Italy
The first Italian to become Olympic Champion was 22-year old Gian Giorgio Trissino who cleared 1.85m with his mount Oreste in the equestrian high jump on 2 June 1900 at Paris. Trissino had to share the Gold with Frenchman Dominique Maximien Gardéres who cleared the same height with his mount Canela.
146 Italians (all but one are men) became Olympic Champions prior to WW2 for a total haul of 56 Gold.
M/F |
Name |
Year |
Gold |
SPORT |
born |
died |
M |
Gian Giorgio Trissino |
1900 |
1 |
EQUESTRIAN |
22.7.1877 |
22.12.1963 |
M |
Antonio Conte |
1900 |
1 |
FENCING |
1867 |
|
M |
Alberto Braglia |
1908 |
3 |
GYMNASTICS |
23.3.1883 |
5.2.1954 |
M |
Enrico Porro |
1908 |
1 |
Wrestling - Greco-Roman |
16.1.1885 |
4.5.1967 |
M |
Nedo Nadi |
1912 |
6 |
FENCING |
9.6.1894 |
29.1.1940 |
M |
Pietro Bianchi |
1912 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
3.9.1889 |
1.7.1965 |
M |
Guido Boni |
1912 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
26.3.1894 |
15.12.1956 |
M |
Giuseppe Domenichelli |
1912 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
31.7.1887 |
13.3.1955 |
M |
Carlo Fregosi |
1912 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
22.2.1882 |
13.11.1968 |
M |
Alfredo Gollini |
1912 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
24.12.1881 |
22.4.1957 |
M |
Francesco Loi |
1912 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
21.2.1891 |
9.3.1977 |
M |
Luigi Maiocco |
1912 |
3 |
GYMNASTICS |
15.10.1892 |
11.12.1965 |
M |
Lorenzo Mangiante |
1912 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
14.3.1891 |
16.6.1936 |
M |
Giovanni Mangiante |
1912 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
28.8.1893 |
7.12.1967 |
M |
Serafino Mazzarocchi |
1912 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
7.2.1890 |
21.4.1961 |
M |
Guido Romano |
1912 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
3.12.1887 |
18.6.1916 |
M |
Paolo Salvi |
1912 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
22.11.1891 |
21.1.1945 |
M |
Luciano Savorini |
1912 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
3.10.1885 |
30.10.1964 |
M |
Adolfo Tunesi |
1912 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
27.8.1887 |
29.11.1964 |
M |
Giorgio Zampori |
1912 |
4 |
GYMNASTICS |
3.12.1887 |
7.12.1965 |
M |
Umberto Zanolini |
1912 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
31.3.1887 |
12.2.1973 |
M |
Angelo Zorzi |
1912 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
4.5.1890 |
28.12.1974 |
M |
Tommaso Lequio di Assaba |
1920 |
1 |
EQUESTRIAN |
21.10.1893 |
17.12.1965 |
M |
Arnaldo Carli |
1920 |
1 |
CYCLING |
30.7.1901 |
14.9.1972 |
M |
Ruggero Ferrario |
1920 |
1 |
CYCLING |
7.10.1897 |
17.7.1976 |
M |
Franco Giorgetti |
1920 |
1 |
CYCLING |
13.10.1902 |
18.3.1983 |
M |
Primo Magnani |
1920 |
1 |
CYCLING |
31.3.1892 |
17.6.1969 |
M |
Ugo Frigerio |
1920 |
3 |
TRACK & FIELD |
16.9.1901 |
7.7.1968 |
M |
Antonio Allochio |
1920 |
1 |
FENCING |
20.9.1888 |
18.7.1956 |
M |
Baldo Baldi |
1920 |
2 |
FENCING |
19.2.1888 |
21.12.1961 |
M |
Tullio Bozza |
1920 |
1 |
FENCING |
3.2.1891 |
13.2.1922 |
M |
Giovanni Canova |
1920 |
1 |
FENCING |
27.7.1880 |
28.10.1960 |
M |
Tommaso Costantino |
1920 |
2 |
FENCING |
23.6.1885 |
28.2.1950 |
M |
Francesco Gargano |
1920 |
1 |
FENCING |
5.5.1899 |
29.11.1975 |
M |
Andrea Marrazi |
1920 |
1 |
FENCING |
2.10.1887 |
18.10.1972 |
M |
Aldo Nadi |
1920 |
3 |
FENCING |
29.4.1899 |
11.11.1965 |
M |
Abelardo Olivier |
1920 |
2 |
FENCING |
9.11.1877 |
24.1.1951 |
M |
Oreste Puliti |
1920 |
4 |
FENCING |
18.2.1891 |
5.2.1958 |
M |
Giorgio Santelli |
1920 |
1 |
FENCING |
25.11.1897 |
8.10.1985 |
M |
Pietro Speciale |
1920 |
1 |
FENCING |
29.9.1876 |
9.11.1945 |
M |
Rodolfo Terlizzi |
1920 |
1 |
FENCING |
17.10.1896 |
11.7.1971 |
M |
Paolo Thaon di Revel |
1920 |
1 |
FENCING |
2.5.1888 |
31.5.1973 |
M |
Dino Urbani |
1920 |
2 |
FENCING |
8.3.1882 |
9.5.1958 |
M |
Filippo Bottino |
1920 |
1 |
WEIGHTLIFTING |
9.12.1888 |
18.10.1969 |
M |
Arnaldo Andreoli |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
6.8.1893 |
2.12.1952 |
M |
Ettore Bellotto |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
18.2.1895 |
11.8.1966 |
M |
Fernando Bonatti |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
26.8.1894 |
14.10.1974 |
M |
Luigi Cambiaso |
1920 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
29.1.1895 |
25.3.1975 |
M |
Luigi Contessi |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
14.8.1894 |
23.2.1967 |
M |
Carlo Costigliolo |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
10.8.1893 |
16.12.1968 |
M |
Luigi Costigliolo |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
24.4.1892 |
22.8.1939 |
M |
Roberto Ferrari |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
8.12.1890 |
27.9.1954 |
M |
Romualdo Ghiglione |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
25.2.1891 |
12.3.1940 |
M |
Ambrogio Levati |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
14.3.1894 |
8.5.1963 |
M |
Vittorio Lucchetti |
1920 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
21.12.1894 |
3.2.1965 |
M |
Ferdinando Mandrini |
1920 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
17.6.1897 |
22.11.1980 |
M |
Antonio Marovelli |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
4.7.1896 |
13.8.1943 |
M |
Michele Mastromarino |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
1.11.1894 |
25.6.1986 |
M |
Manlio Pastorini |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
5.5.1879 |
|
M |
Ezio Roselli |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
8.12.1896 |
6.1.1963 |
M |
Giovanni Battista Tubino |
1920 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
22.8.1900 |
27.12.1989 |
M |
Guido De Filip |
1920 |
1 |
ROWING |
21.9.1904 |
21.9.1968 |
M |
Ercole Olgeni |
1920 |
1 |
ROWING |
11.12.1883 |
14.7.1947 |
M |
Giovanni Scatturin |
1920 |
1 |
ROWING |
1.2.1893 |
11.10.1951 |
M |
Renato Anselmi |
1924 |
1 |
FENCING |
26.10.1891 |
3.10.1973 |
M |
Guido Balzarini |
1924 |
1 |
FENCING |
21.10.1874 |
1935 |
M |
Marcello Bertinetti |
1924 |
2 |
FENCING |
26.4.1885 |
31.7.1967 |
M |
Bino Bini |
1924 |
1 |
FENCING |
23.1.1900 |
5.4.1974 |
M |
Vincenzo Cuccia |
1924 |
1 |
FENCING |
20.3.1892 |
2.3.1979 |
M |
Oreste Moricca |
1924 |
1 |
FENCING |
5.8.1891 |
12.6.1984 |
M |
Giulio Sarrocchi |
1924 |
1 |
FENCING |
24.5.1887 |
18.7.1971 |
M |
Mario Lertora |
1924 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
21.9.1897 |
28.3.1939 |
M |
Francesco Martino |
1924 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
14.7.1900 |
10.10.1965 |
M |
Giuseppe Paris |
1924 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
22.9.1895 |
5.4.1968 |
M |
Pierino Gabetti |
1924 |
1 |
WEIGHTLIFTING |
22.5.1904 |
28.2.1971 |
M |
Carlo Galimberti |
1924 |
1 |
WEIGHTLIFTING |
2.8.1894 |
10.8.1939 |
M |
Giuseppe Tonani |
1924 |
1 |
WEIGHTLIFTING |
2.10.1890 |
1.10.1971 |
M |
Angelo De Martino |
1924 |
1 |
CYCLING |
24.1.1897 |
|
M |
Alfredo Dinale |
1924 |
1 |
CYCLING |
11.3.1900 |
3.12.1976 |
M |
Aleardo Menegazzi |
1924 |
1 |
CYCLING |
15.11.1900 |
23.11.1979 |
M |
Francesco Zucchetti |
1924 |
1 |
CYCLING |
14.4.1902 |
|
M |
Giorgio Chiavacci |
1928 |
1 |
FENCING |
2.7.1899 |
4.3.1969 |
M |
Giulio Gaudini |
1928 |
3 |
FENCING |
28.9.1904 |
6.1.1948 |
M |
Gioacchino Guaragna |
1928 |
2 |
FENCING |
14.6.1908 |
19.4.1971 |
M |
Giorgio Pessina |
1928 |
1 |
FENCING |
16.6.1902 |
18.7.1977 |
M |
Ugo Pignotti |
1928 |
1 |
FENCING |
19.11.1898 |
7.1.1989 |
M |
Carlo Agostoni |
1928 |
1 |
FENCING |
23.3.1909 |
25.6.1972 |
M |
Giulio Basletta |
1928 |
1 |
FENCING |
5.5.1890 |
5.2.1975 |
M |
Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici |
1928 |
3 |
FENCING |
16.12.1904 |
23.11.1970 |
M |
Renzo Minoli |
1928 |
1 |
FENCING |
6.5.1904 |
18.4.1965 |
M |
Franco Riccardi |
1928 |
3 |
FENCING |
13.6.1905 |
24.5.1968 |
M |
Cesare Facciani |
1928 |
1 |
CYCLING |
5.2.1905 |
1938 |
M |
Giacomo Gaioni |
1928 |
1 |
CYCLING |
26.4.1905 |
8.9.1989 |
M |
Mario Lusiani |
1928 |
1 |
CYCLING |
4.5.1903 |
30.9.1964 |
M |
Luigi Tasselli |
1928 |
1 |
CYCLING |
20.10.1901 |
|
M |
Giliante D'Este |
1928 |
1 |
ROWING |
23.3.1910 |
24.4.1996 |
M |
Giovanni Delise |
1928 |
1 |
ROWING |
1.11.1907 |
19.5.1947 |
M |
Valerio Perentin |
1928 |
1 |
ROWING |
12.7.1909 |
7.1.1998 |
M |
Renato Petronio |
1928 |
1 |
ROWING |
5.2.1891 |
9.4.1976 |
M |
Nicolo Vittori |
1928 |
1 |
ROWING |
13.3.1909 |
26.5.1988 |
M |
Carlo Orlandi |
1928 |
1 |
BOXING |
23.4.1910 |
29.7.1983 |
M |
Vittorio Tamagnini |
1928 |
1 |
BOXING |
28.10.1910 |
20.1.1981 |
M |
Piero Toscani |
1928 |
1 |
BOXING |
28.7.1904 |
23.5.1940 |
M |
Nino Borsari |
1932 |
1 |
CYCLING |
14.12.1911 |
31.3.1996 |
M |
Marco Cimatti |
1932 |
1 |
CYCLING |
13.2.1913 |
21.5.1982 |
M |
Alberto Ghilardi |
1932 |
1 |
CYCLING |
25.8.1909 |
30.6.1971 |
M |
Paolo Pedretti |
1932 |
1 |
CYCLING |
21.1.1906 |
22.2.1983 |
M |
Luigi Beccali |
1932 |
1 |
TRACK & FIELD |
19.11.1907 |
29.8.1990 |
M |
Giuseppe Olmo |
1932 |
1 |
CYCLING |
22.11.1911 |
6.3.1992 |
M |
Attilio Pavesi |
1932 |
2 |
CYCLING |
1.10.1910 |
|
M |
Guglielmo Segato |
1932 |
1 |
CYCLING |
23.3.1906 |
19.4.1979 |
M |
Gustavo Marzi |
1932 |
2 |
FENCING |
25.11.1908 |
14.11.1966 |
M |
Giovanni Gozzi |
1932 |
1 |
Wrestling - Greco-Roman |
18.10.1902 |
11.8.1976 |
M |
Oreste Capuzzo |
1932 |
1 |
GYMNASTICS |
7.12.1908 |
|
M |
Savino Guglielmetti |
1932 |
2 |
GYMNASTICS |
26.11.1911 |
|
M |
Romeo Neri |
1932 |
3 |
GYMNASTICS |
26.3.1903 |
23.9.1961 |
M |
Renzo Morigi |
1932 |
1 |
SHOOTING |
28.2.1895 |
13.4.1962 |
M |
Giorgio Bocchino |
1936 |
1 |
FENCING |
14.7.1913 |
|
M |
Manlio Di Rosa |
1936 |
2 |
FENCING |
14.9.1914 |
|
M |
Ciro Verratti |
1936 |
1 |
FENCING |
17.8.1907 |
6.7.1971 |
F |
Ondina Valla |
1936 |
1 |
TRACK & FIELD |
20.5.1916 |
|
M |
Giancarlo Brusati |
1936 |
1 |
FENCING |
6.3.1910 |
|
M |
Edoardo Mangiarotti |
1936 |
6 |
FENCING |
7.4.1919 |
|
M |
Alfredo Pezzana |
1936 |
1 |
FENCING |
31.3.1893 |
|
M |
Saverio Ragno |
1936 |
1 |
FENCING |
6.12.1902 |
22.4.1969 |
M |
Bruno Bianchi |
1936 |
1 |
YACHTING |
2.5.1904 |
22.8.1988 |
M |
Luigi De Minincor |
1936 |
1 |
YACHTING |
14.7.1910 |
13.2.1986 |
M |
Domenico Mordini |
1936 |
1 |
YACHTING |
7.4.1898 |
12.3.1948 |
M |
Luigi Poggi |
1936 |
1 |
YACHTING |
11.3.1906 |
19.4.1972 |
M |
Enrico Poggi |
1936 |
1 |
YACHTING |
30.1.1908 |
16.10.1976 |
M |
Giovanni Reggio |
1936 |
1 |
YACHTING |
12.12.1888 |
22.12.1972 |
M |
Ulderico Sergo |
1936 |
1 |
BOXING |
4.7.1913 |
1967 |
M |
Giuseppe Baldo |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
27.7.1914 |
|
M |
Sergio Bertoni |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
23.9.1915 |
15.2.1995 |
M |
Carlo Biagi |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
20.4.1914 |
16.4.1986 |
M |
Giulio Capelli |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
4.3.1911 |
16.12.1995 |
M |
Alfredo Foni |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
20.11.1911 |
28.1.1985 |
M |
Annibale Frossi |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
6.8.1911 |
|
M |
Francesco Gabriotti |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
12.8.1914 |
|
M |
Ugo Locatelli |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
5.2.1916 |
|
M |
Libero Marchini |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
31.10.1914 |
|
M |
Alfonso Negro |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
5.7.1915 |
7.11.1984 |
M |
Achille Piccini |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
24.10.1911 |
|
M |
Pietro Rava |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
20.1.1916 |
|
M |
Luigi Scarabello |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
17.6.1916 |
|
M |
Bruno Venturini |
1936 |
1 |
SOCCER |
26.9.1911 |
7.3.1991 |
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