Italy at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Italy at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Italy at the; 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Nagano
Competitors	113 (79 men, 34 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Gerda Weissensteiner (luge)
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold 2 Silver 6 Bronze 2 Total 10
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Italy competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Deborah Compagnoni	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Gold	Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Silver	Deborah Compagnoni	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Silver	Pieralberto Carrara	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
Silver	Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Silver	Stefania Belmondo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 30 km (freestyle)
Silver	Armin Zöggeler	Luge	Men's individual
Silver	Thomas Prugger	Snowboarding	Men's giant slalom
Bronze	Silvio Fauner	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km (classical)
Bronze	Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Peter Runggaldier	Downhill			DNF	–
Luca Cattaneo				DNF	–
Werner Perathoner				1:52.36	16
Kristian Ghedina				1:50.76	6
Peter Runggaldier	Super-G			1:37.00	19
Kristian Ghedina				1:36.70	16
Werner Perathoner				1:36.64	15
Alessandro Fattori				1:35.61	4
Alberto Tomba	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Matteo Nana		1:22.43	1:19.94	2:42.37	15
Patrick Holzer		1:22.39	DNF	DNF	–
Sergio Bergamelli		1:22.38	1:20.40	2:42.78	16
Fabrizio Tescari	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Alberto Tomba		57.00	DNF	DNF	–
Angelo Weiss		56.87	55.93	1:52.80	16
Matteo Nana		56.59	55.37	1:51.96	11

Men's combined

Athlete	Slalom		Downhill	Total
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Time	Total time	Rank
Erik Seletto	56.30	51.16	1:35.77	3:23.23	10
Alessandro Fattori	55.45	45.26	1:36.29	3:17.00	6
Luca Cattaneo	53.59	49.33	DNF	DNF	–
Kristian Ghedina	51.58	48.77	DNF	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Isolde Kostner	Downhill			DNF	–
Morena Gallizio				1:32.22	26
Alessandra Merlin				1:31.44	21
Bibiana Perez				1:31.43	20
Karen Putzer	Super-G			1:20.16	28
Barbara Merlin				1:19.64	23
Bibiana Perez				1:19.47	22
Isolde Kostner				1:18.62	11
Karen Putzer	Giant Slalom	1:22.15	1:36.89	2:59.04	23
Sabina Panzanini		1:20.97	1:33.12	2:54.09	8
Deborah Compagnoni		1:18.94	1:31.65	2:50.59
Elisabetta Biavaschi	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Lara Magoni		48.13	48.50	1:36.63	15
Morena Gallizio		46.93	47.94	1:34.87	8
Deborah Compagnoni		45.29	47.17	1:32.46

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Morena Gallizio	1:30.60	36.83	35.09	2:42.52	5
Bibiana Perez	1:30.54	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	René Cattarinussi	4	30:50.0	52
	Hubert Leitgeb	1	30:10.0	35
	Wilfried Pallhuber	1	28:50.1	14
	Pieralberto Carrara	2	28:44.2	10

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Patrick Favre	57:10.5	7	1'04:10.5	54
	Wilfried Pallhuber	57:07.7	5	1'02:07.7	41
	René Cattarinussi	57:00.5	3	1'00:00.5	21
	Pieralberto Carrara	56:21.9	0	56:21.9

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Patrick Favre Wilfried Pallhuber René Cattarinussi Pieralberto Carrara	1	1'25:07.3	9

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Nathalie Santer	1	23:59.6	10

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Nathalie Santer	54:01.0	4	58:01.0	18

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia	Two-man	54.51	1	54.29	2	54.17	3	54.27	2	3:37.24
ITA-2	Fabrizio Tosini Enrico Costa	Two-man	55.07	13	54.79	13	54.80	14	54.95	15	3:39.61	14

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ITA-1	Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia Massimiliano Rota Marco Menchini	Four-man	53.84	16	53.68	12	53.91	12	2:41.43	14
ITA-2	Fabrizio Tosini Andrea Pais de Libera Enrico Costa Sergio Chianella	Four-man	54.07	20	54.09	20	54.86	22	2:43.02	20

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Fabio Maj	29:13.8	28
	Marco Albarello	29:10.1	26
	Fulvio Valbusa	28:17.0	11
	Silvio Fauner	28:15.5	10
15 km pursuit¹ F	Fabio Maj	41:31.4	13
	Fulvio Valbusa	40:25.1	5
	Silvio Fauner	40:24.9	4
30 km C	Giorgio Di Centa	1'38:14.9	8
	Marco Albarello	1'38:07.1	7
	Fulvio Valbusa	1'37:31.1	5
	Silvio Fauner	1'36:08.5
50 km F	Pietro Piller Cottrer	2'12:37.9	16
	Silvio Fauner	2'08:44.3	10
	Maurizio Pozzi	2'08:13.2	9
	Fulvio Valbusa	2'06:44.3	5

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner	1'40:55.9

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Sabina Valbusa	19:00.6	29
	Manuela Di Centa	18:48.9	21
	Stefania Belmondo	18:19.8	12
	Gabriella Paruzzi	18:14.7	9
10 km pursuit² F	Manuela Di Centa	30:47.1	23
	Sabina Valbusa	30:34.0	17
	Gabriella Paruzzi	29:36.8	12
	Stefania Belmondo	28:42.6	5
15 km C	Karin Moroder	51:36.1	30
	Antonella Confortola	51:07.6	27
	Gabriella Paruzzi	49:20.7	14
	Stefania Belmondo	48:57.7	8
30 km F	Karin Moroder	DNF	–
	Antonella Confortola	1'29:31.6	20
	Gabriella Paruzzi	1'26:06.0	10
	Stefania Belmondo	1'22:11.7

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo	56:53.3

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Gilberto Viadana	24	23	35.0	23

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Tony Sabrina Bombardieri	27	DNF	DNF	–

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Diane Gerencser Pasquale Camerlengo	16	17	16	17	33.2	17
Barbara Fusar-Poli Maurizio Margaglio	6	6	6	6	12.0	6

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Freddy Romano	Aerials	195.38	14	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Petra Moroder	Moguls	36.35	19.30	22	did not advance

Ice hockey

Preliminary round - group A

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	14	11	+3	5
Slovakia	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	3
Italy	3	1	2	0	11	11	0	2
Austria	3	0	1	2	9	12	-3	2

All times are local (UTC-7).

7 February 1998

Kazakhstan

5 – 3
(1-3, 1-0, 3-0)

Italy

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,634

8 February 1998

Slovakia

4 – 3
(1-2, 3-1, 0-0)

Italy

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,620

10 February 1998

Italy

5 – 2
(2-0, 2-0, 1-2)

Austria

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,473

Consolation Round - 11th place match

All times are local (UTC-7).

12 February 1998

France

5 – 1
(1-0, 0-0, 4-1)

Italy 12th

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 8,854

Team roster

Head coach: Adolf Insam

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reinhold Rainer	50.105	8	50.008	9	49.897	5	49.936	8	3:19.946	8
Norbert Huber	50.100	7	50.129	11	50.026	10	49.883	6	3:20.138	10
Armin Zöggeler	49.715	2	49.690	2	49.737	3	49.797	3	3:18.939

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber	50.897	5	50.871	8	1:41.768	5
Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	51.084	6	50.833	7	1:41.917	6

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Doris Preindl	52.178	15	52.107	16	51.638	15	55.373	28	3:31.296	26
Natalie Obkircher	51.910	11	51.967	12	51.530	13	51.270	11	3:26.677	12
Gerda Weissensteiner	51.744	8	51.998	13	51.415	10	50.956	9	3:26.113	9

Nordic combined

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
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Andrea Longo	Individual	199.0	30	45:26.2	22

Short track speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Maurizio Carnino	500 m	43.927	2 Q	43.225	4	did not advance
Fabio Carta	500 m	43.000	1 Q	43.763	3	did not advance
Fabio Carta	1000 m	1:31.315	2 Q	1:32.358	1 Q	1:39.402	3 QB	1:33.015	6
Michele Antonioli	1000 m	DSQ	–	did not advance
Michele Antonioli Maurizio Carnino Fabio Carta Diego Cattani Nicola Franceschina	5000 m relay					7:07.770	2 QA	7:15.212	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Barbara Baldissera	500 m	46.113	3	did not advance
Marinella Canclini		1:14.224	4	did not advance
Mara Urbani		46.287	2 Q	46.215	1 Q	46.473	4 QB	46.687	5
Marinella Canclini	1000 m	1:35.971	2 Q	1:38.517	4	did not advance
Katia Colturi		1:39.937	3	did not advance
Mara Urbani		1:39.231	3	did not advance

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Roberto Cecon	Normal hill	75.5	85.0	32	did not advance
Roberto Cecon	Large hill	116.0	109.8	14 Q	116.0	107.8	217.6	22

Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom

Athlete	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Karl Frenademez	1:03.33	1:12.62	2:15.95	20
Willi Trakofler	1:01.42	1:05.88	2:07.30	11
Elmar Messner	1:01.42	1:07.99	2:09.41	13
Thomas Prugger	59.38	1:04.60	2:03.98

Women's giant slalom

Athlete	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Margherita Parini	1:21.42	1:06.15	2:27.57	13
Dagi Mair unter der Eggen	1:13.35	1:09.07	2:22.42	7
Marion Posch	1:13.32	1:08.02	2:21.34	6
Lidia Trettel	1:11.68	1:08.03	2:19.71	4

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alessandra Pescosta	22.8	24	18.9	20	did not advance

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Davide Carta	37.11	34	36.80	27	73.91	30
500 m	Ermanno Ioriatti	36.30	10	36.36	12	72.66	9
1000 m	Ermanno Ioriatti					1:12.83	27
1000 m	Davide Carta					1:12.27	14
1500 m	Ermanno Ioriatti					1:52.45	24
1500 m	Davide Carta					1:52.44	23
5000 m	Roberto Sighel					6:38.33	9
10,000 m	Roberto Sighel					13:46.85	9

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
3000 m	Elena Belci	4:16.62	11
5000 m	Elena Belci	7:15.58	9

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Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan
Africa	Kenya South Africa
America	Argentina Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad-Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	China Chinese Taipei India Iran Japan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand