Italy at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Italy at the
1948 Winter Olympics
Italy at the; 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	57 (54 men, 3 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Vittorio Chierroni
Medals ; Ranked 10th	Gold1Silver0Bronze0Total1
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Last updated August 17, 2025

Italy competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Nino Bibbia won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Nino Bibbia	Skeleton	Men's individual

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roberto Lacedelli	Downhill					DNF	–
Zeno Colò						DNF	–
Eugenio Bonnico						3:15.4	32
Vittorio Chierroni						3:10.0	21
Carlo Gartner						3:02.4	6
Silvio Alverà						3:02.4	6
Roberto Lacedelli	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Vittorio Chierroni		1:27.0	36	1:05.5	7	2:32.5	30
Zeno Colò		1:13.3	17	1:05.7	8	2:19.0	14
Silvio Alverà		1:07.4	1	1:05.8	9	2:13.2	4

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Silvio Alverà	1:15.3	1:09.6	11	8.71	5
Vittorio Chierroni	1:10.8	1:07.3	3	9.69	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Renata Carraretto	Downhill					2:59.1	32
Celina Seghi	Downhill					2:31.1	4
Celina Seghi	Slalom	1:13.2	21	58.3	6	2:11.5	14
Renata Carraretto	Slalom	1:09.2	17	1:10.7	19	2:19.9	18

Women's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Renata Carraretto	1:14.1	1:12.0	21	33.58	22
Celina Seghi	1:08.2	1:01.5	7	7.46	4

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	Nino Bibbia Edilberto Campadese	Two-man	1:25.0	5	1:25.0	8	1:23.8	6	1:24.2	6	5:38.0	6
ITA-2	Mario Vitali Dario Poggi	Two-man	1:25.1	6	1:25.1	11	1:24.0	7	1:24.4	8	5:38.6	8

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	Nino Bibbia Giancarlo Ronchetti Edilberto Campadese Luigi Cavalieri	Four-man	1:18.2	7	1:20.8	3	1:22.1	6	1:21.9	4	5:23.0	6
ITA-2	Nino Rovelli Enrico Airoldi Vittorio Folonari Remo Airoldi	Four-man	1:19.8	10	1:22.8	11	1:23.2	9	1:24.4	9	5:30.2	11

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
18 km	Vincenzo Perruchon	1'28:50	54
	Arcangelo Chiocchetti	1'28:36	52
	Alberto Tassotti	1'28:16	50
	Cristiano Rodeghiero	1'24:34	35
	Rizzieri Rodeghiero	1'24:12	31
	Alfredo Prucker	1'23:26	29
	Severino Compagnoni	1'22:21	22
50 km	Stefano Sommariva	DNF	–
	Victor Borghi	DNF	–
	Silvio Confortola	4'31:36	18
	Cristiano Rodeghiero	4'24:12	13

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Vincenzo Perruchon Silvio Confortola Rizzieri Rodeghiero Severino Compagnoni	2'51:00	6

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Carlo Fassi	16	15	145.966	135	15

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Grazia Barcellona	25	24	122.211	218	24

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Grazia Barcellona Carlo Fassi	9.263	121.5	13

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
Czechoslovakia	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
Switzerland	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
Sweden	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
Great Britain	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
Poland	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
Austria	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
Italy 8th	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
United States *	8	5	3	0	86	33	10

* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

Czechoslovakia 22-3 Italy
Switzerland 16-0 Italy
USA 31-1 Italy
Canada 21-1 Italy
Poland 13-7 Italy
Austria 16-5 Italy
Sweden 23-0 Italy
United Kingdom 14-7 Italy

	Contestants Claudio Apollonio Giancarlo Bassi Mario Bedogni Luigi Bestagini Giancarlo Bucchetti Carlo Bulgheroni Ignazio Dionisi Arnaldo Fabris Vincenzo Fardella Aldo Federici Umberto Gerli Dino Innocenti Constanzo Mangini Dino Menardi Otto Rauth Franco Rossi Gianantonio Zopegni

Nordic combined

Events:

18 km cross-country skiing
normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping					Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Distance 3	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alberto Tassotti	Individual	177.00	22	46.5	52.0	42.0	165.1	36	342.10	28
Rizzieri Rodeghiero		198.00	13	57.0	58.0	56.0	190.8	23	388.80	15
Alfredo Prucker		202.50	11	51.0	59.5	56.0	191.5	22	394.00	14

Skeleton

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Run 5		Run 6		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nino Bibbia	48.0	4	47.6	2	47.6	1	59.5	1	1:00.2	1	1:00.3	1	5:23.2

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Aldo Trivella	Normal hill	41.5	59.0	176.6	38
Igino Rizzi		57.0 (fall)	57.0	131.7	45
Bruno Da Col		65.5	66.0	201.2	18

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Giorgio Cattaneo	47.2	36
500 m	Enrico Musolino	46.5	32
1500 m	Guido Caroli	2:30.9	36
	Giorgio Cattaneo	2:30.5	34
	Enrico Musolino	2:30.0	32
5000 m	Fernando Alloni	9:36.3	37
	Enrico Musolino	9:32.3	36
	Guido Caroli	9:21.3	31

References

↑ "Vittorio Chierroni". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
↑ "Nino Bibbia". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2008-06-10.
Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com

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[1] "Vittorio Chierroni". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[2] "Nino Bibbia". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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v t e National Olympic Committees at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Africa	No representation
America	Argentina Canada Chile United States
Asia	South Korea Lebanon
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	No representation