Italy at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Italy at the
1976 Winter Olympics

IOC code| ITA
NOC| Italian National Olympic Committee
Website| www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Innsbruck
Competitors| 58 (47 men, 11 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer| Gustav Thöni
Medals
Ranked 10th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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Italy competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Piero Gros | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom
Silver | Gustavo Thoeni | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom
Silver | Claudia Giordani | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom
Bronze | Herbert Plank | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1976

See also: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Erwin Stricker | Downhill  |  | DNF  | -
Gustavo Thoeni |  | 1:49.25  | 26
Rolando Thoeni |  | 1:48.13  | 14
Herbert Plank |  | 1:46.59  |
Franco Bieler | Giant Slalom  | 1:47.00  | 10  | 1:43.24  | 7  | 3:30.24  | 8
Fausto Radici | 1:46.87  | 9  | 1:43.22  | 6  | 3:30.09  | 7
Piero Gros | 1:45.69  | 5  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Gustavo Thoeni | 1:44.19  | 1  | 1:43.48  | 8  | 3:27.67  | 4
Fausto Radici | Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Piero Gros | 1:01.23  | 5  | 1:02.06  | 1  | 2:03.29  |
Franco Bieler | 1:01.04  | 4  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Gustavo Thoeni | 1:00.55  | 2  | 1:03.18  | 2  | 2:03.73  |

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Jolanda Plank | Downhill  |  | 1:52.50  | 25
Wanda Bieler |  | 1:50.58  | 20
Paola Hofer |  | 1:49.60  | 15
Wanda Bieler | Giant Slalom  |  | DNF  | -
Paola Hofer |  | 1:32.67  | 23
Claudia Giordani |  | 1:31.44  | 13
Wilma Gatta |  | 1:30.51  | 7
Wilma Gatta | Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Paola Hofer | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Wanda Bieler | 48.86  | 11  | 46.80  | 8  | 1:35.66  | 8
Claudia Giordani | 46.87  | 4  | 44.00  | 2  | 1:30.87  |

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Penalties  | Adjusted time 1 | Rank

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20 km  | Pierantonio Clementi | 1'16:08.86  | 7  | 1'23:08.86  | 23
Lino Jordan | 1'15:49.83  | 2  | 1'17:49.83  | 7
Willy Bertin | 1'13:50.36  | 3  | 1'16:50.36  | 4

1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 2 | Time  | Rank
Lino Jordan
Pierantonio Clementi
Luigi Weiss
Willy Bertin | 3  | 2'06:16.55  | 6

2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
ITA-1  | Giorgio Alverà
Franco Perruguet | Two-man  | 56.62  | 7  | 56.71  | 6  | 56.84  | 8  | 57.13  | 9  | 3:47.30  | 8
ITA-2  | Nevio De Zordo
Ezio Fiori | Two-man  | 57.71  | 16  | 57.58  | 13  | 57.88  | 17  | 57.95  | 15  | 3:51.12  | 16
Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
ITA-1  | Giorgio Alverà
Piero Vegnuti
Adriano Bee
Francesco Butteri | Four-man  | 55.59  | 10  | 55.92  | 12  | 56.94  | 14  | 57.42  | 12  | 3:45.87  | 12
ITA-2  | Nevio De Zordo
Ezio Fiori
Roberto Porzia
Lino Benoni | Four-man  | 55.75  | 11  | 55.80  | 10  | 57.08  | 16  | 57.17  | 11  | 3:45.80  | 11

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
15 km  | Fabrizio Pedranzini | 48:58.30  | 53
Roberto Primus | 47:29.02  | 36
Renzo Chiocchetti | 47:11.22  | 29
Giulio Capitanio | 46:51.14  | 21
30 km  | Ulrico Kostner | 1'37:49.85  | 41
Renzo Chiocchetti | 1'37:15.82  | 38
Roberto Primus | 1'36:40.33  | 34
Giulio Capitanio | 1'35:58.29  | 28
50 km  | Carlo Favre | DNF  | -
Ulrico Kostner | DNF  | -
Roberto Primus | DNF  | -
Tonio Biondini | DNF  | -

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Renzo Chiocchetti
Tonio Biondini
Ulrico Kostner
Giulio Capitanio | 2'12:07.12  | 7

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Women
Athlete  | CF  | SP  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Susanna Driano | 8  | 7  | 7  | 181.62  | 63  | 7

Ice Dancing
Athletes  | CD  | FD  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Stefania Bertele
Walter Cecconi | 16  | 17  | 166.22  | 140  | 16
Isabella Rizzi
Luigi Freroni | 17  | 14  | 168.64  | 133  | 14
Matilde Ciccia
Lamberto Ceserani | 7  | 6  | 191.46  | 58.5  | 6

## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Paul Hildgartner | n/a  | ?  | n/a  | ?  | n/a  | ?  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Peter Gschnitzer | 54.051  | 14  | 53.812  | 17  | 53.357  | 16  | 1:27.540  | 38  | 4:08.760  | 37
Karl Brunner | 53.916  | 12  | 53.228  | 10  | 53.023  | 11  | 53.21  | 10  | 3:33.188  | 11

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Karl Feichter
Ernst Haspinger | 43.853  | 12  | 43.318  | 5  | 1:27.121  | 7
Paul Hildgartner
Walter Plaikner | 43.781  | 11  | 44.058  | 12  | 1:27.839  | 11

Women
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Maria-Luise Rainer | 44.943  | 16  | 44.848  | 16  | 44.768  | 16  | 44.972  | 17  | 2:59.531  | 16
Sarah Felder | 44.056  | 12  | 43.118  | 11  | 43.075  | 10  | 43.374  | 10  | 2:53.623  | 11

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete  | Event  | Ski Jumping  | Cross-country  | Total

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Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Modesto De Silvestro | Individual  | 60.5  | 62.0  | 139.8  | 33  | 52:27.61  | 180.09  | 25  | 319.89  | 32
Francesco Giacomelli | 72.0  | 74.0  | 190.3  | 20  | 56:08.75  | 146.92  | 31  | 337.22  | 31

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Leo De Crignis | Normal hill  | 70.5  | 91.1  | 74.0  | 99.7  | 190.8  | 50
Francesco Giacomelli | 71.0  | 94.9  | 72.0  | 97.0  | 191.9  | 49
Lido Tomasi | 76.0  | 101.4  | 76.0  | 101.9  | 203.3  | 45
Marcello Bazzana | 75.0  | 103.8  | 74.5  | 102.0  | 205.8  | 38
Leo De Crignis | Large hill  | 76.0  | 71.4  | 76.0  | 71.9  | 143.3  | 49
Marcello Bazzana | 74.0  | 72.1  | 71.0  | 65.9  | 138.0  | 51
Lido Tomasi | 82.0  | 80.8  | 77.0  | 71.3  | 152.1  | 47
Francesco Giacomelli | 81.0  | 83.4  | 75.5  | 74.2  | 157.6  | 44

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Bruno Toniolli | 41.44  | 23
1000 m  | Floriano Martello | 1:26.54  | 26
Bruno Toniolli | 1:22.83  | 14
1500 m  | Giovanni Panciera | 2:33.52  | 30
Floriano Martello | 2:09.68  | 25
Bruno Toniolli | 2:05.66  | 19
5000 m  | Loris Vellar | 8:31.85  | 31
Ivano Bamberghi | 8:21.04  | 28
Maurizio Marchetto | 8:04.07  | 21
10,000 m  | Maurizio Marchetto | 16:22.55  | 17

## See also

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* Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1976

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com

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