Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics

IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Vancouver
Competitors	114 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Giorgio Di Centa
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 5
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Italy participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Giuliano Razzoli	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	27
Silver	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km freestyle	15
Bronze	Alessandro Pittin	Nordic combined	Individual normal hill/10 km	14
Bronze	Armin Zoeggler	Luge	Men's singles	14
Bronze	Arianna Fontana	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 m	18

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete^[1]	Event	Final
Athlete^[1]	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Christian Deville	Slalom	did not finish
Peter Fill	Downhill	n/a		1:55.29	15
	Super-G	n/a		Disqualified
	Combined	1:54.15	did not finish
Werner Heel	Downhill	n/a		1:55.19	12
Werner Heel	Super-G	n/a		1:30.67	4
Christof Innerhofer	Downhill	n/a		1:55.58	19
	Super-G	n/a		1:30.73	6
	Combined	1:54.55	51.90	2:46.45	8
Manfred Mölgg	Giant slalom	1:18.94	1:21.57	2:40.51	22
	Slalom	48.64	51.81	1:40.45	7
	Combined	1:58.29	did not finish
Patrick Staudacher	Combined	1:53.54	54.45	2:47.99	13
Alexander Ploner	Giant slalom	1:18.67	1:21.10	2:39.77	18
Giuliano Razzoli	Slalom	47.79	51.53	1:39.32
Davide Simoncelli	Giant slalom	1:18.52	1:21.44	2:39.96	20
Patrick Staudacher	Downhill	n/a		1:57.21	35
Patrick Staudacher	Super-G	n/a		1:30.74	7
Patrick Thaler	Slalom	50.13	did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Federica Brignone	Giant slalom	1:17.01	1:11.67	2:28.68	18
Chiara Costazza	Slalom	53.18	did not finish		18
Elena Fanchini	Downhill	n/a		did not finish
Elena Fanchini	Super-G	n/a		1:22.17	14
Nicole Gius	Giant slalom	1:17.16	1:11.71	2:28.87	20
Nicole Gius	Slalom	51.71	53.30	1:45.01	8
Denise Karbon	Giant slalom	1:18.22	1:11.15	2:29.37	23
Denise Karbon	Slalom	53.44	52.50	1:45.94	18
Daniela Merighetti	Downhill	n/a		did not finish
	Super-G	n/a		did not finish
	Combined	did not finish
Manuela Mölgg	Giant slalom	1:15.79	1:12.87	2:28.66	17
Manuela Mölgg	Slalom	53.09	52.22	1:45.31	11
Lucia Recchia	Downhill	n/a		1:46.50	9
Lucia Recchia	Super-G	n/a		1:21.43	7
Johanna Schnarf	Downhill	n/a		1:48.77	22
	Super-G	n/a		1:20.99	4
	Combined	1:25.72	45.57	2:11.29	8

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Mattia Cola	Sprint	27:24.9	0+1	60
Mattia Cola	Pursuit	39:50.9	0+0+0+4	55
Christian de Lorenzi	Sprint	27:25.9	2+2	61
Christian de Lorenzi	Individual	53:03.6	1+0+2+1	38
Lukas Hofer	Sprint	27:18.3	2+2	56
	Pursuit	39:50.9	2+0+2+1	54
	Individual	53:23.7	0+1+1+1	46
Markus Windisch	Sprint	26:44.7	0+0	44
	Pursuit	39:50.8	0+2+3+1	53
	Individual	52:38.7	0+3+0+0	31
Rene Laurent Vuillermoz	Individual	54:19.7	0+1+1+2	54
Christian de Lorenzi Markus Windisch Lukas Hofer Mattia Cola	Relay	1:26:27.5	2+22	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Roberta Fiandino	Sprint	23:11.6	3+1	73
Katja Haller	Sprint	21:51.0	0+1	38
	Pursuit	36:20.9	1+2+2+0	51
	Individual	43:12.4	0+0+0+0	18
Karin Oberhofer	Sprint	22:08.9	1+2	47
	Pursuit	36:40.3	2+3+1+0	53
	Individual	49:18.6	0+1+2+4	75
Michela Ponza	Sprint	21:55.7	1+1	43
	Pursuit	36:11.9	0+1+0+0	50
	Individual	43:54.4	0+0+0+1	27
Christa Perathoner	Individual	50:23.3	1+1+1+2	79
Michela Ponza Katja Haller Karin Oberhofer Roberta Fiandino	Relay	1:12:54.2	0+16	11

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fabrizio Tosini Sergio Riva	Two-man	52.84	19	52.83	19	52.34	16	52.65	17	3:30.66	17
Simone Bertazzo Samuele Romanini	Two-man	52.33	13	52.88	14	DSQ
Jessica Gillarduzzi Laura Curione	Two-woman	54.15	12	54.37	14	54.40	14	54.11	13	3:37.03	13
Simone Bertazzo Danilo Santarsiero Samuele Romanini Mirko Turri	Four-man	51.57	13	51.38	10	51.62	10	51.68	9	3:26.25	9

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giorgio Di Centa	15 km freestyle							34:36.2	10
	30 km pursuit							1:16:05.1	12
	50 km classic							2:05:49.0	11
Valerio Checchi	15 km freestyle							34:53.7	19
Valerio Checchi	50 km classic							2:10:49.7	31
Roland Clara	50 km classic							2:11:00.8	36
Pietro Piller Cottrer	15 km freestyle							34:00.9
	30 km pursuit							1:16:19.9	14
	50 km classic							2:08:21.6	26
Loris Frasnelli	Sprint	3:41.78	30 Q	3:40.9	6	did not qualify			27
David Hofer	30 km pursuit							1:25:02.6	53
David Hofer	Sprint	3:42.89	39	did not qualify					39
Thomas Moriggl	15 km freestyle							34:59.9	24
Thomas Moriggl	30 km pursuit							1:17:40.9	24
Fabio Pasini	Sprint	3:40.86	26 Q	3:35.7	5	did not qualify			22
Renato Pasini	Sprint	3:39.63	22 Q	3:42.8	4	did not qualify			20
Renato Pasini, Cristian Zorzi	Team sprint					18:43.9	4 Q	19:21.1	8
Valerio Checchi, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi	4 x 10 km relay							1:47:16.6	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elisa Brocard	Sprint	3:58.27	43	did not qualify					43
Antonella Confortola	30 km classic							1:34:07.7	16
Arianna Follis	10 km freestyle							25:54.1	11
Arianna Follis	15 km pursuit							41:21.6	9
Magda Genuin	Sprint	3:42.18	4 Q	3:41.9	1 Q	3:42.2	2 Q	3:49.1	5
Marianna Longa	10 km freestyle							26:06.2	18
	15 km pursuit							41:02.2	7
	30 km classic							1:33:19.9	11
Karin Moroder	Sprint	3:53.74	39	did not qualify					39
Silvia Rupil	10 km freestyle							25:58.5	14
Silvia Rupil	15 km pursuit							42:01.6	16
Sabina Valbusa	10 km freestyle							26:05.8	17
	15 km pursuit							42:19.4	18
	30 km classic							DNS
Magda Genuin, Arianna Follis	Team sprint					18:43.0	2 Q	18:14.2	4
Arianna Follis, Marianna Longa, Silvia Rupil, Sabina Valbusa	4 x 5 km relay							56:04.9	4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Italy has qualified 2 entrants in men's singles, 1 in ladies singles, 1 in pair skating, and 2 in ice dancing, for a total of 9 athletes.^[2]

Athlete(s)	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Samuel Contesti	Men's			70.60	14	116.90	19	187.50	18
Paolo Bacchini	Men's			64.42	20	112.79	22	177.21	20
Carolina Kostner	Ladies'			63.02	7	88.88	19	151.90	16
Nicole Della Monica, Yannick Kocon	Pairs			56.82	11	104.78	13	161.60	12
Federica Faiella, Massimo Scali	Ice dancing	39.88	5	60.18	5	99.11	5	199.17	5
Anna Cappellini, Luca La Notte	Ice dancing	33.13	12	51.45	12	82.74	15	167.32	12

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Deborah Scanzio	Women's moguls	21.84	14 Q	22.19	10

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
David Mair	Men's singles	48.978	48.989	49.376	48.845	3:16.199	17
Reinhold Rainer		48.846	49.065	49.416	48.007	3:16.334	21
Armin Zöggeler		48.473	48.529	48.914	48.459	3:14.375
Sandra Gasparini	Women's singles	42.339	42.161	42.881	42.621	2:50.002	20
Oswald Haselrieder Gerhard Plankensteiner	Doubles	41.789	41.860			1:23.649	9
Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Doubles	41.527	41.585			1:23.112	4

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump distance	Jump score	Rank	Cross country time	Total	Rank
Armin Bauer	Individual normal hill/10 km	86.5	91.5	44	26:36.3	29:32.3	43
Armin Bauer	Individual large hill/10 km	117.5	99.8	23	26:00.1	28:16.3	21
Giuseppe Michielli	Individual normal hill/10 km	93.0	107.0	38	25:46.1	26:30.1	33
Giuseppe Michielli	Individual large hill/10 km	114.0	94.0	27	25:38.3	27:55.7	23
Alessandro Pittin	Individual normal hill/10 km	100.0	123.5	6	24:59.9	25:47.9
Alessandro Pittin	Individual large hill/10 km	122.5	108.7	13	25:00.6	25:41.3	7
Lukas Runggaldier	Individual normal hill/10 km	98.5	119.0	16	25:30.7	26:36.7	16
Lukas Runggaldier	Individual large hill/10 km	98.5	119.0	16	25:40.6	26:37.9	11

Team large hill/4 x 5 km

Athletes	Group 1		Group 2		Group 3		Group 4		Total	Rank	Cross-country time	Total	Rank
Athletes	Dist.	Pts.	Dist.	Pts.	Dist.	Pts.	Dist.	Pts.	Total	Rank	Cross-country time	Total	Rank
Lukas Runggaldier Armin Bauer Giuseppe Michielli Alessandro Pittin	126.5	113.7	114.0	92.0	112.5	89.7	122.5	107.2	402.6	10	51:55.5	53:55.5	10

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Italy's team consisted of ten athletes. Roberto Serra was scheduled to compete in the men's 5000 relay event and did not do so.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicolas Bean	500 m	42.344,	3	did not advance					20
	1000 m	1:26.781	2 Q	1:25.827	3	did not advance			11
	1500 m	2:17.089	4			did not advance			31
Yuri Confortola	500 m	1:17.401	4	did not advance					30
	1000 m	1:27.073	1 Q	1:24.788	3	did not advance			9
	1500 m	2:14.584	1 Q			2:13.645	3 q	Final B DSQ
Nicola Rodigari	500 m	42.190	3	did not advance					18
	1000 m	1:41.117	3 ADV	DSQ			did not advance
	1500 m	2:12.609	3 Q			2:11.402	4 q	Final B 2:18.422	8
Nicolas Bean Yuri Confortola Claudio Rinaldi Nicola Rodigari	5000 m relay					DSQ

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arianna Fontana	500 m	44.482	1 Q	44.257	2 Q	43.991	2 Q	43.804
	1000 m	1:32.640	2 Q	1:32.472	3	did not advance			14
	1500 m	2:27.120	1 Q			2:21.522	3 q	Final B 2:42.801	9
Cecilia Maffei	500 m	44.948	3	did not advance					22
	1000 m	1:32.615	3	did not advance					22
	1500 m	2:24.931	5			did not advance			23
Martina Valcepina	500 m	1:08.173	4	did not advance					31
Katia Zini	1500 m	2:30.606	6			did not advance			28
Arianna Fontana Cecilia Maffei Martina Valcepina Katia Zini Lucia Peretti*	3000 m relay					4:23.950	4 QB	4:18.559	6

* Competed in final only.

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Nicola Drocco	Men's	55.77	54.60	54.97	did not advance	2:45.34	26
Costanza Zanoletti	Women's	55.48	55.63	55.38	55.31	3:41.80	15

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Sebastian Colloredo	Normal hill	113.0	35 Q	114.0	28 Q	115.0	26	29
Sebastian Colloredo	Large hill	125.2	18 Q	99.3	27	102.9	24	27
Roberto Dellasega	Normal hill	87.8	44	did not advance
Roberto Dellasega	Large hill	DSQ
Andrea Morassi	Normal hill	109.7	31 Q	59.9	48	did not advance		48
Andrea Morassi	Large hill	114.0	32 Q	106.0	43	did not advance		43

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Manuel Pietropoli	Men's halfpipe	9.3	5.2	20	did not advance					39

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Meinhard Erlacher	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:18.87	18	did not advance				18
Roland Fischnaller	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:20.14	21	did not advance				21
Aaron March	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:18.36	13 Q	Benjamin Karl (AUT) (4) L +2.27	did not advance			13
Corinna Boccacini	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:28.88	26	did not advance				26
Carmen Ranigler	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:26.93	25	did not advance				25

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Simone Malusa	Men's snowboard cross	1:24.53	30 Q	3	did not advance			T17
Stefano Pozzolini	Men's snowboard cross	1:23.08	18 Q	2 Q	3 Q	did not advance		T9
Federico Raimo	Men's snowboard cross	1:23.16	19 Q	4	did not advance			T25
Alberto Schiavon	Men's snowboard cross	1:22.33	13 Q	3	did not advance			T17
Raffaella Brutto	Women's snowboard cross	1:34.12	17		did not advance			17

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ermanno Ioriatti	500 m	35.957	29	35.842	24	71.79	24
Ermanno Ioriatti	1000 m					1:12.15	33
Matteo Anesi	1000 m					1:11.51	30
Matteo Anesi	1500 m					1:47.34	12
Enrico Fabris	1500 m					1:47.02	10
	5000 m					6:20.53	7
	10000 m					DNS

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chiara Simionato	500 m	39.480	28	39.285	25	78.76	25
	1000 m					1:18.02	19
	1000 m					2:02.38	27

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Matteo Anesi, Enrico Fabris, Luca Stefani	Men's team pursuit	Canada L +3.97	did not advance	Final C South Korea L +5.79	6

References

^ "Vancouver 2010 Official Report - Volume 2" (PDF). Vancouver Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
^ "International Skating Union Communication No. 1589: Olympic Winter Games 2010 - Entries/Participation Single & Pair Skatng [sic] And Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
^ Entry List Short Track Speed Skating

Italy at the Olympics

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