Italy at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo
Competitors 33 (28 men, 5 women) in 6 sports
Medals
Rank: 6		 Gold
1		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
2
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Italy competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Colò, ZenoZeno Colò Alpine skiing Men's downhill
 Bronze Chenal-Minuzzo, GiulianaGiuliana Chenal-Minuzzo Alpine skiing Women's downhill

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Silvio Alverà Downhill 2:43.6 20
Ilio Colli 2:43.2 18
Carlo Gartner 2:36.5 8
Zeno Colò 2:30.8
Roberto Lacedelli Giant Slalom 2:39.5 24
Silvio Alverà 2:37.7 22
Carlo Gartner 2:35.7 18
Zeno Colò 2:29.1 4
Ermanno Nogler Slalom 1:09.5 42 Did not advance
Albino Alverà 1:04.7 23 Q 1:05.7 20 2:10.4 23
Silvio Alverà 1:04.5 22 Q 1:05.3 19 2:09.8 19
Zeno Colò 1:00.9 5 Q 1:00.9 4 2:01.8 4
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maria Grazia Marchelli Downhill DSQ –
Celina Seghi 1:54.9 15
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo 1:49.0
Maria Grazia Marchelli Giant Slalom DSQ –
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo 2:18.2 20
Celina Seghi 2:12.5 7
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo Slalom 1:08.0 9 1:07.9 9 2:15.9 8
Celina Seghi 1:06.5 2 1:07.3 7 2:13.8 4

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1952 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 Umberto Gilarduzzi
Luigi Cavalieri		 Two-man 1:23.86 8 1:25.26 14 1:24.80 14 1:24.44 12 5:38.36 12
ITA-2 Alberto Della Beffa
Dario Colombi		 Two-man 1:23.86 8 1:24.71 10 1:24.03 10 1:24.62 13 5:37.22 10
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ITA-1 Alberto Della Beffa
Sandro Rasini
Dario Colombi
Dario Poggi		 Four-man 1:20.02 11 1:21.39 15 1:18.86 8 1:19.65 8 5:19.92 10
ITA-2 Umberto Gilarduzzi
Michele Alverà
Vittorio Folonari
Luigi Cavalieri		 Four-man 1:21.23 14 1:21.35 14 1:21.64 15 1:21.76 13 5:25.98 14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Alfredo Prucker 1'10:56 38
Ottavio Compagnoni 1'10:50 36
Giacomo Mosele 1'10:36 34
Arrigo Delladio 1'09:17 24
Federico de Florian 1'06:54 19
50 km Antenore Cuel 4'16:26 19
Severino Compagnoni 4'16:13 18
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Arrigo Delladio
Nino Anderlini
Federico de Florian
Vincenzo Perruchon		 2'35:33 6
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km Ildegarda Taffra DNF –
Fides Romanin 54:43 17

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Carlo Fassi 6 7 169.822 50 6

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below (athletes were allowed to perform three jumps, the best two jumps were counted and are shown here).

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Points Rank
Alfredo Prucker Individual 208.970 12 58.5 59.5 189.0 17 397.970 12

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Guido Citterio 48.2 38
Enrico Musolino 45.9 25
1500 m Guido Citterio 2:30.8 32
Enrico Musolino 2:30.7 31
10,000 m Guido Caroli 19:13.6 28

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