Italy_at_the_1972_Winter_Olympics

Italy at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Italy at the; 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Sapporo
Competitors	44 (41 men, 3 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Luciano de Paolis
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 5
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Italy at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Italy competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

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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
Athlete	Event	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

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
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Willy Bertin Giovanni Astegiano Corrado Varesco Lino Jordan	6	1'59:47.62	10

Italy at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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	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

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	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	Individual	70.0	73.5	175.2	21	50:58.1	197.020	13	372.220	16

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Ezio Damolin	Normal hill	68.0	87.0	62.5	75.7	162.7	55

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Carlo Favre Elviro Blanc Renzo Chiocchetti Ulrico Kostner	2'12:07.11	9

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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