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Encyclopedia > Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Italy at the Olympic Games

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IOC code: ITA
NOC: Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano
external link (Italian)
1908 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors 68 (all men) 
Medals Gold
2		 Silver
2		 Bronze
0		 Total
4
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Italy competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the third appearance of the European nation, which had not competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946). ... National flag and state ensign. ... The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allocates three-letter country codes to all National Olympic Committees and other groups competing in the Olympic Games. ... National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide olympic movement. ... The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad, were held in 1908 in London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This is the full table of the medal count of the 1908 Summer Olympics. ... Flag of Italy Flag used from 1896 to 1936 Italy has competed at most of the modern Summer Olympics, missing only the 1904 Summer Olympics. ... Flag of Italy One competitor from Italy was present at the 1896 Summer Olympics. ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris under the IOC country code ITA. It was the second appearance of the European nation. ... Italy competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. ... Italy competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... Italy competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. ... Italy competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. ... Italy competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. ... Italy competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Italy competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). ... Italy was the host nation for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan under the IOC country code ITA. It was the thirteenth appearance of the European nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1900. ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico under the IOC country code ITA. It was the fourteenth appearance of the European nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1900. ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich under the IOC country code ITA. It was the fifteenth appearance of the European nation, which was represented by a total number of 239 athletes (210 men, 29 women). ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal under the IOC country code ITA. It was the sixteenth appearance of the European nation, which was represented by a total number of 212 athletes (185 men, 27 women). ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow under the IOC country code ITA. It was the seventeenth appearance of the European nation, which was represented by a total number of 289 athletes (242 men, 47 women). ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California under the IOC country code ITA. It was the eighteenth appearance of the European nation, which was represented by a total number of 289 athletes (237 men, 52 women). ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona under the IOC country code ITA. It was the twentieth appearance of the European nation, which was represented by a total number of 318 athletes (240 men, 78 women). ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Italy competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. ... Flag of Italy Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics // Medals Results by event Archery Mens individual: Marco Galiazzo - gold medal Ilario di Buo - 16th place Michele Frangilli - 31st place Womens individual: Natalia Valeeva - 53rd place Mens team: Ilario di Buo, Michele Frangilli, and Marco Galiazzo - 7th place... Italy competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. ... Italy competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States. ... Italy competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. ... Italy competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. ... Italy competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. ... Italy competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. ... Italy competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. ... Italy competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. ... Italy competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. ... Italy competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. ... Flag of Italy Italy was the host country of the 2006 Winter Olympics and was represented by 184 athletes. ... The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad, were held in 1908 in London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... participants The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. ...

Contents

Results by event

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Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Italy's best athletics result was Emilio Lunghi's silver medal in the 800 metres. Pietri Dorando's first-place finish in the marathon was erased by disqualification as a pair of race officials had helped him across the finish line. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, twenty-six athletics events were contested. ... Emilio Lunghi (Genoa, Mar. ...

Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metres Heats Gaspare Torretta 12.0 seconds
2nd, heat 16		 Did not advance
Umberto Barrozzi Unknown
4th, heat 7
Men's 200 metres Heats Umberto Barrozzi Unknown
2nd, heat 8		 Did not advance
Emilio Brambilla Unknown
5th, heat 11
Men's 400 metres Heats Roberto Penna Unknown
2nd, heat 4		 Did not advance
Massimo Cartasegna Unknown
2nd, heat 10
Giuseppe Tarella Unknown
3rd, heat 11
Men's 800 metres 2nd Emilio Lunghi None held 1:57.2
1st, semifinal 4		 1:54.2
Men's 1500 metres Semi-
finalist		 Emilio Lunghi None held Unknown
2nd, semifinal 3		 Did not advance
— Massimo Cartasegna Did not finish
—, semifinal 3
Men's 3200 metre steeplechase Semi-
finalist		 Massimo Cartasegna None held Unknown
2nd, semifinal 1		 Did not advance
Men's 3 mile team race — Pericle Pagliani None held 15:22.6
5 points, team=X		 Did not advance
Massimo Cartasegna 16:26.0
6 points, team=X
Pietri Dorando Did not finish
No score, team=X
Emilio Gionavoli Did not finish
No score, team=X
Emilio Lunghi Did not finish
No score, team=X
Men's 5 miles Semi-
finalist		 Pericle Pagliani None held Unknown
3rd, semifinal 2		 Did not advance
Men's marathon — Pietri Dorando None held Disqualified
Umberto Blasi Did not finish
A. Cocca Did not start
Event Place Athlete Distance
Men's discus throw 12-42 Umberto Avattaneo Unknown
Men's Greek discus 10th Umberto Avattaneo 29.15 metres
Men's freestyle javelin 10-33 Emilio Brambilla Unknown

The mens 100 metres was the shortest of the sprint races at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. ... The mens 200 metre race was held for the third time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. ... The mens 400 metres was an Olympic event for the fourth time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. ... The mens 800 metres made its fourth Olympic appearance at the 1908 Summer Olympics. ... Emilio Lunghi (Genoa, Mar. ... The mens 1,500 metres was an Olympic event for the fourth times at the 1908 Summer Olympics. ... The mens 3,200 metres steeplechase was held for the first and only time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. ... The mens 3 miles team race was a unique event featured only at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. ... The mens 5 miles race was held at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. ... Dorando Pietri finishes the marathon. ... The mens discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. ... The mens Greek-style discus throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. ... The mens freestyle javelin throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. ...

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

No Italian cyclist advanced to the finals in any event. Morisetti's second-place finish in the fourth semifinal of the sprint was the best performance by an Italian cyclist. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, seven cycling events were contested. ...

Event Place Cyclist Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 5000 metres Semi-
finalist		 Guglielmo Malatesta None held Unknown
3rd, semifinal 1		 Did not advance
Luigi Arizini Unknown
3rd, semifinal 5
Guglielmo Morisetti Unknown
3rd, semifinal 6
Men's 20 kilometres Semi-
finalist		 Guglielmo Morisetti None held Unknown
4th, semifinal 6		 Did not advance
Men's 100 kilometres — Luigi Arizini None held Did not finish
—, semifinal 2		 Did not advance
Guglielmo Malatesta Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Battista Parini Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Men's sprint Semi-
finalist		 Guglielmo Morisetti 1:21.4
1st, heat 11		 Unknown
2nd, semifinal 4		 Did not advance
Heats Guglielmo Malatesta Unknown
3rd, heat 1		 Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Diver Prelimary
groups		 Semi-
finals		 Final
Men's 3 metre springboard 19th Carlo Bonfanti 65.80 points
4th, group 4		 Did not advance

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two diving events were contested. ...

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Fencer First
round		 Second
round		 Semi-
final		 Final
Men's épée Second
round		 Riccardo Nowak 3-2 (3rd in L) 2-3 (3rd in 6) Did not advance
Giulio Cagiati 4-2 (2nd in F) 1-2 (3rd in 8)
Pietro Speciale 3-3 (3rd in B) 1-3 (4th in 3)
Marcelo Bertinetti 3-1 (1st in K) 1-3 (4th in 5)
First
round		 Dino Diana 4-4 (4th in D) Did not advance
Sante Ceccherini 4-4 (4th in E)
Giuseppe Mangiarotti 5-3 (4th in I)
Pietro Sarzano 2-4 (4th in J)
Alessandro Pirzio Biroli 3-4 (5th in H)
Men's sabre Semi-
finalist		 Marcelo Bertinetti 4-1 (1st in H) 4-0 (1st in 7) 3-4 (5th in 1) Did not advance
Sante Ceccherini 4-1 (2nd in G) 3-1 (2nd in 5) 0-7 (8th in 2)
Second
round		 Riccardo Nowak 4-2 (2nd in M) 1-3 (4th in 3) Did not advance
Alessandro Pirzio Biroli 2-1 (1st in E) 1-3 (4th in 7)
First
round		 Dino Diana 2-3 (5th in C) Did not advance
Arolodo Pinelli 2-3 (5th in K)
Pietro Sarzano 2-4 (6th in J)
Event Place Fencers Play-in
match		 First
round		 Semi-
finals		 Final Repechage Silver
medal match
Men's team épée 4th Marcelo Bertinetti
Giuseppe Mangiarotti
Riccardo Nowak
Abelardo Olivier		 Bye Defeated Bohemia
12-7
Advanced to
semifinals		 Lost to Belgium
9-8
Out
4th place		 Did not advance Not relegated
Men's team sabre 2nd Marcello Bertinetti (all)
Riccardo Nowak (rep)
Abelardo Olivier (all)
Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli (all)
Sante Ceccherini (1st, sf) [1]		 Not held Defeated Great Britain
11-5
Advanced to
semifinals		 Lost to Hungary
11-5
Relegated to
repechage		 Did not advance Defeated Germany
10-4
Advanced to
silver medal match		 Defeated Bohemia
Walkover
Won
silver medal

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four fencing events were contested. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom under the IOC country code BOH. It was the third appearance of the European nation, which had missed only the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom under the IOC country code BOH. It was the third appearance of the European nation, which had missed only the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics. ...

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Gymnast Score
Men's all-around 1st Alberto Braglia 317
20th Guido Romano Unknown
21-94 Otello Capitani Unknown
Event Place Gymnast Score
Men's team 6th Alfredo Accorsi, Nemo Agodi, Umberto Agharini, Adriano Andreani, Vincenzo Blo, Flaminio Bottoni, Bruto Buozzi, Giovanni Bonati, Pietro Borsetti, Adamo Bozzani, Gastone Calabresi, Carlo Celada, Tito Collevati, Antonio Cotichini, Guido Cristofori, Stanislao di Chiara, Giovanni Gasperini, Amedeo Marchi, Carlo Marchiandi, Ettore Massari, Roberto Nardini, Gaetano Preti, Decio Pavarri, Gino Ravenna, Massimo Ridolfi, Gustavo Taddia, Gianetto Termanini, Ugo Savanuzzi, Gioacchino Vaccari 316

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two gymnastics events were contested. ... The mens individual all-around, also known as the heptathlon, was one of two gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ... The mens team was one of two gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ...

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Rowers First
round		 Quarter-
finals		 Semi-
finals		 Final
Men's single sculls 5th Gino Ciabatti Bye Unknown
2nd, quarterfinal 2		 Did not advance

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four rowing events were contested. ... The mens single sculls was one of four rowing events on the Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ...

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Swimmer Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metre freestyle Heats Davide Baiardo Unknown
3-6, heat 1		 Did not advance
Men's 400 metre freestyle Heats Mario Massa Unknown
3rd, heat 6		 Did not advance
— Davide Baiardo Did not finish
—, heat 4
Men's 1500 metre freestyle Heats Oreste Muzzi 28:52.6
3rd, heat 1		 Did not advance
Men's 100 metre backstroke Heats Amilcare Beretta Unknown
3rd, heat 4		 Did not advance
Men's 200 metre breaststroke Heats Amilcare Beretta Unknown
4th, heat 4		 Did not advance

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, six swimming events were contested. ... The mens 100 metre freestyle was one of 6 swimming events on the Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ... The mens 400 metre freestyle was one of 6 swimming events on the Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ... The mens 1500 metre freestyle was one of 6 swimming events on the Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ... The mens 100 metre backstroke was one of 6 swimming events on the Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ... The mens 200 metre breaststroke was one of 6 swimming events on the Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ...

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Italy's lone wrestler in 1908 was undefeated in his four bouts, winning each match to win the gold medal in the Greco-Roman lightweight class. At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, nine wrestling events were contested, all for men. ...

Event Place Wrestler Round
of 32		 Round
of 16		 Quarter-
finals		 Semi-
finals		 Final
Greco-Roman lightweight 1st Enrico Porro Bye Defeated
Téger		 Defeated
Malmström		 Defeated
Persson		 Defeated
Orlov
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Hungary 1 0 1.000
Russia 1 0 1.000
Sweden 2 0 1.000
Total 4 0 1.000

The Greco-Roman lightweight was one of four Greco-Roman wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. ...

Notes

  1. ^ This fencer competed in the team event, but is not listed in the IOC medallist database.

Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). Top London 1908 Olympians. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on 9 June 2006.

 

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