Italy at the 1997 Summer Universiade

Italy at the
1997 Summer Universiade
Italy at the; 1997 Summer Universiade
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
in Sicily
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 7 Silver 14 Bronze 10 Total 31
Summer Universiade appearances (overview)
	1959; 1961; 1963; 1965; 1967; 1970; 1973; 1975; 1977; 1979; 1981; 1983; 1985; 1987; 1989; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2021;

Medals
Ranked 6th

Italy competed at the 1997 Summer Universiade, as host nation, in Catania and won 32 medals.^[1]

Sport
Fencing	Valentina Vezzali (foil)	Anna Giacometti (foil)	Alessandro Puccini (foil)
	Men's Team Sabre	Women's Team Foil	Davide Burroni (épée)
		Luigi Tarantino (sabre)

Swimming	Emanuele Merisi (200 mbackstroke)	Marco Formentini (1500 m freestyle)	Marco Formentini (800 m freestyle)
		Lorenzo Vismara (50 m freestyle)	Stefano Battistelli (400 m medley)
		Lorenzo Vismara (100 m freestyle)	Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay
		Men's 4×100 m medley relay
		Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

Athletics	Simone Zanon (5000 metres)	Paolo Dal Soglio (shot put)	Rachid Berradi (10,000 metres)
		Lucilla Andreucci (10,000 metres)	Arturo Di Mezza (20 km walk)
		Agata Balsamo (half marathon)	Annarita Sidoti (10 km walk)
		Rossella Giordano (10 km walk)

Gymnastics	Jury Chechi (rings)	Roberto Galli (rings)	Alberto Busnari (pommell horse)

Football	Men's National Team

Water polo	Men's National Team

Volleyball		Men's National Team

Tennis			Massimo Calvelli Lorenzo Pennisi (Men's doubles)
Tennis			Germana Di Natale (Single)

Details

Italy at the 1997 Summer Universiade

IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
in Sicily
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 7 Silver 14 Bronze 10 Total 31
Summer Universiade appearances (overview)
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021