Italy at the 1968 Winter Olympics
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = ITA
| NOCname = Italian National Olympic Committee
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 1968
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.coni.it }} {{in lang|it}}
| location = Grenoble
| competitors = 52 (44 men, 8 women)
| sports = 8
| flagbearer = Clotilde Fasolis
| rank = 4
| gold = 4
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games
}}
Italy competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Medalists
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| Medal
!Name !Sport !Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Eugenio|Monti}} {{sortname|Luciano|De Paolis}} | Bobsleigh | Two-man |
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Eugenio|Monti}} {{sortname|Luciano|De Paolis}} {{sortname|Roberto|Zandonella}} {{sortname|Mario|Armano}} | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Franco|Nones}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km |
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Erika|Lechner}} | Luge | Women's individual |
Alpine skiing
{{main article|Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
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| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Race 1 !colspan="2"|Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Renato Valentini
|rowspan="4"|Downhill |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:05.61 |align="center"|28 |
| Teresio Vachet
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:04.90 |align="center"|22 |
| Gerardo Mussner
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:02.50 |align="center"|11 |
| Ivo Mahlknecht
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:02.00 |align="center"|6 |
| Renato Valentini
|rowspan="4"|Giant Slalom |align="center"|1:50.03 |align="center"|35 |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
| Ivo Mahlknecht
|align="center"|1:49.04 |align="center"|31 |align="center"|1:51.04 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|3:40.08 |align="center"|26 |
| Gerardo Mussner
|align="center"|1:47.27 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|1:49.93 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|3:37.20 |align="center"|17 |
| Bruno Piazzalunga
|align="center"|1:45.95 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|1:48.57 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|3:34.52 |align="center"|11 |
;Men's slalom
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Heat 1 !colspan="2"|Heat 2 !colspan="6"|Final |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time 1 !Rank !Time 2 !Rank !Total !Rank |
| Bruno Piazzalunga
|align="center"|52.11 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |colspan="6" align="center"|did not advance |
| Gerardo Mussner
|align="center"|54.60 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|55.55 |align="center"|2 |colspan="6" align="center"|did not advance |
| Carlo Senoner
|align="center"|54.18 |align="center"|2 QF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|51.63 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
| Ivo Mahlknecht
|align="center"|52.82 |align="center"|2 QF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|52.22 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|53.03 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|1:45.25 |align="center"|19 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Race 1 !colspan="2"|Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Lotte Nogler
|rowspan="4"|Downhill |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
| Glorianda Cipolla
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:49.02 |align="center"|31 |
| Clotilde Fasolis
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:48.90 |align="center"|30 |
| Giustina Demetz
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:44.22 |align="center"|13 |
| Clotilde Fasolis
|rowspan="4"|Giant Slalom |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:05.20 |align="center"|32 |
| Lotte Nogler
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:04.87 |align="center"|31 |
| Glorianda Cipolla
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:00.07 |align="center"|23 |
| Giustina Demetz
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:57.86 |align="center"|14 |
| Giustina Demetz
|rowspan="4"|Slalom |align="center"|n/a |align="center"|? |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
| Clotilde Fasolis
|align="center"|46.40 |align="center"|24 |align="center"|54.32 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|1:40.72 |align="center"|22 |
| Lotte Nogler
|align="center"|46.03 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|52.30 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|1:38.33 |align="center"|20 |
| Glorianda Cipolla
|align="center"|43.15 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|46.59 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|1:29.74 |align="center"|7 |
Bobsleigh
{{main article|Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
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| rowspan="2"|Sled
!rowspan="2"|Athletes !rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Run 4 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align="center"|ITA-1
|Eugenio Monti |Two-man |align="center"|1:10.13 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1:10.72 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|1:10.64 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|1:10.05 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|4:41.54 |align="center"|{{gold01}} |
| align="center"|ITA-2
|Rinaldo Ruatti |Two-man |align="center"|1:11.80 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|1:12.29 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|1:13.27 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|1:12.95 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|4:50.31 |align="center"|12 |
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Sled
!rowspan="2"|Athletes !rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align="center"|ITA-1
|Eugenio Monti |Four-man |align="center"|1:09.84 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1:07.55 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|2:17.39 |align="center"|{{gold01}} |
| align="center"|ITA-2
|Gianfranco Gaspari |Four-man |align="center"|1:10.24 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1:08.12 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|2:18.36 |align="center"|6 |
Cross-country skiing
{{main article|Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=4|15 km
|align=center|52:06.8 |align=center|36 |
| Franco Manfroi
|align=center|51:47.7 |align=center|32 |
| Giulio Deflorian
|align=center|50:19.4 |align=center|15 |
| Gianfranco Stella
|align=center|49:59.8 |align=center|13 |
| rowspan=4|30 km
|align=center|1'41:11.8 |align=center|25 |
| Gianfranco Stella
|align=center|1'40:42.0 |align=center|23 |
| Giulio Deflorian
|align=center|1'37:12.9 |align=center|5 |
| Franco Nones
|align=center|1'35:39.2 |align=center|{{gold01}} |
| rowspan=4|50 km
|align=center|2'38:12.4 |align=center|27 |
| Livio Stuffer
|align=center|2'37:46.6 |align=center|26 |
| Aldo Stella
|align=center|2'33:17.9 |align=center|17 |
| Mario Bacher
|align=center|2'31:33.8 |align=center|12 |
;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
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| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| Giulio Deflorian Franco Nones Palmiro Serafini Aldo Stella |align=center|2'16:32.2 |align=center|6 |
Figure skating
{{main article|Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athlete
!CF !FS !Points !Places !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Giordano Abbondati |12 |18 |1690.9 |117 |14 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athlete
!CF !FS !Points !Places !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Rita Trapanese |27 |24 |1549.2 |216.5 |25 |
Luge
{{main article|Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Raimondo Prinoth
|align="center"|58.80 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|59.16 |align="center"|19 |align="center"|58.89 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|2:56.85 |align="center"|18 |
| Sigisfredo Mair
|align="center"|58.22 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|59.51 |align="center"|24 |align="center"|58.45 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|2:56.18 |align="center"|16 |
| Giovanni Graber
|align="center"|58.09 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|58.59 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|58.88 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|2:55.56 |align="center"|12 |
| Emilio Lechner
|align="center"|57.94 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|58.63 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|58.53 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|2:55.10 |align="center"|10 |
(Men's) Doubles
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| rowspan="2"|Athletes
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Giovanni Graber Enrico Graber |align="center"|49.01 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|49.14 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|1:38.15 |align="center"|8 |
| Ernesto Mair Sigisfredo Mair |align="center"|49.10 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|49.57 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|1:38.67 |align="center"|10 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Cristina Pabst
|align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |
| Erica Prugger
|align="center"|1:01.90 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|50.91 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|51.40 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|2:44.21 |align="center"|21 |
| Erika Lechner
|align="center"|48.76 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|49.39 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|50.51 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|2:27.66 |align="center"|{{gold01}} |
Nordic combined
{{main article|Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="4"|Ski Jumping !colspan="3"|Cross-country !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Distance 1
!Distance 2 !Points !Rank !Time !Points !Rank !Points !Rank |
| Ezio Damolin
|rowspan="2"|Individual |align="center"|70.0 |align="center"|71.5 |align="center"|206.0 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|49:36.2 |align="center"|223.54 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|429.54 |align="center"|5 |
| Fabio Morandini
|align="center"|66.0 |align="center"|66.5 |align="center"|181.7 |align="center"|33 |align="center"|50:08.5 |align="center"|216.56 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|398.26 |align="center"|17 |
Ski jumping
{{main article|Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Jump 1 !colspan="2"|Jump 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Distance
!Points !Distance !Points !Points !Rank |
| Giacomo Aimoni
|Normal hill |align="center"|72.5 |align="center"|97.8 |align="center"|71.5 |align="center"|97.2 |align="center"|195.0 |align="center"|25 |
| Giacomo Aimoni
|Large hill |align="center"|93.0 |align="center"|98.1 |align="center"|92.0 |align="center"|97.2 |align="center"|195.3 |align="center"|16 |
Speed skating
{{main article|Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| 500 m
|align=center|42.1 |align=center|26 |
| rowspan=4|1500 m
|align=center|2:14.1 |align=center|38 |
| Renato De Riva
|align=center|2:13.6 |align=center|34 |
| Elio Locatelli
|align=center|2:13.3 |align=center|33 |
| Giancarlo Gloder
|align=center|2:13.2 |align=center|32 |
| rowspan=3|5000 m
|align=center|7:58.2 |align=center|26 |
| Guido Gillarduzzi
|align=center|7:57.4 |align=center|23 |
| Giancarlo Gloder
|align=center|7:54.5 |align=center|18 |
| rowspan=2|10,000 m
|align=center|17:03.2 |align=center|24 |
| Renato De Riva
|align=center|16:39.5 |align=center|19 |
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
- [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100621234822/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/ Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com]
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