Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Italy at the
2006 Winter Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Turin
Competitors185 (111 men, 74 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearers Carolina Kostner (opening)
Armin Zöggeler (closing)[1][2]
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
5
Silver
0
Bronze
6
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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

Host

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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

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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

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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
Wilfried Pallhuber
Relay 1:23:40.9 12 8
Women
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

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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

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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

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Men's tournament

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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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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 7 2
2  Canada Brad Gushue 6 3
3  United States Pete Fenson 6 3
4  Great Britain David Murdoch 6 3
5  Norway Pål Trulsen 5 4
6  Switzerland Ralph Stockli 5 4
7  Italy Joel Retornaz 4 5
8  Sweden Peter Lindholm 3 6
9  Germany Andy Kapp 3 6
10  New Zealand Sean Becker 0 9

Women's tournament

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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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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 7 2
2  Switzerland Mirjam Ott 7 2
3  Canada Shannon Kleibrink 6 3
4  Norway Dordi Nordby 6 3
5  Great Britain Rhona Martin 5 4
6  Russia Ludmila Privivkova 5 4
7  Japan Ayumi Onodera 4 5
8  Denmark Dorthe Holm 2 7
9  United States Cassandra Johnson 2 7
10  Italy Diana Gaspari 1 8

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

Figure skating

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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

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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

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Men's tournament

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Players

The following is the Italian roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[3]

Head coach: Canada Michel Goulet

Assistant coaches: Canada Ron Ivany, Fabio Polloni

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
2 F Stefan Zisser 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) 185 lb (84 kg) (1980-03-06)March 6, 1980 (aged 25) Italy HC Bolzano
3 D Carter Trevisani 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) 198 lb (90 kg) (1982-06-15)June 15, 1982 (aged 23) Italy Asiago
6 D Michele Strazzabosco (A) 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) 223 lb (101 kg) (1976-02-06)February 6, 1976 (aged 30) Italy Milano
7 D Bob Nardella 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 170 lb (77 kg) (1968-02-02)February 2, 1968 (aged 38) United States Rockford IceHogs
8 D Florian Ramoser 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 198 lb (90 kg) (1979-10-07)October 7, 1979 (aged 26) Italy HC Bolzano
9 F Giorgio De Bettin 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 185 lb (84 kg) (1972-08-07)August 7, 1972 (aged 33) Italy Cortina
10 F Giulio Scandella 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 183 lb (83 kg) (1983-09-18)September 18, 1983 (aged 22) Italy Asiago
11 D Andrè Signoretti 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 190 lb (86 kg) (1979-01-16)January 16, 1979 (aged 27) Italy Cortina
14 D Carlo Lorenzi 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) 170 lb (77 kg) (1974-09-02)September 2, 1974 (aged 31) Italy Alleghe
16 F John Parco 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 192 lb (87 kg) (1971-08-25)August 25, 1971 (aged 34) Italy Asiago
17 F Anthony Iob 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 205 lb (93 kg) (1971-01-02)January 2, 1971 (aged 35) Austria EC KAC
21 F Giuseppe Busillo (C) 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) 212 lb (96 kg) (1970-05-13)May 13, 1970 (aged 35) Italy Milano
22 F Stefano Margoni 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 181 lb (82 kg) (1975-05-12)May 12, 1975 (aged 30) Italy HC Bolzano
24 F Mario Chitaroni (A) 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) 176 lb (80 kg) (1967-06-11)June 11, 1967 (aged 38) Italy Milano
26 D Armin Helfer 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 218 lb (99 kg) (1980-05-31)May 31, 1980 (aged 25) Italy Milano
27 F Lucio Topatigh 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) 203 lb (92 kg) (1965-10-19)October 19, 1965 (aged 40) Italy Asiago
28 F/D Manuel De Toni 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 192 lb (87 kg) (1979-01-10)January 10, 1979 (aged 27) Italy Alleghe
29 G Jason Muzzatti 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 190 lb (86 kg) (1970-02-03)February 3, 1970 (aged 36) Italy HC Bolzano
33 F Tony Tuzzolino 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 201 lb (91 kg) (1975-10-09)October 9, 1975 (aged 30) Sweden MODO Hockey
34 F Jason Cirone 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 209 lb (95 kg) (1971-02-21)February 21, 1971 (aged 34) Italy Asiago
50 D Christian Borgatello 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 181 lb (82 kg) (1982-02-10)February 10, 1982 (aged 24) Italy Milano
71 F Luca Ansoldi 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 196 lb (89 kg) (1982-01-05)January 5, 1982 (aged 24) Italy Ritten/Renon
73 G Günther Hell 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 176 lb (80 kg) (1978-08-30)August 30, 1978 (aged 27) Italy HC Bolzano
85 G René Baur 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 176 lb (80 kg) (1985-01-19)January 19, 1985 (aged 21) Italy Pustertal/Val Pusteria
19 F Nicola Fontanive 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) 163 lb (74 kg) (1985-10-25)October 25, 1985 (aged 20) Italy Alleghe
Round-robin
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 5 5 0 0 19 2 +17 10 Quarterfinals
2   Switzerland 5 2 2 1 10 12 −2 6
3  Canada 5 3 0 2 15 9 +6 6
4  Czech Republic 5 2 0 3 14 12 +2 4
5  Germany 5 0 2 3 7 16 −9 2
6  Italy (H) 5 0 2 3 9 23 −14 2
Source: IIHF
(H) Hosts
15 February 2006
13:05
Italy 2–7
(0–1, 2–5, 0–1)
 CanadaPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,575
Game reference
Jason MuzzattiGoaliesMartin BrodeurReferee:
Sweden Thomas Andersson
Linesmen:
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
Russia Sergei Shelyanin
0–15:33 – J. Iginla (T. Bertuzzi, J. Sakic) (PP)
J. Cirone (G. Scandella) (PP) – 20:431–1
1–221:55 – D. Heatley (M. St. Louis, V. Lecavalier)
1–325:38 – S. Doan (C. Pronger, B. Richards)
1–426:04 – J. Iginla (J. Sakic) (PP)
1–533:53 – M. St. Louis (D. Heatley, V. Lecavalier)
1–634:38 – B. Richards (S. Doan, T. Bertuzzi)
J. Parco (T. Tuzzolino) – 38:082–6
2–743:39 – J. Thornton (S. Gagné) (PP)
20 minPenalties12 min
20Shots50
16 February 2006
12:05
Finland 6–0
(0–0, 4–0, 2–0)
 ItalyPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 7,776
Game reference
Fredrik NorrenaGoaliesGünther HellReferee:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
Slovakia Milan Mášik
United States Kevin Redding
J. Lehtinen (T. Numminen) (PP) – 21:491–0
S. Koivu (T. Numminen) (PP) – 23:512–0
J. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, S. Salo) (PP) – 30:113–0
V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin) (PP) – 38:254–0
T. Selänne (S. Koivu, S. Salo) (PP2) – 52:075–0
T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen) – 55:086–0
4 minPenalties22 min
51Shots16
18 February 2006
13:05
Italy 3–3
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
 GermanyPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,908
Game reference
Jason MuzzattiGoaliesOlaf KölzigReferee:
Finland Timo Favorin
Linesmen:
Sweden Joacim Karlsson
Slovakia Milan Mášik
J. Parco (T. Iob) – 2:031–0
1–126:21 – T. Martinec (T. Boos)
T. Iob (J. Parco, G. de Bettin) – 44:272–1
2–247:16 – S. Felski (D. Kreutzer)
C. Borgatello (G. de Bettin, M. Chitaroni) (SH) – 58:283–2
3–358:43 – M. Goc (D. Kreutzer, E. Lewandowski) (PP)
18 minPenalties16 min
21Shots34
19 February 2006
20:05
Czech Republic 4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 ItalyPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,776
Game reference
Tomáš VokounGoaliesGünther Hell (out 27:32)
Jason Muzzatti (in 27:32)
Referee:
Russia Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
Slovakia Miroslav Halecký
Sweden Joacim Karlsson
M. Hejduk (D. Výborný, T. Kaberle) – 12:571–0
V. Prospal (J. Jágr, M. Straka) – 14:202–0
V. Prospal (M. Straka) (SH) – 28:363–0
3–157:53 – J. Parco (G. de Bettin, T. Iob)
V. Prospal (M. Straka, T. Vokoun) (EN) – 58:404–1
20 minPenalties58 min
43Shots16
21 February 2006
12:35
Switzerland 3–3
(2–1, 0–1, 1–1)
 ItalyPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,529
Game reference
David AebischerGoaliesJason MuzzattiReferee:
United States Dennis LaRue
Linesmen:
Slovakia Milan Mášik
United States Tony Sericolo
R. Lemm (G. Bezina, S. Blindenbacher) (PP) − 3:061–0
P. Fischer (M. Plüss) – 6:332–0
2–115:41 – J. Busillo (B. Nardella) (PP)
2–220:53 – C. Trevisani (J. Cirone, J. Busillo) (PP)
2–346:13 – T. Iob (G. de Bettin)
I. Rüthemann – 56:383–3
14 minPenalties10 min
25Shots35

Women's tournament

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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
Round-robin
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 36 1 +35 6 Semifinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 4
3  Russia 3 1 0 2 6 16 −10 2 5–8th place semifinals
4  Italy (H) 3 0 0 3 1 32 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
11 February 2006
20:35
Canada 16–0
(5–0, 4–0, 7–0)
 ItalyPalasport Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 8,399
Game reference
Kim St-PierreGoaliesDebora Montanari
Luana Frasnelli
Referee:
United States Danyel Howard
Linesmen:
Finland Sanna Mattila
Netherlands Ilse Robben
Ouellette (Hefford, MacLeod) – 01:361–0
Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) – 01:522–0
Wickenheiser (Piper) – 04:043–0
Ouellette (Botterill, Campbell) (PP) – 06:534–0
Pounder (Kellar) – 11:345–0
Vaillancourt (Piper) – 20:256–0
MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) – 22:327–0
Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 38:458–0
Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) – 39:569–0
Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) – 41:3510–0
Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) – 47:3111–0
Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) (PP) – 48:4112–0
Pounder – 49:4213–0
Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) – 52:1914–0
Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 56:1515–0
Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) – 57:3716–0
8 minPenalties10 min
66Shots5
13 February 2006
15:05
Sweden 11–0
(3–0, 5–0, 3–0)
 ItalyTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,156
Game reference
Cecilia AnderssonGoaliesDebora Montanari
Luana Frasnelli
Referee:
Czech Republic Kateřina Ivičičová
Linesmen:
Norway Marte Hove
Finland Johanna Suban
Sjolander (Winberg) (PP) – 07:091–0
Sjolander (Lindberg, Asserholt) (PP) – 15:452–0
G. Andersson (Holst) – 18:153–0
Jansson (Eliasson) – 20:594–0
Holst (Rooth) – 25:055–0
Edstrand (Sjolander) – 31:456–0
Rooth (Holst) (SH) – 32:377–0
G. Andersson (Nevalainen) – 34:168–0
Sjolander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) – 49:319–0
Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) – 50:5510–0
Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) (PP) – 58:0811–0
16 minPenalties22 min
52Shots4
14 February 2006
13:05
Italy 1–5
(1–1, 0–1, 0–3)
 RussiaTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,046
Debora MontanariGoaliesIrina GashennikovaReferee:
Germany Bianca Walter
Linesmen:
France Anne-Sophie Boniface
Germany Michaela Kiefer
Florian (Leitner, Bettarini) (PP2) – 8:021–0
1–111:17 – Gladysheva (PP)
1–225:51 – Trefilova (Pashkevich) (PP)
1–344:31 – Gavrilova (Khomich) (PP)
1–446:53 – Gavrilova (Sotnikova)
1–553:04 – Trefilova (Shchelchkova) (PP)
26 minPenalties18 min
13Shots40
Classification games
5th-8th classification
17 February 2006
18:35
Germany 5–2
(3–2, 0–0, 2–0)
 ItalyTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,750
Game reference
Stephanie Wartosch-KürtenGoaliesDebora MontanariReferee:
Russia Arina Ustinova
Linesmen:
Norway Marte Hove
Czech Republic Jana Zítková
Becker (M. Lanzl) – 00:271–0
Seiler (Tamas) (PP) – 05:322–0
2–106:18 – Leitner
2–206:59 – Leitner (Kaser, Bazzanella)
Holmes (Soesilo) – 07:473–2
Becker (Ritter) – 42:504–2
Ritter (Becker, M. Lanzl) – 55:355–2
22 minPenalties16 min
30Shots13
7th place game
20 February 2006
13:05
Switzerland 11–0
(4–0, 6–0, 1–0)
 ItalyTorino Esposizioni, Turin
Attendance: 2,500
Game reference
Florence SchellingGoaliesLuana Frasnelli
Debora Montanari
Referee:
Canada Stephanie Normand
Linesmen:
Russia Marina Konstantinova
Finland Sanna Mattila
Diaz – 04:331–0
Diaz (Mosimann) (PP) – 09:542–0
Ju. Marty (Diaz) (PP) – 16:063–0
Lehmann (S. Marty) – 16:414–0
Ruhnke (Rochat) – 22:365–0
Ju. Marty (Ruhnke) – 26:516–0
Meier (Kunzle) – 31:097–0
Lehmann (Mosimann) – 32:488–0
Ruhnke (Rochat) – 33:169–0
S. Marty (Lehmann) – 35:3710–0
S. Marty (Lehmann) – 56:0811–0
20 minPenalties20 min
53Shots29

Luge

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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 Oberstolz-Antonova 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
3
11

Speed skating

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Retrieved 22 February 2009.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Italy at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
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