Italy at the
1980 Winter Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Lake Placid
Competitors46 (34 men, 12 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerGustav Thöni (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Paul Hildgartner Luge Men's individual
 Silver Peter Gschnitzer
Karl Brunner		 Luge Men's doubles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1980

See also: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Giuliano Giardini Downhill 1:48.98 15
Herbert Plank 1:47.13 6
Mauro Bernardi Giant Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Piero Gros 1:22.15 20 DNF – DNF –
Alex Giorgi 1:22.02 18 DNF – DNF –
Bruno Nöckler 1:20.99 4 1:21.96 7 2:42.95 6
Paolo De Chiesa Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Bruno Nöckler DNF – – – DNF –
Mauro Bernardi 55.40 14 DNF – DNF –
Gustavo Thoeni 54.79 8 51.20 5 1:45.99 8
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cristina Gravina Downhill 1:40.99 15
Daniela Zini Giant Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Wanda Bieler DNF – – – DNF –
Maria Rosa Quario 1:18.54 24 DNF – DNF –
Claudia Giordani 1:17.72 17 1:28.55 8 2:46.27 10
Daniela Zini Slalom 45.08 13 44.14 3 1:29.22 7
Wilma Gatta 44.46 10 45.48 10 1:29.94 10
Claudia Giordani 44.42 9 44.70 6 1:29.12 5
Maria Rosa Quario 43.63 6 44.29 4 1:27.92 4

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Adruino Tiraboschi 3 36:39.98 31
Adriano Darioli 5 36:14.17 25
Luigi Weiss 3 35:37.72 18
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Angelo Carrara 1'12:31.89 3 1'15:31.89 21
Adriano Darioli 1'10:11.22 5 1'15:11.22 19
Arduino Tiraboschi 1'11:06.05 2 1'13:06.05 10
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Arduino Tiraboschi
Adriano Darioli
Celestino Midali
Luigi Weiss 		2 1'40:20.79 9
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1980 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 Andrea Jory
Edmund Lanziner 		Two-man 1:03.73 11 1:04.19 11 1:03.97 15 1:04.45 16 4:16.34 14
ITA-2 Giuseppe Soravia
Georg Werth 		Two-man 1:04.75 19 1:04.81 18 1:04.30 16 1:04.31 15 4:18.17 16
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ITA-1 Andrea Jory
Edmund Lanziner
Georg Werth
Giovanni Modena 		Four-man 1:01.26 9 1:01.66 12 1:01.01 12 1:01.37 10 4:05.30 11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Giampaolo Rupil DNF –
Giulio Capitanio 45:10.40 39
Giorgio Vanzetta 44:52.18 34
Maurilio De Zolt 44:43.19 31
30 km Roberto Primus 1'37:55.47 43
Benedetto Carrara 1'34:27.45 34
Giulio Capitanio 1'33:07.48 27
Maurilio De Zolt 1'31:43.74 20
50 km Maurilio De Zolt DNF –
Gianfranco Polvara 2'41:51.58 32
Roberto Primus 2'38:10.10 25
Giulio Capitanio 2'37:01.40 19
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Maurilio De Zolt
Benedetto Carrara
Giulio Capitanio
Giorgio Vanzetta 		2'01:09.93 6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Franca Bianconi 19 18 19 144.82 134 19
Susanna Driano 6 14 10 172.82 77 8

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Karl Brunner DNF – – – – – – – DNF –
Paul Hildgartner 43.652 5 44.000 4 43.708 2 44.012 3 2:55.372 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ernst Haspinger 43.435 2 43.833 3 43.592 1 52.556 23 3:03.416 21

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peter Gschnitzer
Karl Brunner 		39.549 3 40.057 3 1:19.606 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hansjörg Raffl
Alfred Silginer 		39.823 5 40.153 6 1:19.976 5
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Monika Auer 40.590 17 40.319 11 41.269 21 40.855 16 2:43.033 16
Angelika Aukenthaler 39.829 12 41.043 20 39.919 11 39.860 9 2:40.651 11
Maria Luise Rainer 39.695 10 40.948 18 1:13.062 24 DNF – DNF –

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Lido Tomasi Normal hill 72.0 93.4 74.0 99.1 182.5 38
Lido Tomasi Large hill 87.5 83.2 88.0 85.9 169.1 46

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Giovanni Paganin 40.42 28
1000 m Giovanni Paganin 1:21.50 28
1500 m Maurizio Marchetto 2:07.45 28
5000 m Maurizio Marchetto 7:35.50 23
10,000 m Maurizio Marchetto 15:56.73 22
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Marzia Peretti DNF –
1000 m Marzia Peretti 1:35.66 36

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