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Amsterdam 1928

IX edition of the Summer Olympics

17 May - 12 August 1928

Medal table

  • Medaglia d'Oro 7
  • Medaglia d'Argento 5
  • Medaglia di Bronzo 7

STATISTICS

  • Nations 46
  • Athletes 2868 (2596 men; 272 women)
  • Italian Athletes 164 (146 men: 18 women)

Another wonderful edition of the quadrennial event: the Dutch games were simple and with an air of a great serenity. Italians, in order to overcome the economic hurdle of taking part, went to Amsterdam on the steamship Solunto that for the entire duration of the Games was also their residence (a solution also adopted by the USA and Finland). German athletes were welcomed back into the Olympic fold (they had also been excluded in 1924): in the final medals table, the Germans were only beaten by the Americans. For the first time women were allowed to take part in athletics events: until then the International Federation had prevented them from doing so. In line with the ideas of de Coubertin who did not want women at Olympia.

Athlete Medal Sport
Vittorio TAMAGNINI GOLD Boxing 53,52kg
Carlo ORLANDI GOLD Boxing 61,24kg
Piero TOSCANI GOLD Boxing 72,57kg
Cesare FACCIANI , Giacomo GAIONI , Mario LUSIANI , Luigi TASSELLI GOLD Cycling Track Team Pursuit
Carlo AGOSTONI , Giulio BASLETTA , Marcello BERTINETTI , Giancarlo CORNAGGIA-MEDICI , Renzo MINOLI , Franco RICCARDI GOLD Fencing Team Epée
Giorgio CHIAVACCI , Giulio GAUDINI , Gioacchino GUARAGNA , Giorgio PESSINA , Ugo PIGNOTTI , Oreste PULITI GOLD Fencing Team Foil
Giliante D'ESTE , Giovanni DELISE , Valerio PERENTIN , Renato PETRONIO , NicolÒ VITTORI GOLD Rowing Coxed Four
Gustavo MARZI SILVER Fencing Team Sabre
Renato ANSELMI , Bino BINI , Oreste PULITI , Emilio SALAFIA , Giulio SARROCCHI SILVER Fencing Team Sabre
Romeo NERI SILVER Gymnastics Artistic High Bar
Bianca AMBROSETTI , Lavinia GIANONI , Luigina GIAVOTTI , Virginia GIORGI , Germana MALABARBA , Carla MARANGONI , Luigina PERVERSI , Diana PIZZAVINI , Anna TANZINI , Carolina TRONCONI , Ines VERCESI , Rita VITTADINI SILVER Gymnastics Artistic Team All-Around
Pierino GABETTI SILVER Weightlifting -60 kg
Carlo GALIMBERTI SILVER Weightlifting 75 kg
Carlo CAVAGNOLI BRONZE Boxing 50,80kg
Giulio GAUDINI BRONZE Fencing Individual Foil
Bino BINI BRONZE Fencing Individual Sabre
Adolfo BALONCIERI , Elvio BANCHERO , Delfo BELLINI , Fulvio BERNARDINI , Umberto CALIGARIS , Giampiero COMBI , Giovanni DE PRÀ , Pietro GENOVESI , Antonio JANNI , Virgilio LEVRATTO , Mario MAGNOZZI , Silvio PIETROBONI , Alfredo PITTO , Enrico RIVOLTA , Virginio ROSETTA , Gino ROSSETTI , Angelo SCHIAVIO BRONZE Football Men's Tournament
Umberto BONADÈ , Pietro FRESCHI , Paolo GENNARI , Cesare ROSSI BRONZE Rowing Coxless Four (4-)
Giovanni GOZZI BRONZE Wrestling Greco Roman 58kg
Girolamo QUAGLIA BRONZE Wrestling Greco Roman 60kg
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