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Italian Olympic Team
Summer Olympics

Since the first Olympics took place in Athens, Greece in 1896 the country of Italy has participated in all but one of the games. They did not send any participants to the 1904 Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri. The games of 1916 were cancelled due to World War I and the games of 1940 and 1944 were cancelled due to World War II. Italy hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome, which is the capital of Italy and it is located in the Lazio region.

Congratulations to all the Italian athletes who represented Italy in the Summer Olympics!

Below is a list of all the summer sports that Italy has medaled in. Just select the sport to see the names of the athletes, the medal, the year and the event they won it in. You can also see how many medals Italy has won in each Summer Olympic games.

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Summer Sports

Archery Art Contests

Basketball Boxing

Canoe Cycling

Diving Equestrian

Fencing Gymnastics

Judo Karate

Modern Pentathlon Rowing

Sailing Shooting

Soccer Swimming

Taekwondo Tennis

Track & Field Volleyball

Water Polo Weightlifting

Wrestling

Year Host Gold Silver Bronze

1896 Athens 0 0 0

1900 Paris 2 2 0

1904 St. Louis Did not participate

1908 London 2 2 0

1912 Stockholm 3 1 2

1920 Antwerp 13 5 5

1924 Paris 8 3 5

1928 Amsterdam 7 5 7

1932 Los Angeles 12 12 12

1936 Berlin 8 9 5

1948 London 8 11 8

1952 Helsinki 8 9 4

1956 Melbourne / Stockholm 8 8 9

1960 Rome 13 10 13

1964 Tokyo 10 10 7

1968 Mexico 3 4 9

1972 Munich 5 3 10

1976 Montreal 2 7 4

1980 Moscow 8 3 4

1984 Los Angeles 14 6 12

1988 Seoul 6 4 4

1992 Barcelona 6 5 8

1996 Atlanta 13 10 12

2000 Sydney 13 8 13

2004 Athens 10 11 11

2008 Beijing 8 9 10

2012 London 8 9 11

2016 Rio 8 12 8

2020 Tokyo 10 10 20

2024 Paris 12 13 15

Italian Olympic Medal Winners

To my knowledge this list is as accurate and up to date as possible. In the event I missed a medal winner please let me know by sending me the information to the following address: anthony@italiansrus.com.

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