Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

Italy was the host country of the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome. The country fielded the largest delegation at the Games, with twenty-seven athletes (twenty-three men and four women) competing in athletics, snooker, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair fencing.[2]

Italy at the
1960 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeITA
NPCComitato Italiano Paralimpico
Websitewww.comitatoparalimpico.it (in Italian)
in Rome
Competitors65[1]
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
29
Silver
28
Bronze
23
Total
80
Summer Paralympics appearances

Medals

27 of Italy's competitors won medals, in 6 sports, enabling the country to top the medal chart with 29 gold medals, 28 silver and 23 bronze.[3]

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldFelice LenardonAthleticsPrecision javelin throw C
 GoldEnzo SantiniAthleticsJavelin throw C
 GoldMaria ScuttiAthleticsClub throw A
 GoldMaria ScuttiAthleticsClub throw B
 GoldMaria ScuttiAthleticsJavelin throw A
 GoldMaria ScuttiAthleticsJavelin throw B
 GoldMaria ScuttiAthleticsPrecision javelin throw A
 GoldMaria ScuttiAthleticsPrecision javelin throw B
 GoldMaria ScuttiAthleticsPrecision javelin throw C
 GoldMaria ScuttiAthleticsShot put A
 GoldMaria ScuttiAthleticsShot put B
 GoldCarlo JannucciSwimming25 m crawl complete class 2
 GoldCarlo JannucciSwimming25 m breaststroke complete class 2
 GoldOttavio MosconeSwimming25 m backstroke incomplete class 2
 GoldRenzo RogoSwimming25 m crawl incomplete class 2
 GoldRenzo RogoSwimming25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2
 GoldFranco RossiSwimming50 m breaststroke complete class 5
 GoldEnzo SantiniSwimming50 m backstroke incomplete class 4
 GoldEnzo SantiniSwimming50 m incomplete class 4
 GoldMaria ScuttiSwimming50 m breaststroke complete class 4
 GoldAnna Maria TosoSwimming25 m crawl incomplete class 2
 GoldAnna Maria TosoSwimming25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2
 GoldGiovanni BerghellaTable tennisSingles C
 GoldGiovanni Berghella
Federico Zarilli		Table tennisDoubles B
 GoldFranco Rossi
Aroldo Ruschioni		Table tennisDoubles C
 GoldAurelio TedoneWheelchair fencingMen's sabre individual
 GoldGiovanni Ferraris
Aurelio Tedone		Wheelchair fencingMen's sabre team
 GoldAnna Maria TosoWheelchair fencingWomen's foil individual
 SilverAnna Maria GalimbertiAthleticsClub throw A
 SilverAnna Maria GalimbertiAthleticsShot put A
 SilverAnna Maria GalimbertiAthleticsShot put B
 SilverAnna Maria TosoAthleticsPrecision javelin throw A
 SilverAnna Maria TosoAthleticsPrecision javelin throw B
 SilverAnna Maria TosoAthleticsPrecision javelin throw C
 SilverFelice LenardonAthleticsJavelin throw A
 SilverFelice LenardonAthleticsShot put A
 SilverFelice LenardonAthleticsShot put B
 SilverCarmelo RussoAthleticsClub throw B
 SilverCarmelo RussoAthleticsJavelin throw B
 SilverCarlo JannucciSwimming25 m backstroke complete class 2
 SilverMaria ScuttiSwimming50 m backstroke complete class 4
 SilverAnna Maria TosoSwimming25 m backstroke incomplete class 2
 SilverDomenico CascellaTable tennisSingles A
 SilverFrancesco ScalzoTable tennisSingles B
 SilverGiovanni Ferraris
Federico Zarilli		Table tennisDoubles C
 SilverMaria Scutti
Anna Maria Toso		Table tennisDoubles B
 SilverFranco RossiWheelchair fencingMen's sabre individual
 SilverOttavio Moscone
Aroldo Ruschioni		Wheelchair fencingMen's sabre team
 SilverMaria ScuttiWheelchair fencingWomen's foil individual
 BronzeDomenico AvitabileAthleticsClub throw A
 BronzeAnna Maria GalimbertiAthleticsClub throw B
 BronzeAnna Maria GalimbertiAthleticsJavelin throw B
 BronzeFelice LenardonAthleticsJavelin throw B
 BronzeMaria ScuttiAthleticsJavelin throw C
 BronzeAnna Maria TosoAthleticsShot put A
 BronzeGiovanni FerrarisSnookerMen's paraplegics
 BronzeCipriano GasperiniSwimming50 m breaststroke complete class 3
 BronzeOttavio MosconeSwimming25 m incomplete class 2
 BronzeFranco RossiSwimming50 m crawl complete class 5
 BronzeAroldo RuschioniSwimming50 m backstroke complete class 3
 BronzeAnna Maria TosoTable tennisSingles B
 BronzeFederico ZarilliTable tennisSingles B
 BronzeFederico ZarilliTable tennisSingles C
 BronzeGiovanni FerrarisWheelchair fencingMen's sabre individual
 BronzeGiovanni Berghella
Franco Rossi		Wheelchair fencingMen's sabre team
 BronzeAnna Maria GalimbertiWheelchair fencingWomen's foil individual

Multiple medallists

These are official report of International Paralympic Committee. [4]

# Athlete
1 Maria Scutti 1032
2 Anna Maria Toso 352
3 Enzo Santini 300
4 Franco Rossi 212
Giovanni Ferraris 212
6 Carlo Jannucci 210
7 Renzo Rogo 200
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See also

References
  1. Paralympic Games Open At Rome Olympics Site, St. Petersburg Times, September 19, 1960, Google News Archive Search
  2. Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  4. "Multi-Medallists". paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  • The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members. (Per Apr.17, 2011)
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