Italy at the Olympics

Italy at the Olympics includes 50 games in 23 countries and 4,000+ athletes.SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), "Italy" ; retrieved 2012-7-27. Since 1896, Italy (ITA) has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".
Olympics.org,  "Factsheet: The Olympic Movement"; retrieved 2012-7-27.

History
The Italian National Olympic Committee was formed in 1908.  It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1915.Olympic.org,  Italy; retrieved 2012-7-27.

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.

Medalists
Summer Games
 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  Total  199  166  185  550  

Medals by summer sport
     Leading in that sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotalDetails 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  Total  199  166  185  550

Winter Games
 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  Total  37  32  37  106

Medals by winter sport
 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 Total  37  32  37  106

Host country
Italy has hosted the Games three times:
1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'AmpezzoSR/Olympics, "1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games" ; retrieved 2012-7-27. 
1960 Summer Olympics in RomeSR/Olympics, "1960 Roma Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-7-27. 
2006 Winter Olympics in TorinoSR/Olympics, "2006 Torino Winter Games" ; retrieved 2012-7-27.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites

  Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano website  
 Italy at Olympic.org
 Italy profile at London2012.com 

Category:Nations at the Olympics
Category:Italy at multi-sport events