Italy at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Italy at the
1972 Winter Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Sapporo
Competitors44 (41 men, 3 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearerLuciano de Paolis
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Gustavo Thoeni Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
 Gold Paul Hildgartner
Walter Plaikner		 Luge Men's doubles
 Silver Gustavo Thoeni Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Silver Nevio De Zordo
Adriano Frassinelli
Corrado Dal Fabbro
Gianni Bonichon		 Bobsleigh Four-man
 Bronze Rolando Thoeni Alpine skiing Men's slalom

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1972
See also: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gustavo Thoeni Downhill 1:54.37 13
Stefano Anzi 1:54.15 11
Giuliano Besson 1:54.15 11
Marcello Varallo 1:53.85 10
Rolando Thoeni Giant Slalom 1:35.83 23 1:44.90 30 3:20.73 27
Helmuth Schmalzl 1:35.72 21 1:39.63 13 3:15.35 16
Eberardo Schmalzl 1:34.22 16 1:40.50 18 3:14.72 13
Gustavo Thoeni 1:32.19 3 1:37.43 2 3:09.62 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's slalom
Athlete Classification Final
Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Erwin Stricker DSQ – DSQ – – – DSQ –
Gustavo Thoeni bye 56.69 8 53.59 1 1:50.28 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Rolando Thoeni bye 56.14 5 54.16 3 1:50.30 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Eberardo Schmalzl bye 56.11 4 54.72 9 1:50.83 6

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Lino Jordan 1'16:26.09 12 1'28:26.09 40
Pierantonio Clementi 1'19:28.74 6 1'25:28.74 31
Giovanni Astegiano 1'16:45.90 6 1'22:45.90 22
Willy Bertin 1'16:03.04 5 1'21:03.04 16
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Willy Bertin
Giovanni Astegiano
Corrado Varesco
Lino Jordan 		6 1'59:47.62 10
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 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 Gianfranco Gaspari
Mario Armano 		Two-man 1:15.62 3 1:16.52 7 1:13.71 2 1:14.60 7 5:00.45 4
ITA-2 Enzo Vicario
Corrado Dal Fabbro 		Two-man 1:17.20 12 1:16.77 9 1:14.23 5 1:15.46 14 5:03.66 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 Nevio De Zordo
Adriano Frassinelli
Corrado Dal Fabbro
Gianni Bonichon 		Four-man 1:11.39 5 1:11.33 1 1:10.19 2 1:10.92 4 4:43.83 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
ITA-2 Gianfranco Gaspari
Roberto Zandonella
Mario Armano
Luciano De Paolis 		Four-man 1:11.89 10 1:12.49 12 1:11.11 8 1:11.24 6 4:46.73 8

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Franco Nones 49:35.43 40
Gianfranco Stella 48:17.14 28
Tonio Biondini 48:10.09 27
Carlo Favre 47:59.07 24
30 km Attilio Lombard 1'45:03.72 36
Renzo Chiocchetti 1'44:35.03 32
Ulrico Kostner 1'42:44.06 24
Elviro Blanc 1'41:44.32 20
50 km Ulrico Kostner DNF –
Tonio Biondini 2'54:28.39 25
Attilio Lombard 2'51:39.65 22
Elviro Blanc 2'51:25.19 21
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Carlo Favre
Elviro Blanc
Renzo Chiocchetti
Ulrico Kostner 		2'12:07.11 9

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Rita Trapanese 6 6 2574.8 55 7

Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Leo Atzwanger 54.41 21 54.32 23 53.38 23 53.22 20 3:35.33 21
Paul Hildgartner 53.66 12 52.76 6 51.94 5 52.19 9 3:30.55 8
Emilio Lechner 53.59 11 53.49 13 52.20 8 52.13 8 3:31.41 11
Karl Brunner 53.14 9 53.26 11 52.28 10 52.19 9 3:30.87 9

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Paul Hildgartner
Walter Plaikner 		44.21 1 44.14 2 1:28.35 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sigisfredo Mair
Ernesto Mair 		45.22 8 45.04 8 1:30.26 8
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Erika Lechner 48.76 21 49.39 21 50.51 21 DNF – DNF –
Sarah Felder 45.90 8 45.93 6 45.99 12 45.08 8 3:02.90 8

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 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
Fabio Morandini Individual 58.5 67.0 141.5 36 50:43.7 199.180 11 340.680 30
Ezio Damolin 70.0 73.5 175.2 21 50:58.1 197.020 13 372.220 16

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Ezio Damolin Normal hill 68.0 87.0 62.5 75.7 162.7 55

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Bruno Toniolli 42.67 25
1500 m Giancarlo Gloder 2:14.07 27
Bruno Toniolli 2:10.24 18
5000 m Bruno Toniolli 7:57.30 17
Giancarlo Gloder 7:55.77 15
10,000 m Giancarlo Gloder 16:21.42 17
Bruno Toniolli 16:14.52 16

See also

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References

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