Nations 92
Athletes 6074 (4812 Uomini; 1262 Donne)
Italian athletes 211 (184 Uomini; 27 Donne)
After the massacre of Munich the IOC hoped that the Canadian Games could energetically re-launch the destiny of the Olympic movement. Things went differently. The phenomenon of the boycott (which would affect the Olympics until 1992, thanks to the unrivalled spotlight it would have in the mass-media) returned with disruptive results. A few days before the opening, while their athletes were already in Canada, 22 African nations and Guyana pulled out in protest over the participation of New Zealand. The famous All-Blacks rugby team had actually toured South Africa, who were excluded from the Olympic movement because of the apartheid. The Italians, winning only 2 gold medals, hit their lowest point at the Olympics.
Klaus Dibiasi gold Diving platform
Fabio Dal Zotto gold Fencing Foil individual
Sara Simeoni silver Athletics High Jump Women
Giuseppe Martinelli silver Cicling Road INDIVIDUAL ROAD
Franco Cagnotto silver Diving springboard
Alberto Alberani Samaritani, Silvio Baracchini, Luigi Castagnola , Vincenzo D'Angelo, Marcello Del Duca, Gianni De Magistris, Alessandro Ghibellini, Sante Marsili, Umberto Panerai, Roldano Simeoni, Riccardo De Magistris silver Water Polo water polo
Maria Consolata Collino silver Fencing foil individual women
Fabio Dal Zotto, Attilio Calatroni, Gian Battista Coletti, Carlo Montano, Stefano Simoncelli silver Fencing Foil team
Michele Maffei, Mario Aldo Montano , Marco Tullio Montano, Angelo Arcidiacono, Tommaso Montano silver Fencing Sabre team
Felice Mariani bronze Judo pesi leggeri
Giancarlo Ferrari bronze Archery
Roberto Ferraris bronze Pisto and Rifle automatic
Ubaldesco Baldi bronze Shotgun Trap