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Sporting event delegation
Italy competed at the
1980 Summer Olympics in
Moscow ,
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.
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Medalists
Gold
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
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 :
Men's Individual Competition :
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Heat — 10.56
Quarterfinals — 10.27
Semifinals — 10.58 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Heat — 1:48.9
Semifinals — 1:48.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
Heat — 3:40.1
Semifinals — 3:40.1
Final — 3:40.4 (→ 5th place)
Men's Marathon
Final — 2:13:12 (→ 8th place)
Final — 2:23:21 (→ 35th place)
Men's 4x400 metres Relay
Heat — 3:03.5
Final — 3:04.3 (→
Bronze Medal )
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Heat — 8:37.1
Semifinals — 8:27.2
Final — 8:18.5 (→ 6th place)
Heat — 8:35.6
Semifinals — 8:29.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Qualification — 2.21 m
Final — 2.15 m (→ 15th place)
Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Qualification — 72.20 m
Final Round — 73.90 m (→ 7th place)
Men's Decathlon
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 20 km Walk
Final — 1:23:35.5 (→
Gold Medal )
Final — 1:33:26.2 (→ 11th place)
Women's 100 metres
Heat — 11.77
Quarterfinals — 11.57 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
Heat — 2:01.4
Semifinals — 1:59.0
Final — 1:59.2 (→ 8th place)
Heat — 2:04.1 (→ did not advance)
Heat — 2:10.7 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
Heat — 4:05.0
Final — 4:00.3 (→ 4th place)
Heat — 4:14.7 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
Qualification — 1.88 m
Final — 1.97 m (→
Gold Medal )
Women's Javelin Throw
Qualification — 58.76 m
Final — 57.52 m (→ 12th place)
Women's Shot Put
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)
Lost to Yugoslavia (77-86) →
Silver Medal
Boxing
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
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)
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Italy in 1980.
Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Diving
Men's Springboard
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
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil
Judo
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Italy in 1980.
Individual
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
Heats — 52.74 (→ did not advance)
Heats — 52.71 (→ did not advance)
Heats — 52.26
Semi-Finals — 51,87
Final — 51.69 (→ 5th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Heats — 1:52.56
Final — 1:52.76 (→ 6th place)
Heats — 1:52.62
Final — 1:53.25 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Final — 7:30.37 (→ 5th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
Final — 1.05.10 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Heats — 1:12.36
Final — 1:12.51 (→ 8th place)
Heats — 1:13.76 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
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)
9th/10th place : Defeated Libya (3-0) → 9th place
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
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