Italy at the 1968 Winter Olympics

IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Grenoble
Competitors	52 (44 men, 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Clotilde Fasolis
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 4 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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

Medalists

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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	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
Athlete	Event	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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 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 Luciano De Paolis	Two-man	1:10.13	1	1:10.72	2	1:10.64	2	1:10.05	1	4:41.54
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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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
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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
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
Athletes	Time	Rank
Giulio Deflorian Franco Nones Palmiro Serafini Aldo Stella	2'16:32.2	6

Figure skating

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

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	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
Athletes	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
Athlete	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

Nordic combined

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
Athlete	Event	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	Individual	66.0	66.5	181.7	33	50:08.5	216.56	7	398.26	17

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
10,000 m	Renato De Riva	16:39.5	19

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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