Italy at the 1964 Winter Olympics

IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Innsbruck
Competitors	61 (53 men, 8 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Eugenio Monti (Bobsleigh)
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Italy competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. They brought 61 competitors, 53 of whom were men and 8 of whom were women. A total of 4 medals were won, including 1 silver and 3 bronze.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Sergio Zardini Romano Bonagura	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Bronze	Eugenio Monti Sergio Siorpaes	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Bronze	Eugenio Monti Sergio Siorpaes Benito Rigoni Gildo Siorpaes	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Bronze	Walter Außendorfer Sigisfredo Mair	Luge	Men's doubles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Martino Fill	Downhill	2:27.33	27
Bruno Alberti		2:25.30	23
Paride Milianti		2:23.01	21
Ivo Mahlknecht		2:22.72	19
Felice de Nicolo	Giant Slalom	1:59.62	28
Italo Pedroncelli		1:55.14	18
Ivo Mahlknecht		1:54.26	16
Paride Milianti		1:52.87	13

Men's slalom

Athlete	Qualifying				Final
Athlete	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Ivo Mahlknecht	1:16.97	74	55.78	7 QF	1:13.69	13	1:04.54	16	2:18.23	15
Martino Fill	56.43	34	56.32	11 QF	1:14.53	20	1:05.10	20	2:19.63	20
Paride Milianti	54.67	18 QF	–	–	1:13.50	10	1:04.90	19	2:18.40	17
Italo Pedroncelli	54.22	14 QF	–	–	1:13.94	16	1:02.38	11	2:16.32	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inge Senoner	Downhill					2:04.22	31
Lidia Barbieri Sacconaghi						2:03.38	25
Pia Riva						2:02.25	18
Giustina Demetz						2:01.20	11
Lidia Barbieri Sacconaghi	Giant Slalom					2:02.73	28
Patrizia Medail						1:59.29	19
Giustina Demetz						1:56.52	14
Pia Riva						1:54.59	9
Giustina Demetz	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Inge Senoner		n/a	?	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Lidia Barbieri Sacconaghi		53.39	27	55.84	21	1:49.23	22
Pia Riva		46.65	11	50.55	11	1:37.20	9

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Eugenio Monti Sergio Siorpaes	Two-man	1:05.94	5	1:04.90	1	1:05.41	4	1:06.38	6	4:22.63
ITA-2	Sergio Zardini Romano Bonagura	Two-man	1:05.63	3	1:05.13	3	1:05.21	2	1:06.05	2	4:22.02

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Sergio Zardini Sergio Mocellini Ferruccio Dalla Torre Romano Bonagura	Four-man	1:03.95	6	1:04.10	6	1:03.59	1	1:04.25	4	4:15.89	4
ITA-2	Eugenio Monti Sergio Siorpaes Benito Rigoni Gildo Siorpaes	Four-man	1:03.43	2	1:04.07	5	1:04.02	4	1:04.08	2	4:15.60

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Marcello de Dorigo	55:26.1	27
	Giulio Deflorian	53:31.7	18
	Giuseppe Steiner	52:28.0	12
	Franco Nones	52:18.0	10
30 km	Livio Stuffer	1'38:11.0	22
	Gianfranco Stella	1'35:01.1	18
	Giuseppe Steiner	1'33:59.8	16
	Marcello de Dorigoo	1'33:53.4	15
50 km	Angelo Genuin	DNF	–
	Franco Manfroi	2'53:56.5	19
	Eugenio Mayer	2'53:21.3	18
	Livio Stuffer	2'51:04.7	13

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Giuseppe Steiner Marcello de Dorigo Giulio Deflorian Franco Nones	2'21:16.8	5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Giordano Abbondati	11	16	1688.4	131	14

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Sandra Brugnera	27	23	1612.5	221	26

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

First round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sweden	12–2	Italy

Consolation round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
9	Poland	7	6	1	0	40	13	12
10	Norway	7	5	2	0	40	19	10
11	Japan	7	4	2	1	35	31	9
12	Romania	7	3	3	1	31	28	7
13	Austria	7	3	3	1	24	28	7
14	Yugoslavia	7	3	3	1	29	37	7
15	Italy	7	2	5	0	24	42	4
16	Hungary	7	0	7	0	14	39	0

Italy 6-4 Hungary
Yugoslavia 5-3 Italy
Norway 9-2 Italy
Poland 7-0 Italy
Austria 5-3 Italy
Romania 6-2 Italy
Italy 8-6 Japan

	Contestants Giancarlo Agazzi Isidoro Alverà Enrico Bacher Enrico Benedetti Vittorio Bolla Giampiero Branduardi Alberto Darin Gianfranco Darin Bruno Frison Roberto Gamper Bruno Ghedina Ivo Ghezze Francesco Macchietto Giovanni Mastel Giulio Oberhammer Edmondo Rabanser Giulio Verocai

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giovanni Graber	56.44	24	1:01.66	26	54.80	16	55.50	19	3:48.40	23
Walter Außendorfer	55.47	21	55.02	16	54.85	18	54.83	16	3:40.17	16
Giampaolo Ambrosi	54.31	15	54.50	14	54.96	19	55.29	18	3:39.06	15
Carlo Prinoth	53.01	8	53.36	12	53.70	10	53.42	6	3:33.49	7

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Walter Außendorfer Sigisfredo Mair	51.40	4	51.47	3	1:42.87
Giampaolo Ambrosi Giovanni Graber	51.54	5	52.23	6	1:43.77	5

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erika Außersdorfer	56.03	15	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Erica Prugger	55.24	12	1:27.28	13	54.98	11	55.69	12	4:13.19	13

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 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
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ezio Damolin	Individual	65.0	62.0	198.1	18	51:42.3	221.44	7	419.54	8
Enzo Perin	Individual	68.0	61.5	200.4	15	54:17.7	191.42	17	391.82	18

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Bruno de Zordo	Normal hill	68.5	88.5	72.0	96.6	185.1	46
Nilo Zandanel		72.0	95.9	72.0	95.6	191.5	37
Giacomo Aimoni		72.0	96.9	74.0	100.4	197.3	28
Nilo Zandanel	Large hill	87.5	100.7	81.5	96.7	197.4	25
Giacomo Aimoni	Large hill	88.0	102.3	86.0	103.6	205.9	13

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Elio Locatelli	43.1	31
1500 m	Elio Locatelli	2:19.0	35
1500 m	Renato De Riva	2:15.7	21
5000 m	Renato De Riva	7:57.5	14
10,000 m	Renato De Riva	16:57.5	18

References

Italy at the Olympics

Summer Olympic Games	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter Olympic Games	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Intercalated Games	1906

Italy hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics, as well as the 1956 and 2006 Winter Olympics.

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