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Londra 1948

XIV edition of the Summer Olympics

29 July - 14 August 1948

Medal table

  • Medaglia d'Oro 8
  • Medaglia d'Argento 11
  • Medaglia di Bronzo 8

STATISTICS

  • Nations 59
  • Athletes 4071 (3678 men; 393 women)
  • Italian Athletes 183 (165 men; 19 women)

London, despite the deep wounds inflicted by the war, wanted to fully honour the commitment made in 1939 (at the time the Games were awarded by the IOC to the British capital, with Rome losing out by 20 votes to 11). The defeated countries, headed by Germany and Japan, were absent, along with the Soviets for reasons never specified. The efforts by the British, strongly supported by countries of the Commonwealth, had the consolation of excellent sporting results. The heroine of the Games was Dutch athlete "Fanny" Blankers-Koen, the "flying housewife" winner of four gold medals on the track. For the Italians, a one-two in the discus with Adolfo Consolini and Beppe Tosi. With third in the medal table, the Italian athletes, who with great courage Giulio Onesti had wanted at the Games, managed to come ahead of the home nation.

Athlete Medal Sport
Adolfo CONSOLINI GOLD Athletics Discus throw
Ernesto FORMENTI GOLD Boxing 58kg
Mario GHELLA GOLD Cycling Sprint
Renato PERONA , Ferdinando TERUZZI GOLD Cycling Track Tandem
Luigi CANTONE GOLD Fencing Individual Epée
Franco FAGGI , Giovanni INVERNIZZI , Giuseppe MOIOLI , Elio MORILLE GOLD Rowing Coxless Four (4-)
Ermenegildo ARENA , Emilio BULGARELLI , Pasquale BUONOCORE , Aldo GHIRA , Mario MAJONI , Geminio OGNIO , Gianfranco PANDOLFINI , Tullio PANDOLFINI , Cesare RUBINI GOLD Water Polo Men's Tournament
Pietro LOMBARDI GOLD Wrestling Greco Roman 52kg
Edera CORDIALE - GENTILE SILVER Athletics Discus throw
Giuseppe TOSI SILVER Athletics Discus throw
Amelia PICCININI SILVER Athletics Shot put
Spartaco BANDINELLI SILVER Boxing 51kg
Giovanni Battista ZUDDAS SILVER Boxing 54kg
Arnaldo BENFENATI , Guido BERNARDI , Anselmo CITTERIO , Rino PUCCI SILVER Cycling Track Team Pursuit
Vincenzo PINTON SILVER Fencing Individual Sabre
Carlo AGOSTONI , Luigi CANTONE , Marco Antonio MANDRUZZATO , Edoardo MANGIAROTTI , Dario MANGIAROTTI , Fiorenzo MARINI SILVER Fencing Team Epée
Giuliano NOSTINI SILVER Fencing Team Foil
Manlio DI ROSA , Edoardo MANGIAROTTI , Renzo NOSTINI , Giorgio PELLINI , Saverio RAGNO SILVER Fencing Team Foil
Gastone DARÈ , Aldo MONTANO , Renzo NOSTINI , Vincenzo PINTON , Mauro RACCA , Carlo TURCATO SILVER Fencing Team Sabre
Alberto RADI , Giovanni STEFFÉ , Aldo TARLAO SILVER Rowing Coxed pair
Carlo MONTI , Enrico PERUCCONI , Antonio SIDDI , Michele TITO BRONZE Athletics 4 x 100 m relay
Alessandro D'OTTAVIO BRONZE Boxing 67kg
Ivano FONTANA BRONZE Boxing 73kg
Edoardo MANGIAROTTI BRONZE Fencing Individual Epée
Bruno BONI , Felice FANETTI BRONZE Rowing Coxless Pair (2-)
Romolo CATASTA BRONZE Rowing Single Sculls (1x)
Ercole GALLEGATI BRONZE Wrestling Greco Roman 79kg
Guido FANTONI BRONZE Wrestling Greco Roman 87kg
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