 Lake Placid|0|0|0|0|
|1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen|0|0|0|0|
|1948 St. Moritz|1|0|0|1|
|1952 Oslo|1|0|1|2|
|1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo (host nation)|1|2|0|3|
|1960 Squaw Valley|0|0|1|1|
|1964 Innsbruck|0|1|3|4|
|1968 Grenoble|4|0|0|4|
|1972 Sapporo|2|2|1|5|
|1976 Innsbruck|1|2|1|4|
|1980 Lake Placid|0|2|0|2|
|1984 Sarajevo|2|0|0|2|
|1988 Calgary|2|1|2|5|
|1992 Albertville|4|6|4|14|
|1994 Lillehammer|7|5|8|20|
|1998 Nagano|2|6|2|10|
|2002 Salt Lake City|4|4|5|13|
|2006 Turin (host nation)|5|0|6|11|
|2010 Vancouver|1|1|3|5|

#### Medals by winter sport

|Total|37|32|37|106|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Alpine skiing|13|8|7|28|
|Cross-country skiing|9|12|13|34|
|Luge|7|4|5|16|
|Bobsleigh|4|4|4|12|
|Speed skating|2|0|1|3|
|Short track speed skating|1|2|2|5|
|Skeleton|1|0|0|1|
|Biathlon|0|1|2|3|
|Snowboarding|0|1|1|2|
|Figure skating|0|0|1|1|
|Nordic combined|0|0|1|1|

## Host country

Italy has hosted the Games three times:
- 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo
- 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
- 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino

## Related pages

- List of IOC country codes

## Other websites

- _Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano_ website
- Italy at Olympic.org
- Italy profile at London2012.com

## Infobox (country at games)

- **noc**: ITA
- **nocname**: Italian National Olympic Committee
- **games**: Summer Olympics
- **website**:  
- **rank**: 6
- **gold**: 246
- **silver**: 214
- **bronze**: 241
- **seealso**: Italy at the 1906 Intercalated Games, 1906 Intercalated Games