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Monaco 1972

XX edition of the Summer Olympics

26 August - 11 September 1972

Medal table

  • Medaglia d'Oro 5
  • Medaglia d'Argento 3
  • Medaglia di Bronzo 10

STATISTICS

  • Nations 122
  • Athletes 7113 (6054 men; 1059 women)
  • Italian Athletes 224 (197 men; 27 women)

The Germans of Bavaria prepared an Olympics on a great scale, both in terms of technology and structures. And the first 10 days proved it was the right move. The competitions provided us with outstanding sporting results, such as those of Mike Spitz who managed to win seven gold medals. But the Munich Games will go down in history, not only Olympic, stained by the Israeli massacre. On the morning of the 5th of September, eight militants of "Black September" entered the Olympic village and captured 11 Jewish athletes asking, in exchange for their freedom, that of many Arab terrorists held in Israeli prisons. The refusal to negotiate led to a clash with German special forces during which all of the Israeli hostages and several terrorists were killed. The Games were suspended for a day: something that had never happened before not even in ancient times.

Athlete Medal Sport
Klaus DIBIASI GOLD Diving 10m Platform
Graziano MANCINELLI GOLD Equestrian Individual Jumping
Antonella RAGNO - LONZI GOLD Fencing Individual Foil
Michele MAFFEI , Mario Tullio MONTANO , Mario Aldo MONTANO , Rolando RIGOLI , Cesare SALVADORI GOLD Fencing Team Sabre
Angelo SCALZONE GOLD Shotgun Trap
Franco CAGNOTTO SILVER Diving 3m Springboard
Alessandro ARGENTON SILVER Equestrian Individual Eventing
Novella CALLIGARIS SILVER Swimming 400m Freestyle
Paola PIGNI - CACCHI BRONZE Athletics 1500m
Pietro MENNEA BRONZE Athletics 200m
Franco CAGNOTTO BRONZE Diving 10m Platform
Piero D'INZEO , Raimondo D'INZEO , Graziano MANCINELLI , Vittorio ORLANDI BRONZE Equestrian Team Jumping
Silvano BASAGNI BRONZE Shotgun Trap
Novella CALLIGARIS BRONZE Swimming 400m Individual Medley
Novella CALLIGARIS BRONZE Swimming 800m Freestyle
Anselmo SILVINO BRONZE Weightlifting 75 kg
Giuseppe BOGNANNI BRONZE Wrestling Greco Roman 52kg
Gian Matteo RANZI BRONZE Wrestling Greco Roman 68kg
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