Italy at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Italy competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Italy at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Grenoble
Competitors52 (44 men, 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerClotilde Fasolis
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
4
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldEugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis		BobsleighTwo-man
 GoldEugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis
Roberto Zandonella
Mario Armano		BobsleighFour-man
 GoldFranco NonesCross-country skiingMen's 30 km
 GoldErika LechnerLugeWomen's individual

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Renato Valentini Downhill 2:05.61 28
Teresio Vachet 2:04.90 22
Gerardo Mussner 2:02.50 11
Ivo Mahlknecht 2:02.00 6
Renato Valentini Giant Slalom 1:50.03 35 DNF – DNF –
Ivo Mahlknecht 1:49.04 31 1:51.04 23 3:40.08 26
Gerardo Mussner 1:47.27 20 1:49.93 16 3:37.20 17
Bruno Piazzalunga 1:45.95 9 1:48.57 10 3:34.52 11
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Bruno Piazzalunga 52.11 3 DNF – Did not advance
Gerardo Mussner 54.60 4 55.55 2 Did not advance
Carlo Senoner 54.18 2 QF – – 51.63 20 DNF – DNF –
Ivo Mahlknecht 52.82 2 QF – – 52.22 26 53.03 20 1:45.25 19
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lotte Nogler Downhill DNF –
Glorianda Cipolla 1:49.02 31
Clotilde Fasolis 1:48.90 30
Giustina Demetz 1:44.22 13
Clotilde Fasolis Giant Slalom 2:05.20 32
Lotte Nogler 2:04.87 31
Glorianda Cipolla 2:00.07 23
Giustina Demetz 1:57.86 14
Giustina Demetz Slalom n/a ? DNF – DNF –
Clotilde Fasolis 46.40 24 54.32 26 1:40.72 22
Lotte Nogler 46.03 22 52.30 21 1:38.33 20
Glorianda Cipolla 43.15 12 46.59 7 1:29.74 7

Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 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 Eugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis		 Two-man 1:10.13 1 1:10.72 2 1:10.64 2 1:10.05 1 4:41.54
ITA-2 Rinaldo Ruatti
Sergio Mocellini		 Two-man 1:11.80 11 1:12.29 12 1:13.27 17 1:12.95 14 4:50.31 12
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ITA-1 Eugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis
Roberto Zandonella
Mario Armano		 Four-man 1:09.84 1 1:07.55 3 2:17.39
ITA-2 Gianfranco Gaspari
Giuseppe Rescigno
Andrea Clemente
Leonardo Cavallini		 Four-man 1:10.24 3 1:08.12 6 2:18.36 6

Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Franco Nones 52:06.8 36
Franco Manfroi 51:47.7 32
Giulio Deflorian 50:19.4 15
Gianfranco Stella 49:59.8 13
30 km Franco Manfroi 1'41:11.8 25
Gianfranco Stella 1'40:42.0 23
Giulio Deflorian 1'37:12.9 5
Franco Nones 1'35:39.2
50 km Elviro Blanc 2'38:12.4 27
Livio Stuffer 2'37:46.6 26
Aldo Stella 2'33:17.9 17
Mario Bacher 2'31:33.8 12
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Giulio Deflorian
Franco Nones
Palmiro Serafini
Aldo Stella		 2'16:32.2 6

Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Giordano Abbondati 12 18 1690.9 117 14
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Rita Trapanese 27 24 1549.2 216.5 25

Luge
Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Raimondo Prinoth 58.80 17 59.16 19 58.89 18 2:56.85 18
Sigisfredo Mair 58.22 13 59.51 24 58.45 11 2:56.18 16
Giovanni Graber 58.09 11 58.59 12 58.88 17 2:55.56 12
Emilio Lechner 57.94 9 58.63 13 58.53 12 2:55.10 10

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Giovanni Graber
Enrico Graber		 49.01 7 49.14 8 1:38.15 8
Ernesto Mair
Sigisfredo Mair		 49.10 10 49.57 11 1:38.67 10
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cristina Pabst DSQ – – – – – DSQ –
Erica Prugger 1:01.90 21 50.91 14 51.40 14 2:44.21 21
Erika Lechner 48.76 1 49.39 1 50.51 5 2:27.66

Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 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
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Ezio Damolin Individual 70.0 71.5 206.0 13 49:36.2 223.54 4 429.54 5
Fabio Morandini 66.0 66.5 181.7 33 50:08.5 216.56 7 398.26 17

Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Giacomo Aimoni Normal hill 72.5 97.8 71.5 97.2 195.0 25
Giacomo Aimoni Large hill 93.0 98.1 92.0 97.2 195.3 16

Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Elio Locatelli 42.1 26
1500 m Guido Gillarduzzi 2:14.1 38
Renato De Riva 2:13.6 34
Elio Locatelli 2:13.3 33
Giancarlo Gloder 2:13.2 32
5000 m Renato De Riva 7:58.2 26
Guido Gillarduzzi 7:57.4 23
Giancarlo Gloder 7:54.5 18
10,000 m Giancarlo Gloder 17:03.2 24
Renato De Riva 16:39.5 19

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