Lorenzoni, Der Reka Cipriani, Maria Consolata Collino, Giuseppina Bersani Gymnastics Judo Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Italy in 1972. Men's Individual Competition: Mario Medda - 4850 points (→ 16th place) Giovanni Perugini - 4571 points (→ 34th place) Nicolo Deligia - 4492 points (→ 39th place) Men's Team Competition: Medda, Perugini, and Deligia - 13913 points (→ 10th place) Rowing Men's Coxed Pairs Giampaolo Tronchin, Mario Semenzato and Siro Kuhnke Meli Heat — 8:02.79 Repechage — 8:10.46 (→ did not advance) Sailing Shooting Eleven male shooters represented Italy in 1972. In the trap event, Angelo Scalzone won gold and Silvano Basagni won bronze. 25 m pistol Giovanni Liverzani Roberto Ferraris 50 m pistol Giuseppe De Chirico Piero Errani 50 m rifle, three positions Giuseppe De Chirico Walter Frescura 50 m rifle, prone Giovanni Mezzani Giancarlo Cecconi Trap Angelo Scalzone Silvano Basagni Skeet Romano Garagnani Carlo Alberto Lodi Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Roberto Pangaro Heat — 54.74s (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle Riccardo Targetti Heat — 2:02.58 (→ did not advance) Arnaldo Cinquetti Heat — 2:01.78 (→ did not advance) Roberto Pangaro Heat — 2:00.97 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci and Alberto Castagnetti Heat — 3:38.81 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Roberto Pangaro, Arnaldo Cinquetti, Lorenzo Marugo, and Riccardo Targetti Heat — 8:03.98 (→ did not advance) Men's Competition Vincenzo Finocchiaro, Sergio Irredento, Massimo Nistri, Edmondo Mingione, Michele di Pietro, Angelo Tozzi, Gaetano Carboni, and Mauro Calligaris. Reserve: Sandro Grassi. Women's Competition Laura Podestà, Novella Calligaris, Federica Stabilini, Patrizia Miserini, Donatella Talpo, Patrizia Lanfredini, Laura Gorgerino, and Alessandra Finesso. Reserve: Antonella Valentini. Water polo Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group C) Lost to Soviet Union (1-4) Defeated Bulgaria (8-5) Defeated Spain (6-2) Defeated Japan (12-5) Final Round (Group I) Lost to Hungary (7-8) Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6) Drew with West Germany (2-2) Lost to United States (5-6) → Sixth place Team Roster Alberto Alberani Eraldo Pizzo Roldano Simeoni Mario Cevasco Alessandro Ghibellini Gianni de Magistris Guglielmo Marsili Silvio Baracchini Franco Lavoratori Sante Marsili Ferdinande Ligano Weightlifting Men's Bantamweight: Gaetano Tosto - 325.0 kg (→ 16th place) Men's Featherweight: Peppino Tanti - 372.5 kg (→ 8th place) Men's Middleweight: Anselmo Silvino - 470.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal) Salvatore Laudani - 440.0 kg (→ 11th place) Men's Light Heavyweight: Dino Turcato -