Italy at the 1992 Winter Olympics

IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Albertville
Competitors	107 (79 men, 28 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Alberto Tomba (alpine skiing)
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 4 Silver 6 Bronze 4 Total 14
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Italy competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Josef Polig	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	11 February
Gold	Deborah Compagnoni	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G	18 February
Gold	Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	18 February
Gold	Stefania Belmondo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 30 kilometre freestyle	21 February
Silver	Gianfranco Martin	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	11 February
Silver	Marco Albarello	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 kilometre classical	13 February
Silver	Stefania Belmondo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit	15 February
Silver	Giuseppe Puliè Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Silvio Fauner	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay	18 February
Silver	Maurilio De Zolt	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 kilometre freestyle	22 February
Silver	Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	22 February
Bronze	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	Luge	Doubles	14 February
Bronze	Giorgio Vanzetta	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit	15 February
Bronze	Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay	17 February
Bronze	Giorgio Vanzetta	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 kilometre freestyle	22 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	12	6	18
Biathlon	6	4	10
Bobsleigh	8	–	8
Cross-country skiing	8	5	13
Figure skating	4	3	7
Freestyle skiing	4	2	6
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	6	2	8
Short track speed skating	4	4	8
Ski jumping	3	–	3
Speed skating	2	2	4
Total	79	28	107

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Danilo Sbardellotto	Downhill			DNF	–
Gianfranco Martin				1:52.48	14
Kristian Ghedina				1:52.28	11
Franco Colturi				1:52.07	10
Patrick Holzer	Super-G			DNF	–
Alberto Senigagliesi				1:15.70	19
Gianfranco Martin				1:14.81	12
Josef Polig				1:13.88	5
Patrick Holzer	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Sergio Bergamelli		1:06.95	1:04.80	2:11.75	17
Josef Polig		1:06.17	1:03.28	2:09.45	9
Alberto Tomba		1:04.57	1:02.41	2:06.98
Konrad Kurt Ladstaetter	Slalom	54.68	55.19	1:49.87	21
Fabio De Crignis		53.31	DSQ	DSQ	–
Carlo Gerosa		53.18	53.92	1:47.10	11
Alberto Tomba		53.01	51.66	1:44.67

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Kristian Ghedina	1:46.65	52.43	52.48	38.96	6
Josef Polig	1:45.78	51.27	50.89	14.58
Franco Colturi	1:45.59	1:09.46	1:01.78	176.69	31
Gianfranco Martin	1:45.48	50.16	52.60	14.90

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Morena Gallizio	Super-G			1:26.19	23
Barbara Merlin				1:25.13	16
Bibiana Perez				1:24.69	13
Deborah Compagnoni				1:21.22
Bibiana Perez	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Deborah Compagnoni		DNF	–	DNF	–
Lara Magoni		1:09.13	DNF	DNF	–
Barbara Merlin		1:08.47	1:08.85	2:17.32	16
Astrid Plank	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Bibiana Perez		DNF	–	DNF	–
Lara Magoni		49.73	45.27	1:35.00	12

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Morena Gallizio	1:29.84	36.94	37.62	93.21	16

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Pieralberto Carrara	3	28:30.1	41
	Hubert Leitgeb	2	27:40.3	26
	Johann Passler	3	27:20.4	15
	Andreas Zingerle	1	26:38.6	7

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Gottlieb Taschler	59:41.3	3	1'02:41.3	44
	Wilfried Pallhuber	56:35.4	6	1'02:35.4	40
	Andreas Zingerle	56:05.6	4	1'00:05.6	17
	Johann Passler	54:25.9	4	58:25.9	7

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Hubert Leitgeb Johann Passler Pieralberto Carrara Andreas Zingerle	2	1'26:18.1	4

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Siegrid Pallhuber	5	29:23.1	56
	Erica Carrara	4	28:38.5	49
	Monika Schwingshackl	2	27:56.1	37
	Nathalie Santer	3	26:28.7	16

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Monika Schwingshackl	54:39.5	8	1'02:39.5	57
	Erica Carrara	56:58.8	4	1'00:58.8	53
	Siegrid Pallhuber	54:27.3	4	58:27.3	38
	Nathalie Santer	50:10.3	3	53:10.3	8

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Erica Carrara Monika Schwingshackl Nathalie Santer	2	1'24:00.8	13

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 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	Günther Huber Stefano Ticci	Two-man	1:00.36	7	1:00.87	1	1:01.08	3	1:01.41	11	4:03.72	5
ITA-2	Pasquale Gesuito Antonio Tartaglia	Two-man	1:01.02	15	1:01.07	6	1:01.52	12	1:01.33	8	4:04.94	12

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	Pasquale Gesuito Antonio Tartaglia Paolo Canedi Stefano Ticci	Four-man	58.78	14	58.83	8	59.12	15	59.15	15	3:55.88	12
ITA-2	Günther Huber Marco Andreatta Thomas Rottensteiner Marcantonio Stiffi	Four-man	58.76	13	59.11	17	58.97	13	59.14	14	3:55.98	15

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Maurilio De Zolt	32:00.1	58
	Silvio Fauner	28:53.8	10
	Giorgio Vanzetta	28:26.9	7
	Marco Albarello	27:55.2
15 km pursuit¹ F	Maurilio De Zolt	DNF	–
	Silvio Fauner	39:58.9	7
	Marco Albarello	38:57.3	4
	Giorgio Vanzetta	38:56.2
30 km C	Gianfranco Polvara	1'26:26.2	20
	Fulvio Valbusa	1'26:07.1	17
	Giuseppe Puliè	1'26:02.4	16
	Marco Albarello	1'23:55.7	4
50 km F	Alfred Runggaldier	2'10:03.1	11
	Gianfranco Polvara	2'09:27.8	10
	Giorgio Vanzetta	2'06:42.1
	Maurilio De Zolt	2'04:39.1

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Giuseppe Puliè Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Silvio Fauner	1'40:52.7

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Bice Vanzetta	15:28.4	28
	Gabriella Paruzzi	15:13.9	23
	Manuela Di Centa	14:55.4	12
	Stefania Belmondo	14:26.2	4
10 km pursuit² F	Bice Vanzetta	28:48.7	20
	Gabriella Paruzzi	28:38.8	16
	Manuela Di Centa	27:55.7	10
	Stefania Belmondo	26:17.8
15 km C	Bice Vanzetta	DNF	–
	Gabriella Paruzzi	44:44.0	9
	Stefania Belmondo	44:02.4	5
30 km F	Laura Bettega	1'33:49.3	35
	Gabriella Paruzzi	1'28:18.1	12
	Manuela Di Centa	1'27:04.4	6
	Stefania Belmondo	1'22:30.1

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	1'00:25.9

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Gilberto Viadana	19	DNF	DNF	–

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Anna Tabacchi Massimo Salvade	15	15	22.5	15

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Anna Croci Luca Mantovani	13	13	13	12	25.0	13
Stefania Calegari Pasquale Camerlengo	5	5	5	5	10.0	5

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Giorgio Zini	Moguls	43.96	9.47	43	did not advance
Paolo Silvestri		39.69	15.44	38	did not advance
Walter Osta		40.02	15.81	37	did not advance
Simone Mottini		34.20	19.92	24	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Petra Moroder	Moguls	44.83	18.69	11	did not advance
Silvia Marciandi	Moguls	42.51	21.72	7 Q	40.96	19.66	7

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the medal round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
United States	5	4	0	1	18	7	11	9
Sweden	5	3	0	2	22	11	11	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	11	11	7
Germany	5	2	3	0	11	12	-1	4
Italy	5	1	4	0	18	24	-6	2
Poland	5	0	5	0	4	30	-26	0

United States	6:3	Italy
Sweden	7:3	Italy
Italy	7:1	Poland
Germany	5:2	Italy
Finland	5:3	Italy

Consolation round 9th-12th places

Norway

5:3

Italy

11th-place match

Poland

4:1

Italy 12th

Contestants

Head coach: Gene Ubriaco

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oswald Haselrieder	45.698	10	45.319	1	46.252	6	46.007	5	3:03.276	7
Gerhard Plankensteiner	45.676	9	45.752	10	46.313	11	46.167	11	3:03.908	11
Norbert Huber	45.506	5	45.400	4	46.105	4	45.962	4	3:02.973	4

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	46.114	2	46.184	3	1:32.298
Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber	46.447	5	46.363	5	1:32.810	5

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natalie Obkircher	47.432	17	47.423	18	47.556	18	47.490	19	3:09.901	19
Gerda Weissensteiner	46.954	4	46.988	5	46.894	4	46.837	5	3:07.673	4

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Hugo Herrnhof	1000 m	1:33.35	2 Q	1:34.85	3	did not advance
Orazio Fagone	1000 m	1:34.91	4	did not advance
Orazio Fagone Hugo Herrnhof Roberto Peretti Mirko Vuillermin	5000 m relay			7:28.32	2 Q	7:32.80	4 QB	7:32.80	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Cristina Sciolla	500 m	52.53	3	did not advance
Marinella Canclini	500 m	47.00	1 Q	1:27.18	4	did not advance
Marinella Canclini Maria Rosa Candido Ketty La Torre Cristina Sciolla	3000 m relay					4:47.31	4	did not advance

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Ivo Pertile	Normal hill	76.0	84.6	76.0	85.1	169.7	52
Roberto Cecon		80.5	94.3	79.5	91.2	185.5	37
Ivan Lunardi		86.0	104.1	78.5	89.1	193.2	22
Roberto Cecon	Large hill	95.0	68.0	98.5	73.9	141.9	32
Ivo Pertile		95.5	71.2	90.0	62.0	133.2	38
Ivan Lunardi		110.5	99.2	102.5	86.0	185.2	7

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Roberto Cecon Ivo Pertile Ivan Lunardi	472.2	13

¹ Three (for most countries four) teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1500 m	Alessandro De Taddei	2:00.86	30
1500 m	Roberto Sighel	1:57.32	11
5000 m	Roberto Sighel	7:16.55	14
10,000 m	Roberto Sighel	14:38.23	9

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1500 m	Elena Belci	2:10.75	19
3000 m	Elke Felicetti	4:44.14	23
3000 m	Elena Belci	4:34.28	14
5000 m	Elke Felicetti	8:08.44	20
5000 m	Elena Belci	7:50.42	10

References

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