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Italy at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Italy at the
1998 Winter Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Nagano
Competitors113 (79 men, 34 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer Gerda Weissensteiner (luge)
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
2
Silver
6
Bronze
2
Total
10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Günther Huber
Antonio Tartaglia
Bobsleigh Two-man 15 February
 Gold Deborah Compagnoni Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 20 February
 Silver Thomas Prugger Snowboarding Men's giant slalom 8 February
 Silver Armin Zöggeler Luge Men's singles 9 February
 Silver Pieralberto Carrara Biathlon Men's individual 11 February
 Silver Marco Albarello
Fulvio Valbusa
Fabio Maj
Silvio Fauner
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay 18 February
 Silver Deborah Compagnoni Alpine skiing Women's slalom 19 February
 Silver Stefania Belmondo Cross-country skiing Women's 30 kilometre freestyle 20 February
 Bronze Silvio Fauner Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre classical 9 February
 Bronze Karin Moroder
Gabriella Paruzzi
Manuela Di Centa
Stefania Belmondo
Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay 16 February

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 12 10 22
Biathlon 5 1 6
Bobsleigh 8 8
Cross-country skiing 7 6 13
Figure skating 3 3 6
Freestyle skiing 1 1 2
Ice hockey 22 0 22
Luge 7 3 10
Nordic combined 1 1
Short track speed skating 5 4 9
Ski jumping 1 1
Snowboarding 4 5 9
Speed skating 3 1 4
Total 79 34 113

Alpine skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Peter Runggaldier Downhill DNF
Luca Cattaneo DNF
Werner Perathoner 1:52.36 16
Kristian Ghedina 1:50.76 6
Peter Runggaldier Super-G 1:37.00 19
Kristian Ghedina 1:36.70 16
Werner Perathoner 1:36.64 15
Alessandro Fattori 1:35.61 4
Alberto Tomba Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Matteo Nana 1:22.43 1:19.94 2:42.37 15
Patrick Holzer 1:22.39 DNF DNF
Sergio Bergamelli 1:22.38 1:20.40 2:42.78 16
Fabrizio Tescari Slalom DNF DNF
Alberto Tomba 57.00 DNF DNF
Angelo Weiss 56.87 55.93 1:52.80 16
Matteo Nana 56.59 55.37 1:51.96 11

Men's combined

Athlete Slalom Downhill Total
Time 1 Time 2 Time Total time Rank
Erik Seletto 56.30 51.16 1:35.77 3:23.23 10
Alessandro Fattori 55.45 45.26 1:36.29 3:17.00 6
Luca Cattaneo 53.59 49.33 DNF DNF
Kristian Ghedina 51.58 48.77 DNF DNF
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Isolde Kostner Downhill DNF
Morena Gallizio 1:32.22 26
Alessandra Merlin 1:31.44 21
Bibiana Perez 1:31.43 20
Karen Putzer Super-G 1:20.16 28
Barbara Merlin 1:19.64 23
Bibiana Perez 1:19.47 22
Isolde Kostner 1:18.62 11
Karen Putzer Giant Slalom 1:22.15 1:36.89 2:59.04 23
Sabina Panzanini 1:20.97 1:33.12 2:54.09 8
Deborah Compagnoni 1:18.94 1:31.65 2:50.59 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Elisabetta Biavaschi Slalom DNF DNF
Lara Magoni 48.13 48.50 1:36.63 15
Morena Gallizio 46.93 47.94 1:34.87 8
Deborah Compagnoni 45.29 47.17 1:32.46 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank
Morena Gallizio 1:30.60 36.83 35.09 2:42.52 5
Bibiana Perez 1:30.54 DNF DNF

Biathlon

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Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint René Cattarinussi 4 30:50.0 52
Hubert Leitgeb 1 30:10.0 35
Wilfried Pallhuber 1 28:50.1 14
Pieralberto Carrara 2 28:44.2 10
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Patrick Favre 57:10.5 7 1'04:10.5 54
Wilfried Pallhuber 57:07.7 5 1'02:07.7 41
René Cattarinussi 57:00.5 3 1'00:00.5 21
Pieralberto Carrara 56:21.9 0 56:21.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Patrick Favre
Wilfried Pallhuber
René Cattarinussi
Pieralberto Carrara
1 1'25:07.3 9
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Nathalie Santer 1 23:59.6 10
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Nathalie Santer 54:01.0 4 58:01.0 18
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ITA-1 Günther Huber
Antonio Tartaglia
Two-man 54.51 1 54.29 2 54.17 3 54.27 2 3:37.24 1st place, gold medalist(s)
ITA-2 Fabrizio Tosini
Enrico Costa
Two-man 55.07 13 54.79 13 54.80 14 54.95 15 3:39.61 14
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ITA-1 Günther Huber
Antonio Tartaglia
Massimiliano Rota
Marco Menchini
Four-man 53.84 16 53.68 12 53.91 12 2:41.43 14
ITA-2 Fabrizio Tosini
Andrea Pais de Libera
Enrico Costa
Sergio Chianella
Four-man 54.07 20 54.09 20 54.86 22 2:43.02 20

Cross-country skiing

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C
Fabio Maj 29:13.8 28
Marco Albarello 29:10.1 26
Fulvio Valbusa 28:17.0 11
Silvio Fauner 28:15.5 10
15 km
pursuit1
F
Fabio Maj 41:31.4 13
Fulvio Valbusa 40:25.1 5
Silvio Fauner 40:24.9 4
30 km
C
Giorgio Di Centa 1'38:14.9 8
Marco Albarello 1'38:07.1 7
Fulvio Valbusa 1'37:31.1 5
Silvio Fauner 1'36:08.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50 km
F
Pietro Piller Cottrer 2'12:37.9 16
Silvio Fauner 2'08:44.3 10
Maurizio Pozzi 2'08:13.2 9
Fulvio Valbusa 2'06:44.3 5
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Marco Albarello
Fulvio Valbusa
Fabio Maj
Silvio Fauner
1'40:55.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C
Sabina Valbusa 19:00.6 29
Manuela Di Centa 18:48.9 21
Stefania Belmondo 18:19.8 12
Gabriella Paruzzi 18:14.7 9
10 km
pursuit2
F
Manuela Di Centa 30:47.1 23
Sabina Valbusa 30:34.0 17
Gabriella Paruzzi 29:36.8 12
Stefania Belmondo 28:42.6 5
15 km
C
Karin Moroder 51:36.1 30
Antonella Confortola 51:07.6 27
Gabriella Paruzzi 49:20.7 14
Stefania Belmondo 48:57.7 8
30 km
F
Karin Moroder DNF
Antonella Confortola 1'29:31.6 20
Gabriella Paruzzi 1'26:06.0 10
Stefania Belmondo 1'22:11.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Karin Moroder
Gabriella Paruzzi
Manuela Di Centa
Stefania Belmondo
56:53.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Figure skating

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Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Gilberto Viadana 24 23 35.0 23
Women
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Tony Sabrina Bombardieri 27 DNF DNF
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD1 CD2 OD FD TFP Rank
Diane Gerencser
Pasquale Camerlengo
16 17 16 17 33.2 17
Barbara Fusar-Poli
Maurizio Margaglio
6 6 6 6 12.0 6

Freestyle skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Freddy Romano Aerials 195.38 14 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Petra Moroder Moguls 36.35 19.30 22 did not advance

Ice hockey

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Men's tournament

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Preliminary round - group A

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Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team GP W L T GF GA GD Pts
 Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 14 11 +3 5
 Slovakia 3 1 1 1 9 9 0 3
 Italy 3 1 2 0 11 11 0 2
 Austria 3 0 1 2 9 12 -3 2

All times are local (UTC-7).

7 February 1998Kazakhstan 5 – 3
(1-3, 1-0, 3-0)
 ItalyThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,634
8 February 1998Slovakia 4 – 3
(1-2, 3-1, 0-0)
 ItalyThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,620
10 February 1998Italy 5 – 2
(2-0, 2-0, 1-2)
 AustriaThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,473

Consolation Round - 11th place match

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All times are local (UTC-7).

12 February 1998France 5 – 1
(1-0, 0-0, 4-1)
 Italy 12thThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,854

Team roster

Luge

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Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Reinhold Rainer 50.105 8 50.008 9 49.897 5 49.936 8 3:19.946 8
Norbert Huber 50.100 7 50.129 11 50.026 10 49.883 6 3:20.138 10
Armin Zöggeler 49.715 2 49.690 2 49.737 3 49.797 3 3:18.939 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kurt Brugger
Wilfried Huber
50.897 5 50.871 8 1:41.768 5
Gerhard Plankensteiner
Oswald Haselrieder
51.084 6 50.833 7 1:41.917 6
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Doris Preindl 52.178 15 52.107 16 51.638 15 55.373 28 3:31.296 26
Natalie Obkircher 51.910 11 51.967 12 51.530 13 51.270 11 3:26.677 12
Gerda Weissensteiner 51.744 8 51.998 13 51.415 10 50.956 9 3:26.113 9

Nordic combined

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Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country
time
Total
rank
Points Rank
Andrea Longo Individual 199.0 30 45:26.2 22

Short track speed skating

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Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Maurizio Carnino 500 m 43.927 2 Q 43.225 4 did not advance
Fabio Carta 43.000 1 Q 43.763 3 did not advance
Fabio Carta 1000 m 1:31.315 2 Q 1:32.358 1 Q 1:39.402 3 QB 1:33.015 6
Michele Antonioli DSQ did not advance
Michele Antonioli
Maurizio Carnino
Fabio Carta
Diego Cattani
Nicola Franceschina
5000 m relay 7:07.770 2 QA 7:15.212 4
Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Barbara Baldissera 500 m 46.113 3 did not advance
Marinella Canclini 1:14.224 4 did not advance
Mara Urbani 46.287 2 Q 46.215 1 Q 46.473 4 QB 46.687 5
Marinella Canclini 1000 m 1:35.971 2 Q 1:38.517 4 did not advance
Katia Colturi 1:39.937 3 did not advance
Mara Urbani 1:39.231 3 did not advance

Ski jumping

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Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Roberto Cecon Normal hill 75.5 85.0 32 did not advance
Roberto Cecon Large hill 116.0 109.8 14 Q 116.0 107.8 217.6 22

Snowboarding

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Men's giant slalom
Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Karl Frenademez 1:03.33 1:12.62 2:15.95 20
Willi Trakofler 1:01.42 1:05.88 2:07.30 11
Elmar Messner 1:01.42 1:07.99 2:09.41 13
Thomas Prugger 59.38 1:04.60 2:03.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's giant slalom
Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Margherita Parini 1:21.42 1:06.15 2:27.57 13
Dagi Mair unter der Eggen 1:13.35 1:09.07 2:22.42 7
Marion Posch 1:13.32 1:08.02 2:21.34 6
Lidia Trettel 1:11.68 1:08.03 2:19.71 4
Women's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Alessandra Pescosta 22.8 24 18.9 20 did not advance

Speed skating

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Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Davide Carta 37.11 34 36.80 27 73.91 30
Ermanno Ioriatti 36.30 10 36.36 12 72.66 9
1000 m Ermanno Ioriatti 1:12.83 27
Davide Carta 1:12.27 14
1500 m Ermanno Ioriatti 1:52.45 24
Davide Carta 1:52.44 23
5000 m Roberto Sighel 6:38.33 9
10,000 m Roberto Sighel 13:46.85 9
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
3000 m Elena Belci 4:16.62 11
5000 m Elena Belci 7:15.58 9

References

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