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Italy at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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Italy at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Grenoble
Competitors52 (44 men, 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerClotilde Fasolis
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
4
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Eugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis		 Bobsleigh Two-man
 Gold Eugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis
Roberto Zandonella
Mario Armano		 Bobsleigh Four-man
 Gold Franco Nones Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
 Gold Erika Lechner Luge Women's individual

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Renato Valentini Downhill 2:05.61 28
Teresio Vachet 2:04.90 22
Gerardo Mussner 2:02.50 11
Ivo Mahlknecht 2:02.00 6
Renato Valentini Giant Slalom 1:50.03 35 DNF – DNF –
Ivo Mahlknecht 1:49.04 31 1:51.04 23 3:40.08 26
Gerardo Mussner 1:47.27 20 1:49.93 16 3:37.20 17
Bruno Piazzalunga 1:45.95 9 1:48.57 10 3:34.52 11
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Bruno Piazzalunga 52.11 3 DNF – did not advance
Gerardo Mussner 54.60 4 55.55 2 did not advance
Carlo Senoner 54.18 2 QF – – 51.63 20 DNF – DNF –
Ivo Mahlknecht 52.82 2 QF – – 52.22 26 53.03 20 1:45.25 19
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lotte Nogler Downhill DNF –
Glorianda Cipolla 1:49.02 31
Clotilde Fasolis 1:48.90 30
Giustina Demetz 1:44.22 13
Clotilde Fasolis Giant Slalom 2:05.20 32
Lotte Nogler 2:04.87 31
Glorianda Cipolla 2:00.07 23
Giustina Demetz 1:57.86 14
Giustina Demetz Slalom n/a ? DNF – DNF –
Clotilde Fasolis 46.40 24 54.32 26 1:40.72 22
Lotte Nogler 46.03 22 52.30 21 1:38.33 20
Glorianda Cipolla 43.15 12 46.59 7 1:29.74 7

Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ITA-1 Eugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis 		Two-man 1:10.13 1 1:10.72 2 1:10.64 2 1:10.05 1 4:41.54 1st place, gold medalist(s)
ITA-2 Rinaldo Ruatti
Sergio Mocellini 		Two-man 1:11.80 11 1:12.29 12 1:13.27 17 1:12.95 14 4:50.31 12
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ITA-1 Eugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis
Roberto Zandonella
Mario Armano 		Four-man 1:09.84 1 1:07.55 3 2:17.39 1st place, gold medalist(s)
ITA-2 Gianfranco Gaspari
Giuseppe Rescigno
Andrea Clemente
Leonardo Cavallini 		Four-man 1:10.24 3 1:08.12 6 2:18.36 6

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Franco Nones 52:06.8 36
Franco Manfroi 51:47.7 32
Giulio Deflorian 50:19.4 15
Gianfranco Stella 49:59.8 13
30 km Franco Manfroi 1'41:11.8 25
Gianfranco Stella 1'40:42.0 23
Giulio Deflorian 1'37:12.9 5
Franco Nones 1'35:39.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 km Elviro Blanc 2'38:12.4 27
Livio Stuffer 2'37:46.6 26
Aldo Stella 2'33:17.9 17
Mario Bacher 2'31:33.8 12
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Giulio Deflorian
Franco Nones
Palmiro Serafini
Aldo Stella 		2'16:32.2 6

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Giordano Abbondati 12 18 1690.9 117 14
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Rita Trapanese 27 24 1549.2 216.5 25

Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Raimondo Prinoth 58.80 17 59.16 19 58.89 18 2:56.85 18
Sigisfredo Mair 58.22 13 59.51 24 58.45 11 2:56.18 16
Giovanni Graber 58.09 11 58.59 12 58.88 17 2:55.56 12
Emilio Lechner 57.94 9 58.63 13 58.53 12 2:55.10 10

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Giovanni Graber
Enrico Graber 		49.01 7 49.14 8 1:38.15 8
Ernesto Mair
Sigisfredo Mair 		49.10 10 49.57 11 1:38.67 10
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cristina Pabst DSQ – – – – – DSQ –
Erica Prugger 1:01.90 21 50.91 14 51.40 14 2:44.21 21
Erika Lechner 48.76 1 49.39 1 50.51 5 2:27.66 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Ezio Damolin Individual 70.0 71.5 206.0 13 49:36.2 223.54 4 429.54 5
Fabio Morandini 66.0 66.5 181.7 33 50:08.5 216.56 7 398.26 17

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Giacomo Aimoni Normal hill 72.5 97.8 71.5 97.2 195.0 25
Giacomo Aimoni Large hill 93.0 98.1 92.0 97.2 195.3 16

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Elio Locatelli 42.1 26
1500 m Guido Gillarduzzi 2:14.1 38
Renato De Riva 2:13.6 34
Elio Locatelli 2:13.3 33
Giancarlo Gloder 2:13.2 32
5000 m Renato De Riva 7:58.2 26
Guido Gillarduzzi 7:57.4 23
Giancarlo Gloder 7:54.5 18
10,000 m Giancarlo Gloder 17:03.2 24
Renato De Riva 16:39.5 19

References

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