Italy at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Italy at the
1980 Winter Olympics

IOC code| ITA
NOC| Italian National Olympic Committee
Website| www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Lake Placid
Competitors| 46 (34 men, 12 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer| Gustav Thöni (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 13th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Italy competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Silver | Paul Hildgartner | Luge | Men's individual
Silver | Peter Gschnitzer
Karl Brunner | Luge | Men's doubles

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1980

See also: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Giuliano Giardini | Downhill  |  | 1:48.98  | 15
Herbert Plank |  | 1:47.13  | 6
Mauro Bernardi | Giant Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Piero Gros | 1:22.15  | 20  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Alex Giorgi | 1:22.02  | 18  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Bruno Nöckler | 1:20.99  | 4  | 1:21.96  | 7  | 2:42.95  | 6
Paolo De Chiesa | Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Bruno Nöckler | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Mauro Bernardi | 55.40  | 14  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Gustavo Thoeni | 54.79  | 8  | 51.20  | 5  | 1:45.99  | 8

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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Cristina Gravina | Downhill  |  | 1:40.99  | 15
Daniela Zini | Giant Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Wanda Bieler | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Maria Rosa Quario | 1:18.54  | 24  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Claudia Giordani | 1:17.72  | 17  | 1:28.55  | 8  | 2:46.27  | 10
Daniela Zini | Slalom  | 45.08  | 13  | 44.14  | 3  | 1:29.22  | 7
Wilma Gatta | 44.46  | 10  | 45.48  | 10  | 1:29.94  | 10
Claudia Giordani | 44.42  | 9  | 44.70  | 6  | 1:29.12  | 5
Maria Rosa Quario | 43.63  | 6  | 44.29  | 4  | 1:27.92  | 4

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Misses 1 | Time  | Rank

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10 km Sprint  | Adruino Tiraboschi | 3  | 36:39.98  | 31
Adriano Darioli | 5  | 36:14.17  | 25
Luigi Weiss | 3  | 35:37.72  | 18
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Penalties  | Adjusted time 2 | Rank

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20 km  | Angelo Carrara | 1'12:31.89  | 3  | 1'15:31.89  | 21
Adriano Darioli | 1'10:11.22  | 5  | 1'15:11.22  | 19
Arduino Tiraboschi | 1'11:06.05  | 2  | 1'13:06.05  | 10

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 1 | Time  | Rank
Arduino Tiraboschi
Adriano Darioli
Celestino Midali
Luigi Weiss | 2  | 1'40:20.79  | 9

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1980 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  | Andrea Jory
Edmund Lanziner | Two-man  | 1:03.73  | 11  | 1:04.19  | 11  | 1:03.97  | 15  | 1:04.45  | 16  | 4:16.34  | 14
ITA-2  | Giuseppe Soravia
Georg Werth | Two-man  | 1:04.75  | 19  | 1:04.81  | 18  | 1:04.30  | 16  | 1:04.31  | 15  | 4:18.17  | 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  | Andrea Jory
Edmund Lanziner
Georg Werth
Giovanni Modena | Four-man  | 1:01.26  | 9  | 1:01.66  | 12  | 1:01.01  | 12  | 1:01.37  | 10  | 4:05.30  | 11

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
15 km  | Giampaolo Rupil | DNF  | -
Giulio Capitanio | 45:10.40  | 39
Giorgio Vanzetta | 44:52.18  | 34
Maurilio De Zolt | 44:43.19  | 31
30 km  | Roberto Primus | 1'37:55.47  | 43
Benedetto Carrara | 1'34:27.45  | 34
Giulio Capitanio | 1'33:07.48  | 27
Maurilio De Zolt | 1'31:43.74  | 20
50 km  | Maurilio De Zolt | DNF  | -
Gianfranco Polvara | 2'41:51.58  | 32
Roberto Primus | 2'38:10.10  | 25
Giulio Capitanio | 2'37:01.40  | 19

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Maurilio De Zolt
Benedetto Carrara
Giulio Capitanio
Giorgio Vanzetta | 2'01:09.93  | 6

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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

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Franca Bianconi | 19  | 18  | 19  | 144.82  | 134  | 19
Susanna Driano | 6  | 14  | 10  | 172.82  | 77  | 8

## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1980 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
Karl Brunner | DNF  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Paul Hildgartner | 43.652  | 5  | 44.000  | 4  | 43.708  | 2  | 44.012  | 3  | 2:55.372  |
Ernst Haspinger | 43.435  | 2  | 43.833  | 3  | 43.592  | 1  | 52.556  | 23  | 3:03.416  | 21

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Peter Gschnitzer
Karl Brunner | 39.549  | 3  | 40.057  | 3  | 1:19.606  |
Hansjörg Raffl
Alfred Silginer | 39.823  | 5  | 40.153  | 6  | 1:19.976  | 5

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
Monika Auer | 40.590  | 17  | 40.319  | 11  | 41.269  | 21  | 40.855  | 16  | 2:43.033  | 16
Angelika Aukenthaler | 39.829  | 12  | 41.043  | 20  | 39.919  | 11  | 39.860  | 9  | 2:40.651  | 11
Maria Luise Rainer | 39.695  | 10  | 40.948  | 18  | 1:13.062  | 24  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Lido Tomasi | Normal hill  | 72.0  | 93.4  | 74.0  | 99.1  | 182.5  | 38
Lido Tomasi | Large hill  | 87.5  | 83.2  | 88.0  | 85.9  | 169.1  | 46

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Giovanni Paganin | 40.42  | 28
1000 m  | Giovanni Paganin | 1:21.50  | 28
1500 m  | Maurizio Marchetto | 2:07.45  | 28
5000 m  | Maurizio Marchetto | 7:35.50  | 23
10,000 m  | Maurizio Marchetto | 15:56.73  | 22

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Marzia Peretti | DNF  | -
1000 m  | Marzia Peretti | 1:35.66  | 36

## See also

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* Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1980

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com

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