September 16, 2026

The Italian men's national basketball team made its Olympic debut at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin, placing seventh out of twenty-one teams. Which Italian city, host of the 1960 Summer Olympics, saw Italy achieve its best-ever Olympic result of fourth place, behind the USA, USSR and Brazil?

A Rome
B Venice, Italy
C Florence, Italy
D Naples, Italy

The 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome saw Italy's basketball team finish fourth, its best Olympic showing to that point. Their first Olympic appearance had come 24 years earlier in Berlin under very different political circumstances.

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