Italy at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Italy at the Olympic Games

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At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid

Competitors

46 (34 men, 12 women) in 8 sports

Flag bearer

Gustav Thöni (alpine skiing)

Medals
Rank: 13

Gold
0

Silver
2

Bronze
0

Total
2

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Italy competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

1 Medalists
2 Alpine skiing
3 Biathlon
4 Bobsleigh
5 Cross-country skiing
6 Figure skating
7 Luge
8 Ski jumping
9 Speed skating
10 References

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Hildgartner, PaulPaul Hildgartner	Luge	Men's individual
2 Silver	Gschnitzer, PeterPeter Gschnitzer Brunner, KarlKarl Brunner	Luge	Men's doubles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Giuliano Giardini	Downhill					1:48.98	15
Herbert Plank	Downhill					1:47.13	6
Mauro Bernardi	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Piero Gros		1:22.15	20	DNF	–	DNF	–
Alex Giorgi		1:22.02	18	DNF	–	DNF	–
Bruno Noeckler		1:20.99	4	1:21.96	7	2:42.95	6
Paolo De chiesa	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Bruno Noeckler		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Mauro Bernardi		55.40	14	DNF	–	DNF	–
Gustavo Thoeni		54.79	8	51.20	5	1:45.99	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cristina Gravina	Downhill					1:40.99	15
Daniela Zini	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Wanda Bieler		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Maria Rosa Quario		1:18.54	24	DNF	–	DNF	–
Claudia Giordani		1:17.72	17	1:28.55	8	2:46.27	10
Daniela Zini	Slalom	45.08	13	44.14	3	1:29.22	7
Wilma Gatta		44.46	10	45.48	10	1:29.94	10
Claudia Giordani		44.42	9	44.70	6	1:29.12	5
Maria Rosa Quario		43.63	6	44.29	4	1:27.92	4

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Adruino Tiraboschi	3	36:39.98	31
	Adriano Darioli	5	36:14.17	25
	Luigi Weiss	3	35:37.72	18

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Angelo Carrara	1'12:31.89	3	1'15:31.89	21
	Adriano Darioli	1'10:11.22	5	1'15:11.22	19
	Arduino Tiraboschi	1'11:06.05	2	1'13:06.05	10

Men's 4 x 7.5km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Arduino Tiraboschi Adriano Darioli Celestino Midali Luigi Weiss	2	1'40:20.79	9

¹A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
²One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1980 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	Andrea Jory Edmund Laziner	Two-man	1:03.73	11	1:04.19	11	1:03.97	15	1:04.45	16	4:16.34	14
ITA-2	Giuseppe Soravia Georg Werth	Two-man	1:04.75	19	1:04.81	18	1:04.30	16	1:04.31	15	4:18.17	16

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	Andrea Jory Edmund Lanziner Georg Werth Giovanni Modena	Four-man	1:01.26	9	1:01.66	12	1:01.01	12	1:01.37	10	4:05.30	11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Giampaolo Rupil	DNF	–
	Giulio Capitanio	45:10.40	39
	Giorgio Vanzetta	44:52.18	34
	Maurilio De Zolt	44:43.19	31
30 km	Roberto Primus	1'37:55.47	43
	Benedetto Carrara	1'34:27.45	34
	Giulio Capitanio	1'33:07.48	27
	Maurilio De Zolt	1'31:43.74	20
50 km	Maurilio De Zolt	DNF	–
	Gianfranco Polvara	2'41:51.58	32
	Roberto Primus	2'38:10.10	25
	Giulio Capitanio	2'37:01.40	19

Men's 4 x 10km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Maurilio De Zolt Benedetto Carrara Giulio Capitanio Giorgio Vanzetta	2'01:09.93	6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Franca Bianconi	19	18	19	144.82	134	19
Susanna Driano	6	14	10	172.82	77	8

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karl Brunner	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Paul Hildgartner	43.652	5	44.000	4	43.708	2	44.012	3	2:55.372	02 !
Ernst Haspinger	43.435	2	43.833	3	43.592	1	52.556	23	3:03.416	21

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	39.549	3	40.057	3	1:19.606	02 !
Hansjörg Raffl Alfred Silginer	39.823	5	40.153	6	1:19.976	5

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Monika Auer	40.590	17	40.319	11	41.269	21	40.855	16	2:43.033	16
Angelika Aukenthaler	39.829	12	41.043	20	39.919	11	39.860	9	2:40.651	11
Maria Luise Rainer	39.695	10	40.948	18	1:13.062	24	DNF	–	DNF	–

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Lido Tomasi	Normal hill	72.0	93.4	74.0	99.1	182.5	38
Lido Tomasi	Large hill	87.5	83.2	88.0	85.9	169.1	46

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Giovanni Paganin	40.42	28
1000 m	Giovanni Paganin	1:21.50	28
1500 m	Maurizio Marchetto	2:07.45	28
5000 m	Maurizio Marchetto	7:35.50	23
10,000 m	Maurizio Marchetto	15:56.73	22

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Marzia Peretti	DNF	–
1000 m	Marzia Peretti	1:35.66	36

References

Nations at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States

Africa	none

America	Argentina • Bolivia • Canada • Costa Rica • United States

Asia	China • Japan • South Korea • Lebanon • Mongolia

Europe	Andorra • Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Finland • France • East Germany • West Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Italy • Liechtenstein • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Romania • Soviet Union • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia • New Zealand