Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Italy at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  ITA
NOC Italian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (Italian)
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors 185 (111 men, 74 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Carolina Kostner (opening)
Armin Zöggeler (closing)[1][2]
Medals
Rank: 9
Gold
5
Silver
0
Bronze
6
Total
11
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
Intercalated Games
1906

Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games (after the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo) and the third time overall (after the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome). Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner. Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Zöggeler, ArminArmin Zöggeler Luge Men's singles 12 February
 Gold Anesi, MatteoMatteo Anesi
Stefano Donagrandi
Enrico Fabris
Ippolito Sanfratello
Speed skating Men's team pursuit 16 February
 Gold Valbusa, FulvioFulvio Valbusa
Giorgio Di Centa
Pietro Piller Cottrer
Cristian Zorzi
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay 19 February
 Gold Fabris, EnricoEnrico Fabris Speed skating Men's 1500 m 21 February
 Gold Di Centa, GiorgioGiorgio Di Centa Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km freestyle 26 February
 Bronze Fabris, EnricoEnrico Fabris Speed skating Men's 5000 m 11 February
 Bronze Piller Cottrer, PietroPietro Piller Cottrer Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km pursuit 12 February
 Bronze Plankensteiner, GerhardGerhard Plankensteiner
Oswald Haselrieder
Luge Doubles 15 February
 Bronze Follis, AriannaArianna Follis
Gabriella Paruzzi
Antonella Confortola
Sabina Valbusa
Cross-country skiing Women's 4 x 5 km relay 18 February
 Bronze Weissensteiner, GerdaGerda Weissensteiner
Jennifer Isacco
Bobsleigh Two-woman 21 February
 Bronze Capurso, MartaMarta Capurso
Mara Zini
Arianna Fontana
Katia Zini
Short track speed skating Women's 3000 m relay 22 February

Host

Italy were hosting the Winter Olympics for the second time. The 1956 Winter Olympics were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Cortina d'Ampezzo had also been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics which were cancelled due to World War II.

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Massimiliano Blardone Super-G n/a 1:33.48 29
Giant slalom 1:17.21 1:19.74 n/a 2:36.95 11
Peter Fill Downhill n/a 1:50.88 19
Super-G n/a 1:31.54 13
Combined 1:39.22 47.46 45.43 3:12.21 9
Kristian Ghedina Downhill n/a 1:50.98 23
Manfred Mölgg Giant slalom Did not finish
Slalom Did not finish
Giorgio Rocca Slalom Did not finish
Combined 1:41.39 44.88 44.47 3:10.74 5
Alberto Schieppati Giant slalom 1:18.21 1:19.62 n/a 2:37.83 15
Hannes Paul Schmid Slalom 55.26 1:13.37 n/a 2:08.63 39
Davide Simoncelli Giant slalom Did not finish
Patrick Staudacher Downhill n/a 1:50.29 9
Super-G n/a 1:31.91 17
Combined 1:40.52 Did not finish
Kurt Sulzenbacher Downhill n/a 1:50.84 18
Patrick Thaler Slalom Did not finish
Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Daniela Ceccarelli Super-G n/a 1:35.26 31
Annalisa Ceresa Slalom 44.55 48.22 n/a 1:32.77 24
Chiara Costazza Slalom 44.15 46.93 n/a 1:31.08 8
Elena Fanchini Downhill n/a 2:01.06 29
Super-G Did not finish
Nadia Fanchini Downhill n/a 1:57.84 10
Super-G n/a 1:36.46 38
Giant slalom 1:01.77 1:09.69 n/a 2:11.46 8
Combined 40.90 46.21 1:30.04 2:57.15 20
Denise Karbon Giant slalom 1:02.90 Did not finish
Daniela Merighetti Downhill n/a 2:01.76 32
Slalom Did not finish
Combined 41.41 Disqualified
Manuela Mölgg Giant slalom Did not finish
Slalom 43.59 48.58 1:32.17 n/a 19
Karen Putzer Giant slalom 1:02.46 1:10.01 2:12.47 n/a 14
Lucia Recchia Downhill n/a 1:58.30 13
Super-G n/a 1:33.48 8
Wendy Siorpaes Combined 42.66 48.48 1:31.71 3:02.85 27

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Sergio Bonaldi Sprint 30:06.7 3 67
Paolo Longo Individual 1:01:27.9 5 55
Christian de Lorenzi Sprint 28:14.5 2 27
Pursuit 37:28.53 4 14
Mass start 49:59.6 4 26
Individual 56:04.0 1 7
Wilfried Pallhuber Sprint 28:05.6 1 22
Pursuit 37:30.36 3 17
Mass start 49:41.5 2 24
Individual 56:08.4 1 9
Rene Laurent Vuillermoz Sprint 28:46.7 4 40
Pursuit 37:27.33 6 13
Mass start 49:53.1 4 25
Individual 58:17.9 4 25
Christian de Lorenzi
Rene Laurent Vuillermoz
Paolo Longo
Wilfired Pallhuber
Relay 1:23:40.9 12 8
Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Barbara Ertl Individual 55:30.0 2 38
Katja Haller Sprint 25:22.6 1 53
Pursuit Did not finish
Michela Ponza Sprint 23:27.2 1 13
Pursuit 38:51.79 2 5
Mass start 42:21.6 1 11
Individual 53:01.4 2 17
Nathalie Santer Sprint 24:09.5 2 26
Pursuit 43:31.68 10 38
Individual 57:08.4 6 52
Saskia Santer Sprint 25:42.6 3 57
Pursuit Lapped
Individual 56:52.1 6 51
Michela Ponza
Saskia Santer
Nathalie Santer
Barbara Ertl
Relay 1:22:42.7 12 12

Bobsleigh

Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Simone Bertazzo
Matteo Torchio
Two-man 55.78 55.99 56.43 56.95 3:45.15 9
Fabrizio Tosini
Samuele Romanini
Two-man 56.06 56.02 56.93 57.10 3:46.11 13
Gerda Weissensteiner
Jennifer Isacco
Two-woman 57.50 57.67 57.71 58.13 3:51.01
Jessica Gillarduzzi
Fabiana Mollica
Two-woman 58.26 57.77 58.38 58.55 3:52.96 12
Simone Bertazzo
Samuele Romanini
Matteo Torchio
Omar Sacco
Four-man 55.63 56.13 55.46 55.62 3:42.84 12
Fabrizio Tosini
Luca Ottolino
Antonio De Sanctis
Giorgio Morbidelli
Four-man 55.80 55.73 55.57 55.51 3:42.61 11

Cross-country skiing

Distance
Men
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Valerio Checchi 15 km classical 41:01.5 38
30 km pursuit 1:17:37.8 19
Giorgio Di Centa 30 km pursuit 1:17:03.2 4
50 km freestyle 2:06:11.8
Pietro Piller Cottrer 30 km pursuit 1:17:01.7
50 km freestyle 2:06:14.0 5
Fabio Santus 15 km classical 40:47.0 33
30 km pursuit 1:17:25.5 16
50 km freestyle 2:06:38.2 19
Cristian Saracco 15 km classical 41:12.0 40
Fulvio Valbusa 15 km classical 39:18.8 12
50 km freestyle 2:07:22.5 30
Fulvio Valbusa
Giorgio Di Centa
Pietro Piller Cottrer
Cristian Zorzi
4 x 10 km relay 1:43:45.7
Women
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Antonella Confortola 10 km classical 30:26.9 34
15 km pursuit 45:11.9 22
30 km freestyle Did not finish
Arianna Follis 15 km pursuit 46:40.9 36
30 km freestyle 1:24:46.1 12
Magda Genuin 10 km classical 31:37.8 48
Cristina Paluselli 10 km classical 30:46.0 39
Gabriella Paruzzi 10 km classical 29:24.0 13
15 km pursuit 43:18.9 5
30 km freestyle 1:23:00.8 5
Sabina Valbusa 15 km pursuit 44:44.7 17
30 km freestyle 1:23:37.6 10
Arianna Follis
Gabriella Paruzzi
Antonella Confortola
Sabina Valbusa
4 x 5 km relay 54:58.7
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank
Arianna Follis Women's sprint 2:12.90 2 Q 2:14.7 2 Q 2:16.2 3 Final B
2:20.3
7
Loris Frasnelli Men's sprint 2:16.30 8 Q 2:20.4 2 Q 2:26.8 3 Final B
2:25.2
6
Magda Genuin Women's sprint 2:16.41 18 Q 2:17.9 4 Did not advance 19
Barbara Moriggl Women's sprint 2:19.12 33 Did not advance 33
Renato Pasini Men's sprint 2:16.87 11 Q 2:23.7 4 Did not advance 18
Freddy Schwienbacher Men's sprint 2:18.59 17 Q 2:20.4 1 Q 2:22.8 3 Final B
2:23.9
5
Cristian Zorzi Men's sprint 2:16.23 5 Q 2:25.9 1 Q 2:26.1 2 Q 2:31.7 4
Freddy Schwienbacher
Giorgio Di Centa
Men's team sprint n/a 17:26.2 4 Q 17:31.3 9
Arianna Follis
Gabriella Paruzzi
Women's team sprint n/a 17:32.6 3 Q 17:24.8 7

Curling

Men's tournament

Team: Joël Retornaz (skip), Fabio Alvera, Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo , Antonio Menardi, Marco Mariani (alternate)

Round robin
Draw 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5

Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 7

;Draw 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5

Sweden (Lindholm) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 7

;Draw 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Germany (Kapp) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 8

Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 9

;Draw 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
United States (Fenson) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5

Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 6

;Draw 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X X 3

Norway (Trulsen) 0 2 0 4 0 1 4 X X X 11

;Draw 8

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
New Zealand (Becker) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 5

Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6

;Draw 9

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Canada (Gushue) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 6

Italy (Retornaz) 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7

;Draw 10

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4

Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 7

;Draw 12

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Switzerland (Stöckli) 4 0 1 0 3 2 X X X X 10

Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2

Standings
Rank Team Skip Won Lost
1 Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 72
2 Canada Brad Gushue 63
3 United States Pete Fenson 63
4 Great Britain David Murdoch 63
5 Norway Pål Trulsen 54
6 Switzerland Ralph Stockli 54
7 Italy Joel Retornaz 45
8 Sweden Peter Lindholm 36
9 Germany Andy Kapp 36
10 New Zealand Sean Becker 09

Women's tournament

Team: Diana Gaspari (skip), Giulia Lacedelli, Rosa Pompanin, Violetta Caldart, Eleonora Alvera (alternate)

Round robin
Draw 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 2 X X 11

Italy (Gaspari) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X 4

;Draw 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Italy (Gaspari) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 7

Denmark (Holm) 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 10

;Draw 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Italy (Gaspari) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6

Russia (Privivkova) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

;Draw 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 8

Italy (Gaspari) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4

;Draw 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Norway (Nordby) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 9

Italy (Gaspari) 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 7

;Draw 8

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Great Britain (Martin) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 9

Italy (Gaspari) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5

;Draw 9

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Italy (Gaspari) 0 0 0 0 3 0 X X X X 3

United States (Johnson) 0 2 3 2 0 4 X X X X 11

;Draw 10

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Italy (Gaspari) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 X 4

Canada (Kleibrink) 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 X 11

;Draw 11

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Italy (Gaspari) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4

Japan (Onodera) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 6

Standings
Rank Team Skip Won Lost
1 Sweden Anette Norberg 72
2 Switzerland Mirjam Ott 72
3 Canada Shannon Kleibrink 63
4 Norway Dordi Nordby 63
5 Great Britain Rhona Martin 54
6 Russia Ludmila Privivkova 54
7 Japan Ayumi Onodera 45
8 Denmark Dorthe Holm 27
9 United States Cassandra Johnson 27
10 Italy Diana Gaspari 18

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

Figure skating

Athlete Event CD SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Silvia Fontana Ladies' n/a 42.47 23 Q 77.90 22 120.37 22
Carolina Kostner Ladies' n/a 53.77 11 Q 99.73 9 153.50 9
Karel Zelenka Men's n/a 53.46 25 Did not advance 25
Federica Faiella
Massimo Scali
Ice dance 33.20 10 43.25 21 87.92 10 164.37 13
Barbara Fusar-Poli
Maurizio Margaglio
Ice dance 38.78 1 51.73 10 92.95 8 183.46 6

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Walter Bormolini Men's moguls 22.87 18 Q 21.36 18
Claudio Bosia Men's moguls 19.62 31 Did not advance 31
Simone Galli Men's moguls 21.98 21 Did not advance 21
Mariangela Parravicini Women's moguls 19.62 23 Did not advance 23
Mattia Pegorari Men's moguls 16.25 34 Did not advance 34
Deborah Scanzio Women's moguls 22.72 13 Q 23.00 9

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Players
Position Name Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2005–06 team
G Rene Baur 180 74 01/19/85 Innichen SG Bruneck
G Gunther Hell 174 81 08/30/78 Bolzano HC Bolzano
G Jason Muzzatti 186 87 02/03/70 York, Ontario HC Bolzano
D Christian Borgatello 176 84 02/10/82 Meran HC Milano
D Armin Helfer 188 84 05/31/80 Bruneck HC Milano
D Bob Nardella 175 80 01/30/68 Chicago, Illinois Rockford IceHogs
D Florian Ramoser 188 87 10/07/79 Bolzano HC Bolzano
D Andre Signoretti 174 80 01/16/79 Ottawa, Ontario SG Cortina
D Michele Strazzabosco 193 98 02/06/76 Asiago HC Milano
D Carter Trevisani 186 88 06/15/82 Hamilton, Ontario A&O Asiago
F Luca Ansoldi 183 91 01/05/82 Meran SV Ritten
F Joe Busillo 185 99 05/13/70 Toronto, Ontario HC Milano
F Mario Chitarroni 171 80 06/11/67 Haileybury, Ontario HC Milano
F Jason Cirone 177 93 02/21/71 Toronto, Ontario HC Asiago
F Giorgio de Bettin 175 84 08/07/72 Pieve di Cadore SG Cortina
F Manuel de Toni 181 90 01/10/79 Feltre HC Alleghe
F Tony Iob 182 93 01/02/71 Renfrew, Ontario Klagenfurter AC
F Stefano Margoni 182 85 05/12/75 Bolzano HC Bolzano
F John Parco 182 85 08/25/71 Sault Ste Marie, Ontario A&0 Asiago
F Giulio Scandella 183 84 09/18/83 Montreal, Quebec A&O Asiago
F Lucio Topatigh 183 88 10/19/65 Gallio A&O Asiago
F Tony Tuzzolino 184 90 10/09/75 Buffalo, New York Modo Hockey
F Stefan Zisser 170 82 03/26/80 Bolzano HC Bolzano
F Nicola Fontanive 165 71 10/25/85 Belluno HC Alleghe
D Carlo Lorenzi 175 75 09/02/74 Agordo HC Alleghe
Results
Round-robin
15 February 2006
13:05
 Italy 2 – 7
(0–1, 2–5, 0–1)
 Canada Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,575
16 February 2006
12:05
 Finland 6 – 0
(0–0, 4–0, 2–0)
 Italy Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 7,776
18 February 2006
13:05
 Italy 3 – 3
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
 Germany Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,908
19 February 2006
20:05
 Czech Republic 4 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 Italy Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,776
21 February 2006
12:35
  Switzerland 3 – 3
(2–1, 0–1, 1–1)
 Italy Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,529
Standings
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Finland 5 5 0 0 19 2 10
  Switzerland 5 2 1 2 10 12 6
 Canada 5 3 2 0 15 9 6
 Czech Republic 5 2 3 0 14 12 4
 Germany 5 0 3 2 7 16 2
 Italy 5 0 3 2 9 23 2

Women's tournament

Players
No. Position Name Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2004–05 team
2 D Michela Angeloni 167 67 09/25/84 Bergamo HC Lario Halloween Como
12 F Evelyn Bazzanella - C 168 58 06/15/76 Bolzano HC Eagles Bolzano
9 D Valentina Bettarini 170 66 06/29/90 Bolzano HC Eagles Bolzano
8 F Celeste Bissardella 166 58 10/17/88 Bolzano HC Eagles Bolzano
29 F Heidi Caldart 167 56 10/19/83 Feltre Agordo Hockey
18 F Silvia Carignano 160 59 08/11/87 Pinerolo HC All Stars Piemonte
17 F Diana da Rugna 160 53 10/16/89 Feltre Agordo Hockey
25 F Anna de la Forest 163 47 06/24/88 Turin HC All Stars Piemonte
19 D Nadia de Nardin 170 67 11/14/75 Agordo Agordo Hockey
7 D Linda de Rocco 162 53 01/03/86 Belluno Agordo Hockey
14 D Rebecca Fiorese 162 61 09/04/80 Milano HC Lario Halloween Como
11 F Sabina Florian - A 168 68 05/28/83 Bolzano SC Riessersee
1 G Luana Frasnelli 162 54 07/25/75 Bolzano HC Eagles Bolzano
13 D Manuela Friz - A 156 51 08/16/78 Agordo Agordo Hockey
24 F Waltraud Kaser 169 61 07/03/80 Brixen HC Eagles Bolzano
10 F Maria Michaela Leitner 161 54 12/30/81 Sterzing HC Eagles Bolzano
26 G Debora Montanari 159 58 10/17/80 Pinerolo HC All Stars Piemonte
16 D Katharina Sparer 163 52 02/22/90 Bolzano HC Eagles Bolzano
27 F Silvia Toffano 163 52 01/05/85 Venezia HC Eagles Bolzano
23 D Sabrina Viel 166 53 02/17/73 Belluno Agordo Hockey
Results
Round-robin
11 February 2006
20:35
Canada  16 – 0
(5–0, 4–0, 7–0)
 Italy Palasport Olimpico
Attendance: 8,399
13 February 2006
15:05
Sweden  11 – 0
(3–0, 5–0, 3–0)
 Italy Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,156
14 February 2006
13:05
Italy  1 – 5
(1–1, 0–1, 0–3)
 Russia Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,046
Standings
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Canada 3 3 0 0 36 1 6
 Sweden 3 2 1 0 15 9 4
 Russia 3 1 2 0 6 16 2
 Italy 3 0 3 0 1 32 0
Classification games
5th-8th classification
17 February 2006
18:35
Germany  5 – 2
(3–2, 0–0, 2–0)
 Italy Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,750
7th place game
20 February 2006
13:05
Switzerland   11 – 0
(4–0, 6–0, 1–0)
 Italy Torino Esposizioni
Attendance: 2,500

Luge

Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Wilfried Huber Men's singles 52.095 51.748 51.848 51.984 3:27.675 10
Anastasia Antonova Oberstolz Women's singles Did not finish
Sarah Podorieszach Women's singles 47.858 47.647 47.519 47.850 3:10.874 11
Reinhold Rainer Men's singles 51.926 51.696 51.647 51.733 3:27.002 8
Armin Zoeggeler Men's singles 51.718 51.414 51.430 51.526 3:26.088
Patrick Gruber
Christian Oberstolz
Doubles 47.620 47.336 n/a 1:34.956 5
Oswald Haselrieder
Gerhard Plankensteiner
Doubles 47.236 47.694 n/a 1:34.930

Nordic combined

Davide Bresadola took part in both Nordic combined and ski jumping.

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Davide Bresadola Sprint 102.0 31 1:35 21:43.3
+3:14.3
44
Giuseppe Michielli Sprint 104.7 26 1:24 19:32.0
+1:03.0
16
Individual Gundersen 219.5 21 2:52 42:05.5
+2:20.9
14
Daniele Munari Sprint 89.2 44 2:26 21:03.1
+2:34.1
38
Individual Gundersen 196.5 35 4:24 45:06.3
+5:21.7
39
Alessandro Pittin Individual Gundersen 161.5 47 6:44 48:50.2
+9:05.6
46
Jochen Strobl Sprint 96.0 37 1:59 20:09.8
+1:40.8
30
Individual Gundersen 190.5 41 4:48 44:42.3
+4:57.7
34
Davide Bresadola
Jochen Strobl
Daniele Munari
Giuseppe Michielli
Team Did not start

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Short track speed skating

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marta Capurso Women's 500 m 45.217 2 Q 44.438 2 Q 45.204 4 Final B
46.899
5
Women's 1000 m Disqualified
Women's 1500 m 2:31.053 2 Q n/a 2:27.291 4 Final B
2:30.054
9
Fabio Carta Men's 1000 m 1:27.826 2 Q 1:27.656 3 Did not advance 8
Men's 1500 m 2:27.799 3 Q n/a 2:19.724 3 Final B
2:24.658
7
Arianna Fontana Women's 500 m 45.398 2 Q 44.948 3 Did not advance 11
Women's 1000 m 1:32.033 2 Q 1:33.401 1 Q 1:33.228 4 Final B
1:34.269
6
Nicola Rodigari Men's 500 m 42.189 2 Q 43.701 2 Q 42.131 4 Final B
42.398
7
Men's 1000 m 1:27.184 2 Q 1:27.240 3 Did not advance 7
Men's 1500 m 2:29.885 2 Q n/a 2:18.615 6 Did not advance 14
Roberto Serra Men's 500 m 43.120 2 Q 42.773 3 Did not advance 9
Katia Zini Women's 1500 m 2:41.561 3 Q n/a 2:23.141 4 Final B
2:30.164
10
Fabio Carta
Nicola Rodigari
Nicola Franceschina
Yuri Confortola
Men's 5000 m relay n/a 7:07.358 3 ADV 6:48.597 4
Marta Capurso
Arianna Fontana
Katia Zini
Mara Zini
Women's 3000 m relay n/a 4:19.797 2 Q 4:20.030

Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.

Skeleton

Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Maurizio Oioli Men's 59.28 59.24 1:58.52 12
Costanza Zanoletti Women's 1:00.99 1:01.18 2:02.17 5

Ski jumping

Davide Bresadola took part in both Nordic combined and ski jumping.

Athlete Event Qualifying First round Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Total Rank
Alessio Bolognani Normal hill 100.5 40 Did not advance 40
Large hill 74.9 33 Q 70.7 44 Did not advance 44
Sebastian Colloredo Normal hill 118.0 14 Q 113.5 30 Q 113.0 226.5 27
Large hill 94.1 13 Q 90.2 36 Did not advance 36
Andrea Morassi Normal hill 107.5 30 Q 108.5 36 Did not advance 36
Large hill 45.7 50 Did not advance 50
Alessio Bolognani
Davide Bresadola
Sebastian Colloredo
Andrea Morassi
Team n/a 328.4 11 Did not advance 11

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualifying run 1 Qualifying run 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Tania Detomas Women's halfpipe 29.7 13 33.6 8 Did not advance 14
Giacomo Kratter Men's halfpipe 12.8 36 37.0 7 Did not advance 13
Romina Masolini Women's halfpipe 12.7 27 20.5 19 Did not advance 25
Manuel Pietropoli Men's halfpipe 12.3 37 4.1 37 Did not advance 43

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Corinna Boccacini Women's parallel giant slalom 1:23.40 19 Did not advance 19
Isabella Dal Balcon Women's parallel giant slalom 1:22.55 13 Q  Boldikova (RUS) (4)
L +18.13 (-0.32 +18.45)
Did not advance 13
Meinhard Erlacher Men's parallel giant slalom 1:13.22 22 Did not advance 22
Roland Fischnaller Men's parallel giant slalom 1:11.61 12 Q  Jaquet (SUI) (5)
L +0.51 (0.00 +0.51)
Did not advance 13
Rudi Galli Men's parallel giant slalom Disqualified
Marion Posch Women's parallel giant slalom 1:22.89 15 Q  Fletcher (USA) (2)
L +0.96 (+0.47 +0.49)
Did not advance 15
Carmen Ranigler Women's parallel giant slalom 1:25.23 26 Did not advance 26
Simone Salvati Men's parallel giant slalom 1:13.48 24 Did not advance 24

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Simone Malusa Men's snowboard cross 1:23.53 33 Did not advance 33
Stefano Pozzolini Men's snowboard cross 1:22.23 19 Q 3 Did not advance 24
Carmen Ranigler Women's snowboard cross 1:32.91 18 Did not advance 18
Alberto Schiavon Men's snowboard cross 1:22.38 22 Q 3 Did not advance 26
Tommaso Tagliaferri Men's snowboard cross 1:20.93 4 Q 2 3 Did not advance Classification 9-12
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Speed skating

Athlete Event Race 1 Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Matteo Anesi Men's 1500 m n/a 1:49.88 29
Maurizio Carnino Men's 500 m 36.24 36.43 1:12.67 31
Men's 1000 m n/a 1:11.44 30
Stefano Donagrandi Men's 1500 m n/a 1:48.85 22
Men's 5000 m n/a 6:33.45 16
Men's 10000 m n/a 13:47,67 13
Enrico Fabris Men's 1500 m n/a 1:45.97
Men's 5000 m n/a 6:18.25
Men's 10000 m n/a 13:21.54 8
Ermanno Ioriatti Men's 500 m 35.88 35.80 1:11.68 21
Men's 1000 m Disqualified
Adelia Marra Women's 1500 m n/a 2:03.07 31
Women's 3000 m n/a 4:16.27 20
Ippolito Sanfratello Men's 1500 m n/a 1:48.44 18
Men's 5000 m n/a 6:32.58 14
Men's 10000 m n/a 13:41.91 12
Chiara Simionato Women's 500 m 39.02 38.66 1:17.68 10
Women's 1000 m n/a 1:17.53 13
Women's 1500 m n/a 1:58.76 5
Team Pursuit
Men's team after winning the team pursuit
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
From:
Matteo Anesi
Stefano Donagrandi
Enrico Fabris
Ippolito Sanfratello
Men's team pursuit 3:47.79 2 United States (7)
W 3:43.64 OR
Netherlands (3)
W Overtaken
Canada (1)
W 3:44.46

Athlete's oath

Italian skier Giorgio Rocca delivered the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.

References

  1. "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.