Italy at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Italy at the
1992 Winter Olympics
Flag of Italy.svg
IOC codeITA
NOCItalian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coni.it (in Italian)
in Albertville
Competitors107 (79 men, 28 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Alberto Tomba (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
4
Silver
6
Bronze
4
Total
14
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Medalists[]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
 Gold Josef Polig Alpine skiing Men's combined
 Gold Deborah Compagnoni Alpine skiing Women's super-G
 Gold Stefania Belmondo Cross-country skiing Women's 30 km (freestyle)
 Silver Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Silver Gianfranco Martin Alpine skiing Men's combined
 Silver Marco Albarello Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km (classical)
 Silver Maurilio De Zolt Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (freestyle)
 Silver Giuseppe Puliè
Marco Albarello
Giorgio Vanzetta
Silvio Fauner		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
 Silver Stefania Belmondo Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km pursuit (freestyle)
 Bronze Giorgio Vanzetta Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km pursuit (freestyle)
 Bronze Giorgio Vanzetta Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (freestyle)
 Bronze Bice Vanzetta
Manuela Di Centa
Gabriella Paruzzi
Stefania Belmondo		 Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay
 Bronze Hansjörg Raffl
Norbert Huber		 Luge Men's doubles

Alpine skiing[]

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Danilo Sbardellotto Downhill DNF –
Gianfranco Martin 1:52.48 14
Kristian Ghedina 1:52.28 11
Franco Colturi 1:52.07 10
Patrick Holzer Super-G DNF –
Alberto Senigagliesi 1:15.70 19
Gianfranco Martin 1:14.81 12
Josef Polig 1:13.88 5
Patrick Holzer Giant Slalom DNF – DNF –
Sergio Bergamelli 1:06.95 1:04.80 2:11.75 17
Josef Polig 1:06.17 1:03.28 2:09.45 9
Alberto Tomba 1:04.57 1:02.41 2:06.98 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Konrad Kurt Ladstaetter Slalom 54.68 55.19 1:49.87 21
Fabio De Crignis 53.31 DSQ DSQ –
Carlo Gerosa 53.18 53.92 1:47.10 11
Alberto Tomba 53.01 51.66 1:44.67 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Men's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Kristian Ghedina 1:46.65 52.43 52.48 38.96 6
Josef Polig 1:45.78 51.27 50.89 14.58 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Franco Colturi 1:45.59 1:09.46 1:01.78 176.69 31
Gianfranco Martin 1:45.48 50.16 52.60 14.90 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Morena Gallizio Super-G 1:26.19 23
Barbara Merlin 1:25.13 16
Bibiana Perez 1:24.69 13
Deborah Compagnoni 1:21.22 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bibiana Perez Giant Slalom DNF – DNF –
Deborah Compagnoni DNF – DNF –
Lara Magoni 1:09.13 DNF DNF –
Barbara Merlin 1:08.47 1:08.85 2:17.32 16
Astrid Plank Slalom DNF – DNF –
Bibiana Perez DNF – DNF –
Lara Magoni 49.73 45.27 1:35.00 12

Women's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Morena Gallizio 1:29.84 36.94 37.62 93.21 16

Biathlon[]

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Pieralberto Carrara 3 28:30.1 41
Hubert Leitgeb 2 27:40.3 26
Johann Passler 3 27:20.4 15
Andreas Zingerle 1 26:38.6 7
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Gottlieb Taschler 59:41.3 3 1'02:41.3 44
Wilfried Pallhuber 56:35.4 6 1'02:35.4 40
Andreas Zingerle 56:05.6 4 1'00:05.6 17
Johann Passler 54:25.9 4 58:25.9 7
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Hubert Leitgeb
Johann Passler
Pieralberto Carrara
Andreas Zingerle 		2 1'26:18.1 4
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Siegrid Pallhuber 5 29:23.1 56
Erica Carrara 4 28:38.5 49
Monika Schwingshackl 2 27:56.1 37
Nathalie Santer 3 26:28.7 16
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Monika Schwingshackl 54:39.5 8 1'02:39.5 57
Erica Carrara 56:58.8 4 1'00:58.8 53
Siegrid Pallhuber 54:27.3 4 58:27.3 38
Nathalie Santer 50:10.3 3 53:10.3 8
Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Erica Carrara
Monika Schwingshackl
Nathalie Santer 		2 1'24:00.8 13
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh[]

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 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 1:00.36 7 1:00.87 1 1:01.08 3 1:01.41 11 4:03.72 5
ITA-2 Pasquale Gesuito
Antonio Tartaglia 		Two-man 1:01.02 15 1:01.07 6 1:01.52 12 1:01.33 8 4:04.94 12
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
Antonio Tartaglia
Paolo Canedi
Stefano Ticci 		Four-man 58.78 14 58.83 8 59.12 15 59.15 15 3:55.88 12
ITA-2 Günther Huber
Marco Andreatta
Thomas Rottensteiner
Marcantonio Stiffi 		Four-man 58.76 13 59.11 17 58.97 13 59.14 14 3:55.98 15

Cross-country skiing[]

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C 		Maurilio De Zolt 32:00.1 58
Silvio Fauner 28:53.8 10
Giorgio Vanzetta 28:26.9 7
Marco Albarello 27:55.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
15 km
pursuit1
F 		Maurilio De Zolt DNF –
Silvio Fauner 39:58.9 7
Marco Albarello 38:57.3 4
Giorgio Vanzetta 38:56.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
30 km
C 		Gianfranco Polvara 1'26:26.2 20
Fulvio Valbusa 1'26:07.1 17
Giuseppe Puliè 1'26:02.4 16
Marco Albarello 1'23:55.7 4
50 km
F 		Alfred Runggaldier 2'10:03.1 11
Gianfranco Polvara 2'09:27.8 10
Giorgio Vanzetta 2'06:42.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Maurilio De Zolt 2'04:39.1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Giuseppe Puliè
Marco Albarello
Giorgio Vanzetta
Silvio Fauner 		1'40:52.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C 		Bice Vanzetta 15:28.4 28
Gabriella Paruzzi 15:13.9 23
Manuela Di Centa 14:55.4 12
Stefania Belmondo 14:26.2 4
10 km
pursuit2
F 		Bice Vanzetta 28:48.7 20
Gabriella Paruzzi 28:38.8 16
Manuela Di Centa 27:55.7 10
Stefania Belmondo 26:17.8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
15 km
C 		Bice Vanzetta DNF –
Gabriella Paruzzi 44:44.0 9
Stefania Belmondo 44:02.4 5
30 km
F 		Laura Bettega 1'33:49.3 35
Gabriella Paruzzi 1'28:18.1 12
Manuela Di Centa 1'27:04.4 6
Stefania Belmondo 1'22:30.1 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 		1'00:25.9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Figure skating[]

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Gilberto Viadana 19 DNF DNF –
Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Anna Tabacchi
Massimo Salvade 		15 15 22.5 15
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD1 CD2 OD FD TFP Rank
Anna Croci
Luca Mantovani 		13 13 13 12 25.0 13
Stefania Calegari
Pasquale Camerlengo 		5 5 5 5 10.0 5

Freestyle skiing[]

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Giorgio Zini Moguls 43.96 9.47 43 Did not advance
Paolo Silvestri 39.69 15.44 38 Did not advance
Walter Osta 40.02 15.81 37 Did not advance
Simone Mottini 34.20 19.92 24 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Petra Moroder Moguls 44.83 18.69 11 Did not advance
Silvia Marciandi 42.51 21.72 7 Q 40.96 19.66 7

Ice hockey[]

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group A[]

Twelve participating teams were placed in 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 DIF PTS
 United States 5 4 0 1 18 7 11 9
 Sweden 5 3 0 2 22 11 11 8
 Finland 5 3 1 1 22 11 11 7
 Germany 5 2 3 0 11 12 -1 4
 Italy 5 1 4 0 18 24 -6 2
 Poland 5 0 5 0 4 30 -26 0
 United States 6:3  Italy
 Sweden 7:3  Italy
 Italy 7:1  Poland
 Germany 5:2  Italy
 Finland 5:3  Italy

Consolation Round 9th-12th Places[]

 Norway 5:3  Italy

11th Place Match

 Poland 4:1  Italy 12th

Contestants

Luge[]

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Oswald Haselrieder 45.698 10 45.319 1 46.252 6 46.007 5 3:03.276 7
Gerhard Plankensteiner 45.676 9 45.752 10 46.313 11 46.167 11 3:03.908 11
Norbert Huber 45.506 5 45.400 4 46.105 4 45.962 4 3:02.973 4

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hansjörg Raffl
Norbert Huber 		46.114 2 46.184 3 1:32.298 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kurt Brugger
Wilfried Huber 		46.447 5 46.363 5 1:32.810 5
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Natalie Obkircher 47.432 17 47.423 18 47.556 18 47.490 19 3:09.901 19
Gerda Weissensteiner 46.954 4 46.988 5 46.894 4 46.837 5 3:07.673 4

Short track speed skating[]

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Hugo Herrnhof 1000 m 1:33.35 2 Q 1:34.85 3 Did not advance
Orazio Fagone 1:34.91 4 Did not advance
Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Roberto Peretti
Mirko Vuillermin 		5000 m relay 7:28.32 2 Q 7:32.80 4 QB 7:32.80 8
Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Cristina Sciolla 500 m 52.53 3 Did not advance
Marinella Canclini 47.00 1 Q 1:27.18 4 Did not advance
Marinella Canclini
Maria Rosa Candido
Ketty La Torre
Cristina Sciolla 		3000 m relay 4:47.31 4 Did not advance

Ski jumping[]

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Ivo Pertile Normal hill 76.0 84.6 76.0 85.1 169.7 52
Roberto Cecon 80.5 94.3 79.5 91.2 185.5 37
Ivan Lunardi 86.0 104.1 78.5 89.1 193.2 22
Roberto Cecon Large hill 95.0 68.0 98.5 73.9 141.9 32
Ivo Pertile 95.5 71.2 90.0 62.0 133.2 38
Ivan Lunardi 110.5 99.2 102.5 86.0 185.2 7
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Roberto Cecon
Ivo Pertile
Ivan Lunardi 		472.2 13
1 Three (for most countries four) teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating[]

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
1500 m Alessandro De Taddei 2:00.86 30
Roberto Sighel 1:57.32 11
5000 m Roberto Sighel 7:16.55 14
10,000 m Roberto Sighel 14:38.23 9
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
1500 m Elena Belci 2:10.75 19
3000 m Elke Felicetti 4:44.14 23
Elena Belci 4:34.28 14
5000 m Elke Felicetti 8:08.44 20
Elena Belci 7:50.42 10

References[]

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