Italy at The 1976 Summer Olympics - Athletics

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Carlo Grippo

• Heat — 1:47.21
• Semi Final — 1:46.95
• Final — 1:48.39 (→ 8th place)

Men's 5.000 metres

• Venanzio Ortis

• Heat — 13:52.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres Relay

• Vincenzo Guerini, Luciano Caravani, Luigi Benedetti, and Pietro Mennea

• Heat — 39.35s
• Semi Final — 39.39s
• Final — 39.08s (→ 6th place)

Men's Marathon

• Francesco Fava — 2:14:24 (→ 8th place)
• Massimo Magnani — 2:16:56 (→ 13th place)
• Giuseppe Cindolo — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

• Rodolfo Bergamo

• Qualification — 2.16m
• Final — 2.18m (→ 6th place)

• Riccardo Fortini

• Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

• Oscar Raise

• Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Roberto Veglia

• Heat — 7.48m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Armando Devincentis

• Qualification — 62.26m
• Final — 55.86m (→ 15th place)

• Silvano Simeon

• Qualification — 59.06m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

• Armando Zanbaldo — 1:28:25 (→ 6th place)
• Vitorio Visini — 1:29:31 (→ 8th place)
• Roberto Buccione — 1:30:40 (→ 10th place)