Italy at the 1972 Winter Olympics

IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Sapporo
Competitors	44 (41 men, 3 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Luciano de Paolis
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 5
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 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Gustavo Thoeni	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Gold	Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner	Luge	Men's doubles
Silver	Gustavo Thoeni	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Silver	Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon	Bobsleigh	Four-man
Bronze	Rolando Thoeni	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom

Alpine skiing

Main article: Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1972

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gustavo Thoeni	Downhill					1:54.37	13
Stefano Anzi						1:54.15	11
Giuliano Besson						1:54.15	11
Marcello Varallo						1:53.85	10
Rolando Thoeni	Giant Slalom	1:35.83	23	1:44.90	30	3:20.73	27
Helmuth Schmalzl		1:35.72	21	1:39.63	13	3:15.35	16
Eberardo Schmalzl		1:34.22	16	1:40.50	18	3:14.72	13
Gustavo Thoeni		1:32.19	3	1:37.43	2	3:09.62

Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Erwin Stricker	DSQ	–	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Gustavo Thoeni	bye		56.69	8	53.59	1	1:50.28
Rolando Thoeni	bye		56.14	5	54.16	3	1:50.30
Eberardo Schmalzl	bye		56.11	4	54.72	9	1:50.83	6

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Lino Jordan	1'16:26.09	12	1'28:26.09	40
	Pierantonio Clementi	1'19:28.74	6	1'25:28.74	31
	Giovanni Astegiano	1'16:45.90	6	1'22:45.90	22
	Willy Bertin	1'16:03.04	5	1'21:03.04	16

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Willy Bertin Giovanni Astegiano Corrado Varesco Lino Jordan	6	1'59:47.62	10

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 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	Gianfranco Gaspari Mario Armano	Two-man	1:15.62	3	1:16.52	7	1:13.71	2	1:14.60	7	5:00.45	4
ITA-2	Enzo Vicario Corrado Dal Fabbro	Two-man	1:17.20	12	1:16.77	9	1:14.23	5	1:15.46	14	5:03.66	10

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	Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon	Four-man	1:11.39	5	1:11.33	1	1:10.19	2	1:10.92	4	4:43.83
ITA-2	Gianfranco Gaspari Roberto Zandonella Mario Armano Luciano De Paolis	Four-man	1:11.89	10	1:12.49	12	1:11.11	8	1:11.24	6	4:46.73	8

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Franco Nones	49:35.43	40
	Gianfranco Stella	48:17.14	28
	Tonio Biondini	48:10.09	27
	Carlo Favre	47:59.07	24
30 km	Attilio Lombard	1'45:03.72	36
	Renzo Chiocchetti	1'44:35.03	32
	Ulrico Kostner	1'42:44.06	24
	Elviro Blanc	1'41:44.32	20
50 km	Ulrico Kostner	DNF	–
	Tonio Biondini	2'54:28.39	25
	Attilio Lombard	2'51:39.65	22
	Elviro Blanc	2'51:25.19	21

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Carlo Favre Elviro Blanc Renzo Chiocchetti Ulrico Kostner	2'12:07.11	9

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Rita Trapanese	6	6	2574.8	55	7

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leo Atzwanger	54.41	21	54.32	23	53.38	23	53.22	20	3:35.33	21
Paul Hildgartner	53.66	12	52.76	6	51.94	5	52.19	9	3:30.55	8
Emilio Lechner	53.59	11	53.49	13	52.20	8	52.13	8	3:31.41	11
Karl Brunner	53.14	9	53.26	11	52.28	10	52.19	9	3:30.87	9

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner	44.21	1	44.14	2	1:28.35
Sigisfredo Mair Ernesto Mair	45.22	8	45.04	8	1:30.26	8

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erika Lechner	48.76	21	49.39	21	50.51	21	DNF	–	DNF	–
Sarah Felder	45.90	8	45.93	6	45.99	12	45.08	8	3:02.90	8

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 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
Fabio Morandini	Individual	58.5	67.0	141.5	36	50:43.7	199.180	11	340.680	30
Ezio Damolin	Individual	70.0	73.5	175.2	21	50:58.1	197.020	13	372.220	16

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Ezio Damolin	Normal hill	68.0	87.0	62.5	75.7	162.7	55

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Bruno Toniolli	42.67	25
1500 m	Giancarlo Gloder	2:14.07	27
1500 m	Bruno Toniolli	2:10.24	18
5000 m	Bruno Toniolli	7:57.30	17
5000 m	Giancarlo Gloder	7:55.77	15
10,000 m	Giancarlo Gloder	16:21.42	17
10,000 m	Bruno Toniolli	16:14.52	16

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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