Italy competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Italy competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 159 competitors, 121 men and 38 women, took part in 88 events in 19 sports.
Medalists
Gold Pietro Mennea — Athletics, Men's 200 metres Maurizio Damilano — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk Sara Simeoni — Athletics, Women's High Jump Patrizio Oliva — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight Federico Roman — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition Ezio Gamba — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg) Luciano Giovannetti — Shooting, Men's Trap Claudio Pollio — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight
Silver Marco Solfrini, Renzo Vecchiato, Renato Villalta, Dino Meneghin, Romeo Sacchetti, Michael Silvester, Pietro Generali, Enrico Gilardi, Pierluigi Marzorati, Marco Bonamico, Roberto Brunamonti, and Fabrizio Della Fiori — Basketball, Men's Team Competition Marina Sciocchetti, Anna Casagrande, Federico Roman, and Mauro Roman — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition Ferdinando Meglio, Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano, and Marco Romano — Fencing, Sabre Team Competition
Bronze Giancarlo Ferrari — Archery, Men's Individual Competition Mauro Zuliani, Stefano Malinverni, Pietro Mennea, and Roberto Tozzi — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Giorgio Cagnotto — Diving, Men's Springboard Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition
Archery
For the first time, Italy entered a woman in the Olympic archery competition. She placed a respectable tenth place. Giancarlo Ferrari repeated his bronze medal-winning performance of four years earlier.
Women's Individual Competition: Franca Capetta — 2342 points (→ 10th place)
Men's Individual Competition: Giancarlo Ferrari — 2449 points (→ Bronze Medal) Sante Spigarelli — 2405 points (→ 14th place)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Pietro Mennea Heat — 10.56 Quarterfinals — 10.27 Semifinals — 10.58 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres Carlo Grippo Heat — 1:48.9 Semifinals — 1:48.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres Vittorio Fontanella Heat — 3:40.1 Semifinals — 3:40.1 Final — 3:40.4 (→ 5th place)
Men's Marathon Massimo Magnani Final — 2:13:12 (→ 8th place)
Marco Marchei Final — 2:23:21 (→ 35th place)
Men's 4x400 metres Relay Stefano Malinverni, Mauro Zuliani, Roberto Tozzi, and Pietro Mennea Heat — 3:03.5 Final — 3:04.3 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase Giuseppe Gerbi Heat — 8:37.1 Semifinals — 8:27.2 Final — 8:18.5 (→ 6th place)
Roberto Volpi Heat — 8:35.6 Semifinals — 8:29.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump Marco Tamberi Qualification — 2.21 m Final — 2.15 m (→ 15th place)
Oscar Raise Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
Paolo Borghi Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw Giampaolo Urlando Qualification — 72.20 m Final Round — 73.90 m (→ 7th place)
Men's Decathlon Alessandro Brogini Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 20 km Walk Maurizio Damilano Final — 1:23:35.5 (→ Gold Medal)
Giorgio Damilano Final — 1:33:26.2 (→ 11th place)
Women's 100 metres Marisa Masullo Heat — 11.77 Quarterfinals — 11.57 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres Gabriella Dorio Heat — 2:01.4 Semifinals — 1:59.0 Final — 1:59.2 (→ 8th place)
Agnese Possamai Heat — 2:04.1 (→ did not advance)
Daniela Porcelli Heat — 2:10.7 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres Gabriella Dorio Heat — 4:05.0 Final — 4:00.3 (→ 4th place)
Agnese Possamai Heat — 4:14.7 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump Sara Simeoni Qualification — 1.88 m Final — 1.97 m (→ Gold Medal)
Women's Javelin Throw Fausta Quintavalla Qualification — 58.76 m Final — 57.52 m (→ 12th place)
Women's Shot Put Cinzia Petrucci Final — 17.27 m (→ 14th place)
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group C) Defeated Sweden (92–77) Lost to Australia (77–84) Defeated Cuba (79–72) Semi Final Round (Group A) Lost to Yugoslavia (81–102) Defeated Soviet Union (87–85) Lost to Brazil (77–90) Defeated Spain (95–89) Final Lost to Yugoslavia (77–86) → Silver Medal
Team Roster: Romeo Sacchetti Roberto Brunamonti Michael Silvester Enrico Gilardi Fabrizio Della Fiori Marco Solfrini Marco Bonamico Dino Meneghin Renato Villalta Renzo Vecchiato Pierluigi Marzorati Pietro Generali
Boxing
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Carlo Russolillo First Round — Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0–5)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) Patrizio Oliva → Gold Medal First Round — Defeated Aurelien Agnan (Benin) after referee stopped contest in first round Second Round — Defeated Farez Halabi (Syria) after referee stopped contest in first round Quarter Finals — Defeated Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (3–2) Semi Finals — Defeated Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (5–0) Final — Defeated Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (4–1)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) Francesco Damiani First Round — Defeated Teodor Pîrjol (Romania) on points (4–1) Quarter Finals — Lost to Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (0–5)
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Italy in 1980.
Individual road race Marco Cattaneo Gianni Giacomini Giuseppe Petito Alberto Minetti
Team time trial Mauro De Pellegrini Gianni Giacomini Ivano Maffei Alberto Minetti
Sprint Ottavio Dazzan
1000m time trial Guido Bontempi
Individual pursuit Pierangelo Bincoletto
Team pursuit Pierangelo Bincoletto Guido Bontempi Ivano Maffei Silvestro Milani
Diving
Men's Springboard Giorgio Cagnotto Preliminary Round — 556.32 points (→ 6th place) Final — 871.500 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Equestrianism
Fencing
13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1980.
Men's foil Federico Cervi
Men's épée Stefano Bellone Marco Falcone Angelo Mazzoni
Men's sabre Michele Maffei Ferdinando Meglio Mario Aldo Montano
Men's team sabre Mario Aldo Montano, Michele Maffei, Ferdinando Meglio, Marco Romano
Women's foil Dorina Vaccaroni Anna Rita Sparaciari Susanna Batazzi
Women's team foil Dorina Vaccaroni, Anna Rita Sparaciari, Susanna Batazzi, Carola Mangiarotti, Clara Mochi
Judo
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1980.
Individual Pierpaolo Cristofori
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle Paolo Revelli Heats — 52.74 (→ did not advance) Fabrizio Rampazzo Heats — 52.71 (→ did not advance) Raffaele Franceschi Heats — 52.26 Semi-Finals — 51,87 Final — 51.69 (→ 5th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle Paolo Revelli Heats — 1:52.56 Final — 1:52.76 (→ 6th place) Fabrizio Rampezzo Heats — 1:52.62 Final — 1:53.25 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Paolo Revelli, Raffaele Franceschi, Andrea Ceccarini, and Fabrizio Rampazzo Final — 7:30.37 (→ 5th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke Manuela Carosi Final — 1.05.10 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke Monica Bonon Heats — 1:12.36 Final — 1:12.51 (→ 8th place)
Sabrina Seminatore Heats — 1:13.76 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Laura Foralosso, Sabrina Seminatore, Cinzia Savi-Scarponi, and Monica Vallarin Final — 4:19.06 (→ 5th place)
Volleyball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Lost to Cuba (0–3) Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–2) Lost to Soviet Union (0–3) Lost to Bulgaria (1–3) Classification Match 9th/10th place: Defeated Libya (3–0) → 9th place
Team Roster Antonio Bonini Claudio di Coste Mauro di Bernardo Sebastiano Greco Francesco Dall'Olio Giulio Belletti Fabrizio Nassi Giancarlo Dametto Stefano Sibani Giovanni Lanfranco Fabio Innocenti Franco Bertoli
Water polo
Men's Team Competition Team Roster Alberto Alberani Roldano Simeoni Alfio Misaggi Sante Marsili Massimo Fondelli Gianni de Magistris Antonello Steardo Paolo Ragosa Romeo Collina Vincenzo d'Angelo Umberto Panerai
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
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