Italy at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Italy at the
1994 Winter Olympics
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Lillehammer
Competitors104 (78 men, 26 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Deborah Compagnoni (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
8
Total
20
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Manuela Di Centa Cross-country skiing Women's 15 kilometre freestyle 13 February
 Gold Gerda Weissensteiner Luge Women's singles 16 February
 Gold Kurt Brugger
Wilfried Huber		 Luge Doubles 18 February
 Gold Maurilio De Zolt
Marco Albarello
Giorgio Vanzetta
Silvio Fauner		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay 22 February
 Gold Deborah Compagnoni Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 24 February
 Gold Manuela Di Centa Cross-country skiing Women's 30 kilometre classical 24 February
 Gold Maurizio Carnino
Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Mirko Vuillermin		 Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metre relay 26 February
 Silver Manuela Di Centa Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 15 February
 Silver Manuela Di Centa Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit 17 February
 Silver Hansjörg Raffl
Norbert Huber		 Luge Doubles 18 February
 Silver Mirko Vuillermin Short track speed skating Men's 500 metres 26 February
 Silver Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing Men's slalom 27 February
 Bronze Armin Zöggeler Luge Men's singles 14 February
 Bronze Isolde Kostner Alpine skiing Women's super-G 15 February
 Bronze Marco Albarello Cross-country skiing Men's 10 kilometre classical 17 February
 Bronze Stefania Belmondo Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit 17 February
 Bronze Isolde Kostner Alpine skiing Women's downhill 19 February
 Bronze Silvio Fauner Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit 19 February
 Bronze Günther Huber
Stefano Ticci		 Bobsleigh Two-man 20 February
 Bronze Bice Vanzetta
Manuela Di Centa
Gabriella Paruzzi
Stefania Belmondo		 Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay 21 February

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 12 8 20
Biathlon 5 1 6
Bobsleigh 9 – 9
Cross-country skiing 6 6 12
Freestyle skiing 4 2 6
Ice hockey 23 – 23
Luge 6 2 8
Nordic combined 3 – 3
Short track speed skating 4 5 9
Ski jumping 4 – 4
Speed skating 3 2 5
Total 78 26 104

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Luigi Colturi Downhill 1:47.05 21
Kristian Ghedina 1:46.99 20
Pietro Vitalini 1:46.48 13
Peter Runggaldier 1:46.39 12
Alessandro Fattori Super-G DNF –
Pietro Vitalini 1:34.46 16
Peter Runggaldier 1:34.44 15
Werner Perathoner 1:33.10 5
Gianfranco Martin Giant Slalom 1:32.28 1:27.56 2:59.84 29
Alberto Tomba 1:29.53 DSQ DSQ –
Norman Bergamelli 1:29.39 1:23.73 2:53.12 6
Gerhard Königsrainer 1:29.16 1:24.45 2:53.61 10
Norman Bergamelli Slalom DNF – DNF –
Fabrizio Tescari DNF – DNF –
Alberto Tomba 1:02.84 59.33 2:02.17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Angelo Weiss 1:02.77 1:00.95 2:03.72 8

Men's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank
Gianfranco Martin 1:38.84 53.58 50.27 3:22.69 15
Alessandro Fattori 1:38.25 53.77 DNF DNF –
Kristian Ghedina 1:38.14 54.28 50.75 3:23.17 16
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Bibiana Perez Downhill DNF –
Barbara Merlin 1:38.65 25
Morena Gallizio 1:37.94 14
Isolde Kostner 1:36.85 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Bibiana Perez Super-G DNF –
Deborah Compagnoni 1:23.54 17
Morena Gallizio 1:22.73 5
Isolde Kostner 1:22.45 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Morena Gallizio Giant Slalom DNF – DNF –
Sabina Panzanini 1:22.94 1:13.59 2:36.53 15
Lara Magoni 1:21.85 1:12.82 2:34.67 7
Deborah Compagnoni 1:20.37 1:10.60 2:30.67 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lara Magoni Slalom 1:00.77 59.24 2:00.01 16
Morena Gallizio 1:00.43 57.76 1:58.19 9
Roberta Serra 1:00.39 57.49 1:57.88 7
Deborah Compagnoni 1:00.25 58.01 1:58.26 10

Women's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank
Barbara Merlin 1:29.67 55.79 51.85 3:17.31 16
Bibiana Perez 1:29.15 52.78 48.71 3:10.64 12
Morena Gallizio 1:28.71 49.94 48.06 3:06.71 4
Isolde Kostner 1:28.52 54.04 DNF DNF –

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Andreas Zingerle 2 31:50.5 44
Wilfried Pallhuber 3 30:35.2 24
Pieralberto Carrara 3 30:33.1 23
Johann Passler 2 29:53.1 13
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Patrick Favre 57:40.3 3 1'00:40.3 22
Wilfried Pallhuber 55:27.1 5 1'00:27.1 20
Pieralberto Carrara 56:14.2 4 1'00:14.2 15
Andreas Zingerle 55:54.1 3 58:54.1 6
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Patrick Favre
Johann Passler
Pieralberto Carrara
Andreas Zingerle 		5 1'33:17.3 6
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Nathalie Santer 3 26:38.8 7
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Nathalie Santer 48:07.4 8 56:07.4 25
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 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 Günther Huber
Stefano Ticci 		Two-man 52.61 3 52.80 2 52.69 1 52.91 2 3:31.01 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
ITA-2 Pasquale Gesuito
Antonio Tartaglia 		Two-man 52.92 11 53.33 10 52.89 6 53.31 9 3:32.45 9
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ITA-1 Pasquale Gesuito
Paolo Canedi
Silvio Calcagno
Marcantonio Stiffi 		Four-man 52.87 23 52.78 22 52.97 22 53.33 23 3:31.95 22
ITA-2 Günther Huber
Antonio Tartaglia
Bernhard Mair
Mirco Ruggiero 		Four-man 51.78 3 52.29 9 52.60 17 52.75 17 3:29.42 9

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C 		Fulvio Valbusa 26:26.2 29
Giorgio Vanzetta 25:48.1 15
Silvio Fauner 25:08.1 8
Marco Albarello 24:42.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
15 km
pursuit1
F 		Fulvio Valbusa 40:16.3 22
Marco Albarello 38:14.1 10
Giorgio Vanzetta 38:11.6 9
Silvio Fauner 37:28.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
30 km
F 		Gianfranco Polvara DSQ –
Giorgio Vanzetta 1'16:35.2 14
Silvio Fauner 1'15:27.7 7
Maurilio De Zolt 1'14:55.5 5
50 km
C 		Gianfranco Polvara 2'18:40.3 31
Silvio Fauner 2'11:09.6 11
Giorgio Vanzetta 2'10:16.4 8
Maurilio De Zolt 2'10:12.1 7
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Maurilio De Zolt
Marco Albarello
Giorgio Vanzetta
Silvio Fauner 		1'41:15.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C 		Gabriella Paruzzi 15:34.7 24
Bice Vanzetta 15:21.3 19
Stefania Belmondo 15:04.0 13
Manuela Di Centa 14:28.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
10 km
pursuit2
F 		Bice Vanzetta 32:35.1 34
Gabriella Paruzzi 30:20.9 18
Stefania Belmondo 28:13.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Manuela Di Centa 27:38.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
15 km
F 		Sabina Valbusa 45:03.9 26
Gabriella Paruzzi 43:05.1 12
Stefania Belmondo 41:33.6 4
Manuela Di Centa 39:44.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
30 km
C 		Gabriella Paruzzi 1'33:28.9 30
Guidina Dal Sasso 1'30:47.5 17
Manuela Di Centa 1'25:41.6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Bice Vanzetta
Manuela Di Centa
Gabriella Paruzzi
Stefania Belmondo 		58:42.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Walter Osta Moguls 29.12 14.13 29 did not advance
Simone Mottini 25.95 22.87 22 did not advance
Freddy Romano Aerials 115.21 23 did not advance
Alessandro Scottà 149.34 21 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Petra Moroder Moguls 31.35 19.83 22 did not advance
Silvia Marciandi 32.64 22.99 12 Q 29.75 23.36 10

Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Group B

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Twelve participating teams were placed in the two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team sent to compete in the consolation round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 5 3 0 2 26 14 8
 Canada 5 3 1 1 17 11 7
 Sweden 5 3 1 1 23 13 7
 United States 5 1 1 3 21 17 5
 Italy 5 1 4 0 15 31 2
 France 5 0 4 1 11 27 1
 Canada 7:2  Italy
 Sweden 4:1  Italy
 Slovakia 10:4  Italy
 Italy 7:3  France
 United States 7:1  Italy

Consolation round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Norway 3–6  Italy

9th place match

Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Italy 3–2  France

Leading scorer

Rk GP G A Pts
5 Italy Gates Orlando 7 3 6 9

Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Norbert Huber 50.659 8 50.836 8 50.399 7 50.580 8 3:22.474 6
Arnold Huber 50.558 4 50.763 5 50.546 8 50.551 6 3:22.418 4
Armin Zöggeler 50.441 3 50.601 3 50.365 6 50.426 1 3:21.833 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kurt Brugger
Wilfried Huber 		48.348 2 48.372 1 1:36.720 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hansjörg Raffl
Norbert Huber 		48.274 1 48.495 2 1:36.769 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Natalie Obkircher 49.046 5 49.252 6 49.181 2 49.458 11 3:16.937 5
Gerda Weissensteiner 48.740 1 48.890 1 48.950 1 48.937 1 3:15.517 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Simone Pinzani Individual 168.0 45 53:26.7 49
Andrea Longo 169.5 43 50:49.1 44
Andrea Cecon 192.5 27 47:25.1 33

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Andrea Cecon
Andrea Longo
Simone Pinzani 		544.5 11 1'45:12.1 11

Short track speed skating

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Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Orazio Fagone 500 m DSQ – did not advance
Mirko Vuillermin 44.29 1 Q 43.85 2 Q 43.58 1 QA 43.47 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mirko Vuillermin 1000 m 1:33.51 3 did not advance
Orazio Fagone 1:32.19 2 Q DSQ – did not advance
Maurizio Carnino
Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Mirko Vuillermin 		5000 m relay 7:13.34 1 QA 7:11.74 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Barbara Baldissera 500 m 1:19.62 3 did not advance
Marinella Canclini 47.19 1 Q 1:28.77 4 did not advance
Katia Mosconi 47.90 3 did not advance
Katia Mosconi 1000 m 1:41.51 3 did not advance
Katia Colturi 1:46.89 3 did not advance
Marinella Canclini 1:39.74 2 Q 1:39.20 4 did not advance
Barbara Baldissera
Marinella Canclini
Katia Colturi
Katia Mosconi
Mara Urbani 		3000 m relay 4:45.18 4 QB 4:34.46 4

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Ivan Lunardi Normal hill 84.0 95.5 84.5 103.0 198.5 32
Ivo Pertile 89.5 111.5 80.0 93.0 204.5 31
Roberto Cecon 90.5 115.0 88.5 111.5 226.5 19
Ivo Pertile Large hill 97.5 72.0 95.5 68.9 140.9 32
Roberto Cecon 104.0 85.2 112.5 103.0 188.2 16
Ivan Lunardi 108.0 92.4 101.5 79.2 171.6 20
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Roberto Cecon
Ivo Pertile
Ivan Lunardi
Andrea Cecon 		782.3 8
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Davide Carta 37.98 32
Alessandro De Taddei 37.87 29
1000 m Davide Carta 1:16.46 38
Alessandro De Taddei 1:15.62 30
Roberto Sighel 1:15.35 25
1500 m Alessandro De Taddei DNF –
Davide Carta 1:57.46 34
Roberto Sighel 1:54.51 12
5000 m Roberto Sighel 6:57.70 15
10,000 m Roberto Sighel 14:27.59 15
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
1500 m Elisabetta Pizio 2:11.02 29
Elena Belci 2:05.99 12
3000 m Elena Belci DSQ –
Elisabetta Pizio 4:32.34 18
5000 m Elena Belci 7:20.33 4

References

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  1. ^ Italy at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Sources

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