Italy at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Italy at the
1980 Winter Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Lake Placid
Competitors46 (34 men, 12 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerGustav Thöni (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Paul Hildgartner Luge Men's individual
 Silver Peter Gschnitzer
Karl Brunner		 Luge Men's doubles

Alpine skiing[edit]

Main article: Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1980
See also: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Giuliano Giardini Downhill 1:48.98 15
Herbert Plank 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 Nöckler 1:20.99 4 1:21.96 7 2:42.95 6
Paolo De Chiesa Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Bruno Nöckler 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
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[edit]

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 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Arduino Tiraboschi
Adriano Darioli
Celestino Midali
Luigi Weiss 		2 1'40:20.79 9
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Bobsleigh[edit]

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1980 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 Andrea Jory
Edmund Lanziner 		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
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[edit]

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Maurilio De Zolt
Benedetto Carrara
Giulio Capitanio
Giorgio Vanzetta 		2'01:09.93 6

Figure skating[edit]

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[edit]

Main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peter Gschnitzer
Karl Brunner 		39.549 3 40.057 3 1:19.606 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
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[edit]

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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[edit]

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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
Time Rank
500 m Marzia Peretti DNF –
1000 m Marzia Peretti 1:35.66 36

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References[edit]

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