Italy at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Italy competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 129 competitors, 114 men and 15 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Rome, an Italian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.Medalists
Gold
- Leandro Faggin — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Antonio Domenicali, Leandro Faggin, Valentino Gasparella, Franco Gandini and Virginio Pizzali — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
- Ercole Baldini — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Luigi Carpaneda, Manlio di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Antonio Spallino, and Vittorio Lucarelli — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
- Carlo Pavesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Giorgio Anglesio, Franco Bertinetti, Giuseppe Delfino, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Carlo Pavesi, and Alberto Pellegrino — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
- Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, and Ivo Stefanoni — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
- Galliano Rossini — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
Silver
- Franco Nenci — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Guglielmo Pesenti — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint
- Raimondo d'Inzeo — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Piero d'Inzeo, Raimondo d'Inzeo, and Salvatore Oppes — Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Giancarlo Bergamini — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Giuseppe Delfino — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Ignazio Fabra — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
- Agostino Straulino and Nicolò Rode — Sailing, Men's Star Competition
Bronze
- Giacomo Bozzano — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Giuseppe Ogna and Cesare Pinarello — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem
- Piero d'Inzeo — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
- Antonio Spallino — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Edoardo Mangiarotti — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Alessandro Ciceri — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
- Ermanno Pignatti — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Alberto Pigaiani — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
- Adelmo Bulgarelli — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
Athletics
Results
Boxing
Cycling
;Sprint
- Guglielmo Pesenti — Silver Medal
;Time trial
;Tandem
Giuseppe Ogna — Bronze Medal
;Team pursuit
Franco Gandini
Leandro Faggin
Valentino Gasparella
Virginio Pizzali — 4:37.4
;Team road race
Arnaldo Pambianco
Dino Bruni — 36 points
;Individual road race
- Ercole Baldini — 5:21:17
- Arnaldo Pambianco — 5:23:40
- Dino Bruni — 5:27:28
- Aurelio Cestari — 5:34:20
Fencing
19 fencers, 17 men and 2 women, represented Italy in 1956.
;Men's foil
- Giancarlo Bergamini
- Antonio Spallino
- Edoardo Mangiarotti
;Men's team foil
;Men's épée
- Carlo Pavesi
- Giuseppe Delfino
- Edoardo Mangiarotti
;Men's team épée
- Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Franco Bertinetti, Giorgio Anglesio, Alberto Pellegrino
;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre
;Women's foil
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1956.
;Individual
Italy had 21 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1956.
; Men's single sculls
; Men's coxless pair
; Men's coxless four
; Men's coxed four
- Alberto Winkler
- Romano Sgheiz
- Angelo Vanzin
- Franco Trincavelli
- Ivo Stefanoni
; Men's eight
Shooting
Five shooters represented Italy in 1956. In the trap event, Galliano Rossini won gold and Alessandro Ciceri won bronze.
;25 m pistol
;50 m pistol
;50 m rifle, three positions
;Trap
- Galliano Rossini
- Alessandro Ciceri
Swimming
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
;Men's Team Competition
Wrestling
