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Italy has competed at most of the modern Olympic Games, missing only the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Italy has hosted the Games on three occasions:

*1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo

*1960 Summer Olympics in Rome

*2006 Winter Olympics in Torino

Italian athletes have won 522 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 106 medals at the Winter Olympic Games. Italy has won a total of 628 medals which makes them the 6th most successful country in Olympic history, and the 4th country with most gold medals, below, USA, Soviet Union, and Germany.

The Italian National Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and recognized in 1913

Italy has finished in the top 5 of the medal count 11 times in the Summer Olympic Games and 3 times in the Winter Olympic Games. In total Italy has finished in the top 5 of the medal count 14 times. Italy has also finished in the top 10 of the medal count 20 times in the Summer Olympic Games and 13 times in the Winter Olympic Games. In total Italy has finished in the top 10 of the medal count 33 times.

The Italian Olympic Team has also competed in the Mediterranean Games where they have won a total of 1,786 medals which is the most in the games.

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Medals by Summer Games :
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1896 Athens 0 0 0 0
1900 Paris 2 2 0 4
1904 St. Louis did not participate
1908 London 2 2 0 4
1912 Stockholm 3 1 2 6
1920 Antwerp 13 5 5 23
1924 Paris 8 3 5 16
1928 Amsterdam 7 5 7 19
1932 Los Angeles 12 12 12 36
1936 Berlin 8 9 5 22
1948 London 8 11 8 27
1952 Helsinki 8 9 4 21
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm 8 8 9 25
1960 Rome (host nation) 13 10 13 36
1964 Tokyo 10 10 7 27
1968 Mexico City 3 4 9 16
1972 Munich 5 3 10 18
1976 Montreal 2 7 4 13
1980 Moscow 8 3 4 15
1984 Los Angeles 14 6 12 32
1988 Seoul 6 4 4 14
1992 Barcelona 6 5 8 19
1996 Atlanta 13 10 12 35
2000 Sydney 13 8 13 34
2004 Athens 10 11 11 32
2008 Beijing 8 10 10 28
Total 190 158 174 522

Medals by Winter Games :
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1924 Chamonix 0 0 0 0
1928 St. Moritz 0 0 0 0
1932 Lake Placid 0 0 0 0
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 0 0 0 0
1948 St. Moritz 1 0 0 1
1952 Oslo 1 0 1 2
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo (host nation) 1 2 0 3
1960 Squaw Valley 0 0 1 1
1964 Innsbruck 0 1 3 4
1968 Grenoble 4 0 0 4
1972 Sapporo 2 2 1 5
1976 Innsbruck 1 2 1 4
1980 Lake Placid 0 2 0 2
1984 Sarajevo 2 0 0 2
1988 Calgary 2 1 2 5
1992 Albertville 4 6 4 14
1994 Lillehammer 7 5 8 20
1998 Nagano 2 6 2 10
2002 Salt Lake City 4 4 5 13
2006 Turin (host nation) 5 0 6 11
2010 Vancouver 1 1 3 5
Total 37 32 37 106

Medals by summer sport :
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Fencing 45 38 31 114
Cycling 32 16 8 56
Athletics 19 15 24 57
Boxing 14 12 15 41
Gymnastics 14 6 8 28
Rowing 10 13 12 35
Shooting 10 9 11 30
Equestrian 7 9 7 23
Wrestling 7 4 9 20
Canoeing 5 5 3 13
Weightlifting 5 4 5 14
Water polo 4 1 2 7
Diving 3 4 2 9
Swimming 4 4 9 17
Sailing 3 2 8 13
Judo 3 3 6 12
Modern pentathlon 2 2 3 7
Archery 1 2 3 6
Football 1 0 2 3
Volleyball 0 2 2 4
Basketball 0 2 0 2
Tennis 0 0 1 1
Total 190 157 174 521

Medals by winter sport :
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Alpine skiing 13 8 7 28
Cross-country skiing 9 12 13 34
Luge 7 4 5 16
Bobsleigh 4 4 4 12
Speed skating 2 0 1 3
Short track speed skating 1 2 2 5
Skeleton 1 0 0 1
Biathlon 0 1 2 3
Snowboarding 0 1 1 2
Figure skating 0 0 1 1
Nordic combined 0 0 1 1
Total 37 32 37 106



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