Boxing
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- Carlo Russolillo
- First Round — Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0-5)
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)
- Francesco Damiani
- First Round — Defeated Teodor Pîrjol (Romania) on points (4-1)
- Quarter Finals — Lost to Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)
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