Men's Light Flyweight: Gaetano Curcetti 1/16-Final - Lost to Kadir Syed Abdul of Singapore (3 round, RSC) Men's Flyweight: Franco Udella 1/16-Final - Defeated Filex Maina of Kenya (5 - 0) 1/8-Final - Lost to Boris Zoriktuev of USSR (1 - 4) Men's Featherweight: Pasqualino Morbidelli 1/32-Final - Defeated Morgan Mwenya of Zambia (5 - 0) 1/16-Final - Defeated Ebu Sef Tatar of Turkey (5 -0 ) 1/8-Final - Lost to Royal Kobayashi of Japan (1 round, KO) Men's Lightweight: Giambattista Capretti 1/32-Final - Defeated José Martinez of Canada (2 round, RSC) 1/16-Final - Lost to László Orbán of Hungary (1 - 4) Men's Light Welterweight: Ernesto Bergamasco 1/16-Final - Lost to Srisook Bantow of Thailand (1 - 4) Men's Welterweight: Damiano Lassandro 1/32-Final - Lost to Emilio Correa of Cuba (0 - 5) Men's Light Middleweight: Antonio Castellini 1/16-Final - Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski of Poland (0 - 5) Men's Light Heavyweight: Guglielmo Spinello 1/16-Final - Defeated Samson Laizer of Tanzania (2round KO) 1/8-Final - Lost to Rudi Hornig of West Germany (1 - 4) Canoeing Cycling Fifteen cyclists represented Italy in 1972. Individual road race Francesco Moser — 8th place Walter Riccomi — 49th place Aldo Parecchini — did not finish (→ no ranking) Franco Ongarato — did not finish (→ no ranking) Team time trial Osvaldo Castellan Pasqualino Moretti Francesco Moser Giovanni Tonoli Sprint Massimo Marino Ezio Cardi 1000m time trial Ezio Cardi Final — 1:07.80 (→ 9th place) Tandem Dino Verzini and Giorgio Rossi → 9th place Individual pursuit Luciano Borgognoni Team pursuit Pietro Algeri Giacomo Bazzan Giorgio Morbiato Luciano Borgognoni Diving Men's 3m Springboard Giorgio Cagnotto — 591.63 points (→ Silver Medal) Klaus Dibiasi — 559.05 points (→ 4th place) Men's 10m Platform Klaus Dibiasi — 504.12 points (→ Gold Medal) Giorgio Cagnotto — 475.83 points (→ Bronze Medal) Equestrian Fencing 19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Italy in 1972. Men's foil Nicola Granieri Stefano Simoncelli Arcangelo Pinelli Men's team foil Alfredo Del Francia, Nicola Granieri, Carlo Montano, Arcangelo Pinelli, Stefano Simoncelli Men's épée Nicola Granieri Claudio Francesconi Gianluigi Saccaro Men's team épée Claudio Francesconi, Nicola Granieri, Gianluigi Placella, Gianluigi Saccaro, Pier Alberto Testoni Men's sabre Michele Maffei Mario Aldo Montano Rolando Rigoli Men's team sabre Michele Maffei, Rolando Rigoli, Cesare Salvadori, Mario Aldo Montano, Mario Tullio Montano Women's foil Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Maria Consolata Collino Giulia Lorenzoni Women's team foil Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Giulia