Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Italy at the
2014 Winter Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Sochi
Competitors113 in 13 sports
Flag bearers Armin Zöggeler (opening)[1]
Arianna Fontana (closing)[2]
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. One athlete, bobsledder William Frullani, had been tested positive for methylhexanamine and was sent home from Sochi.[3] For the first time since 1980, Italy failed to win a gold medal in an Olympics. Closest was the alpine skier Christof Innerhofer who lost the gold in downhill against Matthias Mayer of Austria with only six hundredths of a second separating the two.

Medalists

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Alpine skiing

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According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 19 athletes in alpine skiing.[4]

Men
Christof Innerhofer won silver in the donwhill
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Luca de Aliprandini Giant slalom 1:23.08 19 1:23.83 7 2:46.91 11
Peter Fill Downhill 2:06.72 7
Super-G 1:18.85 8
Combined 1:54.98 15 DNF
Stefano Gross Slalom 47.45 =3 55.27 7 1:42.72 =4
Werner Heel Downhill 2:07.16 12
Super-G 1:19.74 =17
Christof Innerhofer Downhill 2:06.29 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Super-G DNF
Combined 1:54.30 8 51.37 =3 2:45.67 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Manfred Mölgg Giant slalom 1:22.93 17 DNF
Slalom 48.38 =12 DNF
Roberto Nani Giant slalom 1:22.65 12 DNF
Dominik Paris Downhill 2:07.13 11
Super-G 1:19.70 16
Combined 1:54.46 10 54.99 22 2:49.45 19
Giuliano Razzoli Slalom 48.50 16 DNF
Davide Simoncelli Giant slalom 1:22.35 3 1:25.00 23 2:47.35 17
Patrick Thaler Slalom DNF
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Federica Brignone Giant slalom DNF
Slalom 56.98 22 DNF
Combined 1:45.68 22 51.94 9 2:37.62 11
Chiara Costazza Slalom 57.32 25 DNF
Elena Fanchini Downhill 1:42.70 12
Combined 1:44.45 14 DNS
Nadia Fanchini Downhill 1:43.48 22
Super-G 1:27.20 10
Giant slalom 1:18.53 3 1:18.72 7 2:37.25 4
Denise Karbon Giant slalom 1:19.49 8 DNF
Francesca Marsaglia Super-G DNF
Combined 1:43.96 9 DNF
Giant slalom 1:21.63 26 1:18.29 4 2:39.92 16
Daniela Merighetti Downhill 1:41.84 4
Super-G DNF
Combined 1:44.64 15 DNS
Verena Stuffer Downhill 1:42.75 14
Super-G 1:27.52 =11

Biathlon

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Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Italy qualified 5 men and 5 women.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Christian De Lorenzi Sprint 26:25.4 2 (1+1) 47
Pursuit 36:58.2 2 (1+1+0+0) 42
Individual 53:13.1 2 (1+0+0+1) 31
Lukas Hofer Sprint 25:08.8 1 (0+1) 12
Pursuit 34:53.1 2 (1+0+0+1) 17
Individual 51:34.6 2 (0+1+0+1) 14
Mass start DNF 4 (2+2+0) DNF
Dominik Windisch Sprint 25:07.6 1 (1+0) 11
Pursuit 35:40.0 4 (1+0+2+1) 25
Individual 56:31.4 6 (1+1+1+3) 65
Mass start 45:28.4 5 (1+1+3+0) 25
Markus Windisch Sprint 28:14.4 2 (1+1) 81
Individual 57:18.5 4 (0+2+1+1) 71
Christian De Lorenzi
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
Markus Windisch
Team relay 1:13:15.5 11 (0+11) 5
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Nicole Gontier Sprint 23:26.3 4 (1+3) 54
Pursuit 34:37.5 6 (2+2+0+2) 49
Individual 49:51.2 4 (0+1+2+1) 45
Karin Oberhofer Sprint 21:34.7 0 (0+0) 4
Pursuit 30:37.8 1 (0+0+1+0) 8
Individual 46:46.6 2 (0+0+0+2) 14
Mass start 37:03.6 2 (0+0+1+1) 13
Michela Ponza Sprint 22:47.0 0 (0+0) 38
Pursuit 34:36.4 3 (1+1+0+1) 48
Alexia Runggaldier Individual 49:35.6 1 (1+0+0+0) 43
Dorothea Wierer Sprint 21:37.4 0 (0+0) 6
Pursuit 31:03.2 2 (0+0+2+0) 17
Individual DNS
Mass start 38:37.4 3 (1+2+0+0) 25
Nicole Gontier
Karin Oberhofer
Michela Ponza
Dorothea Wierer
Team relay 1:11:43.3 10 (1+9) 6
Mixed
Italy won bronze in the mixed relay
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Lukas Hofer
Karin Oberhofer
Dorothea Wierer
Dominik Windisch
Team relay 1:10:15.2 6 (0+6) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Bobsleigh

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Italy rejected quota in the two-woman event. It kept its quota in the 2 and 4 man events.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Simone Bertazzo*
Simone Fontana
Two-man 57.06 15 57.02 13 56.90 13 56.84 =10 3:47.82 14
Simone Bertazzo*
Francesco Costa
Simone Fontana
Samuele Romanini
Four-man 55.78 17 55.73 19 56.06 =19 55.88 =17 3:43.45 18

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

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According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 16 athletes in cross-country skiing.[4]

Distance
Men
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Roland Clara 30 km skiathlon 37:19.9 38 33:04.3 26 1:10:56.3 +2:40.9 30
50 km freestyle 1:47:28.6 +33.4 11
Francesco de Fabiani 15 km classical 41:00.8 +2:31.1 30
30 km skiathlon 36:37.6 22 32:59.6 22 1:10:10.7 +1:55.3 22
50 km freestyle 1:47:51.8 +56.6 25
Giorgio di Centa 30 km skiathlon 36:02.6 8 32:11.1 14 1:08:43.7 +28.3 12
David Hofer 50 km freestyle 1:47:35.7 +40.5 16
Dietmar Nöckler 15 km classical 41:11.9 +2:42.2 32
Fabio Pasini 41:20.1 +2:50.4 36
Mattia Pellegrin 42:42.3 +4:12.6 48
Roland Clara
Giorgio di Centa
David Hofer
Dietmar Nöckler
4×10 km relay 1:30:04.7 +1:22.7 5
Women
Greta Laurent (right)
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Debora Agreiter 15 km skiathlon 20:25.4 40 20:04.9 21 41:04.8 +2:31.2 30
30 km freestyle 1:12:58.5 +1:53.3 13
Elisa Brocard 10 km classical 31:28.0 +3:10.2 40
15 km skiathlon 20:20.3 36 20:18.0 30 41:12.6 +2:39.0 32
30 km freestyle 1:12:42.0 +1:36.8 13
Ilaria Debertolis 30 km freestyle 1:20:22.2 +9:17.0 44
Virginia de Martin Topranin 15 km skiathlon 20:19.8 35 21:19.8 42 42:17.6 +3:44.0 44
Marina Piller 10 km classical 31:07.6 +2:49.8 36
15 km skiathlon 19:54.7 19 19:36.1 9 40:14.0 +1:40.4 16
30 km freestyle 1:14:44.7 +3:39.5 25
Elisa Brocard
Virginia de Martin Topranin
Ilaria Debertolis
Marina Piller
4×5 km relay 55:19.9 +2:17.2 8
Sprint
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
David Hofer Sprint 3:35.68 18 Q 3:44.87 3 Did not advance
Enrico Nizzi 3:40.89 44 Did not advance
Dietmar Nöckler 3:40.27 37 Did not advance
Federico Pellegrino 3:30.38 3 Q 3:43.97 1 Q 3:55.99 6 Did not advance
Dietmar Nöckler
Federico Pellegrino
Team sprint 23:58.12 5 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ilaria Debertolis Sprint 2:40.29 32 Did not advance
Greta Laurent 2:36.30 16 Q 2:52.07 6 Did not advance
Gaia Vuerich 2:35.81 13 Q 2:35.65 3 q 2:36.87 3 Did not advance
Ilaria Debertolis
Gaia Vuerich
Team sprint 17:35.98 7 Did not advance

Figure skating

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Italy achieved the following quota places:[6]

Athlete Event SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Paul Bonifacio Parkinson Men's singles 56.30 27 Did not advance
Carolina Kostner Ladies' singles 74.12 3 Q 142.61 4 216.73 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Valentina Marchei 57.02 12 Q 116.31 10 173.33 11
Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek Pairs 63.57 11 Q 115.51 10 179.08 11
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 51.64 16 Q 86.22 16 137.86 16
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Ice dancing 67.58 6 Q 101.92 7 169.50 6
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 58.14 15 Q 86.64 14 144.78 14
Team trophy
Athlete Event Short program/Short dance Free skate/Free dance
Men's Ladies' Pairs Ice dance Total Men's Ladies' Pairs Ice dance Total
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points Rank Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points Rank
Paul Bonifacio Parkinson (M)
Carolina Kostner (L) (SP)
Valentina Marchei (L) (FS)
Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek (P)
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte (I) (OD)
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri (I) (FD)
Team trophy 53.94
1
70.84
9
70.31
7
64.92
6
23 4 Q 121.23
6
112.51
8
120.82
8
81.25
7
52 4

Freestyle skiing

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Moguls
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3
Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank
Giacomo Matiz Men's moguls 26.48 15.1 20.61 14 26.64 13.66 19.1 11 Did not advance
Deborah Scanzio Women's moguls 30.56 14.20 20.02 13 31.04 15.38 21.01 2 Q 29.94 14.05 20.12 12 Q 29.59 13.86 20.07 11 Did not advance
Slopestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Markus Eder Men's slopestyle 11.80 79.00 79.00 15 Did not advance
Silvia Bertagna Women's slopestyle 70.60 11.80 70.60 12 Q 69.60 21.80 69.60 8

Luge

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Italy earned the maximum quota of ten spots.

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dominik Fischnaller Singles 52.729 9 52.540 5 52.007 5 52.203 11 3:29.479 6
Emanuel Rieder 52.981 17 52.875 17 52.578 22 52.511 19 3:30.945 19
Armin Zöggeler 52.506 3 52.387 3 51.910 3 51.994 3 3:28.797 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Patrick Gruber
Christian Oberstolz
Doubles 49.976 7 50.043 8 1:40.019 6
Patrick Rastner
Ludwig Rieder
50.064 8 49.975 5 1:40.039 7
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sandra Gasparini Singles 51.032 14 50.803 14 50.959 14 50.962 15 3:23.756 14
Sandra Robatscher 51.589 23 50.981 17 51.678 23 51.258 19 3:25.506 22
Andrea Voetter 50.937 12 51.592 27 51.420 20 51.290 20 3:25.239 19
Mixed team relay
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sandra Gasparini
Patrick Gruber
Christian Oberstolz
Armin Zöggeler
Team relay 54.823 6 56.039 3 56.558 6 2:47.420 5

Nordic combined

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Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Armin Bauer Normal hill/10 km 92.5 107.3 35 23:19.7 7 24:56.7 11
Large hill/10 km 115.0 91.4 41 22:23.5 3 24:53.5 23
Samuel Costa Normal hill/10 km 91.0 106.1 40 24:31.2 28 26:13.2 30
Giuseppe Michielli Large hill/10 km 114.5 89.1 44 24:16.9 38 26:56.9 41
Alessandro Pittin Normal hill/10 km 94.5 113.4 25 22:47.5 1 23:59.5 4
Large hill/10 km 119.5 93.2 39 22:20.5 1 24:43.5 18
Lukas Runggaldier Normal hill/10 km 97.0 115.7 21 23:06.9 3 24:09.9 7
Large hill/10 km 112.5 86.8 46 22:44.0 11 25:33.0 28
Armin Bauer
Samuel Costa
Alessandro Pittin
Lukas Runggaldier
Team large hill/4×5 km 459.0 383.9 9 47:54.7 8 50:04.7 8

Short track speed skating

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Italy qualified five skaters of each gender for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013.[7] Cecilia Maffei was the 5th woman to qualify for the team but she did not skate in any individual distances or in the relay.

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yuri Confortola 500 m 42.042 3 Did not advance 21
1000 m 1:26.956 2 Q 1:25.428 4 Did not advance 15
1500 m 2:14.143 2 Q 2:19.086 5 Did not advance 14
Tommaso Dotti 1500 m 2:17.300 5 Did not advance 27
Anthony Lobello, Jr. 500 m 42.133 4 Did not advance 25
Yuri Confortola
Tommaso Dotti
Anthony Lobello, Jr.
Nicola Rodigari
Davide Viscardi
5000 m relay 6:45.253 3 FB 6:44.904 8
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Arianna Fontana 500 m 43.568 1 Q 43.405 1 Q 43.642 2 Q 51.250 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1000 m 1:32.983 1 Q PEN Did not advance
1500 m 2:29.645 1 Q 2:19.336 1 FA 2:19.416 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lucia Peretti 1500 m 2:22.953 4 Did not advance 20
Martina Valcepina 500 m 44.493 3 Did not advance 20
1000 m 1:34.226 3 ADV DNS Did not advance 23
1500 m 2:27.212 4 Did not advance 23
Elena Viviani 500 m 44.623 4 Did not advance 26
1000 m 1:33.352 4 Did not advance 27
Arianna Fontana
Lucia Peretti
Martina Valcepina
Elena Viviani
3000 m relay 4:11.282 2 FA 4:14.014 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Skeleton

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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maurizio Oioli Men's 57.69 16 57.27 16 57.85 19 57.87 18 3:50.68 19

Ski jumping

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Italy received the following start quotas:

Athlete Event Qualification First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Davide Bresadola Men's normal hill 90.5 104.3 38 Q DSQ Did not advance
Men's large hill 115.0 83.9 41 Did not advance
Sebastian Colloredo Men's normal hill 97.0 116.9 11 Q 97.0 118.9 29 Q 94.0 113.7 27 232.6 28
Men's large hill 124.0 104.1 22 Q 130.5 116.7 26 Q 124.5 102.9 30 219.6 30
Roberto Dellasega Men's normal hill 89.5 96.4 44 Did not advance
Men's large hill 112.0 68.9 50 Did not advance
Evelyn Insam Women's normal hill 98.0 120.5 4 99.0 121.7 4 242.2 5
Elena Runggaldier 85.0 86.2 29 88.0 93.4 28 179.6 29

Snowboarding

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Alpine
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Mainhard Erlacher Men's giant slalom DSQ Did not advance
Men's slalom 1:00.62 25 Did not advance
Roland Fischnaller Men's giant slalom 1:40.48 18 Did not advance
Men's slalom 59.43 9 Q  Flütsch (SUI)
W −0.11
 Wild (RUS)
L +0.52
Did not advance
Aaron March Men's giant slalom DSQ Did not advance
Men's slalom 59.44 11  S Schoch (SUI)
W DSQ
 Mathies (AUT)
W −0.29
 Košir (SLO)
L DSQ
 Karl (AUT)
L +16.25
4
Christoph Mick Men's giant slalom 1:48.25 28 Did not advance
Men's slalom 1:00.22 20 Did not advance
Corinna Boccacini Women's giant slalom 1:51.85 16 Q  Takeuchi (JPN)
L +1.93
Did not advance
Women's slalom 1:04.96 8 Q  Riegler (AUT)
W −2.78
 Kreiner (AUT)
W −0.05
 Dujmovits (AUT)
L +5.18
 Kober (GER)
L +0.13
4
Nadya Ochner Women's giant slalom 1:59.88 26 Did not advance
Women's slalom 1:05.79 22 Did not advance
Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Seeding Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Tommaso Leoni Men's snowboard cross CAN 3 Q DSQ did not advance =21
Luca Matteotti CAN 3 Q 3 Q 3 FA 6 6
Emanuel Perathoner CAN DNS Did not advance
Omar Visintin CAN 2 Q 2 Q DNF FB DNS 12
Raffaella Brutto Women's snowboard cross 1:25.11 18 4 Did not advance 16
Michela Moioli 1:24.72 16 2 Q 3 FA DNF 6

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal final; FB – Qualify to consolation final

Speed skating

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Italy achieved the following quota places:[8]

Men
Mirko Giacomo Nenzi (right) riding the 1500 m
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Matteo Anesi 1500 m 1:50.59 39
David Bosa 500 m 35.63 32 35.64 31 71.28 31
Andrea Giovannini 5000 m 6:30.84 17
Mirko Giacomo Nenzi 500 m 35.56 29 35.51 25 71.07 28
1000 m 1:10.32 25
1500 m 1:47.48 17
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yvonne Daldossi 500 m 39.30 29 39.34 31 78.64 30
Francesca Lollobrigida 3000 m 4:16.51 23

References

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  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Sochi 2014: German athlete fails A sample drugs test". BBC Sport. 21 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota". Real Biathlon. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. ^ With Kostner absent, Marchei takes fifth Italian title
  7. ^ "XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi - Entries Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Athletes". Sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
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