| Italy at the 1972 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ITA |
| NOC | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Sapporo | |
| Competitors | 44 (41 men, 3 women) in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Luciano de Paolis |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Italy competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Gustavo Thoeni | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| Gold | Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner | Luge | Men's doubles |
 Silver | Gustavo Thoeni | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Silver | Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
 Bronze | Rolando Thoeni | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Gustavo Thoeni | Downhill | 1:54.37 | 13 | ||||
| Stefano Anzi | 1:54.15 | 11 | |||||
| Giuliano Besson | 1:54.15 | 11 | |||||
| Marcello Varallo | 1:53.85 | 10 | |||||
| Rolando Thoeni | Giant Slalom | 1:35.83 | 23 | 1:44.90 | 30 | 3:20.73 | 27 |
| Helmuth Schmalzl | 1:35.72 | 21 | 1:39.63 | 13 | 3:15.35 | 16 | |
| Eberardo Schmalzl | 1:34.22 | 16 | 1:40.50 | 18 | 3:14.72 | 13 | |
| Gustavo Thoeni | 1:32.19 | 3 | 1:37.43 | 2 | 3:09.62 | | |
| Athlete | Classification | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Erwin Stricker | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Gustavo Thoeni | bye | 56.69 | 8 | 53.59 | 1 | 1:50.28 | | |
| Rolando Thoeni | bye | 56.14 | 5 | 54.16 | 3 | 1:50.30 | | |
| Eberardo Schmalzl | bye | 56.11 | 4 | 54.72 | 9 | 1:50.83 | 6 | |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Lino Jordan | 1'16:26.09 | 12 | 1'28:26.09 | 40 |
| Pierantonio Clementi | 1'19:28.74 | 6 | 1'25:28.74 | 31 | |
| Giovanni Astegiano | 1'16:45.90 | 6 | 1'22:45.90 | 22 | |
| Willy Bertin | 1'16:03.04 | 5 | 1'21:03.04 | 16 |
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 2 | Time | Rank | |
| Willy Bertin Giovanni Astegiano Corrado Varesco Lino Jordan | 6 | 1'59:47.62 | 10 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| ITA-1 | Gianfranco Gaspari Mario Armano | Two-man | 1:15.62 | 3 | 1:16.52 | 7 | 1:13.71 | 2 | 1:14.60 | 7 | 5:00.45 | 4 |
| ITA-2 | Enzo Vicario Corrado Dal Fabbro | Two-man | 1:17.20 | 12 | 1:16.77 | 9 | 1:14.23 | 5 | 1:15.46 | 14 | 5:03.66 | 10 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| ITA-1 | Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon | Four-man | 1:11.39 | 5 | 1:11.33 | 1 | 1:10.19 | 2 | 1:10.92 | 4 | 4:43.83 | |
| ITA-2 | Gianfranco Gaspari Roberto Zandonella Mario Armano Luciano De Paolis | Four-man | 1:11.89 | 10 | 1:12.49 | 12 | 1:11.11 | 8 | 1:11.24 | 6 | 4:46.73 | 8 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Franco Nones | 49:35.43 | 40 |
| Gianfranco Stella | 48:17.14 | 28 | |
| Tonio Biondini | 48:10.09 | 27 | |
| Carlo Favre | 47:59.07 | 24 | |
| 30 km | Attilio Lombard | 1'45:03.72 | 36 |
| Renzo Chiocchetti | 1'44:35.03 | 32 | |
| Ulrico Kostner | 1'42:44.06 | 24 | |
| Elviro Blanc | 1'41:44.32 | 20 | |
| 50 km | Ulrico Kostner | DNF | – |
| Tonio Biondini | 2'54:28.39 | 25 | |
| Attilio Lombard | 2'51:39.65 | 22 | |
| Elviro Blanc | 2'51:25.19 | 21 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Carlo Favre Elviro Blanc Renzo Chiocchetti Ulrico Kostner | 2'12:07.11 | 9 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rita Trapanese | 6 | 6 | 2574.8 | 55 | 7 |
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Leo Atzwanger | 54.41 | 21 | 54.32 | 23 | 53.38 | 23 | 53.22 | 20 | 3:35.33 | 21 |
| Paul Hildgartner | 53.66 | 12 | 52.76 | 6 | 51.94 | 5 | 52.19 | 9 | 3:30.55 | 8 |
| Emilio Lechner | 53.59 | 11 | 53.49 | 13 | 52.20 | 8 | 52.13 | 8 | 3:31.41 | 11 |
| Karl Brunner | 53.14 | 9 | 53.26 | 11 | 52.28 | 10 | 52.19 | 9 | 3:30.87 | 9 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner | 44.21 | 1 | 44.14 | 2 | 1:28.35 | |
| Sigisfredo Mair Ernesto Mair | 45.22 | 8 | 45.04 | 8 | 1:30.26 | 8 |
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Erika Lechner | 48.76 | 21 | 49.39 | 21 | 50.51 | 21 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Sarah Felder | 45.90 | 8 | 45.93 | 6 | 45.99 | 12 | 45.08 | 8 | 3:02.90 | 8 |
Events:
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Fabio Morandini | Individual | 58.5 | 67.0 | 141.5 | 36 | 50:43.7 | 199.180 | 11 | 340.680 | 30 |
| Ezio Damolin | 70.0 | 73.5 | 175.2 | 21 | 50:58.1 | 197.020 | 13 | 372.220 | 16 | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Ezio Damolin | Normal hill | 68.0 | 87.0 | 62.5 | 75.7 | 162.7 | 55 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Bruno Toniolli | 42.67 | 25 |
| 1500 m | Giancarlo Gloder | 2:14.07 | 27 |
| Bruno Toniolli | 2:10.24 | 18 | |
| 5000 m | Bruno Toniolli | 7:57.30 | 17 |
| Giancarlo Gloder | 7:55.77 | 15 | |
| 10,000 m | Giancarlo Gloder | 16:21.42 | 17 |
| Bruno Toniolli | 16:14.52 | 16 | |
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